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The AI that keeps T&C projects profitable.

Subconsultants, variations, and multi-discipline budgets — Brunell ties every hour and every purchase order to the job your PM is actually running.

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Surprise write-offs from untracked subcon
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Full project WIP & budget status
15 min
Typical month-end billing run

Engineering firms deliver projects. Not paperwork.

Project managers shouldn’t spend evenings reconciling timesheets, POs, and variation registers while deadlines slip.

Subconsultant spend invisible until too late
Geotech, traffic, and specialist reports hit the inbox — allocating to jobs and markups is manual and error-prone.
Variations live outside the job
Client instructions approved in email don’t always update the live budget your team is tracking against.
T&M and fixed fee in one messy view
Different billing models on one project need one source of truth. Spreadsheets don’t scale past ten active jobs.
Without Brunell · a typical week

⚙️  PM exports timesheets from one system, costs from another.

📧  Geotech invoice — which job code? Three emails to confirm.

📋  Variation register in Excel; job budget in the ERP. Never the same number.

💸  Month-end: four hours building invoices job by job.

Your engineers bill. Your PMs administrate. That’s backwards.

One conversation for the whole project ledger.

Brunell knows your jobs, disciplines, subconsultants, and billing rules — and executes what you ask without opening five systems.

Project quote in plain English
"Quote 80% design for Highway 7 widening, $420k T&M cap." Tasks, rates, and subcon allowances drafted instantly.
POs and subcon on the job
Log purchases and pass-throughs with markup in one sentence — always attributed to the right WBS.
Live budget vs actual
"How's Burnham Bridge vs budget?" Hours, costs, variations, and WIP — canvas updates in real time.
With Brunell · same week
Status on Burnham Bridge — budget and WIP?
Burnham is $12k under fee cap, $31,200 WIP unbilled. Geotech subcon logged and marked up. Two open variations.
Raise variation VAR-04 for additional survey scope, $8,500
Variation recorded on Burnham. Client quote Q-2026-112 ready to send.
Invoice 80% of unbilled time and all approved subcon
Invoice INV-2026-044 created — $39,800. Send to client contact?
Total time: under a minute. Margin protected.
Engineering workflow

Commission to certificate —
tracked in one thread.

01

Win the work

Fee proposal with tasks, subcon placeholders, and billing mode — fixed, T&M, or capped.

02

Mobilise the job

Convert accepted quote to a live job; assign engineers and PM oversight.

03

Capture field & office time

Log hours by task and discipline; Brunell tracks against cap and budget.

04

Subconsultants & materials

Record POs, reports, and pass-throughs with markup — no orphan costs.

05

Variations & scope

Register client instructions; quotes and budgets stay aligned.

06

Progress & final invoices

Milestone or periodic billing — one command surfaces everything ready to bill.

"Our PMs used to dread month-end. Brunell turned it into a 20-minute conversation."

Marcus Reid, Operations Director — Ironwood Engineering, Manchester

Run projects, not spreadsheets.

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