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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

From Design to Digital Twin: Building Indoor GIS with CAD and BIM Data

CAD and BIM have long served as the foundational design and construction documentation —but their utility often ends at project handoff. What if it didn’t? Indoor GIS is a floor-aware system of record for visualizing, analyzing, and managing facilities and collection of buildings. This session will demonstrate how to extend the life of CAD and BIM data into an indoor GIS, and empower CAD, BIM and GIS practitioners to build a Digital Workplace for building operations. Learn about the role of CAD and BIM integrations with GIS to fuel these workflows. See how to import design data into ArcGIS Indoors to map assets and manage spaces, enable real-time navigation with ArcGIS IPS, and equip facilities’ staff with mobile tools for asset inspections and maintenance. Whether new to GIS or looking to modernize facility operations workflows, this session provides you with guidance and examples to convert CAD and BIM data into Digital Workplaces that support asset and space management.

Industry Talk / San Diego 2024

Change Won't Happen If We Wait For Someone Else, So Let's Make The Digital Twin Future A Reality, TOGETHER!

Hazen has a strong vision for digital twin technology in the Water industry and we have multiple projects and clients where we are pushing this narrative. From HRSD SWIFT Research Facility with Revit and GeoBIM integration, to Aurora Water BIM-based digital twin project using Autodesk Tandem, and several other large greenfield projects where Hazen is using ACC Design, Build, and Operate solutions. We focus heavily on asset management and operational user cases with high impact and credible visuals, client feedback, and clear values. This also includes our virtual digital twin in Tandem that uses Postman to stream SCADA-type data to Tandem Connect and Tandem Streams to show the future of Tandem, and Info360 Plant for process modeling and analysis for a new greenfield project integrated with Tandem and all things ACC. We will tell the story of why Hazen is putting our name out there for these Autodesk tools and demonstrate why we feel they are important to the future of protecting water.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Road Trippin': Barton Malow Builders' Forma Training Roadshow

When implementing new technology, an assured way to miss buy-in across your organization is to sign team members up and say, "Good luck!” Training is the obvious answer to this problem. However, designing, implementing, and executing a training program is a heavy lift, and justifying the commitment is paramount. To do so, it's vital to measure success through data: Locations and geos trained, project value in geographic area, and, of course, the number of individuals trained. The value of training doesn't end there. Our program instills our companywide vision of doing business. It deepens relationships with Autodesk, creating a partnership that tackles our big issues together. These relationships directly guide feature developments at Autodesk. At this session, learn from Ryan Riley, virtual design and construction (VDC) manager at Barton Malow Builders (BMB), on how he developed the ACC Roadshow Training Program at BMB across 16 offices, and 10 states, while tackling extremely local, specific problems.

Instructional Demo / Las Vegas 2023

Workflow Upgrade: Transitioning to Model Coordination

This session will cover the "bare bones” setup of a Forma Data Management central file-sharing site with granular permissions for use by a construction team during building information modeling (BIM) coordination. A builder's construction technology manager will demonstrate how Autodesk Collaborate supported by Autodesk add-ins can be used as a shared on-demand syncing tool for teams that still favor Navisworks Manage to run clash detection between a diverse mix of trade partners working both in and out of the cloud. Autodesk technical experts will provide supplementary advice along the way to show how teams can make use of new features in the Autodesk Forma environment to take this strategy to the next level by removing roadblocks seen in previous versions of the product.

38p

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Building a BIM & GIS Foundation for Digital Prototypings in Enterprise-Scale Operations

How do you turn 20 years of fragmented, paper-based facility documentation into a powerful operational decision-making tool? Join The Kraft Group and Symetri as they unpack the strategy, technology, and value behind their development of a Digital Prototyping that spans BIM and GIS for Gillette Stadium and beyond. Leveraging Autodesk Revit, Civil 3D, and ACC for model development and project delivery, this program federates BIM and other data sources and integrates with an ArcGIS-powered environment to support everything from security planning to energy management. Attendees will learn how the Autodesk ecosystem is being used to enforce data standards, and drive coordination across departments. Discover how BIM content is repurposed as operational datasets, delivering value far beyond design and construction, and how spatial context was added using GIS integration for wayfinding, event planning, and more. You'll also hear how The Kraft Group made the business case for long-term investment in Autodesk and ESRI technologies by capturing value early and often. This session is perfect for facility owners, architects, and consultants looking to evolve their BIM workflows into Digital Prototypings with real-world operational impact.

Hands-on Lab / San Diego 2024

Streamlining Clash Detection: Using Navisworks Integration with Forma Model Coordination

The Navisworks integration with Autodesk Forma Model Coordination fosters collaboration among multiple stakeholders in a shared environment. It enables teams to allocate clashes to respective teams and flag them in authoring software for prompt resolution. Conventional clash detection workflows encounter challenges like nonstreamlined processes and prolonged procedures, as well as an absence of a shared collaborative environment, a need to sift through lengthy clash reports, inadequate documentation, and a lack of methods to assign clashes. Integrating Navisworks with Model Coordination offers a streamlined workflow and a closed-loop clash management system, and it provides comprehensive documentation and enhances coordination, productivity, and efficiency. In this lab, you'll learn to use the Model Coordination API in Navisworks for clash detection, and use the Issues add-in in Revit software for issue management and clash location, ensuring seamless coordination. Overcome your challenges and capitalize on the power of Autodesk tools.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

Efficiency Elevated: Automating Clash Detection for Seamless Collaboration Between Architects and Structural Engineers in Forma

In the fast-paced world of construction, optimizing collaboration and streamlining workflows are essential for project success. This course will focus on using the power of automation within Autodesk Forma to elevate efficiency in clash detection, facilitating seamless collaboration between architects and structural engineers. Participants will embark on a journey to master the art of automated clash detection, using the powerful tools and features available in Autodesk Forma. Through this session, attendees will learn how to harness automation to swiftly identify clashes between architectural and structural elements.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Advanced Bridging in Autodesk Forma

As a virtual design and construction (VDC) manager for a general contractor (GC), one of the largest headaches is making sure your subcontractors get their models uploaded to your Autodesk Forma hub on time, and that they're named correctly and in the right format to make Model Coordination work seamlessly. What if it didn't have to be that way? If your subcontractors also happened to be working in Autodesk Forma, it doesn't have to be. What if they just published their own models internally and all the sharing happened automatically? This class will cover how to use the Bridge tool in Autodesk Forma to enable automatic sharing of models between Autodesk Forma hubs to streamline model coordination. Not only will we cover how to share models from the subcontractor's hub to the GC hub and then on into your coordination NWF, but we'll also show you how to share models from one subcontractor to another to enable direct coordination between subcontractor Revit models.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Revolutionizing Project Management: How India’s Largest EPC Uses 5D BIM Dashboards and Forma for Connected Workflows

This case study highlights the deployment of a 5D BIM Power BI dashboard on an airport project valued at $420 million. Developed by L&T Construction—India’s largest engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firm—the dashboard integrated Revit software and Autodesk Forma to streamline progress monitoring and billing. Tackling key challenges like complex stakeholder coordination and data fragmentation, the solution improved transparency, reduced manual errors, and sped up decision making. The integration of models, documents, and workflows in the cloud created a synchronized construction environment, enhancing cost control and governance. This digital-first approach minimized paper-based processes and resource redundancies, driving operational Sustainable Design. This case underscores the transformative power of connected construction, demonstrating how cloud-based platforms and BIM can foster efficiency, accountability, and environmental responsibility at scale.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Immersive BIM Reviews: Eliminating Late-Stage Surprises with Autodesk Workshop XR and Forma

Late-stage design changes and coordination issues often derail project timelines and inflate costs in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. This session will introduce Autodesk Workshop XR software, a VR-based collaboration tool aligned with the Autodesk ecosystem that enables immersive, real-scale, intelligent-model reviews. When integrated with Autodesk Forma, it helps multidisciplinary teams detect constructability issues early, validate models against existing conditions, and communicate changes effectively. You will experience a live demonstration of a full BIM-to-XR workflow, connecting Revit and Navisworks models to Workshop XR for 1:1 scale validation and coordination. The session will also explore integrating segmented point cloud meshes into Workshop XR environments for as-built verification. You’ll gain insights into how Workshop XR workflows can reduce RFIs, enhance cross-disciplinary communication, and improve project efficiency—without the need for complex or costly hardware.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Clash Review 4.0: Revolutionizing Modeling with Forma, Navisworks, Autodesk Workshop XR, and Beyond!

Step into the future of Modeling with Clash Review 4.0, where Automation, Integration, & Customization and immersive technologies transform clash detection and issue tracking. Discover how to use the Autodesk Forma Modeling module to streamline workflows and enhance collaboration. We'll explore seamless integration with Navisworks Manage and the Coordination Issues Add-In, bridging cloud and desktop environments. Drawing from real-world project examples, we'll share lessons learned in managing complex geometries, multidiscipline collaboration, and large model sets. Learn to handle high-clash volumes and customize issue filters to prioritize critical tasks. Experience the advanced workflow integrating Autodesk Workshop XR for virtual reality (VR) clash reviews. We'll also explore augmented reality (AR) technologies to minimize Project Delivery pitfalls on the jobsite. Leave equipped with strategies to boost clarity, accountability, and coordination speed across teams.

29p

New Orleans 2022

Autodesk Forma and Autodesk Forge: Our CDE Backbone That Integrates the Hospital Data Management

This class will demonstrate the implementation of a powerful common data environment—using Autodesk Forma and BIM 360 platforms combined with an application developed in Autodesk Forge—for the management of hospital project data. The Grand Paris North Hospital project is intended to be the largest hospital in Paris, France, and was designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Brunet Saunier Architecture. We’ll use this project to explain the implementation of data workflows in order to build optimized circuits that involve all project stakeholders, planners, the owner, users, architects, and all the engineers’ firms with Forma Design Collaboration and Forma Data Management (design collaboration, model coordination, and issues management). More than 100 people! We’ll show how a connected Autodesk Forge application will collect data from Autodesk Forma in order to push automation processes in data analysis and deliverables creation. We’ll do a live demonstration of this real Autodesk Forge-based BIM data checker enabling data processes throughout the project lifecycle, from plan to operation.

New Orleans 2022

Take a Load Off with DPR, Windover, and Arcadis

Technology for preconstruction has come a long way in recent years. The introduction of building information modeling (BIM), cloud-based takeoff tools, AI (artificial intelligence), and bidding platforms has shaken up the way estimating and preconstruction management operates. The phase of construction has finally exploded with new ideas around cost modeling, historic cost analysis, new methods of collaboration, and the convergence of 2D and 3D quantification. As you mix in the ideologies around the common data environment (CDE), all these improvements in cost planning are also able to inform decisions downstream in the field and upstream to the owner and client. This session will entail an open panel and discussion featuring estimators from DPR Construction, Windover Construction, and Arcadis. They’ll share their experiences with the new age of estimating, and reveal how those benefits help drive their project efficiency. We’ll discuss common industry challenges, expanding on these new ways of working, and highlighting all the technologies that make it happen. Join us!

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Autodesk Forma Design Coordination and Scope Management for Contractors

In this session, we'll showcase the workflows we use with the Autodesk Forma platform on large health projects, including a full end-to-end example of how data is used from Model Checker for Revit, Navisworks 2024 with no file management clash runs, and Autodesk Forma issue creation, as well as tracking scope changes in models using Forma Takeoff. As teams work in Revit, data updates are automatically passed to a central database, combined with Autodesk Forma data, and then sent back to Autodesk Forma as additional Insight Dashboards integrated with existing data to simplify and highlight trends in clashes, and scope changes during the tendering and construction phase. We will also present some additional tools we've been using to close resolved clash issues automatically. And we'll show our additional Revit building information modeling (BIM) file which contains zones, levels, and rooms to support tracked changes to scope in takeoff with data trending. Finally, we will present a simple way to extract all parameters using Autodesk Forma asset model extraction for handover.