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Steven Burns, FAIA spent 14 years managing the firm Burns + Beyerl Architects, and during that time the firm’s earnings grew at an average rate of 24% per year. After founding his own software company, Steve took his management expertise to BQE Software, where he is refining their business strategy and product development for the company’s groundbreaking project accounting solution, BQE Core.

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4 project management mistakes to avoid at all costs

High-performing AEC firms prioritize project management training. Technical, leadership, and business management skills all play a vital role in producing projects that are on...
June 15, 2018
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Building Team

5 tips to improve employee utilization (and morale)

Your employees' billable hours are the lifeblood of your business, but they can also be a source of frustration. A recent AEC industry study pegged employee utilization rates-...
May 8, 2018
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AEC Tech

4 reasons to take a closer look at your project metrics

You probably hear a lot about the importance of data. Gathering the numbers about your projects and firm, using business intelligence…it all sounds good, but what is it really...
April 3, 2018
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Building Team

6 strategies to keep your project on budget

Most of us are all too familiar with budget overruns. We’ve all had those projects that end up over budget, and we’re left wondering why. Keeping projects on budget is extremely...
March 28, 2018
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BIM and Information Technology

The technology you need for stress-free profitability

It bears repeating that project accounting—the practice of accounting on a project-by-project basis—will give you transformative information about your company. With it, you’ll...
March 3, 2018
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If you want to improve profits, look to the numbers

When your firm adopts project accounting, you’ll get information that’ll change the way you do business. By practicing accounting on a project-by-project basis, you’ll get data...
Feb. 1, 2018
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Architects

4 networking strategies to grow your business

Managing an architectural business can be a balancing act. It’s essential to have enough work coming in the door, yet it is also important to work on projects that are engaging...
Jan. 3, 2018
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Why every AEC firm needs project accounting

The term “project accounting” sounds simple enough. It’s essentially the practice of accounting on the basis of individual projects. In practice, though, it’s so much more. If...
Dec. 28, 2017