IT Support for Construction and Trades
For businesses whose work happens on a site, in a truck, or in a yard, not at a desk.
This is the largest single group we work with. HVAC, landscaping, land survey, site management, and manufactured-home resale are all in the book, which means we’ve already met the problems that come with a workforce that’s rarely in the office.
What we see in construction & trades
The office is wherever the crew is
Estimates, photos, and paperwork are produced on phones and tablets in the field, then need to reach the office intact. When that hand-off relies on somebody remembering to email themselves a photo, things get lost.
Devices live hard lives
Phones and tablets get dropped, soaked, and left in trucks. What matters isn’t the device surviving but the data on it being somewhere else, and the device being remotely wipeable when it disappears.
Yards and equipment need watching
Tools, materials, and machinery sitting in a yard overnight are a standing target. Cameras are the obvious answer, and the part that gets done badly is everything behind them.
Connectivity where there isn't any
A trailer on a site with no wired connection still needs to reach the office systems. There are good answers to this and there are answers that cost a fortune and barely work.
The thing we fix most often
Cameras on the same network as everything else. A yard camera system is frequently the least-secured device a contractor owns, and it’s very often plugged straight into the network that also carries the accounting file. Separating them takes an afternoon and removes an entire category of risk.
What we do for you
- Security CamerasCameras that are actually recording, on a network that keeps them away from everything else, with footage that’s there when you need it.
- Networks & Wi-FiWi-Fi designed from a survey rather than guesswork, on a network built by an engineer who has spent 20+ years running ISP and utility infrastructure.
- Managed IT & HelpdeskMonitoring, patching, and support for everything you run, so problems get found before they become your morning.
- Custom ApplicationsSoftware shaped around your process, for the jobs where the spreadsheet has stopped coping and the off-the-shelf product doesn’t fit.
Businesses like yours
- HVAC contractors
- Landscaping and grounds maintenance
- Land survey firms
- Site and property management
- Manufactured home dealers
- General contractors and specialty trades
Questions from this sector
The ones we get asked most by construction & trades businesses.
Can you get internet to a jobsite trailer?
Usually yes, and the right answer depends on how long the site will be live and what’s already nearby. Options run from a cellular router to a point-to-point wireless link back to a building you already control. We’ll tell you which is worth it for the duration of the job instead of selling the most expensive option.
What happens when a crew member loses a phone?
With devices enrolled in management, the answer is that you remotely wipe it and issue another one. Without that, the answer is that whoever finds it has your email, your customer list, and possibly your accounting system. Enrolment is inexpensive and takes minutes per device.
We already have cameras. Can you just check them?
Yes, and it’s worth doing. The three things most often wrong are that the cameras share a network with business systems, that retention is shorter than anyone believes, and that the recorder is reachable from the internet. All three are fixable without replacing the cameras.
We already know your industry’s headaches
Twenty minutes on what you run and what keeps breaking. No pitch, and no obligation.