ict active is the national standard for the provision of Information Communications Technology (ICT) in office buildings.

It surveys both the ICT infrastructure and ICT services within a building and is designed to fulfill three objectives: to raise awareness of best practice, to assess ICT facilities against a nationally recognized BSI Standard and to promote office spaces that have a high quality ICT offering.

ict active is based on the British Standards Institute Publicly Available Specification (PAS 700) published in Spring 2009.

There are three levels of being ict active: Registered, Accredited and Leading Edge or Excellent, applying to both Ready to Occupy and Part Fitted properties.

• Leading Edge is reserved for Ready to Occupy buildings with a high-end ICT infrastructure in place. Leading Edge properties have all the features and facilities found in standard ict active accredited buildings, but also offer valuable extended and high-specification facilities or services.

• Excellent applies to Part Fitted premises which, in addition to complying with all the requirements for a part fitted accredited building, meet some of the infrastructure requirements of a ready to occupy building. In particular, the Excellent level indicates the availability of electricity supply and telecommunications cabling in the office space as well as to the building.

ict active is a national assessment scheme. We are keen to talk to business owners, managers, tenants or agents from across the UK.

To read and download ict active information and checklists, please go to the ict active downloads and guides page.