Retail Wireless Site Surveys & ESL Network Installation Across Alberta

Electronic shelf labels only work when every label, in every aisle, holds a steady wireless connection back to the store access points. For a national retailer rolling out ESL store by store, the challenge was consistency at scale across scattered Alberta locations, on a fixed rollout calendar, with survey documentation clean enough that head office could sign each site off without a return trip.

• 1Dead zones in cold aisles, tall seasonal racking, and back-of-house corners
• 2Multiple locations across Camrose, Fort Saskatchewan, and Wetaskiwin
• 3Rollout schedule that could not absorb rework visits
• 4Need for uniform hand-off documentation per store
• 5Signal loss from metal shelving and refrigerated cases

We treated each site as part of a repeatable program rather than a one-off visit. That meant planning from floor plans, walking every aisle with survey gear, fixing coverage gaps before label install, and handing back the same documentation package each time.

• 1Pre-survey planning from store floor plans
• 2On-site wireless coverage validation by walkthrough
• 3Structured cabling and device installation
• 4Standardized per-store documentation for integrator sign-off