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Smart buildings are one of the defining pieces of London's urban development in our age. Augmented by emerging IoT technologies, smart buildings offer unprecedented opportunities to improve operating efficiency and productivity. But the “I” [...]

Data cable planning and installation are two activities that achieve a rare status among engineering activities: they are some of the most important network design and deployment procedures, and at the same time, some [...]

For a modern office building, cabling, this vast array of copper wires that powers and drives the globalized, high-paced business world of today, is as important as steel frames and elevators. Virtually every aspect [...]

Studies have shown that, when used in a well-targeted manner, CCTV cameras can be an effective crime prevention tool, especially in big cities like London. As physical security continues to be a critical component [...]

CCTV cabling has become increasingly important for London companies just as it has for businesses everywhere. We live in the age of cyberattacks that always appear to be perpetrated from halfway across the globe. [...]

Data cabling is one of the disciplines of network engineering that has had a long and – no pun intended – twisted evolution. The cabling is a network’s longest-lived component; everything above the cabling [...]

Today, it is almost quaint to talk about “the digital age”; when the term was in vogue, in the late 1990s, the reality that it described seemed static, a permanent period of “digitalness” after [...]

An old piece of engineering wisdom says that there is never just one correct way to do something, but there are hundreds of ways to do it wrong. Network engineering is no exception to [...]

CCTV systems are widely recognized today as one of the most efficient means for businesses to prevent on-premise crime and to protect their staff and assets. However, the widespread use of CCTV cameras in [...]

In today’s dynamic, customer-oriented business world, it is becoming increasingly common for UK companies to occupy several buildings in a campus, or operate from several offices in the same urban area. Some businesses do [...]

Structured cabling is one of the most influential advances in data network design. In many ways, its development has been seen as the point where our field has reached maturity. For day-to-day operation, its [...]

Access control systems help counter unauthorised access to a company’s facilities, which is a vital security installation as it's one of the most dangerous incidents that a business can face. It is the prelude [...]

The wireless networking revolution has happened so quickly and so seamlessly that one can barely say when it started and when we passed the tipping point. Only four years ago, in 2013, we were [...]

In the last few years, the range of security threats that businesses in the UK experience has expanded tremendously. Ten years ago, most UK business owners did not need to think about cybersecurity threats, [...]

CCTV cameras are one of the most efficient tools in preventing crime and, when at least partially possible, in alleviating its effects. But in order for CCTV cameras to be efficient, they need to [...]

The immaterial character of valuables is one of the most interesting – and baffling – properties of modern economy; for many UK companies, the most important assets are electronic records, customer data, documents, confidential [...]

CCTV systems are an efficient and flexible way to protect your business. Their usefulness in deterring criminals and in providing evidence to the police have made CCTV cameras a common feature in the physical [...]

CCTV systems are one of the most widely-deployed and beneficial security components in the UK. Especially in London’s tumultuous security environment, their many benefits include being an effective crime deterrent, as well as an [...]

Cabling fire safety is one of the most critical elements of modern office and residential buildings. Many office buildings in London and the UK accommodate hundreds or thousands of people, and ensuring they [...]

Unplanned data centre downtime Cable management is one of the most visible processes of data centre administration – particularly when it goes wrong. Network administration is routinely hampered by bad cable management, which not [...]

Wire: The Danger Within According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), on average, more than 100,000 people slip, trip or fall at work every year. Incorrect under the desk cable management is one of [...]

A brand new installation, warranted and tested by ACCL and handed back to the client ready for patching....brush strips were requested instead of traditional cable management. A couple of days later we were [...]

A video of a project we did for an MF Global trading floor some time ago.

We've been busy with brand new installations over the Summer, here's our latest Category 6A install, another job well done!

ACCL have recently been approached by our client to install a network data outlet for an underwater running machine to be positioned within a fitness pool at their training academy.   Waterproof cabling [...]

One thing we love about the data cabling industry is the diversity of clients we encounter, from large Premier League football clubs and retail outlets right down to the smallest start ups. ACCL were [...]

On occasion ACCL is called in to take care of a truly disastrous mess. This is one such example where data cabling found itself buried with ciggy butts and other detritus. This is an [...]

Ideal Industries recently launched the SignalTEK CT. This machine is designed to test network based copper cable to prove an installation has been carried out correctly. Dan Payerle, Ideal’s Business Unit Manager stated. “In [...]

ACCL have just unveiled their latest micro-site, this time dedicated to free space optics laser links. If you are interested in free space optics, or laser links as they are also known, or if [...]

ACCL's latest project sees us at Heathrow for the next couple of months installing state of the art data cabling and a fibre optic backbone for DHL's Aviation Division based at the airport's Cargo [...]

ACCL recently received a call from a school in a panic as half of their network was down, not good when they have the education of our children at the heart of what they [...]

Here is another cable tidy up we completed recently, client's work vs ACCL's work..... #jobsatisfaction #cablingporn

Crude oil is the single most valuable source of energy throughout the world and as there is a finite amount costs continue to rise and research into alternatives pushes forward…Unfortunately that’s where my knowledge [...]

ACCL have just secured a re-cabling project for a top modelling agency based in the heart of Islington. Elite Model Management opened its London office in 2008, its aim, to bring a fresh new [...]

Having outgrown their current office space, a client of ours decided to relocate one of its departments into a new office location based approximately 800 metres from their main site, which involved moving across [...]

Everyone enjoys a day at the races don’t they? It’s a great opportunity to dress up, quaff a Pimms and lemonade, have a quick bet on the gee gee’s… great fun whether it’s with [...]

Take a look the below video after a data cabling cleanup job we successfully completed. If you'd like to read the data cabling case-study, click here.

America’s lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret has successfully arrived in the UK. The retail giant recently opened two flag ship stores in London last year, followed by Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds this year. The arrival [...]

We all relish a challenge and when ACCL were approached to complete a major network cabling upgrade for a football stadium, how could we resist? A system that had seen a lack of investment and [...]