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Ofivio AECFor architects, engineers and contractors

Everything comes ready-made for the practice: the stages, the documents and job titles like Project Manager and Associate Architect. An architect's account opens with Studio and a contractor's with Build & Site; the other is a module in OfiMart.

Departments

StudioProjects, stages, deliverables, drawings and packets ManagerYour team, its tasks and approvals HRStaff, attendance, leave and payroll FinanceInvoices, expenses and budgets, in single entry

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Ofivio BusinessFor every company outside AEC

Project management you shape yourself. Nothing is preset: tell Ofivio what you do, and it names the stages, the job titles and the fields for your kind of work.

Departments

Project ManagementCreate any project, track its money, put people on it ManagerYour team, its tasks and approvals HRStaff, attendance, leave and payroll FinanceInvoices, expenses and budgets, in single entry

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Ofivio EssentialsFor accounting firms and HR departments

Books and People together in one lighter product, at a lower price. It stands on its own and is not added to Ofivio AEC or Ofivio Business.

Departments

BooksA set of books for every client, with vouchers and statements PeoplePayroll, salary structures, advances and staff letters

From ₨ 5,700 a monthOpen Essentials →

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PricingThree products, every plan OfiMartModules, bought inside Ofivio VO & ARKAVO Chat, VO Voice and ARKA Ofivio MobileThe Android app, with every plan

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Construction managementWhat a contractor actually needs a system to do Accounting for construction companiesWhat construction does to a ledger that general accounting does not expect Architecture practice managementThe bar a practice tool has to clear Project managementWhat separates a delivery tool from a task board AccountingWhat a working set of books needs to do HR for small businessThe things that actually take the time PayrollWhat a payroll run has to account for ProcurementThe chain that has to hold BOQWhat makes a bill usable rather than just present Quantity surveyingWhat the QS desk has to hold Client portalWhat an approval record has to be →All solutionsEvery problem we have written a page for

Learn Ofivio

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From the blog

ProductsOfivio Essentials, explained: Books and People, on their own ProductsOfivio Business, explained: project management that shapes itself to what you do ProductsOfivio AEC, explained: one product for architects, engineers and contractors

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Bills of quantities and quantity surveying

The bill of quantities is the most re-used document on a project and the least respected one in software. These articles are about writing one that still works at certification. See BOQ software.

BOQ and bill of quantities software

BOQ software for architects — and why most of it is built for contractorsSearch for BOQ software and you mostly find contractor estimating tools. They solve a related but genuinely different problem, which is why they feel wrong in an architect's hands.How to prepare a bill of quantities that survives the siteEvery construction project stands on its bill of quantities, and most BOQ problems are baked in on day one. Here is the preparation process that holds up — whoever you are preparing it for.

8 minutes of reading in this section.

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Running an architecture practice11 articles
Drawings, revisions and document control2 articles
Construction, the site, and getting paid for it4 articles
The money side of a project business2 articles
People, payroll and the roster1 article
Property, tenancies and the rent roll1 article
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Building and designing in Pakistan3 articles
The new Ofivio: three products, explained4 articles

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Reading about how a practice should run is cheaper than software and slower than trying it. A free trial with your own projects in it answers more in an afternoon than any article.

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