Partners
As smart building projects become increasingly more complex, smart building support partners are brought in to help design and integrate building systems. This complexity also changes the role these support partners play, evolving from conventional product integrators into master systems integrators and consultants. The following is an overview of the different partner roles to consider when determining what you’ll need for your smart project:
- Conventional product integrators: These engineers are solely focused on incorporating a single product or subsystem into a building and integrating that subsystem into the overall building automation scheme. Typically, they are deeply connected to the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) supplying the system, and they are highly trained in that system’s hardware and proprietary language. Unfortunately, this usually results in disparate, siloed systems that are not integrated.
- Managed Service Providers (MSPs...
