Electronic Security Solutions

Sweco supports clients with electronic security solutions that help protect people, assets, information and operations across complex estates.

From early-stage security reviews through to concept design, detailed development and installation support, we help shape proportionate, practical solutions for single buildings, campuses and multi-site portfolios.

Our work spans data centres, workplaces, mixed-use developments, residential schemes, retail, leisure, public realm and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). By combining technical insight with a systems-thinking approach, we help clients understand vulnerabilities, improve resilience and deliver security measures that fit the wider design, operational and commercial objectives of a project.

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Electronic security covers the technologies and systems used to detect, control and respond to security risks. It includes the tools that help monitor activity, manage access, identify unauthorised entry and support informed response across a building or estate.

Typical electronic security measures include video surveillance, access control, intruder detection, intercoms and integrated management platforms. When these systems are planned well and coordinated from the outset, they can strengthen protection, improve operational efficiency and support a smoother user experience.

Electronic security often sits alongside physical and cyber security, forming part of a wider approach to protecting both the built environment and the information that flows through it.

Our core electronic security expertise

We help clients develop electronic security strategies and systems that support their risk profile, operational needs and long-term use of the asset. This can include the review, specification, design development and installation support of:

Video surveillance systems
Access control systems
Intruder detection systems
Intercom and communications systems
Integrated security management platforms
Perimeter detection systems
Cyber hardening security considerations

Auditing and risk assessment

A strong electronic security strategy starts with understanding risk. We assess existing or proposed systems to identify gaps, vulnerabilities and opportunities for improvement.

This may involve reviewing the current security setup, assessing how people, vehicles and information move through a site, and identifying where additional controls or smarter integration could improve performance. The outcome is a clearer understanding of what is needed, what can be improved and where investment will have the greatest value.

These assessments can also help clients support compliance, prioritise upgrades and build a more robust security roadmap over time.

Design development

Electronic security design is about creating a solution that is effective, proportionate and workable in practice. We help develop security concepts that align with the architecture, operations and wider project objectives, while still addressing the threats the site may face.

This includes shaping how systems are layered, where equipment should be located, how technologies connect with each other, and how the overall solution can be operated and maintained efficiently. The result is a security approach that is coherent, integrated and tailored to the specific context of the project.

We pay close attention to how systems will perform in real use, ensuring the design supports both security outcomes and day-to-day practicality.

Installation oversight

Good design needs good delivery. We can support clients through installation oversight to help ensure the agreed electronic security strategy is implemented correctly and remains aligned with the design intent.

This can include reviewing contractor proposals, supporting technical coordination, attending site inspections, witnessing testing and helping resolve issues as the installation progresses. Our role is to help protect quality, maintain consistency and reduce the risk of costly changes or operational issues later in the project.

By staying involved through delivery, we help bridge the gap between design and implementation.

Bringing together many of our Sweco colleagues from a diverse range of disciplines, we can offer a truly unique and market-leading security consultancy service. We can lead or support projects, and help mitigate the wide-ranging security threats that your businesses and people face daily with real world experience and pragmatic advice.

Darren Wood Security Operations Director

Cross sector expertise

We support electronic security projects across a broad range of sectors, including:

Data centres
Critical National Infrastructure (CNI)
Military, defence and government
Energy generation (nuclear, renewable)
Power transmission
Water and utilities
Public and crowded spaces
Leisure and hospitality (inc. stadia)
Transport and aviation (ports, airports, rail)
Finance and banking
Residential
Retail
Workspaces
Mixed use (combining all of the above and public space)

Our strategy-led approach

We take a strategic approach to electronic security, developing solutions that reflect the threat profile, operating model and future ambitions of each client.

Working across disciplines and with project stakeholders, we bring together design thinking, engineering knowledge and practical security experience to produce clear, deliverable outcomes. We aim to create security strategies that are resilient, adaptable and appropriate to the environment they are designed for.

Security project snapshot

Electronic & physical security for Colechurch House, London.

Electronic security for One Exchange Square, London.

Electronic security for Chapter London Bridge.

Cyber & physical security risk assessment for water utilities companies

Physical & electronic security for data centres across Europe

Security assessment for film/media studios

Our security consultancy team has the knowledge and experience of delivering projects across many different sectors both nationally and internationally – from initial security risk assessments, security strategy development, detailed design and support through system deployment. We see this end-to-end presence as critically important to our clients, ensuring that we can support all their project requirements under a single banner.

Dan Watts Security Consultancy Lead

The value of a single trusted security partner

Engaging Sweco as your single security consultancy partner gives you a co-ordinated, efficient and resilient approach to security design and advisory services:

End-to-end expertise from threat assessments to implementation oversight

Single point of engagement for our clients, with Sweco managing all aspects of the security consultancy offer

Team experience across all sectors, both national and international

Support of Sweco colleagues to deliver the complete security consultancy offering

Need physical security support?

Alongside electronic security solutions, our physical security designs deliver intelligent, interoperable protection using proven and emerging technologies including:

Pedestrian and vehicle gates
Automatic rising and fixed bollards / HVM systems
Perimeter security fencing
Pedestrian turnstiles and speed lanes
Security rated walls, facades windows and doors
Roller shutters
Security portals and circle locks
Security guard houses

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Together with our clients and the collective knowledge of our engineers, consultants and other specialists, we co-create solutions to address urbanisation, capture the power of digitalisation, and make our societies more sustainable. With international multi-disciplinary teams, we can call on the right insight and technical capability at the right time from across Buildings, Infrastructure, Advisory & Planning and Compliance.