How long this work actually takes

Access Control

How long access control installs actually take — per-door hours, locking hardware choices, egress code traps, and the conditions that double your labor.

AI, Automation & Smart Building Systems

Scoping and estimating AI service work: deployment patterns, integration effort, and where the hours actually go.

AV & Conferencing

Display mounting, codec setup, conference room kits, control system programming, cable routing, and per-room labor by room size and complexity.

Compliance, Standards & Certifications

NIST, CMMC, SOC 2, HIPAA, UL listings, low-voltage licensing by state, NSCA/AVIXA/BICSI standards, AHJ requirements, and how compliance scope affects labor.

Cybersecurity

MDR/EDR deployment, risk assessments, firewall and network security configuration, security awareness training, vulnerability scanning, and compliance-driven security scopes.

Digital Signage

Media player deployment, CMS platforms (BrightSign, Appspace, Scala), display mounting, content network design, and per-screen labor by installation type.

Intrusion & Alarm

Panel types, zone counts, sensor types (motion, glass break, door/window), monitoring setup, UL listing requirements, and per-zone labor.

Managed IT & MSP

Labor patterns for MSP project work — endpoint onboarding, migrations, and the discovery gaps that eat margin.

Microsoft 365 & Azure

M365 seat deployment, Azure migrations, Copilot rollout, Teams Voice cutovers, Intune device management, and licensing models.

Network Infrastructure

Estimating labor for switching, routing and rack build-out, including the client-IT coordination that never makes it onto the quote.

Project Management

PM overhead percentages by project type, travel and mobilization norms, site survey hours, commissioning checklists, and what derails timelines.

Service & Maintenance Contracts

SLA tiers, T&M vs. block hours vs. flat-rate models, preventive maintenance scheduling, remote monitoring labor, response time commitments, and annual support burden estimation.

Structured Cabling

What a cable drop really costs in labor — pathway, ceiling type, termination and testing — and where per-drop averages break down.

Video Surveillance

Camera install hours by mount and site type, NVR and storage sizing, and the field conditions that blow up a surveillance estimate.

VoIP & Business Phone

Teams Voice and UCaaS migrations, SIP trunking, handset provisioning, call flow programming, analog device (fax, paging) handling, and legacy PBX cutover.

Wireless & Wi-Fi

Access point install hours, predictive vs on-site survey effort, and the RF conditions that turn a simple Wi-Fi job into a return visit.