The record

Work you can look at before you call.

Low-voltage work disappears behind drywall and above ceiling tile. These are photographs of real installs, so you can judge the standard now rather than take our word for it.

34 plates published

06 plates

Structured cabling

Pathway, dressing, termination and labelling. The part nobody sees again once the ceiling closes, which is exactly why it is worth doing properly.

  • Hundreds of blue patch cords fanning out from four labelled copper patch panels inside a network rack, with a grey cable trunk above and fiber pigtails at the side.

    PLATE 01

    Hundreds of blue patch cords fanning out from four labelled copper patch panels inside a network rack, with a grey cable trunk above and fiber pigtails at the side.

  • A twenty four port keystone patch panel being terminated on a tool bag, with labelled blue jacks for data and orange jacks for wireless access points.

    PLATE 02

    A twenty four port keystone patch panel being terminated on a tool bag, with labelled blue jacks for data and orange jacks for wireless access points.

  • White low voltage cable and blue network cable dropping out of ceiling conduit sleeves, strapped with hook and loop at even intervals and swept through a long service loop into an open wall mount cabinet holding a cellular router and rack mounted audio equipment.

    PLATE 03

    White low voltage cable and blue network cable dropping out of ceiling conduit sleeves, strapped with hook and loop at even intervals and swept through a long service loop into an open wall mount cabinet holding a cellular router and rack mounted audio equipment.

  • A technician in a hard hat standing in front of four cable reels on jack stands inside a building under construction, with exposed steel joists and ductwork overhead.

    PLATE 04

    A technician in a hard hat standing in front of four cable reels on jack stands inside a building under construction, with exposed steel joists and ductwork overhead.

  • Bundles of blue, purple and aqua network cable strapped at even intervals along a J-hook pathway, sweeping around a corner and up into conduit sleeves above a stud wall.

    PLATE 05

    Bundles of blue, purple and aqua network cable strapped at even intervals along a J-hook pathway, sweeping around a corner and up into conduit sleeves above a stud wall.

  • A bank of grey rigid non metallic conduits running side by side across a painted block wall, each pipe held by its own clamp with the clamps stepping down one after another across the run, and the printed conduit legend still legible along the pipes.

    PLATE 06

    A bank of grey rigid non metallic conduits running side by side across a painted block wall, each pipe held by its own clamp with the clamps stepping down one after another across the run, and the printed conduit legend still legible along the pipes.

03 plates

Rack builds

Equipment stacked in service order, cable combed and strapped, and every device labelled for whoever opens the door next.

  • A floor standing network rack with patch panels, switches, a cellular router, a video recorder, labelled power outlets, an audio mixer, an amplifier and a UPS.

    PLATE 01

    A floor standing network rack with patch panels, switches, a cellular router, a video recorder, labelled power outlets, an audio mixer, an amplifier and a UPS.

  • A floor standing network rack seen straight on, with two named switches, patch panels marked port by port, a camera panel wired entirely in green, a video recorder, a power strip with every outlet named, an audio mixer, an amplifier, and a battery backup at the base.

    PLATE 02

    A floor standing network rack seen straight on, with two named switches, patch panels marked port by port, a camera panel wired entirely in green, a video recorder, a power strip with every outlet named, an audio mixer, an amplifier, and a battery backup at the base.

  • A wall mounted swing out rack standing open, the cable bundles on its hinged back panel combed straight and strapped at even intervals where they come down from the conduit.

    PLATE 03

    A wall mounted swing out rack standing open, the cable bundles on its hinged back panel combed straight and strapped at even intervals where they come down from the conduit.

13 plates

Access control and door hardware

Controllers, power supplies, maglocks, readers and gate intercoms, wired into conduit and mounted square.

  • Close up of a brushed stainless electric strike set into a dark steel door frame, its four screws seated flush, the keeper and solenoid visible in the open cutout with the blue coil lead behind them, and an out of focus interior beyond the doorway.

    PLATE 01

    Close up of a brushed stainless electric strike set into a dark steel door frame, its four screws seated flush, the keeper and solenoid visible in the open cutout with the blue coil lead behind them, and an out of focus interior beyond the doorway.

  • An access control enclosure opened to show twelve door controller boards wired with labelled blue and orange conductors, above a separate power distribution section.

    PLATE 02

    An access control enclosure opened to show twelve door controller boards wired with labelled blue and orange conductors, above a separate power distribution section.

  • A door controller panel and a battery backed power supply mounted on a plywood backboard, wired with colour coded conductors and dressed into flexible conduit.

    PLATE 03

    A door controller panel and a battery backed power supply mounted on a plywood backboard, wired with colour coded conductors and dressed into flexible conduit.

  • A magnetic lock bar spanning the head of a pair of aluminium framed glass doors, with two green status lights showing it energised, a request to exit sensor mounted above on the frame, and a two piece surface contact set either side of the gap where the leaves meet.

    PLATE 04

    A magnetic lock bar spanning the head of a pair of aluminium framed glass doors, with two green status lights showing it energised, a request to exit sensor mounted above on the frame, and a two piece surface contact set either side of the gap where the leaves meet.

  • A security backboard carrying a locked black access control enclosure, three grey power supply cabinets and a red power controller that releases the door locks on a fire alarm signal, its eight channel display lit, with green, white and yellow cable bundles strapped in along the edge of the board.

    PLATE 05

    A security backboard carrying a locked black access control enclosure, three grey power supply cabinets and a red power controller that releases the door locks on a fire alarm signal, its eight channel display lit, with green, white and yellow cable bundles strapped in along the edge of the board.

  • An access control head end part way through installation, the controller enclosure open to show the main board wired to labelled terminal strips, a reader interface module on ribbon cable and a sealed battery below, alongside two closed power supply cabinets and a third opened onto its board and a formed loop of colour coded conductors, all fed by EMT conduit through junction boxes labelled with the circuit number.

    PLATE 06

    An access control head end part way through installation, the controller enclosure open to show the main board wired to labelled terminal strips, a reader interface module on ribbon cable and a sealed battery below, alongside two closed power supply cabinets and a third opened onto its board and a formed loop of colour coded conductors, all fed by EMT conduit through junction boxes labelled with the circuit number.

  • A security equipment backboard carrying three access control enclosures, four power supplies, a red power module that releases the door locks on an alarm signal, and an alarm keypad cabinet, all fed by rigid conduit.

    PLATE 07

    A security equipment backboard carrying three access control enclosures, four power supplies, a red power module that releases the door locks on an alarm signal, and an alarm keypad cabinet, all fed by rigid conduit.

  • A stainless video intercom with a card reader mounted on the post of a fenced pedestrian gate, with a heavy duty gate hinge above it.

    PLATE 08

    A stainless video intercom with a card reader mounted on the post of a fenced pedestrian gate, with a heavy duty gate hinge above it.

  • A magnetic lock mounted across the head frame of a pair of doors, spanning both leaves on two bracket plates, with a request to exit motion sensor on the wall above and an overhead closer arm on each leaf.

    PLATE 09

    A magnetic lock mounted across the head frame of a pair of doors, spanning both leaves on two bracket plates, with a request to exit motion sensor on the wall above and an overhead closer arm on each leaf.

  • Four access control enclosures in a row above four power supply cabinets and two red modules that release the door locks on an alarm signal, all fed by rigid conduit with green bonding jumpers, and a handwritten door schedule taped to the wall beside them.

    PLATE 10

    Four access control enclosures in a row above four power supply cabinets and two red modules that release the door locks on an alarm signal, all fed by rigid conduit with green bonding jumpers, and a handwritten door schedule taped to the wall beside them.

  • Two magnetic locks with door position sensors installed on the head frame above a pair of wooden doors.

    PLATE 11

    Two magnetic locks with door position sensors installed on the head frame above a pair of wooden doors.

  • A magnetic lock and keypad reader installed on the frame of a caged entrance in a warehouse, with conduit run up to a junction box.

    PLATE 12

    A magnetic lock and keypad reader installed on the frame of a caged entrance in a warehouse, with conduit run up to a junction box.

  • A magnetic spirit level held across a covered lockdown call point to check it sits square before final fixing.

    PLATE 13

    A magnetic spirit level held across a covered lockdown call point to check it sits square before final fixing.

03 plates

Security cameras

Camera arrays on poles and buildings, aimed and weatherproofed for the conditions they have to live in.

  • Three surveillance cameras clamped to a concrete pole and joined by flexible conduit whips, seen from below against a clear sky.

    PLATE 01

    Three surveillance cameras clamped to a concrete pole and joined by flexible conduit whips, seen from below against a clear sky.

  • A surveillance camera mounted partway up a black pole above flowering shrubs, with a playground and shade trees behind it under a clear sky.

    PLATE 02

    A surveillance camera mounted partway up a black pole above flowering shrubs, with a playground and shade trees behind it under a clear sky.

  • A technician sitting on a ladder to aim a four camera array mounted on a steel pole above a parking area.

    PLATE 03

    A technician sitting on a ladder to aim a four camera array mounted on a steel pole above a parking area.

05 plates

Displays and AV

Video wall mounting and alignment, and the distribution equipment behind the panels that keeps every screen fed.

  • A control room with a four panel video wall, a curved operator console, a bank of monitors and blue accent lighting.

    PLATE 01

    A control room with a four panel video wall, a curved operator console, a bank of monitors and blue accent lighting.

  • A ten panel video wall lit up on the wall of a darkened room, showing the display setup screen before content is loaded.

    PLATE 02

    A ten panel video wall lit up on the wall of a darkened room, showing the display setup screen before content is loaded.

  • Eleven numbered HDMI over network transmitters velcroed in two rows on a backboard, each fed by a blue patch cord and an HDMI lead.

    PLATE 03

    Eleven numbered HDMI over network transmitters velcroed in two rows on a backboard, each fed by a blue patch cord and an HDMI lead.

  • Three technicians on step ladders aligning an eight panel video wall on a dark mounting backer in an empty office space.

    PLATE 04

    Three technicians on step ladders aligning an eight panel video wall on a dark mounting backer in an empty office space.

  • A video wall backer panel fitted with ten display brackets and LED edge lighting, with cabling coiled ready at each mount, in a room still being fitted out.

    PLATE 05

    A video wall backer panel fitted with ten display brackets and LED edge lighting, with cabling coiled ready at each mount, in a room still being fitted out.

03 plates

Fiber optic

Wall housings, splice trays and connector panels, terminated and dressed on the bench before they go up.

  • An open fiber optic housing with a yellow single mode jumper and an aqua multimode jumper coiled on the routing tray under grey retaining clips, colour coded fibers fanning out to three blue duplex LC connectors seated in the adapter panel beside a laser radiation warning label.

    PLATE 01

    An open fiber optic housing with a yellow single mode jumper and an aqua multimode jumper coiled on the routing tray under grey retaining clips, colour coded fibers fanning out to three blue duplex LC connectors seated in the adapter panel beside a laser radiation warning label.

  • A rack mount fiber connector housing opened flat, with a yellow single mode pigtail bundle coiled on the left splice tray and an aqua multimode bundle on the right, the colour coded fibers clipped into splice holders, three blue SC connectors seated in the adapter panel and a laser radiation warning label beside them.

    PLATE 02

    A rack mount fiber connector housing opened flat, with a yellow single mode pigtail bundle coiled on the left splice tray and an aqua multimode bundle on the right, the colour coded fibers clipped into splice holders, three blue SC connectors seated in the adapter panel and a laser radiation warning label beside them.

  • An open fiber optic wall housing on a bench, with an aqua multimode trunk coiled on the splice tray, colour coded pigtails, and six aqua LC connectors seated in the adapter panel.

    PLATE 03

    An open fiber optic wall housing on a bench, with an aqua multimode trunk coiled on the splice tray, colour coded pigtails, and six aqua LC connectors seated in the adapter panel.

01 plates

Outdoor network infrastructure

Weatherproof enclosures with switching, power and surge protection for runs that leave the building.

  • An outdoor weatherproof enclosure holding a forty eight volt power supply, three surge protectors and a PoE switch, with the ports labelled for a pole, an antenna and a scoreboard.

    PLATE 01

    An outdoor weatherproof enclosure holding a forty eight volt power supply, three surge protectors and a PoE switch, with the ports labelled for a pole, an antenna and a scoreboard.

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