diff --git a/.github/workflows/aws.yml b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
index 1ef62f5a3..8fff6b17d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/aws.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/aws.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Build & Deploy
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: staging
-      url: https://stage.appointment.day
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         mask-password: 'true'
 
-    - name: Build, tag, and push backend to Amazon ECR
+    - name: Build, tag, and push backend image to Amazon ECR
       id: build-backend
       env:
         ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
@@ -62,19 +59,6 @@ jobs:
         docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG ./backend -f ./backend/deploy.dockerfile
         docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
         echo "image_backend=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        
-    - name: Build, tag, and push frontend to Amazon ECR
-      id: build-frontend
-      env:
-        ECR_REGISTRY: ${{ steps.login-ecr.outputs.registry }}
-        IMAGE_TAG: frontend-${{ github.sha }}
-      run: |
-        # Build a docker container and
-        # push it to ECR so that it can
-        # be deployed to ECS.
-        docker build -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG ./frontend -f ./frontend/deploy.dockerfile
-        docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
-        echo "image_frontend=$ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Fill in the new backend image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
       id: task-def-backend
@@ -85,18 +69,7 @@ jobs:
         image: ${{ steps.build-backend.outputs.image_backend }}
         environment-variables: "RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.sha }}"
 
-    - name: Fill in the new frontend image ID in the Amazon ECS task definition
-      id: task-def-frontend
-      uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-render-task-definition@v1
-      with:
-        task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def-backend.outputs.task-definition }}
-        container-name: ${{ env.CONTAINER_FRONTEND }}
-        image: ${{ steps.build-frontend.outputs.image_frontend }}
-
     - name: Deploy Amazon ECS task definition
       uses: aws-actions/amazon-ecs-deploy-task-definition@v1
       with:
-        task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def-frontend.outputs.task-definition }}
-        service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
-        cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
-        wait-for-service-stability: true
+        task-definition: ${{ steps.task-def-backend.outputs.task-definition }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac_plan.yaml b/.github/workflows/iac_plan.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/iac_validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/iac_validate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49acd0991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/iac_validate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: validate-iac
+on: 
+  push:
+  workflow_call:
+env:
+  tf_version: '1.6.2'
+  tg_version: '0.55.15'
+  environment: 'stage'
+
+jobs:
+  validate-iac:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: opentofu/setup-opentofu@v1
+        with: 
+          tofu_version: ${{ env.tf_version }}
+      - run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 --branch main https://github.com/tgenv/tgenv.git ~/.tgenv
+          sudo ln -s ~/.tgenv/bin* /usr/local/bin
+          tgenv install ${{ env.tg_version }}
+      - run: |
+          cd ./tofu/environments/${{ env.environment }}/terraform/tfbackend
+          terragrun init
+          terragrunt validate
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb