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We are extremely proud to announce that GenieBelt and APROPLAN have agreed to enter into a merger agreement that will give customers an end-to-end digital solution covering the construction phase with on-site planning, progress communication, and on-site follow-up communication.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ will be our new name, upon the completion of the merger. We believe that this name represents perfectly our shared values and vision for accelerating the transition of the industry and the construction phase, in particular, to the digital era.

For the past five years, GenieBelt CEO Klaus Nyengaard and APROPLAN CEO Thomas Goubau have met on a regular basis to discuss developments in the construction technology sector and how to increase efficiency and minimize – rework, miscommunication and errors.

The user base totals thousands of companies using GenieBelt and APROPLAN around the world, and they will now benefit from getting the strengths from both project planning and quality assurance.

Klaus Nyengaard, GenieBelt CEO, co-Founder and Partner, will be appointed as the new CEO of the Danish-Belgian company, and Thomas Goubau, the Belgian and former CEO of APROPLAN, will be CCO of ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳.

In 2018, GenieBelt and APROPLAN had combined growth of 75 percent, and the ambition is to continue this development.

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“We share the vision that ‘simple to use’ products will bring immense value to the construction sector. When we met in October 2018 we concluded that the way to realise this vision was to unite our companies to create a broader product and cover more needs in the market” – says the ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ CEO Klaus Nyengaard.

“We could have decided to just cooperate and integrate features from each other. But we wanted to make sure that we were totally aligned in the market since our products complement each other extremely well and our companies have shared values. Our existing customers will have access to a broader range of innovative solutions to cover all core processes in the built phase” – says ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ CCO Thomas Goubau.

Together, both companies are used in thousands of projects in more than 35 countries and have offices in Copenhagen, Brussels. London, Paris and Lodz.

ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ rides the wave of change

Using pen and paper to manage on-site construction processes is inefficient and causes significant errors due to miscommunication, loss of information and a ton of admin work.

APROPLAN and GenieBelt were both formed from a vision to replace the use of pen and paper for managing on-site construction processes, since it causes miscommunication, lost information and a great administrative load.

APROPLAN chose to tackle on-site follow-up communication by digitising snagging, drawings and checklists, GenieBelt focused on on-site planning and progress communication giving customers a real-time schedule and progress reporting,.

The APROPLAN – GenieBelt merger follows a consolidation trend in the ConTech industry in recent years. There is a very promising future ahead for construction technology startups and the rise of ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ is a step in that direction.

“Our customers tell us that switching between tools to manage processes is a pain on a busy site, and makes data collection cumbersome. Their dream is to have one simple-to-use solution where they can keep track of planning and progress, access all documents and support processes such as snagging and quality checking. That is exactly what we will provide with ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳”Ìý –Ìý says Thomas Goubau.

Construction is an extremely complex business with a plethora of different players and processes and it doesn’t take much to realise that efficient communication and collaboration is key to a successful project. This is, also, where the integral role of data comes to light. The emergence of an open data ecosystem consisted of new innovative tech players seems to be around the corner, if not already here.

At ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳, we want to be part of this integral change and transform the construction industry where it will make the biggest difference – on site. After all, we are on a mission: to build the future of construction. And this can only be done through the digitalisation of the construction phase.

As McKinsey , a digital culture is a decision culture. Simply put, a digital strategy is there to help you with adding more accuracy to your decision-making process. It’s the key to many of your day-to-day challenges as a construction project develops.

GenieBelt in a nutshell

Before we dive into more details with regards to the benefits that ÁùºÏ²ÊÂÛ̳ will bring to the construction phase and to your company, let’s have a quick look at what GenieBelt can do for your projects. In brief, GenieBelt connects the programme to project teams in real time, enabling everyone to communicate and collaborate effectively and rally around the plan.

Real-time schedule

With their shareable schedule, any changes made are reflected instantly and members can have text based conversations in real time against each scheduled task. Ìý

• Interactive & shareable Gantt chart for desktop & mobile
• Assign tasks to project members and teams
• Schedule importing from MS Project / Primavera / Powerproject
• Full audit trail for each scheduled task
• Real-time Resource Management

Field progress reporting

With their mobile field reporting app, updating progress straight into the project schedule has never been easier.

• Instant communication from site to office
• Bring the schedule into the hands of the field workers
• Report progress, changes and problems from smartphones
• See immediately where workflows are ahead or behind.
• Get the right information to the right people, fast.