Architecture, Engineering & Design · Long Island, New York City and Boca Raton, FL
The model won't open from home, the plotter's offline, and the set goes out Friday.
IT that knows Revit, Bluebeam and the plotter as well as the network under them – from a team whose clients are mostly architects, engineers and designers.
How we workSame six steps, every project
- 1Issue
- 2Input
- 3Plan
- 4Solution
- 5Execution
- 6Happy client
The field we know best – most of our clients are architecture, engineering and design firms. Practices that moved from drawings to BIM, models too big for an ordinary laptop, a drawing set that cannot be lost, and a review room where the client sees the work for the first time.
The software, and what it demands
Revit, AutoCAD and Autodesk Docs, Bluebeam Revu for the markup, Adobe for the rest. We support the applications, not just the machines under them – installs, updates and add-ins handled around your deadlines, and Autodesk named-user licenses assigned, reviewed and kept to the seats you actually use. We are an Autodesk partner.
Project files, wherever the team sits
Revit worksharing, linked models and consultants’ drawings put more weight on file storage than most businesses ever see. A central model that opens in seconds in the office can take minutes over a home connection. We run all four setups firms in this field use – they are laid out below – and we’ll tell you which one fits.
Workstations that keep up
Revit leans on a fast processor more than on core count; rendering leans on the graphics card. Our workstation standard is published on our platform page, and our annual round-up of laptops for architects and designers is the most-read thing we publish, because the question does not go away.
The plotter, on deadline day
Large-format printers, their drivers and the print queue – kept on the network and working the afternoon the set goes out. When the hardware itself needs a technician, we work alongside the people who service it rather than around them.
Security for firms that send drawings all day
Fake “drawings shared with you” emails and invoices aimed at project payments are how firms in this field get hit. Identity controls that make a stolen password useless, email filtering that catches the lures, and awareness training built around the messages your people actually receive.
The room the client walks into
A review room with a display large enough to read a plan, a camera that lets the consultant in Chicago see it too, and control simple enough that the principal runs it alone. This is the field where the AV half of the company matters most.
What we look after
- Revit, AutoCAD, Autodesk Docs and Bluebeam – installed, updated and supported
- Autodesk named-user licenses assigned and reviewed
- Workstations and laptops specified to our published standard
- Project files on Autodesk Docs, Egnyte, Panzura, LucidLink, SharePoint or an office server
- Large-format printers and print queues kept on the network
- Backup of the project archive, with a tested restore
- Email filtering and awareness training aimed at the lures this field gets
- Review and conference room AV
Where the model lives
Four ways to keep project files. We run all of them.
Which one fits depends on how many offices you have, who works from home, and how much of the project already lives in Autodesk. We’ll tell you which, and why.
Autodesk Docs
When the project already lives in Autodesk
Cloud worksharing for Revit through Autodesk Construction Cloud: teams in different offices, at home and at the consultant all work on one model, with no VPN in the way.
Egnyte, Panzura or LucidLink
For more than one office, and heavy CAD
Large files kept close to the people using them and synced between offices and home, with file locking so two people never overwrite the same drawing.
SharePoint and OneDrive
For everything that is not a live model
Contracts, specs, transmittals and PDFs in the Microsoft 365 the firm already pays for. Not where a Revit central model should live – and we will say so.
An office server and VPN
When the team works in one office
Fast and simple on site. We keep it backed up, patched and reachable, and tell you plainly when remote work has outgrown it.
From the field
Architects, engineers and drafters, in their own words.
“Interactive AV-IT has served our company well for over 6 years and has been indispensable for our IT management.”
“Over the years since then we have used Interactive AV-IT exclusively for all our computer systems and communications. When needed the Interactive AV-IT team has gone above and beyond the call of duty to resolve any issues.”
“They are very responsive, quick to diagnose the issue and get me back on line. In all the time I’ve been doing business with them, I have not lost any data thanks to the back up systems they have put in place for me.”
“His skill to resolve any issue is unmatched in my 30 years in printer repairs. 1 call to Mariusz and I don’t have to worry about my customers networking issues ever again.”
Why clients stay
- 2004
- In business since
- 950+
- People we support
- 60 days
- Money-back guarantee
“Mariusz is an excellent problem solver who stays on top of new and emerging technologies and applies forward thinking strategies to all aspects of digital infrastructure. I was impressed by his ability to seamlessly integrate Mac, PC and Linux based systems on one network with the incorporation of mobile devices.”
Ready to talk?
Book a fifteen-minute call, or tell us what you are dealing with and we will tell you what we would check first. No obligation.
Why businesses choose us
- One team for IT and AV – the network, the security, the phones and the boardroom.
- 24/7/365 monitoring, with a helpdesk that knows your office.
- A 60-day money-back guarantee for new managed clients.
- Based in Hauppauge, on site across Long Island and New York City since 2004 – and now in Boca Raton, FL.