Coordinating the plan and the people
Agree who models what, to which level, by when; assign the tasks; keep every team's deliverables on schedule; and see progress without chasing anyone.
BIM coordination software
BIM coordination software for the plan, the people, the models and the files
BIM coordination is more than finding clashes. Agree who models what, to which level, by when; track every team; check every model's information against what was asked for; and keep every file where the plan expects it. Plannerly coordinates all of it in one place.
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What Plannerly coordinates
Everything you coordinate on a BIM project, in one plan
Planning, scoping and assigning tasks
Who models what, to which level, by when - every element and milestone on one grid, each cell assigned to a team and a person.
ScopeTracking and dashboards
Tasks move across the Kanban board and the charts of documents, tasks and model checks update by themselves, with a weekly PDF report.
TrackTeams and people
One accountable team on every deliverable, a work package for each team, and comments and history on the work itself.
RACIModel checking
Every model version checked against your own requirements automatically, in over 60 file formats or straight from Autodesk Construction Cloud.
VerifyLOD and LOIN checking
Set the level of detail and the information each element needs at each milestone, then Verify checks every delivered model's information against those requirements.
ScopeVerifyInformation checks
Each element's properties checked against the information requirements, and shared as an IDS file so authors check before they send.
IDSRule checks on properties and values
Each property checked against its rule - a number between two values, one of a list, true or false, or not empty - with its unit and property set.
VerifyWalk through, measure and section models
Look into any model in Verify: walk through it, measure it and section it, even before its elements are processed for checking.
VerifyCoordinating and checking files
Files from Autodesk, Procore, SharePoint and more fill the plan's named requests by themselves, and a duplicate is flagged for someone to confirm.
File ManagerWhat BIM coordination software does
BIM coordination means getting every team, every model and every file to fit together. It's much more than finding clashes:
Coordinating the models and their information
Check that each model carries what was asked for - the level of information need, the properties and their values - and look into the model itself when something doesn't add up.
Coordinating the files
Make sure the files each team delivers are the ones the plan asked for, wherever they were shared.
Coordinating the geometry
Federate the models and find clashes. Tools such as Navisworks, Revizto and BIMcollab do this today; Plannerly is adding clash detection and coordination.
What Plannerly coordinates, job by job
| The job | Usually done in | In Plannerly |
|---|---|---|
| Planning, scoping and assigning tasks | An LOD spreadsheet and a task list | One scope grid: every element and milestone, with its level of information need and one owner |
| Schedule and tracking | A separate programme and email reminders | Every TIDP rolled up into the MIDP, on a timeline with dates, dependencies, reminders and a Kanban board |
| Dashboards | A tracker rebuilt in Excel every week | Charts of documents, tasks and model checks that update by themselves, and a weekly PDF that sends itself |
| Teams and people | A responsibility matrix in a BEP appendix | One accountable team on every deliverable, work packages for each team, and comments on the work itself |
| Model checking: LOD, information and rules | Opening each model and ticking a spreadsheet | Every element checked against its requirements - each property, its value, unit and property set - automatically |
| Looking into the models | A desktop viewer | Walk through, measure and section the model in Verify |
| Files | Downloading from one CDE to upload to another | Delivered files fill the plan's named requests, synced from your CDE, with duplicates flagged |
| Clashes between models | Navisworks, Revizto or BIMcollab | Coming soon - keep your clash tool for now |
Where BIM coordination goes wrong
- The LOD spreadsheet is out of date the day it's sent, so teams model to different levels.
- The responsibility matrix sits in a BEP appendix and nobody can say who owned a missing deliverable.
- The programme lives in one tool and the deliverables in another, so one of them is always wrong.
- You become the reminder system, chasing every team by email.
- Coordination meetings find the same gaps every week, because nobody checked the information before the models were shared.
What to look for in BIM coordination software
- One plan, not five files: the scope, the responsibilities, the delivery plan and the schedule connected, so changing one changes the rest.
- An owner on every line: each deliverable with one accountable team and a responsible person.
- A schedule teams actually follow: dates, dependencies and reminders, with each team working in its own view.
- Checks against the requirements: the models checked against what was agreed, not just for clashes.
- It works with your tools: your CDE, your authoring tools and, for now, your clash tool.
- Free for the teams you invite, so every task team can work on its own lines.
New to the role? Read what a BIM coordinator does, see BIM schedule software, or compare the tools in the 10 best BIM software.
Coming soon
Coming soon: clash detection and coordination
Clash detection and coordination
We're adding clash detection and coordination to Plannerly, to streamline the clash coordination workflow beside the scope, the checks and the people who own each fix. It isn't available yet.
Coming soonWhat to use today
Keep Navisworks, Revizto or BIMcollab for clashes, and use Plannerly so the models reaching your clash meeting already carry what was asked for.
TodayHow it works in Plannerly
Coordinate every team in four steps
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Agree the scope
One grid: every element and deliverable down the side, milestones across, and in each cell the level of information need and one owner.
Who models what, to which level -
Set who does what
Each deliverable has one accountable team and a responsible person, and the responsibility matrix is built from the plan, not typed into an appendix.
An owner on every line -
Schedule and track
Every TIDP rolls up into the MIDP on a timeline with dates and dependencies. Reminders go out before starts and deadlines, and the charts follow.
A schedule teams follow -
Check models and files
Verify checks each model against the requirements, and delivered files fill the plan's requests as they arrive from your CDE.
Evidence of what was delivered
Watch
See the timeline coordinate every team's tasks
In Plannerly
Scope, schedule, dashboards, checks and files in one plan
Scope
Who models what, to which level, by when
The LOD spreadsheet is out of date the day it's sent. In Plannerly Scope every element and deliverable sits on one grid with milestones across the top, and each cell holds the level of information need, the requirements and one owner.
See ScopeSchedule
A plan with owners, dates and reminders
The plan is the schedule: every task has an owner, start and end dates and its dependencies on the timeline. Reminders go out 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when a task is overdue.
See the schedule
Dashboards
Fix it, move the task, and the charts follow
When a team moves its task across the Kanban board, the dashboard updates by itself. Nobody copies numbers into a spreadsheet, and everyone sees the same picture of who has done what.
Verify
Every model checked against what was agreed
The scope you agreed becomes the checks. Verify checks every linked element against your requirements automatically, in over 60 file formats, and shows which team owns each fix.
BIM model checking software
File Manager
The files the plan asked for, wherever they were shared
File Manager holds every delivered file with its source, version, size, date and author, and CDE Connect syncs the folders you choose, so the files you hand over are the ones the teams delivered.
See how CDE Connect works
Case studies
Teams that coordinate this way
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United States
53% fewer clashes
$130M residential project
53% fewer clashes on a $130M project
Major Real Estate Developer · 800+ O&M team
A $130M apartment project achieved 16.5% time savings and 53% fewer clashes, with 98% of constructability issues solved vs 31% on the control project.
The Plannerly process prompted critical cross-company conversations months before they would have caused problems.
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United Kingdom
Global practice
World-leading architecture studio
Making global BIM scope visible
Foster + Partners · Architecture
One of the world's most celebrated architecture studios uses Plannerly to manage structured BIM requirements across their global portfolio of landmark projects.
Trusted by one of the world's most iconic architecture practices to manage BIM requirements at a global scale.
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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
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What teams say
On running the plan in Plannerly
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
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Run your first MIDP: a starter project, the slides and two ISO 19650 PDFs
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MIDP Survival Kit: a starter project, the slides and two ISO 19650 PDFs
Start your MIDP from the project Episode 1 built instead of a blank spreadsheet, with all its slides and two PDFs from our free ISO 19650 training: the MIDP step and the whole process on one page.
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MIDP starter project
Episode 1's MIDP as a project of your own: task teams, milestones and deliverables in Scope, ready for you to paste in your own lists.
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Questions
BIM coordination software: your questions, answered
What is BIM coordination software?
Software that helps every team's models, information and files fit together. Plannerly coordinates the plan, the people, the checks on every model and the files; clash tools such as Navisworks, Revizto and BIMcollab coordinate the geometry today, and Plannerly is adding clash detection and coordination.
What is BIM project management software?
Software for running the BIM side of a project: the information requirements and BEP, who delivers what at which level of information need, the delivery plan (MIDP and TIDPs), the schedule and checking what comes back. In Plannerly those live in one connected plan: Scope, the schedule, Docs and Verify.
Does Plannerly do clash detection?
Not yet - clash detection and coordination are coming soon, to streamline the clash coordination workflow alongside the scope, the checks and the people who own each fix. Today, keep Navisworks, Revizto or BIMcollab for clashes, and use Plannerly to coordinate the plan, the people, the information in every model and the files.
Can Plannerly check LOD?
Plannerly holds LOD and LOIN in the same grid: for each element and milestone, the level of detail, the information requirements and the documents it needs. Verify then checks every delivered model's information against those requirements automatically. LOD and LOIN at scale.
Can I look inside a model in Plannerly?
Yes. Verify reads over 60 model file formats, IFC and Revit among them, and you can walk through, measure and section a model even before its elements are processed for checking. Which formats Verify reads.
What's the difference between a BIM coordinator and a BIM manager?
A BIM coordinator usually works with the models day to day - federating them, running clash checks and following up issues. A BIM manager sets up the process: the BEP, the standards, who delivers what and how it's checked. A BIM coordinator's roles and responsibilities.
How does Plannerly keep every team on schedule?
The schedule is built from the scope, so every deliverable already has its owner and milestone. Each team works on the same timeline in its own view, reminders go out 7 days before a start, 3 days before a deadline and when a task is overdue, and the charts update as statuses move. BIM schedule software.
Does it work with Autodesk Construction Cloud and Revit?
Yes. Connect your ACC or BIM 360 hub to bring models and files in, Verify checks Revit and IFC models among over 60 formats, and a Revit plug-in can push your requirements into Revit families. See how CDE Connect works.
Do the teams I invite have to pay?
No. Everyone you invite joins free, so every task team can work on its own lines. You can start on the Free plan and try Pro free for 14 days. See pricing.
Is this ISO 19650 project management?
Yes. Plannerly is built around the ISO 19650 workflow, from the information requirements to the BEP, the MIDP, the responsibility matrix, model checking and handover, starting from free ISO 19650 templates. Software can't make a project compliant on its own, but it gives you the structure and the evidence an audit asks for.
Give every team one plan to work to
Agree who models what, track it, and check the models and files that come back, in one place. Start free, or book a meeting and we'll show you on a real project.
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