Cloud Storage for Civil Engineering Firms — Project Files, Survey Data, and Backups with RcloneView
Keep drawings, survey data and closed-out projects safe across several clouds without scripting a single command.
A mid-sized civil engineering firm may juggle active road-design projects on Google Drive, client deliverables in Box or OneDrive, and years of closed-out archives on a NAS. Each location has its own interface, which makes consistent backups hard. RcloneView brings all of them into one window so you can copy, compare and schedule transfers visually.
Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place
RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.
- One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
- Schedulers & history for reliable automation
- Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
Free core features. Plus automations available.
Why Engineering Data Needs a Multi-Cloud Approach
Engineering projects produce large, mixed file sets: CAD drawings, GIS exports, point-cloud scans, calculation spreadsheets and signed PDF packages. Clients often dictate where deliverables must live, so a single provider rarely covers everything. RcloneView connects to 90+ providers, so Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Amazon S3 and your local NAS can all sit side by side in the Explorer.
RcloneView mounts AND syncs 90+ providers from one window, on Windows, macOS, and Linux, so field laptops and office workstations share one workflow.
Archive Closed Projects to Low-Cost Object Storage
Once a project closes, its files rarely change but must be retained for years. Copy the finished project folder from your active workspace to an S3-compatible bucket such as Backblaze B2 or Wasabi using the dual-pane Explorer, or drag and drop between remotes. Moving between different remotes performs a copy, so the original stays intact until you verify the result.
Verify Deliverables with Folder Compare
Before deleting anything from a working drive, run Folder Compare between the source and the archive. Filters show left-only, right-only and different files, so you can confirm that every drawing set made it across. Run a Dry Run on any sync job first to preview exactly which files would be copied or deleted.
Schedule Nightly Backups of Active Projects
Create a sync job from your project share to a second cloud and add a crontab-style schedule so backups run after hours. Scheduling requires the PLUS license; manual jobs, Job History and 1:N sync to multiple destinations work on the FREE license. Job History records status, size and file counts for each run, giving you an audit trail.
Getting Started
- Download RcloneView from rcloneview.com.
- Add remotes for your active workspace, your NAS and an archive bucket.
- Create a sync job from active projects to the archive, and run a Dry Run first.
- Add a schedule (PLUS) and review Job History after the first runs.
Protecting years of engineering records no longer needs a custom script.
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