Construction
Project, field, and job-costing systems we already support, including hybrid work on site.
Who it is for
When the field and the office have to stay on the same job.
Builders and trades that run Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, or Sage 300 CRE, and cannot treat a site trailer as an exception to IT and security.
What is included
- Procore for projects, RFIs, and the field
- Autodesk Construction Cloud and Sage 300 CRE
- Hybrid work: remote support and MFA off site
- The five managed practices from Langley
Features and benefits
How this part of the practice runs.
Systems we support
We support Procore for project management, RFIs, and field collaboration.
Also in this sector
We support Autodesk Construction Cloud and Sage 300 CRE for BIM, documents, and job costing.
Five practices
Managed IT, AI, security, integration, and engineering from the Langley office.
Security as the runtime
Identity, backup, MFA, and CyberSecure Canada controls still apply, including for line-of-business apps.
Case study
Disaster restoration and reconstruction.
More than fifteen years of IT, security, cloud, and engineering, from about 350 users in ten offices to more than 2,000 users across 48 locations.
The client
The leading disaster restoration and reconstruction company in Canada.
The operator had an internal IT team for day-to-day support, but not the strategic consulting, project management, and implementation depth needed for the growth it intended. When the partnership began, about 350 users sat across ten offices, all on on-premises servers.
Challenge
What was in the way.
- Day-to-day support was in-house; strategy, road-mapping, and large implementations were not.
- On-premises servers had to support a company that meant to add locations at speed.
- Cybersecurity posture needed a managed detection and response layer on top of local tools.
- Growth required cloud, networking, cost control, and a software platform that could scale with the work.
What we did
The work, in the same order we tell both studies.
Cybersecurity
In 2016, managed detection and response (MDR) and endpoint detection and response (EDR), plus automated patch management and centralized management of corporately owned endpoints.
Cloud migration
In 2017, a complete Microsoft Azure design: 70 production servers, business applications, and data warehousing, with site recovery, a second fail-over data centre, and Azure media services for video streaming.
Disaster recovery
A rebuilt recovery plan with a recovery-time objective of four hours in the event of a total loss.
Cloud cost management
A monthly analysis and optimization program so Azure spend is reviewed and adjusted as the estate changes.
Azure Virtual Desktops
Windows Virtual Desktops for part of the workforce, keeping data centralized in the cloud environment.
Networking
Consultation, design, architecture, and implementation of Cisco networking upgrades so offices stay fast and reliable into Azure.
Software engineering
A web-based project-management platform that hosts every project the operator manages (more than 300,000 to date), designed and engineered by EC, then scaled in the cloud with DevSecOps, infrastructure, and networking in the same firm.
What changed
Facts from the study. Nothing added.
- The estate grew from about 350 users in ten offices to more than 2,000 users across 48 locations.
- Cybersecurity, Azure, networking, and a line-of-business platform sit with the same B.C. MSP that still consults alongside the internal IT team.
- The partnership has run more than fifteen years.
Related: Cloud and Azure · Managed Security · Managed Engineering · Full case study
Questions
Who is the client?
The leading disaster restoration and reconstruction company in Canada. The legal name is withheld on this page.
Did EC replace the internal IT team?
No. The operator kept day-to-day support in-house. EC provided strategic consulting, project management, implementation, security, cloud, networking, and engineering.
Is the four-hour recovery time a published SLA for every client?
No. It is the recovery-time objective designed for this operator’s Azure disaster-recovery plan.
Proof
The systems on this page are platforms EC supports for Construction.
Related: Industries · Disaster restoration case study · Hybrid work · Managed IT · Managed Security · Book an assessment
Questions
Do you provide IT support for construction companies?
Yes. Managed IT, security, identity, and backup for construction firms, including the systems already listed on this page (Procore, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Sage 300 CRE).
Does EC only serve Construction?
No. This is one of ten industry pages. EC is a managed-IT firm with five practices: IT, AI, security, integration, and engineering.
Do you have a branch for this sector?
No. Headquarters is Langley, B.C. Clients in this sector may be in any city in British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario.
How do I start a conversation?
Book an assessment on Contact, email hello@ecmanagedit.com, or call (604) 888-7904, Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Next step
Talk about Construction systems you already run.
Call (604) 888-7904 or send an assessment request. Office hours are Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.; Saturday–Sunday closed.