The plan only sees part of the picture
Your ERP holds planned hours, actual hours and project data. It rarely captures why work has moved or what the team expects to happen next.
Resource planning for architecture, engineering and construction firms
A resource plan that keeps up with the work.
Propeller compares planned hours in your ERP with actual timesheets, flags gaps and overruns as they emerge, and suggests the next staffing move. Project leads review every suggestion in Microsoft Teams. Keep your ERP. No second plan for the team to maintain.
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Why resource plans go stale
The numbers show what happened.
Your project leads know why.
Projects change faster than most resource plans. Scope shifts, deadlines move, and the context needed to reallocate people ends up spread across timesheets, Teams and people’s heads.
The work changes before the data does
A plan that looked right on Monday can be wrong by Friday. By the time the numbers catch up, the team has already absorbed the squeeze.
Senior people reconcile it by hand
Project and practice leads compare plans, timesheets and conversations to work out who is free, who is stretched and where to move people next.
From raw data to a clear staffing decision
See where the plan is drifting and what to do next.
Propeller flags projects running over plan, people with capacity and work that still needs an owner. It suggests a staffing change and shows the evidence behind it. Act in Teams, or open the dashboard for the full picture.
Allocation radar · illustrative product preview
Example data · updated 4 mins ago
Resource plan changes to review
Next week ▾
Projects over plan3
Hours available184
Unstaffed work72h
MC
Marcus ChenSenior Architect · London
Riverside Tower14h over plan this week
Over plan
MP
Maya PatelArchitect · London
Available capacity12h free next week
Available
JL
Jamie LewisBIM Lead · Manchester
Terminal 4No allocation after Thursday
Gap
How Propeller works
One clear staffing question, sent to the right person.
Propeller checks the plan in the background. When the numbers no longer line up, it asks the relevant project lead a short question in Teams. They can approve, correct or reject the next move.
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Compare the plan with actual work
Propeller checks planned hours against timesheets to spot overruns, unused capacity and unstaffed work.
2
Ask for the missing context
When the data does not tell the whole story, a short Teams message lets the project lead explain what changed.
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Recommend the next staffing move
Propeller combines the data and the project lead’s response to suggest a staffing move, with the reasoning attached.
Microsoft TeamsIllustrative workflow
PropellerJust now
Morning Alex. Terminal 4 has 12 hours of BIM work unassigned next week. Maya looks like the strongest available match.
Assign Maya Patel for 12 hours next weekWhy Maya: 12 hours available, relevant BIM experience, and similar projects have needed another 10–14 hours at this stage.
Works with the tools you already use
Keep your ERP.
Add the project context it cannot see.
Propeller is designed to keep your ERP as the system of record. It compares resource plans with timesheets, then asks project leads in Teams for the context behind the numbers. No duplicate plan for the team to maintain.
When a lead approves or corrects a suggestion, Propeller records the decision. That helps make later recommendations more relevant to how your firm staffs and delivers projects.
- Your ERP remains the system of record
- Project leads respond in Teams
- No second resource plan to maintain
plan data + project judgement
Project contextProject lead responsesApprove, correct or explain in Teams
Plan dataExisting ERPResource plans, timesheets, projects
Project contextPropellerLearns from each decisionLooks for patterns in your firm’s project work
Clearer staffing decisionsA plan that better reflects the workEarlier warnings, better matches, fewer gaps
Planned integrations include
Vantagepoint
The business case
What could a small rise in billable utilisation be worth?
Small gaps in the resource plan add up across a billable team. Use your team size, average rate and a realistic improvement in utilisation to estimate the annual capacity at stake.
An estimate, not a forecastBased on 37.5 hours a week and 46 working weeks. This is the value of potential billable capacity, not guaranteed revenue.
Billable capacity calculator
Adjust the assumptions
Estimated annual value of added billable capacity£759,000
A rise from 67% to 71% utilisation across 100 billable people at £110 an hour.
Fits around your team. Keeps people in control.
Show why
Every suggestion shows the planned hours, actual hours, availability and project history behind it.
Keep the tools that work
Your ERP stays the system of record. Project leads respond in Teams, with no second plan to keep updated.
Let people make the call
Propeller recommends. A project or resource lead approves, corrects or rejects. Their decision informs the next suggestion.
Straight answers
How Propeller fits into your firm.
Does Propeller replace our ERP?
No. Your ERP remains the system of record. Propeller is designed to use the resource plans, timesheets and project data already held there.
Will project teams have to maintain another plan?
No. Day-to-day questions and approvals are designed to happen in Microsoft Teams. Resource and operations leads can open the dashboard when they need the full picture.
Does Propeller make staffing decisions on its own?
No. It shows a recommendation and the reasons behind it. A project or resource lead approves, corrects or rejects the change.
Who is Propeller for?
Project-led architecture, engineering and construction firms that already use an ERP and want resource plans to reflect what is actually happening.
Is Propeller available now?
Propeller is in development. Join early access for product updates and to hear when the first places open.
Early access
Help build a resource plan your team can trust.
We’re inviting resource and operations leaders at architecture, engineering and construction firms to help shape Propeller. Leave your work email and we’ll let you know when early access opens.