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1. ghshephard ◴[] No.45674754[source]
About 20 years ago I was working in IT, and I was responsible for the physical build out (from a shell) of 599 North Mathilda, Sunnyvale - The foundations and outer walls/roof were up - but nothing inside.

I had responsibility (working with consultants who did this for a living) to work with the project manager, and architect/GC. All of the datacenters (back when companies put data-centers in their buildings), IDFs, MDFs. The MDF in particular was complex as it combined the floors IDF + the buildings MDF/telco connections, punchdowns, and a massive Nortel Option51c set of cabinets. We carefully laid out the room - measuring the minimal possible distance for cable techs to get in between the racks. Everything was designed down to the 1/4" in the room.

I showed up (mostly randomly) with a tape measure during construction - internal walls were up - and they were off by almost 14" - which would have made the internals almost unusable for their original purpose. They had to tear down their framing, pull everything out - thankfully before any electrics/racks/hvac had been put in place.

Having something like this would have greatly reduced that possibility. Bet they end up on every site (if they aren't already).

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2. jedberg ◴[] No.45675797[source]
Hah, I briefly worked in that building! Never dealt with the MDF/IDF though, was just doing software at that point.
3. seemaze ◴[] No.45678018[source]
Unfortunately not much has changed in 20 years
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4. Propelloni ◴[] No.45678608[source]
Can confirm.
5. bbarnett ◴[] No.45679380[source]
Was there ever a 'why' given? Did someone not take into account the width of the framing or something weird?