RELEAF
About us
Releaf ensures that digitalisation in construction companies actually works: with clear processes, the right tools and realistic, hands-on guidance.
Releaf? That’s founder and digital strategist Emilia Van de Maele, supported by a team of experts including business analysts, project managers, and change managers. We tailor digitalisation specifically to the construction sector and ensure you have the right expertise at the right time.
We don’t build technology ourselves, but we help you choose the right tools, engage the right IT partners, and keep everything within scope, budget, and timeline. Not a traditional IT approach—rather a pragmatic and well-designed digitalisation that truly works.
This way, you bring the expertise of dozens of specialists on board, for the budget of one. We make your digitalisation achievable, successful, and stress-free.
Products & services
RELEAF Workprocess Workshop
The Work Process Workshop is a practical, 4-hour workshop at your location. Together with the people who perform the work daily, we map out a single, concrete work process as it actually works today. Many organizations sense a gap in their operations but lack a clear understanding of exactly where and why. Processes are often historically developed, agreements are implicit, and responsibilities are not always clear. This makes it difficult to make well-founded decisions, especially when considering digitalization. During the workshop, we visualize the work process step by step. We identify where time is lost, where misunderstandings arise, and where handovers or agreements are unclear. The focus is not on solutions or tools, but on insight and shared understanding. Afterward, you will receive a concise decision document with: - a clear overview of the current work process - the most important bottlenecks and their causes - insights and priorities from the team - reflections and recommendations from Releaf. The Work Process Workshop is an accessible first step. From there, it becomes clear whether further optimization, guidance, or digitalization is worthwhile and where best to start.
The RELEAF digital maturity scan
The RELEAF Digital Maturity Scan is designed for construction companies that want to improve how they operate: clearer processes, less chaos, better planning, smoother communication and digital tools that truly fit the way they work. Many digitalisation projects fail because technology is introduced before there is enough structure and clarity. That is exactly the problem we address. The scan is meant for: • contractors and project managers who want to streamline planning, communication and work preparation; • SME subcontractors and trades who need more structure without heavy IT programmes; • companies considering software and wanting to be sure their organisation is ready for it. Using the RELEAF Digital Maturity Framework, we explore how your organisation currently functions across two pillars that determine how smoothly digital improvement can take place: 1. Process structure: how streamlined, predictable and standardised your workflows are. 2. Ownership & responsibility: how clearly roles, decisions and follow-up are defined, ensuring new tools can actually be adopted. Based on an extensive checklist, we plot your organisation on the Framework and show where you are strong today and where small, targeted improvements deliver immediate results. This helps you avoid failed implementations, low adoption and unnecessary cost or delays. You receive a personalised analysis showing: • where waste, chaos or delays arise; • which process steps must improve first to make technology pay off; • which choices lead to the highest return from tools; • which next steps will help your company progress to a higher digital readiness level. The RELEAF Digital Maturity Scan ensures that digital improvement finally delivers instead of creating extra pressure — a sustainable foundation for more efficient, stress-free and modern collaboration in the construction sector.
News
Belgische Ondernemerspodcast afl.87
Emilia Van de Maele is the founder of Releaf, a strategic partner that helps construction companies with digitalization. But behind her company lies a much deeper story.
Releaf launches as a digitalization specialist for the construction sector
Start-up Releaf Partners BV (Ghent) aims to turn the tide in the construction sector, where 70% of digitalization projects fall outside scope, budget and timing.
New digitalization partner Releaf focuses exclusively on the Belgian construction sector
The Belgian company Releaf has officially launched. Releaf aims to be a digitalization partner for the Belgian construction sector and guide construction companies toward efficient digitalization.