Industries we serve: Architecture and Engineering Firms
Architecture and engineering firm websites that stay fast, secure and winning projects.
Hosting, maintenance and support for architects, structural and civil engineers, surveyors and design-build firms. Project portfolios load fast, RFP and project inquiries reach the right partner, and the site is watched 24/7/365.
The problems architecture and engineering firms call us about
What goes wrong on architecture and engineering firm websites, and what it costs you.
Portfolio pages that take forever to load
Architecture sells on full-bleed photography and renderings. Uncompressed portfolio pages take ten seconds on a phone. We compress, lazy-load and host on servers tuned for image-heavy sites.
Project inquiries and RFPs lost to spam
A developer sends an RFP through the contact form and it lands in spam from a shared server. We deliver through authenticated email, route by project type and test the form every day.
Team and credentials out of date
Licenses, LEED and PE credentials, new principals and departed associates. We update the team page the day you send it.
Portfolio built on a dead plugin
Many firm sites run on an abandoned portfolio or gallery plugin that breaks with the next update. We migrate the portfolio to a maintained layout and test it after every round.
Accessibility demand letters
Firms that design accessible buildings get website accessibility demand letters too. Our tools add an accessibility menu, a statement page and a cookie banner, and we fix what scanners flag.
Nobody owns the website
The site was built by a designer who moved on and the logins went with them. We document everything, hold the logins securely and become the one team that knows your site.
What SpeedSolid handles
Everything your firm website needs, handled by one team.
- Fast, secure managed WordPress hosting, with an SSL certificate add-on and renewal handled for you
- WordPress core, theme and plugin updates every month, urgent security fixes right away
- Quote request and contact forms delivered to your inbox and phone, tested daily
- Uptime monitoring 24/7/365 with site-down issues handled first
- Monthly backups plus a copy taken before every round of updates
- Accessibility menu, accessibility statement and cookie consent on Core Plus and Core Pro
- Business email for the company, separate from the website server
- Content changes, new pages and photo updates at $150 per hour, larger projects quoted
Recommended plan for architecture and engineering firms
Core Plus, $149.99 per month. Everything in Core plus security monitoring and malware cleanup, cookie consent and privacy policies, the accessibility menu and statement, and a monthly site report. The right fit for most architecture and engineering firms.
Core Pro, from $299.99 per month, for multi-office firms and design-build companies with heavy photo galleries or several service areas. Everything in Core Plus on a private cloud server, with daily server snapshots, priority support and speed tuning.
Add-ons: SSL certificate $99.99 per year, Business email $50 per month, Accessibility and cookie tools for a site hosted elsewhere $500 per year. Pay annually and save 10 percent. Migration is free.
What we take care of
The pages a architecture and engineering firm website lives on.
Portfolio
Project pages with compressed photography, renderings and drawings, organized by type and sector.
Project inquiries and RFPs
Inquiry forms with file upload, routed to the right partner and tested daily.
Services and sectors
Pages for each service and sector you serve, loading fast and written to rank.
Team and credentials
Principal and staff bios with licenses and certifications kept current.
News and awards
Press, awards and publications kept fresh.
Careers
Open positions and an application form that delivers.
Businesses we work with include Alpha Beta Management, HV Connect USA, Isaac Bokhoor Art and Music and LA Photo Studio, alongside law firms and medical practices nationwide.
How we compare
Why not a freelancer, a big-box host or just leaving it alone?
| What matters | SpeedSolid | A freelancer | Big-box host | Doing nothing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who answers when the site is down | One team that knows your site, phone and tickets 24/7/365, site-down handled first | Whoever built it, if they still reply | A chat queue that does not know your website | Nobody, until a customer tells you |
| Updates and security patches | Monthly updates, urgent fixes right away, malware monitoring and cleanup | When you remember to ask | Server only. Your WordPress, plugins and forms are on you | Never, until the site is hacked |
| Contact form delivery | Authenticated email, a test submission every day | Set up once, never checked again | Not their problem | Leads silently go to spam |
| Backups | Monthly full backup plus a copy before every update round, restore for $50 | Maybe | Often a paid add-on, restore on you | None |
| Accessibility and cookie tools | Included on Core Plus and Core Pro, with a statement page and consent banner | Extra project | Not offered | Exposed to demand letters |
| Price | From $99.99 a month, no contract | $75 to $150 an hour, unpredictable | $30 to $60 a month plus every fix at your cost | Free, until it is not |
Your first 30 days
What happens after you sign up.
No technical homework on your side. We move the site, test everything and take it from there. Headquartered in California with teams and clients in Texas, New York, Florida and Hawaii, servers in multiple US regions, and support in US business hours.
Days 1 to 3: we take over
We collect logins, copy the site to SpeedSolid hosting, run a full security and speed check and fix the obvious problems before anything is switched.
Days 4 to 7: we switch and test
Domain moves to the new server with no downtime scramble. Every page, link and form is tested on desktop and phone, and your first automated form test runs.
Weeks 2 to 4: we tune
Updates applied, caching and images tuned, accessibility and cookie tools installed on Core Plus and Core Pro, backups scheduled. You get the first monthly report.
What your site runs on
Enterprise infrastructure, with a human team in front of it.
SpeedSolid runs on enterprise cloud infrastructure that is audited and monitored around the clock, and we pass those commitments down to your website. What that infrastructure does not include is someone who knows your site and answers the phone. That part is us.
Audited data centers
Independently audited for SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS Level 1, with HIPAA-eligible infrastructure available on Core Pro private servers.
Published uptime commitments
Core Pro private cloud and managed WordPress servers carry a 99.99% commitment, shared hosting 99.9%, with a 24/7/365 network operations center behind all three.
East and West Coast servers
Northern California, Los Angeles and Ashburn, Virginia, with an Amsterdam option for European traffic. Your site sits closest to your customers.
Uptime commitments and certifications apply to the underlying infrastructure. SpeedSolid plan commitments are listed on the pricing page.
FAQ
Questions we get asked
Can you migrate our portfolio from an old plugin?
Yes. We rebuild the portfolio in a maintained layout, keep the same project URLs or redirect them, and test it after every update round.
Do you work with architecture and engineering firms outside California?
Yes. SpeedSolid is headquartered in California with teams and clients in Texas, New York, Florida and Hawaii. Servers sit in multiple US regions and support runs in US business hours, so a company anywhere in the country gets the same service.
Our site is on Wix, Squarespace or GoDaddy. Can you still help?
Yes. WordPress is our specialty, but monitoring, business email and the accessibility and cookie tools work on any website. When you are ready, we migrate the site to WordPress on SpeedSolid hosting for free.
How fast do you respond when the site is down?
Monitoring usually flags outages before anyone calls. Site-down issues are handled first and Core Pro companies get priority support. Everything else gets a reply within one business day.
What does it cost?
Core is $99.99 per month, Core Plus is $149.99 per month and Core Pro starts at $299.99 per month. Pay annually and save 10 percent. Moving your existing site to SpeedSolid is free on every plan.