About Architecture & Engineering Business Strategies
Welcome to The A&E Business Strategies—a podcast hosted by Monograph about the architecture and engineering leaders who run great projects and firms. Monograph is the easiest project management software used by 12,000+ architects & engineers to manage projects on time, on budget, and profitably. Learn more about how it works at Monograph.com
AI in Architecture and Engineering — 2026 Business Benchmarks w/ Ashish Desai | EntreArchitect
Architecture firms using AI are earning $20K more per employee on $5K more in cost. Ashish Desai, CEO of Monograph, breaks down the 2026 A&E Benchmark Report and what separates firms that are thriving from those that are stuck.
8 Aug 2025
How Should Architects + Structural Engineers Work Together? w/ Point B Design Group & A-1 Engineers
Why don't Architects sketch with clients anymore? And why don't Engineers invest in teaching their Architect collaborators?
These two Austin firms have revolutionized collaboration by front-loading coordination, using paper to build trust, and aligning billing phases perfectly.
In this episode, you will learn:
→ Why front-loading structural knowledge eliminates late-stage coordination disasters
→ How paper sketching prevents "too precious" client paralysis in early phases
→ The transparent billing model that forces perfect architect-engineer phase alignment
→ Why trust reduces process steps and speeds project delivery
→ How to break the linear design-coordinate-redline cycle that burns months
Meet our guests:
Maggie Wylie, AIA, is founder of Point B Design Group in Austin, Texas, specializing in residential and commercial projects with a focus on collaborative efficiency.
Moises Cruz is principal structural engineer at A-1 Engineering, bringing military training and forensic expertise to prevent construction failures. Together, they've completed 6 projects with 4 more in progress.
Ready to monitor your business health and make smarter decisions about when to hire, find work, or pull back?
Join over 12,000+ Architects and Engineers on Monograph! Get started at https://monograph.com (https://monograph.com)
4 Aug 2025
How this Architect quit corporate life to start a new firm but without all the growing pains
In this episode, two ex-corporate architects explain how running their own business actually meant less admin than being employees at a large company.
What you'll learn:
→ Why small firms can now punch above their weight with the right tools
→ How to set up professional operations in 30 days instead of months
→ The payment processing strategy that gets you paid in 27 days
→ Why custom corporate tools often create more problems than they solve
→ How to focus on design work instead of managing business systems
Danielle Elzahr and Bryan Anthony Alzati are the founding principals of Rescale Design Collab, a boutique architecture and interiors firm in Miami. They left successful careers at a large corporate firm to build a practice that prioritizes design over administrative overhead. With three people and a network of production partners, they work with commercial clients while maintaining the personal attention only small firms can provide.
Ready to build professional operations from day one? Learn more at monograph.com (https://monograph.com/)
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Apple Podcasts (US)
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