Life safety and security systems get priced badly when they are treated as one lump. We measure each system on its own — detection, alarm, access control, CCTV, intruder — because each has different device costs, different cabling and, critically, different certification and commissioning requirements.
Head-end equipment, panels, servers, licensing and commissioning attendance are measured as distinct lines, which is normally where the margin on these packages is either protected or quietly lost.
Detectors, call points, sounders, beacons and interfaces counted by type and by loop.
Fire-rated and standard cabling measured per loop with containment and fixing allowances.
Cameras, readers, controllers, locks and door hardware counted by door and by position.
Control panels, servers, storage, power supplies and licensing listed as their own priced items.
Commissioning attendance, testing and certification measured as labour lines rather than absorbed.
Per-device schedules keyed to drawing positions so installation and later maintenance can both use them.
Send us your drawings and specification, or just a description of the scope. Our estimating team will come back with an itemised quotation and a realistic delivery date.
