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Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519 Web: www.carillion.com For more information about Carillion or for a FREE consultation please contact: Central Estate, Denmark Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7BN, UK Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519 Fax: +44 (0)1628 778772 Email: [email protected] Web: www.carillion.com YOUR EXPERT PARTNER Established in 1946, Brook Street has grown to become one of the UK’s leading recruitment agencies. The agency prides itself on traditional values that include an emphasis on strong relationships with clients and candidates, and close staff collaboration. Brook Street employs more than 600 people across the UK and places approximately 40,000 workers into temporary and permanent employment each year. Reliable technology and strong infrastructure are required to enable the company to deliver on its collaborative values. Carillion Communications recommended Barco’s ClickShare solution to help with meeting room presentation clarity and system management. Brook Street seeks help to overcome presentation issues The Brook Street boardroom at their head office in St Albans historically caused complaints among users. The presentation clarity was deemed generally poor and the equipment management was difficult and disrupted the flow of meetings. The nature of their head office building did not help matters as legacy projection had been mounted to roof joists and the equipment was subject to vibration caused by the air conditioning. Other suppliers claimed that repositioning the equipment would alleviate the blurriness, however, when they did, hardly any improvement resulted. Richard Wright, Network Manager, credits Carillion for their expertise and the speed and clarity of their advice, all of which have contributed to the specification and installation of a new solution that has won the plaudits of the boardroom’s varied users. Advice based on the client’s true needs Richard Wright says that Carillion had a refreshing approach to the project and liked the fact that Carillion consultant, Chris Griffiths, started by digging into the detail of exactly what Brook Street wanted to achieve. “Communication was phenomenal, in email, on the phone and face to face. Carillion really listened to our requirements rather than throw technology at us,” said Richard Wright. Improved presentation clarity and ease of use support Brook Street’s collaborative style Case Study “Carillion really listened to our requirements rather than throw technology at us. Carillion worked with us, stood over us, and gave excellent advice.” Richard Wright, Network Manager
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Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519Web: www.carillion.com
For more information about Carillion or for a FREE consultation please contact: Central Estate, Denmark Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7BN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519 Fax: +44 (0)1628 778772 Email: [email protected] Web: www.carillion.com
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Established in 1946, Brook Street has grown to become one of the UK’s leading recruitment agencies. The agency prides itself on traditional values that include an emphasis on strong relationships with clients and candidates, and close staff collaboration.
Brook Street employs more than 600 people across the UK and places approximately 40,000 workers into temporary and permanent employment each year. Reliable technology and strong infrastructure are required to enable the company to deliver on its collaborative values. Carillion Communications recommended Barco’s ClickShare solution to help with meeting room presentation clarity and system management.
Brook Street seeks help to overcome presentation issues
The Brook Street boardroom at their head office in St Albans historically caused complaints among users. The presentation clarity was deemed generally poor and the equipment management was difficult and disrupted the flow of meetings.
The nature of their head office building did not help matters as legacy projection had been mounted to roof joists and the equipment was subject to vibration caused by the air conditioning. Other suppliers claimed that repositioning the equipment would alleviate the blurriness, however, when they did, hardly any improvement resulted.
Richard Wright, Network Manager, credits Carillion for their expertise and the speed and clarity of their advice, all of which have contributed to the specification and installation of a new solution that has won the plaudits of the boardroom’s varied users.
Advice based on the client’s true needs
Richard Wright says that Carillion had a refreshing approach to the project and liked the fact that Carillion consultant, Chris Griffiths, started by digging into the detail of exactly what Brook Street wanted to achieve. “Communication was phenomenal, in email, on the phone and face to face. Carillion really listened to our requirements rather than throw technology at us,” said Richard Wright.
Improved presentation clarity and ease of use support Brook Street’s collaborative style
Case Study
“Carillion really listened to our requirements rather than throw technology at us. Carillion worked with us, stood over us, and gave excellent advice.”
Richard Wright, Network Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519Web: www.carillion.com
For more information about Carillion or for a FREE consultation please contact: Central Estate, Denmark Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7BN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519 Fax: +44 (0)1628 778772 Email: [email protected] Web: www.carillion.com
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The result is a boardroom that has a new large LCD screen, a refreshed ceiling-housed sound system, and a wireless Barco presentation system that has everyone motivated to use the facilities.
The clunky cabling has gone, along with the amplifier and DVD player, so has the need to hook up each end point separately, and so have the complaints.
Richard Wright says, “Carillion worked with us, stood over us, and gave excellent advice, right down to the screen size, which they changed, based on the applications we would be using to present information.”
Simplicity and user friendliness are key to success
The boardroom’s new AV system is used for internal meetings, client presentations and training.
Several visitors to Brook Street have already enquired about the system design and have looked for advice on their own presentation facilities.
The keys to the system’s success are its ease of use and flexibility. A problem for many companies is that, despite the claims of suppliers, systems are not always truly intuitive, operable at a mouse click, or plug and go. They frequently require IT support or regular training.
Carillion took time to understand how the boardroom is used and, after detailed discussion, introduced Barco’s ClickShare. ClickShare enables users to add multiple laptops or iPads easily and to display multiple presentations simultaneously or cycle them. The ability to queue presentations keeps meetings running smoothly and overcomes the presenter switchover delays - or “dead space”, as Richard Wright called it - associated with the old projector days.
Richard Wright describes how ClickShare has had a positive effect on system uptake. “It is simple, quick and easy, and even ‘busy’ content, that was indistinct on the old system, is clearly visible from the back of the room and doesn’t pixelate if you’re sitting at the front.”
“Even ‘busy’ content, that was indistinct on the old system, is clearly visible from the back of the room.”
Richard Wright, Network Manager
Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519Web: www.carillion.com
For more information about Carillion or for a FREE consultation please contact: Central Estate, Denmark Street, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7BN, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1628 419519 Fax: +44 (0)1628 778772 Email: [email protected] Web: www.carillion.com
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ClickShare gets everyone involved in meetings
Barco’s ClickShare wireless presentation and collaboration system allows meeting participants to share content on the central meeting room screen. At the click of a button, the content of laptops, tablets or smartphones is displayed on screen.
The result is that all participants are involved more intensely in the meeting’s topics or decision-making processes. The extreme simplicity of use that Barco claim for ClickShare is borne out by the experiences of users at Brook Street, where staff and visitors are satisfied, more productive converts.
The value of expert partners
Carillion takes expertise to another level when it comes to project delivery and works closely with other leading industry experts to deliver the best possible solutions.
Technology becomes a true enabler when it supports the communication, productivity or collaboration objectives of an organisation. Carillion consistently designs, as Brook Street identified, technology solutions that improve the working lives of people as well as business performance.
Working in partnership with leading product designers like Barco means Carillion consultants have detailed knowledge of available options and exactly how they function. As a result, Carillion is well placed to provide clear, up to date advice on the best available audio visual solutions and integration options that meet client needs precisely.
Pride of place and more Brook Street installations
Richard Wright is very satisfied not only with the performance of the new boardroom system, but also with its look. Carillion helped Brook Street decide on mounting options, and to do away with a proposed false wall, in order to design a system that looks great and doesn’t overpower the room. Carillion also worked with the building company to ensure that modifications were carried out efficiently.
Carillion has since installed a new audio visual system in Brook Street’s London office, having gone through a similar needs analysis process, and reception screens that are controlled centrally by the Brook Street marketing department.
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The Carillion Difference
Dee Reed, Carillion Managing Director, said, “We’re glad that Brook Street noticed that there’s something different about Carillion. As one size generally does not fit all when it comes to technology solutions, we always listen first. Only when we have a full understanding of what the customer wants to achieve do we start to design a solution. That frequently involves working closely with partners like Barco who are at the leading edge in presentation management development.”
