IT Support for Engineering and Architecture Firms in Metro Vancouver
Managed IT for studios where the files are enormous and the project record has to survive for years.
Design firms break ordinary office IT. A single Revit model can be larger than an entire small company's document library, and a project can involve a dozen consultants who all need the current version.
We build around that: workstations sized for the software, storage and sync that handle large files, and archives that stay intact long after a project closes.
What usually needs fixing
Big files punish the wrong setup
Consumer sync tools and thin networks turn CAD and BIM work into waiting. We put the right storage, network, and sync approach in place so opening a model is not a coffee break.
Version confusion is expensive
Two people working from different versions of the same drawing is a costly kind of error. We set up file structures, permissions, and backup history so there is one current version and a way back to any previous one.
Projects have a long tail
You may need to produce a drawing set years after handover. We keep project archives retrievable and backed up, rather than sitting on an external drive in a cupboard.
What you get
- Managed devices and help desk. Laptops, desktops, and phones set up, patched, and supported.
- Email and identity. Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, administered and secured with MFA.
- Backups that get tested. Not just configured and forgotten.
- Cyber-insurance readiness. The controls insurers ask about, in place and documented.
- Automation. The repeating parts of your workflow, handled quietly in the background.
- Data and reporting. The numbers you need to run the place, in a dashboard rather than a spreadsheet.
Tools we work with
AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, ArchiCAD, SketchUp, Bluebeam, Microsoft 365, and large-file collaboration tools.
In short
- A flat $199 Solo plan for one person, or $125 per user per month from two.
- Same-day response from a real person.
- Month to month, no lock-in.
- Serving engineering & architecture across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley.
Other teams we work with
- Law firmsManaged IT for small firms and sole practitioners who cannot afford a confidentiality problem.
- Accounting & bookkeepingManaged IT for CPA firms and bookkeepers, built around the fact that your year has a cliff in it.
- Health & dental clinicsManaged IT for clinics, where an hour of downtime is a waiting room full of rescheduled patients.
- Construction & tradesManaged IT for companies whose office is a truck, a trailer, and sometimes an actual office.
- StartupsOutsourced IT for funded teams that are growing faster than their processes.
Let’s make your tech boring. In the best way.
Get a free 30-minute check. We’ll tell you what’s solid, what’s risky, and what we’d automate first. No pitch. No obligation.