Solutions / Smart Buildings

One platform for the building, not five suppliers.

Networks, cabling, access, CCTV, IP audio, AV, BMS and tenant Wi-Fi — designed, built and run by one accountable team. Cabling to cloud, in one relationship.

  • Multi-discipline delivery
  • Cabling to cloud
  • Estate-wide standard
  • One throat to choke
Introduction

A meeting room that won't share. A door that won't open for the member who just paid. A camera that recorded the wrong ten minutes. Most building-tech failures don't come from the kit — they come from six suppliers each owning their bit and nobody owning the joins.

Cabling to cloud. One accountable partner.

Smart Buildings

Designed as one stack, not a catalogue.

The disciplines that used to live with separate integrators — cabling, network, access, CCTV, audio, AV, BMS — converge on one network, with one design authority and one operating standard across the estate.

Inside the building — the physical stack

Structured cabling

Cat6A copper, OM4/OS2 fibre, containment, patching, certification — same team specifies the cable and signs off the network.

Cloud-managed access control

Doors integrated with the platform that runs the building — entry rights tied to bookings, membership and policy, not a static keyfob list.

AI-assisted video security

People detection, advanced video analytics, after-hours awareness and faster incident review. Monitored, not just recorded.

Centrally managed IP audio

Wired, zoned, centrally controlled audio over the structured cabling — replaces consumer-style kit that depends on Wi-Fi to play music.

Specialist multi-screen AV

Engineered Extron control, managed display environments, custom client-branded touch interfaces. Showpiece rooms that actually work in the first ten minutes.

BMS, IoT & industrial control

Lighting, HVAC integration, automated doors, building management — converged onto one segmented, monitored network.

Across the estate — the network & the service

AI-driven enterprise Wi-Fi

Juniper Mist as standard — cloud-managed, self-tuning, designed for the actual building. Built for unowned device estates and high churn.

Resilient connectivity on our own ISP

Diverse local-loop carriers presented as one coherent network. A single carrier or physical-route failure doesn't take a site down.

Enterprise firewalling & segmentation

Multi-tenant separation that actually holds — CCTV, BMS, tenant Wi-Fi and operator IT don't share a broadcast domain.

Estate-wide monitoring & support

One platform view across every site. NOC visibility on every link, every AP, every controller — same standard everywhere.

What converging the stack actually buys you.

Reliability the occupant feels

Wi-Fi that holds across a video call walk. Doors that follow the booking. AV that connects in the first minute. Less friction, fewer complaints, more trust in the building.

Operational simplification

Your head of property or technology stops being the integrator between six suppliers. We absorb the operational complexity that would otherwise sit inside the business.

A scalable platform

A common standard plus a retrofit path for the older sites. New buildings come up against known technology, known architecture and known processes — faster, more predictable.

  • Cabling to cloud
  • Multi-discipline UK delivery
  • ISO 27001
  • Cyber Essentials Plus
How it lands in practice

Six sites, one platform.

Foundry by Legal & General Real Assets runs six UK coworking and flexible-workspace sites — and one technology platform underneath them. Networking, cyber, access control, CCTV, professional audio, AV, connectivity and business IT, all delivered and supported by us as a single accountable partner. The clearest expression of the stack in the wild.

Commercial Property
Foundry by Legal & General Real Assets logoFoundry by Legal & General Real Assets

The technology force behind a national coworking brand

Six Foundry sites supported as one connected technology platform — networking, cyber, access, CCTV, audio, AV, connectivity and business IT, brought together under a single accountable partner.

How to engage

Whether it's a fit-out or an estate.

Most clients start with a single building — a fit-out, a refresh, a fragmented stack worth rationalising — and grow from there. We'll quote on the actual building and the actual operating model.

  1. Discovery walk

    We walk the building with you — existing cabling, network, AV, security, BMS, supplier contracts. Honest read on what stays and what doesn't.

  2. Converged design

    One design across the disciplines — cabling, networks, access, video, audio, AV, BMS — vendor-agnostic, sized to the operating model.

  3. Build & commission

    Cabling, install, configuration, programming, sign-off. Sequenced around the construction or fit-out programme, not bolted on at the end.

  4. Run as one platform

    Single accountable partner across every discipline and every site. Monitoring, change control, on-call, regular reviews — sized to fit.

FAQs

Questions we hear every week.

Do you really cover all of those disciplines in-house?
Yes — that's the whole point. Cabling, networking, firewalling, Wi-Fi, access control, CCTV, IP audio, AV, BMS integration and the operator's own business IT. One team, one design authority, one accountable contract. Most providers cover one end of that spectrum or the other — running the full span in-house is the differentiator.
Can you come in mid-fit-out?
Often, yes. We've come in late on builds with active contractors and still landed the network, firewalling and connectivity to programme — Foundry's first site is a good example. Earlier engagement always gives a better outcome, but we'll be honest about what good looks like from where you actually are.
Do we have to rip and replace the existing kit?
No. We start with a discovery walk and a documented read on what's in the building — cabling, network, access, video, audio, BMS, supplier contracts. Anything that's fit for purpose stays. We'll only recommend replacing what's genuinely holding the building back.
How do you handle access control and the platform that runs the building?
Cloud-managed access integrated with whatever platform runs the building — workspace management, booking system, membership platform. Entry rights track the data, not a keyfob spreadsheet. Same pattern works for residential concierge, mixed-use and commercial.
Can you take an estate that's already a mess of suppliers?
Yes — and that's a common starting point. We come in, document what's actually running across the sites, propose a common standard, and bring sites into line site by site. The aim is for the estate to behave as one platform, not a portfolio of one-offs.
How does this connect to the rest of what M-Tech does?
Smart Buildings sits alongside Networks & Connectivity, Cyber Security and Fully Managed Services. Same engineering bench, same operating discipline — the building stack is just where it shows up physically.
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Tell us what you're trying to do.

Whatever the shape of your team or your stack — multi-site, lean on IT, or somewhere in the middle — we'll listen first, ask the right questions, and tell you honestly how we'd approach it.

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