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.
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Partners wear every hat — design, admin, billing — with no time for systematic information management
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Write-off rates of 13-15% because unbillable time is impossible to defend without documentation
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Client disputes resolved by reducing fees rather than producing evidence — because the evidence does not exist
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Specialist knowledge lives in partners' heads with no structured capture
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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.
Centralise project information
Connect drives, email, and tools. Asite indexes everything so you find anything in seconds.
Capture client communications automatically
Email integration ensures every instruction, change, and approval is attached to the right project.
Enable audit history from day one
From your first project, every action is logged. Invaluable when disputes arise.
Set up client portals
Share documents and models with clients without needing them to have accounts.
Quick wins in the first 30 days
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.
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Information scattered across SharePoint, ACC, personal drives, and email — no single source of truth
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Coordination overhead (30+ hrs/month) consuming time that should be billable
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Partners cannot maintain visibility across 10-20 live projects simultaneously
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Write-offs accumulate because time is not tracked against scope
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Version control errors cause rework — typically 11% of project fees wasted
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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.
Centralise all project communications
Email integration removes the single biggest source of information loss. All context becomes searchable and auditable.
Deploy partner dashboards
Partners need portfolio visibility without micromanagement. Dashboards provide it in a 5-minute morning review.
Standardise project templates
Create consistent delivery workflows that new team members can follow from day one.
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
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.
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Information chaos compounds across departments and offices — partners have no unified view
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Poor cash management with WIP-to-cash averaging 105+ days, creating working capital pressure
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Multi-project coordination meetings consuming 45+ hours per month
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Inconsistent delivery quality between teams without standardised workflows
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Version conflicts across disciplines causing expensive rework
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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.
Deploy enterprise search across all offices
Cross-office information retrieval is the single highest-impact change for medium practices.
Multi-project portfolio dashboards
Partners and directors need a management layer, not just project-level visibility.
Standardise delivery workflows
Eliminate quality variation with standardised RIBA-stage workflows, templates, and checklists.
Deploy real-time coordination tools
Replace recurring coordination meetings with shared dashboards and async threads.
Quick wins in the first 30 days
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.
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Cross-office knowledge sharing is informal — expertise lives in individuals, not systems
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Multi-discipline coordination requires a Common Data Environment that most practices lack
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Partners spend 60+ hours per month in coordination meetings that could be eliminated
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High cash exposure with WIP-to-cash at 120+ days, locking significant working capital
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Inconsistent processes across offices leading to quality variation and client complaints
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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.
Deploy CDE as cross-discipline single source of truth
Eliminate inter-discipline coordination failures by connecting architecture, engineering, interiors, and landscape in one CDE.
Enterprise search across all locations
Email integration removes the single biggest source of information loss. All context becomes searchable and auditable.
Advanced analytics for resource optimisation
Utilisation reporting across teams and offices. Identify underperforming projects and misallocated senior time.
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
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