Watch the video above for the full orientation session with the Plannerly team. The guide below summarises the core challenges, the Boot Camp structure, and what you can expect across all four sessions.

Why Better Information Management Matters and What BIM Boot Camp Will Help You Solve

If you have ever spent hours formatting a BIM execution plan only for nobody to read it, or built a detailed spreadsheet of information requirements that only you understood, you are not alone. These are some of the most common frustrations in construction project delivery – and they are exactly what BIM Boot Camp is designed to address.

The problems most teams face are not about a lack of effort. They are about disconnected tools, unclear responsibilities, spreadsheet overload, and approval workflows that happen across emails, phone calls, and chat messages with no clear record. BIM execution plans vanish into a void of PDFs that nobody reads until it is too late. Requirements get buried in spreadsheets that only the person who created them can understand. And accountability – the thing that makes any of this actually work – is often missing entirely.

BIM Boot Camp tackles this by walking you through a more structured, integrated approach to information management. Rather than treating planning, contracting, tracking, and handover as separate disconnected activities, the course shows how they connect into one continuous workflow – aligned with the ISO 19650 stages from assessment and need through to lessons learned. The four core sessions cover defining actionable information requirements, collaborative contracting, CDE setup and tracking, and verification, handover, and lessons learned.

Throughout the course, you will see how Plannerly’s modules – Docs, Scope, Verify, and File Manager – support each stage of this workflow. From starting a project with a single click using the template library, to defining requirements that are both human-readable and machine-readable, to automatically naming and filing deliverables, to verifying models against contracted requirements. It is about reducing administration, building accountability, and creating a workflow that works for the entire team – not just the person who set it up.

What the four Boot Camp sessions cover

1. Planning – defining actionable information requirements – learn how to get team input, define responsibilities across multiple documents, create exchange information requirements (EIR), assign responsibilities with live approvals, and use AI to accelerate building out responsibility matrices and MIDPs
2. Contracting – collaborative agreements, not just contracts – see how teams collaborate to create tender responses, detail post-appointment execution planning, build master information delivery plans, define milestones and dependencies, attach machine-readable information delivery specifications, and sign electronically
3. Tracking – CDE setup and project delivery – connect your common data environment, define naming conventions and folder structures, upload and track documents with status workflows, manage tasks in a kanban board, and run automated model checks
4. Handover – verification, COBie, and lessons learned – verify deliverables against contracted requirements, automate model checking, track completion status transparently, generate COBie outputs for FM systems, and capture lessons learned for continuous improvement

What you’ll learn

• Why poor information management causes rework and frustration – understanding how disconnected tools, unread BEPs, and unclear responsibilities lead to project pain
• How a structured, integrated workflow replaces spreadsheet chaos – seeing how connected planning, contracting, tracking, and handover reduce administration by up to 80%
• Why machine-readable and human-readable requirements both matter – learning how information delivery specifications (IDS) enable automated verification alongside clear human documentation
• How ISO 19650 connects to the bigger picture – mapping the eight standard stages to practical project workflows that teams can actually follow
• What free resources and training are available – accessing certified training, templates, and downloadable guides to support your learning

Common questions

Explore further

• BIM Boot Camp course page – access all sessions and start working through the full programme
• Free BIM and ISO 19650 training courses – explore the Basic, Advanced, Expert, and company compliance training pathways
• How to centralise BEP information and avoid duplicating efforts – practical guidance on moving beyond spreadsheet-based execution planning
• Simplifying BIM model checking automation – learn how automated verification replaces manual two-screen checking workflows
• Book a free meeting – talk to the Plannerly team about improving information management on your projects