Synthesis

By audience

Architecture

• Browse Employee Profiles to find architects with experience in a project type, sector or technology before staffing a pursuit.
• Search Project Directories by client, building type, square footage or construction cost to find precedent projects.
• Ask Synthesis AI Search natural-language questions about firm design standards and get answers with citations back to the source page or video.
• Open firm Revit standards and guides in the Synthesis for Revit panel without leaving the model.

Civil Engineering

• Keep civil design standards, specifications and detail guidance in one searchable firmwide intranet.
• Find precedent projects by type, client or state in Project Directories synced from Deltek or Unanet.
• Post technical questions to the Activity Stream to reach engineers in other offices.

MEP Engineering

• Find MEP design standards, equipment guidance and calculation templates in one searchable hub.
• Search Employee Profiles to find in-house mechanical, electrical or plumbing experts before assigning a project lead.
• Capture commissioning and equipment-selection lessons learned so they stay findable after closeout.

Structural Engineering

• Keep firmwide structural standards and analysis templates in one searchable place.
• Search past Project Profiles for precedent building types, materials and code decisions.
• Run peer-review and code-interpretation discussions across offices in the Activity Stream.

Interior Design

• Build firmwide finish, furniture and material libraries with Pages and Smart Blocks.
• See OpenAsset project images on Synthesis Project Profiles when preparing precedent reviews and proposals.
• Share design standards and specification guidance across studios and offices.

Landscape Architecture

• Keep planting palettes, hardscape details and regional guidelines in a searchable intranet.
• Find firm precedents by site type or client through Project Directories and OpenAsset image search.

BIM Manager

• Publish firm Revit standards, templates guidance and how-to content in Synthesis and surface it inside Revit through the Synthesis for Revit dockable panel.
• Build Learning Paths in Synthesis LMS to onboard staff to the firm's BIM standards and track completion.

Marketing & Communications

• Pull employee bios, project data and OpenAsset images into Synthesis for proposal research.
• Announce wins, press and new project photography firmwide in the Activity Stream.
• Use Synthesis AI Search to draft first-pass content such as project summaries or FAQ answers from firm knowledge.

Human Resources

• Keep the Employee Directory current through automatic sync from Microsoft Entra ID and the firm's ERP.
• Assign onboarding and compliance courses by job title, department or tenure with Smart Assignments in Synthesis LMS.
• Track each employee's courses, live training and continuing-education credits in the Universal Transcript.

IT & Systems Administration

• Configure single sign-on and user provisioning through Microsoft Entra ID.
• Set up and maintain the Deltek, Unanet, OpenAsset, Newforma, Teams and Zendesk connections that feed Synthesis.
• Push content from other systems into Synthesis search through the Search Connector API.

Executive Leadership

• Use the intranet as the firmwide channel for strategy, leadership changes, ownership transitions and acquisitions.
• Combine knowledge management, learning and AI search in one platform to support a learning-organization strategy.
• Review engagement and search analytics to see which knowledge the firm uses.