Project profitability is everything in engineering and architecture — but complex jobs, long timelines, and scope creep make it hard to track. We manage your project accounting, track costs against budgets in real time, and ensure accurate billing so no revenue is left on the table.
If you’re running a design or engineering practice, you already know the numbers don’t lie — but only if you can see them in time to act.
A project runs over scope, variations aren’t invoiced, or junior staff burn through hours faster than expected. By the time the job wraps up, the margin has evaporated — and you only find out at the end.
Work in progress sits on your books for months. Unbilled hours pile up across multiple projects and team members, but there’s no system tracking what’s been delivered versus what’s been invoiced.
You’re quoting project fees based on experience and competitor benchmarks — without hard data on your actual internal costs, historical project profitability, or team utilisation rates.
When project profitability is opaque and individual contributions aren’t tracked clearly, partner distributions become a source of tension rather than celebration.
From real-time project tracking to partner distributions, we handle the financial machinery of your firm so you can focus on design, engineering, and delivery.
We track hours, costs, and revenue against every project in real time. You’ll know whether a job is on track, over budget, or bleeding margin — while it’s still running, not after it’s done.
We reconcile work in progress across your team and project portfolio. Unbilled hours are identified and invoiced, so revenue doesn’t slip through the cracks.
We track billable hours against capacity per team member. You’ll see who’s fully utilised, where the gaps are, and how to optimise your team’s earning potential.
Long project timelines and lumpy progress claims make cash flow unpredictable. We build rolling forecasts so you can manage team costs, overheads, and partner distributions with confidence.
Transparent reporting by partner and by project. Plus forward-looking tax planning and structure advice to optimise distributions and protect personal assets.
Books updated daily. Payroll, super, and BAS handled. ASIC compliance managed. You design and engineer — we manage the numbers.
We arm you with historical cost data, target margin benchmarks, and break-even rates so every fee proposal you send is grounded in real numbers — not guesswork.
We integrate Xero with WorkflowMax, Abtrac, Synergy, or Deltek so timesheets, projects, and invoicing flow seamlessly — one source of truth across your practice.
From parametric design tools to structural innovation, much of what your team builds qualifies for the R&D Tax Incentive. We identify, document, and lodge eligible claims with confidence.
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