How Plegt-Vos Digitised Construction Administration and Automated Industry Messaging
Plegt-Vos is a family-owned construction company with more than 500 employees dedicated to delivering smart, future-ready building solutions. The organisation develops, builds, and maintains property for government bodies, developers, investors, housing associations, healthcare organisations, and businesses across the Netherlands.
With a strong focus on continuous improvement, Plegt-Vos recognised that increasing regulatory requirements and growing administrative workloads were placing pressure on project teams. The company wanted to streamline construction administration, reduce manual effort, and create a more scalable digital foundation for the future.
The challenge: increasing complexity in construction administration
Over the last decade, the construction industry has significantly improved operational efficiency. At the same time, compliance requirements, reporting obligations, and project documentation have become increasingly complex.
For Plegt-Vos, this created a growing administrative burden across projects. Critical information was often captured manually, communication processes varied between teams, and industry-standard digital messaging required additional effort to maintain.
The organisation wanted to modernise these processes while ensuring that project teams could continue working efficiently in the field. Digital adoption was not just about replacing paper. It was about building trust in new ways of working and creating systems that genuinely supported daily operations.
About the partnership between CAPE and Plegt-Vos
Partnership: 10+ years
Applications delivered: 30+
Integrations created: 200+
Hours saved: 10,000+
Products and services used: AI, Mendix, eMagiz, Academy, Front-end Development & Customer Journey Mapping
A partnership built over more than a decade
Plegt-Vos and CAPE have worked together for more than ten years to improve and accelerate construction processes through technology.
Over the course of the partnership, the teams have delivered a wide range of digital solutions, including business applications, integrations, and industry-standard DICO messaging capabilities. The long-term collaboration has enabled continuous improvement while ensuring solutions remain aligned with changing business needs
The solution: digital administration and automated messaging
Construction projects generate large amounts of administration, from project registration and communication to compliance reporting and supplier coordination.
To simplify these processes, CAPE and Plegt-Vos developed two key solutions.
GRIP: a platform designed around the construction site
GRIP is a digital platform that streamlines construction administration from site operations through to the back office.
Every activity, update, and project record can be captured digitally, providing a single source of information throughout the project lifecycle. This significantly reduces manual administration while improving data accuracy and visibility.
The project started by working closely with site managers and project teams to understand daily challenges and identify opportunities for improvement. Early versions of the platform were tested by selected users, whose feedback directly shaped future iterations.
The result is a platform fully aligned with the way Plegt-Vos operates in practice.
DICO Connector: automating industry-standard communication
As part of its ongoing digital transformation strategy, Plegt-Vos also implemented a DICO Connector in collaboration with CAPE and eMagiz.
The connector automates digital document and message exchanges between systems, eliminating many of the manual activities previously required to enter, send, validate, and monitor messages.
What once required significant administrative effort now happens automatically according to industry standards.
Today, the solution saves more than ten hours per week, with efficiencies continuing to grow as message volumes increase.
Delivering measurable business outcomes
The impact of GRIP and the DICO Connector extended far beyond process automation. Together, the solutions helped Plegt-Vos reduce administrative effort, improve project visibility, and create a stronger digital foundation for future growth.
More efficient supply chain communication
Orders, project instructions, and invoices are exchanged according to the DICO standard, creating structured and reliable communication across suppliers, subcontractors, and project partners.
Greater visibility across projects
Project teams have real-time access to accurate information, making it easier to monitor progress, coordinate activities, and make informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle.
Reduced manual administration
Many of the repetitive tasks previously associated with project administration and message handling have been automated, allowing employees to spend more time on value-adding activities.
Improved quality and compliance
Digital registration and automated validation help ensure information is complete, consistent, and aligned with industry standards, reducing risk and increasing confidence in project data.
A scalable foundation for future innovation
With GRIP, the DICO Connector, and eMagiz as part of its digital ecosystem, Plegt-Vos has a future-ready platform that supports continued growth, additional integrations, and further automation initiatives.
Enabling a more connected construction supply chain
At CAPE, digital transformation is about more than improving internal operations. The greatest value is created when technology strengthens collaboration across the entire supply chain.
The solutions implemented for Plegt-Vos improve communication, increase transparency, and automate interactions between contractors, suppliers, and project stakeholders. By standardising information exchange and reducing manual administration, the organisation is creating a more connected and efficient construction ecosystem.
What began as a project to reduce administrative effort has evolved into a strategic platform for ongoing innovation and operational excellence.
Looking to modernise construction administration?
Whether you’re managing complex project documentation, industry messaging, supplier collaboration, or broader digital transformation initiatives, CAPE helps construction organisations simplify operations and create scalable digital foundations for future growth.
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