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Planning guides

How we plan a commercial security job, from the first site walk through equipment, conduit routes and handover, worked through on example buildings with full drawings. The buildings are hypothetical; the way we plan them isn’t.

  • System Planning Guide

    Securing an industrial unit with a yard: a worked example

    An illustrative industrial-unit security plan, from site walk to handover: controlled doors, yard cameras, an intercom, gate access and conduit.

    Systems in this plan

    • Access control
    • Video surveillance
    • Intercom & entry
    • Gates & vehicle access
    • Structured cabling
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    1 
    Rack 
    2 
    Front door, D1 
    3 
    Office to shop, D2 
    4 
    Shop to yard, D3 
    5 
    Dock personnel door, D4 
    6 
    Dock camera, C1 
    7 
    Yard camera, C2 
    8 
    Gate reader 
    9 
    Underground run 
    The example unit in plan: office at the front, shop behind, the dock and the yard to one side. Orange is what we install; grey is the building, the fence and the gate. Illustrative only, not to scale or for construction.

    Enlarged diagram

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