Architecture & Engineering Firms
We build project and document management systems that keep drawings current, fees billable, and approvals trackable across every consultant.
Overview
The operational landscape in this sector, and how Nali builds for it.
Architecture and engineering practices lose money to late invoices, contractors working from superseded drawings, and approval submissions that disappear into email threads with no shared visibility of where they stand.
We build project management platforms that enforce drawing version control, generate fee claims from recorded time and milestone sign-offs, track authority approvals by reference and deadline, and link sub-consultant deliverables to the master programme so downstream impacts surface before they become programme risks.
Challenges & Solutions
4 operational gaps we close in architecture & engineering firms
Drawing versions circulate by email and contractors work from superseded files on site.
Drawing register enforces version control and notifies all linked parties when a revision is issued so the superseded file is archived and the current revision is unambiguous.
Fee billing is calculated manually from timesheets against project stages and invoices go out late.
Fee claim generates from recorded time and milestone sign-off so the invoice is ready when the stage completes, not when the accounts team gets around to it.
Approval submissions to authorities are tracked in email threads with no shared status.
Submission register tracks each authority approval by reference, submission date, and expected determination so the project manager knows the status without chasing the responsible consultant.
Sub-consultant scopes and deliverable deadlines are not linked to the master programme.
Per-sub-consultant deliverable schedule links to the project programme so a late submission flags its downstream impact on the master timeline automatically.
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