Architecture & Engineering IT Solutions
IT Support Built for How Architecture & Engineering Firms Actually Work
IT infrastructure for AEC firms that handles massive BIM files, complex design applications, and seamless collaboration across offices and job sites.
How Vicinity Supports Architecture & Engineering Practices
We work with architecture and engineering firms to build IT infrastructure that supports project delivery, not just keeps computers running.
Optimized File Infrastructure for Design Work
We design file collaboration solutions specifically for your firm's workflow—ensuring your team can access current project files instantly, whether working across multiple offices, from remote sites, or collaborating with external consultants.
- Solutions tailored to your specific collaboration patterns and file sizes
- Multi-office synchronization ensuring everyone works from current versions
- Support for demanding design applications and resource-intensive workflows
- Elimination of "which version am I looking at?" confusion
Support for Your Actual Applications
Our team knows the difference between AutoCAD and Revit. We understand why BIM 360 coordination matters, what LOD means in project delivery, and why "just reboot it" isn't helpful during Construction Documentation phase.
- Experience with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM 360, and design applications
- Understanding of project delivery workflows and LOD requirements
- Faster problem resolution from familiarity with AEC software
- Infrastructure decisions that support how you actually work
Remote Access That Handles Real Workloads
Whether your team needs basic file access or GPU-accelerated virtual desktops for complex 3D work, we build remote access solutions around what your applications demand.
- Basic file access or GPU-accelerated virtual desktops
- Support for complex 3D modeling and rendering remotely
- Work from job sites, home offices, or client presentations
- Same capabilities as being at their desk
Backup and Recovery for Project-Critical Data
Backup strategies that account for project phases, retention requirements, and the reality that you may need to retrieve documentation years after a project closes. Designed around construction document lifecycles and regulatory requirements.
- Backup strategies for project phases and retention requirements
- Long-term retrieval for documentation years after project close
- Aligned with construction document lifecycles
- Meets regulatory requirements
Scalable Support That Matches Project Cycles
Architecture and engineering work doesn't happen at a steady pace year-round. When you're slammed with deadline week or slow during proposal phase, our managed services scale accordingly.
- Support scales with project cycles and deadline intensity
- Consistent infrastructure support year-round
- No paying for capacity you don't need during quieter periods
- Flexible service levels matching workload
Our Solutions for Architecture & Engineering Firms
Comprehensive IT services designed for the unique needs of AEC practices.
Managed IT Services
Proactive monitoring, maintenance, and support keeping your design infrastructure running smoothly during critical project phases.
Cloud Migration & Infrastructure
Large file collaboration platforms, VDI solutions, and cloud infrastructure optimized for design workloads.
Business Continuity & DR
Backup and recovery solutions protecting months of design work with project-aware retention policies.
Network Infrastructure
High-performance networking for multi-gigabyte file transfers and remote design application access.
The Technology Challenges Architecture & Engineering Firms Face
Your deadlines aren't negotiable—RFIs need responses, construction documents need to go out, and your team needs access to project files whether they're in the office, at a job site in Prudhoe Bay, or reviewing drawings from home at 10 PM because the contractor just sent a question.
Massive Files Need to Be Everywhere
BIM models, renderings, and construction document sets aren't like Excel spreadsheets. Large file collaboration isn't just about storage—it's about maintaining workflow momentum across multiple offices and disciplines when files are 3GB+.
Project Coordination Across Disconnected Systems
Your submittal is in one system. The RFI response is in an email thread somewhere. The approved shop drawings are...where exactly? When the GC is using Procore, your structural team is in Revit, and project documentation lives on your file server, keeping everyone working from the same information becomes its own full-time job.
Remote Access Can't Be an Afterthought
When your project manager needs to review drawings from a job trailer without VPN headaches, or someone's presenting to a client from their laptop, or your team is working from home during deadline week, your systems need to just work—including complex 3D modeling and rendering.
Project-Critical Data Protection
You're not just protecting business records. You're protecting months of design work, intellectual property under NDA, and documentation that needs to be retrievable for years after project completion. The cost of losing a week's worth of design changes goes far beyond the data itself.
Alaska and Hawaii Create Their Own Complications
Getting reliable connectivity at a job site outside Anchorage or coordinating between islands isn't the same as working in downtown Seattle. Remote locations and the reality that "just hop on a plane to fix it" isn't always practical mean you need IT infrastructure designed around these realities.
What Architecture & Engineering Firms Say
We don’t hand out compliments lightly. Vicinity earns it every day—fast, responsive, and relentless in solving problems. That’s what badass IT support looks like.
Why Location Matters for Architecture & Engineering Support
When your server goes down at 2 PM and your construction documents are due to the contractor by end of business, "we'll have someone there tomorrow" doesn't cut it.
Local Presence Across Alaska & Hawaii
We're here—in Alaska, in Hawaii, in the Pacific Northwest—because proximity matters. We understand the logistical realities of getting equipment to remote job sites and what it means when weather shuts down travel but deadlines don't move.
AEC Industry Experience
Our team brings decades of combined experience working with architecture and engineering firms across Alaska and the Pacific—including years spent actually running IT for a major Anchorage engineering firm.
Rapid Response During Critical Deadlines
When your project team is coordinating a submittal package at 4 PM on a Friday and your file server slows to a crawl, you don't have time to explain what Revit is. We get it, and we're here fast.
Design Application Expertise
We know the difference between AutoCAD and Revit, understand BIM 360 coordination, and know why a 3GB model file matters. That familiarity means faster problem resolution and better infrastructure decisions.
Remote Site Connectivity Solutions
Experience with connectivity challenges at Alaska job sites and inter-island coordination in Hawaii. We've solved remote access problems that national providers don't even understand exist.
Multi-Consultant Coordination Understanding
We've lived through the chaos of coordinating multiple consultants on the same project, the panic when someone overwrites the wrong file version, and the creative solutions required for remote site connectivity.
Common Questions from Architecture & Engineering Firms
Yes. Our team has direct experience supporting architecture and engineering firms using Revit, AutoCAD, BIM 360, and other design applications. We understand model coordination, worksharing, central file management, and the difference between design development and construction documentation phases. We’ve implemented file infrastructure specifically for firms coordinating complex BIM workflows across multiple offices and consultant teams.
We design file collaboration solutions around your specific workflow, office locations, and file sizes. The goal is ensuring when your team saves a Revit model, everyone who needs it can access the current version immediately—whether they’re in your Anchorage office, Seattle branch, or working remotely. We evaluate your bandwidth, latency, version control needs, and collaboration patterns, then implement the infrastructure that makes multi-gigabyte design files work seamlessly across your practice. Every firm’s needs are different, so we build solutions that fit how you actually work.
Absolutely. We implement virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions with GPU acceleration that allow your team to run demanding design applications remotely with the same performance as their desktop workstation. Staff can work from home, job sites, or client presentations with full access to Revit, 3D modeling, rendering, and other resource-intensive applications without the “loading…loading…” frustration.
We understand that architecture and engineering deadlines aren’t negotiable—when construction documents are due to the contractor, they’re due. Our help desk answers 70% of phone calls in 1 minute or less—when you call, you talk to a real person immediately who understands your urgency. We have local presence across Alaska and Hawaii, so if hands-on help is needed, our technicians can be dispatched during business hours. For firms that need round-the-clock coverage during critical project phases, we offer 24/7 support as an add-on service.
We implement backup strategies specifically designed around construction document lifecycles and regulatory requirements. This includes project-phase-aware backup policies, long-term retention for documentation that needs to be retrievable years after project completion, and recovery procedures that account for individual file recovery, project folder recovery, or complete system restoration. This isn’t generic backup—it’s designed around how AEC firms manage project data.
Yes. We have extensive experience with connectivity challenges specific to Alaska and Hawaii. This includes job sites outside Anchorage with limited connectivity, inter-island coordination in Hawaii, and remote locations where “just send a technician” isn’t practical. We design solutions around these realities—including offline capabilities, remote management tools, and infrastructure that works within the constraints of remote site connectivity.
Yes. We work with project management platforms (Procore, BIM 360), document management systems, timekeeping software, and collaboration tools commonly used in architecture and engineering. Our role is supporting the infrastructure these applications run on, making sure systems stay up and running, and triaging issues when they arise. We support your in-house application champions—the people deeply rooted in your specific tools and workflows—so they can focus on optimizing how your firm uses these platforms rather than fighting IT problems.
Our standard Managed IT Services onboarding takes 6-8 weeks from contract to go-live, though well-documented environments with engaged teams can fast-track to 4 weeks. The timeline includes discovery (documenting your systems and applications), implementation (deploying monitoring and security), and coordination with your team—most work happens during off-hours to avoid disrupting active projects. We work around project deadlines and critical phases. Learn more about our onboarding process on our Managed IT Services page.
Keep Your Firm's Technology Running Smoothly
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