Track Projects From Concept to Completion
Architecture and engineering projects span months or years, involve multiple disciplines, and live or die by their budget. TRCR keeps every phase, every hour, and every dollar visible.
Phase-Based Project Structure
Schematic design. Design development. Construction documents. Bidding. Construction administration. Use task groups to organize each phase, and custom workflow statuses to define the stages within each phase. Progress bars show where each deliverable stands — a principal can glance at the board and know the project's real status without a meeting.
Multi-Discipline Coordination
Architects, structural engineers, MEP consultants, landscape designers — everyone working on the same project in the same workspace. Permissions control who sees what. Task assignments are clear. Chat keeps coordination conversations linked to the tasks they're about, not scattered across email threads.
Budget Monitoring Through Time Tracking
AE projects are often billed as a percentage of construction cost with a not-to-exceed hours cap. TRCR tracks hours per phase and per team member so you can see burn rate in real time. Profitability reports show whether a project is on budget or heading for a fee overrun — early enough to do something about it.
Client Collaboration
Invite clients with the dedicated client role. They can follow progress through each project phase, leave comments on deliverables, and review milestones — without seeing your internal hours, rates, or team discussions. It replaces the weekly status email with a live project portal.
Recurring Reviews and Deadlines
Weekly coordination meetings. Monthly progress reports. Annual license renewals. Code review deadlines that repeat every submission cycle. Recurring tasks handle the cadence so your team focuses on the work, not the calendar.
Complexity Scoring for Resource Allocation
Not every task is equal. A code compliance review is trivial; a structural redesign is complex. The five-level complexity scale helps principals allocate the right people to the right tasks and plan realistic timelines. Priority controls ensure urgent RFIs don't get buried under routine work.
How AE Firms Use TRCR
Track hours by project phase. Bill clients monthly with detailed time breakdowns. Monitor fee burndown.
Manage permitting tasks, inspections, and submittals with custom workflows and recurring deadlines.
Organize tasks by room or deliverable. Track procurement, approvals, and installation phases separately.
Real-time sync means every office sees the same project state. No version conflicts, no stale data.
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Try TRCR Free →Architecture & engineering — frequently asked questions
How does TRCR handle phase-based architecture and engineering projects?
Each project in TRCR holds its own Kanban task boards, and you can use task groups to organize phases like schematic design, design development, and construction documents. Custom workflow statuses define the stages within each phase, and task dependencies keep sequenced deliverables in order. Progress is visible on the board, so anyone can see where a phase stands without a status meeting.
Can I balance workload across a multi-discipline team?
Yes. Assign tasks to architects, engineers, and consultants working in the same project workspace, and use role-based permissions to control who sees what. The built-in workload and utilization reports show how hours are distributed across your team so you can spot who is overloaded and who has capacity. Real-time WebSocket sync keeps every office and team member looking at the same project state.
How do I monitor budgets on long-running engagements?
Set a budget and hourly rates on each project, then track hours with the one-click timer so burn rate stays current as the engagement runs. Milestones mark major deliverables, and the profitability report shows whether a project is on budget or heading for a fee overrun. Because hours roll up by phase and by team member, you can catch a cost problem early enough to act on it.
Can I track time across multiple projects and report it to clients?
The one-click timer and time entries are tied to specific projects, so hours stay organized even when your team moves between several engagements in a day. You can generate invoices directly from tracked time, with multi-currency, tax, and PDF support. The client CRM and 7 built-in reports — including profitability and utilization — give you clean numbers to share, replacing the weekly status email with live, verifiable data.