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1. JohnLaban 12 April 2014 + 44 7710 124487 john.laban@annor.net

2. Value Management (VM)- how to systematicallyapply VM to Data Centres & Information Transport Systems in large offices in Istanbul to reduce costs by at least 33% JohnLaban + 44 7710 124487 john.laban@annor.net

3. Data Centres & Network Systems Architect • Maverick Value Engineer who annoys manufacturers • 30+ years experience saving money for customers • Part time teacher with 300+ students in Turkey • ICT Specialist in the international banking sector • Turkish clients include – Ziraat Bank, KKB, POAS & ATOS • Design Manager for Canary Wharf London • Istanbul International Finance Centre is a small copy • About me + 44 7710 124487 john.laban@annor.net

4. What is Value Management & Value Engineering • Value Management Timing Opportunities • Why is there so much waste in Turkey • Meeting the business requirements • Simple tips on how to apply VE & VM • Best Value Method to tell the time • Contents

5. To promote Value Management • To create behavioural change which reduces waste • To make every one of you smile at least once • To make you question what you do now • To solicit new Value Engineering business • So please contact me afterwards to save money • My objectives + 44 7710 124487 john.laban@annor.net

6. What's important “The single most important challenge facing managers today is having to do more with less” survey result London Business School

7. Value is defined as a fair return or the equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged.  • Value is represented by the relationship:Value ≈ Function/Resources • Function is measured by the performance requirements of the customer, and resources are measured in the materials, labour, price, time, etc., required to accomplish that function. • Value for Money is defined in UK legislation • What is Value

8. Value Management Timing Opportunities The earlier in the project, the greater the cost reduction potential and the less cost to change Planning Design Construction O & M Typically 30% Typically 10% Cost Reduction Potential When the baby is born the baby is born Cost to change Source TF Group

9. If a bridge designer is educated by a Concretemanufacturer then the bridge will be made predominately from which of the following materials ? • Steel • Stone • Carbon Fibre • Concrete • Will this bridge be the optimal Value design solution ? • What will it look like ? • Teaching bridge design

10. Concrete • bridge 4,000,000 cubic metres of concrete Happy concrete manufacturer

11. Manufacturer independent bridge design Results in Optimal • economy • form • function • value • …….. beauty

12. Structured Cabling is • the forth building utility • the low voltage nervous system • an Information Transport System (ITS) Subsystem • ITS Subsystems include • Structured Cabling • Cable Pathways • Spaces – Telecomms Rooms; Server Rooms; …… • Active ICT equipments for BMS, ICT & AV • Administration and more • Teaching Structured Cabling Design

13. Why 90 metres? • Who wrote standard which included the 90 metre rule ? • Is there another standard that reduces the 90 metres ? • Yes the TIA569 and its 100 work area 35 metre rule • How many of you are aware of the TIA569 standard ? • written by an academic • Where did you get your structured cabling training ? • 90 metre rule for structured cabling in offices

14. 90 metre rule versus TIA569 Standard 60 m 180 Work Areas TR 90 metre rule Topology 30 m TIA569 Standard Topology TE TE 90 Work Areas 90 Work Areas

15. Comparison matrix 90 metre rule versus TIA569 Standard Now extrapolate for 100,000 Work Areas in IIFC (multiply above by 555)

16. Is Category 6A a business requirement for cabling ? • What's the Function ? • To support Ethernet speeds up to 10Gbps • To do this only Category6 is required Value ≈ Function/Resources Worst Value ≈ Function/Cat6A Best Value ≈ Function/Cat6 • Meeting the business requirements

17. Function is support of Ethernet speeds up to 10Gbps • Category 6 supports 10Gbps for up to 55 metres • Worldwide 99.4% of all Data Centre cables are < 55m • Why is Cat6A cabling being used in Turkish Data Centres This size Computer Room supports 1,000 cabinets 55m cable 50 m Larger than any Computer Room In Turkey 50 m

18. Why not use 2,000 year old local technology • Wind Catchers • Are Mosques cool ? • Do Mosques use DX ? • Why are energy hungry DX cooling systems used in Turkey

19. Which switches are the most expensive • Which servers are the most expensive • Why use the most expensive products • Manufacturer Brand Status adds no Value to a business • ICT is just a cost of doing business • Why are expensive ICT products dominant in Turkey

20. Telling the time in England Phone is atomic clock accurate Capital cost for time function = zero

21. Telling the time in Turkey – how many are wearing watches capital cost for time function starts from 22,000 TL

22. Engineering perfection in Turkey will be reached not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. + 44 7710 124487 john.laban@annor.net