The platform

One place for the drawings, the numbers and the vendors

StudioBlack carries an interior fit-out from the first draft drawing through the priced bill of quantities to the awarded supply package — with every version, verdict and rate kept on the record.

Design review

Packages, disciplines and document numbers, a lifecycle every drawing walks, and a viewer with pin comments and markup on top of it.

Why it matters

  • Document numbers generated from the project's own codes
  • Internal review before the client ever sees it
  • Any two revisions side by side
  • Freezing locks a revision without deleting the ones before it

Bills of quantities

Build from your element library or by hand, price it with markup ladders, and take every line through internal review and client approval.

Why it matters

  • Mandatory divisions, sections and a per-project location tree
  • Import and export in Excel
  • Budget rate and client rate kept apart
  • Approved lines hand themselves to procurement

Procurement

Issue RFQs from approved BOQ lines, collect and compare quotes, and award a whole package or split it between vendors.

Why it matters

  • Enquiries built from the priced bill, so scope cannot drift
  • Quotes from the vendor's portal or entered with evidence
  • Compared line by line, not on the total
  • Awarded whole or split between vendors

Access control and audit

Permissions go down to the individual action, with custom roles for your company, and every change written to a log you can export.

Why it matters

  • Eight studio roles as standard, and custom roles you define
  • Client and vendor access is derived, never handed out
  • Checks run in the API route, not just the interface
  • Who changed what, when, and what it said before

Vendor portal

Invited vendors quote in their own portal — line by line, with attachments — and never see the rest of your project.

Why it matters

  • Vendors see the enquiries they were sent, and nothing else
  • They quote on part of a package if that is what they do
  • Bank details and KYC documents maintained by them
  • Reminders go out every three days without you chasing

And the rest of it

The smaller things a project runs on, in the same place as the big ones.

Documents register

The project's drawings in one register, filtered by package, discipline, status or author.

Element library

A reusable catalogue of priced elements that BOQ lines are built from.

Category taxonomy

Coded categories and subcategories that keep naming consistent across every project.

Tasks

Assign work with due dates and attachments, and follow it per project or across all of them.

Client portal

Clients see only what has been sent to them, approve or return it, and never see a draft.

Notifications

In-app and email notifications for reviews, verdicts, assignments and deadlines.

See it on your own project

Access is by invitation. Tell us about the studio and we'll set you up.

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