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AI in construction management

Run the project, and let AI help with the paperwork

Most of an information manager's week goes on writing plans nobody reads, retyping requirements and chasing who owns what. In Plannerly the documents start from templates, the requirements come in from your spreadsheets (AI can draft and read them), and automation checks the models and sends the reminders.

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Where AI and automation help

Five jobs you can stop doing by hand

Turn the EIR into a BEP

Copying last job's BEP and swapping the name fools nobody. Bring the client's EIR in, start from the ISO 19650 template and answer each requirement - AI can draft a first answer for you to check and agree.

AIBEP

Write any document from a title

Blank pages are slow. Start from a template or your own Word file, or let Start with AI draft an outline or a first version from a title. Write my section, Correct, Expand and Summarize help with the rest.

AIDocs

Read the requirements spreadsheet for you

Retyping a requirements spreadsheet into the scope takes days. Add the rows yourself, or let AI Import read the file and build the scope - you check the preview before anything is created.

AIScope

Check every model, every time

Not AI, just rules that never get tired: set the information requirements once and every linked model version is checked against them automatically, with the charts updating as it goes.

AutomationVerify

Stop being the reminder system

Every task has an owner and a date, and Plannerly sends the reminders: 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when it's overdue. You can adjust them.

AutomationMIDP

Results from teams using Plannerly

  • 95%Faster model checksJTC Corporation, Singapore
  • 80%Time saved on BIM and ESG verificationMTECH Engineering, Hong Kong
  • 5xGrowth with one platform instead of five toolsreiSource, United States

Case studies

Teams that cut the paperwork and the checking

  • Singapore

    95% faster

    Model validation time

    From 11,000 Excel rows to automated checks

    JTC Corporation · Government agency

    Eliminated 11,000 Excel rows and automated compliance checks across 2,000+ object types and 27 model categories with Plannerly's Verify module.

    Before Plannerly, it took weeks to do model checks. Now we do it in hours.
    John Kiong, Director · JTC Corporation
    • ISO 19650
    • Verify
    • Government
  • United States

    5x growth · 60% faster

    VDC workflows streamlined

    Five tools gone, one source of truth

    reiSource · VDC consultancy

    Replaced 5 disconnected tools with one platform. Scope prep dropped from 8 hours to 2 and the team scaled from 3 to 15 without compromising quality.

    What we used to do with five tools, we now do with one, and with more consistency.
    Christopher Allen, Co-founder · reiSource
    • VDC
    • Tool consolidation
    • Scale-up
  • Hungary

    8x growth

    6 → 50+ engineers · −10% costs

    From Excel chaos to ISO 19650 at scale

    BuildEXT · General design firm

    Grew from 6 employees to 50+ engineers across 4 departments. Now handles projects 30x larger with 10% lower construction and FM costs.

    I cannot imagine using Excel or Word to start writing a BIM contract anymore.
    András Ábele-Nagy, Head of BIM · BuildEXT
    • SME
    • ISO 19650
    • Scale-up

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Free lessons

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Using AI to Create Documents

Start with AI and Write my section, step by step.

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More AI Features for Professional Outputs

Correct, Expand, Simplify and Summarize, for a professional finish.

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Importing and Copy+Paste from Word Documents

Bring an existing EIR or BEP in from Word instead of retyping it.

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BIM Management Basics

The full workflow, from documents and scope to model checking, with a certificate you can share.

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How to survive as a BIM Manager

Surviving ISO 19650 Information Requirements with AI

Build it. Connect it. Just ask Javis. Most owners aren't sure what to ask for, and requirements copied from the last job create work nobody needs. Three ways into your project's information requirements - build on the Plannerly API, connect your own AI with Plannerly MCP, or just ask Javis - on one structure your supply chain can check against.

Chapters

  1. Three ways into your project: API, MCP and Javis00:00
  2. What if you could just talk it through?00:40
  3. The ISO 19650 principle: every deliverable traces to a requirement03:10
  4. Why information requirements go wrong03:38
  5. "Let's just use AI" - and why AI needs structure05:48
  6. What if your requirements were data?07:10
  7. The structure your requirements stand on08:24
  8. Part 1: Plannerly API - create an API key09:39
  9. Build a live dashboard from project data12:29
  10. More API uses: onboarding and project start-up13:28
  11. Part 2: What is MCP (Model Context Protocol)?14:33
  12. Live demo: Claude turns a client EIR into a pre-appointment BEP15:37
  13. Every BEP answer traced back to the EIR19:32
  14. Inviting teams and building the RACI matrix20:47
  15. Charts: who owns what, and what's still unassigned22:57
  16. Scope, milestones and geometry for each data drop23:38
  17. Information requirements per milestone, with checking rules25:55
  18. Recap: PDF in, structured project out28:48
  19. Q&A: getting stakeholders to adopt information management29:39
  20. Part 3: Just ask Javis30:28
  21. Live: "What responsibility gaps can you identify?"32:11
  22. Sourced answers - and we don't train on your data34:18
  23. Where Javis is going: requirements by conversation35:30
  24. Next episode: Surviving the seven CDEs37:36
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AI Survival Kit: the example project, the slides and the AI question list

Everything from Episode 3: the example project to explore and copy, all 32 slides, the 40 questions to ask Javis, Claude or ChatGPT, and the EIR explained.

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Information requirements example project

A requirements project to explore and copy: OIR and EIR documents in Docs and a structured requirements list in Scope, staged by milestone, each requirement with the rule that checks it.

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PDF Episode 3 slides.pdfAll 32 slides: the three ways in, the EIR-to-BEP demo and where Javis is going (opens in a new tab) PDF The AI question list.pdf40 questions to ask Javis, Claude or ChatGPT about your project (opens in a new tab) PDF ISO 19650 EIR explained.pdfExchange information requirements: what each appointed party must deliver, and when (opens in a new tab)

Frequently asked

Questions people ask about AI in construction management

What is AI in construction management?
It's software that takes on the reading and writing that fill a project manager's or information manager's week: drafting plans and documents, and pulling requirements out of spreadsheets. Its partner is automation, which checks models against what was asked for and keeps track of who owns what. The judgement - what the project needs and who agrees to it - stays with you. See the AI writing tools for BIM documents.
Will AI replace BIM managers or information managers?
No. It replaces the copy-and-paste parts of the job. Someone still has to decide what information the project needs, agree it with every team and stand behind it at an audit. AI gives you a first draft; you make the calls. Here's why projects still need a BIM manager.
Where should I start?
With the job that eats the most hours. For most teams that's the BEP or the information requirements. Start free, open the ISO 19650 BEP template and let AI draft the first version - then compare it with the last one you wrote by hand. The free lesson Using AI to create documents shows how.
Does it follow ISO 19650?
Yes. The templates, the plan structure and the checks are built around ISO 19650, so what AI drafts lands in the right place: appointing party requirements, the BEP, the MIDP and TIDPs, and the checks on every information exchange. New to the standard? Read what ISO 19650 is, or the standard itself, ISO 19650-2.
Does AI check the models?
No, and you wouldn't want it to guess. Model checking in Plannerly is rule-based: every linked model version is checked automatically against the requirements you set, and the charts update by themselves. You can also export the requirements as an IDS file for other checkers. Clash detection isn't part of Verify yet, so keep your coordination tool for that. See how model checking with IDS works.
Is automation the same as AI?
Not quite. Automation runs the rules you set - check this property on every model, remind this team before this date. AI helps write and read - drafting a section, reading a spreadsheet. Good construction management uses both: AI to get to a first draft fast, automation to make sure it's followed. More on automation in construction management.

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Get the paperwork moving this week, with AI if you want

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