Access & movement
Define how staff, visitors, deliveries and contractors move through the building, which areas need protection and how access should change through the day.
Security Planning & Design
Bring security into the building design early.
We help architects and engineering consultancies turn the client’s security needs into a clear brief, workable design requirements and useful specifications. The aim is a security arrangement that fits the building, its people and the way it will operate.
Discuss planning and designStart with the building in use
Define the outcome.
Coordinate the detail.
Camera positions and door readers are only part of the design. The brief needs to explain what the systems should achieve and how they fit into the wider project.
CCTV & recorded evidence
Set coverage objectives, the evidence the client needs, recording and retention requirements, and the operational purpose of each surveillance area.
System architecture
Plan access control, intercoms, recording, networks, power and resilience together, with capacity assumptions and key dependencies made clear.
Building coordination
Identify interfaces with doors, hardware, lifts, reception, IT and building services. Record the required operation and who needs to resolve each design question.
Outputs your team can use
A clearer basis
for design and procurement.
The deliverable set follows the project stage. A concept brief, a review of an existing layout and a detailed design package have different information and coordination needs.
We agree the drawing inputs, deliverables, revision allowance and review points before work starts.
- 01Security design brief
Agreed operating needs, protected assets, access principles, relevant requirements and security objectives.
- 02Plans and design markups
Access zones, coverage objectives and security arrangements coordinated against the available architectural plans.
- 03Schedules and specifications
Equipment and interface schedules, performance requirements and key capacity assumptions within the agreed design scope.
- 04Coordination record
Dependencies, open decisions and responsibilities for the design team and appointed specialists.
Working within your design team
Security requirements
that connect to the drawing set.
Our briefs, markups and specifications provide security input for your team’s coordinated design documents.
Drawing formats, detailed CAD or Revit production and any specialist approvals are confirmed separately in the proposal. Necessary site checks are carried out by appointed local specialists.
Specifications are product neutral where practical, with relevant supplier and referral relationships disclosed. Applicable Australian Standards and local project requirements are identified in the brief.
Carry the brief through tender and handoverAlready have a design?
Start with a Security Design Review.
An independent review can identify missing requirements and coordination issues in the plans you already have. You receive design markups, clear findings and prioritised next steps.
See what the review includesFor architects and engineering consultancies
What security input does your design team need?
Tell us about the building, its intended use, your design stage and available plans. We’ll agree the right planning or review scope.