> Projects split into phases and deliverables, tasks assigned to the technical team, hours and margin of every project always visible, client reports ready.

Source: https://hice.ai/en/sectors/engineering-firms
# Every project under control, phase by phase and hour by hour.

In an engineering firm, work moves in phases: survey, design, construction administration. hice splits each project into your phases and deliverables, collects the team's hours on each one, and tells you where you stand and how much margin you have left.

Free for up to 10 people, no credit card required.

## One project, from start to finish

As you scroll, you move through the phases of the sample project. Each bar sits in its place on the calendar and fills up as you read: the dashed outline is the plan, the solid fill is the hours used.

### Set up the project once: phases, deliverables and planned hours

Open Client Gamma's project and split it into your phases, each with its deliverables (the drawings and documents to hand over), deadlines and the hours you expect. You choose the phases: these are just an example. From then on, hice compares the plan with what actually happens.

### Everyone knows what to do, and you see who's overloaded

For each phase you create tasks and assign them to people on the technical team, with a deadline. Before assigning more work you see how busy everyone is: if Emma is already fully booked this week, you know right away.

### Hours land on the right phase

Each engineer logs hours against the project and the phase, from the office or from the site with the mobile app. The manager approves them, and the hours go into the phase's tally.

### See in time if a phase is eating your margin

For each phase you see where you stand and how many hours you've used against the plan. The project margin updates with approved hours: if construction documents cost more than planned, you see it as it happens and can talk to the client about it.

### The client report is already drafted

When the client asks where things stand, hice drafts the report with phases, progress, hours and deliverables handed over. You read it, adjust it and send it: no more afternoons spent piecing data together from different folders.

## What changes at the firm

### For you, the owner

- You know which projects pay off and which don't, while they're still open.
- You decide on today's numbers, not on last month's spreadsheet.

### For the technical team

- Everyone sees their own tasks and deadlines, in one place.
- Hours take a minute to log, even from the site.

### For your client

- They get clear progress reports whenever they ask.
- They know where their project stands, phase by phase.

## Questions engineering firms ask us

No. You choose the phases and deliverables, project by project. The ones on this page are just an example.

With the mobile app, by choosing the project and the phase. The manager approves them and the hours go into the phase's tally.

Yes. We import the data for you from Excel or the management software you use, along with your history: migration is included in the Business and Enterprise plans.

## Open your next project in hice, phase by phase.

Start with one project and its team: your account is ready in two minutes. If your open projects are in Excel, we'll import them for you.

- Free for up to 10 people
- No credit card required
- Data migration with Business

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