Software for Building Design Practices

Run Your Building Design Practice Without the Spreadsheets

Drum gives building design practices a single place to manage their pipeline, track time against project stages, keep fees on target and invoice through Xero. Most practices are up and running within 14 days.

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Project management for building designers

Track time by project stage

Log hours against concept design, design development, construction documentation, council approvals or any custom stage your practice uses.

Know your project margins

See live profitability across every project. Catch when design revisions or drawn-out approvals are pushing you past your quoted fee.

Stay on top of new enquiries

Track every opportunity from first phone call to signed fee proposal. See your weighted pipeline at a glance and forecast the months ahead.

Invoice through Xero

Tracked time and expenses flow straight into Xero invoices. No re-keying, no end-of-month catch-up.

Plan your team's workload

See who has capacity and who is stretched across too many projects. Know when you can take on a new residential job and when to push start dates back.

Australian-built, Australian-hosted

Made by a team that understands the way Australian building design practices work. Your data is stored on Australian servers.

Built for how building design practices actually work

Flexible project stages

Organise projects around the way you actually work, from initial brief and concept sketches through design development, council submissions and construction documentation.

Professional fee proposals

Put together detailed proposals with fixed fees, hourly rates or a mix of both. Set follow-up reminders so outstanding quotes don't slip through the cracks.

Simple time tracking

Quick, straightforward time entry that logs every hour against the right project and stage. Your team will pick it up in days, not months.

Deep Xero integration

Two-way sync keeps your project financials and accounting in lockstep. Turn tracked time into invoices with a few clicks.

Building design practice project management dashboard

Drums philosophy of being a ‘single source of truth’ has allowed us to manage project data simply and accurately.

It has helped streamline our processes and we have found the team to be accommodating in all regards.

Lauren Sutton

Accounts Manager - Projex Partners

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