Architect’s Journal: Community Engagement: Innovative Approaches and Getting the Overall Fee Right

An open and practical conversation for architects and engineers who want to deliver meaningful community engagement while keeping fees sustainable. This webinar was hosted in partnership with Architects’ Journal and Fresh Projects.

“Within the scope you are delivering as part of community engagement, there are controllable elements you can price with a fixed fee. But for the fluid, repetitive aspects, a time basis balances both parties’ interests.” - Simon Berry, Founder of Fresh Projects.

What this webinar reveals:

Inside this session you will hear from practice leaders who are reshaping how firms manage community engagement. They share insights on innovative approaches, fee setting, and how to make sure social value work is recognised and properly resourced.

It is rooted in real projects and built on candid discussion. It is also the kind of clarity most architects say they never learned in architecture school.

In just under 60 minutes, you’ll walk away with:

• Fresh methods of stakeholder engagement, from trial markets to peer-led research
• How to use fee calculation software and practical scoping techniques to protect profit
• Why post-occupancy evaluation adds long-term value and how to resource it
• How to apply project profitability software to monitor scope creep and overruns
• First-hand stories from directors on the challenges of pricing engagement work

🎥 Watch the Recording On-Demand

The full recording is now available. Watch at your own pace, revisit key insights, and share with your team.

Meet Your Speakers:

• Simon Berry, Founder, Fresh Projects
• Holly Lewis, Co-Founder, We Made That
• Nick Hayhurst, Founding Director, Hayhurst & Co
• Tim Forster, Director, AWW

These speakers brought candour, practical tools, and actionable advice. Their insights can shape how you approach your next engagement project using the right architecture firm software and resource planning systems to keep both community and practice outcomes strong.

This is for you if...

• You're a Partner, Director, or Finance Lead at an architecture or engineering practice
• You’ve grown beyond 5 staff and want to scale without sacrificing profit
• You want better clarity on what’s working, what’s not, and how to build a sustainable business mode
• You’re ready to stop guessing - and start leading with confidence, data, and intention

Want to put the ideas from the webinar into action?

Get a quick 30-minute consultation with Fresh Projects - the platform purpose-built to help you track profitability, manage resources, and price with purpose.

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