February  5, 2025 – San Jose, CA – Planera, the leader in visual CPM-based construction scheduling, today announced that it will now offer its innovative scheduling solution for free to students and professors at U.S. universities with construction management programs through its new Planera EDU initiative.

Designed to expose construction management students and their instructors to a new approach to construction scheduling – one that is visual and collaborative – this new initiative provides them with full access to Planera’s software at no cost. “Launching this program gives us an opportunity to give back to the construction community,” said Nitin Bhandari, CEO of Planera. “We’re excited to share our software with the next generation of construction leaders and to give them an opportunity to compare and contrast it with traditional scheduling solutions. These students represent the future of our industry, we’re glad to support them as they explore and learn.”

Brad  Nadolson, lecturer in construction management at The Ohio State University’s Construction Systems Management program, praised Planera’s new program. “We’re constantly looking for new ways to build differently and better – improvements that we can share with our students. We’ve found Planera to be much easier to learn than traditional scheduling products. It is intuitive and also collaborative – akin to products like Google Docs – which is something our students expect from modern software solutions.” Nadolson continued. “For Planera to make its software available for free to universities like ours will give construction management students a taste of where their world is heading, and a chance to familiarize themselves now with a solution that will be used throughout the industry by the time they graduate.”

Planera’s visual scheduling solution is designed to tackle the challenges of modern construction planning, offering teams a more intuitive and collaborative way to handle schedules, timelines, and project complexity. With its powerful interface and data-driven insights, Planera enables construction teams to plan and adapt with greater agility, reducing project delays and boosting overall efficiency.

Construction management students and instructors interested in using Planera in their universities can sign up for the Planera EDU program for free at https://www.planera.io/planera-edu.