ECAV’s AV Consulting is the first component of our holistic approach – From Concept to Reality.
ECAV has helped businesses navigate the rapidly changing AV landscape for 30 years. The implications of wrong or poor AV are more significant now being business critical due to hybrid work, AV being ICT-based with all that entails, and the need for on-going proactive management. These are not primary considerations of the new office design and don’t fit with the construction process.
Our consulting approach deals with these disconnects to ensure your AV strategy is bespoke to your organisation, supports your work practices, and aligns with your financial and operational goals.
AV needs are determined first, rather than what fits in the floor plan. We engage with key departments including HR, ICT and Finance to ensure alignment with your organisation’s goals.
Considered & costed rather than just the implementation works.
Proper consideration of integration with ICT – network, hardware/software, security, along with on-going monitoring, management and support.
Assessing needs vs budget with alternative engineering solutions happens at the start of the project rather than late in the construction phase. We provide realistic budget estimates and minimise surprises during implementation.
An organisation’s requirements for Audio Visual are not straightforward – it is not enough to say X number of meeting rooms, Y training rooms, one boardroom and a Town Hall space. Today’s meeting spaces not only need to provide ‘digital equity’ for all participants, but businesses must also ‘earn the commute’ of staff when asked to come into the office for meetings. Therefore, to deliver appropriate and cost-effective audio-visual systems require input from key business stakeholders:
To ensure alignment with your organisation’s “ways of work” and culture, and to assess the consequences of inconsistencies in operations or poor reliability.
To ensure that the AV technologies will operate appropriately and fit strategically with the ICT environment and can be supported by the ICT department.
To ensure immediate and future value and determine budget.
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ECAV’s AV Consulting methodology is conducted in three stages:
We conduct a workshop to ensure a common understanding of what AV is relating too, its impact on the business and what’s possible.
Through site visits, stakeholder interviews, and/or workshops, we determine:
ECAV will then prepare AV Solutions that satisfy the following requirements:
Agreed AV solution(s) with solid budget pricing, potentially as a staged implementation. Expectations set for construction and the site, other trades, and for the ICT department.