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  • Platform
      Benefits
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      Win projects
      Target the right clients and win more profitable projects
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      Plan projects
      Balance workload, forecast new projects, and set teams up
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      Manage projects
      Deliver your firm's best work on budget and on time, always
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      Manage finances
      Strengthen finances with streamlined processes and live data
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      Use data
      Access real-time data to unlock insights and make decisions
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      Gain efficiencies
      Maximize efficiency firm-wide to focus on what matters most
      Features
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      Accounting
      Keep a pulse on your firm's financial health in real time
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      Billing & Invoicing
      Send accurate invoices in less time and get paid faster
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      CRM
      Power collaborative business development with built-in CRM
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      Integrations
      Seamlessly integrate the platforms you use with BQE CORE
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      Payroll
      Process payroll, pay your team, and file taxes within CORE
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      Project Management
      Take control with real-time visibility into project progress
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      Reporting & Analytics
      Access real-time reports that lead to smarter decisions
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      Resource Planning
      Build smarter staffing plans that optimize delivery and profit
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      Time & Expense Tracking
      Easily keep time and expense entries up to date
  • Solutions
      Role
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      Administrative Staff
      Keep the firm running at full speed
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      Finance Teams
      Manage cash flow, maintain financial clarity
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      Principals & Owners
      Keep your finger on the pulse of the firm
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      Design and Project Staff
      Know what to work on, when
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      Project Managers
      Take control of your projects
      Industry
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      Architecture
      Practice your passion, perfect your practice
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      Engineering
      Do what you love, automate what you don’t
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      Consulting
      Reclaim your time, and your focus
  • Why BQE
      Why BQE
      We understand your firm’s needs. Our founders created our best-in-class platform to more successfully manage their own project-based architecture and engineering firms — and depended on it to drive better outcomes every day.
      Our Story
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      Case Studies
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"I utilize BQE CORE for many Accounts Payable functions. It's streamlined programs makes my job so much easier. I've worked with several accounting softwares over my career. BQE CORE is one of my favorites. It's very easy to use and will make things so much easier. Looking forward to more upgrades and additional modules."
Dawn S.
DOAR

Finance can’t lead if the numbers don’t add up

As a finance leader, you’re here to provide strategic impact, not chase timecards. But disconnected tools create data silos, making it hard to align with project teams, manage cash flow, and make proactive decisions.
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Profit margins fluctuate without clear visibility into what’s driving it
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Finance uses one system, project teams use another, and data gets lost
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Project overruns aren't flagged until it’s too late
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You’re making critical decisions without real-time financial data
BQE CORE BENEFITS

Here's how you can use BQE CORE to enhance your strategic impact

BQE CORE takes the complexity out of financial management, giving you more insights, efficiency, and control.
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Win projects

Target the right clients, manage strong relationships, optimize your proposals, and win profitable projects.
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Plan projects

Balance your team’s workload, forecast for new projects, and set them up for success.
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Manage projects

Deliver your firm’s best work on budget and on time, every time.
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Manage finances

Strengthen your firm’s finances with streamlined processes and integrated project data.
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Use data

Access real-time data to unlock insights and make better decisions.
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Gain Efficiencies

Maximize efficiency firm-wide for more freedom to focus on what matters.
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GETTING STARTED

Clarity, accuracy, and efficiency start here

Introduce BQE CORE to your firm and move from reactive number crunching to proactive, strategic finance.
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See the software

Get a live demo and explore how BQE CORE empowers every function in your firm to run more efficiently and profitably.
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Get set up for success

Personalized onboarding and guided implementation will help you quickly get on the path to a practice that just works.
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Hit the ground running

Get the industry's only 24/7/365 live phone and email support, plus access to the BQE CORE community where you can learn from and interact with other users.
Begin the Transformation

Transformation stories

Learn how other firms have created order from the chaos and captured more opportunity by implementing BQE CORE.
Case Study

GCG Associates

GCG Associates easily manages projects and reduces their invoicing process workload by 10% with BQE's centralized system.
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RESOURCES FOR A&E FIRMS

Benchmark your firm's performance

In our inaugural benchmarking report, we created a set of metrics relevant to all firms by gathering customer data from more than 1400 A&E firms. With BQE CORE, firms can quickly and easily capture powerful data like this and convert it to actionable insights.
Download our A&E Benchmarking Report

$170,478

Average expense per employee

$41,914

Average profit per employee

83%

Average utilization rate (percent of total hours that are billable)

49.4 days

Average collection period
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EMPOWER EVERYONE IN YOUR FIRM

A connected system for firm-wide success

BQE CORE doesn’t just support finance teams. It connects you with the rest of the firm for greater collaboration, efficiency, and profitability.
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Owners and Principals

Have your finger on the pulse of the firm
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Design and Project Staff

Know what to work on, when.
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Project Managers

Take control of your projects.
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Administrative Staff

Keep the firm running at full speed.
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FAQs

Have questions about how BQE CORE helps finance teams stay strategic? Get answers to common questions about how to leverage the platform’s powerful, purpose-built features to manage budgets, track expenses, and drive profitability.
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