Phase-gated project tracking, change-order workflows, and discipline-level reporting — without the AEC-specific software cost.
AEC firms run projects with formal phase gates (Schematic Design, Design Development, Construction Documents, Construction Administration, etc.), frequent change orders, multi-discipline team coordination, and utilization tracking that drives partner draws. Dedicated AEC tools (Deltek Ajera, BST, Newforma) handle this well but cost $50-100/seat. Tempough handles the time + project + billing + utilization layer at $11-13/seat with phases, milestones, and change orders as first-class concepts. It doesn't do BIM, CAD integration, or AEC-specific cost estimation — those stay in your existing tools.
Each project breaks into phases (SD, DD, CD, CA, or your firm's naming convention) with their own dates, hours budget, and status. Time rolls up per phase. Maps to AIA contract phase percentages naturally — you can bill 15% on SD, 20% on DD, etc.
Every AEC project gets scope changes. Log them as change orders on the project with scope, hours, and budget delta. Margin reports include change-order revenue so you see whether a year of "small" change orders covered their cost. Change-order audit log records who approved what.
Principal at $250/hr, project architect at $175/hr, structural engineer at $200/hr, designer at $115/hr — all logging time on the same project. Tempough's per-member rate model handles this. Per-phase rate overrides if your SD rates differ from CA rates.
Per-person billable %, with configurable annual targets. Practice-area splits on Team Pro (so structural utilization is visible separately from architecture). The data partner meetings actually run on.
AEC fees are often percentage-of-construction-cost or fixed-by-phase. Tempough tracks internal cost (hours × rate) regardless of billing model, so the margin report tells you whether a 6.5% fee actually covered the team's delivery cost. Important data for next-project fee proposals.
Subconsultants (mechanical, electrical, civil, landscape) bill the prime, which gets invoiced through to the client. Track sub costs as expenses on the project, flag for client rebill, and they appear on the invoice with markup. Standard AEC pass-through workflow without a separate tool.
Not the full feature list — the ones that map directly onto how architecture, engineering & construction firms actually work.
SD, DD, CD, CA — or your firm's convention. Time rolls up per phase.
First-class objects. Scope + hours + budget delta. Audit-logged.
Per-member + per-phase rates. Resolves automatically per attorney/engineer on each project.
Per-person billable %. Practice-area splits (Team Pro).
Per project, per phase. OT-aware. Reveals fixed-fee underbids.
Subconsultant costs flagged for pass-through. Appear on client invoice.
Team covers cost rates, margin reports, approvals, phases, and change orders. Team Pro adds team groupings for discipline splits (architecture vs. structural vs. interiors) + branded invoices + document distribution (handbooks, policies, MSA acknowledgment). AEC firms over 8 staff typically land on Team Pro.
The audience-specific case for switching from Harvest.
No credit card. Cancel any time. Full feature set during the trial.