Scattered, manual specs
Versions, folders and emails instead of one place to write and reuse.
01Specification management, made simple
Centralise your specifications.
Built for UK small architecture firms who write CAWS specifications. Clarity, consistency, and control without enterprise cost or complexity.
£15/ month per org · 5 seats£195project credit
EXT-WALL-001 · external-wall.specREV C
External Wall Build-up
ApprovedProject: Harbour-Mills · Template: Envelope-V2 · Updated 2d ago
U-value0.18 W/m²K
Fire ratingA2-s1, d0
InsulationMineral wool, 150mm
SupplierKingfeld Façades Ltd
Audit trail
REV CM. Foster approved10:42
REV BSupplier updated U-valueMon
REV ACreated from templateApr 21
02The problem
Tired of chasing outdated Word files?
Legacy tools are built for big firms. Small teams juggle files — and chase standards across every live project.
Standards that will not stay still
When a standard changes, you have to find and fix it across every live project.
Enterprise bloat & cost
Annual seats that are hard to justify when work fluctuates.
03The platform
Everything you need to write better specifications.
Create and manage CAWS specifications in one place. Oruma updates clauses centrally so a small practice can offload that work.
Structured specification workflow
Build around CAWS instead of a blank document.
Editable technical clauses
Adapt clauses for the project. Keep the office approach.
Templates that codify the office
Turn office knowledge into templates you reuse, not rebuild.
Clauses updated centrally
Oruma keeps track of clause and standards updates so the practice does not have to.
Purpose-built for small studios
Specification writing for small practices — not an enterprise system.
Professional output
Issue a spec that keeps your practice branding.
04Pricing
A fixed organisation fee. Then a project credit when you need one.
The organisation pays £15 / month to stay on the platform. Working on a live specification uses a £195 project credit. Quiet months stay cheap; busy months follow the work.
Organisation fee
£15/ month
Fixed fee for the organisation. 5 seats included. Does not include project work.
Project credit
£195/ project
Spend a project credit when the organisation starts a live specification.
Compare with your NBS quote
Chorus pricing is tailored. Use your number.
Chorus will not tell you the price until they quote you. Put in what they asked — or leave our estimate and change the seats.
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Your NBS figure
£2,500
Scales with seats. Edit the figure if your Chorus quote is different.
Oruma for that year
£375
£15 / month for 5 seats (£180 / year) + £195 in project credits
Oruma is £2,125 less — about 15% of your Chorus figure.
Why it works for small studios
- Scale usage up or down with your live project workload.
- Avoid paying enterprise subscription costs during quieter periods.
- Make the cost visible against the project that benefits from it.
Fee proposal tip: include Oruma within your project-specific software / specification production allowance when agreeing your architectural fee. Because the main cost is linked to a specific project, it can sit in the fee proposal rather than as a general annual overhead.
05Refer a practice
Three referrals. A year of project charges on us.
Oruma is being built for a close-knit community of small architectural practices. Introduce three other studios and your project charges are covered for a full year.
06Having second thoughts
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07Get started
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