Case Study: Laurence Associates achieves clarity and remote project control with Total Synergy

How Laurence Associates’ managers, fee-earners, and clients got clarity amid Covid

Laurence Associates, an award-winning UK-based planning and architecture practice, faced significant challenges due to disparate, non-integrated systems for project management, timesheets, and finances. This lack of integration led to unclear project budgets, confusion for both staff and clients, and an inability to manage the practice remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic. They turned to Total Synergy's Enterprise platform to achieve clarity and integration.

By implementing Total Synergy's cloud-based platform, Laurence Associates gained an integrated system that links fee proposals, budgets, timesheets, and invoices. This provided fee-earners with clear visibility into project budgets and progress, allowed for flexible rate-setting, and enabled seamless remote collaboration for management. The result was greater operational clarity, reduced manual data entry, and the ability to maintain a clear, realistic pipeline of work during a crisis, ensuring the practice was ready for the 'new normal'.

Laurence Associates

Katherine Shannon

Business Manager