Project Planning & Estimation
Brief intake, phase Gantt, specification tiers and AMC tier matching.
Before any technical sizing happens, the project needs a defensible structure. The brief wizard takes six questions and triggers a written reply within two working days. The phase visualiser maps a typical project across our seven delivery stages — brief, survey, design, BOQ, install, commissioning, handover.
Specification tiers document what changes between basic, premium and enterprise across design, brand stack, redundancy and documentation. AMC tier selection matches your operation's risk profile against Bronze, Silver, Gold or Mission-Critical SLAs.
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9 tools, sized for
planning & estimation.
Project Brief Wizard
Six structured questions, a written response within two working days. The fastest path to engaging the practice on a real project.
System Need Finder
Building type, stage and goals in — the disciplines to consider and the documents to share first out. Advisory; not a scope or BOQ.
Consultation Prep Checklist
Assemble the drawings, site information and people to prepare before the first conversation. Copyable; a preparation aid, not a scope.
Architect Brief Builder
For architects, consultants and project teams — assemble a plain-language coordination brief. A draft input, not a statutory submission.
CCTV Readiness Checker
A readiness self-check before a surveillance conversation. No camera counts, no placements, no coverage maps, no compliance pass/fail.
Smart Home Discovery Wizard
For villa and apartment owners — pick your home, the zones that matter and the experiences you want, and map a coordination scope and room checklist. Not a final design, device count or security layout.
Project Phase Visualiser
Pick a project profile and see the realistic week-by-week Gantt across our seven delivery stages — brief through handover.
Specification Tiers
We don't publish per-square-foot rates. We do publish what changes between basic, premium and enterprise across design, brand stack, redundancy and documentation — for five disciplines.
Hotel Technology Planner
Pick the property archetype — boutique, 4-star, 5-star, resort — and the planner maps each space (guest floor, lobby, banquet, F&B, spa, BoH) to systems, AP density, AV grade and lifecycle cost.
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- Readiness
Fire Readiness Checklist
A readiness self-check before a fire alarm, hydrant or extinguisher conversation. No device counts, layouts, zoning or NOC/AHJ pass/fail — design and approvals stay with the fire consultant and the authority.
- AV · Selector
Boardroom Solution Selector
Pick the room, how it is used and the platforms in play, and see a broad meeting-room direction with what to share. A planning aid — not a final design, model list, quantity or budget.
- BMS · Energy
Energy & Efficiency Estimator
Adjust building variables and see indicative energy and CO₂ savings (kWh) for a BMS-driven energy upgrade plus daylight-harvesting LED retrofit. Conservative; defensible in a first conversation.
- ELV · Surveillance
CCTV Coverage Calculator
Building dimensions and risk profile in, recommended camera count, retention storage and bandwidth out. Sized to NBC and IS-grade specifications.
- IT · Cabling
Structured Cabling Estimator
Estimate total structured-cabling length, patch panel count and IDF closet count against floor area and drop count. Panduit, CommScope, Belden, Legrand, Corning, Furukawa, R&M. Cat6, Cat6A, Cat7, Cat8 copper plus OM3, OM4, OS2 fibre. TIA-568 compliant.
- AV · Audio · Coverage
Speaker Coverage Planner
Engineering-grade speaker coverage and SPL planner across K-array, KGEAR, JBL Professional, d&b audiotechnik, L-Acoustics, Fonestar and Ecler. Predicts SPL at listener distance, coverage radius on the -6 dB dispersion axis and quantity needed for the room. Sources cited.
- AV · Audio · Simulation
Room Acoustic Simulator
Drag speakers and subs onto a to-scale room plan and see a free-field broadband SPL heatmap, per-speaker coverage footprints and a plain-language coverage verdict. A fast tentative-coverage estimate across the full K-array, KGEAR, JBL, Bose, QSC, Yamaha and Sonance catalogue — not a measured acoustic simulation; engineering-grade results via EASE Focus or the brief wizard.
- ELV · Surveillance · Storage
CCTV Storage Retention Calculator
Multi-brand, codec-aware CCTV storage retention sizing across Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Hanwha, Bosch, Honeywell, CP Plus and Prama. Computes storage TB, HDD count plan, recorded bandwidth and an NVR/VMS class recommendation against camera count. Pairs with the CCTV Coverage Calculator.
- AV · LED
LED Wall Size Calculator
Direct-view LED wall sizing across Samsung, LG MAGNIT, Leyard, Absen, Unilumin, Panasonic, Delta, Christie and Barco. Cabinet count, native resolution, brightness adequacy, power and weight — with pitch-vs-distance honesty and camera-refresh flags. Sources cited per model.
- AV · Projection
Projector Throw Calculator
Engineering-grade throw distance calculator across 14 brands and 30 verified models — Sony, JVC, Epson, BenQ, LG, Optoma, ViewSonic, Panasonic, Barco, Christie, Hisense, Samsung, XGIMI, Formovie, AWOL Vision. Throw range, lens-shift envelope, viewing distance, pixel density and feasibility flags. Sources cited per model.
- AMC · Lifecycle
AMC Plan Selector
Four quiz questions about your operation. We recommend Bronze, Silver, Gold or Mission-Critical AMC tier with response targets and PM frequency.
- Audio · Whole-home
Multi-Room Audio Explorer
Tap a room — Lounge, Home Theatre, Kitchen, Study — and hear the speaker, source and SPL appropriate to it. Sonance flush ceilings, KEF Reference, Waterfall glass-cabinet, Polk Reserve. Specify the rooms before you specify the speakers.
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Tools answer the early questions. A written reply from the studio usually answers the harder ones. Send drawings and a brief — we respond within two working days.