Architecture & Planning IT Services
for Los Angeles, Orange County & the San Francisco Bay Area
- ✓Fast, reliable infrastructure for AutoCAD, Revit & BIM workflows
- ✓Large file collaboration without version conflicts or slow transfers
- ✓Client project data protected from ransomware & data loss
- ✓8-minute average response, fastest in Southern California
- ✓Hardware-as-a-Service for workstations, no capital expense
- ✓Protected by the Advanced Shield™ Security Platform, included in every plan
Free IT Assessment
No obligation. We evaluate your environment and deliver a clear action plan within 24 hours.
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A local team member will reach out within 1 business hour.
on our watch
LA & OC
Designed for boutique studios
to multi-office practices
From boutique architecture studios and urban planning consultancies to large multi-discipline design firms and landscape architects, we have a managed IT model built for your software-intensive workflows and client deadlines. Firms in Orange County and San Francisco get the same local support from our Irvine office and our office on Maiden Lane in San Francisco.
BIM corruption, slow renders,
and missed design milestones
Architecture and planning firms run some of the most demanding software environments of any professional services industry, and most IT firms simply aren’t equipped to support them.
Everything your firm needs
to design without IT friction
Flat-rate managed IT for architecture and planning firms, one predictable monthly cost, hardware-as-a-service for workstations, and a team that understands your software environment.
- Flat-rate pricing, no surprise invoices
- Engineers who understand Revit, AutoCAD & BIM
- Hardware-as-a-Service for workstations included
- On-site support across LA and Orange County
- Dedicated Technical Account Manager
- Software license management included
- Audit-ready security, included flat-rate
Revit, BIM 360, and secure file shares
done right
We align your IT environment with the security frameworks, data protection standards, and client contractual requirements that architecture and planning firms increasingly face.
From helpdesk to design enabler
Your firm doesn’t just need someone to fix computers, you need a technology partner who understands the design process, helps you select the right hardware and software stack, and keeps your firm performing at every project phase.
Your dedicated Technical Account Manager meets with you quarterly to review your IT posture, plan hardware refresh cycles, and align technology investments with your firm’s project pipeline and growth goals.
deadline-critical issues
recovery capability
& alerting
across LA & OC
We support the software
your firm runs every day
From Revit and AutoCAD to Rhino, Lumion, and Adobe Creative Cloud, we know the design software architecture and planning firms across Southern California depend on to deliver great work.
Common questions from
architecture & planning firms
Your firm deserves IT that keeps up
with every deadline & deliverable.
Get a free architecture IT assessment, we’ll review your workstation performance, file collaboration setup, and cybersecurity posture, and give you a clear action plan. Or contact our team to talk through your firm’s needs with our managed IT services in Los Angeles specialists.
See it in action: Read our Meridian Architecture BIM and IT case study →
Other Industries We Serve
Advanced Networks delivers specialized managed IT services across these Los Angeles industries:
Data Security and Compliance for LA Architecture & Engineering Firms
Design firms hold other people’s confidential futures: unbuilt projects, security-sensitive floor plans for courthouses and data centers, and client financial terms buried in contract sets. Institutional and government clients increasingly attach security requirements to design contracts — public-agency work often references NIST-based controls, and firms touching federal facilities or defense-adjacent projects can find drawings classified as controlled information with CMMC-style obligations flowing down to the design team.
The operational risk is concentrated in the model: a firm’s Revit and CAD environment is both its production line and its archive, and ransomware that encrypts the model server stops every deadline at once. That makes tested recovery — with restore times measured against submittal dates — the single control with the highest value per dollar in this industry.
We run IT for design firms across Los Angeles — Revit workstations, license servers, project archives — with these controls inside the managed service. Start with a readiness assessment, or see the full cybersecurity compliance services.