Acquiring existing offices, buildings, apartment complexes or retail sites can create great financial benefits for your company. However, falling short on due diligence is a recipe for financial disaster. To illustrate, consider that organizations hire accounting firms to review financial records, engineers to conduct structural surveys as well as marketing experts to evaluate local consumer trends. But…
Too often, management teams neglect to have their IT departments conduct Site Surveys of the existing network and infrastructure. Subsequently, getting hit with unexpected IT-related expenses can have a devastating impact on a new site’s profitability.
If you’re in acquisition mode, it makes sense to engage a national on-demand IT company that specializes in Site Surveys.
Site Surveys help your IT department understand your options, environment and the best technology solutions for adding a new site to your network. One reason too many organizations fail to conduct due diligence on technology is the cost of sending someone from their IT staff out to administer a study. For instance, the cost of flights, car rentals, hotel stays and meals add up quickly. Furthermore, not all IT employees have the expertise or tools to conduct a complete infrastructure analysis.
Expert Site Survey technicians take the time to learn their clients’ corporate IT specifications before ever visiting a site. Your site survey technician will evaluate:
- DEMARC location
- Type, location and condition of existing cabling
- Network hardware – including servers, switches, routers, etc.
- Wi-Fi spectrum analysis
- IP surveillance
- Underground pathways
- Existing Internet carrier and service type
- Cameras and access controls
Site Survey technicians arrive fully equipped to obtain the data your IT team requires plus a wealth of additional details and photos of the infrastructure and surrounding environment you may not expect. Their reports highlight budgetary concerns like the condition of existing cabling and hardware, security concerns or specialty tools and hardware supplies required to update the infrastructure. Some site survey technicians include recommendations about modifications to the network or even best places to add cabling.
Ultimately, Site Surveys are designed to help you ascertain the feasibility of acquiring a new site.
Overall, if your organization is looking to make profitable acquisitions, it pays for you to invest in Site Surveys. Finding the right provider in different cities and states can be very complicated and the quality of work may not be the same at each location. To ensure you are maintaining corporate standards across all your sites, you should work with an experienced Technology Broker who can give you access to wholesale pricing with top-tier Site Survey providers nationwide.
