2025 Recap

Control Room Consoles Design & Innovation

As we close out 2025, one idea captures the direction that guided our work this year:
Innovation supported by reliability and shaped by the real needs of operators and project teams.

Our focus extended beyond refining control room consoles or speeding up production timelines. Throughout the year, we looked closely at how mission-critical environments and control room furniture come together, and how we could meaningfully support the people who design them, build them, and rely on them every day.

This meant improving how requirements are gathered, how early layouts are reviewed, how control room furniture is manufactured, and how operators experience their workspace during long shifts. The result is a year defined by practical innovation, stronger processes, and clearer paths from concept to operation.

Innovation as a Practical Tool for Better Control Rooms

Innovation at Tresco has never been about adding features for the sake of complexity. In 2025, it became a structured approach to solving real problems within real mission-critical environments. This approach guides how we design control room consoles, plan control room layouts, and support long-term operator performance.

Innovation meant focusing on four key areas.

  1. Improving the Operator Experience
  2. Supporting Planners, Integrators, and Design Teams
  3. Better Visualization and Pre-Construction Clarity
  4. Strengthening Internal Processes for More Reliable Project Delivery

These four areas guided how we approached innovation throughout the year.

Improving the Operator Experience

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The operator remains central to every design choice we make. This year, we strengthened our alignment with ISO 11064 to ensure each workstation supported both physical comfort and cognitive performance.

We refined sightlines, optimized reach zones, and enhanced operator ergonomics across all three product lines.

Our sit-stand integrations became more stable and intuitive, and we expanded options for lighting, monitor positioning, and personal organization.

We also advanced the Personal Environment Unit, which now delivers more intuitive control, improved internal architecture, and higher reliability for continuous use.

These updates ensure that ergonomic control room furniture does more than meet standards. It supports focus, well-being, and long-term operator performance.

Supporting Planners, Integrators, and Design Teams

Aegis control room console with a security feed
Nexus control room console with process control dashboards
Vanguard control room consoles

Designing a modern command center or operations room requires collaboration, precision, and reliable information. In 2025, we improved the clarity of our product lineup to make specification and planning more intuitive.

Each console line now reflects a clearer and more intentional role within the full spectrum of mission-critical environments.

  1. AEGIS
    A fast-turn, curated solution for SOCs, GSOCs, PSOCs, and security-focused rooms where clarity and speed of deployment matter.
  2. NEXUS
    A modular platform for collaborative control room design, suited for utilities, transportation networks, and complex monitoring environments.
  3. VANGUARD
    A high-performance solution built for immersive, process-driven environments that demand advanced operator ergonomics and independent monitor control.

Together, these lines support a wide range of clients without unnecessary complexity. They offer consistent ergonomic foundations, reliable structural quality, and the flexibility to adapt to environments of all scales.

Better Visualization and Pre-Construction Clarity

Communication plays a critical role in reducing risk during control room planning. In 2025, we expanded our visualization capabilities to support planners, architects, and integrators with:

  1. High-fidelity renders set in realistic mission-critical environments
  2. Multi-monitor and video wall integration visuals
  3. XR walkthroughs that reveal movement patterns, sightlines, and spatial alignment
  4. Technical illustrations that support engineering clarity
  5. Interactive tools like COMPOSE let you design, customize, plan your layout, select specifications, and quote in under 30 minutes.

Together, these tools reduce ambiguity during stakeholder alignment and allow teams to move forward with greater confidence earlier in the process.

Strengthening Internal Processes for More Reliable Project Delivery

While much of our innovation focused on control room design and product development, an equally important area of progress happened behind the scenes. Throughout 2025, our teams worked together to improve the operational foundation that supports every project we deliver.

We evaluated each stage of the project journey and identified opportunities to make the process more consistent, more transparent, and less vulnerable to human error. The result is a unified workflow that improves how information moves between teams, how tasks are assigned, how files are organized, and how progress is tracked from initial concept to final installation.

These improvements include:

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A centralized workflow that keeps every department aligned

All project information now moves through a structured process, ensuring nothing is missed as work transitions from sales, to design, to project management, to fabrication and installation.

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Automated handoffs that reduce delays and prevent common errors

Project steps that previously relied on manual updates, such as generating folders, assigning next actions, or advancing a job into production, now occur automatically through integrated workflows. This reduces the chance of missed steps and keeps projects moving reliably.

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Real-time visibility into project progress

Shop floor updates now synchronize automatically with project management tools. When a manufacturing stage is completed, the corresponding task updates instantly, giving project managers immediate insight into timelines and next actions.

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Department-level dashboards that improve planning and decision-making

Our teams now work with clear KPIs and dashboards that track quality events, engineering progress, production status, and financial stages. This visibility supports more informed decision-making and helps anticipate potential bottlenecks before they occur.

A smoother, more predictable project experience for clients

The combined impact of these improvements is a more reliable project pipeline with fewer delays, clearer communication, and greater consistency at every stage. These behind-the-scenes advancements strengthen our ability to deliver high-quality control room consoles and environments on schedule and with full confidence.

2025 By the Numbers

Client Experience and Project Delivery

  1. Development of planning tools, checklists, and interactive XR-based solutions to streamline early control room planning, visualization, and quoting
  2. Unification of five independent systems into a single integrated platform
  3. Automated handoffs between teams that reduce delays and eliminate common errors
  4. Clear KPIs established for every department
  5. Streamlined workflows that connect sales, engineering, PM, sourcing, production, assembly, and accounting

New control room professionals introduced to the Tresco brand

Streamlined product lines refined and deployed

Projects, guided, developed, and quoted

Custom 2D and 3D environments crafted

Tailored control room proposals delivered

Passionate employees, caring for your consoles from start to finish

Mission-critical environments relying on Tresco across North America and the world.

Product, Manufacturing, and Execution

  1. Improved structural rigidity through refined folds and material engineering
  2. Standardized machining and mounting points across AEGIS, NEXUS, and VANGUARD
  3. Optimized cutting patterns to reduce material waste and Sequenced machining workflows that shorten overall production time
  4. Automated shop-floor displays linking production progress with office oversight, providing real-time progress visibility between the shop floor, project managers, engineers, and all related teams

Metal sheets processed and machined

Wood sheets pressed and processed

Metal and wood residue are recycled

Truck feet of cargo coordinated, dispatched, and monitored

Shipments across all of North America and the world

Linear feet of consoles installed

Square feet of work surfaces installed

Looking Ahead to 2026

If 2025 was a year of refining our foundations, 2026 will be a year of accelerating how control rooms are planned, designed, and delivered.

Our focus includes:

  1. Smarter and faster console scoping
    Introducing guided pathways that help teams reach viable layouts and budgets more efficiently.
  2. Development of more interactive tools that reduce friction in the initial control room planning stages
  3. Greater alignment between console design and room geometry
    Enhancing how we support video wall visibility, room flow, collaboration spaces, and operator circulation.
  4. More project insights and real-world examples
    Sharing detailed case studies from across North America to help future clients make informed decisions.

Thank You

To everyone who trusted Tresco with their mission-critical environments in 2025, thank you. Your feedback and collaboration continue to shape how we design, refine, and innovate.

As we move into 2026, our commitment remains clear: