Highlands Construction is a Houston-based general contractor for control rooms and operations centers: new control-room buildings and interior build-outs for operations centers, NOCs and SOCs, utility and substation control houses, and industrial control rooms.
We work with owners, owner’s representatives, architects, engineers and specialist integrators to define construction scope, equipment interfaces and turnover requirements.
From operator rooms with consoles and video walls to utility control houses, we construct the building and the space, and coordinate with the specialists who furnish the systems.
Operator spaces with consoles and video walls for monitoring and dispatch, including data center operations rooms.
Construction of the physical spaces for NOCs and SOCs, coordinated with the owner’s IT, security and integration teams.
Control buildings that house protection, control and communications equipment at substations and power sites.
Control rooms serving plants, process facilities and other industrial operations.
Ground-up control-room buildings, from site and foundations through enclosure, building systems and turnover.
Control-room interior build-outs within existing buildings.
Highlands constructs control-room buildings and interior build-outs, coordinating the architectural work, building systems and installation interfaces included in our contract.
The integrator’s installation and testing dates depend on the construction being ready. We plan the work around those milestones.
Confirm what Highlands constructs, what the integrator furnishes and installs, and what the owner provides, before award.
Coordinate equipment dimensions, loads, supports, pathways, power and cooling connections with the design team and integrator.
Track the rooms, systems and access the integrator needs, and hand over spaces ready for equipment installation.
Support testing logistics, resolve deficiencies in our scope, and deliver construction records for the owner’s handover.
Control rooms involve the owner, the design team and specialist integrators. Each package identifies who designs, furnishes, installs, connects, tests and accepts the work.
| Interface | Responsibilities to establish |
|---|---|
| Architecture and building systems | Design responsibility, construction limits, power and cooling capacity, lighting and finishes |
| Consoles and video walls | Dimensions, structural support and backing, cable routes, installation sequence and maintenance access |
| Low-voltage and security systems | Pathways, penetrations, device locations, power, and which party furnishes, installs and terminates |
| Owner-furnished equipment | Delivery, receiving, storage, installation and vendor startup responsibilities |
| Testing and turnover | Readiness requirements, test participation, deficiency resolution, documentation and acceptance |
Contact our leadership team to review relevant construction scope, proposed project-team roles, company qualifications and reference availability. We can also discuss how construction responsibilities will interface with your design team and specialist integrators.
For owners, owner’s representatives, design teams and integrators evaluating a control-room contractor.
Both. We construct new control-room buildings and undertake interior build-outs within existing buildings.
Yes. We construct the physical spaces for network operations centers and security operations centers. Building work, equipment installation and systems-integration responsibilities are established with the owner and appointed specialists.
We establish the construction interfaces with the owner, design team and integrator, including equipment dimensions, support requirements, pathways, power and cooling connections, installation access and readiness milestones. Responsibilities are recorded in the agreed scope.
Yes. We build utility and substation control houses, coordinated with the owner’s engineers and the suppliers of protection, control and communications equipment.
We build to the design team’s documents and the integrator’s approved requirements. Control-room layout, ergonomics, acoustics and systems design are led by the owner’s designers and specialists.
Highlands is based in Houston and builds control rooms and operations centers across Texas.
Planning a project? Control room construction checklist · Scope matrix · Installation readiness · Substation control houses
Tell us whether you are planning a new building or an interior build-out, who is providing the design and systems integration, and your required equipment-installation and turnover milestones. Share available drawings, layouts or scope information to begin the discussion.