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  "title": "Architecture Firm Automation: Projects, Coordination | Hebora",
  "meta_description": "Architecture firm automation: prospect qualification, project follow-up, intervener coordination, automated client reports. Without diluting the bespoke craft.",
  "h1": "Architecture firm automation: long projects, coordination, follow-up",
  "lead_paragraph": "Architecture firm: site follow-up without drowning the client in emails.",
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "The real problem in an architecture firm"
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "What can be automated in an architecture firm"
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "Step-by-step method to automate an architecture firm"
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      "text": "The five automations that change daily life"
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      "text": "How do you qualify an architecture prospect?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "What's the budget for a solo architecture firm?"
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      "text": "GDPR and project data?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "How do you automate without dehumanising the client relationship?"
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    {
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Does an architecture firm need a website?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "How do you integrate to professional software (Archicad, Revit, AutoCAD)?"
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      "level": 2,
      "text": "Want to automate your business?"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Mortgage broker automation"
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      "level": 3,
      "text": "Accounting firm automation"
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    {
      "level": 3,
      "text": "Law firm automation"
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      "text": "Real estate agent automation"
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    {
      "heading": "The real problem in an architecture firm",
      "intro": "An architecture firm runs 12-24 month projects with 8-15 interveners per project (contractor, engineer, PEB engineer, urban planning controller, surveyor, suppliers, client). Administrative coordination consumes 30-40% of a solo architect's time — time that's not drawing, not designing, not real value-add."
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    {
      "heading": "What can be automated in an architecture firm",
      "intro": "Prospect qualification by smart form (project type, construction budget envelope, available plot, urgency, urban planning constraints, ambition level). Automatic score to prioritise scoping meetings."
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    {
      "heading": "Step-by-step method to automate an architecture firm",
      "intro": "<strong>Step 1.</strong> Build the prospect qualification form (10-15 questions). Differentiate residential, renovation, extension, commercial, multi-unit."
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    {
      "heading": "The five automations that change daily life",
      "intro": "<strong>1. Prospect qualification form + scoring.</strong> Cost: 30-80 €/month (Typeform, Tally + integrations). Gain: -25 to -35% time wasted on unfundable prospects."
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    {
      "heading": "What to avoid in an architecture firm",
      "intro": "No automation of creation. Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, AI image generators are gadgets to explore moods or inspire in concept phase. None generate a deliverable project. Design stays 100% human — that's the main value-add."
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    {
      "heading": "Realistic costs and ROI for an architecture firm",
      "intro": "For a solo or 2-3 person firm, expect 100-300 €/month combined tools (project management + client portal + archiving + email). Hebora scoping fee between 1 500 and 4 000 € depending on scope."
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    {
      "heading": "FAQ",
      "intro": "Seven key questions. (1) Project type (new build, renovation, extension, commercial). (2) Construction budget envelope. (3) Available plot and urban planning. (4) Urgency and calendar flexibility. (5) Ambition level (basic, refined, signature architecture). (6) Specific constraints (PMR, PEB, heritage). (7) Decision maker (couple, joint ownership, professional)."
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    {
      "heading": "Want to automate your business?",
      "intro": "Hebora helps small and medium businesses in Brussels scope their automations before touching any tool. 30 free minutes to figure out what's actually worth automating in your context."
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    {
      "heading": "Related pages",
      "intro": "Lead pre-qualification, secure KYC, bank follow-up. FSMA-compliant."
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      "label": "Automations that genuinely structure daily life in a firm.",
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    {
      "label": "Communication with the urban authority: a flow to streamline.",
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      "label": "Mortgage broker automation",
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