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Architecture and engineering consultancies. Revenue: hours worked past the fee and bills paid late.

Grip reads timesheets, fee caps and invoices, project by project, and names the hours worked beyond what clients pay and the fees still unpaid, in AED.

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EUR 51 millionA global design and engineering consultancy's client bills more than a year overdue at end 2025.

Proven at Arcadis

Source: Arcadis NV, Annual Integrated Report 2025. EUR 51 million of Arcadis' EUR 663 million gross trade receivables at end 2025 were more than 364 days overdue, mostly provided for (EUR 39 million); 2.7% of gross receivables (6.9% in 2024) were subject to 'paid-when-paid' clauses.

3 workflows

Where we start.

9 of 18 changes other architecture and engineering consultancies companies made. Open one to see the company.

People and capacity

Fees per person and projects per lead, compared team by team.

ReadsPayroll with role or gradeFee invoices by team or office, organisation chartStaff allocation by projectRework and change logs, client complaints

Compare fees per staff member across your teams and against similar-sized firms.

Backed by research

Source: Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), prepared by The Fees Bureau, RIBA Business Benchmarking 2025 Executive Summary.

Count how many projects each design lead carries at once, and check rework, delays and complaints against that number.

Backed by research

Source: Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil Engineering (Ibrahim Mahamid), Effects of Design Quality on Delay in Residential Construction Projects (2021).

Decide how many hours of work can move to a shared delivery centre, and track its margin.

Proven at Arcadis

Source: Arcadis NV, Q4 and Full Year 2025 Results press release.

Sales and demand

Bids won, foreign work and this year's fees tracked before taking on more.

ReadsFees and margin by project countryReceivables ageing by countryOrder book or backlog registerSigned appointments and framework agreements

Track foreign work separately, with its fee, margin and payment speed, before chasing more.

Backed by research

Source: Royal Institute of British Architects (The Fees Bureau), RIBA Business Benchmarking 2025 Executive Summary.

Split your order book into fees due this year and the rest, and hire against the first.

Proven at Hill International

Source: Hill International, Inc., Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2021.

Count invitations, bids made and bids won, and stop pricing work you never win.

Proven at ALEC Holdings

Source: ALEC Holdings PJSC (under conversion), Local Prospectus, initial public offering on the Dubai Financial Market (includes audited consolidated financial statements for 2024, 2023, 2022) (2025).

Price and margin

Bid margin against finished margin, hours watched against every fee cap.

ReadsGeneral ledger split of subconsultant and reimbursable costsFee invoices, subconsultant agreements and invoicesContracts with fee capsTimesheets by project

Measure profit on fees your own staff earn, not on money passed through your books.

Proven at AECOM

Source: AECOM, Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2025.

Track hours used against each contract's fee cap, and ask for more in time.

Proven at Hill International

Source: Hill International, Inc., Annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2021.

Compare the margin you bid with the margin you finished at, and price the next bid.

Proven at Granite Construction

Source: Granite Construction Incorporated, Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025.

The money at stake.

Public figures, each with its company and year. An estimate is marked.

USD 4.1 billion

A US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of fiscal 2025.

Proven at Tetra Tech

Source: Tetra Tech, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 28 September 2025 (filed 20 November 2025). Tetra Tech counts in backlog only contracts that are funded and have work authorisation; its backlog was USD 4.1 billion at fiscal 2025 year-end and it expected approximately 70% to turn into revenue within fiscal 2026.

USD 877 million

A US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of 2022.

Proven at Atlas Technical Consultants

Source: Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 December 2022 (filed 15 March 2023). Atlas Technical Consultants had a contracted backlog of USD 877 million at 30 December 2022, of which USD 526 million (about 60%) it expected to recognise within twelve months.

What we stand on

01Money first

Every project shows the revenue, cost or cash it is worth, in your currency, from your own files, before you agree to it.

02Every project has proof

Every project runs on a client's Grip, was designed on our own Grip, or comes from a play a named company published, with the document we read it in.

03Your systems as they are

We read the systems you already use. Nothing to move, replace or clean up first.

04Value and money found in 2 weeks

A two-week pilot on one department, your first project live and its money delivered by Day 30, then one fixed monthly fee.

Questions

What architecture and engineering consultancies companies ask first.

Three answers, each with one public figure, its company and its document.

Question 1How can AI reduce unbilled hours past the fee cap in architecture and engineering consultancies?

AI reads timesheets, fee caps and invoices, project by project, and names the hours worked beyond what clients pay and the fees still unpaid, in AED. For scale: EUR 51 million, A global design and engineering consultancy's client bills more than a year overdue at end 2025 (Arcadis).

EUR 51 millionA global design and engineering consultancy's client bills more than a year overdue at end 2025.

Proven at Arcadis

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in architecture and engineering consultancies start with?

It starts with the revenue, cost and cash you are losing today, read from the systems you already use. One workflow goes first, usually people and capacity, read from payroll with role or grade and fee invoices by team or office, organisation chart. For scale: USD 4.1 billion, A US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of fiscal 2025 (Tetra Tech).

USD 4.1 billionA US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of fiscal 2025.

Proven at Tetra Tech

Question 3How fast do architecture and engineering consultancies companies see results from AI?

A two-week pilot on one department finds the value and money in your own data before you commit. Your first project goes live, and its money is delivered, by Day 30. For scale: USD 877 million, A US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of 2022 (Atlas Technical Consultants).

USD 877 millionA US engineering consultancy's unfinished contracted work at end of 2022.

Proven at Atlas Technical Consultants

Architecture and engineering consultancies. Revenue: hours worked past the fee and bills paid late.

Where we start.

People and capacity

Sales and demand

Price and margin

The money at stake.

What your Grip looks like.

What architecture and engineering consultancies companies ask first.

Question 1How can AI reduce unbilled hours past the fee cap in architecture and engineering consultancies?

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in architecture and engineering consultancies start with?

Question 3How fast do architecture and engineering consultancies companies see results from AI?

Start with one workflow.