Warehouse · Milton Keynes & Dunstable, UK
A multi-discipline warehouse expansion combining construction, MEP, technology and a business-critical power cutover under one delivery structure.
Two logistics facilities needed to progress from construction and fit-out into dependable operation without losing control of the interfaces between trades. The scope crossed structural work, sprinklers, lighting, racking, security, networks and office areas. At Milton Keynes, the programme also required a planned shutdown to connect a new power-panel extension while protecting servers, network equipment and warehouse automation.
Gadgets Lab coordinated the main-contractor and MEP interfaces, compliance actions, steel platform, mezzanine office, sprinkler changes, lighting, racking and supporting fit-out as a connected delivery plan rather than isolated packages.
Warehouse-wide CCTV and network coverage were coordinated with the physical layout, power, cabinets, access routes and operational zones so testing and handover could follow the installed environment.
For the MK310 power-panel extension, the team prepared the cutover plan, RAMS, Permit to Work, LOTO, toolbox talk and recovery sequence. Six temporary generators and UPS protection were coordinated around the agreed critical loads.
When generator protection, UPS runtime and automation recovery behaved differently from assumptions, the project team brought electrical, IT, automation, operations and suppliers into one response, adjusted the recovery order and kept stakeholders updated at each decision point.
The completed cutover reached operational acceptance with signed final checks and a documented lessons-learned record. For the wider expansion, the client gained one accountable coordination route across construction, MEP, ICT and operational change—reducing the gaps that typically appear between separate packages.
Published project partner and image source: Clark EG case study.
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