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The engineering contract is the foundation of every successful project. Learn about the types of contracts along with the pros and cons of each.
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Learn the top engineering kpis to track, the easiest tool to track with, and the best practices for implementing each KPI.
Discover the best practices for setting up a strong chart of accounts such as the hierarchy and structure and how to ensure it remains scalable.
Learn best time management strategies to help you make the most of your time so you deliver quality work and boost profitability.
If you're not yet using the Allocation and Forecasting features in BQE CORE, you're missing out on vital information such as predicting workload and...
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Our engineering experts evaluate the top design software for engineers—find out what you can expect from these top industry programs.
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The architectural contract is the foundation of every successful building project; learn about the types of contracts and key terms to understand.
Streamline the billing process for your architecture projects with these strategies for setting rates, billing accurately, and more.
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From executive summary to exit strategy, Steven Burns FAIA guides you on how to write a business plan for architects.
Steven Burns, FAIA, provides advice based on his experience when it comes to how to find new clients for your architecture firm.
Steven Burns, FAIA, shares his advice on why cash flow projection is important for your firm along with tips that makes managing cash flow easier.
To transition to retirement and ensure you leave behind a successful firm you want to have a plan in place to pass down to those behind you.
Monitoring and controlling in project management helps you ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and meet their intended objectives.
Macro and microeconomics for your firm from Steven Burns, FAIA, on how you should combine a top-down vs bottom-up hybrid approach.
Architect and business coach, Douglas Teiger, FAIA, shares the secret to creating a work life balance and how to be intentional about your goals.
Profit margins are an important financial measure for any business. Profit margins are the numbers that indicate how profitable your business is by...
From ChatGPT to Bard to Midjourney, Steven Burns, FAIA, walks you through how to use AI in your business to help you save time.
Steven Burns, FAIA, guides you through the top KPIs for consulting firms including how to track each one and the right tools for the job.
Every employee is an investment, and you want to maximize this investment, not burn it out. Here are 10 tips to prevent employee burnout.
Equip yourself with the tools and knowledge to turn profit planning into an art and build a stronger, more profitable future for your firm.
Learn the most common project management challenges and how to overcome them using project management software and better planning.
Compare employee time tracking software to help your firm save time accurately tracking employee hours, billing clients, and boosting profits.
Steven Burns, FAIA, details how to create an initial project assessment to avoid project failures and greatly improve the overall outcome.
Project management software for consulting firms helps maximize efficiency and profitability while easily automating admin tasks.
Time tracking provides improved proposals, project management, client billing, business opportunities, and optimal resource allocation.
Without analyzing data, it’s impossible to measure progress, identify areas for improvement, and make informed decisions.
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Learn examples of scope creep, what causes scope creep, and project management best practices to help you avoid it.
BQE recently held a webinar with three business professionals that offered their advice on weathering a recession. Here are a few of their top tips.
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Learn tips to remain profitable and ensure business success through an economic downturn by preparing a smart business strategy during a recession.
Compare pros and cons of the best billing software options for professional services, including features like invoice templates and online payments.
Our experts architects evaluate the top design software for architects—find out what you can expect from these top industry programs.
Learn the answers to common concerns about switching firm management software such as how to migrate all of your data without losing important...
When you apply a business-thinking mindset to your firm, you will discover what people need and create value in your services.
Steps to improve the business side of your firm include marketing, sales, KPIs, and investing in the right technology.
To prevent scope creep on your projects, you want to follow these five steps to keep projects on time and in budget.
How switching from manual reporting to automated reporting can help your company stay organized, eliminate errors, and efficiently grow.
Create a clear billing schedule and set up ePayments are a few of the best practices for invoicing.
Here we'll discuss what profit planning can do for your firm, the benefits, and some best practices.
Working papers support the professional judgement for actions taken while providing bookkeeping, financials, taxes, or other service to that client.
BQE CORE’s billing and invoicing feature provides the tools you need to implement different billing methods including fixed and cost plus billing.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of point solution software to an all-in-one platform and determine the right approach for your company.
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Learn if the waterfall approach to project management is right for your firm, including how to follow its planning, implementing, and testing phases.
Compare milestone billing vs. project billing to get paid faster, improve cash flow, build client relationships, and finish projects on time.
Make this year the most profitable year yet with firm management software that provides dashboards, mobility, and more.
Check out our comparison of features in the top project management software for architects. Find the best software for your firm!
Milestone billing, also known as phased billing, is great for firms with mid to long-term projects looking to avoid scope creep.
Buying new software in Q4 gives you more time to implement your system, train teams, plus you can take advantage of year-end discounts.
BQE’s time and billing software can help prevent bookkeeping mistakes with remote time tracking and an all-in-one dashboard.
A sprint retrospective concludes a sprint and is used to discuss what went well and problems encountered in project management.
Smart timesheet software enables businesses to track employee hours easily, efficiently, and accurately while automating payroll and business...
Use a RAID log in your project management software to assess risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies and ultimately make your project successful.
You need accurate accounting software to capture every hour and handle finances. Find out what to shop for, and why a software solution by BQE could...
For the best project management tips, BQE recommends setting clear goals and using the right tools to manage your project.
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A SWOT analysis can help you seize opportunities and avoid costly mistakes. Find out everything you need to know about conducting a SWOT analysis to...
Risk mitigation is meant to reduce and eliminate workflow and project disruptions. Find out how to best mitigate risk in your business with BQE CORE.
ePayments can help your accounting firm get paid faster and prevent against fraud and tracking down late payments.
Work has changed a lot over the last few years. Learn what new project management trends to watch for and how you can take advantage of them.
Good time management skills translate to better problem solving and prioritization, and ensure you reach your goals faster.
Create stronger firm management when you’re transparent with employees and clients by setting KPIs and sharing customized dashboards.
Stay ahead of the competition and make your clients and firm happier with firm management software from BQE.
Human resources management should support and strengthen your employees. Learn the tips and tricks to maximizing efficiency in your HR department.
Baseline in project management helps teams set parameters and respond swiftly to changes, so your project meets its goals despite any changes in...
When you improve the cashflow in your firm you can ensure you have the funds to cover expenses and investments.
Firm automation involves many concepts, including artificial intelligence, machine learning and robotic process automation to improve profitability.
When measuring firm productivity, it’s important to focus on the results and always measure tasks.
Custom billing software lets your firm automate many of its operations for more predictable cash flow, ample time savings, and accurate financial...
The critical path method can help to plan and execute your tasks quickly and effectively. Learn how to apply CPM in your project management.
BQE ePayments is the new and improved payment platform that helps you get paid faster, control your cashflow and increase payment flexibility.
What are ePayments? Secure payments like ePayments can help you make a profit by allowing you to collect money quickly and keep customers happy.
Boosting your employee utilization rate may increase overall productivity and revenue in your firm. Yet there are important considerations for this...
From branding to providing more details, here are the top ways to improve your invoicing process.
Before you choose architecture project management software, consider what your firm needs and explore different features and options.
There are several important factors to consider when choosing accounting software especially when it comes to project management.
Cutting costs and managing expenses are vital to a company's success. This article looks at ways to get the most out of every dollar spent by your...
Use an s-curve mathematical graph in project management to track and evaluate the progress of a project, including employee hours and cost.
Accounting software can save you time and money. This post will help you find out how to get the most out of accounting software for small businesses.
A project charter is a short document that provides high-level details, including purpose and project team, so anyone can gain a clear understanding...
Business mistakes happen, but following these simple solutions and using a smart business management software can help you can fix and prevent them.
When you use the right software for project accounting, your firm will have insights that change the way you do business forever.
There are a few profitability reports that you should review regularly to analyze and maximize profitability in your firm.
BQE CORE makes time tracking for architects and engineers fast and easy with a simple timesheet interface.
Here are five steps to help you get started in the right direction when it comes to improving your personal and firm’s time management.
To operate a successful architecture firm, it’s important to begin with establishing KPIs, your budget, and using an all-in-one firm management...
To save money and discover your most profitable clients, have your employees enter their own time with time tracking software.
Trying to hone your critical project management skills? Read on to learn about key skills required for project management to be successful.
Billing your services is never easy. Should you charge more or less? Will you win more customers at a lower rate? Here are our tips for billing your...
Calculating overtime correctly through manual processes can be tricky, however with time tracking software you receive real-time data for success...
Understanding effective project management helps many big and small firms to carry out large-scale projects on time and on budget.
Time tracking software helps you create accurate timesheets to improve your bottom line and drive better employee efficiency.
For powerful project management skills, it’s important to establish KPIs, your budget, and use an all-in-one platform.
Time tracking software can help you create accurate timesheets to prevent overtime and help your firm save money overall.
From limited features and a lack of security, it’s time to switch from using Excel spreadsheets to an all-in-one project management platform.
To improve your time and expense tracking, you need software that provides smart timesheets, receipt capture, reminders, and more.
Switching from Excel to project management software can help your firm work more productively and accurately while gaining insight into how to...
Time tracking software can have powerful benefits for professional firms, including increased revenue, employee utilization rate, and profitability.
Read about common project management problems and how to avoid or solve them.
An effective project management tool will help you work more efficiently, cut costs, monitor issues, and share updates, while centralizing relevant...
Automation solutions can save time, money, and effort when done correctly. In this post, you'll learn how to avoid common mistakes and get the most...
If you use spreadsheets for daily business, you can lose precious company time, cause errors in important data, and miss out on real-time crucial...
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From budgeting to automation, Steven Burns, FAIA, breaks down the top financial tips for architects and engineers.
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Using Excel spreadsheets to manage projects causes delays and hurts collaboration. Project management software like BQE CORE is the best alternative.
All projects have scope change, and if you’re not managing it properly, you can lose money, time, and leave your clients very unsatisfied.
Steven Burns, FAIA, details how time tracking software can help your firm improve profitability and get employees to fill out time on time every...
Recurring invoicing helps your team stay on task. Set it up with clients to ease the payment process with automation and ensure bills are paid in...
With BQE's best-in-class CRM software, architects can stay on top of projects and strengthen relationships.
Contract, budget, and billability analysis are three important key financial metrics used to measure your project performance.
It’s important to track the right project profitability metrics so you gain control of your project and make the right financial decisions.
A vital key metric to measure project performance is project profitability. Here BQE takes you through the steps to make your project more profitable.
With real-time visibility, time tracking, and overall project management you can analyze and improve your utilization rate.
A strong work in progress (WIP) report can answer that important question: how much time and revenue will it actually take to finish this project?
Modern firms need to revolutionize how they manage invoices. With great software by BQE, you can account for every cent and save your firm time and...
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Time tracking software for architects can help firms capture all work hours and optimize the development process. Find the best software and features...
A project management tool can help with time tracking, assigning tasks, and displaying progress. This article will provide insight on what to look...
Time tracking software can help professional firms capture all work hours and optimize their development process. With time tracking by BQE CORE,...
An expense tracker can save your firm time and money while providing your team with valuable data about your business process.
Time tracking software helps engineering firms capture all hours worked so they can bill correctly, estimate accurately, and improve profitability.
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A Bombshell Dropped by the AIA Survey on Technology: I recently got my hands on an advance copy of a new survey coming from the American Institute of...
Even in the age of Instagram and Facebook company pages, yes… your firm definitely still needs a website.
When managing payroll processes for your own business, however, it is essential to avoid these common, and potentially very costly, mistakes.
In order to deliver higher value services, we must first change the perception of current and future clients who we have trained all too well.
Accounting firms are in a period of greater transformation than ever before. Prior to Covid, firms were already moving to more flexibility in remote...
For accounting firms serving multiple clients, the need to ensure business continuity and preserve client data is critical, and so additional...
Join the conversation about the business of architecture on with BQE's CCO, Steven Burns and Architect & Coach, Michael Lewarne.
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Discover what makes a client a good fit for you, and what makes you a good fit for your client.
As with all overhead costs, effective business management requires detailed tracking of travel expenses, for both accounting and tax purposes.
Understanding your clients’ views of your firm can help you build a more successful firm, but where do you start? Learn how to build a great customer...
After several months to a year of wearing pajamas or shorts or sweats all day, will workers readily swap their house slippers for business shoes...
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Architectural firms are complex organizations with diverse roles. Keep reading to find out the most important roles architectural firms need today!
With so much changing, learn how best to cope with this year's changes.
Building relationships with your clients is key to success. Learn 6 tips to forge stronger connections and build trust with your ideal customers.
Keeping clients happy is important. Learn about our tips for improving relationships.
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Take a long, hard look at your law firm procedures and processes. Just how efficient are they?
Proper accounting is a major component of the overall success of any firm.
The closest thing to a check-up your business has can be found in the financial statements, but often they are not as revealing as you may hope.
Independent consultants take much more of the tax planning, management, and payment processes into their own hands.
With the basic business structure shifted so dynamically in 2020, what can we look forward to in the next year?
Top engineering firms and industry recruiters are placing a high value on operational proficiency with various digital platforms and networks.
Instead of dealing with hundreds of reports at the end of every quarter, CORE automatically simplifies your business data.
Turning our attention to the world of architecture podcasting, BQE collected the best podcasts that showcase a diverse array of architecture leaders.
Vacations may be more needed than ever.
A well-designed CRM gives a firm the tools that it needs to collect and analyze all types and aspects of client information in one convenient place.
Fortunately, finding new clients might not be quite as difficult as it seems.
Even as your business becomes more complex, first-class accounting software is prepared to help your firm run smoothly.
With almost every business-related activity, your firm probably has a process to complete the job as time-efficiently as possible.
Even the most user-friendly software can be a lot to work with if it’s truly powerful.
If you’re an IT business consultant, your job requires not only many technical skills – it also requires a lot of business tools as well.
All the best tax deduction strategies that business consultants can use to save money on their taxes.
Now, video has taken a much more prominent role and is becoming commonplace or even expected as a part of the job interview process.
To help determine the best payment services for your firm, here’s an in-depth look at each type of payment and what exactly it has to offer.
Serent invested in BQE because – simply put – our system works.
As a successful business professional, you understand that time is money. You can’t afford to waste time using spreadsheets and outdated software.
Even if your professional firm’s debt currently feels overwhelming, fortunately there are strategies to help you pay off business debt.
Ways firms can build a framework to embrace the technology that will help them be better and more valuable business advisors:
Look at the common places that architecture and engineering firms are losing profit and – most importantly – how to find it again.
You put a lot of time into helping others grow their business, but don’t forget to invest time into your own business, too!
With professionals and individuals getting ramped up to file their 2020 returns, uncertainties hang in the air: will the IRS extend tax season again?
Be the first to know the latest insights from experts in your industry to help you master project management and deliver projects that yield delighted clients and predictable profits.
