Construction

Server infrastructure for Civil Contractors

Sized from the workload rather than sold as a plan name: what Civil Contractors actually run, what that needs, and which tier it belongs on.

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Recommended builds by size

Three sizes of operation, each sized from an assumed traffic figure.

Small

1–10 people · ~5,000 visits a month

VPS

Single Core
16 GB RAM
450 GB storage

A single site or team, with traffic that arrives in a predictable working-hours pattern.

Medium

11–50 people · ~50,000 visits a month

VDS

4 Cores
48 GB RAM
1500 GB storage

A growing business running several systems, where an outage now costs real money.

Large

51+ people · ~500,000 visits a month

Dedicated Server

16 Cores
196 GB RAM
4000 GB storage

Multiple sites or a busy platform, with traffic that spikes and an obligation to stay up.

Which tiers suit Civil Contractors

Infrastructure	Verdict	Why
Shared Hosting Managed space on a shared server	Not this one	An ERP or practice-management system needs a database tuned to its own workload, which a shared platform will not allow.
VPS Flexible virtual infrastructure with full root access	Workable	Enough for a small team, though the working set of a records system tends to outgrow a modest instance quickly.
VDS Virtual server with resources pinned to you alone	Recommended	Guaranteed memory is what keeps the database in cache, which is the single biggest factor in how fast these systems feel.
Dedicated Server An entire physical server, configured to your specification	Recommended	The usual answer: a records system rewards a large, uncontended memory pool and consistent disk latency.
Bare Metal Physical compute for sustained, demanding workloads	Workable	For large deployments, or where the database and application tiers are virtualized onto one physical host.

Civil Contractors workloads you can host

Survey and machine-control data arrive from the field in large daily batches.

Earthworks & survey data
Plant & equipment tracking
Programme management
Environmental monitoring
As-built records

Civil Contractors hosting by city

Each page names the closest of our 24 data centres and how far away it actually is.

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Civil Contractors hosting — FAQs

What server specification do Civil Contractors usually need?

It depends on volume more than on the industry. A medium-sized operation working from about 50,000 visits a month lands around 4 cores, 48 GB of memory and 1500 GB of storage.

How were these figures worked out?

From an assumed traffic level, the number of requests each page makes, and how much data the application keeps warm — then rounded up to a build we actually sell. They are assumptions stated out loud rather than measurements of your business.

Can we change size later?

Yes. Memory, cores and disk can all be raised on the same server, usually within the hour, with no rebuild and no new IP address.