Completix gives engineering firms one live view of fee, effort and commitment across every active job, so a scope change shows up as a number this month instead of a write-off at phase close.
Built for consulting engineers, EPC firms and owner side engineering groups running concurrent multi phase jobs with shared discipline leads.
| Project | Approved | Forecast | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northline Water Treatment UpgradeDetailed design | 4,850,000 | 5,120,000 | -270,000 Watch |
| Harbour Road Bridge RehabilitationConstruction support | 2,400,000 | 2,335,000 | +65,000 On plan |
| Eastfield Substation MEPFEED | 1,150,000 | 1,148,000 | +2,000 On plan |
| Kingsway InterchangeConcept | 780,000 | 845,000 | -65,000 Watch |
| Port Callan Terminal ExpansionDetailed design | 3,600,000 | 3,580,000 | +20,000 On plan |
It works until you have nine live jobs, four shared discipline leads and a client who wants to know why the fee moved. Here is what changes when the same five questions are asked of one record instead of three tools.
On an engineering job the damage is rarely one event. It is uncosted rework, a scope note nobody priced, and supplier commitments that were agreed but never landed in the cost sheet. Completix holds the approved budget, what has been spent, what is committed and where the job is expected to land, on the same record the project manager works in.
| Person | Committed to | Load |
|---|---|---|
| Ana RuizStructural lead | Northline 60% Port Callan 50% | 110% |
| Priya NairElectrical lead | Eastfield 70% Northline 45% | 115% |
| Devin ParkProcess engineer | Northline 40% Kingsway 30% Harbour Rd 20% | 90% |
| Sara OkaforCivil designer | Harbour Rd 50% Kingsway 50% | 100% |
| Tom WexlerGeotechnical | Northline 35% | 35% |
Engineering firms do not run out of work, they run out of the two or three people every job needs. Completix tracks allocation against named individuals rather than a role pool, so when a project manager asks for the structural lead in October, the answer accounts for every other job that person is already committed to.
That matters most in the weeks before a bid decision. Seeing that a discipline lead is already at 110 percent is the difference between phasing the start date and discovering the clash after the fee proposal has gone out.
Concept, FEED, detailed design, construction support. Each transition is where cost is locked in and where a firm's exposure changes. In Completix a phase closes at a gate review, and the approval is given by named reviewers under the policy you define.
Substituting a material, accepting a client instruction, extending design by four weeks. On the day these are ordinary calls. Eighteen months later they are the entire basis of a claim, and the firm that wrote them down as they happened is in a different position from the one reconstructing an email thread.
Completix keeps four separate logs on each project, risks, actions, issues and decisions. You work in one at a time, each with its own owner and dates. There is no automatic escalation and no promotion between logs, a person makes the call and the record shows it.
| Ref | Decision | Approved by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-014 | Substitute cast in place clarifier walls with precast panelsSchedule recovery, priced as change order CO-07 | R. Hale Project director | 12 May 2026 |
| D-011 | Extend detailed design by four weeksLate geotechnical results at pile location P4 | M. Duarte Client project manager | 28 Apr 2026 |
| D-009 | Retain existing inlet works, no replacement in scopeClient instruction, recorded against scope note SN-02 | M. Duarte Client project manager | 09 Apr 2026 |
| D-006 | Award SCADA package to Verrado ControlsQuote matched to purchase order PO-1184 | J. Feld Commercial manager | 21 Mar 2026 |
The status report in Completix is the live project record, not a document assembled from it. When you post a period it is frozen as a snapshot, so what the client saw in June stays exactly as it was in June while the project keeps moving.
The fastest way to judge this is against a project you are already worried about. We will set it up the way your firm runs phases, and you can see whether the fee position looks the way you expect.
Direct implementation, no system integrator engagement required.
