// Gainesville, FL · Construction · Office-to-Field IT

CONSTRUCTION IT
IN GAINESVILLE, FL.

Managed IT for Gainesville general contractors, trades, and construction firms. Procore, Buildertrend, JobTread, and Foundation support, wire-fraud and BEC protection, mobile device management, and office-to-field connectivity across Alachua County. No long-term contracts.

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// What's Included

SIX SERVICES TAILORED FOR GAINESVILLE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS.

Simply IT's managed IT for Gainesville construction firms is the same flat-monthly-fee structure used for other clients, but the controls, the mobile device management, and the office-to-field architecture are built around the way construction actually operates — and the wire-fraud threat that dominates the industry's cyber loss data.

Wire Fraud & BEC Protection

MFA, email security with impersonation detection, DNS filtering, and security awareness training tuned to the wire-fraud pattern that targets Gainesville construction firms more than any other threat.

Construction Software Support

Procore, Buildertrend, CoConstruct, JobTread, Foundation, Sage 300 Construction — Simply IT handles integration, vendor coordination, and the workstation, mobile, and network layer these platforms depend on.

Mobile Device Management

Superintendents, project managers, and field staff carry company tablets and phones into rough environments. Simply IT enforces encryption, MFA, app-level controls, and remote wipe — so a phone lost on a Gainesville jobsite doesn't become a data breach.

Office-to-Field Connectivity

Dual-circuit failover in the office, VPN or zero-trust remote access for the field, and managed wireless and jobsite cameras where applicable. One managed footprint covering the office and the project sites.

Help Desk for Construction Staff

Unlimited remote help desk for the entire firm — office, accounting, PMs, supers, and field. Most issues — printers, construction-software errors, password resets, tablet sync — resolved within 15 minutes during business hours.

Cyber Insurance Readiness

MFA, EDR, tested backup, incident response plan, security awareness training, and BEC protection — the underwriter checklist that decides whether a Gainesville construction firm gets renewed and at what premium. Simply IT delivers all of it as standard.

// Why Gainesville Construction

GAINESVILLE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS HAVE A SPECIFIC IT REALITY.

Alachua County is one of the fastest-growing parts of North Central Florida, and Gainesville construction firms — general contractors, subcontractors, electrical and mechanical trades, residential builders, and commercial fit-out specialists — are running flat-out. UF facility expansion, multifamily development, healthcare construction, and a long-running residential boom mean active projects and short timelines. Construction IT is a specific discipline: the office-to-field architecture, the mobile device fleet, the construction-software stack, and the wire-fraud threat all differ from generic small business IT.

Most generic small-business IT providers don't design office-to-field properly. They treat field tablets as somebody else's problem. They don't protect against the wire-fraud and BEC pattern that drives most construction cyber claims. They don't coordinate Procore, Buildertrend, or JobTread when there's a real integration issue.

Simply IT does all of that as part of standard managed IT for Gainesville construction clients — not as expensive add-ons. The same flat monthly fee covers a 6-person Gainesville trade subcontractor and a 40-person Gainesville general contractor with multiple active jobsites and a busy AP department.

// Real Challenges

WHAT GAINESVILLE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS ACTUALLY DEAL WITH.

Vendor and subcontractor wire fraud

Wire fraud targeting vendor and subcontractor payments is the dominant cyber attack pattern in construction. A compromised vendor inbox sends a banking-change request, an AP clerk processes it in good faith, and the money is gone. Simply IT deploys the email security, MFA, training, and process discipline that closes this attack pattern — which is what most cyber insurance underwriters now demand at renewal.

Office and field as one footprint

Most generic small-business IT providers treat the construction office and the jobsite as separate problems. Office gets a network and an antivirus; field gets ignored until something breaks. Simply IT designs the office network, the mobile device fleet, and the remote-access architecture as one managed footprint — because superintendents, PMs, and field staff need consistent access to project documents from anywhere.

Growth pace exceeding IT pace

Alachua County is growing fast and so are the contractors building it. A Gainesville construction firm that was 10 people five years ago is often 30 people now with multiple active jobsites. Most never paused to scale their IT — they're running on the same workstation that was the office server in 2018. Simply IT redesigns the architecture for the firm's current size, not its old size, on a predictable monthly fee.

Cyber insurance underwriter pressure

Cyber insurance carriers have tightened construction underwriting because wire-fraud losses are large and concentrated. Renewals now require MFA, EDR, tested backups, written incident response plans, security awareness training, and email security with BEC protection. Firms that don't have these face premium increases, sub-limits on wire-fraud coverage, or non-renewal. Simply IT deploys the full underwriter stack as part of Simply Secure managed IT.

// Pricing

TIERED PRICING FOR GAINESVILLE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS.

Most Gainesville construction firms land on Simply Secure ($125/user/mo) for office and PM staff who handle email and AP. Simply Managed ($75) covers field-only roles that don't handle wire transfers. Simply Compliant ($150) applies to federal contractors with CMMC or NIST 800-171 obligations — rare in residential and most commercial work. No long-term contracts.

Simply Managed
$75
per user / month

Field-only / tablet users. Monitoring, patching, MDM, unlimited help desk.

Simply Secure
$125
per user / month

Office, PMs, AP, accounting. EDR, BEC protection, MFA, tested backup, cyber-insurance-ready.

Simply Compliant
$150
per user / month

Federal contractors. CMMC / NIST 800-171 controls, full documentation, audit-ready posture.

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// FAQ

COMMON QUESTIONS FROM GAINESVILLE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS.

What IT does a Gainesville construction company actually need?+
Construction IT is unusual because the office and the field are equally important. A Gainesville general contractor or trade subcontractor typically needs a hardened office network with dual-circuit failover, mobile device management for field tablets and phones, VPN or zero-trust access so project managers can pull plans from a jobsite, project-management software (Procore, Buildertrend, JobTread, Foundation), and — most importantly — wire-fraud and BEC protection on the email accounts that handle vendor and subcontractor payments. Simply IT delivers all of that as standard managed IT.
How does Simply IT protect Gainesville construction firms from wire fraud and BEC?+
Wire fraud targeting vendor and subcontractor payments is the number-one cyber attack pattern hitting Gainesville construction firms. The attack is almost always the same: a compromised email account sends a 'we changed our bank routing' message that looks legitimate, the payment goes to a criminal account, and the money is gone before anyone notices. Simply IT deploys MFA on every email account, email security with impersonation detection, DNS filtering, and security awareness training specifically on this pattern. We also help clients build a verification protocol — a phone call to a known number before any banking change is processed.
Does Simply IT support Procore, Buildertrend, CoConstruct, JobTread, and Foundation?+
Yes. Simply IT supports the construction management stack that Gainesville contractors actually run — Procore, Buildertrend, CoConstruct, JobTread, Foundation, and Sage 300 Construction. We handle the network, workstation, mobile device, and integration layer these platforms depend on, and we coordinate with the software vendor when something is genuinely a vendor problem. For field-heavy roles, we configure mobile device management so superintendents and PMs can access plans, RFIs, and daily logs from any jobsite.
Can Simply IT support office-to-field IT for a Gainesville construction firm?+
Yes. Office-to-field is the defining IT challenge for construction. Simply IT designs the office network with dual-circuit failover so the back office stays up, deploys mobile device management so jobsite tablets and phones are secured and recoverable if lost, configures VPN or zero-trust remote access so project documents are reachable from the field, and supports jobsite-camera and wireless-on-site deployments where applicable. The goal is a single managed IT footprint that covers the office and the field rather than two separate IT environments.
What does managed IT cost for a Gainesville construction firm?+
Simply IT's Simply Secure tier — including EDR, email security with BEC protection, MFA, tested backup, and mobile device management — is $125 per user per month and fits most Gainesville construction firms. Simply Managed ($75) covers field-only users who don't handle email or wire transfers. Simply Compliant ($150) is rare in construction except for federal contractors with CMMC or NIST 800-171 obligations. No long-term contracts.
Does Simply IT help with cyber insurance applications for Gainesville construction firms?+
Yes. Cyber insurance for construction firms has tightened sharply because wire-fraud claims dominate the loss data. Underwriters now require MFA on email and remote access, EDR on endpoints, tested backups, a written incident response plan, security awareness training, and email security with BEC protection. Simply IT deploys all of these as part of Simply Secure managed IT, which is what most underwriters require for renewal, and we help complete the underwriter checklist with documented evidence.
How fast does Simply IT respond when something breaks on a jobsite?+
Simply IT targets 15-minute remote response during business hours (Mon-Fri 6:30am-6:30pm). For field issues — a superintendent who can't access Procore from a jobsite, a damaged tablet, a wireless dropout at a Gainesville construction site — remote resolution is typically the fastest path because we can reach the device through MDM and the user through their cell phone. For on-site work at the office or a jobsite, Simply IT dispatches from our Ocala HQ (roughly 40 minutes from Gainesville), typically same-day for emergencies.
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