Revenue Intelligence
See how proposals, wins, starts, and active work connect so future revenue is not a guess made from scattered spreadsheets.
Executive Systems for AEC Owners
AI-Powered Owner Control Systems for AEC Firms
When backlog feels uncertain, reporting arrives late, and margin risk shows up too late, growth becomes harder to trust. Sunrise builds the owner control system that gives leadership a clearer line of sight.
Backlog feels softer than the report suggests
Revenue visibility changes too late to plan confidently
Margin risk shows up after the damage is already done
The owner is still the system holding the picture together
Owner control viewLive signal layer
Revenue outlook
Pipeline, wins, starts, and active work aligned
Backlog movement
Committed work, timing shifts, and delivery load visible
Margin watch
Projects trending off-plan surfaced earlier
Executive AI summary
Key changes and owner priorities distilled weekly
The Problem
If you cannot trust your backlog, reporting, or margin view, growth gets expensive fast.
The pain usually looks the same: answers are scattered across proposals, projects, spreadsheets, and delayed reports while the owner becomes the bottleneck holding the picture together.
Backlog uncertainty
Leadership cannot tell which work is real, slipping, or quietly creating delivery pressure.
Delayed reporting
The firm keeps learning important information after the window to act has narrowed.
Margin risk too late
Projects drift before ownership sees the full story clearly enough to intervene.
Owner bottlenecks
The business keeps routing interpretation work back through the owner because the systems do not connect cleanly.
Outcomes
The visibility layer owners actually need
Sunrise builds control systems that help owners understand how work is entering the firm, how delivery is performing, and where operating risk is gathering.
Backlog Visibility
Track committed work, pending starts, delivery pressure, and forecast movement before backlog surprises show up in leadership meetings.
Margin Protection
Flag margin drift earlier with owner-level views of project performance, write-down risk, and the jobs that need intervention now.
Utilization Tracking
Understand how staffing, discipline capacity, and project mix are affecting delivery confidence without adding manual admin work.
AI Executive Insights
Turn raw operational activity into concise summaries, alerts, and next-step signals for owners who need clarity fast.
Blueprint -> Build -> Refine
A practical process built around control, not complexity
Every engagement starts by mapping the operating intelligence architecture, then moves into implementation and refinement as the firm grows.
01
Blueprint
Map the operational intelligence architecture: where owner decisions happen, what data needs to flow, and which bottlenecks are obscuring visibility today.
02
Build
Implement the dashboards, workflows, integrations, and reporting systems that create a dependable owner control layer across the firm.
03
Refine
Refine the system as the firm grows so the reporting stays useful, leadership rhythm stays aligned, and new complexity does not erode control.
What We Build
Concrete systems for executive visibility and operational control
Sunrise expands beyond a dashboard project. The work includes the workflows, reporting logic, and client-facing layers that make owner clarity dependable.
Executive dashboards built around owner KPIs
Proposal pipeline visibility and pursuit tracking
Project lifecycle views from win through delivery
Client portals for status, deliverables, and communication
Reporting automation that reduces manual admin load
AI summaries and alerts for leadership review
Margin and backlog visibility tools for operating decisions
Cross-functional owner scorecards that unify finance and delivery
Core Service
Owner Control Systems
Create a single executive operating system for revenue, backlog, margin, utilization, and operational risk.
Explore serviceVisibility Layer
Executive Dashboards
Build executive dashboards that reflect how AEC firms actually sell, staff, deliver, and protect margin.
Explore serviceExecution Support
AI Workflow Automation
Reduce reporting friction and owner bottlenecks with practical automation tied to real operating workflows.
Explore serviceGrowth Control
Proposal-to-Project Systems
Connect pursuit visibility to project startup so owners can see how work enters the firm, converts, and impacts delivery capacity.
Explore serviceClient Experience
Client Portals
Give clients a cleaner operating experience while reducing internal friction around status, deliverables, and communication.
Explore serviceReporting System
Operational Reporting
Replace delayed, fragmented reporting with a leadership-ready view of firm performance and emerging risk.
Explore serviceProof
Sunrise Geo was not a dashboard project. It was an owner control system that cut reporting time by about 80 hours a month.
Sunrise replaced fragmented reporting with a more complete operational system for KPI visibility, reporting automation, and leadership review. The result was faster visibility, recovered capacity, and better planning confidence.
Challenge
Leadership reporting was fragmented across tools and depended on manual collection, interpretation, and reconciliation.
System built
Automated reporting workflows that reduced the monthly reporting burden dramatically
Leadership shift
KPI visibility improved enough to support more strategic revenue growth planning instead of reactive guesswork.
Reporting time reduced from about 100 hours per month to about 20 hours per month
Roughly 960 hours recovered annually from reporting effort
KPI visibility enabled more strategic revenue growth planning
Recovered capacity and earlier visibility improved commercial and operational control
Ideal Fit
Built for firms that need clarity before growth creates chaos
Sunrise is designed for owner-led AEC firms that are growing, adding complexity, and feeling the strain of disconnected operational visibility.
Growing engineering firms that have outgrown spreadsheet reporting
Owner-led AEC firms that need clearer operating visibility
Firms with disconnected proposal, project, and reporting systems
Leadership teams that want better control without adding admin burden
Surveying Operations
Why Surveying Firms Lose Margin and Capacity Visibility in Field-to-Office Handoffs
Surveying firms rarely lose control in one dramatic moment. They lose it in repeated field-to-office, deliverable, and billing handoffs that ownership cannot see clearly enough in aggregate.
Multi-Discipline AEC
Why Multi-Discipline AEC Firms Struggle to Compare Backlog, Margin, and Capacity Across Groups
Multi-discipline AEC firms often have plenty of reporting but still cannot compare service lines, offices, and teams cleanly enough to support owner-level decisions.
Civil Engineering
Why Backlog Visibility Breaks Down in Civil Engineering Firms
Civil engineering backlog often looks stronger than it really is because phased work, permitting delays, staffing pressure, and project timing are not being read together.
FAQ
Questions owners usually ask before they start
What is an owner control system?
An owner control system is more than a dashboard. It is the reporting, workflow, and decision layer that gives firm owners a live view of pipeline, backlog, project health, utilization, and margin so they can act earlier and lead with confidence.
Is this a dashboard or a full operational system?
Usually both. Sunrise designs the executive dashboard layer and the supporting workflows behind it so the reporting stays current, useful, and tied to the way the firm actually sells, delivers, and reviews work.
Do you work with existing firm software?
Yes. The goal is rarely to rip out the tools your team already uses. Sunrise works around the proposal, project management, accounting, CRM, and file-sharing systems already in place, then builds the control layer above them.
Is Sunrise only for engineering firms?
Sunrise is focused on owner-led AEC firms because the operational patterns are distinct. The language, KPIs, reporting cadence, and workflow design are tailored to engineering and technical consulting environments.
How long does an engagement take?
Strategy and blueprint work can happen quickly, while full implementation depends on how many systems and workflows need to be connected. Most engagements begin with a practical operating blueprint, then move into phased buildout.
Do you start with strategy or implementation?
The work starts with strategy. Sunrise first maps the information architecture, decision needs, and workflow gaps. That keeps the implementation focused on owner priorities instead of producing another disconnected reporting tool.
Final CTA
If the owner is still stitching the firm together manually, it is time to fix the control layer.
Sunrise helps serious AEC firms replace backlog uncertainty, delayed reporting, and owner bottlenecks with a clearer executive operating system.