BQE CORE Quotes

After more than a decade of growth, our focus shifted. We didn’t need to get bigger. We needed to get better. CORE gave us the visibility to understand every project, every dollar, and every hour so we could make smarter decisions and build a stronger business.

Clint Harris, P.E.

CEO/President | Corsair Consulting

We’ve saved a tremendous amount of time in expense and time tracking, approvals, and invoicing. What used to be a tedious process is now streamlined, which means our team isn’t spending hours chasing numbers. Instead, they’re focused on design—on the creativity, the problem solving, and the client relationships that define who we are as a firm.

F. Christian Wise, AIA

Principal, Managing Partner | Andersson/Wise

Our profit margin has increased by 6 percentage points since we started using CORE. It was pretty low when we first transitioned, and we had some legacy projects that didn’t translate well, but we’ve hit our stride. Now the team understands the widgets—like when they see the green line drop below the yellow line, they know it’s time to push billing or follow up on deliverables.

Gabriel Benroth

Founding Partner, Studio & Information Director | INC Architecture & Design

Great Change. Going to BQE Core was a great change for our firm. We have found that keeping our worked hours and expenses has been much easier for staff, and project management has improved. It still seems that we keep finding great new features. Worth the change.

Brian Walker

Architect | Align Architecture & Planning

We used CORE to see where we were spending the most time with certain clients, and then adjusted our proposals to match. It gave us the insight we needed to align our fees with the service we were actually delivering.

Jaki Ellis

Principal | Britacan

E-payments have been a game-changer for us. As soon as a client pays, I receive a notification email that a payment has been initiated, and I don’t have to make a trip to the bank. It’s significant because I’m surprised how many people pay it instantly - over half of our payments each month are paid by ACH and arrive before the due date. And the fact that it’s automatically recorded in CORE is really nice. It’s a big time saver!

Jennie Lloyd

Managing Partner | Lloyd Architects

On the billing side is where we’ve seen the biggest impact. We’ve seen a huge reduction in the time it takes to get our invoices out, which obviously leads to getting paid faster for work that we’ve done. There is less lag time on getting invoices out to clients, which improves cashflow.

Kathryn Hill

Principal | Britacan

The automated reporting feature is phenomenal, since reports now go out like clockwork every month, and there is a more standardized layout. It's easier for our team to see the info they need and keep projects on track.

Kim Lennon

Operations Manager | Watts & Brown Engineering

Having everything integrated is insanely helpful. We get a clear picture of our company, budgets, project progress, everything – in maybe a fifth of the time or less than before. We're capturing and reporting at least 10 times more information. It's like jumping from AutoCAD to Revit.

Lindsey Engels

Founder, President, Principal Architect | Arclogica

The information we get out of BQE CORE has completely changed the way we run the business. Before, projects hovered between -10% and +5% profit, and we didn’t always know the problems until it was too late. Now, we can make better decisions in real time, manage our risk, and turn those same jobs into projects delivering over 10% profit.

Madhu Narayanasamy

Vice President | RRP Consulting Engineers

What used to take each project manager 10 hours a month now takes about 30 minutes. For me, the prep work went from half a day to almost nothing. That change has freed me to focus on running the business instead of chasing invoices.

Malory Atkinson

Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Shear Structural

Having a dedicated Customer Success Manager has been like night and day. They really have our back and make sure we’re using CORE the right way and getting the most out of the software. The relationship we’ve built adds so much value. It’s made all the difference.

Nancy O'Sullivan

Director of Operations | Acorn Engineering

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