Multi building commercial and residential estate
A connectivity and security programme across several buildings in the South West, each at a different stage of readiness, covering network, wireless, CCTV and access control. I owned the plan end to end, defining scope, sequencing the workstreams and managing the dependencies between contractors, suppliers, the carrier and the client's finance and property teams.
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Infrastructure. I coordinated structured cabling and fibre installation with specialist contractors. I challenged the contractor's quote on its assumed cable routing around the edge of the building and through the car park ducting, and secured a revised quote before approving the work. I negotiated the fibre design directly with the carrier's engineers and recommended extending it to the next building and terminating in a communal service cupboard, so the infrastructure would support the estate as it expanded. I also oversaw the specification and configuration of the wireless and switching layer, including access points for residential and commercial areas.
Security. I delivered the CCTV installation, including relocating a temporary camera to its final position and bringing in additional cameras to extend coverage, and I scoped and quoted plate recognition for gated access. I managed the access control supplier through cable containment and presentation decisions at the doors, and held the second fix to the sequence set by the released purchase order.
Commercial control. I owned procurement from quote through to purchase order, chased approvals and expired quotes, reviewed architect drawings to cost the remaining buildings, and acted as the single point of contact between the client's finance team, contractors and suppliers, so every party knew progress, dependencies and open decisions.