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First fix was wrong and nobody said
Back boxes at the wrong height, no data drop behind the display, power on the wrong wall. Found on the day the kit turns up, weeks after the trade that did it left site.
Solutions · AV
AV is judged in a room, in front of the client, on the day. Graftix keeps the room schedule, the rack build, the first fix requirements and the commissioning record together so that walkthrough goes the way it should.
The problem
Every room needs power in the right place, a network drop that works, containment that was installed months ago, and a wall that can carry the weight. AV is where every other trade's shortcuts become your problem.
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Back boxes at the wrong height, no data drop behind the display, power on the wrong wall. Found on the day the kit turns up, weeks after the trade that did it left site.
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Forty rooms, six configurations, three revisions. Which room is getting which build is held in a spreadsheet that stopped matching the drawings at revision B.
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Rack built, kit configured, room tested. None of it recorded anywhere the client can see, so the only evidence is whether it works while they are standing there.
Room by room
Pin each room to the drawing and hold the configuration, display size, mount type, rack reference and control system as custom fields. Six standard builds across forty rooms becomes something you can filter and count rather than cross-reference by hand.
Coordination
Because the electrical and data work sits on the same drawing set in the same platform, the AV requirement can be raised against the room before the plasterboard goes on rather than after it.
What you will be asked for
AV rarely has a single governing certificate the way fire or electrical does, which makes a clear, self-assembled record more valuable rather than less.
Room schedules
Every room with its build configuration, equipment list and current status, tied to the drawing.
Rack elevations and builds
Held against the task for that rack, with photos of the finished build as evidence.
Commissioning sheets
Built as eForms in your own wording, one per room, completed and signed on site.
Client sign-off
A client approval task type on every room, so acceptance is recorded rather than remembered.
Technical submittals
Display, DSP, codec and control data sheets held once and reused across every job.
Asset register
Serials and warranty dates per room, which is exactly what the support contract needs.
Certification
Commissioning records per room and per rack, held with the handover pack behind them.
Maintenance contracts
Rooms and racks become a serviceable estate, with planned visits and a QR label on the rack door.
AV
Seven days, every feature, no card. Put a floor of rooms in it and see what happens when first fix problems surface early.