Engineering Intranet
Overview
- Central hub for engineering and architecture teams to access projects, standards, and firm resources
- Quick access to drawings, BIM/CAD standards, templates, and specifications
- Firm announcements, project milestones, and internal updates
- Employee Spotlights highlighting engineers, architects, certifications, and achievements
- Links to tools, calculators, and line-of-business systems used by project teams
- Navigation to other company departments such as IT, HR, Finance, Legal, and Operations
- Events calendar included: firm activities, training sessions, and key dates stay visible
Benefits
- One source of truth: drawings, BIM/CAD standards, specifications, and project tools live in one place
- Smoother project delivery: schedules, standards, and calculators are easy to reach when teams need them
- Better cross-team visibility: Employee Spotlights and department links connect people across the firm
- Faster onboarding: new engineers and architects get productive with templates, standards, and calculators on one homepage
- Project wins shared firm-wide: announcements and milestones surface in the homepage news section
- 100% out-of-the-box SharePoint: no custom code required, nothing extra to maintain
Common Questions About This Engineering Intranet
What is this engineering intranet built with?
The design uses only standard SharePoint web parts – News, Events, Image, and Text – combined with a custom theme, custom fonts, and flexible sections. There is no custom code and no third-party tools anywhere on the page. It is the kind of clean, maintainable intranet Greg Zelfond builds for engineering and architecture firms.
What’s included on the engineering intranet homepage?
The homepage features firm announcements and project milestones in the news section, an events calendar, quick links to drawings, BIM/CAD standards, templates, and specifications, a tools and calculators area linking to the systems project teams use, Employee Spotlights highlighting engineers, architects, and certifications, and department links to IT, HR, Finance, Legal, and Operations.
Does this design use any custom code or third-party tools?
No. Everything on this intranet is built with out-of-the-box SharePoint capabilities. That matters because it stays stable, secure, and easy to maintain – nothing breaks when Microsoft rolls out updates, and there are no third-party licenses to renew. Out-of-the-box is the only way Greg builds, which keeps long-term ownership simple for any firm.
Can this design be customized for our engineering or architecture firm?
Absolutely. The colors, fonts, logo, and imagery are all tailored to your firm’s brand, and the sections are shaped around how your teams actually work. Greg adapts the layout to your disciplines, project structure, the design standards and specifications your staff reference daily, and the calculators and line-of-business systems your project teams rely on.
Will this engineering intranet work on mobile devices?
Yes. SharePoint is fully responsive, so the intranet automatically adapts to phones and tablets through the browser or the SharePoint mobile app. Engineers and architects on job sites or client visits can pull up standards, firm news, and project updates without going back to the office.
Can Greg build this engineering intranet for our firm?
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box intranets like this one for engineering and architecture firms, tailored to your brand, disciplines, and standards. Reach out through the contact page to discuss your firm’s intranet.
