Infrastructure
Cloud Migration Strategy
End-to-end cloud migration planning and execution — assessing your current infrastructure, selecting the right cloud environment, and managing the transition with minimal disruption.
What's included
- —Infrastructure assessment & readiness audit
- —Cloud platform selection & architecture design
- —Phased migration planning to minimize downtime
- —Data mapping and historical record transfer
- —Team onboarding and change management
- —Post-migration monitoring & optimization
From local servers to cloud-native collaboration
Most architecture and engineering firms still run BIM and CAD files off local servers or VPNs — systems that were never designed for the scale or concurrency of modern project teams. We plan and execute the migration to cloud platforms like Autodesk Construction Cloud, BIM 360, or equivalent environments so your teams can open, edit, and coordinate files from anywhere without friction.
Version control and centralized asset libraries
We establish cloud-based asset libraries, standardized folder structures, and version control protocols that eliminate the "which file is current?" problem. Your project data becomes a single source of truth accessible to every stakeholder — from the principal-in-charge to the consultant across the country.
IT overhead reduction
Moving off on-premises infrastructure reduces the IT burden your firm carries — fewer servers to maintain, fewer VPN failures to troubleshoot, fewer backup routines to manage manually. We handle the transition so your technical staff can focus on design.
Migrating legacy project management to the cloud
Construction firms carry years of project history in systems that were never meant to scale — shared drives, email chains, and fragmented databases. We assess your current infrastructure, identify what needs to move, and execute a phased migration that keeps your projects running through the transition.
Field and office synchronization
The gap between what the field knows and what the office has is one of the most expensive problems in construction. Cloud migration closes that gap — RFIs, submittals, change orders, and current drawing sets become accessible to the superintendent on the jobsite and the project manager at the desk simultaneously.
Eliminating the email-everything workflow
When critical project information travels by email attachment, it disappears into inboxes and gets misrouted. We migrate your teams onto cloud-native project management environments where every exchange is tracked, searchable, and linked to the right project record.
Moving department systems off local infrastructure
Planning departments commonly run permit databases, GIS platforms, and document repositories on aging on-premises servers. We assess what's in place, identify what can move to the cloud without data loss or compliance risk, and execute the migration with continuity of access for staff and the public throughout.
GIS and spatial data migration
Migrating spatial datasets and GIS tooling to cloud platforms requires careful attention to projection systems, layer dependencies, and existing integrations with state or county systems. We plan the migration to preserve every relationship so your planning staff can work without interruption.
Public records compliance in the cloud
Cloud environments for city planning must meet public records access and retention requirements. We select and configure platforms that make records accessible as required by law while keeping the underlying data secure and audit-ready.
Consolidating fragmented municipal systems
City operations typically run across a patchwork of legacy systems — financial, HR, permitting, utilities — many of which don't communicate with each other. We plan and execute a phased cloud migration that brings these systems onto a common infrastructure without disrupting the services that depend on them.
Operational continuity through the transition
City services can't go offline. Our migration planning accounts for 24/7 operational requirements, rolling transition windows, and fallback procedures so that the public-facing services your residents depend on remain available throughout the migration process.
Role-based access across departments
A city's cloud environment needs clear access controls — different departments, different data, different permission levels. We configure role-based access architecture as part of every migration so the right people have what they need and sensitive records stay protected.
Smart city infrastructure generates and depends on data at a scale that demands purpose-built cloud architecture. The right approach depends on your sensor ecosystem, data governance requirements, and long-term scalability targets. Let's talk through what you're building.
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