150 Holborn – Sidara
Delivering a secure, scalable, and flexible network infrastructure to enable one of the smartest buildings in Europe.
150 Holborn was designed as a London headquarters building for Sidara, a global design, engineering and consulting group that delivers some of the world’s biggest and most complex design and engineering projects.
The vision was for a building of the future that would showcase the technical capabilities of Sidara’s member companies and push the boundaries of what a Smart Building can deliver.
The overall goal was to create a collaborative space offering an inspirational user experience, with staff wellbeing and sustainability as critical success factors.
Ideal’s truly end-to-end converged network solution is critical to ensuring our building is futureproofed, scalable and secure in an ever-evolving world.
As an owner occupier with Smart Building expertise, Sidara had the highest ambitions from day one. The challenge for Ideal was delivering a network environment that technically supported their vision.
The building needed to be highly adaptable, functioning as a ‘Living Lab’ capable of collecting and analysing data and automating activities to optimise operations, energy efficiency and sustainability.
Another key requirement was to maintain an open environment where member companies could collaborate without physical boundaries, while ensuring secure IT boundaries for each separate entity.
To ensure a Smart Building delivers to the maximum effect, it’s important to connect as many services as possible via the CNS. At 150 that includes:
- Wi-Fi
- Audio visual and meeting room management
- Mobile regeneration
- BMS (building management systems)
- HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning)
- Access control
- CCTV
- Energy Management Systems
- Each Sidara company has their own network, their own Firewalls, that uses the CNS for internet
- The CNS’ Wi-Fi broadcasts for each Sidara company, into their network, using their authentication
- Segregated Wi-Fi deployment, essential to the member company experience, was also delivered
- Each company accesses common printers
Ideal’s CNS, delivered on-time and to budget, has ensured that 150 Holborn is one of the most end-to-end complete Smart Building solutions in Europe, with the capacity to adapt and change.
Data visibility allows Sidara to make continuous informed decisions in how the building is both operated and managed. It’s a modern, sustainable and inspiring environment for people to work, allowing creative thinking and collaboration between the member companies.
150 Holborn has been awarded WiredScore Platinum, the highest award for a building meeting exceptional standards for the quality of its wired infrastructure, resilience, and wireless network.
