We design practical networks for buildings and small campuses: IDF/MDF layout, VLAN separation for cameras and access control, PoE budgets that survive winter IR load, and uplink paths that do not collapse when a switch reboots.
Cabling is typically provided by others. We produce the drawings and the active-equipment list — what lands where, what gets powered, and what needs to be labeled so the next person can work on it.
Power as a design input
PoE class, cable length, and temperature are part of the switch spec. A camera that brown-outs at night is a design miss.
Separation without theater
Cameras, access, and office traffic on VLANs that match how the site is managed — not a 40-page enterprise template.
Drawings first
Rack elevations, patch schedules, and IDF locations so cabling contractors and installers are working from the same sheet.
What you leave with
- Network riser and VLAN plan
- Switch / PoE schedule
- IDF and rack requirements
- Addressing and labeling notes