Centralized cloud servers have the greatest potential to transform the profession and how we work. Cloud computing is the digital service of sharing data from a central source across multiple users and devices via internet connection. By centralizing our processes we accomplish three major things:

The first item is processing speed. Having individual, high-performance desktops for every employee at a firm can become very expensive and the profession is heavily reliant on new programs that require this high processing speed to calculate sustainable benchmarks. A central cloud server allows for an employee to access the cloud from any computer. All processing speed and program access is run through the cloud, freely up the physical requirements for the individual computer.

From speed we gain mobility. The cloud server can be accessed through an external internet gateway, giving us the freedom to work where we want. The option of working from home, at the coffee shop, library, job site, or park becomes viable. This will make the physical office focus more on collaboration, learning, and socializing functions to support this new work flow.

With a central cloud server, all information is stored and shared simultaneous gaining us accuracy of data. I can update a document on the job site or change a detail in a client meeting with my team at the other end seeing the changes immediately. When working with engineers and collaborators, we do not run into the vicious cycle of mismatched models and old data. The project team shares one central cloud file that can be checked and cross-check for complete accuracy and full integration. These instant feedback loops will increase the productivity from collaborative meetings and potentially reduce the number of errors in a project.

We can rebuild architecture. We have the technology. We can make architecture better than it was. Better...stronger...faster.