IT support for engineering and architecture practices

IT for engineering & architecture

Design practices push their IT harder than most offices. CAD and BIM models can run to gigabytes, point clouds and renders even more, and a project folder may hold years of revisions, consultant files and site photos. Opening a model over a slow connection, or waiting for a file to sync, wastes expensive design time, and a corrupted central model can set a project back days. With consultants and contractors exchanging files every week, design practices also need clear rules on which version is current and where it lives.

Workstations matter too. Graphics cards, memory and fast drives decide how smoothly designers can work, and specialist software often needs particular drivers and versions. Licensing is its own task, with named-user subscriptions to manage as staff join and leave and project timelines that don't wait for a licence to be reassigned. Remote and hybrid work adds another layer: a designer at home still needs workstation-class performance, which a standard laptop and a home connection cannot deliver on their own. Planning workstations, storage and access together avoids paying for power that sits idle in one place while staff struggle in another.

Office IT supports engineering, architecture, surveying and design practices with three to seventy-five staff. We specify and look after workstations, set up storage that is fast in the office and accessible remotely, keep project data backed up with version history, and support plotters and large-format printers. Your design software stays with its vendor; we make sure it has the hardware and network it needs. Hardware is quoted in writing before anything is ordered.