1- What is a Digital site survey and its direct benefit adding to the bottom line and extending relationship with the client)

As a professional IT hardware installer, a site survey is an essential tool to help you, your team and your customers .

Saving time, resources and have the total detail SOW (Scope of work) that is mutually pre-approved by client is to every one advantage.

In addition to giving you a clear layout of the location, a site survey can identify where areas of coverage for many applications such as:

• Data cabling maximum distance ( 328 feet)

• WiFi optimum distance ( 50 feet indoors and about 300 feet outdoors)

• Indoor outdoor security camera field of view ( between 60 and 110 degrees) ( depending on resolution 5 to 70 feet)

• Indoor outdoor security camera distance of view (depending on resolution 5 to 70 feet)

• Access control doors and coverage

• Speaker and horn ( maximum width of 20 feet, strobes are permitted to be 15 cd rated, spaced at a maximum of 100 feet between each strobe and located within 15 feet of all ends

• IOT sensors (maximum range is 10-30 meters)

• Digital display coverage

• Alarm system coverage

• Guest management sensors and display

• Connectrac system

• Installation environment

  • Wall types ( indoor & out door )

  • Ceiling types

  • Floor types

  • Ceiling heights

  • Roof types

• Conduit and race way types

• Mounting types and assessments

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• etc.

As you see there are much to consider at the time of site survey , thus a visual representation, pictures, data and audio notes go far beyond typical data captured at time of site survey.

This will allow you to educate your clients on what needs to be considered, and provide supplemental information that will support your plans to address a successful installation and future support of facility technologies.

If the walk through is done in a group peers, having a tablet in hand capturing information pictures, data and audio notes on the floor plan would set your brand from the start.

Without accurate information design and estimating team has to assume and also pad the proposal which both can result in loss of project or termination of relationship. We all know , we need to bid the bid but provide detail assumptions, inclusions or exclusions.