5 Tips for Maintaining a Healthy Culture at Engineering Firms

For engineering firms, a healthy culture that continues to evolve and adapt is the driving force for long-term company success. Positive work culture is linked to improved employee engagement, increased productivity, and higher profit margins. Simply put, happy employees equal happy clients and happy pockets. Wait — clients, too? Yes! Client churn is directly tied […]
How Engineering Firms Can Prevent Client Churn

Clients are arguably the most important aspect of running a successful and healthy engineering firm. What’s even more important is retaining them. Did you know it can be anywhere from five to 25 times more expensive to gain a new customer than to retain an existing one? So, how are you preventing client churn at […]
5 Things We’ve Learned from the Civil Engineering CEO Show
Good advice is invaluable. And for engineers, hearing advice from leaders in their industry can provide new ways of thinking and even a boost of confidence and reassurance in their work. BigTime Software recently partnered with the Engineering Management Institute as a founding sponsor of the show, The Civil Engineering CEO show, that features interviews […]
Trends & Predictions for Professional Services Firms in 2022 (From a CEO)
Whether we can believe it or not, 2022 is here. What does this mean for people and firms in the professional services industry? If it’s anything like the past two years, we can expect … well, the unexpected. Using what he’s learned and experienced firsthand throughout his career and leading a company through a pandemic, […]
5 Pieces of Advice Every Engineering Professional Should Know
Advice from people who’ve walked in your shoes is invaluable. This year, we set out with a goal to help build a community for industry leaders on how to successfully scale their business. We were fortunate to partner with EMI, and specifically its The Civil Engineering Podcast, to bring listeners a new series — […]
8 Tips From an Engineer Who Started a Business From Scratch
“That feeling of what the heck are we doing never really leaves you. You just keep at it until you figure it out and surround yourself with really smart people to help you get there.” The very first episode of our new series, Civil Engineering Entrepreneurs on The Civil Engineering Podcast, has recently published! […]