Artificial intelligence (AI) has made an impact in various industries, such as transportation and manufacturing, and it has improved productivity. With the growth of reality capture devices in the construction jobsites, and the lowering cost of hardware, the construction industry is finally ready to capitalize on artificial intelligence and machine vision. This class will demonstrate how the construction jobsite can capitalize on machine vision to track progress, detect deviations, and calculate the quantity of work completed. Deep-learning technology classifies point cloud data into geometric and semantic segments, creating intelligent models automatically. Comparing scans with 3D intelligent-model qualities can be tracked accurately. AI enables you to eliminate the ambiguity inherent to the pencil requisition process. Comparing exact quantities of materials in place to the total project quantities gives you an accurate percentage complete of work in place, enabling you to make data-driven decisions.

Come and learn about our research, learning, and hurdles when working with generative design and artificial intelligence as they apply to the automotive design process.

Will Plato, VDC Manager at Hensel Phelps, and Christian Claus, CMO and Head of Partnerships at HoloBuilder, will introduce and discuss his innovative use of construction technologies and co-developing Reality Capture, Computer Vision, AI technologies, and cross product integrations. Hensel Phelps has partnered with HoloBuilder to further develop their 360° photo documentation platform and solve immediate needs on projects throughout the Southwest region and beyond. Will’s and Christian’s presentation will outline how Hensel Phelps has leveraged technology to secure ROI and gain a competitive advantage. New developments that have been co-developed will be presented for the first time.

Autodesk is bringing together human experts, machine learning, and self-help to answer your questions and get you back to work faster. In this session, you'll hear in depth about the new unified help feature that you’re starting to see on Autodesk.com pages. Hear what we're doing with artificial intelligence for more relevant answers and quicker connections to the right human experts. See behind the scenes of the new capabilities—and influence what’s to come.

Intelligent models are now tangible to every member of the project team, and this has extensive ramifications. Now that project managers, superintendents, virtual design and construction (VDC) engineers, and forepersons are all operating with a BIM (Building Information Modeling) medium, construction can truly move into the information age. By embracing the principles of the last planner system, utilizing the interfaces of VDC, and employing the power of artificial intelligence, Grit Virtual is re-engineering not only how project teams interact with each other, but also how projects are delivered. Co-founder and CEO Chris Callen will introduce the Grit Virtual methodology, explore learned lessons from pilot projects, and share the Grit team's vision for what comes next.

Data sources in construction are exploding. Mobile devices and apps like BIM 360 Field are capturing and storing thousands of photos on typical projects. Drones, scanners, wearables and other construction management apps are adding to the mountain of data collected as a by-product of their use. To bring structure to our interpretations of these growing data streams, machine learning solutions are being applied to sort, filter, and surface insights so that projects can find the information they're looking for and make better decisions. This class will look at some early practical examples such as photo and video recognition for management and sorting of construction images, and predictive analytics in terms of highlighting high risk quality and safety issues. We'll also consider where the industry is going, as disparate data sources and applications become more integrated.

"Artificial intelligence (AI) has made a huge impact on making things, bringing with it radical changes in the way things are designed, made, and used. This class will demonstrate how to leverage Amazon Web Services to build, simplify, and streamline intelligent applications for the construction and manufacturing industries. We will walk through machine learning model deployment that can result in 2x better performance on resource constrained platforms such as mobile, desktop and edge devices (IoT). You will walk away from this Forge class with an understanding of how you can use AWS AI/ML services to accelerate innovation and time to market, and to develop new business models."

Join HP, NVIDIA and Theia Interactive for a session exploring the technology trends impacting the world of product and architectural design. Discover how artificial intelligence and bio-analytics are enhancing the design process – from concept to delivery – and learn about the HP Omnicept bio-analytics platform. This session will include a deep dive into the AI at the heart of HP Omnicept as well as how to choose the right computing platform for such applications.

As part of Fusion 360 software, Autodesk Generative Design is the new design space tool for designers and engineers capitalizing on the power of cloud and artificial intelligence (AI). During this session, we are going to discover how to use it for expanding and increasing the innovation on machinery industries effecting products’ performance and production costs. We will use real customer examples. One example will show the complete workflow for redesign a critical component of an automatic pallet stretch wrapping machine.The outcome is 75% lighter and allows to replace 50+ components in the original design, with one.

Managing construction progress and safety is a visual process. How could Skanska leverage advances in artificial intelligence to save time and reduce jobsite risk on top of Autodesk’s BIM 360 platform? Skanska worked with Autodesk partner Smartvid.io to apply two kinds of machine learning to the challenges of progress documentation and Safety Risk reduction. Automated statistics were generated based on the detection of these risk factors in photos from Autodesk BIM 360 and used to benchmark project risks over time. For progress tracking, machine learning was used to analyze narrated jobsite walks and automatically generate searchable progress documentation. Photos from BIM 360 were indexed automatically, eliminating time spent on finding relevant photos and improving jobsite risk analysis. Managers could use search and collaboration features to find photos and videos by relevant tags, and share dynamic links to access them with both internal and external team members.

With the rise of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and prefabrication, a lot is going to change in the next five years. During this roundtable, we would like to have a discussion on how these new technologies will change our current processes, our company, and our careers. How will prefabrication and modular construction affect the build process? Will machine learning replace structural engineers? How will computational design affect architects? Will everyone in our industry have to be a computer programmer? How much of it is hype versus reality? These are the types of questions we’ll be asking and will want your knowledge on. Come join our community of thought leaders and industry disruptors as we tackle practical ways to advance the architecture, engineering, and construction industry!

The built environment is fundamentally changing, empowered by innovation in virtual design and construction (VDC). The result is more-complex and increasingly elegant designs, as well as streamlined procurement and construction methods. This panel includes academic and industry leaders responsible for developing and implementing new VDC technology, including Hilda Espinal of CannonDesign, Ricardo Khan of Mortenson Construction, Forest Flager of Stanford University, and Danielle Dy Buncio of VIATechnik. The panel will discuss advancements seen on past and current industry projects in the areas of prefabrication, artificial intelligence, data analytics, virtual and augmented reality, and multidisciplinary design optimization. Panelists will use multimedia presentations and demonstrations to communicate the material to attendees to facilitate thoughtful and interactive discussion. Attendees will leave with a greater understanding of the impact that VDC has on project delivery and performance.

Industry 4.0 is the current and developing environment in which disruptive technologies and trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), robotics, Blockchain, virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) are changing the way we live and work.This proof of concept case study demonstrates how Blockchain technology can be adopted in the construction management process by utilizing IOT, Blockchain platform and BIM CDE (BIM 360) for martial supply chain monitor and control. In this presentation, we will cover the understanding of Blockchain technology, the process map for the implementation, the results and outcomes of the current case study.

DaisyAI is the first timber design software powered by artificial intelligence (AI). DAISY produces optimal, code-compliant designs in under 10 minutes, saving engineers 2-3 hours a day and reducing up to 80% of timber waste. Kratos is an Autodesk Research project using AI methods to rapidly evaluate many structural designs in multiple materials including concrete. Solutions can optimize for monetary cost, carbon cost or other objectives. DAISY & Kratos collaborated by using Kratos to calculate load-bearing walls in a timber structure which Daisy can use as input to produce detailed floorplans. This leads to less concrete used in foundations and hence cheaper and more sustainable designs. Sharing of algorithms was not feasible so instead a “black box” approach was taken with only data formats shared. The result was that in the summer of 2021 DAISY and Kratos designed a timber floor in a house that was subsequently built in the UK – this will be illustrated in the talk.

We all know the people who possess seemingly superpowers that enable them to get the job done no matter what. One of our most powerful tools, the digital world, can bring out the superhero in all of us.
Want to go back to your office ready to save the day? Are you ready to be the office superhero? If so, then this session is for you.
As digital technologies such as generative design, augmented reality, the internet of things (IoT), and artificial intelligence transform the processes of design and creation; what will the impact be?
 Are these technologies changing the way we approach and answer questions about the best way to design or build something?
 What does this change mean for living, working, and designing in the modern age?
 Join Autodesk Explorer-in-Residence, Jonathan Knowles, and special guests from Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, HP, Lenovo, and Dell for a fascinating conversation about how this new era is shaping the future of how things are made.