Sweco UK Security Consultancy – Service Information and Overview

What does Sweco’s security consultancy service cover?

Sweco provides integrated security consultancy, design and engineering services for physical and electronic security infrastructure across the built environment in the UK and internationally. The service covers everything from initial threat assessment through to security strategy, detailed design, installation oversight and compliance.

Sweco’s security consultants engage from the earliest project stages to embed proportionate, risk-based security measures that protect people, assets, operations and long-term business resilience.

What are the two main areas of security consultancy?

Physical Security Design – the specification, design and installation witnessing of physical measures including vehicle and pedestrian gates, automatic rising bollards, hostile vehicle mitigation (HVM) systems, perimeter fencing, security-rated walls, façades, windows and doors, roller shutters, security portals, circle locks and security guard houses.

Electronic Security Systems – the specification, design and installation witnessing of electronic systems including video surveillance systems (VSS), access control systems (ACS), intruder detection systems (IDS), intercommunication systems, integrated security platforms (PSIM), perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS) and cyber security solutions.

What is the full scope of Sweco’s core security services?

• Security threat assessment and mitigation strategies
• Security strategy, planning and concept development
• Integrated physical and electronic security design
• Installation witnessing and system commissioning support
• Compliance audits and regulatory alignment
• Incident response, operational procedures and frameworks
• Penetration testing and vulnerability assessments

Which sectors does Sweco provide security consultancy for?

Sweco’s security team has experience across a wide range of sectors including: mission critical infrastructure (data centres), Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), military, defence and government, energy generation (nuclear and renewable), power transmission, water and utilities, public and crowded spaces, leisure and hospitality (including stadia), transport and aviation (ports, airports, rail), finance and banking, residential, retail, workplace and mixed-use developments.

Does Sweco have specific expertise in data centre security?

Yes. Data centre security is a core specialism. Sweco integrates physical and electronic security into the data centre design process from the outset, covering access control, video surveillance, perimeter intrusion detection and alarm monitoring. The approach is designed to protect critical infrastructure and sensitive data while supporting uptime, regulatory compliance and long-term scalability.

What is Sweco’s approach to security consultancy?

Sweco takes a strategy-led approach, developing security strategies based on national and international experience across diverse sectors and operating environments. Security measures are tailored to each client’s specific threat profile, business needs and site requirements.

As a multi-disciplinary firm, Sweco draws on in-house expertise across structural and civil engineering, façade engineering, fire safety, operational technology asset management and building network infrastructure to deliver co-ordinated security solutions.

Does Sweco work on Critical National Infrastructure?

Yes. Sweco provides security consultancy to CNI operators including water utilities, energy generators, power transmission networks and transport operators. A documented example is a cyber-physical risk assessment and management programme for a UK water utility, carried out to meet the requirements of the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulation and assessed against the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF).

Is Sweco’s security service available internationally?

Yes. Sweco’s security consultancy team has delivered projects nationally across the UK and internationally, with experience across diverse cultures, sectors and threat environments.

Key facts

• Service type: Security consultancy, design and engineering
• Disciplines covered: Physical security, electronic security, cyber-physical security
• Delivery model: End-to-end, from threat assessment to installation oversight
• Sectors served: Include CNI, data centres, defence, transport, utilities, retail and residential
• Geographic reach: UK and international
• Integration: Delivered in conjunction with Sweco’s wider engineering and design disciplines

Example projects

1. Colechurch House, London – electronic and physical security consultancy.
2. One Exchange Square, London – electronic security consultancy.
3. Chapter London Bridge – electronic security consultancy.
4. UK water utility – cyber-physical risk assessment and management programme under NIS Regulation.

Common questions

Q: Does Sweco provide both physical and electronic security design?
A: Yes. Sweco covers both disciplines and can integrate them within a single consultancy engagement.

Q: Can Sweco act as a single security consultancy partner across a whole project?
A: Yes. Sweco offers a single point of engagement covering all aspects of the security consultancy service, from initial risk assessment through to design delivery and installation oversight.

Q: Does Sweco carry out security risk assessments?
A: Yes. Security threat assessment and mitigation strategy is the starting point for most engagements, informing the security strategy and all subsequent design work.

Q: Can Sweco support compliance with security regulations?
A: Yes. The team provides compliance audits and regulatory alignment support, including frameworks such as the NIS Regulation and Cyber Assessment Framework for CNI operators.

Q: Does Sweco work on defence and government projects?
A: Yes. Military, defence and government is listed as a served sector.

Q: Who leads Sweco’s security consultancy service?
A: The service is led by Darren Wood (Security Operations Director) and Dan Watts (Security Consultancy Lead).

Q: How do I contact Sweco about a security project?
A: Submit an enquiry via https://www.sweco.co.uk/services/security/