The first ever "BIM in Construction" competition for World Skills was held at the national level in Ireland, hosted by the Technological University Dublin in June 2018. This competition was designed to draw out the students’ knowledge, understanding, and ability to construct an intelligent model to be used by a multidisciplinary team for a building design, tender, construction, and operation. The competitors worked to industry standards and used the BIM 360 cloud server to host their models. This competition had a set of 11 assessed deliverables to test their skills both in graphic modeling and information creation and coordination. Further national competitions were held in the United Kingdom, where the original framework was developed to test other core skills. Based on the success of these national competitions, the World Skills organization included a BIM (Building Information Modeling) competition in the Future Skills portfolio in Kazan, Russia, in 2019. This presentation will outline the development of the competition, report on the experience of the national competitions, and cover the amazing experience of the winners of the first World Skills BIM competition in Kazan. The presentation will show how third-level educational institutions can tailor their BIM education programs within their domain-specific courses so they can enter and be competitive in the national heats of World Skills BIM competition, and in turn respond to industry needs while improving students’ employment prospects.

In the past, the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry relied heavily on in-person interaction, physical models, and 2D visuals. Communicating design intent in this way —especially with COVID-19 impacting the future of work—has posed challenges for design reviews and coordination meetings to provide the right context for all stakeholders. Using real-time BIM enables companies to create immersive, interactive experiences for virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Companies can conduct design reviews between designers, owners, and construction trades irrespective of geographic location and iterate across teams before the concrete is poured. This session will explain how Unity Reflect enables immersive design review and coordination to empower better collaboration and faster decision making, bridging the gap between designers and decision makers.

This class will focus on BIM 360 account administration. We will also pay special attention to BIM 360 Field project administration. We will cover basic setup, common workflows, and best practices for the use of BIM 360 Field software. We’ll point out some common areas of confusion for users, and the information account and project administrators should gather to better assist their project users in resolving reported issues. This session features BIM 360 Account Administration and BIM 360 Field. AIA Approved

Document management and control for construction is an ever-evolving challenge. Trying to meet standards, naming conventions, and the approval process all provide challenges of their own. BIM 360 Docs software gives us one piece of the puzzle and Forge software is the other. GRAITEC has been researching and experimenting with both BIM 360 Docs and Forge to automate the process of controlling where documents and drawings sit in the approval process within a common data environment, to meet various standards such as PAS 1192 in the United Kingdom. This course describes the journey and adventure of using Forge for the first time to meet a growing demand in the industry. Come and experience the thrills and spills encountered by the GRAITEC developers as they dove head first into this new and uncharted world of APIs and web services. Join in on the fun and the conversation of developing workflows between BIM 360 products using Forge, and learn how to get started with Forge to open up endless possibilities.

As an innovator in improving construction processes, Skanska was an early adopter of BIM 360 Field software (then named Vela). With a decade of experience in BIM 360 Field, the presenters will explore collaboration possibilities beyond issue tracking and checklists. For a client, Skanska has set up BIM 360 Field to track change orders as a replacement for the shared Microsoft Excel file. BIM 360 Field lets a team share information at the same time-and all changes are live and immediate. Using features including the equipment module and creating separate projects, the presenters will demonstrate how you can use BIM 360 Field with safety professionals and superintendent daily reports. Lastly, the proposed presentation will share how to use BIM 360 Field issue tracker when engaging with sustaining contracts, and the differences from a traditional greenfield project.

Efficiency and security stand as 2 preeminent objectives for properly integrated technology. This presentation will incorporate elements of both the competitive advantage of standardization and the necessity of understanding cyber threats. Join us as Markus Hill, chief information officer for Rodgers Builders, shares the effective strategies he utilized while his firm transitioned from 30 different job sites with 30 different structures to a single, cohesive structure. Additionally, Hill will discuss risk-mitigation techniques to combat the growing cyber-security threats affecting architecture, engineering, and construction firms. The overall focus will be on the preliminary stages of implementing technology efficiently and securely.

Increasing demand for digitally integrated design and execution in the building and construction industry places great demands on the establishment of data environments. Processes and organizational measures must be established that support project execution, where data loss is avoided, where the entire project lifecycle is considered, and where it can be monitored and analyzed directly from models. At the same time, customers and partners want to follow the project development to a greater extent on a transparent data platform in new forms of collaboration, such as alliance and integrated project delivery (IPD). Add to this the fact that automation is to a greater extent a crucial competitive parameter and an important factor in reaching project deadlines. This presentation describes how a project can be established organizationally and digitally to achieve a high degree of seamless collaboration across disciplines, companies, and software. It also describes some of the digital solutions that have been established, as well as some ambitions for where the project is going for the next seven years. The article is based on the Fornebubanen, which is a multidisciplinary project with 52 disciplines and a construction budget of just more than 1.6 billion Euros. The goal is to have the most information such as bills of quantities, commercial requirements, CO2 imprints, classification, and operation and maintenance information linked directly to the models. These models are combined into several coordination models for a holistic and multidisciplinary representation of the total digital project. Processes, quality assurance, ICE (simultaneous design or "integrated concurrent engineering"), design reviews, tender basis, and execution basis are all based on the project's digital 3D information models. These collaboration models are produced as geographic information system (GIS) models for overall understanding and as technical collaboration models for issue handling and technical assessments and communication. Gamification and a digital asset model will be presented to the stage it has been developed.

Product managers for AutoCAD software and Autodesk construction software are thrilled to share new and streamlined workflows for construction. Join us to learn about new product features that will reduce the time spent sharing data. We will share how integrations can digitize your daily workflows and bridge the gap between design and construction.

Analyze, Design, Evaluate, Repeat – the process of structural analysis is iterative. However, even in BIM-workflows, this cycle is often conducted in spearate software packages, where the analytical model is created and maintained independently. Redundant input and inconsistencies lead to an inefficient and costly process. As Revit automatically generates the analytical model along with the physical model, integrating structural analysis into a BIM-process gets reasonable and more critical, maintainable. The SOFiSTiK App, Analysis + Design for Revit, extends this concept and enriches the analytical model in Revit with additional properties, like design code specific materials, cross-sections or additional analysis elements. The entire analysis of buildings - from the definition of properties to the design of members and the visualization of results - can be conducted entirely within Revit.

Uniformity is becoming more important and is still an elusive concept for many. We will outline this issue and mention the importance of consistent output. This seminar will cover how you can create and adopt efficient workflows for your project(s) and company. Make sure you are up to date with technology and innovation and discover how important active research is for a business. Discover a path that ensures you and/or your company is not a follower but rather a leader, making a positive contribution to improving the industry standards. This seminar is relevant to anyone, from engineer and technician to management, and all others who are interested. A structural background may be beneficial but is not required, as we cover software such as Revit software, Advance Steel software, and BIM Docs 360 software and their interaction in practice through case studies.

This class will encompass the journey for BIM (Building Information Modeling) managers from the inception of the BIM execution plan and through the various phases of construction. The case studies will illustrate the skills that project managers need to develop and implement an execution plan across a project. The class will showcase the development of DEP based on AIA and other standards. We will discuss in detail the design development and construction document phases of the project to define the processes that BIM managers can use to excel on projects. The class will showcase case studies from projects across the United States, Europe, and Singapore, and examine how the BIM journey across a project can be excelled. This class is a great resource that can give all BIM managers and designers the opportunity to learn from real-life projects across the globe.

In this technical session, we will demonstrate how the BIM 360 Ops Indoor Maps Revit add-in can make it easy for organizations to add indoor maps to BIM 360 Ops for indoor positioning. This session will go into detail about the Apple Indoor Mapping Data Format (IMDF) program and how Autodesk’s building operations product, BIM 360 Ops, integrates with it. Detailed indoor maps can significantly improve facility management and operations, while delivering fantastic user experiences inside buildings and facilities.

You asked for it: The sequel to the lab that has appeared at Autodesk University four times for three years. This is a deeper dive into the workflows that will pick up where we left off in previous years of editing point clouds and collaborating on our designs with many trade partners. We will review how to clash point clouds easily and reliably and not get too many false positives. Examples provided will use desktop applications and BIM 360 software—yes: point clouds in the cloud! We'll also take a quick tour covering how to extract a piece of equipment for use in planning and general arrangements, or as a template for creating a 3D asset. Next, we'll go over the demolition workflow and how we've created various demolition packages throughout the years at SSOE Group, as well as how to incorporate into BIM 360 and the Cintoo Cloud. Finally, we'll review how to reduce storage on a network and use the undocumented feature of importing unified data sets in ReCap software. No prior use of ReCap on a project is required. Lab dataset is available at https://autode.sk/32LCAWu

BIM (Building Information Modeling) practitioners are seeking more-efficient ways to analyze the accumulated data in BIM 360 projects on a daily basis. Microsoft Power BI is a popular, powerful tool that provides intelligent dashboards to inspect the data. In this class, we will show you three different ways to analyze BIM 360 projects data with Power BI for BIM coordination and communication purposes. The first way will be with no coding; the second will be with a little bit of coding; and the third way will be with real programing (and handy templates). You will also learn how to build a simple app that integrates Power BI and Forge. Join us and discover which method is suited for your skill set and your workflow, or combine them in different scenarios.

Many owner/operators have recognized the value of advanced work packaging (AWP) and have seen large projects benefit from streamlined project delivery and better collaboration. This session will provide an overview of how to successfully apply AWP best practices to a portfolio of small brownfield projects. O3 Solutions powered by Forge and BIM 360 software provides an automated approach that eliminates spreadsheets and manual processes. The combined solutions address the overall AWP strategy and right-sizing AWP for each project. O3’s digital work package management solution is the first to help project teams create, update, approve, and progress work packages through their entire lifecycle—and automate the process when possible. Robust reporting and analytics keep all stakeholders informed, with real-time information from the field powering portfolio-level cross-project comparisons across contractors. Ditch manual processes on your brownfield projects and realize the benefits of scalable AWP.

This presentation will walk you through the journey a natural gas company took implementing AutoCAD Plant 3D plant design software. We will examine the various steps involving your reseller—Autodesk Consultants—along with internal IT resources to better ensure a successful implementation. We will show you a specific pilot project and its journey through a Building Information Modeling (BIM) project life cycle. We will also touch on some additional applications—like AutoCAD P&ID software, Navisworks software, and BIM 360 Glue software—which enhanced our BIM project life cycle. This session features AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD Plant 3D.

This class will cover the benefits of using BIM 360 Docs as a central hub for many different stakeholders in a plant project. In this session, we’ll look at ideal workflows for transferring and managing data models from Mechanical, Plant and Process engineering into BIM 360 Docs. Based on a real world experience we will share best practices and lessons learned on how to synchronize engineering data from model authoring systems into the Cloud. We will discuss and demonstrate the importance of all project participants having access to these models with intuitive tools to search and analyze models, and in doing so, creating full project awareness. The session will conclude with the various positive business impacts companies can achieve by implementing such a hybrid environment.

A diverse panel of experts will participate in this discussion on how evolving technology and insurance products have shaped the construction risk management practice in recent years to become a more strategic function of a contractor’s business model. The panel will include one product and industry expert from Autodesk, one Autodesk customer (construction risk professional), one partner from AXA XL (Autodesk’s largest construction insurance partner), and a moderator (Autodesk partnerships team). Topics discussed will include the following: advantages to different types of construction insurance products; best practices for subcontractor prequalification, risk mitigation planning, site safety, and project incident prioritization; how software and relative workflows act as the foundation of these best practices to ensure the success of your work, and the advantages of your insurance approach.

This class will focus on high-level workflows between BIM 360 Cost Management software and various, standard, industry enterprise resource planning (ERP) packages. We will also introduce the middlewares making these connections, and the importance of connecting project controls with construction ERPs.

"What if projects empowered facility owners with building intelligence that maximizes the value from design and construction, and seamlessly transitioned knowledge to operations and maintenance, to run the facility optimally from the first day? What if we integrated models, drawings, documents, facility performance and analytics data, and delivered such capability as a simple, contextualized user experience? The VueOPS team has consulted on BIM for FM implementations for large-scale healthcare, aviation, bio-pharmaceutical, and public agency owners. We are passionate about these outcomes. This class shares our journey to bridge current and emergent FM requirements for projects and develop an integrated FM platform that uses the Autodesk Forge platform in our quest to integrate information from documents, models, asset management, and building performance and analytics systems to create building knowledge for our customers."