Ask Slashdot: What Would You Include In a New Building?

First time accepted submitter weiserfireman writes "For the first time in our company's 60 year history, we are going to be building a new facility from scratch. We are a CNC Machine shop with 40 employees and 20 CNC machines, crammed into a 12,000 sq foot building. We are going to build a new 30,000 sq foot building. I am the only IT person. I support all the computer systems, as well as all the fire/security/phone systems. My Boss has asked for my input on what infrastructure to include in the new building to support current and future technology. 1st on my list is a telecommunications equipment room. Our current building doesn't have one. I have been researching this topic on the Internet, and I have a list of a lot of different things, all of them are nice, but I know I am going to have a limited budget. If you were in my shoes, what priorities what features would you design into the building?"

Suggestions

[Anonymous Coward]

Secret passageways

Touchless plumbing fixtures in the restrooms

[stevegee58]

Other than that, have at it.

Re:Cooling

[denis-The-menace]

Make the cooling of the server room able to heat up the building during the winters.

Re:Optical fiber link to every desk

[avandesande]

I would suggest that a secure wireless strategy would be better

Re:Conduit

[Overzeetop]

80cm? Are you planning to have to send a synthetic to the other side of the complex with a laptop to pilot the ship in?

Re:Touchless plumbing fixtures in the restrooms

[stevegee58]

Ah you must be one of the guys I hear bouncing up and down on the throne grunting.

Re:Priority #1

[CanHasDIY]

Foosball table

Beer vending machine.

Problem solved: Beer-vending Foosball table!

Re:Suggestions

[cod3r_]

Stripper poles. You never know, but you damn sure want to be prepared.

Most important!

[NEDHead]

Private office with full bath and sleeping arrangements (preferably with the receptionist)

Re:Conduit

[MysteriousPreacher]

Cabling, everywhere. Conduits everywhere. Power for equipment that will use the cabling, everywhere.

Monster cables! Your Excel sheets will be crisper, warmer and more spherical than you ever thought possible.

Re:Conduit

[LordLimecat]

Go with 2 meter. You might want to do away with elevators in the future, and 2m will allow pneumatic tube transport down the road.

Re:Suggestions

[JustOK]

Everyone looks in the secret passages. Store the bodies in the Executive Boardroom. Dress them in suits and ties and no one notices.