{"id":25478,"date":"2025-12-15T10:16:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T23:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/?p=25478"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:53:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:53:55","slug":"the-money-mistakes-killing-architecture-engineering-firms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/the-money-mistakes-killing-architecture-engineering-firms\/","title":{"rendered":"The Money Mistakes Killing Architecture &amp; Engineering Firms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25478\" class=\"elementor elementor-25478\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f431790 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f431790\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-523857ed e-con-full e-flex 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Contents<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62074af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62074af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"#watch\">Watch<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5741261c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5741261c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"#listen\">Listen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-260bdda6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"260bdda6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"#read\">Read<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div 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Now learn how the right tools can move yours forward.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28a654cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"28a654cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/totalsynergy.com\/get-to-know-us-in-10\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Watch demo video<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d0cdc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3d0cdc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7211264 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7211264\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"watch\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e75a094 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5e75a094\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bbb7c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54bbb7c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Watch a Video<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3222dd5d video-player elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"3222dd5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;vimeo&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen allow=\"clipboard-write\" title=\"vimeo Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1145804614?color&amp;autopause=0&amp;loop=0&amp;muted=0&amp;title=1&amp;portrait=1&amp;byline=1#t=\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6da664eb elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6da664eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35b314d9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35b314d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" id=\"listen\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1713fb33 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1713fb33\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-520739db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"520739db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Listen to the Episode<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b46686c elementor-widget elementor-widget-audio\" data-id=\"4b46686c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"audio.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-soundcloud-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; 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