Verity for architects

The drawing is finished. The fee for it is not collected. Verity keeps both in view.

An architect sells time and judgement in stages: concept, sanction, working drawings, site. Each stage brings new drawing versions, new approvals, new people on site and a new fee instalment. Verity puts the project, the drawing set, the sanction file, the hours and the invoice on one record, so a revision or a stage that slipped shows before the client or the municipality asks.

Verity in one line

One system that knows every project's stage, every drawing revision, every sanction query, every hour your team spent and every fee instalment that is due.

See your architect in Verity See the 16 problems we solve

Free: we set up a working demo of your own business, on your own data, within 7 days. You pay only if your team decides to use it.

Built for studios that already draw in their own software. Verity does not draw or replace your design tools; it keeps the work around the drawings in order.

Verity / Studio / Today

Projects live: 14

Live

Live projects

14

3 awaiting sanction

Fee stages overdue

₹6.8 lakh

4 invoices

Hours over plan

3 projects

this stage

Sanction queries open

5

2 due this week

ProjectStageNext dateFee dueStatus
Shah residence, PuneWorking drawings24 Oct₹1.8 lakhUnbilled
Kulkarni villasSanction20 Oct₹0Query due
Mehta clinicConcept28 Oct₹90,000Awaiting approval
Raut apartmentsSite stage21 Oct₹2.4 lakhOverdue 38 d

Raut apartments: stage 4 invoice is 38 days overdue. Next drawing release is held for your decision.

Decide

Illustrative screen with sample figures. Yours is set up with your own projects, stages, fees, hours and sanctions.

How it runs today

Most studios are full of work and still unsure which project is actually making money.

The drawings are the visible part. Plans, sections, elevations, working drawing sets. What is hard to see is the thread behind them: which revision went to the client, which one the contractor is building from, which sanction objection is still open, how many hours the third round of changes took and whether anyone billed for it.

That thread lives in many places. Drawing versions sit in folders named final, final2 and final_revised. Sanction status is in an email from a consultant or a text from the liaison. Fee milestones are in an agreement that only the principal remembers well. Hours are in nobody's record at all.

A published practitioner guide in 2026 says Indian residential studios often bill only 40 to 55 percent of the hours they work, against 60 to 70 percent in international consulting benchmarks. Hours that are worked and never billed are the quietest loss a studio has.

What most architects run on

  • Drawing software and shared folders
  • Email and WhatsApp with clients, consultants and contractors
  • Excel for fee tracking and project lists
  • The fee agreement in a PDF
  • Tally or your accountant for invoices

Each does its job. None of them knows that revision 4 of the staircase drawing is why the client's third instalment is waiting.

16 problems, one by one

Where an architecture practice actually loses time and money.

These are the situations studio principals and project architects describe again and again. For each one: what it looks like on an ordinary week, what it costs, and what Verity does about it.

  1. 01Drawings

    Nobody can say which drawing revision is the current one

    What it looks like

    The contractor is building the staircase from a PDF sent on 3 September. The client approved a changed version on 20 September. Both are called Staircase_final. A junior architect finds out on a site visit.

    What it costs you

    Work built from a superseded drawing is demolished and rebuilt. The cost falls on the client and the contractor first, then on the architect's name and sometimes on the architect's pocket.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each drawing sheet is a record with a revision number, date, reason for change, who issued it and who received it. Verity shows the latest issued revision for each sheet and the list of people who still hold an older one.

    See the screen
  2. 02Drawings

    Client changes arrive as phone calls and WhatsApp messages

    What it looks like

    The client calls to move the kitchen, adds a pooja room by message and sends a reference photo of a ceiling at night. By Friday there are three versions of the first floor plan and no one wrote down which changes were agreed.

    What it costs you

    Changes become unpaid work. A published 2026 guide describes two unbilled rounds of floor plan changes costing about a fifth of a fixed fee in its own example. Treat that as an illustration, not an average.

    How Verity fixes it

    Every change request is logged against the project with the date, who asked, the sheets it touches and an estimate of hours. Past the number of rounds in your agreement, it is flagged for a variation quote the principal approves.

    See the screen
  3. 03Approvals

    Sanction queries sit in an inbox

    What it looks like

    The municipality raises an objection on setbacks. The query goes to the liaison, then by email to the senior architect, who is on a site. The reply is due in fifteen days. Nobody is sure which day the clock started.

    What it costs you

    A missed reply date means a fresh round, and a project that was meant to start in November starts in February. The client's patience, and the next fee instalment, wait with it.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each sanction file records the authority, the submission date, every query, its due date and the person replying. Verity lists open queries by due date and tells the owner of each when a reply is close to late.

    See the screen
  4. 04Approvals

    Different cities, different portals, different rules

    What it looks like

    One project is in a city with an online plan approval portal, another in a town that still wants three paper sets and a visit. A third needs a fire clearance first. The checklist for each is in a different consultant's head.

    What it costs you

    Rules differ by city and change often. In 2026, for example, Chandigarh reportedly lets registered architects submit plans directly under self-certification, while other cities do not. A wrong checklist costs weeks.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each authority has a checklist template that you keep: forms, drawings, fees, NOCs. A new project picks the template and the checklist becomes tasks with owners and dates, so nothing is left to memory.

    See the screen
  5. 05Coordination

    Consultants deliver late and the set is incomplete

    What it looks like

    The structural drawings are late, the MEP layout clashes with the false ceiling and the landscape consultant has not sent levels. The sanction or tender set goes out with notes saying to be confirmed.

    What it costs you

    An incomplete set invites queries, change orders and arguments on site about who was supposed to give what.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each consultant is a vendor record with deliverables, due dates and received revisions per project. Verity shows what is still outstanding before a set is issued, and the issue is blocked until the principal accepts the gaps.

    See the screen
  6. 06Fees

    Fee stages are not billed when the work is done

    What it looks like

    The concept was approved in July. The agreement says to invoice 20 percent on approval. The invoice goes out in September because the person who prepares it was busy. The client has already asked for revisions on top.

    What it costs you

    An invoice raised late is paid late, and it is awkward to ask for money after a client has started asking for more. Example arithmetic: a 20 percent stage on a ₹12 lakh fee is ₹2.4 lakh waiting two months.

    How Verity fixes it

    The fee agreement is entered as stages with a trigger, an amount and a due date. When the project record shows a stage done and signed off, an invoice task goes to accounts, and the stage stays red on the owner's screen until it is paid.

    See the screen
  7. 07Fees

    Clients delay a trigger to delay payment

    What it looks like

    A stage is said to be complete when the client approves. The client says they are still thinking. The studio carries on drawing the next stage in the hope of goodwill.

    What it costs you

    Finance-related causes were ranked the most critical for delays in a survey study of Indian projects, with owner payment delays among the highest. An architect who keeps working while a stage is unpaid is financing the client.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each stage shows its status, the days since the deliverable went to the client and a rule you set, for example, no new stage released with a stage over 30 days unpaid. A hold needs the principal's one-tap approval, with the reason on record.

    See the screen
  8. 08Hours

    Hours worked are never recorded

    What it looks like

    A job quoted at ₹15 lakh is drawn by three people over seven months. Nobody noted hours. The principal feels the project was a loss but cannot say which stage or which round of changes did it.

    What it costs you

    Example arithmetic: two unbilled rounds of 60 hours at ₹2,500 an hour is ₹3 lakh, or a fifth of a ₹15 lakh fee. A studio that cannot see this cannot price the next job.

    How Verity fixes it

    Team members log hours against a project and a stage in a few taps at the end of the day. Verity shows hours used against hours planned for each stage, and flags the stage that is running over before the stage ends.

    See the screen
  9. 09People

    Juniors are overloaded on one project and idle on another

    What it looks like

    Two project architects are chasing a sanction deadline while a draftsman waits for work on a villa that is on hold. The principal discovers it when someone complains.

    What it costs you

    Idle salaries on one project and overtime on another. Drawing quality falls when the same person is split across four deadlines.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each person's assignment across projects and stages is on one schedule. Verity shows who is over or under loaded for the next four weeks, so the principal can move work before the deadline.

    See the screen
  10. 10Site

    Site queries come back as photos with no record

    What it looks like

    The mason asks about the tile pattern at the landing. The site supervisor sends a photo. The project architect answers by voice note. Two weeks later nobody remembers what was decided or whether it changed the drawing.

    What it costs you

    Decisions made informally become disputes about who approved what, and drawings stop matching what is built.

    How Verity fixes it

    A site query is a record with a photo, the question, the answer, the person who answered and the sheet it relates to. If the answer changes a drawing, a revision task is created for the same project.

    See the screen
  11. 11Site

    Site visits and stage inspections are not tracked

    What it looks like

    The agreement says the architect inspects at plinth, slab and finishing stages. Nobody has a list of which visits were made, which are due and what was seen.

    What it costs you

    Missed or undocumented visits weaken your position when something goes wrong, and a client who feels unattended is slow to pay.

    How Verity fixes it

    Visits are scheduled against the project stage with an owner. After a visit, a short report with observations and photos is attached to the project, and open observations become tasks on the contractor and on your team.

    See the screen
  12. 12Compliance

    Completion certificates for RERA projects pile up

    What it looks like

    A developer client needs an architect's certificate each time funds are withdrawn from the project account, and updates when the percentage of completion changes. The request arrives on a Friday evening.

    What it costs you

    Under the RERA rule, 70 percent of buyers' money goes into a separate account, and each withdrawal needs an engineer, an architect and a chartered accountant to certify progress. A delayed certificate stops a client's cash and the relationship with it.

    How Verity fixes it

    Certificate requests are tasks on the project with a due date, the measured progress behind them, the site visit that supports them and the person who signs. Every certificate issued is stored with the date and what it certified.

    See the screen
  13. 13New work

    Enquiries and proposals go quiet

    What it looks like

    A homeowner meets the principal at a site, asks for a proposal and hears nothing for ten days. A developer sends a brief by email. The proposal is half done on someone's laptop.

    What it costs you

    Clients choose the architect who replies fast and clearly. A studio rarely loses a proposal on price alone; it loses it on silence.

    How Verity fixes it

    Each enquiry is a record with the source, brief, site, budget and next step. Verity lists proposals not yet sent and enquiries waiting for a follow-up, and records the outcome.

    See the screen
  14. 14Records

    Old projects cannot be found when the client calls back

    What it looks like

    A client returns three years later to add a floor. The earlier drawings are on a retired laptop, the sanction copy in a cupboard and the agreement in an email nobody can search.

    What it costs you

    Hours spent rebuilding a record, and a weaker case in a dispute over what was agreed or issued.

    How Verity fixes it

    Agreements, issued sets, sanction copies, certificates and site reports sit on the project record with permissions and history. Search finds them by client, plot or sheet.

    See the screen
  15. 15Compliance

    Professional liability tails run long and nobody tracks them

    What it looks like

    A project was handed over two years ago. A leak appears and the client calls. The studio does not have the site reports, the issued drawings or the handover note in one place.

    What it costs you

    Most of the fee is collected early while responsibility lasts long after handover. A thin record makes a small complaint expensive.

    How Verity fixes it

    Handover closes the project but keeps its record complete and locked. Defect calls are logged against the original project with the sheets and reports behind them.

    See the screen
  16. 16Owner

    The principal cannot see the whole studio

    What it looks like

    The principal carries each project in memory and finds out about trouble when a client complains. Partners in two offices compare notes on a call at night.

    What it costs you

    Slow decisions. Problems that were small on Monday are large on Friday.

    How Verity fixes it

    One owner view shows each project's stage, next deadline, open sanction queries, unpaid stages, hours against plan and who is overloaded, with the items that need a decision listed under it.

    See the screen

The numbers behind it

The numbers that make these problems worth fixing.

From published sources, with the source named under each figure. Your own numbers will differ, and showing you yours is the first thing Verity does.

  • 40 to 55%

    of working hours are billed by Indian residential architecture studios, against 60 to 70% in international consulting benchmarks, according to a practitioner guide.

    Studio Matrx, Architect fee structures in India, 2026

  • Finance first

    finance-related causes ranked as the most critical causes of delay in Indian projects in a questionnaire survey of clients, contractors and consultants, with owner payment delays for extra work among them.

    Emerald, Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 2019

  • About 105,000

    architects were registered with the Council of Architecture, about 85,000 with valid licences, as reported in 2019.

    Construction World, 2019

  • 70%

    of the money realised from buyers must go into a separate account under RERA, and each withdrawal needs certificates from an engineer, an architect and a chartered accountant.

    Business Today, 2019

The 40 to 55 percent billing figure is from a 2026 practitioner guide, not a survey of the profession. The architect count is from a 2019 trade article. The delay study is academic and dated 2019. The RERA rule is quoted from a press report of the Act; confirm form numbers and certificate rules with your state RERA.

What you will actually see

The screens you would use every day.

Six views, each built for one job. Stage names, sheet numbers and terms are set up in your studio's own language.

Screen 1 of 6

The principal's morning view

Every project's stage, next deadline, unpaid fee stages, hours against plan and open sanction queries on one screen, with the items needing a decision under it. It replaces the Monday call with each project architect.

Fixes

  • 13 Enquiries and proposals go quiet
  • 16 The principal cannot see the whole studio

Verity / Studio / Today

Projects live: 14

Live projects

14

3 awaiting sanction

Fee stages overdue

₹6.8 lakh

4 invoices

Hours over plan

3 projects

this stage

Sanction queries open

5

2 due this week

ProjectStageNext dateFee dueStatus
Shah residence, PuneWorking drawings24 Oct₹1.8 lakhUnbilled
Kulkarni villasSanction20 Oct₹0Query due
Mehta clinicConcept28 Oct₹90,000Awaiting approval
Raut apartmentsSite stage21 Oct₹2.4 lakhOverdue 38 d

Raut apartments: stage 4 invoice is 38 days overdue. Next drawing release is held for your decision.

Decide

Screen 2 of 6

Every sheet, every revision, who holds which

The drawing register shows the latest issued revision of each sheet and who still holds an older one. Client change requests sit beside it with hours and a flag when they go past the rounds in your agreement.

Fixes

  • 01 Nobody can say which drawing revision is the current one
  • 02 Client changes arrive as phone calls and WhatsApp messages
  • 05 Consultants deliver late and the set is incomplete
  • 14 Old projects cannot be found when the client calls back

Verity / Drawings and changes

Kulkarni villas

SheetLatestIssuedHolders on olderStatus
A-101 Ground planR418 OctContractor R3Reissue
A-204 Staircase detailR220 SepNoneCurrent
S-001 FoundationR12 SepSite R0Superseded
M-310 MEP layoutAwaited--Consultant late
  • Move kitchen wall, client call 14 OctRound 3 of 2 agreed, est. 22 hoursNeeds quote
  • Add pooja room, first floorRound 2 of 2, est. 14 hoursWithin scope

Screen 3 of 6

Sanction files, queries and certificates

Each authority has a checklist, a submission date and a list of queries with due dates. Certificates asked for by developer clients are tasks with a date and the site visit behind them.

Fixes

  • 03 Sanction queries sit in an inbox
  • 04 Different cities, different portals, different rules
  • 12 Completion certificates for RERA projects pile up

Verity / Approvals and certificates

Open files

ProjectAuthorityOpen queryReply dueStatus
Kulkarni villasMunicipal corporationSetback on north side21 OctDue in 3 days
Mehta clinicFire departmentExit width28 OctDrafting
Joshi bungalowTown planningNone-Awaiting decision
Raut apartmentsState RERAProgress certificate25 OctSite visit due
  • Plot title and ownership documents receivedKulkarni villas
  • Structural stability certificate from consultantDue 22 Oct
  • Fire NOC application filedMehta clinic

Screen 4 of 6

Fee stages that invoice themselves into a task

The agreement is entered once as stages with a trigger and an amount. When a stage is signed off, an invoice task goes to accounts, and unpaid stages stay in view with the days outstanding.

Fixes

  • 06 Fee stages are not billed when the work is done
  • 07 Clients delay a trigger to delay payment

Verity / Fees and stages

Raut apartments

StageShareAmountTriggerStatus
Appointment10%₹1.2 lakhSigningPaid
Concept approved20%₹2.4 lakhClient sign-offPaid
Sanction drawings20%₹2.4 lakhSubmission38 days late
Working drawings25%₹3.0 lakhIssue for tenderNot yet due
  • Billed₹7.4 lakh
  • Collected₹4.8 lakh
  • Held back₹2.6 lakh

Example rule: no new stage released while a stage is more than 30 days unpaid.

Approve hold

Screen 5 of 6

Hours against plan, and who is loaded

Hours logged per project and stage against the plan, with each person's load across projects. It shows which round of changes ate the fee and who has room to take on work.

Fixes

  • 08 Hours worked are never recorded
  • 09 Juniors are overloaded on one project and idle on another

Verity / Hours and team

Next four weeks

  • Shah residence, working drawings192 of 200 h
  • Kulkarni villas, sanction150 of 120 h
  • Mehta clinic, concept38 of 80 h
PersonRoleProjectsLoad next 4 weeksStatus
NehaProject architect3118%Over
RohanDraftsman262%Room
AishaInterior lead295%Full
VikramJunior architect140%Idle

Screen 6 of 6

Site queries, visits and what was decided

Each question from site is a record with a photo and an answer, and each answer that changes a drawing creates a revision task. Visits are scheduled against stages and their observations become tasks.

Fixes

  • 10 Site queries come back as photos with no record
  • 11 Site visits and stage inspections are not tracked
  • 15 Professional liability tails run long and nobody tracks them

Verity / Site and handover

Raut apartments

Open on site2

  • Landing tile patternPhoto from supervisor, 17 OctAnswer
  • Sunken slab at toiletsSheet A-210Revise sheet

Visits2

  • Slab stage inspectionNeha, 22 OctDue
  • Plinth inspectionReport filed 3 SepDone

Defect call, Patil house

Handed over 14 months ago

Issue
Seepage, terrace edge
Related sheet
A-312 Roof detail, R2
Reports on file
6 site reports
Status
Open
  1. 16 OctClient called
  2. 16 OctRecord opened from handover file
  3. NoteContractor and waterproofing vendor on record

Illustrative screens with sample data. Layouts, fields, names and terms are set up around how your architect works.

An ordinary day

The same Tuesday, before and after.

The drawings are still yours to make. What changes is that the paper trail around them builds itself.

WhenTodayWith Verity
9:30 TodayYou open email to see whether the municipality replied and whether the structural drawings came. With VerityYour morning screen lists the two sanction queries due this week and the one consultant drawing still awaited.
11:00 TodayThe client calls to move a wall. You promise to check, then forget. With VerityYou log the change against the project. It is round 3 of 2 agreed, so a variation quote task opens for you.
1:30 TodayA contractor asks which stair drawing is current. You search three folders. With VerityThe register shows R2 issued on 20 September, with the contractor already holding it.
4:00 TodayA fee stage was signed off in July and nobody raised the invoice. With VerityThe signed-off stage created an invoice task for accounts the same day, and it is paid.
6:30 TodayHours for the day are in nobody's record. With VerityThe team logs hours in a minute. The sanction stage shows 150 of 120 hours before the next stage starts.
Month end TodayYou guess which jobs paid for themselves. With VerityHours, billed fees and collected fees sit side by side for every project.

How we work with you

We set it up with you, in four weeks.

You do not get a login and a manual. We spend time in your studio, build Verity around how your projects move from brief to handover, bring your data in, then stay to see that it keeps working.

  1. Week 1

    Discovery and mapping

    What we do
    Sit with the principal and two project architects. Follow one live project from agreement to drawing issue, and one sanction file from submission to approval. Note where revisions, queries and invoices get lost.
    What we need from you
    Two to three hours of yours. A current fee agreement, a project list and one sanction file to walk through.
    What you have at the end
    A written map of your studio: stages, sheet numbering, authorities, consultants, fee terms and the first gaps we will close.

  2. Weeks 2 to 3

    Configuration

    What we do
    Set up your stage templates, drawing register, sanction checklists for the authorities you use, fee schedule templates, hour categories and roles, and build the six screens around your own terms.
    What we need from you
    Check the stage names and checklists with your project architects. Tell us where a rule is wrong.
    What you have at the end
    A working Verity with your real projects, consultants and rules, ready for your data.

  3. Weeks 3 to 4

    Migration and training

    What we do
    Bring in live projects, fee schedules, consultants, sanction files and the current drawing list from your sheets and folders. Train the team on their own projects.
    What we need from you
    Your project list, agreements for live jobs and the latest issued set per project. One hour with each role.
    What you have at the end
    Your live projects inside Verity with the right revision on every sheet, and a team that has logged a real week.

  4. After go-live

    Operations partnership

    What we do
    Stay on after launch. Review the first month of hours and fee stages with you, adjust templates, and handle new authorities, consultants or project types.
    What we need from you
    A short monthly review of what the numbers say.
    What you have at the end
    A system that keeps matching how the practice runs, with someone responsible for it.

Bring these on day one

  • Fee agreements for live projects
  • A list of live projects with stage and consultants
  • The latest issued drawing list for each live project
  • Open sanction files and query letters
  • Your team list with roles

Your time

About 9 to 11 hours of your own time across the four weeks, mostly in week 1. Project architects need a few more.

After go-live

Nobody is hired to run Verity. Hours, revisions and queries are recorded as part of work your team already does, and the reports come from those records.

Verity AI

Ask your studio a question. Get an answer, not a report to build.

Verity AI reads your own projects, drawings, fees and hours. Ask in plain language, then turn the answer into tasks for the right people.

  • Your records only Answers come from your own architects data, not from generic knowledge.
  • Right person, right view It only shows what the person asking is allowed to see.
  • Turns into action An answer can become a task assigned to a named person.

Verity / Ask

Which projects have a fee stage more than 30 days unpaid?

Four projects, ₹6.8 lakh in total. The oldest is Raut apartments, 38 days past due.

  • Raut apartments₹2.4 lakh
  • Shah residence₹1.8 lakh
  • Joshi bungalow₹1.6 lakh
  • Mehta clinic₹1.0 lakh

Create chase tasks for each project architect

Verity / Ask

Which sanction queries are due before Friday?

Two. The Kulkarni villas setback query is due Tuesday and the RERA progress certificate for Raut apartments on Saturday.

  • Kulkarni villasTuesday
  • Raut apartmentsSaturday

Assign replies with due dates

Verity / Ask

Which project is using more hours than planned for its stage?

Kulkarni villas sanction stage is at 150 of 120 hours, mostly from the third round of layout changes.

  • Layout changes62 h
  • Consultant coordination38 h
  • Drawing production50 h

Raise a variation quote task

Sample questions and answers with illustrative figures.

Without chasing

The follow-ups nobody has time to make.

Set once, then they run from your records. Your team still talks to clients, consultants and authorities; Verity makes sure the right person knows what to do and when.

When

A fee stage is signed off on a project

  • Invoice task to accounts with amount and trigger
  • Stage marked billed once the invoice is recorded
  • Reminder to the project architect if unpaid past your limit

When

A client change request goes past the agreed rounds

  • Flagged on the project
  • Variation quote task to the principal
  • Work held until the quote is accepted or waived

When

A sanction query reply date is within five days

  • Task to the person replying
  • Query letter and drawings shown on the task
  • Outcome recorded when the authority responds

When

A new drawing revision is issued

  • Previous revision marked superseded
  • Task to collect the older set from site
  • Recipients listed against the new revision

When

A consultant deliverable passes its due date

  • Marked late on the project
  • Reminder to the consultant's contact owner
  • Issue of the set held until accepted by the principal

When

A stage inspection date comes up

  • Visit task to the assigned architect
  • Checklist ready on the task
  • Observations turn into tasks after the report

Rules and paperwork

The rules an architecture practice has to keep up with.

Verity does not give legal advice and does not file anything for you. It keeps the records these rules depend on in order, so you are not hunting for them when someone asks.

  • Registration with the Council of Architecture

    What is expected

    The Architects Act, 1972 provides for the registration of architects, and a person who wants to practise as an architect generally has to be registered with the Council. Your registration, and that of each architect who signs drawings, needs to be valid.

    How Verity helps

    Each architect's registration number and renewal date sit on their record, with a task before it lapses.

    India Code, Architects Act 1972

  • Conditions of engagement and scale of charges

    What is expected

    The Council's Architects (Professional Conduct) Regulations, 1989 deal with conduct, conditions of engagement and the scale of charges, and an architect in private practice is generally expected to give the client the conditions. Some commentators call the scale a minimum and say it is often not followed. Check the current text on the Council's site.

    How Verity helps

    The engagement terms and agreed fee stages sit on each project, with the signed agreement attached and the changes to scope recorded.

    The Wire on the Council of Architecture

  • Building plan sanction

    What is expected

    Plans generally need sanction from the local authority before building starts. Many cities now use online systems, and the process, checklist and timelines differ by city and state. Some cities allow registered architects to submit under self-certification.

    How Verity helps

    Each authority has a checklist template, and every project's file lists queries with due dates and replies.

    Aurum PropTech on Chandigarh, 2026

  • Architect's certificates for RERA projects

    What is expected

    Under RERA, 70 percent of the money realised from buyers generally goes into a separate account, and withdrawals need certificates from an engineer, an architect and a chartered accountant in practice that match completion. Form numbers and procedure differ by state.

    How Verity helps

    Each certificate request is a task with the site visit and progress behind it, and every certificate issued is stored with its date and scope.

    Business Today on RERA Section 4(2)(l)(D)

Rules differ by city and state and change often. Confirm current requirements with the Council of Architecture, the local authority, your state RERA and your adviser.

Who sees what

Everyone sees the same records, through their own window.

A junior architect should not see the studio's margins. A client should never see another client's file. Each role opens on what it needs.

  • Principal

    Which projects are making money and which are stuck?

    Stage, hours against plan, unpaid fee stages, sanction queries and who is overloaded, across all projects.

  • Project architect

    What is due on my projects this week?

    Drawing register, change requests, consultant deliverables, sanction queries and site visits for the projects assigned to them.

  • Draftsman or junior

    What do I draw next and for whom?

    Assigned sheets with revision notes, due dates and the hours form for the day.

  • Accounts

    Which stage can I invoice and which is unpaid?

    Signed-off stages ready to bill, invoices issued, payments received and days outstanding.

  • Liaison or consultant

    What is my part and when is it due?

    Their own deliverables, queries to answer and documents needed for the files they handle.

Straight answers

What changes, and what stays the same.

Keep using

  • Your drawing and modelling software. Drawings stay where you make them, and Verity records the issue and the revision.
  • Your accounting package and your accountant. We agree during setup how fee invoices reach Verity.
  • Email and WhatsApp with clients and contractors. Your team replies
  • Verity tracks who owes a reply.
  • Your own sheet numbering and stage names.

Verity does not

  • Draw, model or check drawings.
  • Submit plans to a municipality or a RERA portal for you.
  • Send messages to clients or consultants on its own.
  • Prepare returns or run your payroll.

We bring in your live projects, fee schedules, consultant lists, sanction files and drawing registers from the sheets and folders you use now, one project at a time, so work does not stop.

  • Excel
  • Google Sheets
  • Legacy ERP
  • CRM
  • One operating environment

Questions

Questions architects ask.

Does Verity replace my drawing software?

No. You keep drawing where you draw. Verity records each sheet, its revision, who it was issued to and when, and keeps the fee, approvals and site work around it.

Will my team log hours without grumbling?

Only if it takes a minute, so hours are a short end-of-day form with the project, the stage and the number. We start with project and stage only and add detail once the habit holds.

Can it help me stop doing unpaid change rounds?

It cannot decide for you, but it shows each change request against the rounds in your agreement and opens a variation quote task past that point. The principal still decides whether to charge.

Does it submit plans to the municipality?

No. Verity does not submit to any portal. It keeps the checklist, the file, the queries and the reply dates, so your team files and answers on time.

We are three people. Is this too much?

A three-person studio has the same revisions, queries and unpaid stages with fewer people to remember them. We set up only what you need in the same four weeks.

Can clients see their project?

Not unless you decide so. Access is set by role and by project, and a client view of selected items such as the drawing register can be agreed during setup.

How do you handle projects already in progress?

We bring each live project in at its current stage with the latest issued revision per sheet, the fee stages already billed and the open sanction queries. Closed projects can come in later as archives.

Can I track RERA certificates for developer clients?

Yes as records and tasks: each request, the site visit behind it and the certificate issued. Verity does not prepare or file anything with RERA, and form rules differ by state.

Who can see my data?

Only the people you allow. Access is set by role and project, and every change is recorded with who made it and when.

What does it cost?

It depends on the number of people, projects and what you want set up. Message us and we will give you a clear number after a short conversation about how your studio runs.

Where the figures come from

Sources

  1. Studio Matrx, Architect fee structures in India, 2026
  2. Emerald, JFMPC, Analysis of causes of delay in Indian construction projects, 2019
  3. Construction World, 2019
  4. Business Today on RERA Section 4(2)(l)(D), 2019
  5. India Code, Architects Act 1972
  6. The Wire on the Council of Architecture
  7. Aurum PropTech, Chandigarh building plan approvals go fully online, 2026

Last checked 16 October 2026. Published figures vary by region and method, so treat them as indicative, not as a promise of your results.

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