75-person firm, we have 2 full-time IT staff that manage essentially everything in-house, along with several professionals that share management and leadership of our BIM environment.
I believe many of the industry surveys from PSMJ, Zweig, etc would peg a firm of our size (billings or staff number) as averaging more than 1 and less than 2 IT staff positions. I suspect that at 50 people, if you're "only" devoting 1/3 of one person's time toward this area, you're getting a bargain in terms of the dollars. Probably depends how much you handle directly vs. is handled by services (i.e. email, backups, file storage, VPN, etc).
I'd be happy to discuss more with you directly, if it seems helpful. Thanks - Matt
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Matthew Bartner AIA
Principal & Director of Operations
Kitchen & Associates
Collingswood NJ
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-03-2020 22:48
From: Robert Conard
Subject: IT Solutions/Staffing Question for Small-Mid Size Firm
I work for a multi-office firm with approximately 50 total staff. We have an employee who manages IT, but also wears other crucial hats (IT is about 1/3 of her full-time position). We contract with an IT firm that handles issues that extend beyond our in-house abilities.
How do other firms in our size range (20-100) handle IT through staffing and/or service agreements? Is IT a full-time position or part-time at your firm? How much is out-sourced?
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R. Matthew Conard AIA
HEALTH FACILITIES GROUP LLC
Wichita KS
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