The detail that helps
you decide.
Practical planning guides for site, building and procurement teams. Explore the questions behind the service and prepare a more useful project brief.
Plan the assignment.
What belongs in a security assignment brief?
A useful brief tells an officer what to do, what to observe and who can make the next decision.
Read the guidePeople, licences and the assignment.
Check the role and its requirements, then look at how the service will be prepared and managed.
Read the guideA better handover between security shifts.
Pass on the information that changes the next officer’s decisions.
Read the guideUnderstand the system.
How to brief a CCTV project.
Specify what each view needs to achieve before deciding how many cameras to buy.
Read the guideBefore you upgrade your BMS.
Know what you have, what needs to change and how the building will keep operating.
Read the guidePower, connectivity and remote CCTV.
A camera at a remote location needs a complete operating plan.
Read the guideAccess permissions in a multi-tenant building.
Give the building team a clear model for people, areas and changes over time.
Read the guideWhat should happen after a CCTV alert?
Connect detection, verification and the agreed next action.
Read the guideTest the event, then trust the configuration.
A useful analytics rule has a defined objective and a representative test.
Read the guideCCTV around the trading day.
Build the system around the store, the incident process and the people authorised to use it.
Read the guideStart with the building.
The information behind a fire alarm project.
Begin with the building and its fire information, then establish the system work required.
Read the guideMake a fire service report actionable.
A report should help the building team understand the work, the findings and the next decision.
Read the guideFrom a sprinkler product to a protection system.
The visible component belongs to a wider design, shaped by the hazard and the application.
Read the guideDefine the service.
Write a facilities specification people can use.
Define the spaces, tasks, frequencies and standards before comparing prices.
Read the guideConnect planned work with reactive requests.
Use recurring tasks, fault reports and completion information to understand the building’s workload.
Read the guideA service review that leads to action.
Review the work against the schedule and leave with decisions people can follow through.
Read the guideBring a clearer brief
to the conversation.
A printable planning worksheet to capture the location, priorities, existing arrangements and questions for your project.
Bring us the challenge.
Tell us the location, the task and the timescale. We’ll connect you with the relevant team.
