McClure, a multidisciplinary engineering firm serving public‑ and private‑sector clients nationwide, has deployed Peer Global File Service (PeerGFS) to enhance its distributed storage infrastructure. With PeerGFS in place, McClure’s growing multi‑office organisation now benefits from reliable, high‑performance access to large design files, enabling faster collaboration and improved productivity across its engineering teams.
McClure supports collaboration heavy engineering projects spanning aviation, bridge, development, structural, transportation, survey, water/wastewater, and landscape architecture disciplines. With more than 250 employees and 15 offices nationwide, the firm depends on fast, consistent access to large CAD and engineering project files created with Autodesk, Bentley, Trimble, Rhino, and specialised structural analysis tools. As McClure expanded with growth through new offices and acquisitions, its existing file-sharing environment hosted and managed by a regional Managed Services Provider (MSP) became increasingly unstable, leading to synchronisation failures, network disruptions, and frequent version conflicts that impacted daily operations.
The firm explored cloud‑based storage services as a potential fix; however, the approach quickly fell short. Performance was inconsistent across critical applications, and the solution failed to meet the needs of their teams enterprise‑wide.
To resolve these challenges, McClure selected PeerGFS as the foundation of its distributed file infrastructure, working closely with Peer Software’s technical team to stabilise and optimise the environment. The deployment features PeerGFS running on Windows-based file servers, nine edge locations equipped with local storage infrastructure for fast access, real-time file synchronisation between offices, and centralised management of data across thousands of synchronised folders.
A critical factor in the project’s success was Peer Software’s hands-on technical support. Peer engineers worked directly with McClure’s IT team to optimise PeerGFS for their unique environment by addressing network considerations and implementing best practices. This white-glove engagement ensured the solution performed as designed and could scale with the organisation.
“With PeerGFS fully optimised, we now have a reliable, high-performance file environment that supports collaboration across all of our offices,” said Jeremy Cswercko
IT Manager, McClure. “Our teams have dependable access to shared data regardless of location or application, and the disruptions we previously experienced have been eliminated.”
Since deploying PeerGFS, McClure has benefitted from improved performance and productivity along with reduced operational burden on its IT staff. Local edge deployments minimise latency for remote offices, while the platform supports the firm’s full range of engineering and design tools.
“Engineering firms like McClure rely on consistent, high-performance access to large files across many locations,” said Jimmy Tam, CEO of Peer Software. “This project demonstrates how PeerGFS, combined with hands-on technical partnership, can transform a file-sharing environment into a foundation for growth.”
