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Branch estate brought to a single build standard

Sixty-two branches recabled and documented identically, two branches a week, with no branch losing a trading day.

At a glanceBanking & Financial ServicesNationwide, EgyptHandover 2025Structured CablingMaintenance & Managed ServicesProject Management & Consulting
Branch estate brought to a single build standard
ClientA retail bank with a national branch network
SectorBanking & Financial Services
LocationNationwide, Egypt
Handover2025

The challenge

Every branch was a one-offSixty-two sites fitted out by different contractors over fifteen years. The bank could not tell you what was behind the wall in any of them.
No branch could closeWork ran overnight and at weekends, and every branch had to open the next morning whatever state we were in.
The auditor wanted evidence, not assuranceTest certificates, as-builts and a labelling scheme, per branch, in a form that could be produced on request.

What we delivered

Structured CablingOne build standard applied to every branch, certified point by point and labelled identically
Maintenance & Managed ServicesA single support agreement covering the whole estate after handover
Project Management & ConsultingSequenced the rollout around branch trading and regional teams

Worked to TIA-568, ISO/IEC 11801, TIA-606 labelling.

The numbers

62branches delivered to one standard
Branches delivered62
Data outlets installed and certified3,410
Certification pass rate at first test99.2%
Delivery rate achieved2 branches per week
Trading days lost across the estate0
Average response time achieved since handover3.1 hours against a 4 hour commitment
Uptime achieved across the estate99.95% over 12 months
Programme duration8 months

The outcome

The bank now holds one drawing set and one labelling scheme for sixty-two branches. A branch fault is described down the phone using the same reference in every location, and the audit evidence is produced from a folder rather than assembled from memory.

Documentation handed over

  • As-built drawings per branch
  • Certification results for all 3,410 points
  • Estate-wide labelling scheme
  • Support agreement and response records
  • O&M manuals

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