Imagine walking a design site before it’s ever built, with grading, buildings, and utilities unfolding around you in full context. Immersive Digital Workplaces make that possible, turning project models into shared experiences that improve communication and bring teams into alignment before construction begins. In this fast-paced, high-level session, three voices from civil design, immersive technology, and construction will share insights from the field. Rather than a technical deep dive, this session offers a big-picture look at how immersive Digital Workplaces are bridging disciplines, reducing errors, and clarifying complex data throughout the project lifecycle. When stakeholders can visualize a design in its environment, they are empowered to make faster, more confident decisions. Join us to explore how immersive workflows support better outcomes from concept through construction.

Clash detection is more than detecting the intersection of 2 or more objects. The Clash Detective is one of the most powerful tools in Navisworks Manage software. We will examine in detail how to solve firestop-related clashes and how to create consolidated submittals for government authorities. In a multiplatform workflow, you can use models from your preferred MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) application—like Fabrication CADmep software, AutoCAD MEP software, or Revit software—to generate a bill of material, and enable the tool to place hundreds of firestop objects automatically into your Building Information Modeling (BIM) model utilizing the Hilti plug-in for firestop. See how to quickly and easily include into your BIM model UL-Systems details; installation guidance; and X, Y, Z coordinates. Learn how to use Point Layout software to export data to a total station for easy and timesaving placement of cast-ins and sleeves on the construction site. Document the installation in the documentation system for later building operation and maintenance. This session features Navisworks Manage and AutoCAD MEP.

Automated plan review that is integrated into Building Information Modeling (BIM) can ease the pain of achieving compliance with building codes. It also can have a big impact on an architect's bottom line, an enormous impact on your client's bottom line through expediting the permit and commissioning processes, and it can even impact city revenue by accelerating property and sales tax receipts. In this presentation, you will see an innovative process designed for using Revit software with software for automated plan review. After adding building code information to the BIM model, the add-in acts as a client to send data to a cloud service that assesses whether the building complies with particular sections of the International Building Code. Results are displayed as annotations of the BIM model, enabling quick alteration to achieve compliance. A plan-review report aids authorities in assuring that the building is ready for a permit. Automated plan review can disrupt and change the building industry by offering benefits to all stakeholders.

The Grand Paris Express (GPE) is a major infrastructure in Paris, with 200 kilometers of tunnel line and 65 stations in a future-automated project. At Autodesk University 2 years ago, we presented Systra’s first Building Information Modeling (BIM) initiative on the project. During this session, we will show you the evolution of our own practice together with the evolution of the BIM requirements of the GPE client. For example, we will describe the impact of the BIM requirements on our design (structure, architecture, and MEP modeling), and the evolution of BIM uses, such as the development of the 3D model of the entire project at the city level. This global 3D model integrating the Station Revit software models will be used for communication purposes for all project stakeholders, such as city representative, local bodies, or future users. Thanks to the network’s adoption of BIM at different stages of the project, the interactions between the different stakeholders were matured, empowering them for future projects. This session features Navisworks Manage and Revit. AIA Approved

This hands-on class walks through the workflow of the ''Triple Play''; Infraworks, Civil 3D and Navisworks Manage. Users will learn how generate winning proposals in Infraworks followed by its migration into Civil 3D. Next, users will learn how to move Civil 3D design data into Navisworks Manage for construction sequencing. Finally, attendees will examine how changes in the design can affect the sequencing in Navisworks Manage. Implementing this workflow will streamline the process from proposal to construction which will minimize costly rework and change orders.

Every major general contractor wants to embrace digital construction in the right way. This class will explain how VINCI Construction France-a general contractor employing 22,000 people in France that started its move to Building Information Modeling (BIM) almost a decade ago-has perfected its preconstruction approach, and how it is bridging the BIM gap to the job site. This course will detail the strategy designed by VINCI to preconstruct Revit models that can be useful for job-site purposes, and how custom tools and interfaces have been developed to ensure the right communication between the BIM preconstruction team and the work-front team. The main goal of this class is to show how digital construction can be a reality, and look at how it affects quality, productivity, and innovation for the industry.

Ever wish that AutoCAD Civil 3D software could create a dynamically linked subgrade surface while you build and modify your finish ground surface? What is a dynamic differential triangulated irregular network (TIN) surface? It’s that magical TIN surface we’ve all wished there was an easier way to build. It can represent many different types of surfaces. It can be used to build a surface that represents the top of an aquifer or substrate from borehole data. It can be used to build a topsoil-stripping surface for a business-site design project. Best of all, it can be used to quickly build a multilevel subgrade and/or sub-base surface that is dynamically linked to your parking lot finish ground surface. It’s so simple that you’ll leave this class asking yourself, “Why haven’t I used this feature before now?”

The concept of BIM Coordinator is fairly new and most of those with the responsibilities of Building Information Modeling (BIM) coordination came upon their duties, responsibilities, and title in a roundabout fashion. This class will show the paths that many BIM coordinators, BIM managers, and BIM project team members who are responsible for BIM coordination took to get where they are. The class will also cover common duties, responsibilities, and best practices for the specific items for which most BIM coordinators are responsible.

A great design is not just about mixing engineering standards with the owner’s vision of what they would like to build. When meeting with owners and other stakeholders who may not appreciate the finer points of road and site design, it always comes down to cost. Every really great design balances the need to deliver the best engineering design that fits the owner’s vision with accurate cost analysis for decision making. From concept proposal to detailed design to construction management, Autodesk, Inc., products have made it easier than ever for engineers and designers to do their job of delivering projects using improved CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) workflows. This unique class will review key workflows required to perform an accurate “cost of works” analysis of your detailed design in real time to improve decision making during design and ultimately streamline the construction bid preparation and management process after approvals. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D, InfraWorks 360, and Navisworks Manage. AIA Approved

This class will take a full building model from Revit software into RISAFloor, RISA-3D, RISAFoundation, and RISAConnection for an optimized structural design. We will focus on the newest addition to the RISA-Revit link with RISAConnection. The RISAConnection link can transfer your steel connections between Revit and RISA, and RISAConnection will do all the design checks and send the design details back to Revit. Now you can bring the entire structure into RISA, including the connections from Revit, and round-trip a full design back to Revit. This class will demonstrate the workflow from the perspective of the structural engineer between Revit and RISA.

This session will cover many of the more advanced workflows possible with Navisworks software, covering the full range of the tool and link into other tools like the BIM 360 mobile and web platform suite and Autodesk, Inc.’s, design tools This session features Navisworks Manage, BIM 360 Field, and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

"If you want the same result, do the same thing. If you want something different, do something different." These words from the speaker’s leadership hit home when first heard as a young virtual design and construction (VDC) engineer after grinding through the first coordination project. After hitting road blocks with communicating issues in the coordination process, losing information in too many repositories, wasting time running back and forth to the trailer, and not having the data to learn what to do different, the speaker and team have created smarter workflows and processes to better plan, do, check, and perform their efforts.

In this session, we’ll look at a project in the Saudi Arabian architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry based on a 2D construction contract. The case study is a health care project (540,000 m2) of 650 beds, in addition to 373 day case beds. The health care facility and research center contain 6 medical buildings (380,000 m2—oncology, dialysis, cardiology, ICU, and so on) attached together by a 58,000 m2 service tunnel to 45,000 m2. There are 2 central utilities plants, a CUP power house, a medical power house, and a medical gases building. Moreover, there is a 90,000 m2 academic and research building. Saudi Binladin Group realized that Building Information Modeling (BIM) is seen as an answer to many of the problems confronting the AEC industry. In 2012, we identified possible changes to facilitate the implementation of BIM in an unaccompanied environment. This session features Autodesk Desktop app and Navisworks Manage. AIA Approved

IQL will show how there are different ways of working/interacting with the built environment and explain the integrated project delivery: client, project manager, and main contractor being 1 team with the same goal approach. We'll explain how we developed a strategy, managed the design, and delivered from concept design to project handover using different digital technologies at different stages. This class will demonstrate how we've created a strategy and EIR for a project that will run for the next 8 years and which will attract future tenants. We’ll show this from a project management point of view: management of the design stakeholders, management of design, BIM for master planning, quantification, the use of BIM for visualisation/VR, and BIM as a product to attract tenants. From a construction management view, we'll demonstrate trade design coordination, supply chain management/education, BIM on-site, 4D sequencing and construction optimisation, and BIM use for tenant engagement.

In this class, you will learn how to better approach the decommissioning of Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects using the Delim process. Delim enables facility/asset owners and managers to reduce the uncertainty associated with cost, timing, and the management of hazardous materials and environmental issues when demolishing or renovating a building, facility, or network of infrastructure. The process combines proven desktop/cloud/mobile technologies from Autodesk, Inc., to efficiently and accurately scan existing infrastructure into BIM workflows. This provides facility/asset owners with the information needed to make decisions relating to maintenance, design, and/or demolition with a proven path into remediation. Delim provides an information governance framework that ensures decision makers and stakeholders have the information they need, when they need it, so they can make the most informed decisions based on the best-quality data derived in a cost-effective way. This session features BIM 360 Field, Navisworks Manage, and Revit. AIA Approved

This class will cover some real-world examples of generating and maintaining very large Navisworks software data sets and associated data. This model will cover linear infrastructure and buildings. We will combine several formats from various CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM)-related software—namely, .NWC (from Revit software), Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) from the urban and civil packages, and 3D DWG™ technology from the AutoCAD software-based platforms—into a “Federated” model. Then, we will utilize the iConstruct add-on for Navisworks software to reconstruct the data in order to obtain clean report generation from the contained data and automate the processes using iConstruct BIMFlow technology. In addition, we will explore the use of the iConstruct ReviewTRACK system to perform design-based coordination reviews in a way that can clearly capture design issues, right through to resolve and issue closeout. This session features Navisworks Manage and Revit. AIA Approved

The concept of a BIM (Building Information Modeling) coordinator and virtual design and construction (VDC) manager/coordinator is still fairly new, and most of those with the responsibilities of BIM/VDC coordination came upon their duties, responsibilities, and titles in a roundabout fashion. Attendees of this session will see the paths that many BIM coordinators, BIM managers, VDC personnel, and BIM project team members responsible for project coordination took to get where they are. This session will also cover common duties, responsibilities, and best practices regarding the specific items for which most BIM coordinators are responsible. This session is intended for BIM managers, VDC managers, BIM coordinators, BIM job captains, and others responsible for coordination on BIM/VDC projects.

While construction collisions/clashes are not deliberate in the AEC profession, most of them could have been avoided. This class covers practical techniques, tips, and tricks to effectively manage the data exchange between Revit software and Navisworks software to detect, resolve, and avoid the unforeseen collisions/clashes that have long plagued design professionals in the AEC industry. We start with an overview of what's required to set up Revit MEP to work with Navisworks on a live construction project, including live examples. We cover proven tips, tricks, and techniques from active practitioners in the fields of architecture, building services, and structural engineering. In the second part of the class, we focus on using the Revit BIM data inside Navisworks Manage to produce meaningful clash detection reports, TimeLiner animations, and automation tips to standardize and expedite the process of importing models into Navisworks Manage.

This class will discuss Jacobs Engineering Group’s implementation of AutoCAD Civil 3D software, which started a 3-year journey in preparation for the U.K. Building Information Modeling (BIM) mandate. We will discuss how Jacobs determined which project to use as a pilot, and identification of candidate projects for the early adopter schemes proposed for its U.K. Highways BIM implementation plan. We will talk through the issues faced and resolutions implemented, including the need to create standard subassemblies to enable the company to have greater control over models when compared to the out-of-the-box subassemblies, and the need to re-create them due to construction setting-out issues. The class will conclude with a discussion of the implementation of ProjectWise software on Jacobs’ BIM projects, developments with Bentley to improve the AutoCAD Civil 3D software integration to enable the industry to continue using AutoCAD Civil 3D software effectively, and the use of third-party software that is integrated into AutoCAD Civil 3D software to enable Jacobs to deliver all aspects of 3D. This session features AutoCAD Civil 3D and Navisworks Manage.

In this class, we will guide you through the software use and setup process of an actual project: the construction of Highway A1 in The Netherlands. After a contract and project overview, we will dive into the process that makes this project succeed as a true Building Information Modeling (BIM) project. Learn where to start, what to do, and what to avoid to have your own success. Find out how to enable designers to use their favorite program, and then bring the intelligent model together in Navisworks software for your contract management. Discover which export is used for stakeholder management. Then we will focus on what the implementation of InfraWorks software means for these types of projects. Learn how InfraWorks software can help support a large-scale project with lean sessions, value management, and weekly stands. Combine geographic information system data with design data that together lead to better and easier decision making. This session features InfraWorks 360, A360 Team, and Navisworks Manage. AIA Approved