About CDE Sync:
CDE Sync is Utopia Digital's core software platform, created to solve a critical and persistent problem in the AECO industry: fragmented, inconsistent data across vendor Common Data Environments. Many infrastructure projects use multiple CDEs such as Autodesk Construction Cloud® (ACC), Autodesk® BIM 360®, Bentley ProjectWise, Microsoft SharePoint, Asite, InEight, 12D Synergy, Oracle Aconex, and Procore, each with its own unique metadata structures, file versioning logic, and integration capabilities. As a result, project teams often default to performing manual file transfers between these CDE systems, requiring file downloads, renaming, metadata reformatting, re-uploads, and revalidation. This process is time-consuming, error-prone, and expensive to scale.
CDE Sync's Capabilities:
CDE Sync supports the synchronisation of models, documents, and structured metadata between CDE platforms, with the following features:
Value Proposition:
CDE Sync removes vendor lock-in while improving interoperability across platforms. It gives clients control over their data pipelines, allowing them to use best-of-breed tools across their supply chain without sacrificing consistency or traceability. Unlike general-purpose integration tools, CDE Sync is purpose-built for the requirements of the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) sector. It embeds domain-specific logic such as versioning rules, transmittal compliance, ISO 19650 metadata validation, and platform workflows mapping. CDE Sync serves transportation, energy, buildings, civil infrastructure, mining, aviation, automotive, defence, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
Enable seamless collaboration when project teams use Autodesk Construction Cloud alongside Bentley ProjectWise, 12d Synergy, or client-mandated platforms. CDE Sync maintains synchronised files, metadata, and version control across all platforms, eliminating manual downloads and re-uploads that typically waste 20+ hours per week per skilled resource.
Automate end-of-project data transfers from Autodesk Construction Cloud to client-preferred long-term archive repositories. The platform maintains complete folder structures, metadata relationships, and audit trails whilst ensuring ISO 19650 compliance for asset handover to facility management systems.
Streamline document and model delivery from Autodesk Construction Cloud to client submission portals. CDE Sync automatically generates submission packages with preserved metadata attribution, applies quality assurance validation checks, and maintains end-to-end traceability from source through delivered packages—reducing submission preparation from weeks to hours.
Support complex projects requiring simultaneous connection to Autodesk Construction Cloud, Bentley iTwin, and design coordination platforms. CDE Sync keeps linked models synchronised across platforms with live processing where changes appear within minutes, enabling true federated model coordination without manual intervention.
Maintain complete platform configuration backups enabling rapid recovery from ransomware incidents, system failures, or vendor service outages. CDE Sync's automated backup of Autodesk Construction Cloud configurations can save organisations $1.7+ million per avoided incident whilst reducing recovery timeframes from months to less than four weeks
Enable seamless information flow when contractors, subcontractors, and consultants use different CDE platforms throughout the supply chain. CDE Sync automatically synchronises design updates, RFIs, and construction documentation between Autodesk Construction Cloud and supply chain partners using ProjectWise, Aconex, or SharePoint—eliminating the manual coordination bottleneck where subcontractors must repeatedly request current files, reducing coordination delays by days per cycle whilst maintaining version control and approval status across all parties.
