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Construction & Architecture IT

The bid is due at noon, and the plan files are stuck on the office server.

Job sites that need internet before the county needs paperwork. Drawing sets too big for email and too important to lose. We do the IT that builders and design firms actually run on.

The systems we work in

  • Procore
  • Bluebeam
  • Revit
  • AutoCAD

The problems specific to design and construction

Your office is wherever the project is. Most IT shops only understand the office part.

Construction companies and design firms run split across offices, sites, and vehicles, on files measured in gigabytes, with rosters that change every project. That is a different problem than desks and email, and we treat it as one. Most of our work here is with commercial and institutional builders and the design firms alongside them, where the schedules are long enough that infrastructure decisions actually pay off.

  • F-01

    The job-site trailer has no real internet

    Timecards, plans, inspections, and cameras all assume connectivity the site does not have. A hotspot balanced on a window sill is not infrastructure, and the project runs for another eight months.

  • F-02

    The Revit model takes four minutes to open

    CAD and BIM work punishes generic office hardware. Wrong GPU, starved memory, network storage where local NVMe should be. Designers wait on machines, and waiting is billable time nobody can invoice.

  • F-03

    Drawing sets travel by email attachment

    Rev C went to the field, Rev D went to the sub, and nobody is sure which set the concrete crew is holding. Version chaos is not a discipline problem; it is a file-infrastructure problem.

  • F-04

    Every sub knows the shared login

    One account, one password, passed around for years. Subs from closed jobs can still reach current bid folders, and nobody can say who touched what.

  • F-05

    Every project file lives on one office server

    Years of drawings, contracts, and photos on a machine nobody has test-restored. For a firm whose product is its documents, an unverified backup is an unpriced risk on every active job.

  • F-06

    The office move happens and IT is an afterthought

    The furniture arrives on schedule and the network shows up three weeks later. Moves go fine when IT is scoped with the lease, not after it.

  • F-07

    The prequal packet asks about your IT security

    Owner prequalification forms and cyber-insurance renewals now ask whether you have MFA, backups you have tested, and a written incident plan. It lands on the controller with a deadline, and answering it honestly usually means finding out the answer first.

The on-ramp for design and construction firms

Start with an assessment. Fix it project by project.

Most firms do not need a monthly plan on day one. They need the file server risk named, the field access mess mapped, and a short list of fixes with real prices. The ladder starts with a baseline assessment; scoped, fixed-quote projects handle whatever it surfaces.

  1. 01

    Baseline assessment

    A low-cost snapshot of your office, field, and file setup.

  2. 02

    Gap assessment

    A deeper, scoped review of everything the baseline surfaced.

  3. 03

    Remediation roadmap

    A prioritized plan you can run yourself - or hand to us.

  4. 04

    Scoped projects

    Fixed-quote delivery of the pieces you want done for you.

Not sure where you stand? Start with a baseline assessment.

Project work

The top rung of the ladder, done for you

Fixed quote

Office moves & buildouts

New yard, new office, or a design studio refit: network, Wi-Fi, workstations, and phones scoped against the move date, delivered with documentation.

Cloud & file migrations

Years of project folders moved into a platform built for drawing sets and field access, with permissions that match how your projects actually run.

Hardware refresh

CAD and BIM workstations specced for the actual workload, procurement coordinated, licenses and settings migrated, old machines wiped.

Cameras & cabling

Cameras over the yard, the shop, and the equipment lockup: placement, recorder, retention, and footage backed up like the rest of your data. Fixed locations, not trailer-mounted jobsite rentals.

Scope a project

Every project ships with an up-front quote, documented handoff, and a 30-day support window. How project work runs.

Construction & architecture FAQ

The questions firms ask first

Field connectivity, CAD hardware, subs, and files. Answered from the jobsite, not the brochure.

Yes. Revit, AutoCAD, and rendering workloads have specific hardware profiles (GPU, memory, storage) that generic office machines miss, which is why the model takes four minutes to open. We spec the machines, coordinate procurement, migrate licenses and settings, and hand them over working. It is scoped project work with a fixed quote.
We scope it as a project: cellular failover, point-to-point links from a nearby office, or expedited ISP orders, depending on the site and how long you will be there. We coordinate the carriers so your PM does not have to, and we are honest about lead times, because carriers have them no matter who calls.
Per project, per person, revoked at closeout. The common pattern we find is one shared login that every sub has known for three years. The fix is project-scoped accounts and folder permissions, plus offboarding as a standard closeout step, so the drywall sub from two jobs ago is not still syncing your current bid folder.
Emailing 300 MB drawing sets is how version confusion starts. The durable answer is a cloud file platform configured for construction workflows: controlled sharing, current-set links instead of attachments, and permissions that match your project structure. Setting that up, and migrating years of project folders into it, is a fixed-quote migration project.
Yes, and it is worth answering accurately rather than optimistically, because the same answers show up on the cyber-insurance renewal. These forms typically ask about multi-factor authentication, backup and restore testing, endpoint protection, access removal when someone leaves, and whether a written incident response plan exists. We run a baseline assessment against the actual questions on your packet, tell you which ones you can already answer yes to, and quote the gaps as scoped work. Nothing about that requires a monthly plan.
No. Project work stands alone: fixed quote up front, documented handoff, and a 30-day support window included. Many firms start with one project (a buildout, a migration, a workstation refresh) and add a monthly plan later if they want ongoing coverage. Plans are flat and month to month when you do.

One scoping call. Bring your worst file story.

Free, 30 minutes. Crew and office headcount, the software you run, and whichever project has a move-in date attached.

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