Who We Serve
AEC & Infrastructure Organizations
Architecture firms, engineering companies, construction organizations, surveying and geospatial firms, infrastructure consultants, owners and operators, and related project-based organizations.
ATBE understands how project-based organizations use technology differently than enterprise businesses — and why standard IT approaches often fail to account for the operational context that defines AEC work.
How AEC Organizations Are Different
Project-based operations create unique technology challenges.
AEC organizations operate through connected layers — business and administration, project delivery, technical infrastructure, information management, and field operations. Technology problems at one layer affect the others in ways that are not always visible from a single vantage point.
Business & Administration
Project Delivery
Technology Infrastructure
Information & Data
Field Operations
Many technology problems in AEC occur between these layers — not entirely within one.
Common Issues
Where AEC technology challenges typically appear
Specialized software with complex cloud dependencies
AEC platforms often require specific cloud environments, storage configurations, or compute resources. Understanding what those dependencies are — and who owns them — is not always straightforward.
Large file and GIS workloads
Design files, point clouds, aerial imagery, and geospatial data generate significant storage and compute usage that may not be well-understood outside of the technical team managing it.
Cloud resources tied to projects or clients
Resources provisioned for a project may remain after the project closes — not because someone forgot, but because of contractual, records, or application dependency requirements that are not visible in a cloud cost report.
Temporary analysis and compute environments
Rendering, simulation, and analysis workloads are often created on demand and left running longer than necessary. Or they are shut down when they should not be.
Client technology requirements
Some clients require specific platforms, access controls, or data residency that create additional cloud environments and obligations that persist beyond the engagement.
Limited internal CloudOps capacity
Many AEC firms do not have dedicated cloud operations staff. Infrastructure responsibility falls to IT generalists or individual project teams who lack time and context to maintain it systematically.
An Important Note on Cloud
An inactive resource is not automatically unnecessary.
In AEC environments, a cloud resource that appears idle may be retained because of a project contractual obligation, a records retention requirement, an application dependency, or a client access requirement. Removing it without understanding that context can create compliance, legal, or operational problems.
ATBE helps build the operational context needed to interpret cloud resources accurately — and evaluates whether Infriqa's cloud operations platform is an appropriate tool for ongoing visibility and management.
Learn about Infriqa for AEC →Typical Stakeholders
ATBE engagements typically involve both IT and operations
Operations
Project managers, operations directors, practice leaders, principals
IT & Systems
IT managers, systems administrators, cloud or infrastructure teams
GIS & Data
GIS managers, data leads, geospatial analysts
Finance & Admin
CFOs, controllers, project accountants, procurement leads
Field & Construction
Field supervisors, construction managers, site technology leads
How ATBE Can Help
Current solutions for AEC organizations
Systems & Operations Assessment
Understand your current environment before making technology changes.
Cloud Operations
Establish cloud visibility, ownership, and governance within project and operational context.
Workflow Improvement
Address friction in project delivery, information management, and field-office coordination.
Technology Planning
Develop a sequenced technology plan grounded in organizational readiness.