In today's competitive landscape, engineering consultancies face unprecedented pressure to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with minimal risk. While businesses have traditionally shown low tolerance for failed transitions, we're witnessing an acceleration in digital adoption driven by compelling market forces. The question is not if your consultancy should…
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Digital transformation is supposed to unlock efficiency, insight, and growth. Yet, research consistently shows that most digital transformation projects fail. A 2023 University of Warwick paper put it bluntly: technology projects stumble when software vendors expect the tech to “do it all” instead of working hand in hand with business…
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For engineering consultancies, Cost Time Resource (CTR)s are central to how projects are planned, estimated, and delivered. Yet despite their importance, because there is no single software tool for managing CTRs alone, engineering project teams typically rely on Excel spreadsheets or try to force-fit an ERP to manage CTRs. Both…
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Proposal writing is critical to winning new work but the process is often time-consuming, manual and disjointed. Many teams struggle with formatting inconsistencies, version control challenges and critical data spread across multiple spreadsheets. For consultancies, maintaining high utilisation is crucial to profitability and in an increasingly competitive market, this has…
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We’re excited to share the latest updates to Proteus. Proteus v2.10 is focused on streamlining billing processes and improving how you access and report on your project data. These new features are designed to: help your teams work more efficiently stay on top of project performance drive profitability. Cut admin…
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The Real-World Impact on Engineering Consultancies Across engineering consultancies, especially those managing complex projects in energy, infrastructure, and environment, digital transformation is no longer optional. With legacy tools and fragmented systems impeding performance, firms are under pressure to modernise their project operations and improve visibility, efficiency, and control. Project management…
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Choosing the right project management software is critical for engineering consultancies aiming to scale efficiently, reduce administrative overhead, and deliver projects profitably. In this detailed comparison, we break down how Proteus and Deltek Vantagepoint stack up in areas like cost, implementation, usability, and reporting, so you can decide which solution…
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In the world of project management, having access to relevant, accurate, timely and actionable data is imperative. As we move through 2025, project teams are under more pressure than ever to deliver project work on time and within budget. To support that, we’ve compiled a fresh set of project management…
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The Operational Layer Engineering Consultancies Are Missing Across engineering consultancies, especially those delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects in energy, infrastructure, and the environment, digital transformation is well underway. Most firms already run enterprise software like Oracle, NetSuite, or Microsoft Dynamics to manage finance and operations. They use CRMs like Salesforce or…
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