IT for construction and manufacturing
20+ construction and manufacturing groups supported
Whether the work happens in a trailer on a jobsite or on a shop floor, the same thing is true: when the systems stop, so does the crew.
Construction
Your office stays put. Everything else moves.
Internet at the trailer
A proper connection with a real antenna, not a hotspot on the windowsill - and a working network inside so several people can use it at once.
Everyone on the same drawings
Working from an old set is expensive. If the current one is hard to reach from a phone on site, people use what they already have - so we make it easy to reach.
Kit that survives the field
Laptops and tablets specced for site conditions, locked down and wipeable - because they do get left in trucks and taken from trailers.
Invoice fraud protection
Big invoices and email approvals make construction a favorite target. We lock down email and add a verification step before bank details ever change.
Manufacturing
Everyone in your building can tell you what a stopped line costs per minute.
Machines kept separate from office PCs
On most shop floors, an infected laptop in accounts has a clear path to your production equipment. We put them in separate zones so that can't happen.
Wi-Fi that works in a metal building
Steel, racking and machinery wreck wireless coverage, and a floor plan won't predict it. We walk the plant and place equipment for the real building.
Old machines that can't be updated
Nearly everyone has one running software from a decade ago on a machine that cost six figures. We wall it off safely instead of telling you to replace it.
Work scheduled around your shifts
Updates, reboots and changes happen during planned downtime or changeovers - agreed against your production calendar, not against it.
The system that can't go down
For a manufacturer it's usually ERP. If it's down you can't receive material, release work orders, ship or invoice. For a contractor it's the plan room and the accounting system.
Either way we treat what it runs on accordingly: monitored constantly, updated only in windows you've agreed, and backed up with a recovery time that matches what an outage actually costs you. If the software is hosted by the vendor, the priority shifts to backup internet and reliable logins - which is where those setups usually fail.
Sites come and go. That should be routine.
A project starts, a trailer arrives, ten people need to work - and eighteen months later it all moves to the next job. We treat setup and teardown as a standard job with a standard kit: connectivity, network, devices and logins in one visit, everything reclaimed at the end. Each site is faster than the last.
Common questions
Can you get internet to a site with nothing there?
Almost always - usually cellular with a properly mounted antenna, sometimes fixed wireless or satellite. We check the location first, because the difference between a hotspot and a proper setup is usually the difference between usable and useless.
Can the trailer reach the office server?
Yes. We link them so the trailer works as if it were in the office. If a particular program would be painful over a cellular link, we'll say so and suggest a better option.
Can you separate the network without stopping production?
Yes. We build the new setup alongside the old one and move equipment across in small groups, using scheduled downtime or changeovers. We never attempt it in one big cutover.
We have machines running very old software. What can we do?
Wall them off. The machine goes on its own isolated zone with no internet access and only the specific connections it genuinely needs, plus a backup of its settings so it can be restored rather than rebuilt from memory.
Do you support phones and tablets in the field?
Yes - set up centrally, encrypted, and wipeable if one goes missing, with logins tied to individuals rather than one password everyone knows.
Find out what's actually wrong - before you commit to anything.
A free IT check-up gives you a written picture of your computers, network, backups and security. No obligation, and it's yours to keep even if you never hire us.
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