EnergyDigital Magazine February 2023 | Page 38

BLACK & VEATCH

“ After you ' ve built it , it ’ s much more expensive for the client to make changes ”

DREW DERRICK MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER , BLACK & VEATCH decision that they want to use cold chillers so they can save water . “ We have that discussion with the client , bringing their requirements and preferences to the forefront . Then we can design a system around their values for sustainability – and that can be an interesting topic of the conversation if the client hasn ’ t thought of it before .”
Derrick predicts that , in the next decade , the data centre construction industry will see more liquid cooling options – both direct-to-chip or immersiontype technology – but this will require
Drew Derrick

EXECUTIVE BIO

DREW DERRICK , PE , CXA , DCEP , ATD
TITLE : MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MANAGER
INDUSTRY : ENGINEERING LOCATION : UNITED STATES
Drew Derrick is a Mechanical
Engineering Manager with more than 20 years of experience with heating ventilating and air conditioning ( HVAC ) and plumbing systems for mission-critical facilities , including data centres . His project activities include condition assessments , feasibility studies , design , construction administration , value engineering and commissioning .
Drew has engineered and served as certified commissioning agent for mission-critical mechanical systems subject to client reliability criteria , redundancy , and single-point vulnerabilities . He has experience developing mechanical systems for sensitive compartmented information facilities ( SCIF ) subject to DCID 6 / 9 , and is an Accredited Tier Design ( ATD ) by Uptime Institute .