IT support for architects.
Project files grow with every job, and the whole studio needs them. For one architecture practice, we run the connection, Microsoft 365, the project archive and the AI tools the team uses.
What a practice needs from its IT.
- WiFi that reaches every desk, not just the one nearest the router.
- Completed projects archived at a sensible cost, with live projects where the team can reach them.
- A new studio that’s online on moving day.
- AI tools that cope with your own work, down to the right planning policy.
A client in your line of work.
What we run for the practice.
Studio connection and WiFi
We had BlackBrick’s new office online in three days, then fitted UniFi WiFi with coverage at every desk.
Microsoft 365, secured
Business Premium with its security features switched on: every laptop enrolled and protected, and policies applied across the practice.
An archive at a sensible cost
Live projects stay in SharePoint. Completed ones move to storage in the studio, backed up to the cloud.
Backups of your own
The same storage holds an independent backup of your Microsoft 365.
AI tested on your work
We test the leading AI platforms on a real brief before recommending one, then write guides for the way your practice works.
Tools you already own
Sometimes the answer costs nothing. For project management, we recommended Microsoft Planner, which BlackBrick already owned.
When firms like yours call us.
- Moving or opening an officeA new or second office that’s ready when you move in, with internet, network, door access and cameras planned early.
- Bringing in AIAI tools chosen by testing them on your own work, set up safely alongside your files, with a short policy your team can follow.
- Growing the teamNew starters set up before day one, access removed the day someone leaves, and files and security that work wherever your team does.
- Changing IT providerA planned move to a team that learns your setup, with every password, licence and document gathered before your old provider steps away.
The services we’d use.
- IT SupportCall, email or message and you reach a person who knows your setup. Once you’re working again, the cause gets fixed so it doesn’t come back.
- Networks & WiFiNetworks, WiFi, CCTV and door access designed around your building, installed by us and looked after long after switch-on.
- Cyber SecuritySecure email, protected devices and sensible access controls, kept up to date, plus practical training so your team can spot a scam email.
- Backup & Business ContinuityTested backups and a plan for the bad day, so fire, flood or ransomware doesn’t stop your business.
- Technology OptimisationSwitch on the features you already pay for, and the tools you own do more of the work.
- IT Strategy & PlanningA short plan, agreed with you: what to spend on, in what order and roughly what it costs.
Common questions.
Our project archive is getting expensive. What can we do?
Keep live projects in SharePoint and move completed ones to storage in your studio, backed up to the cloud. That’s what we set up for BlackBrick Studio.
Which AI tool should our practice use?
We test before we recommend. For BlackBrick, we compared three leading platforms on a real 60-apartment pre-application report. Claude produced finished, formatted documents and cited the right planning policy, so we rolled it out to the whole team.