Hardy Sherwood
Case Studies
About Hardy Sherwood
Hardy Sherwood is a well-established Basildon based specialist roof and wall cladding contractor with many years of experience in delivering high quality cost effect solutions on time to the external building envelope.
Offering a wide range of services and products to meet the demands of todays sophisticated roofing and wall cladding requirements with a flexible attitude to suit all our client’s needs.
Projects ranging from high tech, industrial, commercial, retail, education, aviation, medical and domestic type projects throughout London and the Home Counties.
Aspgate Challenge
Hardy Sherwood were looking for an IT provider that understood the specific requirements of the construction sector, rather than simply providing generic IT support.
Their environment includes a range of specialist and business-critical platforms such as Eque2 Construction, Sage, Autodesk applications and AnyDesk, alongside Microsoft 365 and the wider IT infrastructure supporting the business.
The challenge was finding a provider that understood how these different systems fitted together and, importantly, how heavily the business relied on them day to day.
Hardy Sherwood also wanted a better level of service, responsiveness and accountability than they had experienced previously.
With extensive experience supporting businesses within the construction sector, Aspgate was able to demonstrate both the technical capability and industry knowledge required to take ownership of the environment.
The Solution
During the onboarding process, we captured the technical and operational information needed to support Hardy Sherwood effectively, while carrying out a wider review of their existing IT environment.
A key part of the transition was taking over the day-to-day support and management of Eque2 Construction and its integration with Sage. Our existing experience supporting Eque2 environments meant we were already familiar with the platform, its dependencies and the importance it has within construction businesses.
We also took responsibility for supporting users across other key applications, including Autodesk software, AnyDesk and Microsoft 365, allowing Hardy Sherwood to have one point of contact for both general IT support and many of the specialist applications their teams use every day.
Alongside the support transition, Aspgate migrated Hardy Sherwood’s connectivity, telephony and Microsoft CSP services, while also completing a full overhaul of the network infrastructure.
This has given Hardy Sherwood a much more consolidated IT environment, with Aspgate acting as the central point of responsibility across infrastructure, connectivity, communications, Microsoft services and construction-specific software.
Key Outcomes:
Significant cost savings compared with the previous multi-vendor approach.
A single point of accountability across IT support, infrastructure, connectivity, telephony and licensing.
Construction-specific application support, including Eque2 and its integration with Sage.
A completely overhauled network and connectivity environment, providing a stronger platform for the business
Significantly improved response and resolution times compared with the previous provider.
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