Built for architecture practices

Purpose-built for practices of every size.

Whether you are a 3-person studio or a 150-person multi-disciplinary firm, the operational challenges are the same — they just scale differently. Asite addresses them at every level.

1-6 staff — Micro Practice

Stop losing revenue to disorganisation

Micro practices punch above their weight on design quality — but leak fees through scattered files, undocumented scope changes, and disputes you cannot defend with evidence.

 

Projected return — micro practices (conservative scenario, £15/user/month)

Year 1 return

8x

3-Year return

11x

Payback period

< 6 weeks

Net 3yr benefit

£12k-£18k

* Projected based on conservative feature-to-benefit mapping and industry benchmarks (RIBA, AJ100). Actual results will vary. Calculate your specific ROI.

The challenges micro practices face

Financial leaks that compound over time and erode profitability.

  • Partners wear every hat — design, admin, billing — with no time for systematic information management
  • Write-off rates of 13-15% because unbillable time is impossible to defend without documentation
  • Client disputes resolved by reducing fees rather than producing evidence — because the evidence does not exist
  • Specialist knowledge lives in partners' heads with no structured capture
  • Lower utilization (50-65%) partly caused by time lost searching across personal drives and email

Industry benchmarks

Where practices typically are, and where Asite moves them.

Utilization Rate

Typical today

50-65%

With Asite

55-69%

Fee Recovery Rate

Typical today

82-88%

With Asite

86-92%

WIP Write-Offs

Typical today

13% of revenue

With Asite

10.5%

Time chasing information

Typical today

15 hrs/month

With Asite

10.5 hrs/month

Implementation priorities

What to focus on first for fastest ROI in a micro practice.

1 CRITICAL

Centralise project information

Connect drives, email, and tools. Asite indexes everything so you find anything in seconds.

2

Capture client communications automatically

Email integration ensures every instruction, change, and approval is attached to the right project.

3

Enable audit history from day one

From your first project, every action is logged. Invaluable when disputes arise.

4

Set up client portals

Share documents and models with clients without needing them to have accounts.

Quick wins in the first 30 days

AI search connected to email, SharePoint, and Dropbox
First reusable project template created
Client portal for your largest current project
Version control eliminating "_v3_FINAL_FINAL.pdf"
Basic dashboard showing live WIP vs. invoiced

7-22 staff — Small Practice

Scale what works. Eliminate what doesn't.

Small practices have enough people that coordination overhead compounds — but not enough to absorb it. Asite eliminates the coordination tax so every pound of fee goes further.

Projected return — small practices (conservative scenario, £15/user/month)

Year 1 return

9x

3-Year return

15x

Payback period

< 6 weeks

Net 3yr benefit

£55k-£85k

* Projected based on conservative feature-to-benefit mapping and industry benchmarks (RIBA, AJ100). Actual results will vary. Calculate your specific ROI.

The challenges small practices face

Financial leaks that compound over time and erode profitability.

  • Information scattered across SharePoint, ACC, personal drives, and email — no single source of truth
  • Coordination overhead (30+ hrs/month) consuming time that should be billable
  • Partners cannot maintain visibility across 10-20 live projects simultaneously
  • Write-offs accumulate because time is not tracked against scope
  • Version control errors cause rework — typically 11% of project fees wasted
  • Fee disputes resolved by compromise, not evidence, costing 7% of fees on average

Industry benchmarks

Where practices typically are, and where Asite moves them.

Utilization Rate

Typical today

55-65%

With Asite

58-68%

Fee Recovery Rate

Typical today

85-90%

With Asite

88-93%

WIP Write-Offs

Typical today

13% of revenue

With Asite

10.4%

Abortive Work Rate

Typical today

11% of fees

With Asite

8.7%

Coordination time

Typical today

30 hrs/month

With Asite

22.5 hrs/month

Implementation priorities

What to focus on first for fastest ROI in a small practice.

1 CRITICAL

Centralise all project communications

Email integration removes the single biggest source of information loss. All context becomes searchable and auditable.

2

Deploy partner dashboards

Partners need portfolio visibility without micromanagement. Dashboards provide it in a 5-minute morning review.

3

Standardise project templates

Create consistent delivery workflows that new team members can follow from day one.

4

Implement version control

Eliminate rework from wrong-version errors. The ROI on this single feature often justifies the platform cost.

Quick wins in the first 30 days

Partner dashboard showing all live project health
Email integration for all project team members
Standard project template applied to top 5 projects
Client portals for your 3 largest commissions
Version control with supersedure notifications
AI search across all connected systems live within 48 hours

23-55 staff — Medium Practice

Portfolio control at practice speed

Medium practices carry the coordination complexity of a large firm but often lack the systems to match. Asite gives you enterprise-grade project intelligence purpose-built for architecture.

Projected return — medium practices (conservative scenario, £15/user/month)

Year 1 return

10x

3-Year return

16x

Payback period

< 5 weeks

Net 3yr benefit

£120k-£180k

* Projected based on conservative feature-to-benefit mapping and industry benchmarks (RIBA, AJ100). Actual results will vary. Calculate your specific ROI.

The challenges small practices face

Financial leaks that compound over time and erode profitability.

  • Information chaos compounds across departments and offices — partners have no unified view
  • Poor cash management with WIP-to-cash averaging 105+ days, creating working capital pressure
  • Multi-project coordination meetings consuming 45+ hours per month
  • Inconsistent delivery quality between teams without standardised workflows
  • Version conflicts across disciplines causing expensive rework
  • PI exposure growing as complexity increases and documentation has not kept pace

Industry benchmarks

Where practices typically are, and where Asite moves them.

Utilization Rate

Typical today

62-68%

With Asite

65-72%

Fee Recovery Rate

Typical today

88-92%

With Asite

91-95%

WIP Write-Offs

Typical today

11% of revenue

With Asite

8.7%

WIP-to-Cash Days

Typical today

105 days

With Asite

92 days

Coordination time

Typical today

45 hrs/month

With Asite

33 hrs/month

Implementation priorities

What to focus on first for fastest ROI in a small practice.

1 CRITICAL

Deploy enterprise search across all offices

Cross-office information retrieval is the single highest-impact change for medium practices.

2

Multi-project portfolio dashboards

Partners and directors need a management layer, not just project-level visibility.

3

Standardise delivery workflows

Eliminate quality variation with standardised RIBA-stage workflows, templates, and checklists.

4

Deploy real-time coordination tools

Replace recurring coordination meetings with shared dashboards and async threads.

Quick wins in the first 30 days

Enterprise search across all offices and archives
Portfolio dashboard for all partners and associates
RIBA-stage workflow templates deployed
Email integration for all project leads
Cross-discipline supersedure notifications
Client portals for top 10 commissions
PI audit trails for all new projects
WIP dashboard with invoicing trigger alerts

55+ staff — Large Practice

Complexity mastered. Profitability maximised.

Large and multi-disciplinary practices generate information across 50-150+ staff and multiple offices. Asite turns that information from a liability into a strategic asset.

Projected return — large practices (conservative scenario, £15/user/month)

Year 1 return

15x

3-Year return

25x

Payback period

< 4 weeks

Net 3yr benefit

£250k-£380k

* Projected based on conservative feature-to-benefit mapping and industry benchmarks (RIBA, AJ100). Actual results will vary. Calculate your specific ROI.

The challenges large practices face

Financial leaks that compound over time and erode profitability.

  • Cross-office knowledge sharing is informal — expertise lives in individuals, not systems
  • Multi-discipline coordination requires a Common Data Environment that most practices lack
  • Partners spend 60+ hours per month in coordination meetings that could be eliminated
  • High cash exposure with WIP-to-cash at 120+ days, locking significant working capital
  • Inconsistent processes across offices leading to quality variation and client complaints
  • PI risk at scale is substantial — a single claim can cost more than the platform for a decade

Industry benchmarks

Where practices typically are, and where Asite moves them.

Utilization Rate

Typical today

65-70%

With Asite

68-75%

Fee Recovery Rate

Typical today

90-93%

With Asite

93-96%

WIP Write-Offs

Typical today

9% of revenue

With Asite

6.8%

WIP-to-Cash Days

Typical today

120 days

With Asite

105 days

Coordination time

Typical today

60 hrs/month

With Asite

39 hrs/month

Implementation priorities

What to focus on first for fastest ROI in a large practice.

1 CRITICAL

Deploy CDE as cross-discipline single source of truth

Eliminate inter-discipline coordination failures by connecting architecture, engineering, interiors, and landscape in one CDE.

2 CRITICAL

Enterprise search across all locations

Email integration removes the single biggest source of information loss. All context becomes searchable and auditable.

3

Advanced analytics for resource optimisation

Utilisation reporting across teams and offices. Identify underperforming projects and misallocated senior time.

4

Knowledge management at scale

Capture specialist research, past decisions, and institutional knowledge in searchable structures accessible to all.

Quick wins in the first 30 days

CDE connecting all disciplines live within 72 hours
Enterprise AI search across all offices and archives
Executive dashboards for directors and managing partners
Portfolio WIP and cash cycle intelligence
PI audit trails for all live and incoming projects
Cross-discipline supersedure notifications
Multi-office knowledge base initialised
Client portals for all major commissions

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