For many A&E firm owners, the business is their most valuable retirement asset. This session shows how smart succession planning protects your practice and builds long-term wealth. Learn the essential steps for ownership transition — from financial strategy to developing future leaders — so your firm thrives beyond your tenure and your hard work pays off.
Webinars
Our engaging webinars are run by some of the brightest minds in the professional services industry who are ready to offer advice and expertise to help you manage your firm. As a bonus, you can earn continuing education credits for qualifying courses.
Webinars
Thursday, February, 5th 2026 | 1pm ET | 10am PT
Don't Let Cashflow Bankrupt Your Architecture or Engineering Firm
Many firms focus on profitability, yet still find themselves struggling to pay bills, fund growth, or weather uncertainty. The reason is simple: profit and cash are not the same thing. This webinar breaks down why even profitable firms run into cash flow trouble, and what firm leaders can do about it.
Webinars
Wednesday, February, 11th 2026 | 2pm ET | 11am PT
MBA Session 2: The Macroeconomics of the A/E Industry
Architecture and engineering firms operate within a complex economic environment, and understanding that larger landscape is essential for making informed business and project decisions. This session introduces an MBA-style framework for interpreting the macroeconomic forces that influence demand, competition, and long-term opportunity in the A/E industry. Austin Miller will examine key indicators such as the Architectural Billings Index, interest rates, and infrastructure spending, and explore how globalization, AI, and the evolving alternative A/E practices shape the competitive landscape. Using tools like Porter’s Five Forces and SWOT analysis, attendees will learn how to connect external market dynamics to internal firm strategy, resource planning, and project forecasting.
Webinars
Wednesday, February, 18th 2026 | 1pm ET | 10am PT
The Chart of Accounts: Your AE Firm’s Path to Financial Control
Part 2 of the ‘Blueprint for Success’ Masterclass Series
The chart of accounts is the bedrock of financial insight for your AE firm. In this course, Douglas Teiger, FAIA, demystifies some often-confusing, essential accounting terms and equips you with the power to wield them effectively. Discover the art of creating a customized chart of accounts, tailored to the unique needs of your AE firm, and dive deep into its organizational prowess, understanding how it can illuminate the flow of money within your practice. Join Douglas as he takes you beyond the numbers! Learn how your chart of accounts becomes the cornerstone of budgeting, empowering you to set ambitious goals and navigate the financial terrain of the upcoming quarters with precision.
Webinars
How to Get Employees to Think and Act Like Owners
Create a culture where employees think like owners. Join CFO Sean Cristea and President Douglas Zabonick as they share practical strategies for building financial literacy, transparency, and shared accountability across your firm. Learn how to empower teams, strengthen decision-making, and align performance with long-term success.
Webinars
Rewriting the Fee Formula: A Smarter Model for Pricing Your Services
Most A&E firms deliver great work but don’t get paid what they’re worth. In this 50-minute session, learn why traditional pricing models fall short — and how value-based pricing can better reflect your expertise, improve margins, and help you win the right projects. Walk away with strategies to stop competing on cost and start capturing the value you create.
Webinars
The Economic Outlook for A&E Firms: What the Data is Telling Us
Join Aziz Sunderji, founder of Home Economics and former economic strategist at Barclays Investment Bank, for a data-driven look at the forces shaping the architecture, engineering, and construction industries. Drawing on more than 14 years in global finance and his time at the Wall Street Journal, Aziz uses compelling graphics, charts, and data visualizations to cut through the noise, reveal the economic trends that matter most to A&E firms, and project where the industry is headed next.
E-books & Guides
Improve your efficiency and profits with expert advice on project management, billing, top KPIs and more.
Whether you want an inside look at how to measure project performance or you’re looking for the best advice on building a stronger ROI, our complimentary e-Books and guides have the answer.
E-books & Guides
Firm Management Software Buyers Guide
A comprehensive buyer’s guide to evaluating firm management software for architecture and engineering firms.
E-books & Guides
2025 Architecture Salary Report
Our Architecture Salary Report gives firm leaders and professionals a clear view of pay trends across roles, regions, and firm sizes.
E-books & Guides
2025 Engineering Salary Report
Compensation drives retention and growth, and our Engineering Salary Report provides the hard data you need to get it right. Built on a large pool of anonymous industry salary data points, this report reveals pay trends across disciplines, career stages, and geographies.
E-books & Guides
Firm Valuation & Transition Report
You know your firm’s worth, now learn how to grow it. Download your next-step guide to building a more valuable, sellable architecture or engineering practice. This report was written in collaboration with the Business of Architecture.
E-books & Guides
2025 Architecture Benchmarking Report
Clarity starts with understanding how your firm is really performing—and how it compares to the rest of the industry.
E-books & Guides
2025 Engineering Benchmarking Report
Whether you’re monitoring utilization, managing labor costs, or forecasting revenue, it’s difficult to make the right decisions without industry context. The 2025 Engineering Firm Benchmarking Report helps you change that.
Tools & Templates
Running an A&E firm is complex, but the right tools can make it easier. These resources, templates, and tools were built to help you streamline operations, improve profitability, and focus on the work you love so you can build a thriving, efficient firm with confidence.
Tools & Templates
A&E Salary Map
Our salary visualization tool is an interactive resource with anonymous, industry-specific data you won’t find anywhere else, this report helps you benchmark compensation, address pay equity, and make informed staffing decisions.
Tools & Templates
A/E Firm Management Software ROI Calculator
Model the ROI of modern firm management software with a calculator built for architecture and engineering firms.
Tools & Templates
Checklist: Essential Features of Firm Management Software
A simple checklist to identify the essential features your firm needs when evaluating management software.
Tools & Templates
Firm Valuation Calculator
Understanding your AE firm’s value is the first step toward smarter business decisions, whether you’re planning for growth, succession, or a future sale. Get a quick, data-driven estimate with BQE's Firm Valuation Calculator and see where your firm stands.
Tools & Templates
AEC Software Survey
How are AEC firms using technology? Join our industry survey to uncover trends in software tools, integrations, and digital transformation. Brought to you by AEC+Tech and BQE CORE.
Tools & Templates
Revenue Projection Template
Plan with confidence using our Revenue Projection Template. Forecast future income across your project pipeline to make informed business decisions.
Blog
From industry trends and product updates to time-saving strategies and expert advice, we’re here to empower your firm with knowledge that drives results. Stay ahead of the curve with content designed to simplify operations, improve profitability, and help your team thrive.
Blog
3 February, 2026
If Your Firm Isn’t Performing, Look At The Organizational Design
A few months ago, I worked with an AEC firm that wasn’t performing the way its leaders expected. Revenue was soft in a few sectors, frustration was...
Blog
26 January, 2026
Investing in Mentorship: A Strategic Imperative for Sustainable Firms
Investing in Mentorship: A Strategic Imperative for Sustainable Firms In today’s architectural and design firms, mentorship is often discussed as a...
Blog
21 January, 2026
How to do AIA Invoicing & Billing: Formats, Templates & Examples
Master AIA invoicing with our complete guide. Learn to fill out G702 and G703 forms, review real billing math, and download free AIA-style templates....
Case Studies
We’re excited to showcase our customers and their stories of achievement using BQE CORE. Learn how BQE customers build better projects and improve their firm’s profitability.
Case Studies
Heights Venture Architecture + Design
From Battleship to Speedboat: Transforming How Architects Manage, Design, and Deliver
Case Studies
Shear Structural
Discover how Shear Structural, Georgia’s only woman-owned structural engineering firm, cut invoicing from 10 hours to 30 minutes with BQE CORE.
Case Studies
INC Architecture & Design
How INC Architecture & Design Built a Smarter, More Profitable Practice
Congrats to INC Architecture & Design Partners for being inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame!
