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Practice software for structural & civil engineers

Your whole practice runs in one place.

Haunch replaces the spreadsheets, shared folders and email threads a structural or civil engineering firm runs on. Win the work, run every project, keep a record you can stand behind, and see the whole practice — from the office, the site, or home.

€249/month · up to 10 seats · then €24.99/seat · cancel anytime · no card to look around

haunch.dev / mccarthy-sports-hall / overview
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McCarthy Sports HallActiveLog time
OverviewTasks3Files1Calculations1IssuesInspections1CDM1
RefAJD231
ClientMcCarthy Developments
LocationCork
Leads.barry@…
Fee agreed£2,000
Est. hours10
Open tasks30 closed
Files11 calcs
Inspections10 complete
Next meetingnone scheduled
Time & budget+ Log time
1h logged of 10h estimated10%
9h remaining£2,000 fee
Recent activity
30 MaynoteConnection details to issue before site visit
30 MaymeetingPre-construction meeting
30 Maytask#3 produce roof truss drawings
Latest note✎ edit
SS. Barry · 30 May
Connection details to issue before site visit
Upcomingview all →
Nothing scheduled.
Key contactsview all →
D
Declan O'Brien
main contractor
Fig. 01 — Project · Overview
Product tour

Follow one job all the way through.

From the first enquiry to a record you can hand an insurer. Press play, or click any step to explore it yourself.

haunch.dev / murnane-civil / pipeline
Pipeline€64k in play
Enquiry3
Loft conversion — Rathgar
Homeowner · €4.5k
Mezzanine — Sandyford
Company · €14k
Retaining wall — Dalkey
Homeowner · €3.2k
Quoted2
Two-storey ext. — Howth
Homeowner · €9k
Steel frame — Bray
Company · €11k
Won2
Warehouse frame — Cork
€27.8k · → new project
McCarthy Sports Hall
€2.0k · → new project
58% win rate this quarter · won deals carry their contacts & quote straight into the project
Step 1 · Win the work

Every enquiry tracked from first call. Drag a deal to Won and it becomes a live project — no re-typing.

Built for how you work·RFIs·Drawings·Calculations·Council applications·Building Regs·Fees & time·Meetings·Tenders·Inspections·Audit trail
How it works

One system for the whole life of a job.

Most tools cover a slice — a to-do list here, a folder there. Haunch follows the work from the first phone call to the final fee, so nothing falls down the gap between apps.

1

Win the work

Log enquiries, send quotes and track what's in play. Won deals convert straight into a live project.

Pipeline · Contacts

2

Set up the job

Reference, client, fee and stages in one place. Add the team and the project is ready to run.

Projects · Fees & time

3

Do the work

Tasks and RFIs, drawing issues, calc checks, site inspections and meetings — tracked against the job.

Tasks · Vault · Meetings

4

Keep the record

Every issue, sign-off and decision lands in an append-only audit trail you can export on demand.

Audit trail · CDM

5

Run the practice

Fees, utilisation, pipeline and capacity across every project — the view a principal actually needs.

Dashboard · Capacity

Why practices switch

Out of the spreadsheets. Off the one office.

The average small practice runs on a dozen spreadsheets, a shared drive and a lot of email. It works — until someone's off, a file's the wrong version, or a client asks what happened in March.

Without Haunch

A practice held together by spreadsheets.

  • Fees, time and project lists in separate spreadsheets only one person really understands.
  • Drawings and calcs on a shared drive — which revision went out, again?
  • Decisions and sign-offs buried in email threads and notebooks.
  • You have to be in the office to find anything.
  • When an insurer asks for a record, it's days of digging.
With Haunch

One place the whole practice trusts.

  • Fees, time and projects live and linked — everyone sees the same numbers.
  • Every drawing and calc versioned, with a clear issue register.
  • Decisions and sign-offs captured as you work, in the audit trail.
  • Open it from site, home or office — same view, always current.
  • A sealed, verifiable record is one click away.
Tasks & RFIs

Every work item, tracked to the drawing.

Numbered tasks scoped to each project — typed, labelled and assigned to the right person. Checklists, sub-tasks and linked contacts keep the whole job moving without the email chain.

  • Org-wide labels: RFI, Drawing, Calc, Council, Building Regs
  • Checklists & sub-tasks with live progress
  • Assignees, due dates and external contacts on every task
Task · #12
Roof truss load calculations
CalcOpen
Checklist2/5
Confirm load combinations (EN 1990)
Dead + imposed roof loads
Wind uplift per EN 1991-1-4
Truss member sizing
AAoifeDue 12 Jun↳ 3 sub-tasks
Practice dashboard

See the whole practice, not just the projects.

The numbers a principal actually watches — fees outstanding, team utilisation, pipeline and the health of every live job — on one screen, refreshed as the work happens.

  • Fees agreed, invoiced, outstanding & overdue at a glance
  • Team utilisation — who's flat out, who's free
  • Every live project carrying a health flag
Practice · Murnane Civil
Fees outstanding
€18.2k
€6.0k overdue
Utilisation
85%
5 members
Pipeline
€64k
€27.8k won
Team utilisation · this week
AAoife110%
SSaoirse92%
CCormac74%
Audit trail · compliance

A record you can stand behind.

Every significant action — issued drawings, calc sign-offs, decisions, fee changes — lands in an append-only trail. When an insurer, certifier or client asks what happened, export a sealed, verifiable record.

  • Append-only log: who did what, and when
  • Integrity-checked — nothing can be quietly edited
  • Export a sealed PDF/CSV record for insurers & certifiers
Audit trail · Maple Grove
Chain verified
D
Declan issued ga-plan rev C to Walsh Steel
Drawing issue · transmittal #044
28 May 14:02
A
Aoife signed off roof-truss-loads v3
Calc check · author M. Byrne
30 May 09:18
N
Niall moved fee stage 2 to invoiced
Fees · €6,000
31 May 16:40
L
Decision logged: steel erection w/c 16 Jun
Meeting · site meeting #3
2 Jun 11:05
↓ Export recordGrant auditor access
More of the practice

Win the work, run the job, grow the team.

The parts of practice life other tools ignore — from first enquiry to chartership.

Pipeline · this quarter
Enquiry
Loft conversion — Rathgar
€4.5k
Mezzanine — Sandyford
€14k
Quoted
Two-storey ext. — Howth
€9k
Won
Warehouse frame — Cork
€27.8k
€64k in play · 58% win rate this quarter
Tender · Forth Project — main contract
TendererReturned
Walsh Construction€1.12Mlowest
Dunne & Co€1.18MAward
Murphy Build€1.24M
+ 2 sealed returnsopens 20 Jun🔒
Sealed returns · opened at the deadline · every step logged to the audit trail
Capacity · this week
MTWTF
A
S
C
D
Aoife is over on Tue–Wed — move a job to Declan?
Meeting · Pre-construction
2 Jun · 4 present · McCarthy Sports Hall
Decision
Steel erection w/c 16 Jun, subject to foundation sign-off
Actions
Issue connection details rev Ctask #12
Confirm crane accesstask #13
My Development · Cormac
Member → Chartered
Engineers Ireland · 72% ready
72%
7 strong2 building2 gaps
CPD 3.5 / 5 credits · evidence builds as you work
Why Haunch

The whole practice, not just a to-do list.

Generic project tools don't know what an RFI or a Part B submission is. Haunch is shaped around the way an engineering firm runs a job — from first call to final fee.

Vault

A versioned home for every drawing, calc and letter. Search it; restore any revision.

Fees & time

Log time against tasks and watch fee stages, margin and what's left to invoice — per project.

Contacts

Clients, consultants and councils in one place, linked to their projects.

Calc check & sign-off

Independent second-engineer checks with a recorded sign-off trail for PI insurance.

Drawing issue register

Track which revision went to whom, when and why — transmittals on tap.

CDM risk register

Record significant design risks and mitigations to meet your designer duties.

Site inspections

Structured site reports with photos; flag an observation and it becomes a task.

Deadlines & reminders

Council decisions, RFI turnarounds and Building Regs windows — never missed.

Haunch vs a generic PM tool

A spreadsheet doesn't know what an RFI is.

Generic project tools can hold a task list. They don't understand drawing revisions, calc sign-offs, CDM duties or sealed tenders — the things an engineering practice actually runs on.

Built for engineering practice
Generic PM tool
Haunch
RFIs & task labels
RFI, Drawing, Calc, Council, Building Regs
DIY
Drawing issue register
Track which revision went to whom, and when
Independent calc check & sign-off
Second-engineer checks recorded for PI insurance
CDM risk register
Record design risks to meet your designer duties
Fees & time by stage
Margin and what's left to invoice, per project
Add-on
Sealed tenders
Returns open together at the deadline
Append-only audit trail
Integrity-checked, exportable for insurers
Practice capacity & utilisation
Who's flat out, who's free, this week
DIY
Who it's for

Made for engineering practices — not everyone.

Haunch is shaped tightly around how structural & civil firms work. That focus is the point. Here's where it fits, and where it doesn't.

A good fit if you're…

  • Structural or civil engineering practice — from a sole trader to a 30-person, multi-office firm.
  • A principal or director who wants one honest view of fees, capacity and project health.
  • An engineer who'd rather do engineering than chase spreadsheets and folders.
  • A practice manager keeping fees, time and records straight across the firm.
  • A team that needs to work from site or home, not just one office.

Probably not for you if…

  • You're a main contractor after a full site-management or ERP platform.
  • You want a blank, generic kanban to bend to any industry.
  • You need 3D/BIM modelling or analysis — Haunch runs the practice around those tools, it doesn't replace them.
  • You're a non-engineering team — the language and workflows won't fit.
Security & your data

Built for work that has to stand up later.

Engineering records can be called on years after a project completes. Haunch is built so the record holds — and so it's always yours.

Tamper-evident audit trail

Significant actions are written to an append-only, integrity-checked log. Nothing can be quietly edited after the fact.

Role-based access

Owner, associate, engineer, office and draft roles decide who sees fees, pipeline and practice numbers — and who doesn't.

Your data, exportable

Export projects, fees and a sealed audit record to PDF or CSV whenever you like. No lock-in — the practice's data stays the practice's.

Encrypted in transit & at rest

Traffic is served over TLS and your data is encrypted at rest, with regular automated backups behind it.

Calc sign-off for PI

Independent checks are recorded with author, checker and date — the evidence your professional-indemnity insurer expects.

Grant time-boxed access

Give an auditor or certifier read-only access to a project's record, then revoke it when they're done.

Pricing

One plan. Everything included.

Everything included — no feature tiers. One price for the whole practice up to 10 seats, then €24.99 a seat as you grow.

Practice
€249 / month
Up to 10 seatsthen €24.99 / seat · billed monthly
  • Unlimited projects & tasks
  • Vault — drawings, calcs & docs
  • Fees, time & profitability
  • Meetings, pipeline & tenders
  • Calc check, drawing & CDM registers
  • Capacity & practice dashboard
  • Audit trail & sealed records
  • Email support
Get started Cancel anytime · no setup fees · no card to look around

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Get your practice out of spreadsheets.

Set up your first project in minutes. Bring the whole team for €249/month.

Haunch — project management for structural engineers