For general contractors & builders

Your AV sub shouldn’t need a babysitter.

UnifiedCommunications makes AV easy on the GC. We follow the schedule, stay flexible when things move, work around the other trades, recover lost time when we need to, and solve field issues without turning every problem into a change order or a five-alarm fire.

No drama. No finger-pointing. Just a job done right and on time.

Meet with a construction project expert Or call (713) 780-1157
New constructionRenovations & TIOffice relocationsModernization & tech refreshes
40+Years of enterprise communications experience
2021Microsoft Partner of the Year — Meetings, Calling & Devices for Teams
101Spaces delivered in a single headquarters program
900+Devices deployed in four weeks, zero disruption

The problem we solve

You’ve met that guy. We’re not him.

AV is usually the last trade anyone thinks about and the first one everybody looks at when a room doesn’t work at turnover. It lands late in the drawings, the owner changes their mind twice, and somehow it becomes your problem three weeks before the ribbon cutting. Here is how we keep that off your plate.

Scope shows up late

AV hits the drawings after the walls are framed. Now there is no backing, no conduit, and no power where the technology has to go.

What we do: Rough-in packages, backing and pathway locations, and power and data requirements early enough for your team to build them the first time.

The budget keeps moving

Every owner technology decision turns into a change order, and you are the one explaining it in the OAC meeting.

What we do: Fast-turn ROMs and standardized room designs so the technology gets priced once and the number holds.

Nobody owns the gaps

Ceiling grid, millwork, electrical, IT and furniture all touch AV. The space between those scopes quietly becomes your risk.

What we do: We coordinate with all the players, and we show up for work (even meetings) when you expect us.

Closeout drags on

The punch list stalls because no one can commission the room, train the owner, or produce as-builts.

What we do: Test, commission, train and document, then stay accountable all the way through acceptance and turnover.

Construction professional in a hard hat reviewing technology infrastructure plans

What we do

From preconstruction through closeout

UnifiedCommunications gives construction teams what they need to price, coordinate and build with confidence. We catch the risks and scope gaps before the field does, execute our own work without hand holding, and give the owner a room that actually works on day one.

Preconstruction

Before the drawings lock

  • Fast-turn ROMs and budget-level pricing
  • Rough-in packages and backing details
  • Room standards and typical drawings
  • Coordination-ready documentation
  • Risk and scope-gap review with your team

Construction

While you are building

  • Structured cabling and low-voltage
  • AV and room system deployment
  • IDF and MDF buildouts
  • Rack fabrication, elevations and grounding
  • Programming and commissioning

Closeout & turnover

Through acceptance

  • Punch support that does not linger
  • Owner training and adoption
  • As-builts, test results and documentation
  • Warranty registration and support handoff
  • Day-two coverage through UC Careâ„¢

We coordinate with the whole job, not just our own trade, and stay accountable through acceptance and turnover.

Where we support GCs and builders

The spaces that get everyone’s attention at turnover

These are the rooms the owner walks first and remembers longest. Every one of them with details that are cheap to build in early and expensive to fix late. Here is what we bring to the table for each.

Corporate headquarters boardroom with a video wall
Corporate HQ & tenant improvements

What the owner is really asking forEvery room works the same way on day one, be it huddle, conference room, boardroom, Teams or Zoom… without an IT escort.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Display and camera backing in metal-stud and glass-front walls
  • Floor boxes and table grommets set with the furniture package
  • Ceiling grid coordination for microphones, speakers and cameras
  • Dedicated circuits and data drops at every display location
  • IDF space, rack clearance and cooling for the equipment load
Training room with rows of tables and dual displays
Training centers & divisible rooms

What the owner is really asking forOne large room that splits into two or three usable spaces — and recombines — without calling a technician.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Operable partition sensor wiring, blocking and header details
  • Ceiling, lighting and sprinkler layouts that work in every configuration
  • Sound isolation at the partition head, jambs and floor track
  • Conduit between rooms for combine and divide control
  • Presenter power, data and connectivity at the podium and instructor stations
Executive briefing room with a large LED video wall
Executive briefing & situation rooms

What the owner is really asking forA room that never fails in front of the board, a regulator or the biggest customer they have.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Structural backing and weight calculations for LED and multi-display walls
  • Service access and rear clearance designed in, not discovered later
  • Dimmable lighting scenes and daylight control at the display wall
  • Acoustic treatment and sound isolation for confidential conversations
  • Clean, quiet, conditioned rack space with redundant power
Network operations center with operator consoles and a video wall
Command & control / NOC / SOC

What the owner is really asking forTwenty-four seven uptime, clear sightlines from every seat, and operators who can see everything at once.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Console layout and sightline study before millwork is released
  • Video wall structure, floor loading and seismic or wind bracing
  • UPS and generator-backed circuits with clean, separately derived power
  • High heat loads, dedicated cooling and airflow planning
  • Raised floor or overhead pathway for KVM, fiber and copper
  • Off-hours and phased access for cutovers that cannot go dark
Lobby digital signage wall displaying wayfinding information
Lobbies, signage & digital experience

What the owner is really asking forA first impression that matches the brand, and a way for their marketing team to change it without a lift.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Mounting substrate and finish coordination in stone, glass, wood and metal walls
  • Concealed power and data behind every display and mount
  • Daylight and glare study driving brightness and finish selection
  • Media player, network and content management locations
  • Content ownership, CMS training and templates handled before turnover
Technician testing low-voltage cabling in an equipment enclosure
Structured cabling & low-voltage

What the owner is really asking forInfrastructure that quietly supports whatever the owner decides to buy in year three.

What we coordinate with your team

  • Pathway, cable tray and sleeve layout coordinated with the other trades
  • Firestopping, plenum ratings and code compliance
  • IDF and MDF buildout, rack elevations, bonding and grounding
  • Labeling and administration to a documented standard
  • Certification testing, as-builts and manufacturer warranty at closeout

Who we do this for

General contractors, construction managers and design-build teams

We work on the jobs where technology is part of the first impression — and part of the owner’s definition of done. Whatever the delivery method, we plug into your process instead of asking you to work around ours.

  • New construction
  • Renovations
  • Office relocations
  • Tenant improvements
  • Modernization & tech refreshes

Owner verticals we know well

  • Aerospace & space technology
  • Automotive & advanced manufacturing
  • Energy & infrastructure
  • Retail, QSR & food service
  • Luxury fashion & department stores
  • Finance, investment & philanthropy
  • Semiconductors & technology
  • Healthcare & life sciences

Global reach. Local delivery.

  • Headquartered in Houston, TX — with a dedicated local resource assigned to your job, not a call center.
  • National and worldwide delivery — local billing, regional fulfillment and vetted deployment partners keep multi-site programs on schedule.

Why they trust us

Why GCs bring UC in early

The contractors who call us in during pursuit or precon are not doing us a favor. They are protecting their schedule, their margin and their relationship with the owner.

  • Increased client satisfaction
  • Reduced project risk
  • Fewer change orders
  • Early technology budgeting
  • Workplace technology expertise
  • Referral revenue opportunities
  • Dedicated local Houston resource
  • Microsoft Partner of the Year expertise

Qualifications at a glance

  • 40+ years of enterprise communications experience
  • 2021 Microsoft Partner of the Year — Meetings, Calling & Devices for Microsoft Teams
  • Certified Microsoft Solutions Partner across Teams, Teams Rooms, Teams Phone and Microsoft 365
  • Certified and current on Zoom, Cisco, Poly, Logitech, Jabra and Yealink platforms
  • Hardware, software and network integration under one roof — one contract, one point of accountability
  • Dedicated project managers and field technicians, plus embedded on-site support when a program needs it
  • Global deployment, training and support with in-region fulfillment and billing
  • 24/7/365 post-turnover coverage through UC Care™ so day-two calls do not come back to you

Add UC to your next pursuit or preconstruction planning session

Bring us in early and we will help you price the technology, coordinate the trades around it, and build it without surprises. Fifteen minutes with a construction project expert is usually all it takes to take the AV risk off your schedule.

Talk with someone who has actually stood on a jobsite — not a call center.

Meet with a construction project expert Or call (713) 780-1157