The Security Industry Association (SIA) and the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) teamed up with security industry volunteers to create and release the AG-01 Architectural Graphics Standard-CAD Symbols for Security System Layout Standard 3.0 that includes a collection of architectural graphics intended for use in the security industry. Architects, building contractors, systems integrators, electrical contractors, security managers and any others who use CAD to produce construction, shop and/or installation/as-built drawings in addition to physical security system layouts now have a voluntary, self-enforcing model to make their jobs easier.
Peter Michael of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) chaired this effort. “The standard had not been updated since version two and that was released in 2000. There has been a lot of technical progress since then with new technologies in sensors and detectors as well as extensive changes in video.”