Models should not live in silos. They should drive decisions. This session will explore how Autodesk connects BIM and virtual design and construction (VDC) workflows across design and construction, from early concept through handover and beyond. Learn how teams can better coordinate, collaborate, and use models across tools and roles. We'll share what's coming in Autodesk Forma to make models more usable, accessible, and valuable in both the field and the office. Explore the recent and future capabilities for Autodesk Forma Design Collaboration, Autodesk Forma for Model Management, and Navisworks Manage users to better coordinate models and collaborate across teams.

This session will look at a case study on delivering reinforcement shop drawings for viaducts and station buildings using Revit software at metro scale. SYSTRA India adapted building-centered workflows to infrastructure precast through a template-to-transmittal strategy which included: standardized content and shared parameters; parametric rebar families aligned to fabricator shape codes; and automation for numbering, scheduling, and batch sheet creation. Rule‑based QA checks, strict revision control, and ERP‑ready exports ensured traceability from model to yard. Results included 30% to 40% faster turnarounds.

The Kentucky Lock Addition Project is a high-priority U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) effort requiring coordination across multiple districts, agencies, and contractors. This session will provide a technical deep dive into how BIM, CAD, and GIS were integrated through an Advanced Modeling Project Execution Plan (PxP) to support design, coordination, and construction. Using tools that include Civil 3D, Revit, Inventor, and Navisworks software, teams developed federated models for clash detection, sequencing, and as-built deliverables. You will see how model-based workflows improved coordination, reduced errors, and supported better decision making across the project lifecycle.

Turning point clouds into reliable BIM inputs is still a challenge for many architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) teams. In this lab, you'll execute a complete, field-tested ReCap Pro workflow that transforms scan data into structured, interoperable mesh models ready for enhanced design and collaboration. Guided by subject matter experts, you'll apply automatic classification to generate clean meshes, standardize outputs using Template Manager, map Revit categories, and export IFC models for downstream BIM use. You'll then use these outputs as modeling references in Revit and validate them through coordination workflows in Navisworks and Model Coordination. Walk away with a repeatable, end-to-end scan-to-BIM process that reduces manual remodeling and accelerates coordination across project teams.

In this session, we'll share a strategy discussion into ReCap software's new mesh workflow for creating scan-derived meshes that perform reliably in Model Coordination in Autodesk Forma (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud) and Navisworks software. Using a confidential project case study, you will see how our team processed 1 TB of scan data across 1.2 million square feet and resolved repeated model crashes that disrupted access for virtual design and construction (VDC) engineers and trade partners. By moving from Leica Cyclone 3DR to ReCap-generated meshes, we improved mesh quality, stabilized performance, streamlined scan-to-coordination workflows, and enabled automated clash detection with existing conditions for more-reliable downstream delivery.

Every building truly does have its price. One of the most time-consuming items during the estimation process is when we perform and complete a building takeoff. In this session we will teach you how to use Navisworks Manage 2015 software's Quantification workflows to help you minimize your time doing quantification. We will use 3D models (Revit Architecture software) and 2D DWF technology documents to complete our tasks in this class. You will learn to understand Navisworks Manage 2015 software's Quantification interface and the tools in the software, and you will leave the class feeling ready to tackle coming quantification challenges.

Every building truly does have its price and one of the most time-consuming items during the estimation process is to perform and complete a building takeoff. In this hands-on lab, we teach you how to use Navisworks Manage 2014 Quantification workflows to help you minimize your time doing takeoffs. We use 3D models (Revit® Architecture software) to complete our tasks in this class. You learn to understand the Navisworks Manage 2014 Quantification software interface and the tools in the software, and leave the class feeling ready to tackle the coming takeoff challenges.

This lab will provide a hands-on approach of best practices regarding how to combine civil site designs in Civil 3D software with foundation designs in Revit Structure software in order to ultimately collaborate with architects in Revit Architecture software. This discussion will provide guidelines on where utility modeling for building should transition from Revit MEP above grade to Civil 3D below grade, and how Navisworks software can be used in this review process. Key concepts to review will be the difference between local coordinate systems that building designers work in, as compared to the state plane coordinate system that civil engineers typically use. The discussion will consider civil/structure interaction and the new BIMForum Level of Development (LOD) Specification, and how it relates to setting up projects in Civil 3D and Revit.

Every morning, the PCL Construction team that’s building the 11-acre, 516-room JW Marriott Bonnet Creek hotel in Orlando, Florida, starts with the same routine: reviewing a high-resolution map of the site (captured by one of the firm’s daily drone flights) to effectively plan and coordinate the day’s work. A couple of years ago, using up-to-date drone maps for daily site and logistics planning was unheard of. Now, PCL project teams can’t live without them. This use case is part of a larger trend: drone data, once confined to the VDC team, has become a “must have” resource for entire project teams, owners, and more. In fact, on this JW Marriott project alone, there are more than 50 stakeholders regularly viewing their drone maps and models. In this session, PCL’s JW Marriott project team—Matthew Dodge, project manager; and Kevin Johnson, construction modeling specialist—will share the impact that drone data has had on this project and how other contractors can do the same.

This class covers the implementation of an integrated BIM system inside the Design and Construction Joint Venture (VCGP + ASTALDI) of the Santiago de Chile Airport. On this project, BIM data life cycle starts with model authoring creation using Autodesk Revit and Civil 3D for 354.000 m2 on buildings and 880.000 m2 on infrastructures. Design Review and Constructability Analysis are performed with the support of Autodesk Revit, Civil 3D, Recap, Infraworks, Navisworks and Tekla Structure. Throughout the project, BIM collaboration and coordination are ensured with Autodesk Navisworks. Connection of BIM models with construction planning (Primavera) is done via Synchro software for 4D simulation. At the end of the project, As Built BIM models (LOD 500) are handed over for O&M software (IBM Maximo) link purposes. A particular attention will be brought to the challenges of implementing such process on a large scale project as well as best practices for BIM deliverables to final clients.

This class will present the first SNCF rail project that implemented a BIM approach. The project consists of transforming the existing Saint-Cloud Station in order to interconnect to the future metro station and fit the increase of passenger traveler flow. As part of this presentation, we'll address the following topics: BIM for rail issues and expectations; SNCF challenges and expected BIM outcomes; overview of the Saint-Cloud project; reasons for using BIM on this project and expected outcomes; approach taken in partnership with Autodesk Consulting; outlook.

In this presentation we will discuss the benefits of utilizing laser scanning and point-cloud data on projects for making better-informed decisions during the design, preconstruction, and execution processes. We will also discuss how you can use this data to produce highly accurate models and the value this brings to clients.

More than simply a technical paradigm, cloud computing offers fundamentally new directions for connecting people, projects, and information. Coupled with Building Information Modeling (BIM) data, cloud-based project information management has the potential to broadly affect both ad hoc and contractually-defined project communications, workflows, and deliverables. This class discusses advances in cloud-based project data management and collaboration with a focus on the impact on project organization, data organization, and contracting. It will offer examples of cloud-based project information management technologies, as well as case studies of the use of these systems to demonstrate the affect of BIM-centric cloud computing on project delivery. This class will discuss the use of online project collaboration to articulate the value this has on project deliveyr success.

The last two years have seen a vast sea change in workstation computing, which makes specifying the right hardware for BIM (Building Information Modeling) a daunting task. The high demands of the Revit BIM platform, reality capture, virtual reality, and 3D applications such as 3ds Max software and Maya software require a thorough understanding of today’s computing platforms so that you can make sound investments in your next workstation. This class will take a deep dive into the latest advancements in computing platforms and the important options to consider when purchasing new workstations. We’ll cover the best in today’s PC components—processors, motherboards, memory, graphics cards, and storage—and optimize each based on advanced BIM and 3D tasks. New to this year is a review of reality capture and the specific computing demands of laser scanning and photogrammetry workloads. We’ll discuss the pros and cons of building out a DIY system versus purchasing a preconfigured system from a large vendor, and provide tips for buying parts online.

On April 27, 2017, the new extension for Oslo Gardermoen Airport in Norway opened its doors, increasing its capacity from 19 million passengers to 30 million. The project was delivered on time and on budget, with practically no errors during design or construction. The terminal has received a BREEAM Excellent certification, using many innovative solutions, making it the world's greenest airport. While we are waiting for electric airplanes, we'll show how the terminal building is ready for the future, drastically reducing energy consumption. The class will also focus on how we managed to pull off this massive project through the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM). What were the key factors in the project's success? We'll discuss project organization and communication through visualization, BIM quality assessment through new tools and workflows developed for Revit software, and how Navisworks software helped us combine what may very well be the world's largest BIM model.

Many of our BIM Execution Plans (BEPs) are full of software requirements, file type requirements, and upload requirements. By the time it's all on paper, you have a document full of requirements and no actions. In this session, we'll present strategies and lessons learned in creating a BEP that is actionable and still holds everybody accountable to the guidelines needed to create a successful coordination phase of construction. Go beyond a glorified CAD management plan and clash assignments to create shared success for all project stakeholders.

Every building truly does have its price! One of the most time-consuming items during the estimation process performing and completing a building takeoff. In this session we will teach you how to use Navisworks Manage 2016 Quantification software workflows to help you minimize your time doing quantification. We will use 3D models (Revit Architecture software) and 2D DWF documents to complete our tasks in this class. You’ll learn to understand the Navisworks Manage 2016 Quantification software interface and the tools in the software, and you’ll leave the class feeling ready to tackle the coming quantification challenges.

In this class, we will dive into the concepts and practices we used to bring the most to the deliverable for the owner through use of Autodesk® Navisworks® Manage, Autodesk® Revit® Architecture, AutoCAD® MEP, AutoCAD®, and Autodesk® Inventor® software. We will show you how to work towards bringing only value-added work to a project by eliminating non-value-adding steps while also working towards better quality assurance and quality control by modularizing the construction process where it has proven possible through studies using the design suite.

Reality-capture technologies—such as 3D laser scanning, mobile and aerial LiDAR (light detection and ranging), and drone photogrammetry—are becoming the normal practice for site surveying instead of the traditional labor-intensive method. How to specify the scope of work for the surveyors and drone operators may result in the different levels of useful data to be digitalized in Building Information Modeling (BIM) / 3D modeling platforms with an efficient process. The class will focus on the workflows used for developing information models out from the laser scans for the treatment industry in the United States and the United Kingdom. We will discuss a variety of workflow options using data captured from scan information using drones and laser scans and validation of the scan data into ReCap software, processing data in Edgewise for auto detection of pipes, and importing the processed data to Revit software for further modeling. This session features Revit, InfraWorks 360, and Navisworks Manage. AIA Approved