IT, Phones & Cabling for Construction Companies and Architects in Birmingham, AL

Phones that work from the job site

Superintendents, project managers and estimators are rarely at their desks. With a cloud phone system, calls to their office number ring on the mobile app or follow them to their cell with find me / follow me, and calls go out with the company caller ID. The office never has to hand out personal numbers, and when someone leaves, their number stays with the company. Subcontractors and clients call one main number and an auto attendant gets them to the right person.

CJ Rainer of Doster Construction has used Vulcan for years: “they always respond right away.”

Plans and documents everywhere

Drawings, specs, submittals, RFIs, contracts and schedules need to be the current version in the office, in the trailer and on a tablet in the field. We set up cloud storage in Microsoft 365 with folders and permissions per project, so the field sees what it needs and accounting sees the rest, and back it up so a deleted folder is not a crisis. Architects and engineers work with large CAD and BIM files, so we make sure the office network and storage are fast enough that opening a model doesn't mean a coffee break.

Hendon Huckestein Architects upgraded their old phone system with Vulcan: “We experienced no downtime during the transition and we are very satisfied.”

Office, trailer and yard networks

Construction offices, shops and yards need the same reliable network as any office – plus internet and Wi-Fi in site trailers that move every year or two. We cable the office, set up firewalls and Wi-Fi, and help get trailers connected for each project. Estimating, accounting and project management software run better when the network underneath them is clean.

Security for a business that moves money

Contractors pay and get paid in large amounts, which makes them targets for fake invoices and changed bank details. Multi-factor sign-in, email filtering and a habit of confirming payment changes by phone stop most of it. Laptops and tablets that travel to job sites get encryption and updates, so a stolen truck doesn't become a data breach.

Cabling partner for your projects

Vulcan also works for builders: we install the network cabling for commercial buildouts, coordinate with the general contractor's schedule and hand over tested, labeled drops and documentation. See commercial and office cabling.