Learn how to implement configuration management and release processes in Autodesk PLM 360 cloud-based product lifecycle management software. The class covers the concepts of change management, effectivity, revision pinning, and configuration rules. We will spend a bit of time discussing the concepts before diving straight into the tool for some demos and examples.

Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of Autodesk Data Management Avengers. Discuss a number of subjects. Bring your questions for us to discuss and advise.

This class provides guidance for creating Revit software models that you can use effectively for facilities management. We will focus primarily on the creation of simple models that you can use as the foundations for facility plans to be used for space management, asset management, and maintenance. This class will focus on the basics, such as generating proper area plans, creating areas, and placing assets. We will also explore concepts including level of accuracy; level of development; and communication of your modeling needs to service providers who are creating models for you during the design, engineering, and construction process. We'll wrap up this session by connecting our model to a Computer-Aided Facilities Management / Integrated Workplace Management System (CAFM/IWMS) Solution so we can explore our results in a more traditional facilities management environment.

As client and project requirements become more and more complex, the need to manage information in Autodesk Revit software and data connected to Revit becomes exceedingly important. This class will survey the landscape of tools available to aid in this task, including tools for family and parameter management as well as specific tools for program management. Autodesk® Vault software, dRofus, Microsoft® Access®, Microsoft® Excel® tools and others will be covered. During the class, we will touch on project experience with many of these tools and provide guidance on how to approach many data management challenges in Revit.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Project Management module and share priorities for our product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you create, manage, review, and monitor your RFIs and submittals throughout the project.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Cost Management module and share priorities for our product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you create and monitor your project budget and manage all of the change orders and adjustments throughout the project.

Tracking the software used within an organization is an important job. If it’s your job, what methods and approaches do you use? Even with the best intentions, it can be easy to make mistakes which, if left unchecked, could lead to much bigger problems. This class will show you common Software Asset Management mistakes that are applicable to AutoCAD and many other Autodesk products. You’ll learn how to spot the tell-tale signs that can help you identify mistakes. You’ll discover practical ways to minimize the problems and take the first step towards better management of the software in your organization. You’ll also see what is possible in the mid- and long-term to improve your Software Asset Management skills and practice.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Document Management module and share priorities for the product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you publish, manage, review, and approve all project drawings, documents, and models across the project lifecycle.

The BIM 360 Product Management Team will review the recent enhancements to the Field Management module and share priorities for our product road map. Learn about how BIM 360 software can help you create, manage, review, and monitor your quality and safety workflows throughout the project.

Construction is an inherently high-risk, low-margin business with countless opportunities for bad coordination, miscommunication, and disconnected processes. From initial design concepts to construction documentation, preconstruction to handover—many stakeholders, changes, and versions can overwhelm even the most organized and well-aligned teams. Eighty % expect to face added costs from design errors and omissions. Efficient project management can determine the winners in the market. Artificial intelligence (AI) can significantly improve construction project management effectiveness, especially in the early detection of project risks so they can be mitigated. AI can make the link between change orders, RFIs, and submittals back into the design phase. AI helps reduce the number of frivolous RFIs and wasteful change orders with the ultimate goal of better project performance. Hear from industry leaders about the application and value of machine learning in construction project management.

As technical professionals we spend years in school, then years studying for licensing exams. And we spend our entire careers pouring over code books and technical manuals. By the time we reach management positions, we’re technical experts and excellent project managers…but we never learned how to manage people. As it turns out, soft skills are just as important as technical skills. This session will offer a forum to discuss various management skills and techniques that will help us all improve our management skills. During this presentation, we’ll share and discuss experiences, successes, and failures as managers. We’ll share resources and have an open discussion, so we can all learn from each other. Everyone must find their own management style, and undoubtedly along the way you’ll discover that the bottom line is this: We are all just people . . . wouldn’t it be easier if we were numbers!

BIM 360 Cost Management was introduced earlier this year with capabilities to support budgets, contracts and change orders. Join ACS product managers to discover how to execute these workflows in BIM 360, as well as learn about the new capabilities in the module to support additional cost management capabilities.

This wildly successful franchise is back for a third time at Autodesk University. Meet and have an open discussion with a panel of Autodesk Data Management Avengers. Discuss a number of subjects. Bring your questions for us to discuss and advise.

In this class, we will present perspectives and practical examples from our work on implementing an innovative approach to the construction, commissioning, handover, and lifecycle management processes for a facility. Consigli, the contractor on the project, is closely working with BRG, the building owner’s workplace management consultant. The project team mapped the owner's information needs from operations backwards into the construction and commissioning process, then implemented a set of technologies to deliver on this information flow. Key technologies in use include cloud- and iPad®-based field management software from Vela Systems®, Autodesk® Navisworks®, Autodesk® Revit®, and ARCHIBUS IWMS software. This class will explore each speaker's perspective on how this comprehensive approach to gathering and managing key systems and facilities data has changed both the process of delivering the project as well as the ultimate deliverable to the owner.

As technical professionals, we spend years in school and then years studying for licensing exams, and we spend our entire careers pouring over code books and technical manuals. By the time we reach management positions, we are technical experts and excellent project managers . . . but we never learned how to manage people. As it turns out, soft skills are just as important as technical skills, and in the current world climate, much of these management activities are now happening at a distance. This session will offer a forum to discuss various management skills and techniques that will help us all improve our management skills, especially in a remote environment.

You’re in a small shop of 10 people, or you’re working in a company with hundreds of users who break into teams to deliver a project. What you share in common is the need to effectively collaborate and manage the data. You’ve had a look at Data Management and it looks like it will solve some significant business needs, but you don’t know how to present it to your manager, or who to ask for more information. Join us in this class where we’ll talk about use cases for Data Management, from small customer needs to those solving the needs of the enterprise. We’ll talk about Data Management for those who have needs in manufacturing to those who may want to use it to help them manage civil or architectural data. We’ll also discuss ways you can go back to your office, understand and assess your requirements, choose the appropriate product, and have an understanding of what software, hardware and training requirements will be necessary to present a business case to your manager.

Sick of low margins and high risk? Get control of your project costs and gain visibility into real-time information with the cloud. Join this session to learn about the robust cost management capabilities within Autodesk Build, cutting-edge new features, and ERP integration availability. Improving cost management practices can transform your projects, lowering risk and increasing profitability.

This class will look at overall management, administration, and troubleshooting for BIM 360 software. We’ll demonstrate tips and techniques for managing larger number of BIM 360 projects (200-plus), and cover areas such as project governance, management of local collaboration cache, initial setup techniques, and best practices. We’ll point out some common areas of confusion for project administrators, and we’ll delve into common issues with using Revit software and the Autodesk Desktop Connector with BIM 360 and discuss how to mitigate those issues. We’ll also cover some unique ways of utilizing BIM 360 Document Management and BIM 360 Design Collaboration for internal uses such as Revit Content Management.

This class will focus on high-level workflows between BIM 360 Cost Management software and various, standard, industry enterprise resource planning (ERP) packages. We will also introduce the middlewares making these connections, and the importance of connecting project controls with construction ERPs.

Hear how JE Dunn Construction teamed with Autodesk Consulting utilizing Forge platform-based APIs to develop integration between JE Dunn’s SharePoint-based Dunn Dashboard and BIM 360 Document Management. Learn how the document sync integration has enabled construction documents to be easily accessible to the construction professionals at the jobsite and maintained JE Dunn’s Dunn Dashboard as the single source of truth for all project documents. This BIM 360 Document Management-based integration is built on top of the project automation that was developed for JE Dunn ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and further has enabled the extension of the firm’s construction-based data and document flows into the construction ecosystem.