Construction is an inherently high-risk, low-margin business with countless opportunities for bad coordination, miscommunication, and disconnected processes. From initial design concepts to construction documentation, preconstruction to handover—many stakeholders, changes, and versions can overwhelm even the most organized and well-aligned teams. Eighty % expect to face added costs from design errors and omissions. Efficient project management can determine the winners in the market. Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve construction project management effectiveness, especially in the early detection of project risks so they can be mitigated. AI can make the link between change orders, RFIs, and submittals back into the design phase. AI helps reduce the number of frivolous RFIs and wasteful change orders with the ultimate goal of better project performance. Hear from industry leaders about the application and value of machine learning in construction project management.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Project Management module and share priorities for our product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you create, manage, review, and monitor your RFIs and submittals throughout the project.

This presentation will cover a set of tools that our team over at buildingSMART has been developing to aid our day-to-day project management efforts. We'll discuss how transitioning to a web-based application has helped us keep better track of our Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards and enforce better Revit model quality and practice. We'll talk about how using the power of web applications has empowered us to move away from desktop-based workflows and unify some of the standard "every project does this" practices under one roof. Managing Revit projects has never been easier.

Every construction project team needs the right tools to support key workflows, including QA/QC, safety, RFIs, and cost and progress. Today, teams use a number of different tools and techniques to execute them. The risks of using various applications and processes for these are poor information access, lack of connectivity and collaboration between the office and the field, and tools that are built for either field workers on mobile devices or office workers on laptops. The vision of Construction Cloud is to enable connectivity across the project, and this session will provide an update on the future product road map for field and project management capabilities.

This class covers the use of Autodesk PLM 360 as project management software. We look at how to configure and use milestones, tasks, projects, and baselines. We also touch upon a use case that shows how to effectively tie project management features in PLM 360 software to your product data and how to manage releases effectively.

A large number of technology point solutions attempt to address project management workflows by providing tools for managing RFIs and submittals. Unfortunately, these tools can also create additional confusion by forcing teams to switch between apps, while increasing the potential for data loss and missed communications.   Join the BIM 360 product management team to explore the capabilities of BIM 360 Build in support of project management and project controls workflows, including the management of RFIs and Submittals. This session will cover how customers can customize BIM 360 to meet the contractual procedures, communication processes, and standards set for your projects. In addition, it will provide an update on the newest capabilities in the BIM 360 Project Management module.

This class will demonstrate how to get started with BIM 360 Project Management—set up your project, walk through entire RFIs and submittals workflows (submission, management, review, and distribution) and learn useful tips and tricks.

Over the last decade the construction industry has been through a rapid pace of change, with the whole supply chain starting to digitize critical processes and workflows alongside the relentless use of emerging technologies across the jobsite. With new technology and innovative practices becoming the norm, what does the future of construction project management—and more importantly, the project manager—look like? This session will explore how digital processes are improving the way we work, walk through the upcoming technologies to be aware of, and examine how you can include these in your company road map to prepare for the future while not neglecting the need to provide scalable solutions to improve business outcomes today.

Fresh off quarterbacking this process at Clancy & Theys Construction Company, Georgia Loadholt will share a step-by-step game plan to tackle one of the industry's greatest divides in project management: cloud-based software. The rivalry among predominant software systems continues to grow and new companies are entering the playing field. This session will teach companies how to silence the noise and select the software that is best fit for their current and future needs. In this session, Georgia will discuss the key features and capabilities to look for in a PM software system, and explore how to prioritize each during your search. You will gain firsthand insights into how Clancy & Theys planned, executed, monitored, and controlled the software search and engaged key stakeholders. Hear the challenges and lessons learned regarding standardization, deployment, and the securing of buy-in across the company. Additionally, Georgia will explore the importance of partnership and discuss how Autodesk was best suited for the role.

This class is designed for project management (PM) team in terms of managing the project during the design as well as construction phase, which is enhanced by BIM 360 software. Along with the intelligent models that are being developed widely in the construction industry today, design collaboration and coordination is one of the challenges for the PM team, especially projects with many designers in different locations. Managing several kinds of documents in the construction phase—such as RFI, submittals, inspections, reports, and so on—is also challenging the PM team without standardization and response-in-time procedure. However, all those challenges can be minimized. With BIM 360 and project case studies, this class will provide the method to set up BIM 360 as a common data environment for design collaboration and coordination using a couple of BIM 360 features and a customized workflow. Moreover, a digital procedure in this class with BIM 360 Build software will help a PM team in the standardizing and digitizing of site workflow on RFIs, transmittals management, site inspection, safety, QA and QC, reports and more.

In this session, the LATAM TSE team will cover the basics of project management and lean construction principles for on-field tracking and data gathering in order to change the project management (PM) mindset from a reactive approach to proactive approach thanks to Autodesk Construction Cloud on-site implementation. We’ll cover how to digitize current construction workflows and activities without disruptive change within owner-contractor-subcontractor workflows. You’ll see how to apply PM and lean construction with an easy-to-implement approach, simplifying digital transformation for a width approach within any building information modeling (BIM) maturity level construction company.

This class will focus on high-level workflows between BIM 360 Cost Management software and various, standard, industry enterprise resource planning (ERP) packages. We will also introduce the middlewares making these connections, and the importance of connecting project controls with construction ERPs.

The story of the 632-meter Shanghai Tower has been referred to worldwide many times, and now here is your chance to meet Mr. Ge Qing, the chief engineer of Shanghai Tower and to hear more about the best practices and experience sharing of lean project management from this super highrise and sustainable project. Facing complex skyscraper challenges from both technical and management perspectives, Shanghai Tower Construction & Development became the first owner to deploy a BIM whole lifecycle solution in China. By addressing multiple technologies and software coordination, all of the processes, information, and stakeholders have been integrated through BIM implementation to create higher efficiency, reduce risk, and increase profitability. This class covers aspects of BIM implementation, including the project challenges, strategy of BIM-based lean VDC management, all phases of BIM collaboration, and achievements and benefits for project economy, building management, and social meaning.

A large number of technology point solutions attempt to address project management workflows by providing tools for managing RFIs and submittals. Unfortunately, these tools can also create additional confusion by forcing teams to switch between apps, while increasing the potential for data loss and missed communications. Join the BIM 360 product management team to explore the capabilities of BIM 360 Build in support of project management and project controls workflows, including the management of RFIs and Submittals. This session will cover how customers can customize BIM 360 to meet the contractual procedures, communication processes, and standards set for your projects. In addition, it will provide an update on the newest capabilities in the BIM 360 Project Management module.

This presentation will focus on using the integration between Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, Power Automate, and Power BI software to effectively manage projects and family creation. Using Power Automate, project management tasks in Autodesk Construction Cloud are automated, reducing team members' workloads. Power BI is then used to analyze data collected from Autodesk Construction Cloud, providing real-time insights into project progress and performance for swift decision making. Additionally, in family creation, collaboration with domestic equipment manufacturers facilitates semiautomated creation of families with manufacturer specifications. Integration with Inventor software streamlines the creation of equipment parts like support steel, further enhancing the efficiency of the family creation process. Finally, the created families are managed in a database within Power BI, contributing to improved project productivity.

Mesa Associates, Inc., is a full-service engineering, procurement, and construction management firm specializing in power, defense, aerospace, industrial, commercial, and municipal entities. Learn how Mesa met its project- and data-management challenges with a discussion on the selection, implementation, and launch of Vault Professional software. Listen to an industry leader discuss the use of Vault Professional software as a single source of management for document preparation/development, distribution/receipt, and coordination within a multioffice, multidiscipline engineering environment.

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.

This class overviews basic setups, installation, and use of A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service, and will examine how it has been used, advantages and disadvantages, things to consider for remote access and telecommuting, and how to push content to A360 cloud-based collaboration service. We will also touch on topics for organizational structures and project management in conjunction with A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service and A360. This session features Collaboration for Revit and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

This class overviews basic setups, installation, and use of A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service, and will examine how it has been used, advantages and disadvantages, things to consider for remote access and telecommuting, and how to push content to A360 cloud-based collaboration service. We will also touch on topics for organizational structures and project management in conjunction with A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service and A360. This session features Collaboration for Revit and BIM 360 Glue.