Dedicated CAD drafters, Revit BIM modelers, structural and MEP engineers, construction document specialists and estimators embedded with your firm — starting from $7 per hour, with 48-hour shortlist and 5-day free trial.
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Project backlogs are stacking. Drafters are expensive. Your licensed engineers are stuck on redlines instead of design. Zedtreeo gives you dedicated remote AEC staff — software-fluent, code-aware, and sized to your project load.
Every AEC hire is vetted on Revit, AutoCAD, Bluebeam, Navisworks, SketchUp, Rhino, Civil 3D, MicroStation and Tekla. Portfolio-tested on sheet sets, BIM models, structural details and MEP routing — no generic Revit users.
A US CAD drafter runs $75K+ fully loaded. A Zedtreeo drafter starts at $1,120/month — you can staff a full drafting team for less than one senior US hire, freeing licensed engineers for stamped work.
Staff trained to IBC, ASCE, ACI, AISC, NEC, ASHRAE and region-specific codes (IRC, NCC, Eurocode, NBC). CAD standards match AIA, NCS and custom firm title blocks and layering conventions — minimal rework on deliverables.
Scale drafting and modeling capacity up and down with project load — no more saying no to work or overloading in-house staff. Dedicated pods mean consistent quality, not rotating freelancers learning your CAD standards.
Be honest — here's who wins with us and who doesn't.
Dedicated architecture and engineering staff from Zedtreeo — 70–90% lower than local hiring, with zero recruitment fees, zero HR overhead, zero hidden costs.
Pre-vetted, role-ready skills — no ramp-up needed.
Your Architecture & Engineering Staff plugs into your existing stack — no retraining, no migration, no downtime.
Here's what a architecture and engineering staff actually costs you across the three options.
| Factor | Local Architecture & Engineering Staff | Freelancer | Zedtreeo Architecture & Engineering Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly Cost | $55 | $38 | $7/hr |
| Time to Hire | 6–10 weeks | 1–2 weeks | 48 hours |
| Dedicated Commitment | Yes | No | Yes |
| Vetting / Testing | You do it | Minimal | Done by us |
| Replacement | Rehire cycle | Find new one | Swap in days |
| Free Trial | None | Rare | 5-day free trial |
| HR / Payroll Overhead | Yours | 1099 handling | Ours |
| Annual Savings | Baseline | 20–40% | 70–90% |
A structured process that gets you a working hire in a week — not a month.
Real clients. Real outcomes. Real savings.
A US mid-sized architecture firm had 40 active projects and couldn't hire drafters fast enough at local rates. A Zedtreeo 6-person Revit pod took over CD production and BIM modeling — the firm doubled project capacity in 9 months without touching in-house headcount.
Read case study →A UK MEP engineering firm was bottlenecked on CAD redlines — senior engineers spent 4+ hours a day checking junior work. A Zedtreeo 4-person MEP drafting team handled production with internal QC — redline cycles dropped from 3 days to under 1.
Read case study →A North American design-build contractor was losing bids because estimators couldn't turn takeoffs fast enough. A Zedtreeo 3-person estimating pod took over quantity takeoffs and bid package prep — the firm submitted 3× more bids and won 40% more work.
Read case study →Founders and COOs who scaled their teams with Zedtreeo architecture and engineering teams.
"My Zedtreeo Revit team produces cleaner models than half the drafters I've hired onshore — at a third of the cost. They've become core to how we deliver projects."
"We run a 5-person structural drafting pod with Zedtreeo. They follow our standards, nest inside our CAD manual, and don't need hand-holding. My senior engineers are doing design again."
"Zedtreeo's MEP team knows Revit better than most of our local hires. Clash detection is cleaner, coordination is faster, and the cost is irrelevant compared to the output."
Everything operators ask before hiring a architecture and engineering staff from Zedtreeo.
AEC staff starts from $7/hour ($1,120/month, $13,440/year). Junior CAD drafters and BIM modelers sit at the entry tier, while senior Revit specialists and MEP engineers run $8–10/hour. Total cost lands 70–90% below onshore equivalents once you factor in software licenses, PTO, certifications and supervision overhead.
Revit (Architecture, Structure, MEP), AutoCAD, Civil 3D, Bluebeam Revu, Navisworks, SketchUp, Rhino/Grasshopper, Tekla, MicroStation, Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray, Twinmotion and Dynamo. We match on exact stack during vetting — including your firm's title block, layering and sheet set standards.
Yes. Our engineers and drafters are trained in IBC, ASCE, ACI, AISC, NEC, ASHRAE (US), NCC (Australia), Eurocode (EU), NBC (Canada) and UK building regulations. We confirm code familiarity during vetting and match to your project geography.
No — state/territory licensure stays with your onshore engineer of record. Our staff produce production drawings, calculations, models and coordination work that your licensed engineer reviews, seals and signs. Think of them as extended engineering capacity, not a replacement for licensed staff.
Shortlist of 2–3 pre-vetted candidates within 48 hours. Software access, CAD standards training and sandbox model in week one. Most drafters and BIM modelers are producing live sheet sets or model content by day 7–10, reviewed by your in-house lead.
Yes. Our 3D visualization specialists produce photorealistic renders in Lumion, Enscape, V-Ray and Twinmotion — exterior, interior, aerial, animation walkthroughs and VR. Portfolio-verified before placement. Many firms use them for client presentations and marketing collateral.
Either. Small firms often start with one Revit modeler and scale to pods of 3–5 as projects grow. Larger AEC firms build full drafting teams of 10–20 offshore for CD production and BIM coordination. We'll recommend structure based on your project pipeline and deliverable volume.
We run a 5-day free trial at the start. If fit isn't right, no bill. Post-trial, we track output against agreed metrics (sheets per week, redline percentage, clash resolution time) and replace within 7–14 days at no additional cost if quality drops. Retention sits above industry averages because we pre-match on software and standards.
Get a curated shortlist in 48 hours. 5-day free trial. No long-term contract. Starting from $7 per hour.
Build out your full remote team, one specialist at a time.
Pre-vetted remote professionals ready to embed with your team — starting from $5/hour.
