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Industries

Architecture firm websites built to win the next project.

We build custom websites for architecture, engineering and surveying firms, with every project ready for the next RFQ.

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For architecture, engineering and surveying firms in the US, the UK and Australia. Website packages start at $9,500, and custom builds with portals or dashboards at $30,000.

Problem

Where architecture & engineering websites lose the shortlist.

Selection committees, facility directors and developers look at your website before they call, and again before the interview. These five gaps come up on most A/E sites we review.

  1. 01

    Projects without the facts.

    A photo and a caption. No size, cost, year, services or client, so a committee can't tell whether you've done a building like theirs.
  2. 02

    No way to find the right project.

    Every project in one long grid. A school board can't narrow it to schools, or to work near them, so they assume you haven't done any.
  3. 03

    Qualification sheets rebuilt by hand.

    Each RFQ starts with copying project facts out of old proposals. The website holds the same facts and can't print a page of them.
  4. 04

    Missing from local and AI search.

    Clients search for a service and a town, or ask an AI assistant. Without a page for each service, market and office, your firm isn't in the answer.
  5. 05

    Slow on a phone.

    Full-size photos that take seconds to appear on a phone, where many clients take their first look at your work.

Who it's for

Built for architects, engineers & surveyors.

One website for the whole firm, so a client who needs the building, the site work and the survey sees that you do all three.

Projects

Clients find the projects most like theirs.

Clients search your work, filter by market and see what you built near them. Your team adds the best fits to a one-page qualifications sheet and prints it, as in this demo.

yourfirm.com/projects

Sample projects

Showing 6 of 12 projects

  • Infrastructure · Columbus, Ohio

    Cedar Creek Trail & Pedestrian Bridge

    2025 · 2.4 miles · $6.2M · Civil engineering, land surveying

  • Education · Des Moines, Iowa

    Hillcrest Middle School Addition

    2025 · 22,000 sq ft · $8.4M · Architecture

  • Healthcare · Cincinnati, Ohio

    Millbrook Community Hospital Emergency Department

    2025 · 24,000 sq ft · $17M · Architecture, civil engineering, land surveying

  • Education · Nashville, Tennessee

    Westbrook University Campus Survey

    2025 · 52 acres · Survey only · Land surveying

  • Residential · Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Oak Hollow Subdivision

    2024 · 64 lots, 38 acres · $4.8M site work · Civil engineering, land surveying

  • Education · Dayton, Ohio

    Riverbend Elementary School

    2024 · 68,000 sq ft · $21M · Architecture, civil engineering

Qualifications sheet

3 of 6 projects

Your Firm

Relevant experience

  1. Riverbend Elementary School

    Dayton, Ohio · 2024 · Public school district

    68,000 sq ft · $21M · Architecture, civil engineering

  2. Millbrook Community Hospital Emergency Department

    Cincinnati, Ohio · 2025 · Community hospital

    24,000 sq ft · $17M · Architecture, civil engineering, land surveying

  3. Cedar Creek Trail & Pedestrian Bridge

    Columbus, Ohio · 2025 · County parks district

    2.4 miles · $6.2M · Civil engineering, land surveying

One Letter page, ready to drop into an RFQ response or a proposal.

A working demo on sample projects. Every name and figure in it is made up.

The same idea runs live on iknow.us, where we moved 108 case studies from the old site into a library that filters by industry. See the Iknow case study.

Search

Every project page tells Google what you built.

Each page states its facts in plain words: what it is, where, when, how big and who designed it. We label the same facts for Google, so the page can answer a search like school architect in Dayton.

yourfirm.com/projects/riverbend-elementary-school

Education · Dayton, Ohio

Riverbend Elementary School

A new school for 650 students, built around a central library with daylight in every classroom.

Completed
2024
Size
68,000 sq ft
Construction cost
$21M
Services
Architecture, civil engineering
Client
Public school district

The same page, as Google reads it

What Google reads

This page is
A project: a new school building
Name
Riverbend Elementary School
Where
Dayton, Ohio
Completed
2024
Size
68,000 sq ft
Designed by
Your Firm, Columbus office
Photos
12, each described in words

Searches this page is written to answer

  • school architect in Dayton
  • elementary school architects in Ohio
  • K-12 architecture firm near me
A sample project page and the facts Google reads from it.

How we write each project up is in our guide to turning a project list into pages that win work.

Deliverables

What your new website includes.

A custom site we design, build, host and run, with all of this from the first release. Your team can edit any page, or send the changes to us.

  • A page for every project with its location, year, size, cost, services and client
  • A project finder that searches and filters by market, service and location
  • A one-page qualifications sheet printed from the projects you pick
  • A map of your work, so clients see the projects near them
  • Service and market pages written for the searches clients make
  • An office page for each location, matched to its Google Maps listing
  • Team pages with licenses, roles and the projects each person led
  • Every old address pointed to its new page when you rebuild
  • Photo credits and a written description on every image
  • Fast on a phone, with every page speed tested before launch
  • An editor your team can use, with no plugins to keep patched
  • Hosting, security, backups and monitoring, all run by us

Site plan

The pages an A/E firm's website needs.

A typical plan for a firm with several offices and markets. Yours follows the work you want more of.

  1. Home

    Your best projects full screen, with one line on what the firm designs and where.

  2. Projects

    A page for each project with the photos, the brief and the facts, filterable by market, service and location.

  3. Markets

    A page for each market you want more of, such as healthcare, education or industrial, with the projects for it.

  4. Services

    A page for each service the way clients search for it, such as land surveying or site civil engineering.

  5. Offices

    A page for each office with its address, phone, map and the projects nearby, matched to its Google Maps listing.

  6. People

    Your principals, project managers and licensed staff, with the projects each one led.

  7. Careers

    Open roles by discipline, and the projects people would work on.

  8. Contact

    One short form for new work that reaches the right office, with separate routes for job seekers and press.

Turnkey

You design the projects, we run the website.

Design, build, hosting, security, monitoring and the changes that come after launch are handled as one engagement, so nobody on your team has to become the website person.

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Work

Recent builds, across sectors.

Six projects. Two are concept sites, built to show a specific firm what their website could be rather than commissioned by them, so each one is marked and opens the live build.

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Proof

Live sites you can open & check.

Recent work for firms in the US, the UK and Australia, with what we did on each.

  • Google review

    “Paul was absolutely fantastic to work with on our new company website. He was incredibly responsive and understood exactly what we were going for.”

    Travis CoxsonRecent clientVerify on Google

  • Google review

    “I couldn't be happier with my stunning new site. Since the redesign, my business has taken off.”

    Erin WimertVerify on Google

Process

Live in 2 to 4 weeks, in four phases.

Your projects, people and photos already exist, so most A/E sites go live 2 to 4 weeks after the signed brief. Your feedback sets the pace within that.

  1. 01

    Plan & design.

    We map every page and every old address, agree the facts each project shows and start the design.
  2. 02

    Build & move.

    Pages, the project library and the finder are built, and your projects, people and photos move across. You get a preview link.
  3. 03

    Tune & connect.

    Search titles and descriptions, photo descriptions, redirects, analytics and your Google Maps listings. Then a second preview.
  4. 04

    Approve & launch.

    Your final review, then speed and accessibility tests and launch. Google and Bing hear about the new site the same day.

Questions

What A/E firms ask before they hire us.

How much does a new website cost, and how do we pay?

Website packages start at $9,500 (Foundation Level) and $19,500 (Growth Platform). Custom builds with portals, dashboards or other tools start at $30,000 (Authority System). Every package comes with monthly support, from $150 a month, and every price is on our pricing page. Pay half to start and half at launch, or monthly over 24 months with no interest. You can pay off the balance early at any time, and the site is yours once it's paid.

How long does it take?

Foundation Level sites go live in 3 weeks from the signed brief and Growth Platform sites in 3 weeks. Custom builds with portals or dashboards take 3 weeks. When your projects and photos are already on a site or in your proposals, nothing new has to be written or photographed before launch, and your feedback sets the pace.

Can our team update the site themselves?

Yes. Your team edits projects, people, jobs and pages in Payload, an open-source editor that runs inside your own site, with no license fee and no plugins to keep patched. Or send the changes to us: on Growth Platform and Authority System plans, changes to content and pages are unlimited and done by us.

Will we lose our Google rankings when the site moves?

Every old address that gets visits points to its new page, the pages that rank keep their content and we tell Google and Bing about the move on launch day. Then we check Search Console every day while Google catches up. Our guide on moving a site without losing rankings has the detail.

How do you use AI?

For first drafts and for the build, so the work moves faster. AI tools read your proposals, project sheets and search data at a scale a person can't. Then we edit every line, check every figure against your documents and write in your firm's voice, and your team approves every page before it goes live. We never flood a site with pages, because Google's spam policies single out scaled content abuse.

What happens after launch?

We host the site, keep it secure, back it up and monitor it, and your support plan covers changes. If you want more inquiries from search, the SEO Growth Program runs alongside: each month we add pages for the work you want more of, keep your listings current and send a report with your searches, clicks and inquiries against your starting numbers.

Do our architects, engineers and surveyors need to write anything?

No. We write from your proposals, project sheets and current site, and ask the right lead to check anything technical. Your team reviews and approves.

Will clients find us on Google Maps and in AI answers?

Each office gets its own page with the same name, address and phone as its Google Maps listing, and the projects near it. AI assistants such as ChatGPT search the web and read the pages that rank, so clear facts on each project, service and office page are what they quote. No special AI files are needed, and our AI search optimization work covers the rest.

How do you handle photo credits and licensing?

Each photo carries its photographer's credit and a written description for screen readers and Google, and your team marks how it may be used: free for press, licensed only or embargoed. It matters most when a journal or an award jury asks for images.

What if our current site still works?

Then keep it, and we'll tell you so on the first call. If you want more inquiries from it, the SEO Growth Program works on the site you have. A design, copy or photography refresh is often cheaper than a rebuild.

Pricing

What a new website costs.

Foundation Level and Growth Platform are fixed-price website packages. Authority System is for custom project builds: larger websites, ecommerce, dashboards, portals, automation and bespoke operational systems. Every tier ships with bundled monthly support.

  • Foundation Level

    Professional digital presence, built right.

    From$9,500one time

    or $395 a month for 24 months

    Plus $150 a month Foundation Support. Delivered in 3 weeks.

    • Bespoke responsive website.
    • CMS integration.
    • SEO-ready structure.
    • Contact and lead forms.
    What's included

    Best for. Smaller construction, engineering and technical firms that need a serious professional presence.

    • Project / case study system.
    • Mobile-first layouts.
    • Analytics setup.
    • Security hardening.
    • Fast hosting deployment.
    • Hosted and run end to end by us.
    • Unlimited adjustments before launch.

    Foundation Support includes

    • Hosting oversight.
    • Uptime monitoring.
    • Backups.
    • Security updates.
    • Software updates and upkeep.
    • Email support.
    • Up to 30 minutes of minor edits each month.
    Start with Foundation Level

  • Growth Platform

    Recommended

    For firms whose website has to do more than introduce them.

    From$19,500one time

    or $812 a month for 24 months

    Plus $300 a month Growth Support. Delivered in 3 weeks.

    • Everything in Foundation.
    • Advanced page architecture.
    • Multi-location and multi-service structure.
    • Project and portfolio CMS sections.
    What's included

    Best for. Growing firms that need rich CMS content, stronger lead systems and operational integrations.

    • Case study templates with rich media.
    • News, insights and editorial system.
    • Team, careers and recruitment pages.
    • CRM integrations and lead routing.
    • Advanced forms and workflows.
    • Lead tracking and reporting.
    • Dashboard integrations.
    • Automation setup.
    • Enhanced UX strategy.

    Growth Support includes

    • Unlimited changes to your site's content and pages, all done by us. New features are quoted separately.
    • Priority support.
    • 24/7 site monitoring.
    • Monthly improvement reviews.
    • Third-party integration monitoring.
    • Performance tuning.
    • Ongoing consultation.
    Start with Growth Platform

  • Authority System

    Custom project builds around your exact requirements.

    From$30,000one time

    or from $1,250 a month for 24 months

    Plus $600 a month Authority Support. Delivered in 3 weeks.

    • Custom project build, scoped end to end.
    • Bespoke client portal or dashboard.
    • Ecommerce platform with custom checkout flow.
    • Internal admin tools and document workflows.
    What's included

    Best for. Firms that need portals, dashboards, ecommerce or operational systems beyond a standard website.

    • Role-based permissions and authentication.
    • Workflow automation and integrations.
    • Reporting and analytics layers.
    • Scalable architecture planning.
    • Strategic infrastructure consulting.
    • Unlimited adjustments before launch.

    Authority engagements are scoped together. We map your operations, your team and the systems you already run, then design the platform that fits.

    Common outcomes: larger websites with bespoke functionality, ecommerce platforms with custom checkout and inventory flows, client portals where your customers track projects and pay invoices, operational dashboards for project visibility, internal admin tools that replace spreadsheets, recruitment systems, document workflows, reporting layers, AI-assisted analytics, custom CRMs.

    Priced from $30,000. Final number agreed after a scope call, based on the systems work and integrations involved.

    Authority Support includes

    • Unlimited changes to your site's content and pages, all done by us. New features are quoted separately.
    • Priority engineering support.
    • Infrastructure oversight.
    • Proactive monitoring.
    • Monthly strategic review.
    • Ongoing system improvements.
    • Integration upkeep.
    • Staging and testing environment.
    Book a scope call

Every package is part of our website design and development service. Replacing an old WordPress site? See how a rebuild works. Happy with your site but want more inquiries from it? The SEO Growth Program works on the site you have.

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Contact

What are you trying to make happen?

Most projects start with a short conversation. We listen to the brief, ask the right questions and tell you straight what we can handle and how. The first call is free.

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