For design practicesFor architecture and interior design practices
From first contact to finished works, with no project left on hold.
4 ready-made processes with bases and dashboards: prospect triage, briefing and a fee proposal the client accepts by link, the design step by step, and site follow-up. Free for 14 days, no card.
Ready in 2 minutes, right in the browser, nothing to install.
Practice in progress
Studio Vale Architecture · architecture kit
- Helena PradoProspect triageLog the prospectin 5 h0/2BV
- Carol and Ray NunesBriefing and fee proposalClient acceptance3/6BV
- Marcus TaylorBriefing and fee proposalPrepare the fee proposal2/6TS
- Lins HouseArchitectural design projectClient sign-off on the design development3/8TS
- Vieira ApartmentArchitectural design projectSchematic design1/8BV
- Lakeview HouseSite follow-upSite visitin 2 days1/3BV
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- SketchUp
- Spreadsheets
- Gmail
The kit
Everything the practice needs, already in your account
It arrives in its own folder, as a starting point. Adjust the steps, fields, deadlines and owners to the way your practice works.
“Tell us about your project” form
Every submission opens the triage with the prospect logged.
A public link for your website or Instagram. Kind of project, location, area and what the client has in mind. Every submission opens the triage with the prospect logged.
Public form
Prospect triage
A quick call before spending an afternoon on a briefing.
The prospect is saved in Clients and a quick call with the architect in charge tells whether the project fits. If it does, the briefing is booked.
2 steps
Briefing and fee proposal
Fee per sq m or fixed, acceptance by link, contract.
Briefing, property survey, a fee per sq m or fixed, client acceptance by link, and the contract, or the reason it was not signed.
6 steps
Architectural design project
From schematic design to delivery, with client sign-off.
Starts on its own with the contract signed and the scope copied over: schematic design, design development signed off by the client, permit drawings, construction documents and delivery.
8 steps
Site follow-up
Visits with photos and a final walkthrough, repeating until the works end.
When the design is delivered with follow-up contracted, the visits start on their own: photos, what the builder must fix, and the final walkthrough.
3 steps
Clients and Partners
Each client's status updates at every step.
Each client's status updates at every step, from prospect to works completed. Engineers, builders and suppliers live in Partners.
2 bases
In practice: one client from first contact to the works
No step left hanging
Tell us about your project
Your nameWhat kind of project?Where is it?Approximate area (sq m)Send1
The prospect tells you about the project
Whoever fills in the form lands straight in the triage, already saved in Clients. The quick call goes to the architect in charge. If the project fits, the briefing is booked and the proposal opens on its own.
Studio Vale Architecture
Fee proposal
ProjectApartment renovationArea120 sq mRate per sq m$95Design schedule75 daysValid untilNov 30Design fee$11,400Accept the proposalAsk for changesDecline2
The client accepts the proposal by link
The fee is calculated, with what is included and the expiry. The client accepts, asks for changes or declines on the phone, with no account. Contract signed, the design starts.
Architectural design project
Lins House
- Open the project
- Schematic design
- Design development
- Client sign-off
- Permit drawings
- Construction documents
- Deliver the design
3
From schematic design to the works
The design follows its steps, with the client signing off the design development. Delivered with site follow-up contracted, the visits open on their own and the client shows as in works.
New business
Last 180 daysProspects (90 days)
23
Open proposals
6
Fees in open proposals
$186K
Contracted (180 days)
$412K
How far proposals get
- Briefing18
- Survey15
- Proposal sent12
- Client acceptance9
- Contract signed6
Why proposals were not signed
- Price38%
- Chose another professional31%
- Postponed or gave up19%
- Stopped answering12%
How much came in, how much is at stake and where proposals are lost.
The dashboards build themselves from what the practice records at each step. No side spreadsheet, no asking for updates in the chat.
- Prospects from the last 90 days and by kind of project
- Open proposals and the fees at stake
- How much was contracted in the last 180 days
- How far proposals get and why they are not signed
- Clients and fees by source, where the good projects come from
- Designs in progress, overdue and by step, and the sites being followed
Questions
Questions practice owners ask
Is it for interior design too, or only architecture?
Both. The form asks whether the project is a new house, a renovation, interior design, commercial or a permit, and the briefing, proposal and design flow is the same. If your interior design steps are different, rename and adjust them.
Does it replace AutoCAD, Revit or SketchUp?
No. Cadenio handles the practice's process: who takes the prospect, what the proposal covers, when the client signs off the design development, who visits the site. Drawings stay in the software you already use, and the files go in as attachments on the steps.
Does the client need an account to accept the proposal?
No. They get a link, see the proposal PDF, the fee, the schedule and the expiry, and answer on the phone or the computer: accept, ask for changes or decline. The answer goes back to the proposal right away.
How much is it after the 14 days?
The trial asks for no card: you only pay if you stay. After that, pick the plan that fits your practice.
See plans and pricingCan I change the steps, the fields and the deadlines?
All of it: steps, fields, deadlines, owners and the form. The kit is a starting point, and every practice has its own way of running briefing, sign-off and site visits.
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