The GDS Podcast
Short, practical conversations about the technology inside commercial buildings. Ten minutes or less, no fluff.
Built Wired Secured is the GDS podcast covering the full life of building technology: the physical infrastructure in the walls (Built), the systems and connectivity riding on it (Wired), and the governance, security, and continuity that protect it (Secured). Episodes start in the walls, not at the helpdesk, and follow systems through design, installation, and governance.
Physical infrastructure: cabling, fiber, risers, data centers, and physical security systems.
Systems and connectivity: networking, Wi-Fi, cloud, carriers, and building systems integration.
Protection and governance: security, compliance, accountability, and business continuity.
A few conversations worth starting with if you own or operate commercial buildings. Each one pairs with a written resource here, so you can listen first and dig deeper when you're ready.
Wired · Episode 69
The last meter between a carrier's network and your building is where installs stall and disputes start. How clear demarcation and documented handoffs keep service turn-ups clean.
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Read the companion: No Tenant, No Access: The Anatomy of a Complete Carrier Access Request
Built · Episode 66
Small systems depend on each other in ways nobody wrote down. Mapping those dependencies before an outage is how you keep one failed component from taking out a floor.
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Read the companion: Building a Rooftop & Riser Management Program: From Ad Hoc to Governed
Secured · Episode 64
When the engineer who knew everything retires, or the vendor loses the contract, what walks out the door with them? Preserving system knowledge so buildings survive handoffs.
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Read the companion: The 25-Point Riser Room Audit Checklist
Secured · Episode 62
Unofficial gear and undocumented connections accumulate in every building. Finding shadow networks before they cause outages and security gaps, and governing them once found.
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Read the companion: Zero Trust for Building Infrastructure: Six Questions Before Anyone Touches Anything
Wired · Episode 61
A tired battery, a failed fan, a sensor nobody checks. How small issues cascade into building outages, and the practical controls that catch them early.
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Read the companion: The Quiet Failures: UPS Batteries, Heat, and the Telecom Rooms Nobody Watches
Built · Episode 59
When normal systems fail, emergency communications have to keep working. The redundancies and governance that keep buildings connected to first responders during the worst moments.
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Read the companion: ERRCS / ERCES Explained: A Building Owner's Guide to Emergency Responder Radio Coverage
A riser assessment turns the question the episode raised into documented answers about your own property.
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