Building Design

Construction Modeling

Building Operations

Business Management

Software Development

Project Delivery

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Virtual Design & Construction

Collaboration

CAD Management & IT

Delivering today’s high-performance projects requires more than a great design—it requires data-driven decision making and integrated collaboration from day one. In this panel, leaders from Bristol-Myers Squibb (owner), Windover Construction (construction manager), and Thornton Tomasetti (design engineer) will share how aligning goals and innovative solutions early unlocks certainty of outcomes across design, construction, and operations. This session will provide a complete 360-degree view into how owner, contract manager, and design teams collaborate to solve challenges, foster innovation, and deliver successful projects in highly technical and regulated environments. Through real-life case studies—including life sciences, manufacturing, residential, and institutional projects—you’ll learn how BIM workflows, BIM-MEP coordination, artificial intelligence (AI), Digital Workplaces, and constructability strategies drive efficiency, improve compliance, and create lasting value from planning through project delivery.

Driving Project Success: How Bristol-Myers Squibb, Windover Construction, and Thornton Tomasetti Innovate to Deliver Certainty

Panel

Nashville

Artificial Intelligence

Automation, Integration, & Customization

"Can we AI this?" is a statement that’s being thrown around a lot of late. This may bring to mind something else: "They were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.” Frequently, the solution being sought can be achieved through more-traditional automation. So, this leads to the question: When is it better to automate and when is it appropriate to seek AI solutions? A panel of industry experts will discuss their thoughts on the benefits of AI solutions versus those of more-traditional automation for your BIM and design workflows. When is each appropriate? And what is the best way to spend your limited development hours. 

Automation, Integration, & Customization or AI: A Discussion on the Boundary Between AI and Traditional Automation, Integration, & Customization 

BIM/VDC Manager

Technology Manager

Machine Learning

This session is a continuation of 2022's "Hard Questions Only" and 2023's "Harder Questions." With this expert panel representing technology leaders from across architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO), once again we dive into the hard questions of digital transformation. It's easy to assume that everyone is "doing building information modeling (BIM)," but this panel wants to dig deeper and talk about the challenges that remain as our industry goes through a digital transformation. We'll go beyond the easy wins and discuss what BIM adoption really looks like and how hard it is to drive change. How is the escalation in tools changing our production process, and what does it mean for how we manage our projects and firms? What does the shift to data-driven work mean for an industry based around design studios and professionally licensed staff? Importantly, this panel will represent diverse views to understand how the responses and need for change vary across disciplines.

San Diego

This session is a continuation of 2022's "Hard Questions Only" and 2023's "Harder Questions." With this expert panel representing technology leaders from across

Building Design & Engineering

Project Management

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Panel discussion on the realities of implementing BIM, driving change, becoming data driven, and running a profitable business.

Harder Questions: A Multi-Discipline Panel on BIM and Digital Transformation

Las Vegas

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Building Information Modeling (BIM),  CAD Management,  Data Management,  Digital Transformation,  Project Management

This expert panel representing technology leaders from across AECO will discuss the hard questions of Digital Transformation. It's easy to take for granted that everyone is “doing BIM” but this panel wants to dig deeper to talk about the challenges that remain as our industry goes through a Digital Transformation. We will go beyond the easy wins and discuss what BIM adoption *really* looks like and how hard it is to drive change. How is the escalation in tools changing our production process, and what does it mean for how we manage our projects and firms? What does the shift to data-driven work mean for an industry based around design studios and professionally licensed staff? Importantly, this panel will represent diverse views to understand how the responses and need for change vary across disciplines.

Hard Questions Only! A Multidiscipline Panel on BIM and Digital Transformation.

New Orleans

This expert panel representing technology leaders from across AECO will discuss the hard questions of Digital Transformation. It's easy to take for granted that

AU Classes

Driving Project Success: How Bristol-Myers Squibb, Windover Construction, and Thornton Tomasetti Innovate to Deliver Certainty

Automation, Integration, & Customization or AI: A Discussion on the Boundary Between AI and Traditional Automation, Integration, & Customization

More Hard Questions: A Multidiscipline Panel on BIM and Digital Transformation

Harder Questions: A Multi-Discipline Panel on BIM and Digital Transformation

Hard Questions Only! A Multidiscipline Panel on BIM and Digital Transformation.