Multi-site and national Wi-Fi survey programmes

• Banks, building societies and branch networks replacing or upgrading Wi-Fi across every branch.
• Retail chains, dealerships and hospitality groups standardising guest and staff Wi-Fi.
• Main contractors and IT integrators who need a survey partner for their own client's rollout.
• Schools, trusts, healthcare and housing providers with many similar buildings.

1. Agree the output first. Before anyone goes to site, we agree the report template with you: heatmaps, findings, access point positions, cable and containment needs, photos and a bill of materials. Every site comes back in the same format, so they can be compared and priced side by side.
2. Group the sites. We sort the list by region and building size, so surveyors visit neighbouring sites on the same trip. This is what keeps the cost per site down.
3. Schedule around the buildings. Normal working hours, early starts or closed days, whatever each site allows. We confirm access, escorts and parking in advance.
4. Survey to the same method everywhere. Calibrated Ekahau equipment, the same settings, the same thresholds for coverage, signal-to-noise and capacity, whichever surveyor attends.
5. Audit the infrastructure on the same visit. Because we're electricians as well as Wi-Fi engineers, we record comms rooms, cabinets, switch ports, containment, cable routes, fire stopping and power at the same time. No second visit for the cabling survey.
6. Report on an agreed turnaround. Each report is checked before it's issued. You get a programme tracker showing every site's status.
7. Then install, if you want us to. The same team can deliver cabling, installation and a validation survey site by site.

• Predictive from floor plans for identical or very similar sites. Survey a sample of each building type on site, then design the rest from drawings. Quicker and cheaper where the estate is consistent.
• On-site (passive and active) where buildings differ or problems already exist.
• Mobile signal checks (4G/5G) alongside the Wi-Fi survey, where the brief needs them.

See predictive vs on-site surveys for the trade-offs.

• Heatmaps for signal, signal-to-noise and channel overlap, floor by floor
• Proposed access point positions and mounting notes
• Comms room, cabinet and switch port findings
• Cable routes, containment and fire-stopping notes with photos
• A bill of materials and labour breakdown, so the install can be priced
• Programme summary across all sites

• One contact for the whole programme, not a different subcontractor in every region.
• Electrical and Wi-Fi in one visit. Containment, power, fire stopping and comms rooms are our day job.
• Vendor-neutral. We design for Cisco Meraki, Ruckus, Aruba, Cambium and Ubiquiti, or whatever the client has chosen.
• Accredited. The Specialist Electrical Group Ltd holds CHAS, Constructionline Gold, SafeContractor and TrustMark.
• Confidentiality. We're used to working under NDA and through main contractors. We never name a client without permission.

England, Scotland and Wales. We've surveyed up and down the country, including a five-storey townhouse office in Edinburgh, from our base in St Albans.