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Architecture practices lose an estimated 30–40% of billable time to administrative overhead. Orba gives it back.

Context switching

Every time you switch between a client call, a site visit, and documentation, you lose 20 minutes re-orienting. Multiply that across five active projects and a week disappears.

Information decay

Meeting notes taken on a phone, verbal instructions from a site visit, client preferences mentioned in passing — all of it fades. The brief that exists in your head never makes it to paper.

BD neglect

Business development falls off when you're buried in CA. Follow-up emails go unsent. Proposals get postponed. The practice stagnates while you're heads-down delivering for existing clients.

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Meeting notes

Hawthorn project — spoke to Sarah & Tom Wed 2pm.
They want to open up the back of the house. Current layout feels dark + disconnected from garden. 
Kitchen needs full reno. Thinking island bench, stone tops. 
Keen on bifold doors to outdoor deck.
Mentioned $400k budget but Tom said "we might go higher if needed".
1930s house, think there's a heritage overlay? Need to check.
Big tree in backyard — probably significant.
Two kids, want home office.
Want to be in by Christmas.

Structured brief — Orba

ProjectHawthorn Residence — Alterations & Additions

ClientSarah & Tom (surname TBC)

Budget$400k indicative — confirm hard cap

ScopeRear extension, kitchen renovation, bifold doors to new deck, home office

RisksHeritage Overlay (HIGH) — Heritage Impact Statement required Significant tree (HIGH) — Arborist report + TPZ/SRZ required

Open Items1. Confirm heritage overlay status via Council 2. Is $400k a hard cap? 3. Confirm title — single allotment? 4. Preferred completion date vs Christmas?

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Memory

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