What We Do
Technology problems are often systems problems.
ATBE offers four current advisory services for AEC firms, infrastructure operators, cities, and public agencies. Each one addresses a specific type of operational or technology challenge — and each can stand alone or connect with the others.
Solution 01
Systems & Operations Assessment
Before selecting technology, you need to understand what you actually have.
Many technology decisions are made without a clear picture of current operations. ATBE conducts structured assessments that document how your organization actually works — not how it is supposed to work on paper.
The assessment covers people, responsibilities, workflows, applications, data flows, cloud resources, vendors, and dependencies. The result is a factual current-state picture that can inform technology decisions, vendor conversations, procurement, and internal planning.
An assessment does not assume that change is required. The goal is clarity. What follows from that clarity — whether a new platform, a workflow change, a governance structure, or nothing at all — depends on what the assessment reveals.
Discuss This Solution →Typical Deliverables
- —Current-state workflow and process maps
- —Application and platform inventory
- —Cloud resource and vendor inventory
- —Responsibility and dependency documentation
- —Findings report with prioritized recommendations
Who It's For
- Organizations planning a technology change and wanting to understand the current environment first
- IT teams that need to communicate operational context to vendors or leadership
- Organizations that have grown through projects, acquisitions, or expansion and lack a clear systems picture
- City and agency departments preparing for procurement or platform evaluations
Solution 02
Cloud Operations
Cloud spending is increasing, but ownership and operational context are unclear.
AEC firms, infrastructure operators, cities, and public agencies accumulate cloud resources in ways that are difficult to interpret without operational context. Resources appear unused when they are retained for project closeout, client requirements, records obligations, or application dependencies.
ATBE reviews cloud resources in relation to the applications, projects, departments, and vendors they support — and helps establish the governance structures, ownership assignments, and operational documentation that make cloud environments manageable.
Where it fits, ATBE evaluates whether Infriqa — an AI-native cloud operations platform — is an appropriate tool for ongoing visibility and intelligence. An evaluation includes understanding your environment first, before recommending or ruling out any platform.
AEC & Infrastructure
- —Cloud resources tied to specific projects or client engagements with unclear decommission status
- —Understanding which resources are active, retained, or genuinely decommissioned
- —Temporary analysis environments and GIS workloads with no ownership documentation
- —Software license visibility across dispersed project teams and field locations
Cities & Public Agencies
- —Cloud resources spread across departments with unclear ownership or budget allocation
- —Public records and retention obligations for cloud-stored data
- —Grant-funded or fund-allocated cloud environments requiring cost accountability
- —Vendor-managed systems with limited departmental visibility or documentation
Typical Deliverables
- —Cloud resource discovery and mapping
- —Application-to-resource context documentation
- —Cost visibility and ownership assignment
- —Governance structure and vendor responsibility review
- —Infriqa evaluation (where appropriate)
Who It's For
- AEC firms with cloud resources tied to multiple projects, clients, or vendors
- Infrastructure organizations with complex multi-cloud or hybrid environments
- Cities and agencies with departmental cloud adoption lacking central oversight
- Organizations preparing for cloud audits, budget cycles, or technology reviews
Solution 03
Workflow Improvement
Not every workflow problem requires new software.
Workflow problems often appear as software problems. Teams ask for new platforms when the underlying issue is unclear responsibility, a missing handoff, an undocumented process, or a configuration that was never completed.
ATBE identifies where friction originates — in the process, the tools, the responsibilities, the documentation, or the training — and recommends the appropriate response. That response may be process redesign, configuration, integration, documentation, training, or automation. It may involve new software, or it may not.
The goal is practical improvement: less repeated work, clearer handoffs, and workflows that match how the organization actually operates rather than how a vendor suggests it should operate.
Discuss This Solution →Typical Deliverables
- —Workflow mapping and friction identification
- —Responsibility and approval documentation
- —Root-cause analysis by workflow segment
- —Process redesign and implementation recommendations
- —Integration, automation, and configuration guidance
Who It's For
- Teams experiencing repeated data entry, unclear handoffs, or parallel systems
- Organizations paying for software that teams are not using or working around
- Departments preparing to onboard a new platform and needing workflow alignment first
- IT teams trying to understand why an existing tool implementation is not working
Solution 04
Technology Planning
Leadership knows modernization is needed but not where to begin.
Technology planning without operational context produces plans that reflect vendor presentations rather than organizational reality. ATBE creates technology plans grounded in current-state understanding — what exists, what works, what does not, and what the organization is actually ready for.
A technology plan defines a practical sequence for selecting and improving systems. It considers organizational readiness, budget cycles, procurement requirements, implementation complexity, and the dependencies between systems — not just a list of platforms to evaluate.
For AEC firms, infrastructure operators, cities, and public agencies, this means understanding how technology decisions interact with project structures, departmental responsibilities, records obligations, and the specific workflows that define daily operations.
Discuss This Solution →Typical Deliverables
- —Technology roadmap with sequencing rationale
- —Platform and vendor evaluation framework
- —Requirements documentation
- —Procurement and implementation readiness assessment
- —Organizational and change-readiness review
Who It's For
- Organizations with a modernization mandate and no clear path forward
- Leadership teams preparing for board, council, or executive technology conversations
- Departments planning procurement and needing structured requirements and evaluation support
- Organizations that have tried technology change before and want to approach it differently
Not sure which solution fits?
Most engagements start with a conversation — not a proposal. Tell ATBE what is creating friction and we'll help identify the appropriate path.
Start with a Systems Discussion