Embedded Payroll in CORE:
Group Demo
Thursday, December 11, 2025
12pm ET | 9am PT
Payroll Without the Busywork
Running payroll shouldn’t feel like running a project of its own. With CORE Payroll, powered by Gusto, you can process payroll, pay your team, and handle all tax filings without ever leaving the system you already use to manage projects and billing.
Whether you’re looking to save time, improve accuracy, or reduce compliance headaches, CORE Payroll helps A/E firms focus on what matters most: designing, building, and serving clients.
We’ll also leave ample time for Q&A, so you can get your specific payroll questions answered live.
Guest Speakers:
- Matt Cooper, BQE's Chief Executive Officer
- Chris Vernon, VP of Product Management
- Faisal Syed, Director of Product Management
During this session, you'll learn how integrated payroll can benefit your firm:
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Timesheet hours and pay rates flow automatically into payroll (ie: no manual re-entry).
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Payroll totals post instantly to CORE’s general ledger, giving you up-to-date financials.
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Real-time sync with Gusto reduces errors, shortens payroll cycles, and saves hours every pay period.
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Job costing data updates instantly, so you see the true cost of every project as it happens.
BQE CORE presents
Marketing, Business Development, and Client Economics
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
2pm ET | 11am PT
This Webinar earns 1 CEU
Every project begins long before a proposal is written. The way a firm positions itself in the market influences which clients call, what opportunities appear, and how much leverage the firm has when fees are discussed. Marketing, business development, and project economics are deeply connected, even though they are often managed as separate functions inside a firm.
In this session, Natalie Lozano, Director of Market Strategy at Toole Design, explores how planning and design firms can bring these pieces together into a more intentional growth strategy. Drawing on more than 25 years of experience working with architecture, engineering, and planning organizations, Natalie will share how firms can sharpen their positioning, build stronger client relationships, and pursue work that supports both mission and financial performance.
This conversation looks beyond marketing tactics to the underlying economics of client relationships. Attendees will explore how a firm’s message shapes the opportunities it attracts, how business development influences project profitability, and how leadership decisions about positioning ultimately determine the kind of work a firm wins.
For principals, marketing leaders, and business development professionals, this session offers a practical look at how aligning market strategy with firm economics can lead to stronger client partnerships, better projects, and more sustainable growth.
Guest Speaker:
- Natalie Lozano
Director of Market Strategy at Toole Design
During this session, you'll learn how to:
- 1Analyze how firm positioning and marketing strategy influence client selection, fee structure, and overall project profitability.
- 2Evaluate the relationship between business development decisions and project economics, including how early client engagement impacts scope alignment and financial outcomes.
- 3Identify strategies for selecting and pursuing clients and projects that support sustainable growth, reduce risk, and improve firm performance.
- 4Apply principles of value-based positioning and client communication to strengthen financial stability and support responsible, well-resourced project delivery that protects the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
Guest Speakers:
- Matt Cooper, BQE's Chief Executive Officer
- Chris Vernon, VP of Product Management
- Faisal Syed, Director of Product Management
Designed by A&E pros for A&E firms
We built the software that helped us run our own firms better. Since then, we’ve spent the last 30 years optimizing it. As the industry evolves, so does BQE CORE. It’s the only proposal-to-paid solution that empowers everyone at a firm to streamline processes, close workflow gaps, and unlock real-time visibility into project performance and profitability.
Finally, you can get back to doing the impactful work you love.