One of the first issues owners face at the onset of a project is deciding on which project delivery method to use. Design-bid-build is slowly going extinct, especially for large, complicated projects with challenging schedules. Construction management at risk (CMAR) is a more attractive method, even though it doesn’t quite describe how we work. Design-build is on the rise, but many owners still feel like they’re paying a premium by preselecting the team. Lastly, integrated project delivery (IPD) leaves a lot to be desired, as most of the owners are still not willing to share the risk but expect the benefits. So, if none of those methods align with how we work, what does the future of project delivery look like? In your experience, are any of the current contracts and procurement methods truly aligned with how we ideally need to work? Join this vibrant roundtable and share your thoughts and experiences about technology-driven delivery, innovation, risks, and constraints of where our built-environment industry is inevitably headed.

In today's environment of digital project delivery, many opportunities exist for enhancing current project delivery processes from design to construction. This sharing session will build upon last year's tech talk: "Bridging Innovative Opportunities for Digital Project Delivery." It will touch upon the innovative initiative of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)—the Project Delivery Collaboration Center (PDCC)—which had a soft rollout in Spring 2024. The PDCC is meant to be a one-stop shop or hub for project managers. The initial rollout familiarized teams with the backbone of the solution, Autodesk Forma. As the PDCC continues to develop and evolve, integrations with department systems and other off-the-shelf solutions will be implemented. A few key integrations in development are with Asta Powerproject Vision, Bentley Systems' ProjectWise, Sitelink, and Voyager. Behind the scenes, the PDCC is not one solution; but to the end user, the intent is that it appears as one.

More owners are implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) into their facilities management (FM) strategies and project-delivery methodologies, but how are they able to ensure the success of these new workflows? Much like the objectives identified in our Autodesk University 2014 session (BO6648: Defining a Holistic Owner-Driven BIM Project Delivery Standard), The Ohio State University is exploring the "people" aspect of their BIM Project Delivery Standard (the external facing document for the architecture, engineering, and construction community) and the BIM Implementation Strategy developed for the university’s internal Project Team members. This session will explore the people, process, and technology initiatives of the 2 documents. We’ll also present the importance of educating the university’s staff on this new standard, as well as how to successfully implement the appropriate technologies and workflows, thus empowering the university to fully realize the opportunity to reduce the total cost of ownership of their buildings through the application of BIM.

This sharing session will touch upon PennDOT's (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's) innovative initiatives with augmented reality, drone data capture for both design and construction, and its Project Delivery Collaboration Center solution. We currently have multiple pilot projects underway and would like to share our lessons learned and how we plan to tie them all together with a single platform. We plan to make our Project Delivery Collaboration Center solution available this fall. It will provide the backbone for connecting our current legacy systems, future systems, and design collaboration. It is a one-stop shop for the department designers for project file management, workflow, schedule oversight, project health, and more. We plan to cover our work with Datumate, Reconstruct, Elecosoft (Asta) Powerproject, IMAJION, and the Autodesk Forma platform.

Is your project team doing full BIM (Building Information Modeling)? Many project teams are well-versed in using BIM and want to harness the intrinsic power of BIM with the distinct purpose of improving architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) project delivery. Unfortunately, all too often the full potential is not realized when a few project stakeholders or team members have not yet adopted BIM. This generally causes the team as a whole to perform less than optimally, and hampers enhanced project delivery. Do you want to know the challenges of the project team when there is less than a full BIM approach? Together, let’s discover how project delivery is enhanced when everyone uses BIM. Do you want to know how you get the whole team on board? Join this roundtable to learn from other professionals, and brainstorm solutions for engaging late adopters to improve the AEC project delivery.

Companies are changing the game when it comes to the project delivery process—ensuring it’s the start of delivering long-term value. In this session, architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) trailblazers will share how the Management, powered by Autodesk Tandem software, has become a game-changer for both their firms and clients. This isn’t theory—it’s proof. Hear how Digital Prototypings have streamlined data delivery, strengthened owner relationships, and unlocked new efficiencies. Jacobs, PEC, and other leading AEC firms will join Autodesk Tandem VP Robert Bray to tackle the big questions: What business value has your team gained? How has the digital handover elevated the client experience? Join us for a candid, insight-packed conversation on how Digital Prototypings are transforming the way the industry defines project success.

Project delivery is often fragmented across systems, with disconnected data between common data environments (CDEs), QA/QC, electronic document management systems (EDMSs), and handover processes creating inefficiencies and delays. This session will explore how Autodesk Forma Build enables full project delivery through a connected data platform, integrating workflows across RFIs, Submittals, NCRs, snags, scheduling, and QA/QC closeout. You'll learn how to structure and manage data from design through construction to achieve progressive closeout and successful handover. Real-world examples will demonstrate how connected workflows improve data quality, reduce rework, and enable earlier, more reliable project completion.

Sustainable Design is a pipe dream if you cannot accurately predict, model, and monitor your building’s content and energy usage. Without digital project delivery focused on the specific needs of the building end use—not the needs of national or international standards—we cannot even begin to accurately and predictably lower the energy used by and embodied within our built assets. By using products such as Autodesk Forma alongside traditional delivery tools such as Revit and Civil 3D software, the Buro Happold Information Management team are driving Sustainable Design without uttering the word. By breaking BIM down into its constituent parts, we’re able to work with our clients to create a project data standard that takes the guesswork out of designing, building, and operating a building—and feeds the future by ensuring that we have a stock of buildings that can tell us how good our decisions were and if they’re operating as we hoped they would.

As Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) continues to navigate its digital transformation, the team is using Autodesk Forma as the digital backbone for their Project Delivery Collaboration Center (PDCC). Capitalizing on the flexibility and interoperability of the Forma environment, PennDOT is able to connect legacy system data. Learn how PennDOT uses Forma to manage design and construction projects, as well as for its connectivity to other off-the-shelf solutions. Learn how processes are being streamlined, time's being saved, and project transparency is all accomplished through the rollout of PDCC. To showcase its benefits, PennDOT will be sharing the current use of PDCC on its projects and the road map to the future.

Project delivery is often fragmented across systems, with disconnected data between common data environments (CDEs), QA/QC, electronic document management systems (EDMSs), and handover processes creating inefficiencies and delays. This session will explore how Autodesk Forma Build enables full project delivery through a connected data platform, integrating workflows across RFIs, Submittals, NCRs, snags, scheduling, and QA/QC closeout. You'll learn how to structure and manage data from design through construction to achieve progressive closeout and successful handover. Real-world examples will demonstrate how connected workflows improve data quality, reduce rework, and enable earlier, more reliable project completion.

In Australia, procuring and delivering infrastructure projects digitally is still in its infancy. We need to encourage our clients and not confuse-simplicity is the key. We've all heard the cliché "a picture tells a thousand words," but there's real value in using images to promote engineering content. Images help us learn, grab attention, explain tough concepts, and inspire. Master Information Delivery Plans (MIDP) and levels of detail (LOD), which are usually very detailed wordy descriptions, can be easily represented through diagrams-which can then be used as a basis for developing Task Information Delivery Plans (TIDP). I have used these diagrams successfully on projects with government clients, and can easily explain the required inputs, what will be delivered through the milestones of delivery, and the outputs at each stage of project delivery. This will also let you build content within Building Information Modeling (BIM)-enabled platforms for consistency in delivery.

Over the last few years, as we build toward a more resilient future, there's been a tremendous increase in the demand for renewable power, ports of entry, infrastructure, logistics facilities, and manufacturing. However, as the projects have grown in scope, so has the owners' need to receive a higher standard of work from architects, engineers, and builders. This session will address the importance of data governance in mission-critical projects and how it can lead to successful project delivery. We'll understand what owners expect for delivery from traditional and innovative formats like digital docs and signed-off model content. We'll also discover what it takes to meet delivery expectations when the owner specifies a deliverable but doesn't necessarily know the exact outcome. If you want to know what it takes to deliver successfully with lessons learned in the trenches, then join this session!

Agentic AI is rapidly changing how work gets done, moving beyond prompts into systems that can plan, act, and automate tasks across tools. This session will explore how to apply agent-based approaches using tools like Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Dispatch, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) with Autodesk Platform Services. In this session, you'll learn how to connect agents to Autodesk data, manage authentication and permissions, and orchestrate workflows that automate design and project delivery tasks. Through practical examples, we'll show how to combine agents, Claude skills, and APIs to move from isolated automations to scalable, end-to-end processes.

BIM (Building Information Modeling) for infrastructure has rapidly emerged to transform the way transportation and civil infrastructure agencies, organizations, consultants, and contractors plan, design, and construct their projects, and maintain, operate, and manage their assets. BIM and CAD are effective tools for project delivery and they’re even more valuable when integrated with geographic information system (GIS) to provide asset management. This class will provide value-based deployment strategies, best practices, challenges, and case studies of successful BIM-CAD-GIS projects.

Aligning Project Delivery across three engineering firms—spanning 5,000+ staff and major sectors like transportation, water, and buildings—is no small feat. This session will share how we’ve built a unified approach to Project Delivery, balancing consistency with flexibility. We’ll explore how governance, culture, and shared frameworks are helping us deliver at scale—while adapting to project and sector-specific needs. A key enabler has been our partnership with Autodesk, who supported us in adopting tools like Autodesk Forma into our standard workflows. From implementation to integration, Autodesk Forma is helping us streamline collaboration, enhance data continuity, and improve design coordination. If you’re leading digital strategy across a complex organization—or trying to get teams on the same page—this session will offer practical insights, tested methods, and honest lessons learned.

This industry talk will focus on a new perspective on integrated project delivery (IPD) of sustainable, high-performing buildings. They can only be achieved through a building with integrated building systems, which can only be produced through an integrated process. An integrated process depends on the right people and an integrated team, which needs integrated information—that is, BIM+—to function effectively and efficiently. Simulation and visualization are the primary ways in which BIM+ informs the integrated team. Collaboration and colocation are the primary ways that enable the integrated team to integrate processes. Production management methods enable the productive design, fabrication, and construction of the integrated building system. Outcome metrics define the performance of the building and validate the integrated building system. All of this is supported by the appropriate agreement or framework. This session features BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

This session will present how The Ohio State University has successfully developed a Building Information Modeling (BIM) project delivery standard that enables the model to serve as a single source of truth for relevant spatial and asset information throughout the building lifecycle. This delivery standard has truly "begun with the end in mind" by taking advantage of the knowledge gained from the BIM for Existing Buildings portion of the Buckeye BIM Initiative. We'll highlight how the Revit portion of this deliverable will work in collaboration with COBie structured data to facilitate its utilization in effective data turnover. We'll highlight the need to implement technology solutions and workflows to enable the use of the model across the University and to support interoperability with other data systems. Last, we'll cover lessons learned, continuing challenges, and how the standard has evolved over the last 2.5 years of existence.

The difference between a successful project and an unsuccessful project can be directly associated to the good or bad working relationships of the main key stakeholders throughout the whole lifecycle of the project. This can be even more directly related to the personal relationships between the key individuals involved. Learn how BuroHappold are strategically changing their relationships with clients, architects, contractors and operators to achieve better success in project delivery. This shift in digital engineering strategy has contributed to BuroHappold being described by the engineering world as industry thought leaders and innovators, prepared to challenge the norm, embrace the difficult and deliver successful outcomes for their clients. A strategy that has seen Craig Garrett, Project Technology Leader, as part of a global team of regional BIM leads and computational specialists, redefine digital engineering and collaboration on numerous high profile, challenging and iconic projects across all markets and geographies. Advanced BIM adoption is now an intrinsic part of complex project delivery. Therefore to achieve success every aspect of a construction project must be touched by BIM processes and workflows and therefore everyone involved must be BIM savvy and technology literate. Successful data management and information processing is rapidly transforming the existing BIM landscape. The re-use of project design and construction data for an ever increasing number of new and diverse BIM uses creates efficiencies previously not thought possible. The panel will introduce BuroHappold Engineering’s digital strategy and call out some examples of how they as thought leaders, have responded to that strategy. Learn how BuroHappold Engineering are influencing how they do business and how they are standing up to increasing market pressure from larger firms. Learn how BuroHappold Engineering intends not to be the cheapest proposition to their customers, but to provide the highest overall value and return on investment. Also by adopting a forward integration policy and better understanding the future needs of clients they can help deliver this in their projects today.