Remote AE

Expertise, not headcount

Remote AE places vetted virtual architects, engineers and construction professionals with AEC firms in the US, Canada and Australia — every assistant with a minimum of five years of industry experience, from $499 a week.

Industry

Professional services — outsourced staffing for architecture, engineering and construction

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Company size

15+ years placing remote AEC professionals, clients across four continents

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01 — The challenge

"Virtual assistant" is the wrong phrase for the person filing a DOB permit.

The category term works against the business. A principal at an architecture firm hears virtual assistant and pictures inbox triage, not a drafter producing a 340-sheet multifamily CD set or a researcher checking a zoning ordinance before a site goes under contract.

Their real objection is competence and risk: does this person know the 2022 NYC Construction Codes, the National Building Code of Canada, what a 100% CD set has to carry — and what happens if the placement does not work out.

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5+

Years of industry experience guaranteed per assistant

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3

Assistant tracks: architect, engineer, construction

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$499

Entry weekly rate, published on the homepage

Art-directed architecture and engineering workspace representing Remote AE's industry

02 — Our approach

Answer the competence question in public, one jurisdiction at a time.

The homepage does the commercial job: the three assistant tracks, the guarantees (minimum five years' experience, full-time dedicated service, no long-term commitment, replacement inside the first year), named client testimonials, and a booking calendar embedded directly in the hero so the next step is one click, not a form.

Underneath it sits the part that actually converts this audience — a library of genuinely technical service pages. NYC DOB compliance, expedited permitting, zoning compliance review, medical office building design, multifamily construction documents, Canada building code support. Each one is written at the level of a practitioner, with process steps, comparison tables and an explicit section on what a remote team must not do, because credibility here comes from knowing the limits.

Every page carries the same sticky conversion unit — "fill staffing gaps without slowing projects", vetted AEC-only support, replacement guarantee, no consultation fee — plus a case-study index of real placements by city and firm type.

03 — The results

A site that reads like the team it is renting out.

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Remote AE homepage, full scroll
Homepage hero with an inline call-booking calendar
Client logo band and the qualified-professionals proof block
Four guarantees: qualified, 5+ years, integration, full-time
Retention statistic and the tailored AEC support section
Service grid — drafting, coordination, takeoffs, BIM, permitting, CDs
Risk-free service explainer with scheduling CTA
Client testimonials with named firms
NYC building code services — DOB compliance guide header
In-depth DOB compliance content with a sticky staffing CTA
Expedited permitting services page header
Permit delay analysis, structured for scanning
Zoning compliance review services page header
Zoning versus building code review explained
Medical office building design services page header
Facility-type comparison table on the MOB page
Multifamily construction documents services page header
CD phase breakdown with sheet-count tables
Clients we've helped — case studies index, full scroll
About Remote AE, full scroll
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