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Ochre Benefits

4/10/2022

The Ochre Bookkeeping System For Small-Firm Architects
Benefits And Features

Architectural Bookkeeping App Evaluation

5/2/2021

Architectural Bookkeeping Evaluation

Most small firm architects are unhappy with their bookkeeping application. This is an evaluation of what is available.

Your BOF

2/14/2021

Billing Overhead Factor

Determining your Billing Overhead Factor [BOF] can be an eye-opening exercise.

I learned this technique from Paige Highfill, an architect, who was teaching other architects how computers can be used in architecture even before CAD came along. When I tried out the calculation, I was shocked to find that we were losing $15 per hour on every hour we billed! I suggest that you avoid that situation.

What Does An Architect's Fee Include?

2/7/2021

Fees

The short answer is Basic Services.

Daily Timekeeping

1/31/2021

Timesheet

If you don’t document your time daily, is it timekeeping or something else?

The TOC

11/7/2020

Table Of Contents

Uses For The Technical Specifications Table Of Contents

Using And Setting Up Trello

11/2/2020

Trello-PM

This is one of the chapters in my e-book, Trello-PM. I want to give you a glimpse at what it is like to get set up with Trello™. See what you think...

Vision-Mission-Goals

8/25/2020

These terms just might be meaningless.

Downsize Your Accounting

8/25/2020

Architectural Bookkeeping

What You Need To Know

93% of architectural firms don't need accounting - bookkeeping is plenty.

Invoicing Issues

3/7/2020

The most important things about invoices.

Consultants

2/15/2020

What I have learned about working with consultants.

The Technical Design Diagnostic

2/1/2020

Technical Design Diagnostic

Leverage Design Time

The best way to understand what a good design solution requires is NOT to start designing.

What's The Problem

1/26/2020

Project Management

During my entire career I didn't understand what
Project Management should look like.

What's The Solution

1/25/2020

PM Solution

If the problem is quality control headaches, the lack of consistency, excessive re-work, and an unprofitable practice, what's the solution?

The Ten Commandments

11/25/2019

The 10 Commandments of Computerization

McLeod’s Commandments have proven to be timeless.

Invoice Numbering

11/16/2019

invoice numbering

By now every method of invoice numbering has probably been tried.
However, this one is the best.

Working With A Building Committee - A How To

10/12/2019

Working with Building Committees

A Building Committee seems to be the preferred project management method for non-profits, church-based organizations and higher education.

T12M Charting Tool

9/30/2019

T12M Chart

I have Kraig Kramers to thank for describing how this tool works.
The tool is called a ’Trailing 12 Month’ chart.

Top Level Organizing

9/22/2019

Top Level Organizing

Organizing the 40+ subjects an architect works with.

How To Use A Master Deliverables Checklist

9/14/2019

Deliverables Checklist

The master deliverables checklist and its many uses.

The Main Thing Different About Working For A Public Client

8/26/2019

Public Work

That one thing that is common to all public clients...

Fees in MyCorbu

8/17/2019

Fees

A description of how Fees and Invoices might work.

PTO Tracking

7/20/2019

PTO Tracking

How I track PTO

You Probably Need Trello - Lucky Its Free

5/11/2019

Trello

I love checklists and tools that help you manage your work.

Organizing Your Files In The Cloud

3/9/2019

Organizing Files

If you are happy with your way of storing your files, then this won't help you. If not, you may get an idea or two here.