Mission Critical

Our applied technology projects emphasize facility flexibility, system reliability, and a long-term ability to accommodate emerging technology. At RTKL, our award-winning team delivers high-quality MEP, telecommunications, audio-visual systems, stand alone or fit ups, new construction and renovations.

Featured Projects
JHU Mt. Washington
The three-phase project upgrades Johns Hopkins Mt. Washington data center from a 5,500-SF facility to a 12,200-SF, Tier IV facility with parallel redundancy, N+2 generators and dual corded power distribution. The upgraded facility meets the institution’s demand for flexible space that addresses the changing role of technology and a changing workforce.
Verizon Business Premier Data Center
The growing needs of Verizon Business’ operations demanded a highly flexible, data facility with long-term expansion and growth capabilities. Within an existing two-story shell, the project more than doubles the organization’s floor and server space and accommodates future expansion as need arises.
3000 Skyline Drive
Challenged to make the facility accessible to multiple tenants with highly-individualized power demands, the project features a unique utility interface whereby four separate data center tenants are fed by separate service entrances, allowing the tenants to negotiate and manage their own power contracts with the utility provider.
Highmark Data Center
As the first of its kind to be LEED® certified, the new data center for Highmark, Inc. is a ground-breaking model for future “green” data center design. This state-of-the-art facility supports all technological and business needs, securely houses millions of documents, and provides a dynamic working environment for more than 50 employees.
Huawei Technological Corporation
In addition to incorporating Chinese domestic data center engineering to ensure reliability, the successful corporate data facility and command center reflects the efforts of the design team to be sensitive to local design vocabulary, to work across time zones and languages to ensure correct documentation, and an aggressive design and construction schedule.
Data Center Cooling Plant Optimization
As an expert in data centers with next-generation cooling technologies, RTKL Vice President Steve Spinazzola PE, LEED headlines this Uptime Institute Symposium Seminar: "Data Center Cooling Plant Optimization." Steve specializes in HVAC design and is a registered professional engineer in more than 30 states. He is also the co-inventor of an advanced data center cooling technology that has four patents and is currently being deployed in data centers all over the world.
Steve Spinazzola PE LEED® AP, Vice President
"Our clients’ technology environments are more than the sum of their parts. Every element—from connectivity to the cooling system—must work together to create the most efficient, flexible and functional workplace. Our engineering and systems specialists work to meet our clients’ real estate objectives and deliver complete solutions that emphasize reliability, scalability, and adaptability. We find the nexus of physical and virtual space that responds to and shape the future of their business.”