In August we cleared the comms room at a residential developer’s site in Poplar, east London. The job had two parts: an audit of the three racks in the room, then a comms room clearance that moved everything into secure storage in Bow and left the room empty.

Audit first

We audited the room on 10 August, recording the make, model, serial number and rack position of every item, and what was connected to what.

The client’s equipment list had more on it than the room did. Some kit had been moved elsewhere over the years and never taken off the list. Finding that on audit day, rather than on clearance day, meant the clearance was planned against what was actually there.

Comms room clearance day

The clearance ran on 13 August. Everything was de-racked, packed into rack-format flight cases and carried out by hand on a hot August day, then loaded by tail-lift and driven to a self-storage facility in Bow.

Custody stayed with us from the comms room until the storage facility signed for the delivery.

Handing the room back

With the equipment gone, the room was ready to hand back.

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