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Schedule - BIM scheduling

BIM scheduling software that tells every team what's due, before it's late

Plannerly's BIM schedule is the timeline of your scope: every deliverable with its owner, start and end dates and dependencies, built from the plan your teams agreed. Reminders go out 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when a task is overdue, and the charts update automatically.

Free plan, no card. Reminders reach everyone in the app.

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Plannerly: the MIDP on the timeline, with its milestones and the dependencies between tasks

What sequencing the work together did on a $130M residential project

  • 53%Fewer clashesMajor real estate developer, United States: a $130M apartment project
  • 16.5%Time savedMajor real estate developer, United States: a $130M apartment project
  • 98%Constructability issues solved, against 31% on the control projectMajor real estate developer, United States: a $130M apartment project

How it works

How the schedule gets built, agreed and kept on time

  1. Start from the scope

    A programme typed up separately is out of date by Friday. The timeline is built from the scope itself: every deliverable, milestone and owner you've already agreed, with no second list to keep in step.

    One plan, not two
  2. Sequence the work

    Drag start and end dates on the timeline, connect one task to the next to set the dependencies, and schedule each team's work package on its own.

    The right sequence, agreed
  3. Let teams own their dates

    You shouldn't be typing everyone's durations. Task teams work on the same schedule in their own filtered view, and you keep an eye on the handovers between them.

    Every date owned by the team that keeps it
  4. Remind and track

    Reminders go out 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when a task is overdue, to everyone in the app. Statuses move on the Kanban board, and the charts update automatically.

    Nobody surprised by a deadline

Watch the timeline

See the timeline used to coordinate tasks across teams

From the free Level 1 course

Using the timeline for efficient task coordination

Dates, dependencies and owners on the timeline, and how teams keep their part of it up to date. One of the free Level 1 Scope lessons.

What you get

It's time to take control of your BIM management tasks

From the plan

The MIDP and every TIDP, already on the schedule

When the schedule and the delivery plan are separate files, one of them is always wrong. In Plannerly every TIDP rolls up into the MIDP automatically, and every deliverable in it carries its owner, milestone, dates and dependencies, so the plan your teams agreed is the schedule they work to.

  • Every TIDP rolled up into the MIDP
  • Milestones, durations and dependencies on every deliverable
  • Checklists and file placeholders on each task
Create a MIDP in Plannerly
Plannerly: an example master information delivery plan (MIDP), with its deliverables and responsibilities

Work packages

Schedule each team's part on its own

One giant timeline helps nobody. Filter the scope by milestone, folder or team, save it as a work package and schedule it on its own: architectural coordination, the MIDP or one discipline's deliverables. Drag the dates, connect the dependencies and keep the order clear.

Schedule your scope with work packages
Plannerly Scope: creating a work package from the filtered scope

Real-time collaboration

Everyone works on the same schedule, in their own view

Task teams in different offices see the same schedule, filtered to their own work. Share a work package with a link, settle questions in comments on the task, and see who changed what in its history. Nobody works from last week's printout.

Plannerly Scope: sharing a work package link, with the team's comments in the activity log

Reminders and status

Reminders that do the chasing, and charts that show who's behind

Chasing dates by email is a job nobody signed up for. Reminders go out 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when a task is overdue, to everyone in the app, and you can adjust them. As statuses move on the Kanban board, the charts update automatically.

  • Reminders before starts and deadlines, and when overdue
  • Adjustable, and they reach everyone in the app
  • Charts filtered by team, milestone or work package
Plannerly Verify: a task moved across the Kanban board, and the Docs dashboard of requirement completions and task statuses updating

Print formatted PDFs

Share the schedule as a PDF or Excel, on a schedule

Export the timeline as a clean PDF for the people who won't log in, or to Excel to keep working elsewhere. Put the timeline in the same PDF as the BEP and the scope grid, and set the export to make a new version every week by itself.

Export your scope to Excel
Plannerly export settings: automatic versions, sent every Monday morning

How to survive as a BIM Manager

Why your MIDP spreadsheet is failing, and how to fix it

A MIDP built live in Plannerly: every file named, each team's TIDP agreed, dates on the timeline and progress charts that move as files arrive. Jump to the chapter you need.

  • Why the MIDP spreadsheet always dies
  • What ISO 19650 actually asks for
  • Paste your lists, get every file named
  • Each task team's TIDP agreed on the record
  • A contract each team signs for its own part
  • Progress charts that move as files arrive

Free download

Start from Episode 1's MIDP: a starter project and three ISO 19650 PDFs, free

Free download

MIDP Survival Kit: a starter project and three ISO 19650 PDFs

Start your MIDP from the project Episode 1 built instead of a blank spreadsheet, with three PDFs from our free ISO 19650 training: the MIDP step, the detailed responsibility matrix and the whole process on one page.

  • 1 starter project
  • 3 PDFs
  • Free

What teams say

Contractors, owners and design teams on planning the work together

What changes when every team plans its work in the same place, with the dates it agreed to.

  • 5 out of 5

    Plannerly is both a tool and a process. It gives my teams an advantage over the competition.
    Chris EveristBIM Manager · BNBuilders
  • 5 out of 5

    Plannerly makes our conversations easier, it makes buy-in easier. It's a great basis of conversation and agreement.
    Jeff ThompsonAssistant Director · Broward County
  • 5 out of 5

    It gives structure. It restructures everything. Everyone knows what they have to do.
    András Ábele-NagyHead of BIM · BuildEXT
  • 5 out of 5

    Everyone was able to work from different countries in a collaborative way online.
    Sean PillanRegional Design Technology Manager · Gensler
  • 5 out of 5

    Our design teams, PMs, and Clients love the clarity that Plannerly brings!
    Matthew FullerBIM Program Lead · Texas Instruments

Learn it properly

Level 3 · ISO 19650 Expert

Creating the master information delivery plan (MIDP) and TIDPs

Questions

BIM scheduling: your questions, answered

What is a BIM schedule?
A BIM schedule says who delivers which information, by when, and in what order: every model, drawing and document on a timeline with its owner, dates and dependencies. In Plannerly it's the timeline of your scope, so it's built from the deliverables your teams already agreed rather than typed up separately. MIDP and TIDP explained.
Where is scheduling in Plannerly?
In Scope. Switch the grid to the timeline view, or save a work package and schedule it on its own; the Kanban board shows the same tasks by status. The old Schedule module now lives there. Schedule your scope.
How do the task reminders work?
Reminders go out 7 days before a task starts, 3 days before its deadline and when it's overdue. They reach everyone in the app, and you can adjust them. Run the MIDP shows them in a real plan.
Can I set dependencies between tasks?
Yes. On the timeline, connect one task to the next to set a dependency, drag the start and end dates, and change the order to keep the sequence clear. Schedule your scope with work packages.
Can each task team schedule its own work?
Yes. Each team works on the same schedule in its own filtered view or work package, and on Pro and Company editors are unlimited, so every team can keep its own dates at no cost to them. Invite your task teams and see the prices.
How does the schedule relate to the MIDP and TIDPs?
They're the same data. Each team's deliverables are its TIDP, they roll up into the MIDP automatically, and every one of them carries its milestone, dates and dependencies. Create a MIDP in Plannerly and the ISO 19650 guidance on information delivery planning.
How do I see progress against the schedule?
Statuses move on the Kanban board, and charts of task status update automatically. Filter them by team, milestone or work package, or put them in a weekly PDF report that sends itself. Filter charts by work package and build a dashboard.
Can I export the schedule?
Yes. Export the timeline as a PDF to share a clean snapshot, on its own or alongside the BEP and the scope grid, or export the scope data to Excel to keep working in another tool. Export to PDF or Word and export scope to Excel.
Is it a replacement for the construction programme?
No. Keep the construction programme in your planning tool. Plannerly schedules the information: who delivers which model, drawing or document, by when, and what depends on it - the part a construction programme rarely tracks and a spreadsheet can't keep up with. BIM in construction management.
Is Plannerly a 4D BIM tool?
Not in the sense of a 4D construction simulation, which links model geometry to the construction sequence. Plannerly links model elements to the tasks that deliver them, with dates, so you can see who is delivering what and check it when it arrives. For 4D simulation, see the tools in our BIM software list.
Is there a BIM calendar of what's due?
The timeline is it: filter by team, milestone or work package to see what's due and when, and the reminders tell each person before their dates arrive. The Scope interface and its filters.
How much does it cost?
Scheduling is part of Scope. You can start free; Pro is priced per project and adds unlimited editors, so every task team keeps its own dates. You can try every Pro feature free for 14 days, with no card. See the prices.

Pricing

Start free, then pay per project when you're ready

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  • Five projects included
  • The account owner edits; everyone they invite can view
  • 100 MB of project files
  • Explore Docs, Scope and Verify
  • Build the plan and its timeline, and invite people to view them
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5 projects included free Pro
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$249/ month
  • Five projects included
  • Unlimited editors and viewers
  • 50 GB of project files
  • Your branding on everything you export
  • Each project beyond five: $49 a month
  • Every task team edits its own lines and dates, at no cost to them
  • Unlimited e-signatures, so each team signs its own contract
  • Try every Pro feature free for 14 days, no card
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