Site survey and requirements
A walk-through of the building, existing cabling and equipment in use, recorded before any recommendation is made.
Surveyed before it is specified. Cabling, switching, wireless and power designed as one system, then installed, labelled, documented and handed over with support terms in writing.
Most network complaints trace back to a decision made before anything was mounted: where the cable could run, where the switch sat, who needed signal in which corner.
A site usually grows its network one urgent purchase at a time — a switch added when a cabin appeared, an access point bought when the signal faded in the warehouse. Each decision was sensible on the day. Together they leave a tangle nobody can describe, and every fault turns into a search for what connects to what.
We work the other way round. The building, the possible cable routes and the people who depend on the connection are surveyed first. The design follows: which rooms get outlets, where access points must sit to cover through walls, how the firewall should separate staff from guests, and how long the UPS has to hold the rack when power drops. Installation then follows the plan, and what was built is written down.
One team from cable route to firewall rule. Where a specialist trade is needed, we say so and coordinate with them.
A walk-through of the building, existing cabling and equipment in use, recorded before any recommendation is made.
Copper drops, fibre backbone between floors or buildings, patch panels and face plates, every run labelled to match the drawings.
Managed switches with separate network segments, so staff, guests and devices are not sharing one flat address range.
Access points placed from a coverage review rather than a guess, with spare capacity for the areas that fill at peak hours.
Rules that reflect who and what may reach the internet, how remote access is granted, and what is logged for later review.
UPS sizing for the real load and required runtime, power distribution, rack layout and cable management that can be serviced.
The survey and the documentation are part of the job, not extras raised after the invoice.
The right time to design a network is before the ceilings close, or the week after the third unexplained outage.
Cabling costs far less before ceilings close and furniture arrives than it does to retrofit afterwards.
Daisy-chained switches, unlabelled cable and a wireless name that half the building cannot reach reliably.
Where one access point in a corridor does not reach the cabins, and adding another has not solved it.
The previous installer has gone and nobody can say which cable goes where, or what the admin password is.
A sequence that keeps the site usable during the work and leaves behind something a future engineer can read.
Walk the building, inspect existing cabling and equipment, photograph routes and record the constraints.
Cable schedule, equipment list, IP plan and rack layout, costed together as one proposal.
Cabling and rack work scheduled around working hours, with the site left tidy at the end of each day.
Switching, wireless, firewall and power checked against the design, with results recorded per link.
Drawings, credentials and a walkthrough for whoever will run it, plus the support terms in writing.
Equipment is selected per site. What matters is that the result can be maintained by someone other than the person who installed it.
A network should stop being a source of interruptions and become part of the background, like electricity.
Calls, files and billing work at the desk, the counter and the far end of the shop floor.
Labelled cabling and current drawings turn an outage into a traceable check rather than a search.
Credentials, drawings and an equipment list are yours, whichever team maintains it next.
Spare ports, spare power and a documented plan mean new desks are an addition, not a redesign.
Still unsure whether this fits what you are trying to do? Ask directly — you will get an honest answer, including when the answer is no.
Talk to the teamBoth are possible. We can specify and supply cabling and active equipment, or install and configure hardware you already own. The specification is not tied to one brand: the choice follows port count, power budget, warranty support and local availability.
Cabling is the noisy part. Drilling and ceiling work is scheduled around office hours and, where the site needs it, done in the evening or at a weekend. The working network stays up until the changeover, which is planned before work starts.
After testing, yes. Links that pass are kept and documented; the ones that fail are replaced. We show you which is which rather than recommending a full replacement out of convenience.
No, we are not an internet service provider. We design around the circuit you have, configure the firewall to it, and where a second line exists we can set up automatic failover between them.
Support runs as an agreed arrangement with stated response terms, covering remote checks and on-site visits. Remote monitoring, where the site permits it, and an escalation path you can actually reach are written into that agreement rather than assumed.
Tell us what you are trying to build, launch, grow or fix. You will get a recommended approach, an honest scope and clear next steps.