In the world of data centers, reliability isn’t optional — it’s everything. Every component, machine, cable, weld, and connection must perform flawlessly, because even a single defect can trigger downtime that’s unacceptable in a mission-critical environment.
Today’s facilities are larger, denser, and more complex than ever before. Mechanical, thermal, and electrical systems operate at peak loads around the clock, and asset performance must be managed with precision from design through operation.
That’s where the combined services from Acuren and NV5, excels. Together, we offer an end-to-end solution that unites NV5’s world-class mission-critical design, commissioning and digital engineering capabilities with the inspection and reliability expertise of Acuren.
The result? A reliability-driven approach to datacenter project delivery and operation that helps clients achieve compliance and optimize the value from their assets.
A Unified Offering for a Mission-Critical World
Through the merger of Acuren and NV5 we have expertise and services spanning the entire lifecycle of a datacenter including design, commissioning, operating and maintaining. This integrated model is designed to provide our clients with a complete turnkey package, reducing the number of contracts required, remove silos, reduce risk, and ensure that every phase of the project aims to achieve sustainable performance.
In this article, we explore how Acuren’s Reliability Engineering Team adds measurable value throughout every stage of a datacenter project.
Design and Planning – Reliability by Design
Reliability starts long before construction begins. Our reliability engineers collaborate with design and project teams to embed asset performance and sustainability into the foundation of each facility.
We support:
- Design for reliability: integrating reliability principles early to guide design decisions.
- Reliability modeling and point of failure analysis: identifying weak points before they become issues.
- Condition monitoring system design: embedding sensors and monitoring infrastructure from day one
- Reliability centered maintenance strategy development: defining the right preventive and predictive maintenance mix.
- Reliability data systems: develop systems to monitor uptime and categorize failures for the reliability program.
- Asset hierarchy and CMMS integration: aligning reliability data with your maintenance management system.
Construction and Commissioning
As facilities transition from construction to operation, Acuren’s Reliability Engineering group works alongside NV5’s Mission Critical commissioning team to verify that every mechanical and electrical system performs to design intent.
Our reliability specialists support:
- Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT): validating equipment performance prior to shipping.
- Predictive maintenance technologies: vibration analysis, infrared thermography, ultrasound, motor testing, and oil analysis to benchmark asset condition.
- Start-up troubleshooting and in-situ balancing: resolving issues before turnover.
- Performance validation: confirming machinery performance against OEM standards.
- Installation of IIoT sensors: integrating real-time monitoring for vibration, temperature, and oil condition.
- Root-cause analysis: identifying and resolving startup anomalies.
- Commissioning documentation and certification: delivering traceability and compliance reporting
This collaboration closes the loop between construction quality and operational readiness, ensuring that the reliability built into the design is fully realized in operation.
Operations, Reliability, and Lifecycle Management
Once the facility is energized, reliability becomes one of the defining measure of success. Acuren’s predictive maintenance and condition-monitoring specialists help operators maximize uptime by turning asset data into actionable insight.
We deliver:
- Predictive maintenance programs: vibration analysis, thermal imaging, ultrasound, corrosion, motor testing, oil analysis and structural monitoring in real time
- IIoT monitoring centers: providing real-time alerts, trend analysis, and expert recommendations directly to your maintenance teams.
- Preventative maintenance programs: Lubrication optimization for reliability and energy management, routine maintenance tasks, and asset basic care rounds contribute to a holistic, reliable operation.
- Integration with CMMS systems: automatically generating work notifications and tracking maintenance actions.
- Data integrity audits: ensuring sensors and analytics perform as expected.
- Failure analysis and repair engineering: diagnosing issues rapidly and recommending sustainable fixes.
- Integration with digital twins: combining inspection results, condition data, and asset health trends for a unified reliability view.
Combined with NV5’s geospatial and digital modeling capabilities — including LiDAR, photogrammetry, and 3D asset mapping — clients gain a complete, data-driven view of asset health and lifecycle performance.
The Acuren + NV5 Advantage
Data center owners invest billions in infrastructure; protecting that investment requires a disciplined reliability strategy. Acuren and NV5 together provide:
- Early-stage risk prevention: embedding reliability into planning and design, and establishing predictive baselines during commissioning.
- Faster response and smarter decisions: inspection, engineering, and commissioning integrated under one team.
- Single-source accountability: one partner responsible for quality, commissioning, and sustainable performance.
- Scalable, repeatable programs: consistent frameworks for new builds, expansions, and global rollouts.
- Long-term reliability assurance: continuous monitoring and data-driven insights to optimize lifecycle value.
From groundbreaking to go-live — and through decades of operation — Acuren delivers the reliability backbone that mission-critical infrastructure depends on.
Reliability Is Not a Department — It’s a Culture
As digital infrastructure becomes more vital and uptime expectations approach perfection, owners and operators need partners who see reliability as more than a service. It is a shared responsibility.
Acuren and NV5 bring that mindset to every project. Together, we unite Acuren’s deep expertise in inspection, reliability, and condition monitoring with NV5’s leadership in mission-critical design, commissioning, and digital engineering. This creates a seamless, reliability-driven approach to datacenter performance.
From early design through decades of operation, our teams work as one — integrating technology, experience, and insight to help clients build facilities that perform with confidence, efficiency, and sustainability.
If you’re looking to strengthen your reliability strategy at any phase of the data center lifecycle, contact us to speak with our team. We’re ready to support your mission-critical operations.
When reliability is everything, start with Acuren & NV5 – partners in performance for the datacenter world.
