IT support for architecture firms in New York City
We look after the systems your studio depends on: the workstations that open your Revit models, the storage that holds your project files, and the network, backups and security behind both.
Sound familiar?
- A central model takes several minutes to open, and syncing slows to a crawl by mid-afternoon when everyone is in the file.
- Linked models and project folders have outgrown a file server nobody has looked at properly in years.
- Two people have workstations that fly through a model and three people have machines that stall on the same file.
- A consultant needs a project folder today, and the realistic options are a zip file over email or somebody's personal Dropbox.
- Backups run every night, but nobody has tried restoring a live project file to see whether it actually comes back.
- The cyber insurance renewal form asked about multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection and tested backups, and nobody was sure which boxes to check.
- Working from home means opening a model over the VPN, and that takes most of the morning.
- A project phase ends, someone moves on, and their laptop, licenses and file access sit untouched for weeks.
The software you run
We do not teach Revit, and we do not write your CAD standards. That is your work and you do it better than we would. What we handle is the infrastructure underneath it.
- Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD, usually through the AEC Collection
- Enscape, Twinmotion or V-Ray for rendering and visualization
- Bluebeam Revu for markups and submissions
- Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud) for sharing models with consultants and contractors
- Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Teams and SharePoint
- Adobe for presentation and competition work
In practice that means workstations specified for what the software actually demands, storage and network that can move large files without everyone noticing, accounts and access set up so the right people reach the right projects, and backups that cover work in progress rather than last month's archive.
What we handle
Workstations and hardware
Specifying, sourcing and refreshing machines that can open and hold a model. We are an HP partner, so Z-series workstations for Revit and CAD are something we can quote and stand behind.
Project file storage
File server, SharePoint, or a deliberate mix of both, sized for linked models and deep project folders rather than for ordinary office documents.
Backup and recovery
Covering active project files, not just finished ones, with restores that have actually been tested.
Security and email
Multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection, and stopping the invoice and payment emails that target project work. This is also what insurers now ask about at renewal.
Microsoft 365
Accounts, mailboxes, Teams, SharePoint and licensing, set up and kept tidy as people join and leave.
Day-to-day support and monitoring
Monitoring runs continuously in the background. When you do need a person, you get the one who already knows how your studio is set up.
What good looks like
- Models open and sync at a speed nobody thinks to mention.
- Everyone has a machine suited to the work they actually do, not whatever was left over.
- Project files live in one place, and giving a consultant access takes a minute and leaves a record.
- A restore has been tested, so a bad afternoon stays a bad afternoon instead of becoming a lost project.
Related services
CAD and BIM workstations
Specs, sourcing and refresh planning for machines that run Revit and AutoCAD.
Learn moreProject file storage
File server, SharePoint, or a deliberate mix, sized for linked models.
Learn moreBackup and disaster recovery
Protection for active project files, with restores that get tested.
Learn moreManaged IT
Day-to-day support, monitoring and planning for the whole environment.
Learn moreCommon questions
Talk to someone who knows design and construction IT.
Book a free consultation. We will look at how your firm works today, where the gaps are, and what we would change first. No obligation.