This class is an overview of how A360 Team and Collaboration for Revit software are impacting the traditional project collaboration workflows and the overall project delivery. We will present our lessons learned after multiple iterative implementations on complex projects. We will explore the features of A360 Team and Collaboration for Revit software that enabled project teams to work much more efficiently in a more transparent environment. With new tools come new responsibilities. We will explore how to effectively implement the frequently evolving A360 cloud-based collaboration service platform to large project teams, often exceeding 150 project participants. We will focus on some of the ways our Team managed the impact of the new A360 Collaboration for Revit workflow while keeping the entire Project Team engaged in the process. This class will also showcase several additional workflow improvements and technologies used in conjunction with A360 Team and Collaboration for Revit software, aimed at streamlining the disjointed architecture, engineering, and construction workflow and connecting the owner closer to the Design and Construction Teams. This session features A360 Team, Collaboration for Revit, and Revit. AIA Approved

We will explore together how to optimize a collaborative multidisciplinary platform utilizing A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service and the A360 Team hub throughout the design process. We will discuss best approaches for joint-venture projects for small or mid-size practices. The speaker will share with you expertise of 2 years, and the best approach to apprehend such difficult decisions in terms of technology implementation. A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service and A360 Team help our distributed teams to collaborate efficiently without losing our sight of the project delivery or its control throughout the entire design process. Instant messaging is possible in Revit software, awareness of presence in model is possible without leaving Revit software, and more is possible in Communicator for Revit software. This session features Collaboration for Revit, A360 Team, and Revit. AIA Approved

With the goal of providing the best patient care at lowest cost, Mercy (one of the top five U.S. health systems) selected our Team for Project Delivery. Coupled with traditional A/E Design, we are also in charge of developing and managing VDC workflows aimed at shortening the Schedule, reducing Cost, and optimizing Turn-over. We developed Enhanced Integration (EI), aiming to connect the entire Lifecycle.

In addition to managing VDC workflows, EI also includes Asset Data Management, targeting an IWMS (Integrated Workplace Management System) implementation. With more than 2,000 employees across all Mercy support departments using the unified platform, the projected operational savings are staggering.

EI has evolved over 3 years and 8 projects totaling more than $500 Million in Construction. This class will focus on best practices for delivering complex healthcare projects and showcase BIM360 Team and Collaboration for Revit as the main tools for connecting the entire Project Team.

This lab will provide an explanation and demo of iterative daylighting analysis, and how to improve the performance of your building through understanding the analysis of solar insolation exposure. We will display an application of these methods and how they can be used during schematic and design phases by comparing multiple design iterations and providing an understanding of how to compare and convey these forms of analysis—a piece of the iterative building performance analysis process. You will walk away with your own before-and-after visual graphics of an improved design alteration, as well as an understanding of the impact of this topic on design decisions.

Project management for construction can be very challenging. It involves intensive coordination among teams and stakeholders throughout all project phases, from design review to project delivery. Efficient management of construction documents, such as drawings, designs, issues, RFIs, change orders, etc., is the key for project success. Research has shown that more than 50% of RFIs have a root cause in design issues and documentation error that could be solved by improving design review. In this session, we look at how a data driven approach can help project teams including VDC managers, project engineers, superintendents and project managers stay on top of critical high risk items and take action. We explore how technologies such as Construction IQ can leverage knowledge and past experience gained through mining tons of data and apply that to prioritize issues and RFIs, and group them into actionable categories for faster and more focused processing, with the ultimate goal of mitigating project risks and bettering project performance. Hear from AECOM and Danis Construction how they are connecting design to construction and their use of Construction IQ, and how it turns plain text into insights about project risk and makes the constructability review process and project management easier.

Will Plato, VDC manager at Hensel Phelps, will introduce and discuss his innovative use of construction technologies and the co-development of reality capture, computer vision, and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Hensel Phelps has partnered with HoloBuilder to further develop their 360-degree photo-documentation platform and solve immediate needs on projects throughout the Southwest region. Mr. Plato’s presentation will outline how Hensel Phelps has used technology to secure ROI and gain a competitive advantage; show how to successfully involve key members of the team in software development projects; and demonstrate the next-generation AI reality analytics tools that Hensel Phelps is piloting with HoloBuilder. After an initial MVP dashboard, analytics based on computer vision and machine learning were added to supplement the HoloBuilder projects. Comparing project progress ratios has helped Mr. Plato and his team apply learnings from one project to the next, and help Hensel Phelps become an even better builder.

BIM (Building Information Modeling) for infrastructure has rapidly emerged to transform the way transportation and civil infrastructure agencies, organizations, consultants, and contractors plan, design, and construct their projects, and maintain, operate, and manage their assets. BIM and CAD are effective tools for project delivery and they’re even more valuable when integrated with geographic information system (GIS) to provide asset management. This class will provide value-based deployment strategies, best practices, challenges, and case studies of successful BIM-CAD-GIS projects.

This class is a concentrate of technology and automation to speed up the process of creating models ready for the detail design phase. We’ll start from a simple alignment in Civil 3D software, and connect these data to Revit software using the COM application programming interfaces. You’ll learn how to keep the project consistent between the 2 platforms without reworks. You’ll see how to use Dynamo and intelligent adaptive components to dress your model, create automatic cross sections, and place basic reinforcement with a few mouse clicks. Finally, learn how to send your models to InfraWorks 360 software or 3ds Max Interactive software for a brilliant presentation. Don't you think it’s time to hire a software developer to be ready for the next generation of project deliveries?

Skilled trades people are in demand, with many sectors of the construction industry experiencing a shortage of workers. While there are ongoing efforts to work towards solving this challenge, such as workforce diversification and better access to apprenticeship programs, it is important to remember that skilled project management personnel are in short supply as well, and that shortage is continuing to grow. Historically, the industry has tackled this challenge through on-the-job training and elevating tradespeople to management positions, leveraging their firsthand knowledge of the work done at the job site. These mentorships, whether formal or informal, continue to be of great importance, but may fall short in today's rapidly changing construction industry. With the adoption of new technologies such as software based project management tools, digital drawings that include 3D and BIM data, and evolving methods of collaboration such as Lean thinking, its important to adopt more formalized methods of continued education and to find ways to make this available to our skilled trades people. This panel discussion will explore the importance of access to information and training, the value of self-paced learning, and the benefits professional development can bring to organizations and the industry as a whole.

"Learn how to create native Revit content and project setup directly from your web portal. In this class, we will demonstrate how the Design Automation for Revit API was used to implement: - Cloud based content management with automated client requirements and standardization - Project template generation - Real time query and visualization - Native Revit file creation All directly from our web application!"

This will be a facilitated discussion between industry stakeholders, including contractors, suppliers, and solution-based software providers. We will look at what challenges electrical contractors and designers have faced in trying to make models that are representative of the real world. We will discuss solutions and experiences through design, coordination, prefabrication, and the in-depth utilization of model data. Using the firsthand experience of our experts, we will talk from the perspective of stakeholders throughout the virtual design and construction process.

This class is for anyone who is currently using Building Information Modeling (BIM) or intends to utilize it on large-scale projects in the future. This will be immensely helpful, inspirational, and thought provoking for owners and all stakeholders to make the best utilization of BIM on large-scale projects.

This session will present how The Ohio State University has successfully developed a Building Information Modeling (BIM) project delivery standard that enables the model to serve as a single source of truth for relevant spatial and asset information throughout the building lifecycle. This delivery standard has truly "begun with the end in mind" by taking advantage of the knowledge gained from the BIM for Existing Buildings portion of the Buckeye BIM Initiative. We'll highlight how the Revit portion of this deliverable will work in collaboration with COBie structured data to facilitate its utilization in effective data turnover. We'll highlight the need to implement technology solutions and workflows to enable the use of the model across the University and to support interoperability with other data systems. Last, we'll cover lessons learned, continuing challenges, and how the standard has evolved over the last 2.5 years of existence.

In Australia, procuring and delivering infrastructure projects digitally is still in its infancy. We need to encourage our clients and not confuse-simplicity is the key. We've all heard the cliché "a picture tells a thousand words," but there's real value in using images to promote engineering content. Images help us learn, grab attention, explain tough concepts, and inspire. Master Information Delivery Plans (MIDP) and levels of detail (LOD), which are usually very detailed wordy descriptions, can be easily represented through diagrams-which can then be used as a basis for developing Task Information Delivery Plans (TIDP). I have used these diagrams successfully on projects with government clients, and can easily explain the required inputs, what will be delivered through the milestones of delivery, and the outputs at each stage of project delivery. This will also let you build content within Building Information Modeling (BIM)-enabled platforms for consistency in delivery.

This class shows the evolution of design-to-fabrication workflows within an integrated project delivery team. By adopting the BIM-MEPAUS Revit MEP software add-in, the design model is efficiently passed through to the construction team for development into a constructable LOD 400 model. Within a single Revit MEP model, services are coordinated and approved for construction while data sets are used for procurement. The model is used for ductwork fabrication using Autodesk® Fabrication CADmep™ software in an integrated workflow. Using Navisworks® Manage, the lead coordinating contractor completes the final coordination using the federated model and finalizes site point positioning setouts using positioning points embedded in the model. The model is passed to the site team and used to support installation. The class demonstrates the workflow through real-life projects, providing practical insights into the multiple benefits that can be used by adopting these workflows.

"Learn how Facilities Management (FM) teams use models to maximize their efficiency by visualizing all the buildings and assets together with information from the facility management system. See how Autodesk Forge and BIM 360 Docs can be integrated with Maximo and visualized in a modern, easy to use, web-based viewer. Understand the possibilites presented by Forge and BIM 360 and how you can integrate different systems with your models. This class will be using a real case study from Sweden, a complex hospital that is using BIM360 and Forge today to maximize their efficiency. The hospital contains over 600 000 assets that are being maintained using Maximo, delivered with the COBie standard. The models and assets are all visualized using a modern Sweco designed viewer, integrated with Maximo."

This class will examine a case study on how Truescan3D combined the use of drones, laser scanning, and InfraWorks software to assist in gaining community support for a one-mile trail project, the Mill Creek Trail in Cincinnati, Ohio. With the local community lacking the funding for the full project survey and engineering drawings needed, Truescan3D performed a combination of drone imagery and laser scanning on the proposed project site. This process provided the design team with a detailed map of the site in a fraction of the time required when using traditional methods. This information was given to the civil engineer to create a trail design. Once the preliminary design was complete, Truescan3D used InfraWorks to develop a model and fly-through to gain design support. The presentation team will discuss the process of field reality capture, creation of the design model using InfraWorks, and how the community benefitted from the use of technology on this project.

In this panel discussion, we’ll describe a future of construction that no author can assuredly predict. In our earnest effort, we’ll examine the current state of the industry; observe the trajectories of technical, methodological, and cultural changes over the last several years; and attempt to describe the fruitful environments for innovations that will shape Construction 4.0. We’ll address the market, technology, opportunity, impacts, culture, and emotions, with a global perspective, and relate them to trends in other industries. We’ll present a strategic pathway for leaders of Project Delivery Networks to inspire and guide their stakeholders to achieve success through integration of technology, market savvy, cultural identity, and principled purpose. Along the path, the culture experiences “small wins” that sustain the commitment to long-term transformation to analytical excellence, growth, new services, and an inviting and innovative environment.

The traditional railroad industry is lagging behind the building industry in terms of innovative technology. One reason could be that there's a lack of good Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools. This presentation will take you on a journey through the design process in large railroad projects to show what we're doing and how we're pushing things further with the help of InfraWorks software and Unreal Engine. We will cover collaboration and live feed, involving the information flow and efficient collaboration between hundreds of people per project. We'll also cover concurrent engineering and model utilization to the full extent with virtual reality (VR) enabled by Unreal Engine. This is project delivery reinvented. What if we turned things upside down and delivered a game instead of a model? We'll remove the "gimmick" factor from VR and focus on real value. Join our session and you will be blown away.

You bring the construction knowledge. We bring the technology. Let's come together to build great solutions. This workshop will break down industry silos and bring stakeholders together across the project lifecycle. Together, we will address challenges in project delivery and tackle hurdles that keep us from maximizing project efficiencies and business margins. Teams will work together using design thinking methodology to rapidly explore, ideate, prioritize, and propose solutions. This will session will allow you to learn from industry experts already implementing excellence, network with your peers as you build solutions, and connect with Autodesk teams for ongoing research efforts.