Meet with product experts from Autodesk to hear what functionality has recently been released for Autodesk Build, and what features are on the upcoming road map.

Like most firms, Hazen is at times, unable to dictate which CM platform is used on every project. However, for the last several years we have an internal preferred solution that is not ACC Build. In late 2022 we began pilot testing Autodesk Build with the goal of the pilot being to determine whether we should begin integrating ACC Build going forward. If yes, should we use Autodesk Build on certain projects alongside our other platform, or should it replace that platform entirely? What we hope to gain from this pilot is identifying the feature and workflow differences between the two platforms, and whether Autodesk Build can provide an advantage in transferring our asset-ready intelligent models through construction and as-built into a digital twin / facility management product like Autodesk Tandem. This pilot project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2024, but we wanted to share our experiences so far and provide some insight into our findings.

Join experts on Autodesk Build software to learn about recent improvements made to the products, as well as what the teams are eyeing on the horizon.

Contemporary shifts in technology and environmental concerns are changing the circumstances of building performance. Integrated teams that employ interdisciplinary design and construction personnel are responding to this changed set of conditions. The foundation of interdisciplinary architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) practices begins with the education of the next generation of AEC practitioners. In this class, we will discuss how students engaged in an iterative design and learning process build knowledge and communication skills toward an integrated design-build studio. This integrated design-build studio uses a series of assignments housed in dedicated design labs where students solve realistic design problems. Faculty-implemented Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies and established ecological accounting methods increase interaction and innovation in the interdisciplinary design-build studio.

Construction projects continue to have tight deadlines and budgets, as well as increased competition. It’s crucial for general contractors to capture, manage, and analyze key project data and communications. Autodesk Build software can not only reduce project risk, it can also reduce unforeseen costs that can happen due to miscommunication errors or lack of data for decision making. This demonstration will show how the use of Autodesk Build between internal and external stakeholders can save time and money by making key processes more efficient. We’ll highlight new collaboration capabilities and key implementation insights from existing customer stories.

You need to strictly control project schedules to ensure the success of a project. Therefore, contractors need a simple, useful application that can also be accessed online in order to perform project management tasks with the intelligent model during the construction process. In this class, you will learn how to build a Forge application to visually manage project progress by utilizing intelligent models. The Forge platform consists of cloud-based developer tools from Autodesk. We will introduce Forge APIs by walking through some sample code demonstrations to help you gain access to your BIM (Building Information Modeling) data. Forge APIs also provide you with a way to manipulate and update more information in intelligent models in the cloud. If you are interested in learning Forge to innovate the way you work and make the best use of your data, then this class is for you.

Effective Cost Management and real time insights into the budget of the project can make or break a project. In this hands-on workshop, we will look at the Cost Management tool within Autodesk Build and how to maximize workflows such as telling the story of a field issue that turns into a change orders, collaborating on pay apps, and accurately forecasting to minimize risk on a project and lead to a more successful project.

Clayco has been using BIM 360 Field software for more than 10 years, and in the last few years, the firm has migrated more and more of its projects to the BIM 360 Build platform. Today, 95% of Clayco’s projects are actively using this new platform to exchange design drawings/models and to conduct quality and safety inspections. This class will discuss in detail how Clayco is implementing BIM 360 Build in terms of the current successes, ongoing challenges, and lessons learned over the course of the firm’s adoption. A key part of Clayco’s implementation has been working closely with Autodesk and providing them with feedback on specific BIM 360 Build features, functionality, and end-user workflows and requests. This class will also focus on how Clayco is tracking the effectiveness of its implementation through end-user feedback and quantitative/qualitative metrics using Microsoft Power BI. This session is a follow up to last year’s Autodesk University class ("Bridging the Gap from Office to Field Using BIM 360").

This hands-on lab aims to provide an introduction to creating your own Revit add-ins using C#. This lab will not be an overly complex look at add-in creation from a computer programmer’s point if view. Instead, it will provide an introduction to Visual Studio and C# from a Revit user’s perspective. We’ll learn how to set up Visual Studio templates to get started quickly, how to observe the Revit database to find out what we can add, and how to build simple functionality to make Revit do what we want. In addition to these, you’ll gain insight into a ton of valuable resources to use as you continue your journey into the Revit API.

In this case study, we’ll present the challenges involved in designing a set of software solutions to address F1 track construction process and asset management. This class will explore all available technologies such as Civil 3D software, Autodesk Build software, and Autodesk Forge software, but we’ll especially examine how they demanded integration to address specific race-track construction aspects. We’ll present customization scenarios and explore specific business. We’ll also present the positive impact we achieved by using Autodesk Build, Civil 3D, and customization through Autodesk Forge. We’ll analyze and present tight deadlines and dynamic changes to the process and to the pace of development from a stakeholder's perspective.

From designing retrofits in AutoCAD to automating Revit workflows using Dynamo, and now exploring the many uses of Forge, Build Change has been using Autodesk products for 17 years to revolutionize the design of resilient infrastructure, particularly in the housing sector, and successfully reach national scale in many countries. By leveraging the latest Autodesk tools, Build Change is making home retrofits safe and possible in the COVID-19 era. In this session, we will explore Build Change’s 17-year history of using Autodesk products to impact 600,000 lives across 24 countries, providing an integrated solution for improving the resiliency of homes and communities and preventing loss of life in natural disasters. This session will feature a case study of the work Build Change is doing in Colombia, one of our largest country programs, and the Autodesk technology being used to scale housing retrofits there.

PCL Construction started flying drones on its projects more than 2 years ago. Today, it’s running a robust drone program on projects across North America, with dozens of pilots and hundreds of people using drone maps and models on a daily basis for site planning, progress tracking and reporting, quality control, and much more. In this session, PCL Construction and its drone partner, 3DR, will provide an inside look into how PCL built and scaled its drone program across the company. Bill Bennington, national quality manager, and Nico Bonnafoux, senior customer success architect at 3DR, will together host the session, and will cover how to implement a drone software platform effectively, navigate legal and compliance concerns, build an in-house drone team with flight procedures and fleet management, securely share data and make it accessible to project teams through BIM 360 software, scale drone operations across multiple projects, and establish an effective vendor-customer feedback loop.

We will discuss a design-build project to show our Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflow and the best available tools to address the project's specific needs. We'll start with what to include in contract and execution plan to set the project on the path to success, such as level of development (LOD), scope of work, deliverables, and schedule. Then, we'll cover tools-including software platform, virtual reality, and drones-for the best application during design and construction phases to reduce project cost and improve efficiency.

In today's hyperconnected world, convenience is the ultimate currency. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange API's genesis is the goal of creating connected platforms with the convenience to end-data consumers. It helps break the barriers of data siloes developed within the organization. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange provides instantaneous access to data for anyone, anywhere, in any app. Autodesk Forge Data Exchange liberates data from proprietary data formats, allowing seamless integration of cross-platform apps that can be desktop apps, web apps, mobiles apps, and apps from different domains and even those used from diverse geographical locations. This class will demonstrate how to use Autodesk Forge to create various types of Autodesk Forge Data Exchange Connectors. We’ll walk through the process of identifying the need and opportunity for building a connection between different apps. We’ll show the steps of creating an Autodesk Forge Data Exchange Connector within a desktop or a web app with sample codes. You’ll learn best practices to build connectors from a security, performance, and future needs perspective.

AWS provides the right services you need to build secure, highly available and fault tolerant web applications with zero downtime, allowing you to spend more of your valuable time creating innovative solutions to your business problems. But AWS offers so many services that it can be hard to know where to start. Problem solved! In just 90-minutes, we will walk you through everything you need to know to be able to build your Forge-based web applications with the power of the AWS cloud.

Follow the information as it traverses the construction project lifecycle from design to build to operations. Participants will learn how to link their Building Information Modeling (BIM) from authoring tools such as AutoCAD software and Revit software to BIM 360 Glue software for design coordination, then to BIM 360 Field software for construction field execution. We will then review options for outputting information for operations and maintenance.