When the 2010 G20 Summit unexpectedly relocated from Huntsville, ON to Toronto on very short notice, preparations instantly went into overdrive. The Summit represented at that time, the largest and most expensive security operation in Canada. All work, from blank page to final installation, was completed in just three weeks, as a result of the change of venue.

HH Angus was engaged under complete secrecy to provide mechanical, electrical and complex communications design to the RCMP G20 offices at the Toronto Dominion Centre, reworking existing conditions on two floors to meet the very tight schedule. The complexity of the installation and the accelerated timeline for the design/build required a high degree of collaboration with the client, the interior designer and the contractor.

The design/build project called for fibre optic service to be routed to 28 workstations, complete with highly secure fiber optics backbone cables on two floors for security monitoring. At the same time, we completed design and installation of over 1300 CAT6 UTP data cables for 420 workstations. Some workstations were serviced with as many as 12 strands of fibre optic cable. A total of more than 300 strands of fiber optic cable were installed to the desks. Tamper-proof conduit was only one of the specialized features implemented to deliver the security levels required for the operational aspect of the location.

Although the installation was temporary, it had to be built as if it was permanent. While the mechanical and electrical work was relatively straightforward, the communications installation was highly complex and ultra secure, in addition to being completely confidential. In the entire company, only three people at HH Angus knew the work being done was for the G20 Summit.