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CAPABILITY / PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Keeping complex AV projects moving from start to finish.

Successful AV delivery takes more than good technology and good engineering. It takes coordination between people, equipment, suppliers, trades and deadlines. Our project managers are that point of coordination, from mobilisation to final handover.

AV project manager reviewing plans on a tablet on an active office fit-out while AV engineers install displays and cabling behind
01 / COORDINATION

AV rarely exists in isolation.

Depending on the project, an AV installation touches a long list of other people. The project manager sits at the centre of them, making sure the right people, equipment, information and decisions come together at the right time.

  • The right people are where they need to be
  • Resources are scheduled, not summoned
  • Equipment and deliveries align with the programme
  • Stakeholders know what is happening next
  • Dependencies are understood before they bite
  • Problems are raised early, while they are cheap
  • Decisions are made, recorded and communicated
  • The project keeps moving
AT THE CENTREProject manager
Client teamsConsultantsAV engineersProgrammersCommissioning engineersIT teamsElectrical contractorsConstruction teamsFurniture contractorsFacilities teamsSuppliersSpecialist trades
02 / DELIVERY

One thread, from mobilisation to handover.

The same coordination runs through every stage of the project, so nothing is handed between people without someone owning it.

  1. 01

    Planning & mobilisation

    Before anyone arrives on site we review the scope, programme, technical requirements, dependencies and milestones, so delivery is organised rather than improvised.

  2. 02

    Resource & scheduling coordination

    Installers, programmers and commissioning engineers are planned against the programme, so specialist skills arrive at the point the project is ready for them.

  3. 03

    Procurement & delivery coordination

    Lead times, deliveries and storage are tracked against site readiness, so equipment arrives when it can be installed, not before and not after.

  4. 04

    Client communication

    You know where the project is, what is coming up and which decisions are needed from you, without having to chase for it.

  5. 05

    Trade & stakeholder coordination

    AV depends on ceilings, containment, power, data and furniture. We work with the trades around us so our work lands in the right order.

  6. 06

    Dependencies, risks & change

    When conditions change, the project manager works through the consequences, agrees the response and keeps everyone aligned on what happens next.

  7. 07

    Installation through to handover

    Coordination continues through installation, programming, commissioning, snagging, documentation and training, right up to a clean handover.

Project manager and AV specialists reviewing drawings together on a partly fitted commercial project
03 / SEQUENCING

The right specialist, at the right point.

Most AV project problems are sequencing problems. A few principles we hold to:

Programming follows readiness

Programming should not be expected before the system it controls is installed and ready for it.

Commissioning is planned, not tacked on

Commissioning has time in the programme from the start, rather than being squeezed into the last afternoon.

Specialists are booked, not summoned

Specialist engineering resource is planned in advance rather than called up at the last minute.

WHAT IT ADDS UP TO

Structured delivery. Clear communication. Fewer surprises.

PLAN IT PROPERLY

Bring us in before the programme is fixed.

The earlier AV is planned into the wider project, the fewer surprises there are on site. Tell us where your project is and we will tell you how we would run it.

Plan your AV project

Pineapple AVI Ltd, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Direct to clients, or as an engineering partner to the trade.

START A CONVERSATION

Tell us where your project is.

Share the programme, the scope and where AV sits within it, and we will tell you how we would run delivery.

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Prefer to talk? Call us on +44 330 401 1227 or email hello@pineappleavi.co.uk.