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Every building has a second one inside it.

The cables, Wi-Fi, screens, doors and cameras that make it work, and that nobody notices until they fail. Dancore designs that building, independently, from the first sketch to handover.

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Structured cabling

It starts in the comms room.

Then it climbs the riser, floor by floor. Get the space, power and cooling right before the architect fixes the layout, and everything else has somewhere to go.

Audio-visual and security

Rooms people want to meet in. Doors that know who's coming.

Meeting rooms, access control and CCTV designed as part of the same building, on the same network, to open standards.

Wi-Fi design

Designed for the busiest hour, not the quietest.

Every access point placed by survey, for the people and devices that will really be there on a Tuesday at ten.

Your office

Now draw yours.

Set your desk count and move date, and watch the plan, the budget and the dates appear.

See the technology in your next office before anyone draws it.

Set your desk count and move date. Dancore sizes the cabling, Wi-Fi, meeting rooms and security, prices them at UK market rates and works back to the day you need to order your internet line.

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From a small studio to a whole building.

Pick any date, even years ahead.

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Free, no sign-up. Indicative until we've seen the building.

Indicative ICT layout A floor plan that redraws as you change the desk count, showing desks, meeting rooms, the comms room, Wi-Fi access points and their coverage, cable routes, controlled doors and cameras.
Installation allowance £210k to £429k ex VAT, UK market rates
Order your internet line by … New lines take 60 to 90 working days
Move-in date …  

We design it. Someone else installs it. That's the point.

Nothing to sell you. We don't install or resell equipment, so every recommendation is made on its merits, not on margin.

In the drawings early. Comms rooms, power and containment go into the design team's drawings before they're fixed, not squeezed in after.

Checked at handover. We inspect on site, review test results and close out snags, so the building works on day one.

Everything on that drawing is something we design.

Engage one service or all of them. They work best designed together: one containment strategy, one set of comms rooms, one point of contact.

Structured cabling
Copper and fibre, containment and comms rooms, from strategy to test-result review.
Wi-Fi design
Predictive and on-site Ekahau surveys, so coverage and capacity are right before the ceilings close.
Audio-visual
Meeting rooms, auditoria and signage designed around how people actually use the space.
Security systems
Access control, CCTV and intruder detection, designed as one integrated system.
Active network design
Switching, routing and wireless architecture, specified as vendor-neutral requirements.
Relocations and project management
Office moves and technology upgrades managed on the client side, from equipment audits to secure disposal.
Smart buildings
IT, AV and building systems joined up and kept secure, starting from the decisions the data should support.

In at the right stage.

We work to the RIBA Plan of Work, so our drawings and specifications land when the architect's and engineers' do. Our input matters most at Stages 2 to 4.

  1. 0

    Strategic definition

    Technology aspirations and business case.

  2. 1

    Briefing

    The ICT brief, with space and power needs.

    ICT brief and strategy

  3. 2

    Concept

    Comms room and riser sizing.

    Wi-Fi predictive survey

  4. 3

    Coordination

    Containment and device locations, coordinated with the team.

  5. 4

    Technical design

    Specifications and drawings.

    Vendor-neutral tender pack

  6. 5

    Construction

    Tender review, RFIs and a site visit every week.

  7. 6

    Handover

    Test results, snagging and as-built checks.

    Handover pack

  8. 7

    In use

    Post-occupancy review.

Daniel Esterhuysen, founder of Dancore
Daniel Esterhuysen Founder and lead consultant ECSE Advanced · CTPM

Twenty-three years on both sides of the job.

Daniel spent twelve years running installations for cabling contractors, then a decade designing them: as a workplace technology consultant on London fit-outs, and as the in-house estates project lead for a global asset manager, where he ran Wi-Fi, cabling and security projects and the surveys behind them.

That's why Dancore only designs. Daniel knows how installers price a specification, and where they cut corners when it's vague. So the drawings are clear enough to price fairly, and he checks the work on site against them.

23
years in building technology
50,000+
data outlets delivered on site
70+
comms rooms built

Before Dancore: the work behind the advice

  • Banking · data centre

    40,000-outlet data centre

    Site manager for Cat 6A shielded cabling, 288 OM4 fibre cores and 33 cabinets.

  • Banking · data centre

    Data centre transformation

    Project manager: 4,500 outlets, a 390-core fibre backbone, 11 cabinets and 12 frames, across UK and US teams.

  • Retail · new build

    Shopping centre, 67 comms rooms

    Integrated network for voice, Wi-Fi, CCTV and access control across 350 cabinets.

  • Contact centre

    Call centre fit-out

    Two main and three secondary equipment rooms, 16 cabinets and 3,400 Cat 6 runs.

  • Workplace · consultancy

    London office fit-outs

    Five years of workplace technology strategy, design and procurement, from brief to installation.

  • Financial services · in-house

    Head office estate

    Five years leading Wi-Fi, cabling and security projects, with survey-led Wi-Fi design and validation.

Bring your floor plans. We'll bring the questions.

A free 30-minute call with Daniel. Tell us where you are in the RIBA stages, what the building is for and what's worrying you.

Book a call info@dancore.co.uk +44 20 4634 5684