How Colliers Engineering & Design Saved Each Engineer 60+ Hours a Year

• Operations that previously took 15–20 seconds now complete instantly
• Remote staff no longer require VPN access to retrieve design resources
• Reports of slow software performance decreased significantly

Colliers Engineering & Design chose GoodSync because previous approaches, including SFTP, never scaled effectively. GoodSync’s automation was the deciding factor. By shifting to a locally synchronized model, the DTS team eliminated long-standing performance bottlenecks and improved the user experience across all environments. Because files live locally on each user’s machine, users no longer wait on network transfers. Design resources are now managed and delivered automatically, which has been a major win for the team. The solution performs exactly as needed and scaled seamlessly with the firm’s environment. GoodSync has fundamentally changed how Colliers delivers design resources and established a scalable foundation for future growth.

Design apps taking 15-20 seconds to load assets from mapped drives. Designers losing time on every block insertion, hatch pattern, and template access. Network speed became the productivity ceiling.

Field engineers and remote staff were required to establish VPN connections to access even basic design resources. When working from job sites or while traveling, this dependency often resulted in significant latency, negatively impacting productivity and overall user experience.

Managing templates, standards, and custom tools across multiple design platforms presented significant challenges for the organization with its geographically distributed offices. This complexity introduced inconsistencies, increased admin overhead, and made it difficult to maintain and deploy standardized resources at scale.

Updating templates, prototypes, and shared resources like fonts and hatch patterns, required coordinated distribution to multiple servers, often limited to off-hours to avoid disrupting active users. This process was time-consuming, complex, and lacked a reliable way to ensure all designers were working with the most up-to-date resources.

Design resources were stored on a network share, requiring VPN for remote users. This introduced application latency at all levels. There was no clean way to verify users were working off the latest standards. Deploying custom tools and their updates was a manual process that required involving the IT team. 

20 second asset load times reduced to 0 seconds. Eliminated network latency by moving design Software resources from mapped drives to local C: drives. Designers routinely insert 50+ objects per session with zero lag, resulting in a noticeably faster and more efficient design workflow.

60+ hours saved per user annually. Engineers gained back time previously lost to slow CAD file loading while trying to access resources.

85+ offices synchronized. Distributed 25-30 GB of standardized design resources across entire organization. 

True Remote Work. Field engineers and remote staff no longer require VPN access to retrieve design resources. Whether working from job sites, home offices, or while traveling, users experience the same level of performance as they would in a traditional office environment.