Synthesis is an AEC-specific intranet and knowledge-management platform that helps architecture, engineering, and construction firms centralize firmwide knowledge, project data, and employee profiles.
It pairs AI-powered search with easy content tools so non-technical staff can build and maintain a firmwide knowledge hub.
Synthesis integrates with Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, and Newforma to keep project and people data current.
Synthesis is an AEC intranet + AI solution which integrates with common industry software like Deltek, Unanet, Newforma, and OpenAsset.
AI Search for AEC Firms: Synthesis AI Search combines next generation search technology with AI to instantly generate rich answers to natural language searches and questions by summarizing the most relevant content on your Synthesis intranet.
-- Build a Central Hub for Firmwide Knowledge + Information Synthesis will be your central hub for firmwide knowledge and information, so even if content doesn’t live in Synthesis, your employees will know that they can find links to get what they need.
Stay Connected As Your Firm Evolves + Grows Whether you are adding new offices, services, or markets, acquiring new firms, transitioning ownership, leadership, or organization structures, or any of the other common changes that AEC firms go through as they evolve and grow, Synthesis can help you engage your employees and make them feel like they are part of the process.
Offer On-Demand + Social Learning Opportunities Upskill and engage your employees and amplify your learning + development program by centralizing video libraries, putting learning resources in context using pages and guides, promoting new learning programs, and crowdsourcing ideas and answers in our activity stream.
Discover Employee Skills, Experience, + Interests Search, filter, and browse Employee Directories and dive deep into employee skills, experience, and interests with our highly configurable Employee Profiles, which integrate with Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, Azure Active Directory, and Teams.
Daylight Key Project Information Search, filter, and browse Project Directories to discover projects by project type, client, state, square footage, construction cost, and more with data sourced from Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, and Newforma. Dive deeper into project images, data points, descriptions, employee teams, contacts, and more with our highly configurable Project Profiles.
Create + Maintain Beautiful Content We designed Synthesis to empower non-technical content owners to easily create and maintain beautiful content on their own. Configuration wizards, content blocks, drag-and-drop, and page templates make it a pleasure to build your firmwide knowledge base.
Reinforce Your Firm's Brand Configure your colors, fonts, logos, text styles, and more to make Synthesis feel like home for your brand.
Integrate With Your Core Software Stack Synthesis integrates with leading AEC industry software to give you one searchable source of truth.
Keep Your Intranet Secure Knowledge Architecture is SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, which underscores our commitment to safeguard the privacy and security of your intranet, your firm, and your data. Our Trust Center, powered by Drata, provides real-time transparency into our security posture and the opportunity to review our security attestations, reports, and policies.
Why Synthesis?
AEC Industry Focus: Knowledge Architecture has focused on helping AEC firms and professionals evolve and grow since our founding in 2009. Our product roadmap is 100% driven by the hopes, dreams, and needs of AEC firms.
The Right Integrations: Synthesis integrates with leading AEC industry software like Deltek, Unanet, aec360, Microsoft Dynamics 365, OpenAsset, and Newforma — giving you one searchable source of truth.
Commitment to Client Success: Clients of Knowledge Architecture receive so much beyond software. We designed our Client Success Program to not only help our clients successfully launch Synthesis, but also to continually improve their firm’s intranet and knowledge management program long after they’ve gone live.
Best Practices for AEC Intranets: Almost all of Knowledge Architecture’s intranet best practices are co-created with our clients. We share these best practices with our wider client base to help them improve their intranet programs.
Synthesis is an AEC intranet + AI solution which integrates with common industry software like Deltek, Unanet, Newforma, and OpenAsset.
AI Search for AEC Firms: Synthesis AI Search combines next generation search technology with AI to instantly generate rich answers to natural language searches and questions by summarizing the most relevant content on your Synthesis intranet.
-- Build a Central Hub for Firmwide Knowledge + Information Synthesis will be your central hub for firmwide knowledge and information, so even if content doesn’t live in Synthesis, your employees will know that they can find links to get what they need.
Stay Connected As Your Firm Evolves + Grows Whether you are adding new offices, services, or markets, acquiring new firms, transitioning ownership, leadership, or organization structures, or any of the other common changes that AEC firms go through as they evolve and grow, Synthesis can help you engage your employees and make them feel like they are part of the process.
Offer On-Demand + Social Learning Opportunities Upskill and engage your employees and amplify your learning + development program by centralizing video libraries, putting learning resources in context using pages and guides, promoting new learning programs, and crowdsourcing ideas and answers in our activity stream.
Discover Employee Skills, Experience, + Interests Search, filter, and browse Employee Directories and dive deep into employee skills, experience, and interests with our highly configurable Employee Profiles, which integrate with Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, Azure Active Directory, and Teams.
Daylight Key Project Information Search, filter, and browse Project Directories to discover projects by project type, client, state, square footage, construction cost, and more with data sourced from Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, and Newforma. Dive deeper into project images, data points, descriptions, employee teams, contacts, and more with our highly configurable Project Profiles.
Create + Maintain Beautiful Content We designed Synthesis to empower non-technical content owners to easily create and maintain beautiful content on their own. Configuration wizards, content blocks, drag-and-drop, and page templates make it a pleasure to build your firmwide knowledge base.
Reinforce Your Firm's Brand Configure your colors, fonts, logos, text styles, and more to make Synthesis feel like home for your brand.
Integrate With Your Core Software Stack Synthesis integrates with leading AEC industry software to give you one searchable source of truth.
Keep Your Intranet Secure Knowledge Architecture is SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, which underscores our commitment to safeguard the privacy and security of your intranet, your firm, and your data. Our Trust Center, powered by Drata, provides real-time transparency into our security posture and the opportunity to review our security attestations, reports, and policies.
Why Synthesis?
AEC Industry Focus: Knowledge Architecture has focused on helping AEC firms and professionals evolve and grow since our founding in 2009. Our product roadmap is 100% driven by the hopes, dreams, and needs of AEC firms.
The Right Integrations: Synthesis integrates with leading AEC industry software like Deltek, Unanet, aec360, Microsoft Dynamics 365, OpenAsset, and Newforma — giving you one searchable source of truth.
Commitment to Client Success: Clients of Knowledge Architecture receive so much beyond software. We designed our Client Success Program to not only help our clients successfully launch Synthesis, but also to continually improve their firm’s intranet and knowledge management program long after they’ve gone live.
Best Practices for AEC Intranets: Almost all of Knowledge Architecture’s intranet best practices are co-created with our clients. We share these best practices with our wider client base to help them improve their intranet programs.
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Synthesis integrates with Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, Newforma, aec360, Microsoft Dynamics 365, and Azure Active Directory/Teams.
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