Engineering IT services in Raleigh, from civil to MEP
As-Built IT looks after the IT for civil, structural, MEP, geotechnical, environmental and surveying firms in Raleigh and across the Triangle. Big project files stay in sync between offices, modeling workstations keep running, and your staff reach a help desk that replies within 30 minutes. One monthly price, month-to-month.
- Cisco certified
- Month-to-month
- 30-minute response promise
IT services for engineering firms, built around the project files
Engineering firms run on files that are big, shared and always changing: models, drawing sets, calcs and markups that half the office needs at once. When IT can't keep up, it shows up as waiting. Nobody went to engineering school to watch a progress bar.
Managed IT services for engineering firms, one office or several
We keep project files in sync between your offices, keep the modeling workstations running, set up secure ways to share drawings with clients, contractors and reviewers, and track your Autodesk and other software licences. Your staff reach the help desk by phone, email, online ticket or Teams.
Real-world experience when everything stops
A construction company with approximately 75 employees experienced a ransomware attack that locked employees out of critical systems, including shared project drawings, estimates, contracts, and scheduling documents.
With several active projects underway, every hour of downtime created the risk of missed deadlines and costly delays.
I helped coordinate the recovery by isolating affected systems, rebuilding compromised infrastructure, restoring access to critical files from clean backups, and strengthening network security to reduce the risk of another incident.
Rather than bringing everything back online at once, we prioritized the systems employees needed most urgently so project managers, estimators, and field teams could resume work as quickly and safely as possible.
The experience reinforced something I've seen throughout my IT career: businesses don't care about servers and firewalls until something stops working. What they need is someone who can take ownership of the problem, communicate clearly, and get their operations running again.
What engineering firms get from us
Everything in the plan for engineering firms, one line each
Multi-office file sync. Project files kept in sync between offices.
Modeling workstations. Kept updated, monitored and running. We support them; we don't sell them.
Secure sharing. Drawings and files shared safely with clients, contractors and reviewers.
Licence management. Autodesk and other software licences tracked, so you know who has what.
Help desk. Phone, email, online ticket or Teams, with a reply within 30 minutes.
Monitoring, updates and antivirus on every computer.
Microsoft 365. Email, user accounts, licences, Teams and SharePoint.
Network and firewall, at every office.
Printers, scanners and plotters.
Autodesk, Revit and Bluebeam. Through our CAD and BIM IT support, which adds on.
Why engineering firms need IT that understands the work
Civil, structural and MEP teams pass the same models back and forth, so a slow link between offices slows everyone down.
Drawings leave the firm every week, to clients, contractors and plan reviewers, and every send is a security decision.
Software licences are expensive, and unused or double-counted seats are easy to miss when nobody is tracking them.
Working alongside contractors? See IT services for construction companies. Coordinating with architects? See IT support for architects. For the full picture of what we run day to day, see managed IT services in Raleigh.
Four steps, no runaround
- 01FreeBook a free 30-minute callSend the form or call. Tell us about your offices, your software and what keeps going wrong.
- 02We get to know your firmThe free call is for discovery: we ask about your software, your offices and job sites, and what is already in place.
- 03Per firmOne quote for your firmOne monthly price, based on your people, your devices and anything you add on.
- 04We take it from thereMonitoring and updates go on every computer, your staff get the help desk number, and it runs month-to-month.
Areas we serve: Raleigh and the Triangle
We work with engineering firms in these eight towns, and we don't take clients outside the Triangle.
How much IT services for engineering firms cost
One monthly price for your whole firm, based on how many people you have, how many computers and devices we look after, and which services you add, such as CAD and BIM support.
Questions engineering firms ask
Straight answers for civil, structural, MEP and geotechnical firms.
How fast do you respond?
Within 30 minutes. Your staff reach the help desk by phone, email, online ticket or Teams.
Can you keep files in sync between our offices?
Yes. We keep project files in sync between two or more offices, so everyone works from the current version.
Do you support Revit, AutoCAD and Bluebeam?
Yes, through our CAD and BIM IT support, which adds on to the plan. It covers Autodesk, Revit and Bluebeam, plus the workstations and file sync behind them.
Do you sell or spec workstations?
No. We support and look after your workstations, but we don't sell or spec them.
How do we share drawings with clients and reviewers safely?
We set up secure file sharing for drawings and documents going to clients, contractors and plan reviewers, so files don't go out through whatever link someone found.
Which engineering firms do you work with?
Civil and site, structural, MEP, and geotechnical, environmental and surveying firms across Raleigh and the Triangle.
Your first 30-minute call is free
Send the form or call (919) 807-1540. Thirty minutes, no charge, and you'll know whether we're a fit.