Managed IT for construction companies.
TDS-IS runs the IT, cybersecurity, and jobsite connectivity for general contractors, specialty contractors, and builders who cannot afford a network outage on a liquidated-damages job or a ransomware note two days before a bid deadline. One managed stack covers the home office, every job trailer, and the field devices your superintendents and PMs carry, built around what your cyber insurance carrier, your bonding surety, and your job-cost software now expect from IT.
Why construction IT is different
A construction company is not one building with one network. It is a home office, a rotating set of job trailers, a fleet of field devices, and a web of subcontractors and owners who all need access to a moving target of drawings, schedules, and financials. Generic office IT was not built for that, and it shows up as dropped jobsite connectivity, unmanaged tablets, and a cyber insurance renewal application nobody can honestly fill out.
Construction is also a live target. Construction ranked among the most-attacked U.S. industries in 2025, with organizations appearing on ransomware data-leak sites up 41% in a single year (ReliaQuest threat landscape report, October 2023-September 2024) (ReliaQuest, 2024). Attackers know the sector carries valuable financial and bid data, runs on tight schedules that create pressure to pay, and has historically under-invested in IT relative to its risk. A part-time IT contractor or an ops manager doing double duty rarely produces the documented MFA, monitored detection, and backup evidence carriers and bid coordinators now ask for.
What is included
The same Carrier-Ready Bundle stack TDS-IS runs for every commercial client, applied to a construction environment:
Jobsite & Field Connectivity
LTE/cellular failover for job trailers and secure remote access to project management and job-cost software from any site.
Field Device Management
Mobile device management for the tablets and rugged laptops superintendents and PMs use for daily reports, punch lists, and safety inspections.
Bid Document & IP Security
Data loss prevention, encryption, and ring-fencing that protect estimates, drawings, and proprietary pricing before a bid goes out.
Cyber Insurance & Bonding Readiness
MFA enforcement, 24/7 MDR/SOC, and the documented evidence trail carriers and sureties are starting to ask for at renewal.
Job-Cost & ERP System Support
Keep the systems your accounting and PM teams live in day to day patched, backed up, and online.
Project-Deadline Uptime
24/7/365 monitoring, patch management, and endpoint detection so a fixed-price or liquidated-damages job never turns into a network-outage story.
Multi-Site Network Monitoring
Network monitoring and alerts across every active job trailer and satellite office, not just headquarters.
Backup & Ransomware Detection
Encrypted, verified backup of job-cost data and drawing files so a stolen laptop or a ransomware attempt does not cost you a bid deadline.
Dedicated Account Manager
A named TDS-IS account manager who understands general contracting and attends your quarterly business reviews.
Small Projects & Provisioning Included
New site setup, software installs, and routine project work included in the monthly fee, not billed hourly.
Protecting bid documents, drawings, and project financials
Estimates, drawings, and job-cost data are some of the most competitively sensitive information a construction firm holds, and some of the least protected. TDS-IS applies disk encryption, data loss prevention policies, and ring-fencing that blocks lateral movement between a compromised endpoint and your financial systems, so a phished field-office login cannot walk straight into your accounting server. Access to bid packages and project financials is scoped to the people who need it, logged, and backed up on a schedule that survives a lost laptop or a ransomware attempt.
Cyber insurance and bonding: what carriers and sureties are starting to ask
More general contractors and project owners are now listing cyber insurance as a subcontractor prequalification requirement, and sureties are beginning to factor a firm's documented security controls into bonding capacity reviews alongside the usual financials. Renewal questionnaires from carriers like Coalition, Travelers, Chubb, and Hiscox ask specifically about MFA enforcement, monitored detection and response, and backup testing, not just "do you have antivirus."
TDS-IS deploys those controls and keeps the evidence: Conditional Access reports, MDR coverage proof, restore-test logs, and training completion records, so your next renewal or bonding review reflects what is actually running in your environment.
Who is this for?
- General contractors managing multiple active job sites and subcontractor coordination
- Specialty and trade contractors with field crews and project-specific device fleets
- Builders and remodelers running job-cost and scheduling software day to day
- Developers with an internal project management office handling owner and lender reporting
Proof it works: a Colorado construction firm came to TDS-IS with an IT environment that had grown by accident: unmanaged field devices, no consistent backup verification, and no evidence trail for its next cyber insurance renewal. TDS-IS standardized the network across the home office and every job site, enforced MFA and endpoint detection on every device connecting to the job-cost system, and delivered the documentation the firm's carrier required, without disrupting an active project schedule.
What does it cost?
Most 10-25 person construction firms fit The Carrier-Ready Bundle, TDS-IS's flat-rate managed IT and cybersecurity tier built for cyber-insurance defensibility. Smaller firms with lower risk exposure may fit The Continuity Baseline; larger or more regulated firms typically move to The Audit Defense System. Exact pricing depends on user count, computer count, and number of job sites. See current pricing and what is included on the Carrier-Ready Bundle service page.
How do we onboard?
Every construction engagement starts with the Post-Close Stabilization Playbook, a fixed-scope 30-day onboarding with a named account manager assigned on day one:
- Day 0-7: Discovery and environment assessment across the home office and every job site. Identity and field-device inventory complete.
- Day 8-14: Security stack deployment (MDR agents, EDR, ring-fencing, SIEM connectors). Job-cost and file-server backup chain verified.
- Day 15-21: Field-device onboarding (MDM for tablets and rugged devices), MFA rollout, password manager deployment, awareness training kickoff.
- Day 22-30: Documentation binder finalized, first QBR scheduled, renewal-questionnaire-ready posture confirmed.
Frequently asked questions
What is included in IT services for construction companies?
TDS-IS builds construction IT around the controls your cyber insurance carrier, your bonding surety, and your job-cost software actually depend on: 24/7 monitored detection and response (MDR/SOC), multi-factor authentication across office and field logins, device management for tablets and rugged devices in the field, encrypted backups of your job-cost and drawing files, and a named account manager who understands general contracting. It is the same Carrier-Ready Bundle stack TDS-IS runs for every commercial client, applied to a jobsite-and-office environment instead of a single building.
Does TDS-IS support job trailers and field crews, or just the main office?
Both. TDS-IS manages connectivity and device security at the home office and at every active job site: LTE/cellular failover for trailers, secure remote access to project management and job-cost software, and mobile device management for the tablets and rugged laptops superintendents and PMs carry in the field. Network monitoring covers every site on your job list, not just headquarters.
Can TDS-IS help us meet cyber insurance or bonding and surety requirements?
Yes. TDS-IS deploys and documents the controls current cyber insurance renewal applications ask about: MFA enforcement, MDR/SOC coverage, backup restore testing, and security awareness training, and produces the evidence (Conditional Access reports, MDR coverage proof, restore-test logs) your carrier or your surety can review at renewal or during a bonding capacity assessment.
How does TDS-IS protect bid documents and project financial systems?
Estimates, drawings, and job-cost data are protected with disk encryption, data loss prevention policies, and ring-fencing that blocks lateral movement between a compromised endpoint and your financial systems. Access to bid packages and project financials is limited to the people who need it, logged, and backed up on a schedule that survives a lost laptop or a ransomware attempt.
What does IT support cost for a general contractor?
Most 10-25 person construction firms fit The Carrier-Ready Bundle, TDS-IS's flat-rate managed IT and cybersecurity tier. Exact pricing depends on user count, computer count, and number of job sites. See current pricing and what is included on the Carrier-Ready Bundle service page, or book a free assessment for a firm-specific quote.
What kind of IT company works with construction firms?
Look for an MSP that treats job sites as part of the network, not an afterthought: field device management, jobsite connectivity, and job-cost/ERP support alongside standard office IT. TDS-IS is a veteran-owned managed IT provider built around exactly that profile: general contractors, specialty contractors, and builders who need the office, the trailer, and the field crew covered under one contract.
Where we serve construction companies
TDS-IS is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with remote-first coverage and on-site coordination for construction clients in these states:
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