Planning Work missions is one of the setup missions required for The Podium Robbery in GTA Online's The Chop Shop DLC. The missions involve acquiring LSDS Disguises and a Storage Key Card, as well as an optional mission to disrupt casino personnel.

You can start all your planning work missions from the planning screen by accessing the computer from your Salvage Yard.

Planning Work missions are mandatory missions you must complete to do the robbery. They are the primary setup missions. There is always one optional disruption mission that helps make your final robbery mission relatively easier.

Planning Work 1: LSDS Disguises

In this mission, you must steal an LSDS van and bring it to the Salvage Yard. However, before you can get your hands on the van, you must cause some mayhem at a sewage treatment plant.

When you arrive at the treatment works, find a good vantage point and use an RPG to destroy the three parked sewage tankers.

Good vantage point.
Destroying the sewage tankers.

Next, you need to unscrew the release valves to further contaminate the area. Once you've destroyed the sewage tankers, eliminate as many enemies as possible before you go for the valves.

It will make your life easier.

You don't have to worry about the rest of the enemies. They take some time before coming. But still, it is best to try to be quick because more enemies will eventually catch up.

Once you've unscrewed all the valves, wait for the LSDS to show up. If you have a Buzzard or an Oppressor Mark II, you can fly up in the air to lose the cops. It's best to lose the cops at this point, if you can.

Luckily, we lost the cops while waiting for the LSDS van to arrive.

When the LSDS van arrives, steal it and deliver it to your Salvage Yard to complete this mission.

LSDS van arrives at the site.
Delivering the LSDS van to the Salvage Yard.

Planning Work 2: Storage Key Card

In this planning mission, you need to steal a storage key card from a valet.

You will be asked to go to a specific location and search for the casino valet's house.

Jamal will send you a text, telling you that you need to look for a yellow BF club car.

You can find the valet's house by finding a small yellow car parked outside in the garage driveway.

There's a trick you can use to find it quickly, though. If you have an Oppressor Mark II or a Buzzard, its homing missile feature will automatically lock on to the car, giving away the location of the house.

Oppressor Mark II's homing missile locking on to the vehicle.

Once you've found the house, enter the house and aim at the valet to intimidate him.

You can see his intimidation progress bar at the bottom-right corner of the screen.

When he is intimidated enough, he will give you the safe codes.

You must then go to his bedroom, use the codes to open his safe and retrieve the storage key card.

Note that when you leave his house, you will get a wanted level.

Lose the cops and return to the Salvage Yard to complete this mission.

Planning Work 3: Disrupt Personnel (Optional)

This mission is completely optional, but doing it will reduce the number of security guards that come after you during the robbery.

This mission is time-sensitive and must be completed within 10 minutes. We recommend using an Oppressor Mark II or a Buzzard.

First, make your way to a motel room, where you will eliminate a Duggan Lieutenant.

Motel room.
The Duggan Lieutenant inside the motel room.

After taking him out, look for his phone to find the other three lieutenants.

Duggan lieutenant's phone.

Use your Oppressor Mark II or the Buzzard to get to the other Duggan Lieutenants in time and kill them all.

One of the Duggan Duggan Lieutenants driving around.

Your mission will be completed once you've taken the final lieutenant out.

Optional disruption planning work completed.

With all planning work complete, you are now fully prepared for The Podium Robbery finale.