Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) is an industry best practice that helps align planning and execution activities across the project lifecycle for improved project performance. Join this session to see how you can use Assemble and BIM 360 software together to drive better alignment between engineering, construction, and owners to create an effective AWP framework.

In this class you will get an insight into tools for Revit MEP software that will help you to create your design more quickly and accurately than you ever might have expected. There are a lot of tools available, whether it's regarding calculation (heating and cooling loads, sanitary systems, and duct systems) that is based on local standards, or it's concerning collaboration between the architect and the MEP engineer in regards to cut openings. Here you have the chance to learn about a high-class selection of them.

This class will present the final detailed analysis and shop drawing production of Africa’s longest cable-stayed bridge over the river Bouregreg in Morocco. EGIS was responsible for delivering the shop drawings of the bridge based on their competences in this domain built through similar challenging projects. Autodesk, Inc., products were decisive. The complexity of the bridge—particularly of its pylons and cables—was very challenging, making a 3D model necessary to take into account the different details that were impossible to do in a 2D drawing. For example, the diameter of the cables in 3D and their pre-stressed state was modeled in order to carry out clash detection between cables. Thanks to a comprehensive 3D parametric model in Inventor software, anomalies that would have otherwise created rework and delays during construction were detected and corrected. The interoperability among Autodesk Solutions made it easier to collaborate with other teams and respect the deadline.

CIM and BIM have been buzz-words in the industry for quite some time, and have slowly made their own paths with disparate technology and corresponding workflows. Autodesk has been behind the curtain slowly transforming these buzz words into reality. Today, we can integrate the two populous terms into a single common data environment. Not only can we aggregate this data, but we can utilize it and the information that builds on it downstream. In this course, we will be demonstrating the ease of use of merging field captured data and engineering data with our design files in the BIM 360 environment. We will utilize this data for positioning, design, and even layout. We will then show the benefits leveraged downstream such as QA/QC and layout by way of a field controller or BIM 360 itself. The outcomes are revolutionary as we can connect remote teams by the cloud, with the most up to date information. We can track all activities, versioning, and even communication.

BIM 360 Docs software helps us store and collaborate on construction documents with our stakeholders. With Desktop Connector, we can manage files in Document Management through a connected drive, so users can benefit from easy syncing of files and folders and offline working. This class will teach you how to set up and use Desktop Connector with BIM 360 Document Management, and how to troubleshoot the most common issues.

Are you utilizing Revit software in a manner that helps support the entire project team? If not, it's time to take Revit software to the next level. Get every trade to create models that can be used efficiently by everyone involved in all phases of the project to support a unified work flow. Learn how to implement your Revit software knowledge in a way that can save time and money, as well as maximize efficiency throughout every phase of a project. Based on our experience at Southland Industries, we will highlight how moving in this direction benefits you as a designer along with everyone else involved in the project. We will demonstrate everything from project setup to modeling practices in Revit software that lead to properly coordinated constructible models. We will provide a detailed breakdown of how we use Revit software models throughout every phase of a project in order to show the importance of improving the quality of models used from the very beginning.

In this presentation, Skanska USA Building and W.W. Gay Mechanical Contractors will explore the use of BIM 360 Field software to bolster the complex quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) process using real projects as examples. Learn how cross-project reporting can enhance your company’s QA/QC program by utilizing the data in BIM 360 Field software to identify the recurring issues from project to project, or even from region to region. Understand how to compare results from different angles to obtain a full picture of your QA/QC program. Capture the root cause of issues within BIM 360 Field software during the course of a project, and review the results at project completion. Broaden the results by using cross-project reporting to review recurring regional issues. See examples of regional and national project comparisons. This session features BIM 360 Field. AIA Approved

This round-table discussion will focus on the various Building Information Modeling (BIM) standards from around the world, the benefits and adverse effects they cause, and the ways they may help or hinder progress as it grows. Comments from experience are welcomed and encouraged.

This class will dive into how PCL uses Point Layout software and BIM 360 Layout software to enhance self-perform activities, as well as quality assurance / quality control (QA/QC) efforts. We will explore why we chose BIM 360 Layout software, examine our workflows surrounding model-based QC, and profile a project. This session features BIM 360 Layout and BIM 360 Layout. AIA Approved

Implementing technology is a difficult process, but what happens when your team isn’t ready for it? We’ll take a deep dive into how Hensel Phelps uses an extensive survey to understand its team’s efficiencies and gaps, and look at how the firm is succeeding with the tools it currently has. In addition, we’ll look at how to partner with technology companies to help you achieve your goals of creating efficiencies, increasing ROI, and expanding opportunities to yield tangible improvement on project outcomes.

This industry talk will focus on a new perspective on integrated project delivery (IPD) of sustainable, high-performing buildings. They can only be achieved through a building with integrated building systems, which can only be produced through an integrated process. An integrated process depends on the right people and an integrated team, which needs integrated information—that is, BIM+—to function effectively and efficiently. Simulation and visualization are the primary ways in which BIM+ informs the integrated team. Collaboration and colocation are the primary ways that enable the integrated team to integrate processes. Production management methods enable the productive design, fabrication, and construction of the integrated building system. Outcome metrics define the performance of the building and validate the integrated building system. All of this is supported by the appropriate agreement or framework. This session features BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

In this class, you will learn and see all new improvements for Revit software regarding steel connections and the Advance Steel software plug-in for Revit software. With Revit 2017 software, you have very powerful parametric steel connections and approval status information that you can both export and synchronize with Advance Steel software for detailing tasks. This keeps the Revit model and the Advance Steel model always up to date, including detailed steel connection information. Experience the workflows that change everything with steel in Revit software and enhance the existing workflow with Advance Steel software even more! This session features Revit Structure and Advance Steel. AIA Approved

3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything; yet materials currently being used are neither environmentally sustainable nor optimized for the 3D-printing process. Applied to large-scale structures, 3D printing is becoming a topic of growing interest in large part because of the urgent need to increase both productivity and safety on construction sites. Part of the appeal of the 3D printing of large-scale structures is that it offers the opportunity to robotically automate construction in extreme or hostile environments. The race to print buildings in three dimensions is intensifying globally. However, while the extrusive material of choice for most investigative researchers is currently concrete, the concrete industry is one of the largest contributors to human-produced CO2 emissions worldwide. This roundtable will discuss the environmental and technical opportunities and concerns related to concrete 3D printing, and alternative approaches.

The ISO 19650 series contains the latest industry standards and best practices for the management and collaborative production of information using Building Information Modeling (BIM) applying a shared repository, known as a common data environment (CDE). Enabling technologies are needed to achieve the functional and nonfunctional requirements of a CDE and support the activities within the information management process. To ensure Autodesk customers have the technology they need, Autodesk engaged a leading authority on information management when using BIM and the author of ISO 19650-2 to assess BIM 360 Docs software. The outcomes of the review included product enhancements and a recommended configuration to support the adoption of the ISO 19650 series. This class will cover the outcomes of the review process and provide an introduction to the ISO 19650 family of standards with a road map of future developments.

This session will cover many areas, including 1) Better analytics: Member Limits by Services lacks the detail to understand which areas of your business are getting the most benefit from BIM 360 software and where more support is needed; 2) Data downloading: We have previously only been able to see user status and last sign-in, but it was not linked to the other valuable data in BIM 360 that the data extractor provides; 3) Data cleaning: Microsoft Power BI's Query Editor enables noncoders to transform data sets into a usable format in an intuitive user interface where any Microsoft Excel user will feel at home; 4) Dashboard reports: Once the downloads from the data extractor have been transformed and loaded into Power BI, you can create visual reports that show a high level of detail on BIM 360 usage. To get the same level of understanding you would need to visit many admin pages; and 5) Storyboarding reports: Care should be taken to construct a visual report that first explores trends before progressively drilling down through subcategories to examine detail.

Add intelligence to your drawings with attribute data. This session will show you the tools and techniques used to work effectively with block attributes. Learn how to define attributes using document properties and fields, redefine existing attribute data, and then take your documentation to the next level by extracting the attribute data to an external file or a table in the drawing.

In this followup roundtable, AU attendees can discuss Building Information Modeling (BIM) with both Joe Porostosky and Brian Skripac following the class Overcoming the Challenges of Building and Maintaining 11,000,000 Square Feet of BIM. BIM has introduced an evolutionary transformation at The Ohio State University. Our goal to model the entire 35 million square feet of campus space by May 2016 requires a well-thought-out implementation strategy and inclusive team approach. This followup discussion provides an extended opportunity to discuss the project. We engage attendees in a conversation about how they, as owners, are using BIM throughout the building lifecycle and discuss existing challenges and potential solutions.

This session will explore the best available technologies and the frameworks required for infrastructure construction to achieve net zero by 2050. We’ll examine a research paper developed by Autodesk partnering in collaboration with Australian industry associations—namely the Infrastructure Sustainability Council, the Australian Constructors Association, and Consult Australia.

Construction is a labor-intensive process in the physical world. Building information modeling (BIM) has tried to take the construction industry by storm, but from its introduction a few decades ago, we’re still not seeing the expected level of adoption. One major challenge to getting the full value out of your coordinated BIM is the complexity in translating that which has been done in BIM into the field—the physical world. With CAD and PDFs, every construction instruction is now digital—why can’t the field take advantage of BIM? In this presentation, we’ll discuss some of the issues that have held firms back from extracting full value from BIM. We’ll explore how construction robotics can unlock that value, and we’ll consider what’s to come! On-site construction robotics provides the ability to connect the digital world to the physical world.