Fresh Projects is a UK-based software platform designed for architects, engineers, and other built-environment professionals to manage financial aspects of their projects. It helps teams track fees, timesheets, expenses, billing, and overall profitability to keep projects on budget and profitable. The platform also centralises project data, streamlines administrative tasks, and offers mobile app support for easy access and updates.

1a Colinette Road

London

SW15 6QG

© 2026 Fresh Projects

Fresh Projects is a UK-based software platform designed for architects, engineers, and other built-environment professionals to manage financial aspects of their projects. It helps teams track fees, timesheets, expenses, billing, and overall profitability to keep projects on budget and profitable. The platform also centralises project data, streamlines administrative tasks, and offers mobile app support for easy access and updates.

1a Colinette Road

London

SW15 6QG

© 2026 Fresh Projects

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Why Reporting Leaves Firms Guessing

Why Reporting Leaves Firms Guessing

Inside many built environment firms, meetings meant for decisions quietly turn into debates about the numbers on the page.

Inside many built environment firms, meetings meant for decisions quietly turn into debates about the numbers on the page.

Why Multi-Office Firms Lack Visibility

Why Multi-Office Firms Lack Visibility

In many built environment consultancies, reporting technically works. The challenge is that clarity often arrives after the moment when it would have influenced action.

In many built environment consultancies, reporting technically works. The challenge is that clarity often arrives after the moment when it would have influenced action.

Why Reporting Slows Firms Down

Why Reporting Slows Firms Down

Even with reporting systems in place, many architecture, engineering and quantity surveying firms find that insight arrives too late to influence decisions during delivery.

Even with reporting systems in place, many architecture, engineering and quantity surveying firms find that insight arrives too late to influence decisions during delivery.

Compare A&E Management Tools

Compare A&E Management Tools

Choosing a practice management system is no longer about feature lists. This guide explains how architecture and engineering firms should compare tools in 2026, focusing on adoption, usability and decision-making rather than complexity.

Choosing a practice management system is no longer about feature lists. This guide explains how architecture and engineering firms should compare tools in 2026, focusing on adoption, usability and decision-making rather than complexity.

5 Basics to Improve Profitability

5 Basics to Improve Profitability

Five practical habits that help architecture practices improve profitability without adding complexity

Five practical habits that help architecture practices improve profitability without adding complexity

Autumn Budget 2025: A&E Impact

Autumn Budget 2025: A&E Impact

Implications for resourcing, margins and medium-term planning

Implications for resourcing, margins and medium-term planning

Staying Profitable in Slow Markets

Staying Profitable in Slow Markets

What 50–100 person practices are tightening up when pipelines soften

What 50–100 person practices are tightening up when pipelines soften

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Spreadsheets in A&E Firms: What Works

Spreadsheets in A&E Firms: What Works

A practical guide to using Excel and Sheets well, and knowing when to graduate to purpose-built systems without losing the flexibility you love.

A practical guide to using Excel and Sheets well, and knowing when to graduate to purpose-built systems without losing the flexibility you love.

Women in AEC at Fresh Projects

Women in AEC at Fresh Projects

Why representation, visibility and better systems matter for the future of architecture and engineering

Why representation, visibility and better systems matter for the future of architecture and engineering

Architecture Leadership Challenges

Architecture Leadership Challenges

How firm leaders can protect margin, prepare successors and modernise delivery without losing what made them successful

How firm leaders can protect margin, prepare successors and modernise delivery without losing what made them successful

5 Ways to Outgrow Spreadsheets Profitably

5 Ways to Outgrow Spreadsheets Profitably

How architecture and engineering practices protect margin as teams and project complexity increase

How architecture and engineering practices protect margin as teams and project complexity increase

The Profitability Pyramid Explained

The Profitability Pyramid Explained

Understanding the real drivers of financial performance for medium and large practices over the past year

Understanding the real drivers of financial performance for medium and large practices over the past year

3 Lessons to Help You Run a More Profitable Practice

3 Lessons to Help You Run a More Profitable Practice

Practical insights from A&E leaders on spotting profit risks early, communicating value, and protecting margins

Practical insights from A&E leaders on spotting profit risks early, communicating value, and protecting margins

Embracing Neurodiversity in Architecture

Embracing Neurodiversity in Architecture

How inclusive practice design can unlock creativity, innovation and operational clarity

How inclusive practice design can unlock creativity, innovation and operational clarity

Profitable Projects: Winning the Right Projects in AEC

Profitable Projects: Winning the Right Projects in AEC

How to qualify leads, focus your pipeline and forecast success more confidently

How to qualify leads, focus your pipeline and forecast success more confidently

Profitable Projects: The Art of Cashflow Alchemy in AEC

Profitable Projects: The Art of Cashflow Alchemy in AEC

How architecture and engineering firms can turn unpredictable cash flow into a strategic advantage

How architecture and engineering firms can turn unpredictable cash flow into a strategic advantage

Setting Fees for Profitable Projects

Setting Fees for Profitable Projects

Why bottom-up fee setting, clear scope and real-time cost visibility underpin profitable projects

Why bottom-up fee setting, clear scope and real-time cost visibility underpin profitable projects

Tools That Improve A&E Profitability

Tools That Improve A&E Profitability

Why better visibility across projects, people and finances is now essential for sustainable practice performance

Why better visibility across projects, people and finances is now essential for sustainable practice performance

How to Manage Inflation on Architecture Projects

How to Manage Inflation on Architecture Projects

Practical ways to protect fees and margins when costs change mid-project

Practical ways to protect fees and margins when costs change mid-project

An Architect’s Guide to Project Budgeting

An Architect’s Guide to Project Budgeting

How to build realistic, profitable project budgets that support better pricing and delivery

How to build realistic, profitable project budgets that support better pricing and delivery

An Architect’s Guide to Managing Scope Creep

An Architect’s Guide to Managing Scope Creep

How to protect fees, margins and client relationships when projects change

How to protect fees, margins and client relationships when projects change

Improve Project Profitability: An Architect’s Guide

Improve Project Profitability: An Architect’s Guide

Practical ways architecture practices can protect margins and make better commercial decisions

Practical ways architecture practices can protect margins and make better commercial decisions

Pricing Methods for Architects

Pricing Methods for Architects

When to use hourly rates, fixed fees or percentage pricing, and how to choose with confidence

When to use hourly rates, fixed fees or percentage pricing, and how to choose with confidence

Calculate Your Cost Rate in 3 Simple Steps

Calculate Your Cost Rate in 3 Simple Steps

Why understanding your true cost rate is the foundation of profitable fees, resourcing and decision-making

Why understanding your true cost rate is the foundation of profitable fees, resourcing and decision-making

When to Hire: Key Decisions

When to Hire: Key Decisions

Why workload visibility and forecasting matter more than instinct in mid-sized architecture practices

Why workload visibility and forecasting matter more than instinct in mid-sized architecture practices

Calculating costs

3 Questions for Profitable Firms

3 Questions for Profitable Firms

How clear insight into projects, clients and utilisation drives better decisions in mid-sized A&E firms

How clear insight into projects, clients and utilisation drives better decisions in mid-sized A&E firms

What Makes Firms More Profitable?

What Makes Firms More Profitable?

Why the most profitable firms spend less time on financial management and still make better decisions

Why the most profitable firms spend less time on financial management and still make better decisions

Architects model and plan drawings

A-Team Approach to Profitability

A-Team Approach to Profitability

Why reallocating work across roles can dramatically improve utilisation and margins in 50–100 person A&E practices

Why reallocating work across roles can dramatically improve utilisation and margins in 50–100 person A&E practices

I Love Excel. I Hate Excel.

I Love Excel. I Hate Excel.

Why spreadsheets break down in 50–100 person architecture and engineering practices, and what works better

Why spreadsheets break down in 50–100 person architecture and engineering practices, and what works better

Arhcitects team meeting

Getting Project Fees Right

Getting Project Fees Right

How accurate budgeting and disciplined scope control protect profitability in 50–100 person A&E practices

How accurate budgeting and disciplined scope control protect profitability in 50–100 person A&E practices

large architects studio open plan office

Working Capital Risks in A&E Firms

Working Capital Risks in A&E Firms

The financial blind spot that catches even well-run architecture and engineering practices

The financial blind spot that catches even well-run architecture and engineering practices

Architects model

How A&E Firms Win Better Projects

How A&E Firms Win Better Projects

How Large Architecture and Engineering Firms Win More of the Right Jobs

How Large Architecture and Engineering Firms Win More of the Right Jobs

Why Reporting Leaves Firms Guessing

Why Reporting Leaves Firms Guessing

Why Reporting Leaves Firms Guessing

Inside many built environment firms, meetings meant for decisions quietly turn into debates about the numbers on the page.

Inside many built environment firms, meetings meant for decisions quietly turn into debates about the numbers on the page.

Why Multi-Office Firms Lack Visibility

Why Multi-Office Firms Lack Visibility

Why Multi-Office Firms Lack Visibility

In many built environment consultancies, reporting technically works. The challenge is that clarity often arrives after the moment when it would have influenced action.

In many built environment consultancies, reporting technically works. The challenge is that clarity often arrives after the moment when it would have influenced action.

Why Reporting Slows Firms Down

Why Reporting Slows Firms Down

Why Reporting Slows Firms Down

Even with reporting systems in place, many architecture, engineering and quantity surveying firms find that insight arrives too late to influence decisions during delivery.

Even with reporting systems in place, many architecture, engineering and quantity surveying firms find that insight arrives too late to influence decisions during delivery.

Compare A&E Management Tools

Compare A&E Management Tools

Compare A&E Management Tools

Choosing a practice management system is no longer about feature lists. This guide explains how architecture and engineering firms should compare tools in 2026, focusing on adoption, usability and decision-making rather than complexity.

Choosing a practice management system is no longer about feature lists. This guide explains how architecture and engineering firms should compare tools in 2026, focusing on adoption, usability and decision-making rather than complexity.

5 Basics to Improve Profitability

5 Basics to Improve Profitability

5 Basics to Improve Profitability

Five practical habits that help architecture practices improve profitability without adding complexity

Five practical habits that help architecture practices improve profitability without adding complexity

Autumn Budget 2025: A&E Impact

Autumn Budget 2025: A&E Impact

Autumn Budget 2025: A&E Impact

Implications for resourcing, margins and medium-term planning

Implications for resourcing, margins and medium-term planning

Staying Profitable in Slow Markets

Staying Profitable in Slow Markets

Staying Profitable in Slow Markets

What 50–100 person practices are tightening up when pipelines soften

What 50–100 person practices are tightening up when pipelines soften

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Why Traditional Reporting is Holding A&E Firms Back

Spreadsheets in A&E Firms: What Works

Spreadsheets in A&E Firms: What Works

Spreadsheets in A&E Firms: What Works

A practical guide to using Excel and Sheets well, and knowing when to graduate to purpose-built systems without losing the flexibility you love.

A practical guide to using Excel and Sheets well, and knowing when to graduate to purpose-built systems without losing the flexibility you love.

Women in AEC at Fresh Projects

Women in AEC at Fresh Projects

Women in AEC at Fresh Projects

Why representation, visibility and better systems matter for the future of architecture and engineering

Why representation, visibility and better systems matter for the future of architecture and engineering

Architecture Leadership Challenges

Architecture Leadership Challenges

Architecture Leadership Challenges

How firm leaders can protect margin, prepare successors and modernise delivery without losing what made them successful

How firm leaders can protect margin, prepare successors and modernise delivery without losing what made them successful

5 Ways to Outgrow Spreadsheets Profitably

5 Ways to Outgrow Spreadsheets Profitably

5 Ways to Outgrow Spreadsheets Profitably

How architecture and engineering practices protect margin as teams and project complexity increase

How architecture and engineering practices protect margin as teams and project complexity increase

The Profitability Pyramid Explained

The Profitability Pyramid Explained

The Profitability Pyramid Explained

Understanding the real drivers of financial performance for medium and large practices over the past year

Understanding the real drivers of financial performance for medium and large practices over the past year

3 Lessons to Help You Run a More Profitable Practice

3 Lessons to Help You Run a More Profitable Practice

3 Lessons to Help You Run a More Profitable Practice

Practical insights from A&E leaders on spotting profit risks early, communicating value, and protecting margins

Practical insights from A&E leaders on spotting profit risks early, communicating value, and protecting margins

Embracing Neurodiversity in Architecture

Embracing Neurodiversity in Architecture

Embracing Neurodiversity in Architecture

How inclusive practice design can unlock creativity, innovation and operational clarity

How inclusive practice design can unlock creativity, innovation and operational clarity

Profitable Projects: Winning the Right Projects in AEC

Profitable Projects: Winning the Right Projects in AEC

Profitable Projects: Winning the Right Projects in AEC

How to qualify leads, focus your pipeline and forecast success more confidently

How to qualify leads, focus your pipeline and forecast success more confidently

Profitable Projects: The Art of Cashflow Alchemy in AEC

Profitable Projects: The Art of Cashflow Alchemy in AEC

Profitable Projects: The Art of Cashflow Alchemy in AEC

How architecture and engineering firms can turn unpredictable cash flow into a strategic advantage

How architecture and engineering firms can turn unpredictable cash flow into a strategic advantage

Setting Fees for Profitable Projects

Setting Fees for Profitable Projects

Setting Fees for Profitable Projects

Why bottom-up fee setting, clear scope and real-time cost visibility underpin profitable projects

Why bottom-up fee setting, clear scope and real-time cost visibility underpin profitable projects

Tools That Improve A&E Profitability

Tools That Improve A&E Profitability

Tools That Improve A&E Profitability

Why better visibility across projects, people and finances is now essential for sustainable practice performance

Why better visibility across projects, people and finances is now essential for sustainable practice performance

How to Manage Inflation on Architecture Projects

How to Manage Inflation on Architecture Projects

How to Manage Inflation on Architecture Projects

Practical ways to protect fees and margins when costs change mid-project

Practical ways to protect fees and margins when costs change mid-project

An Architect’s Guide to Project Budgeting

An Architect’s Guide to Project Budgeting

An Architect’s Guide to Project Budgeting

How to build realistic, profitable project budgets that support better pricing and delivery

How to build realistic, profitable project budgets that support better pricing and delivery

An Architect’s Guide to Managing Scope Creep

An Architect’s Guide to Managing Scope Creep

An Architect’s Guide to Managing Scope Creep

How to protect fees, margins and client relationships when projects change

How to protect fees, margins and client relationships when projects change

Improve Project Profitability: An Architect’s Guide

Improve Project Profitability: An Architect’s Guide

Improve Project Profitability: An Architect’s Guide

Practical ways architecture practices can protect margins and make better commercial decisions

Practical ways architecture practices can protect margins and make better commercial decisions

Pricing Methods for Architects

Pricing Methods for Architects

Pricing Methods for Architects

When to use hourly rates, fixed fees or percentage pricing, and how to choose with confidence

When to use hourly rates, fixed fees or percentage pricing, and how to choose with confidence

Calculate Your Cost Rate in 3 Simple Steps

Calculate Your Cost Rate in 3 Simple Steps

Calculate Your Cost Rate in 3 Simple Steps

Why understanding your true cost rate is the foundation of profitable fees, resourcing and decision-making

Why understanding your true cost rate is the foundation of profitable fees, resourcing and decision-making

When to Hire: Key Decisions

When to Hire: Key Decisions

When to Hire: Key Decisions

Why workload visibility and forecasting matter more than instinct in mid-sized architecture practices

Why workload visibility and forecasting matter more than instinct in mid-sized architecture practices

Calculating costs

3 Questions for Profitable Firms

3 Questions for Profitable Firms

3 Questions for Profitable Firms

How clear insight into projects, clients and utilisation drives better decisions in mid-sized A&E firms

How clear insight into projects, clients and utilisation drives better decisions in mid-sized A&E firms

What Makes Firms More Profitable?

What Makes Firms More Profitable?

What Makes Firms More Profitable?

Why the most profitable firms spend less time on financial management and still make better decisions

Why the most profitable firms spend less time on financial management and still make better decisions

Architects model and plan drawings

A-Team Approach to Profitability

A-Team Approach to Profitability

A-Team Approach to Profitability

Why reallocating work across roles can dramatically improve utilisation and margins in 50–100 person A&E practices

Why reallocating work across roles can dramatically improve utilisation and margins in 50–100 person A&E practices

I Love Excel. I Hate Excel.

I Love Excel. I Hate Excel.

I Love Excel. I Hate Excel.

Why spreadsheets break down in 50–100 person architecture and engineering practices, and what works better

Why spreadsheets break down in 50–100 person architecture and engineering practices, and what works better

Arhcitects team meeting

Getting Project Fees Right

Getting Project Fees Right

Getting Project Fees Right

How accurate budgeting and disciplined scope control protect profitability in 50–100 person A&E practices

How accurate budgeting and disciplined scope control protect profitability in 50–100 person A&E practices

large architects studio open plan office

Working Capital Risks in A&E Firms

Working Capital Risks in A&E Firms

Working Capital Risks in A&E Firms

The financial blind spot that catches even well-run architecture and engineering practices

The financial blind spot that catches even well-run architecture and engineering practices

Architects model

How A&E Firms Win Better Projects

How A&E Firms Win Better Projects

How A&E Firms Win Better Projects

How Large Architecture and Engineering Firms Win More of the Right Jobs

How Large Architecture and Engineering Firms Win More of the Right Jobs

Fresh Projects is a UK-based software platform designed for architects, engineers, and other built-environment professionals to manage financial aspects of their projects. It helps teams track fees, timesheets, expenses, billing, and overall profitability to keep projects on budget and profitable. The platform also centralises project data, streamlines administrative tasks, and offers mobile app support for easy access and updates.

1a Colinette Road

London

SW15 6QG

© 2026 Fresh Projects