Barry Shambrook

Managing Director at Tuckers Consultancy Ltd

Barry Shambrook has been involved in the data center industry for over 25 years and holds both the BICSI RCDD credential and the ISEB Intermediate Certificate in EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres.

Originally a HVAC engineer, Barry has worked on prestigious projects for contractors and consultants including hospitals, hotels, high-rise offices and data centers.

From the mid-1980s he took a wider role in design and project management of all MEP systems for Tucker Associates – which later became Tuckers Consultancy.

In 1998 Barry was appointed a director of Tuckers Consultancy Ltd and took over as managing director and owner in 2000.

Having taken a keen interest in the integration of IT with other facilities technology in buildings, and presenting on this subject to the annual conferences of BICSi Europe and BIFM, he is now principle of the Data Center and Information Transport System divison – TCL Data.

Barry’s ideas have been applied to practical designs on data centers and other recent high specification projects such as airports and football stadia, where he has been the design team leader for the facilities technology – which includes power supplies, environmental control, information transport, safety and security systems.

He was recently appointed as chair of the BICSi UK steering committee with a mandate to expand the membership base and promote IP integration.

Barry has been an instructor for DCProfessional Development since 2010 and has provided input to the Data Center Design Awareness, Energy Efficiency and Data Center Cooling Professional course materials and exercises.