In this class, we’ll show how to solve a critical situation that might cause a waste of money and time in the maintenance operation of underground utilities of 630 railway stations. Lack of data causes major issues. To retrieve the correct information about the underground, we’ve established, for each station, an innovative workflow that starts from an AutoCAD file containing an old design of the utilities, mainly water system and sewerage. The first step of this workflow is the topographic and geophysics surveys, followed by a post-processing data and 3D rendering of the underground. Inside Civil 3D software, the 3D model of the underground utilities can be used to optimize the design of the sewerage and water system, and link them to information and documentation useful for maintenance operation.

What are the possibilities when we talk about IoT (Internet of Things) and BIM (Building Information Modeling)? Well, when we integrate through Forge intelligent models and Microsoft Azure IoT Hub, we can have a world of possibilities and insight with machine learning. In this lecture, you will see how data collected with BIM 360 software to make an inventory were connected with equipment in the building to monitor what was going on and make predictive analysis, in order to cut building maintenance costs. You’ll see how BIM 360 Ops software can be used to open and close maintenance tickets.

What is the Internet of Things? How can it be applied at the construction site to help firms save time, money, and improve project outcomes? This interactive discussion will answer these questions and highlight IoT solutions that improve worker safety, risk management, crane efficiency, and concrete management. Case examples and metrics will be included as appropriate as well as guidance on how to deploy the power of IoT on your projects.

Moderator: Brook Potter, Sr. Business Manager, Autodesk

Panelists:

Alex Schwarzkopf, CEO, Pillar Technologies

Brendan Dowdall, CEO, Concrete Sensors

Meirav Oren, CEO, Versatile Natures

Chad Hollingsworth, CEO, Triax Technologies, Inc.

Alex Schwarzkopf, CEO, Pillar Technologies

Alex Schwarzkopf is the CEO and co-founder of Pillar Technologies. Pillar was recently part of the first Techstars IoT program and won the Forbes Change the World competition in 2016. Prior to launching his startup, Alex worked at Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley, and he spent time designing scalable wireless technologies for sub-Saharan Africa.

Meirav Oren, CEO, Versatile Natures

Ms. Oren is the co-founder and CEO of Versatile Natures (VN), an IoT & AI enhanced construction tech startup, that transform every construction site into a truly profitable, smart, and safe work environment, by supporting construction managers with real-time, actionable insights. Meirav grew up in the construction industry, seeing the pains first hand. She spent 10 years at Intel, spearheading BizOps and financial services, leading international projects with multicultural teams.

Chad Hollingsworth, CEO, Triax Technologies, Inc.

Chad is the Chief Executive Officer of Triax Technologies, a construction job site safety and communication solutions provider.Chad co-founded Triax Technologies and brings to his role a passion to continually improve the efficiency and safety of the built environment.In addition to his role as chief executive, Chad leads all business development and strategic partnership initiatives.

Are you using BIM 360 Document Manager and you want to access your models? In this class, we’ll show you how to write a basic application to authenticate, browse through projects and folders, and view the versions of your models using Forge. Bring your own laptop or use the lab’s. This class requires basic knowledge of .NET or Node.js. Make sure you have an active BIM 360 account.

With the advent of machine learning and advances of technology adoption in the construction industry, the bar is moving higher for general contractors; as a general contractor, you must make sure you stay abreast of recent advances and are well positioned to capitalize on data for managing risk. In this class, using a case study, we will go over the following: how the next-generation BIM 360 platform is designed to create a single source of truth for the lifecycle of projects and a storage for all data in one place where a general contractor can use different solutions in a connected manner; and how Autodesk is going to take it a step further and by Project IQ, make the platform the source of intelligence through the project.Regional quality director from Swinerton, Project manager from Layton, and Technical Deployment Specialist from Bam will then talk from their perspectives about their experience on adoption of BIM 360 to capitalize on data to manage risk and make decisions, and how they feel the platform is transforming their day-to-day job and productivity.

What are the benefits of the integration between BIM (Building Information Modeling) and geographic information system (GIS) in infrastructure facility management? This class will demonstrate how combined usage of Esri GIS data and tools and the as-built intelligent models enables your organization to do the following: monitor the entire railway or road integrating the intelligent model into the environment. The use of GIS data like geological surveys, interferometric data, and historical data regarding hydrogeological risks can let us prevent infrastructure damages; plan preventive and corrective maintenance merging data from intelligent models and GIS information, for example, choosing the optimal route to reach the point of interest; choose optimal solutions that respect the environment by exploiting the functionality of specific tools (for example, solar exposure and irradiation); and communicate effectively with the team distributed throughout the territory.

Skanska’s long adoption of BIM 360 Field software lets us derive new lessons using BIM 360 Insight software. Skanska was an early adopter of BIM 360 Insight, which uses machine learning to sift through thousands of data points and help project teams identify project risk factors in real time. From the perspectives of the user and developer, the presenters will discuss how Skanska and Autodesk partnered and collaborated to adapt this new technology to the industry processes and ensure its readiness for adoption across projects within Skanska. We will highlight successes as well as the challenges to presenting AI-reviewed data for action for executives and jobsites. Understanding that new tools present with new benefits and challenges, we will present best practices and lessons learned for other contractors to implement BIM 360 Insight. We will also present opportunities to expand BIM 360 Insight from the current use cases for collaboration beyond the current jobsite.

Are you a general contractor or subcontractor looking for a better way to manage Time and Materials Tags (also known as Field Change Orders) and jobsite data? BIM 360 Cost Management and Rhumbix T&M Tracking software provide a faster, simpler way to report, document, and track T&M tags in the field. In this user-lead demonstration, attendees will learn how to use field data from the Rhumbix mobile app to provide increased visibility and transparency across the project. Further, Autodesk users can now see details such as hours, materials, equipment costs, and expenditures for T&M tags in the Potential Change Order (PCO) module of the BIM 360 Cost Management tool. By fully integrating this digital software on the BIM 360 platform, general contractors and subcontractors have the opportunity to seamlessly drive efficiency through data—not documents.

This class will show enhancements for Autodesk’s Structural Precast Extension for Revit software from the German-based company IDAT. You’ll see how easily you can tag the precast assemblies. Learn a new way to create parametric reinforcement definitions inside a Revit family. With the click of a button, create real Revit reinforcement out of this definition. Create and control custom fabric sheets easily. Automate and define connections for columns, beams, and foundations with own families. For each precast element, different shop drawings can be configured and automatically created. For example, a wall can have a shop drawing for the panel itself, one for the reinforcement, and one for the electrical system. With additional programs, define the stacks for the transportation of the elements and the layout of the production tables in the factory. You’ll see how these enhancements speed up the creation of precast elements with Revit.

The amount of information collected in BIM 360 software can be overwhelming, and finding connections between data that can lead to project insight is not always easy. However, thanks to the flexibility of the Forge API and its seamless communication with BIM 360, it’s now possible to connect information systems that highlight important data and enable better-informed decisions. Attendees will start by understanding the basic setup of a functional Forge-powered information dashboard. We’ll then go through some of the main opportunities to connect information and discuss how to make the most out of the outcomes. We’ll work using practical examples that provide tangible benefits to the project. In the end, we’ll review how to find the required information in BIM 360, what it means, and where to start connecting it using the Forge platform’s Data Management API.

In this class, you get to hear BAM's digital transformation journey over the last few years from paper based workflows to fully digital, and zero paper, to leveraging data for insights.BAM's long adoption of digital construction practices and Autodesk construction solutions has positioned them to leverage the benefits of AI and machine learning to improve virtual design and construction processes. As an early adopter of Construction IQ solution, which leverages machine learning, BAM project teams and executives identify risk and take action on a day to basis. Digital Construction leaders from BAM will share how they adapted this new technology to the industry processes and ensure its readiness for adoption across projects within BAM. We will highlight successes as well as the challenges of presenting AI-reviewed data and making it trustworthy and actionable for project teams. We will also explore what the future holds for AI and machine learning to predict and prevent problems early.

There's a perfect storm of technology change driving the construction revolution today. Mobile devices, Internet of Things, sensors, and drones are continuously capturing construction job-site data and the cloud is aggregating this data. Machine-learning applications such as BIM 360 IQ software help construction project teams analyze risk from this data in real time and take corrective actions. Layton Construction and Autodesk have been collaborating and working together for the past year to apply the BIM 360 IQ machine-learning system for construction safety. In this session, Cooper Darling-an assistant project manager from Layton Construction-will be sharing his project manager experiences involved in helping identify and reduce safety risks on a construction job site with the aid of assistive technologies such as machine learning. Cooper is also part of Layton's National Safety Leadership Team, and he's helping champion the processes and standards based on BIM 360 software for Layton.

Autodesk’s CREFTS (Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, Travel, Safety, and Security) Project Team set out to deliver an all-electronic project handoff supplying the Facilities Operations Team with timely and specific information that they’d requested at project closeout. This class will describe the early steps taken during team engagement and development of the BIM execution plan to map a successful path to bring assets designed and developed in the model into BIM 360 Ops software in a useful way for the Facilities Operations Team. We will outline the steps taken, obstacles that were encountered, and how the project outcome helped shape a BIM 360 Ops project guidance document for future projects.

This discussion will focus on CREFTS' (Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, Travel, Safety, & Security) BIM 360 Ops internal Autodesk deployment, and offer a glimpse from concept to deployment across the Autodesk portfolio. We'll review the steps taken-from planning, pilot, and deployment-and discuss our pathway to success and how we're using BIM 360 Ops software from projects to building operations. We'll share best practices, insight into rollout, and a glimpse of where we're heading with automation and machine learning.

Today, in precast factories, we often find that each department has its own software and associated information stored in its own data silos. Quite often, this disjointed information leads to wrong decisions, resulting in annoyed customers, demotivated employees, and, ultimately, lost profits. A solution to this situation is provided by the BIM (Building Information Modeling) software Revit extended with special precast features fully connected with an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This class shows the power of an integrated ERP system in a precast factory where no data has to be inserted twice and all participants use the same data (a single source of truth). We’ll cover estimation with data from Revit, take a detailed look at automation tools for Revit, and create CAM data for production. In the ERP, we’ll see the planning of production, logistics, materials, and resources. We explore the communication between the precaster, the client, and the site via the cloud with the Precast 360 platform (based on the Forge).

Today, the construction data ecosystem consists of several disconnected apps and data silos. BIM 360 software provides a common platform and the ability to connect these different data sources. In this session, PARIC Construction and Autodesk will share the advantages of investing in a construction platform like BIM 360. PARIC Construction will talk about how the firm was able to connect BIM 360 with its core workflows for estimation and scheduling to provide a connected ecosystem for its users. The class will also elaborate on how machine learning and other artificial intelligence (AI)-related technologies are being used to work with this unified data to create smarter workflows. PARIC Construction is a leading general contractor that was an early adopter of AI-driven workflows. Andy Leek is the VP of innovation, and has been leading this change at PARIC.

A transformation of an organization's legacy engineering design systems first requires a vision. This class will discuss the vision of using Building Information Modeling (BIM) for 3D intelligent design to transform San Diego Gas & Electric's transmission and substation engineering design and construction process. The transformation includes the implementation of a number of Autodesk, Inc., Solutions in an integrated mosaic of engineering design workflows. We start with conceptual design using InfraWorks software. We will follow this with detailed design and analysis with AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Inventor software, AutoCAD Electrical software, and Substation Design Solution software. A fundamental concept is the adoption of 3D model components for engineering design standardization and construction standards publishing and training. The implementation of BIM 360 software for construction quality assurance / quality control management will complete the transformation. We will discuss a strategic 3-year plan, and we will demonstrate visuals that are being used to convey the vision and build consensus across the organization.

Learn from an Autodesk customer, a product manager, and a data scientist as they talk about how the design-review and model-coordination processes work today in construction, and how AI-driven technology can assist the user. Identifying issues before starting construction can save dollars and hours downstream, and Construction IQ software now has the first set of AI-driven tools to help you do this. Customers are digitizing their design-review and coordination processes and tracking their issues using apps like BIM 360 Document Management. Construction IQ is an AI layer that has learned from this data, and also from quality and safety issues, checklists, RFIs, and change orders from more than 30,000 projects. Hear directly from an early adopter customer about their design-review process, wins, and challenges. Understand where the opportunities for AI-driven change exist via workflows like autodetection of code compliance problems and identification of inconsistencies between different document sets.

Advanced Work Packaging (AWP) is an industry best practice that helps align planning and execution activities across the project lifecycle for improved project performance. Join this session to see how you can use Assemble and BIM 360 together to drive better alignment between engineering, construction, and owners to create an effective AWP framework.

During a typical BIM (Building Information Modeling) project, we focus on the design and coordination process with the goal of constructing a building. But what then? After construction there is commissioning, warranty, and the operational phase. Seems like a waste to take that content and just archive it on a server, right? What if we had a longer-term vision and could use coordinated content after the punch list was completed? Seems easy enough, but is it? In this session, we’ll discuss how to prepare a project team and facility managers to use models, construction documents, photos, and asset data from BIM 360 software for use in facility management (FM) via BIM 360 Ops software. We’ll discuss what information needs to be set up early and how to transition from construction to FM, while supporting commissioning and warranty phases. We want to help you understand the path to full lifecycle management, integrated systems with BIM 360, when to start, and how to get the owner and project team looped into the process, early!