In our experience, successful rollout projects will normally incorporate
site survey activity. Whilst this can initially seem like an unnecessary
overhead, in our view, it represents an essential part of the risk
management process. When considered against the cost of a site failure
during the rollout itself, the business case for surveys in advance
of deployment becomes clear. A well-designed survey can capture
a multitude of information, allowing issues that could have caused
a potentially expensive site failure to be addressed prior to rollout
commencement.
Site surveys can be used to examine a number of areas, depending
on the end-user environment. Typically, we would look to ensure
that sufficient data and power points are available (or planned)
and that they are in the same approximate location as that where
the equipment is required. We would also check that desk space or
store furniture was adequate (or planned). Health and safety issues
would be considered. We would also gather additional information
such as the various contact names and telephone numbers, the opening
hours, access times, and any special time, date or access restrictions.
Finally, we would look at logistics considerations. These may include
vehicular access, parking availability and restrictions, unloading
facilities, on-site storage capacity, lift numbers and capacities,
and when installing ATMs or kiosks, we would also consider the type
of floor, its load-bearing capacity and the floor finish so that
we can plan the very best way to move the equipment into place.
We also offer specialist cabling surveys covering, for example;
asbestos identification and RF networking.
After the survey has been completed, an electronic version can
be forwarded to you and a detailed floor-plan can be produced to
meet your requirements. From the cabling survey, we can then use
CAD software to add overlays to existing plans to show proposed
and actual cable runs.
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