Answer the client's EIR without writing the BEP from scratch
The EIR (exchange information requirements) is what the client asks for. The BEP (BIM execution plan) is your answer. In Plannerly you bring the EIR in, start the BEP from an ISO 19650 template and answer each requirement yourself, or let AI draft it. You check it, assign it, agree it and sign it.
Get answers you can compare. Every bidder can answer your EIR in the same ISO 19650 structure, section by section, and the BEP you accept stays live in Plannerly instead of in a PDF nobody opens again.
Win the tender without a week of copy and paste. Bring in the client's EIR, start from the ISO 19650 BEP template, write each answer or let AI draft it, and send each subcontractor only the sections it needs to agree.
Answer the client's EIR for the whole design team. Start each BEP section from the requirement it answers (AI can draft it), and each consultant agrees its own part before the response goes out.
Write every client's BEP from your own template. SmartFields fill in the project facts, AI can draft each answer against that client's EIR, and your time goes on judgement, not typing.
Teach students to answer an EIR properly: read the requirement, draft the response by hand or with AI, then check it, improve it and defend it - the way it's done on real ISO 19650 tenders.
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The problem
Every BEP starts as a copy of the last one
So last job's BEP gets copied, the project name gets swapped and half the answers belong to a different client. The assessor notices, and so does the team that has to deliver it. The four steps below put your week into checking answers, not typing them.
Stop copying last job's BEP: bring the EIR in, start from the template, draft each answer (AI can help), agree and sign
Bring the EIR in
Import the client's EIR from Word, or use Import with AI for a PDF, Word or Excel file. It becomes editable sections in Docs, next to your BEP, and the requirements it finds can become checkable requirements.
The client's requirements next to your answers
Start from the template
Open the ISO 19650 BEP template from the library, or let Start with AI draft an outline or a complete first version from the BEP's title and description. SmartFields fill in the project name, client and other facts.
No blank page
Draft each answer
Paste the requirement into a section's description and Write my section drafts the answer. It doesn't invent project facts: it marks what you need to confirm. Then Expand, Correct, Simplify or Summarize it.
A first draft of every answer
Agree and sign
Assign each section to the team that answers it and settle questions in comments on the section itself. Then export the BEP to PDF or Word, with e-signatures if you need them.
A BEP every team agreed to
The client's EIR, in Docs
Each requirement becomes an editable section you can answer, discuss and track.
See it work
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Connect your AI assistant to Plannerly and ask for what you need. Here it checks a couple of details, then creates the appointment document in Docs, in the project where the team already works.
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EIR to BEP Survival Kit: a starter project and 3 PDFs
Everything to answer an EIR the way this page does: a starter project with the ISO 19650 BEP template ready in Docs, and three free PDFs on the EIR, the tender response and the pre-appointment BEP.
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EIR to BEP starter project
The ISO 19650 BEP template in Docs, ready for the client's EIR and your first AI-drafted answers.
Three teams that moved their BEPs and appointment documents into Plannerly: BEP planning cut from 100+ hours to under 30, BIM setup from 90 days to 20, and BIM admin cut by more than 70% with reusable templates.
What changes when the delivery team works in a structure you can follow: a 16-project airport programme set up in 20 days instead of 90, with its goals built in from day one.
Delivery teams that answer the client's requirements once and reuse the structure: LIMSEN cut BEP planning from more than 100 hours to under 30 while coordinating 50 companies.
Design teams that write the BEP once and reuse it: SODArchitects cut BIM admin by more than 70% with reusable templates.
Consultants who run every client's BEP from one method: LIMSEN coordinated 50 companies and cut BEP planning from 100+ hours to under 30.
The documents your students will write on real projects, and how three firms write them today.
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Educators on teaching the EIR and BEP
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Many software companies get this wrong. They don't create content or videos. You can't ask me to bring your tool into my curriculum when there's nothing for students to learn from. Plannerly has all of that.
ZADr. Zulfikar AdamuAssociate Professor · London South Bank University
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Students love Plannerly and it makes my life so much easier!
PKPetro KaranxhaProfessor · George Brown College
Setup guides
Set up your EIR response in Plannerly, step by step
Short Help Center guides that walk you through each step in Plannerly. Open one beside the app and follow along.
The EIR (exchange information requirements) is the client's list of the information it needs from the delivery team: what, when, and to what standard. The BEP (BIM execution plan) is the delivery team's answer: how it will produce, check and share that information. Under ISO 19650 the appointing party writes the EIR and the lead appointed party answers it with the BEP. The free EIR lesson and the BEP guide cover each one in detail.
Can AI write a BIM execution plan?
It can write the first draft, which is the slow part. In Plannerly, Start with AI drafts an outline or a complete first version from the BEP's title and description, and Write my section drafts one section from its heading and the requirement you put in its description. It's told not to invent project facts, so where one is missing it leaves a note for you to confirm. You still check every answer, because your team has to deliver what the BEP promises. See how the AI writing tools work and where AI helps most.
What should a BEP response to an EIR include?
Under ISO 19650-2, the pre-appointment BEP you send with the tender covers who will do the information management, your strategy for meeting the EIR, the federation strategy, a high-level responsibility matrix, any changes you propose to the project's information standard and production methods, and the software, hardware and IT you'll use. Once you're appointed it becomes the confirmed BEP. The free pre-appointment BEP lesson walks through each part, and the standard itself is on the ISO website.
Who writes the EIR, and who writes the BEP?
The appointing party, the client, writes the EIR and issues it with the invitation to tender. Each bidding team's lead, usually the main contractor or lead designer, answers it with a pre-appointment BEP. Once appointed, the lead appointed party confirms the BEP and writes EIRs of its own for the appointed parties it brings in. ISO 19650 roles, explained.
Can Plannerly read my EIR for me?
It can bring it in. Import a Word EIR into Docs, or use Import with AI for a PDF, Word or Excel file: it turns the content into editable sections, and the requirements it finds into structured information requirements, each linked back to where it was found. You review what it found before anything is created. Then you write your answers section by section, with Write my section doing the first draft. How to create a BEP in Plannerly.
Is there a free EIR or BEP template?
Yes. The BEP template opens in Plannerly with the ISO 19650 sections already in place, and the EIR to BEP Survival Kit on this page adds three free PDFs: the EIR explained, the tender response and the pre-appointment BEP. For EIR, OIR, AIR and PIR templates, see What is ISO 19650? and EIR, PIR and BEP templates.
Is my EIR used to train the AI?
No. Your files and documents stay under your team's control in Plannerly, and neither Plannerly nor the AI providers it uses train AI models on them. AI can draft; your team decides what goes in the BEP. See how AI works in Plannerly, and where AI helps, and where it doesn't.
How do I get the BEP agreed and signed?
Assign each section to the team or person who answers it, and settle questions in comments on the section itself. When it's ready, export the BEP to PDF or Word and add approvers: requesting a signature keeps a copy in the Contracts tab with its signatures. Free includes two e-signatures, and Pro makes them unlimited. How export and approvals work.
Can I reuse my company's BEP on every project?
Yes. Save your BEP as a template with SmartFields for the project name, client and other facts, then import it into each new project from the template library: the SmartFields fill in for that project. See how SmartFields work and importing documents from templates.
Do I need a paid plan to use AI in Docs?
No. On Free you can write your BEP in Docs on up to five projects, try the AI writing tools within the Free plan's limits, and invite people to view it. Pro adds more AI, unlimited editors and viewers, SmartFields, Word export, unlimited e-signatures and your own branding on exports. Try every Pro feature free for 14 days, with no card and nothing to cancel. See pricing.
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