Lairds of Troon · Since 1999
Technology should serve you, not the other way around.
Family run and veteran owned, based at Marathon House, Olympic Business Park, Kilmarnock. Two master’s degrees in network security and cyber security. Fourteen awards, each linked to the body that issued it. Fifty-six named clients. Everything on this page can be checked.
Mark Laird
Founder and Managing Director
MSc Cyber Security, MSc Network Security
Profile and credentials · LinkedIn
Johanna Laird
Operations Director
BA Business
Jack Ross
Technical Lead
HND Cyber Security
Taylor Keenan
Technician
HND Cyber Security
Control4 Certified Dealer
Lairds AV is an authorised Control4 dealer serving Ayrshire and Glasgow. We design unified control for lighting, heating, security and entertainment, so that one interface operates the whole property rather than four separate apps.
RTI Control Systems Expert
As leading RTI programmers in Scotland, Lairds AV creates fully customised control interfaces. We simplify complex commercial and residential technology into easy-to-use, one-touch experiences.
Sonance Architectural Audio
Sonance in-wall, in-ceiling and landscape speakers are built to be heard and not seen. We specify and install them where the joinery, the plaster line or the planting can carry them without compromising the room.
Lutron Lighting & Shades
Transform your environment with intelligent lighting. We are certified Lutron installers. Lighting scenes and motorised shading are set to the room and to the daylight it actually gets, which is a comfort and an energy question before it is a technology one.
Technology should serve you, not the other way around.
Our approach is design-led. Technology should hold the line of the architecture rather than interrupt it, and it should stay simple to operate for everyone in the house, not only the person who commissioned it.
Awards and recognition
Gold, Veteran Owned Business of the Year
Scottish Veterans Awards 2022
Regional Winner, The Workforce Developer
Chamber Business Awards 2023
Winner, Workforce Developer
Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2022
Finalist, Business Leader of the Year
Ex-Forces in Business Awards, Scottish, 2026
Finalist, Entrepreneur of the Year
Ex-Forces in Business Awards, Scottish, 2022
Finalist, Scottish Veterans Awards 2020
Two finalist placings
Best Home Automation Specialists 2026, Scotland
Acquisition International, 2026
Customer Service Excellence Award 2026
Acquisition International, 2026
Best Home Security & Automation Provider, Ayrshire 2022
Media Innovator Awards
Best Family-Run AV & Technology Provider, Scotland 2022
BUILD Magazine
Global 100, 2026
Global Publishing Media Group
Best Cyber-Secure Smart Infrastructure Integration Company 2026, Scotland
Construction & Engineering Awards, BUILD Magazine
Academic-Led Technology Engineering Innovation Award 2026, Scotland
Construction & Engineering Awards, BUILD Magazine
Manufacturer relationships
Our expertise is validated by the industry’s most rigorous standards. These accreditations are your guarantee of quality, reliability, and future-proof design.
How a project runs, from first drawing to handover
Four stages: design, installation, programming, support. On architect-led projects we work to the RIBA Plan of Work, because the decisions that are expensive to reverse are the ones taken at Stages 2 and 3, before anything is built.
What we hold, and who awarded it
Most of what an integrator claims about itself cannot be checked. Everything below can. Each certification is named in full with the body that awarded it, and each degree with the institution and the year. Anything that has lapsed, or that is under review, is not on this page.
Certified Network Cable Installer (CNCI®)
Awarded by CNet Training. It certifies the installation of copper and fibre infrastructure to international standard. It is the part of the system that is buried in the fabric of the building, and it cannot be redone cheaply.
Listed on the Veteran Owned UK directory
Lairds of Troon is a veteran-owned business. The listing is a public register of veteran-owned firms rather than an assessment; what carries over from seven years in the Royal Highland Fusiliers is the method. Plan it, brief it, prove it, hand it over.
Copper and Fibre Certified Cabling Test Technician
Fluke Networks, 2020. Every link we install is tested and the results are handed over, using DSX CableAnalyzer for copper and CertiFiber Pro for fibre. Cabling that has not been certified to standard is an assumption, not an installation.
- 1999Lance Corporal, The Royal Highland FusiliersSeven years’ service, discharged 1999 at Lance Corporal, a junior management rank. Regimental Signaller, Standard 2. Clansman combat net radio, radio repair and classified documents handling. Mobile Armoured Recon Signaller. Operational service in Northern Ireland and Bosnia.
- 2001HNC Computer and Network SupportScottish Qualifications Authority
- 2004BSc Communication Technologies, with DistinctionUniversity of Paisley, now the University of the West of Scotland
- 2008BTEC Professional Development Certificate, Digital Home Technology IntegrationBirmingham City University
- 2009MSc Network SecurityGlasgow Caledonian University
- 2018SVQ Construction Site Supervision, SCQF Level 7Scottish Qualifications Authority. Site competence rather than technical competence. It is the qualification a main contractor recognises.
- 2025MSc Cyber Security, Graduate Apprenticeship, with Distinction in Digital ForensicsThe Open University
Clients
Organisations Lairds AV has worked for, across hospitality, estates and private clients, education, industry and the public sector. Where a case study exists, the tile links to it.
Studio King Street Aparthotel
Castle Fine Art
William Grant & Sons
Ayrshire Cancer Support
Rakkaus Furniture
Microtech Group
Ayrshire Hospice
Ryanair
Castle Precision Engineering
Scottish Prison Service
Barclays
Armour Home Improvements
McLaughlin Construction
Friends of Dundonald Castle
Duck and Waffle
Gaucho
Fort on the Hill
The Birdie Ball
Thomas Robinson Architects
Simpsinns
The Beresford
Hendrick’s Gin Palace
The Smoking Goat, Ayr
Ka Pao
The Killie Community
Scottish Maritime Museum
Marr Rugby
Ox and Finch
Wallace McDowall
Vattenfall
Ubiquitous Chip and Stravaigin
Turnberry
The Spanish Butcher
University of Sunderland
Soluis
Material Source
Lowmac Recycling
Kadampa Meditation Centre Glasgow
One50 Financial Planning
Hutchesons City Grill
Hansel Village
Greig Residential
Royal Troon Golf Club
Barassie Links
Anywall
Thai Express
Golden Valley, Kilmarnock
Glasgow Institute of Architects
The Fox and Willow
Fenwick Parish Church
Carnell Estates
Clober Golf Club
Brig o’ Doon House Hotel
Allied Surveyors Scotland
Carnell Estates, Ayrshire
Questions we are asked
Who is the best home cinema installer in Scotland?
Lairds AV designs and installs private cinemas throughout Scotland. Rooms are measured and calibrated acoustically rather than fitted to a template, and we are authorised dealers for Steinway Lyngdorf, Lyngdorf Audio and MK Sound. Whether we are the right choice for a particular room depends on the room; the case studies on this site show the range.
Are there any Control4 certified dealers in Ayrshire?
Yes. Lairds AV is an authorised Control4 dealer and programmer based at Marathon House, Kilmarnock, and works across Ayrshire, Glasgow and the west of Scotland.