Design and consulting

Paid design work for architects, engineers and owners, specifying the systems long before anyone tenders them. Sometimes it is a billable engagement and sometimes it is not, and we will tell you which one this is before we start.

For architects and engineers

  • System design and drawings

    The conduit is in the wall before it is needed, because device layouts, riser diagrams and pathway requirements are in the drawing set rather than raised at commissioning.

  • Specification writing

    The tender does not leave the integration unowned, because the Division 27 and 28 sections are written to the standard you already use.

  • Basis of design reports

    The owner can defend the choice a year later, because why this system, this topology and this product class is written down at the time.

  • Budget and class estimates

    The number in the capital plan survives the tender, because estimates are reissued at each design stage rather than set once and hoped for.

  • Coverage and propagation studies

    You know where the radio will fail before the building goes up, from propagation modelling, in-building prediction and wireless survey.

  • Code and standards review

    The inspection passes the first time, because accessibility, life safety interfaces, privacy and retention obligations were checked against the design rather than against the finished building.

  • Tender support

    Bids can actually be compared, because addenda answers and bid levelling are done against the specification rather than against the lowest number.

  • Construction administration

    Deficiencies close before handover, through shop drawing review, site visits, deficiency lists and commissioning sign-off.

For owners and operators

  • Security and risk assessments

    You find out what is exposed before somebody else does, from a site walk-through and a threat and vulnerability review with findings in priority order.

  • Technology roadmaps

    Replacement is budgeted rather than discovered, from a multi-year capital plan across every system on the site.

  • Standards development

    Every site and every contractor builds the same way, because there is one written standard rather than a precedent somebody remembers.

  • Owner’s representative

    Somebody reads the submittals on your side of the table, through procurement and through installation by others.

Related work

Let’s talk about your project.

Early concept, active specification, out to tender, or a system already in place. Wherever you are in the process, our team can help.