Wi-Fi, access control and AV for James Hambro's Edinburgh office.
A separate contract from their London office: after surveying the building in June, we're fitting Cisco Wi-Fi, Verkada access control and AV at James Hambro's new offices on Charlotte Square, a listed Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh.
James Hambro & Partners are moving into offices on Charlotte Square in Edinburgh, a Category A listed Georgian townhouse in the city's World Heritage Site. This is a separate contract from their St James's office in London. We surveyed the building for Wi-Fi in June 2026, and in October we started fitting Cisco Wi-Fi, Verkada access control and the AV, working around the building's fabric.
At a glance
| Location | Charlotte Square, Edinburgh (EH2) |
|---|---|
| Completed | October 2026 (in progress) |
| Work | Wi-Fi, access control and AV for a new office |
| Property | Wealth management office in a Category A listed Georgian townhouse |
| Time on site | Wi-Fi survey in June 2026; installation started October 2026 |
| SEG team | Olly and Charlie |
The building
First fix: fibre and data cabling
Stripping out the old door entry and access control
Second fix: the new Verkada door controller
What we found
- A Category A listed building in the World Heritage Site, so every fixing and cable route has to respect the original fabric
- Thick stone walls and solid floors between levels, so access point positions had to come from an on-site survey rather than a floor plan
- Risers running up from the lower ground comms room, which give a clean route for the new fibre without opening up the period rooms
What we did
- June 2026: Wi-Fi design survey of every floor, lower ground to third, with access point positions, data outlets and floor boxes marked on the plans and a heat-map report
- October 2026: fitting Cisco Wi-Fi access points at the confirmed positions
- Changing the door access over to Verkada, the same system we are fitting at their St James's office in London
- Mounting the new Verkada AC43 controller in its enclosure, with the door cables run through steel conduit and brass bushes and a service loop left in the void for future changes
- Fitting the display screens at the agreed TV positions
- Pulling new Cat6 data cabling through the ceiling voids to each access point and outlet position
- Planning the fibre route from the lower ground comms room up through the risers to the data cabinet upstairs
- Power and data for CCTV and the bar area, to follow once the positions are confirmed
Equipment used
- Cisco Wi-Fi access points
- Verkada access control (AC43 door controller)
- Display screens
- Fibre and Cat6 data cabling
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