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The Substack publication behind these notes: from frustration to function, written from live practice work.

Architects’ Digital Handbook

Practical tools and smarter systems for architectural project delivery

A simplified overview of Building Information Modelling: what it is, what it is not, and how to keep the process useful on live projects.

BIM explained simply

A practical introduction to BIM for architects and industry professionals

architect and BIM manager

What a common data environment is, who should run it - all explained as simply as humanly possible.

A CDE is any shared repository where everyone on a project can access and share project information. The definition is simple. Choosing and running one is not.

Common Data Environment explained

CDE explained simply

Common Data Environment Explained Simply

Professional obligations for document management and QA apply to practices of all sizes. Drawing issue registers remain a core record of what was issued, when, and to whom.

ARB, RIBA, and Building Safety Act duties for drawing issue registers. Why practices of every size still need a clear record of what was issued, when, and to whom.

Drawing issue register requirements

Legislative requirements for drawing issue registers

Legal and professional requirements for drawing issue registers

What Rapport3 costs for about 100 people, and how Systemais Practice Admin App compares.

Practice Admin App compared with Rapport3 for timesheets, holidays, expenses, and the job book. About £5,000 a year, or £25,000 once. Rapport3 publishes no price; for about 100 people this page estimates £10,000 to £20,000 a year.

Rapport3 alternative for architecture practices

Rapport3 alternative

A Rapport3 alternative for a small or mid-size architecture practice

How a SharePoint intranet can replace the folder hunt with a live hub for news, standards, apps, and practice resources.

Why architecture practices still hunt through folders on a tenant they already pay for, and how a SharePoint intranet becomes a live hub instead of a file dump.

SharePoint intranet for architecture practices

Your company intranet is hiding in SharePoint

Most practices are still stuck in the folder maze

Share&Log was built out of frustration with tracking which drawing was sent to whom, and turning that record into a reliable QA trail.

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