Project management
Sales & Proposals
Time tracking
Invoicing
Financial Performance
Consulting Engineers
Architects
Town Planners
Building Designers
Software for Consulting Engineers
Stop Running Your Engineering Firm from Spreadsheets
Drum gives consulting engineers one place to manage their pipeline, track time across disciplines, monitor fee budgets and invoice through Xero. Built in Australia. Most firms are live within 14 days.
Real-time fee budgets
See which projects are on fee and which are burning through their budget. Spot overruns early, not when you sit down to invoice.
Time tracking engineers will actually use
Your team logs time against project tasks in seconds. No more chasing timesheets on Friday afternoon or guessing at month-end.
Pipeline and revenue forecasting
Follow every opportunity from initial enquiry to signed proposal. See what work is coming so you can plan resourcing ahead of time.
Invoice through Xero
Tracked time flows straight into Xero invoices. No double-handling and no re-keying data between systems.
Resource planning across projects
See your team's capacity at a glance. Allocate the right engineers to the right projects without overloading anyone or leaving capacity on the table.
Australian-built, Australian-hosted
Designed by a team that understands how Australian consulting engineers work, from sub-consultant coordination to government project reporting. Your data stays on Australian servers.
Built for how consulting engineers actually work
Multi-discipline project tracking
Manage civil, structural, mechanical and electrical workstreams within a single project. Monitor budgets and progress across every discipline, whether your team is leading or sub-consulting.
Fee variations and additional services
Log variations against the original scope so you always know where you stand on fee. Helpful when scope creep is the norm on government and council projects.
Professional fee proposals
Put together detailed proposals with hourly rates, fixed fees or a mix of both. Monitor win rates across your pipeline.
Deep Xero integration
Two-way sync keeps your project financials and accounting aligned. Turn tracked time into invoices with a few clicks, ready to send from Xero.
Drum's 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
Frequently asked questions
Common questions from consulting engineering firms about how Drum handles multi-discipline projects, fee tracking and Xero integration.
How does Drum's Xero integration work?
Drum integrates with Xero for invoicing, purchase orders, bills, payroll and leave requests. Drum's invoice integration automatically syncs in the background, so you never have to manually fetch new data.
Can I customise project templates in Drum?
Your project templates in Drum can be customised easily from the settings area of your account. If you need help customising your templates, reach out to our team and we'll be happy to help!
How does Drum help with financial tracking?
Drum tracks all time, costs and invoices for each project ensuring that the budget shows the project health in real time. You can see a high-level overview of your project's financial health from your project dashboard and you can dig deeper on each project as required. Drum captures total costs, WIP, remaining budget and much more.
How is time tracked against projects?
Billable time can be allocated to project phases in Drum via the project page or in the intuitive time-sheet tool. Staff can also track time against leave (synced with Xero) and business overheads.
Can we capture costs against projects?
Sub-contractor costs, disbursements or other expenses can be easily allocated to projects in Drum. Simply drag and drop the receipt or invoice onto the costs tab of one of your projects and Drum will import the line items and supplier for you! You can always just enter costs manually too!
How does invoicing work in Drum?
Drum's smart invoicing system allows you to raise invoices against projects and capture the unbilled time and costs against them. This provides you with insights on the profitability of each of your invoices and helps you track unbilled time and costs. A single click is all it takes to integrate your Drum invoices with your Xero account.