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Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Delivering Digital Business Case for Change & Predicted ROI. Saving £4.5m

Imagine asking your board for one of the largest digital investments to date operating as a leading UK contractor in an industry well known for slow digital uptake. We put forward our business case three years ago predicating a 20% productivity gain. Our deployment of Forma Design Collaboration is one of our most successful digital transformation projects, with 46+ projects and 1,400+ users engaged. A recent study across our multidisciplinary stakeholders comprising of architects, designers, supply chain, and a variety of general contractor staff has shown that 85% of users confirmed improved collaboration across all functions, team members, and functions; 91% of users confirmed improved visibility and understanding of design information; 77% confirmed the technology has improved design productivity and efficiency; and 86% would recommend the use of the tools to others. We will share details on how we built our business case and predictions, and how we delivered on this to create change in the industry.

16p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Automating a Complex Revit Bridge Model with Grasshopper, Dynamo, and Informed Design

This session will outline a workflow for creating a Revit model of a steel composite cable stay bridge by using a combo of Grasshopper, Dynamo, and Informed Design for Inventor software. Modeling a bridge structure poses challenges due to its complex geometry, which adheres to a vertical, horizontal, and super-elevated roadway profile. Consequently, the steel girders, beams, and connection details must align with this 3D roadway profile, complicating the creation and placement of Revit families. For this challenge, COWI used Grasshopper and Dynamo to automate the creation of steel geometry, parameters, and insertion points, ensuring accurate orientation for family placement. Additionally, Informed Design was used to transform various iterations of intricate steel connections into families, which were then positioned using a Dynamo workflow. The integration of visual programming and Informed Design has been vital in efficiently producing complex bridge structures with a focus on Automation, Integration, & Customization.

61p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Breaking Down Silos in Digital Transformation

One of the biggest challenges in Digital Transformation is getting disciplines to work together, sharing data and information in real time. Whether technical, organizational, or cultural, silos slow progress, create inefficiencies, and keep teams from reaching their full potential. This panel brings together industry leaders who are actively climbing that mountain. Through candid conversation, they’ll share real-world struggles, setbacks, and the steps they’re taking to reach higher ground. Expect honest insights, bold ideas, and practical strategies to break down barriers, improve communication, and build stronger, more connected teams. If you’re navigating the uphill journey of Digital Transformation, this session is your chance to pause, gain perspective, and gather the tools needed to keep moving forward together.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

WSP Canada's Journey to Success Using BIM for Bridges

As infrastructure projects become increasingly complex, the adoption of BIM for bridge design and construction has become essential. This session will provide a deep dive into our organization’s BIM journey, showcasing how we transitioned from traditional design workflows to an integrated digital approach. We’ll discuss the challenges we faced, the solutions we implemented, and the innovations we developed to optimize collaboration, accuracy, and efficiency in bridge modeling. Demonstrating the evolution of our methodology, we’ll highlight our progression from manual modeling to parametric workflows using Civil 3D, Revit, and Dynamo—and ultimately to advanced modeling with Revit, including in-house developed add-ins, Dynamo, and SOFiSTiK Bridge and Infrastructure Modeler. You’ll gain valuable insights into best practices, software interoperability, and the future of BIM on infrastructure projects.

Instructional Demo / San Diego 2024

Getting the Most Out of Bridge, Forma Design Collaboration, and Model Coordination: The Contractor Perspective

Miron Construction has been using BIM 360 software and the Autodesk Forma platform for several years now, and has gained valuable experience on how best to set up the building information modeling (BIM) coordination process using all the features of Autodesk Forma, Navisworks, and Revit software. We will lay out how using cloud-based workshared models that are bridged to and from multiple sites, Forma Design Collaboration licensing, and controlled scheduled publishing can bring efficiencies to your BIM coordination workflow. We'll also demonstrate the benefits of operating in a high-trust environment where subcontractors and architects work side by side on each other's sites.

54p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

A Transformational Journey on Rails: Better Outcomes for Passengers

Luxembourg railway owner began its digital transformation journey in 2017, improving quality and efficiency for construction projects through cloud-based project delivery. There are many main subjects for asset management, including maintenance building, earthworks platform, permanent way, overhead lines, signaling, and telecommunications. One specific aspect to the country is to have external project design offices and many subcontractors, using multidisciplinary design management based on Autodesk technologies, including Revit, Civil 3D, Inventor, InfraWorks, and Forma Design Collaborationducts. The geographical aspect is taken into consideration through connected building information modeling (BIM) and geographic information system (GIS). During this class, you will discover why a common data environment platform and products ecosystem save time and information for the delivery plan, and support supply chains, and how process owner mandates can be imposed on local markets, and what solutions are found to develop a business model dedicated to railway infrastructure.

225p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Application of Autodesk Forma in the Largest Airport Construction Project in Latin America

Do you want to learn more about how Autodesk Forma helps with building information modeling (BIM) management for the largest airport in Latin America? This class is for you! We'll delve into the implementation process of Autodesk Forma at Jorge Chavez International Airport (Lima, Peru), which is the best airport in the region. This project will contribute to positioning Peru as an important international connection center in South America, promoting the country's development. We'll show you how to use Autodesk Forma in the engineering phase of this project using BIM methodology and cloud collaboration. We'll cover the use of Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management for project model management, and interference detection. Without a doubt, this experience will be a milestone in South America.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Building Blocks: The Key to Unlocking Efficiency When Optimizing Your Collaboration for Civil 3D Implementation

The concept of building blocks offers a powerful analogy for the evolution of a Collaboration for Civil 3D implementation. It starts with essential building blocks as the foundation, and they are assembled incrementally to create a complex structure. This structured yet adaptable approach enables delivery of value while preparing for future growth, positioning organizations to lead and innovate with resilience in a rapidly evolving Project Delivery landscape. In this session, we’ll discuss how GHD reconfigured its foundational building blocks to create a stable base for adopting new technologies and methodologies, and to foster innovation. We’ll cover topics such as effective cloud data management, fine-tuning existing projects for better performance, and how important technical frameworks and governance are to ensure long-term success. Additionally, we’ll discuss how standardized workflows achieved faster model opening times, reduced infrastructure costs, and enhanced teamwork.

30p

64p

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Building the Foundation for Asset Intelligence Through the Connected Data Environment

Your data is rich with insights—but it takes cross-discipline collaboration to see the entire picture. In this session with Autodesk and the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), we’ll discuss the value of data integration at the system level bringing together design, construction, and asset management. Autodesk and MDT are working collaboratively with Esri, Trimble, and Infotech to develop a connected data environment using workflows and technology. In this session, you’ll learn how MDT is using AASHTOWare Project, Civil 3D software, Trimble Business Center, and Esri technology to develop a lifecycle Project Delivery approach for civil infrastructure projects.

20p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Facing the Future: Autodesk Forma and ISO 19650 Challenges in the United States

What do you do when a US-based client unexpectedly asks for ISO 19650 compliance and expects it to be delivered through Autodesk Forma? This session will share where to start, how to interpret the standard in a US context, and how to manage the transition. Our practical insights, workflow strategies, and lessons learned will help prepare you for a rare but potentially growing request in the American engineering landscape.

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

ACC for Civil Infrastructure Projects: It's What Highly Productive BIM Coordinators and CAD Managers Crave

This interactive lab will be an accelerator that will teach BIM coordinators and CAD managers how to effectively use Autodesk Forma to manage civil infrastructure projects with modern cloud-based tools. We’ll take an immersive approach to learning: The class will be split up into disciplines, simulating a real project. The disciplines will work together to federate a project model using preprepared files. We’ll start with the basics of recommended file organization in Forma Data Management, set up our coordination space in Modeling, walk through best practices for exporting and coordinating discipline-specific models, run a mock clash-detection meeting, create/organize and report on our Autodesk Forma Issues, and then archive our project simulating a milestone submittal. Many of the default coordination tools in Autodesk Forma are built with vertical construction in mind. But there’s a world of value for horizontal construction as well—you just have to know how to unlock it!

51p

15p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Autodesk Forma Implementation in a Mega-Infrastructural Project: Qatar Rail

This presentation aims to demonstrate the ease of the Autodesk Forma setup and what an administrator (Qatar Rail) needs to do in order to set up and manage Autodesk Forma to address increased requirements and responsibilities, as well as additional interface between each civil design-and-build project and system integrator. We will showcase the process of how Qatar Rail selected the preferred Autodesk Forma setup option, showing the pros and cons of each. And we will demonstrate management of the megadata within a cloud-based environment. We’ll also examine the establishment of a BIM policy that mandates BIM use on all future projects. And we'll cover the challenges associated with BIM implementation. Furthermore, you’ll learn how BIM can be an enabler for Construction Modeling. And you’ll see how it’s used for the operation and maintenance of Qatar Rail assets.

Industry Talk / Virtual 2021

Efficient Digital Operating Model—Technology Is Not an Absolute Value

A small business from Finland recognized wasteful practices in real estate lifecycle's workflows and decided to tackle that waste by developing an efficient, digital operating model around Forma software and its integrations. It was essential to discard many old practices as obsolete and unsuitable for digital workflow. Technology wasn’t considered to hold any value itself; it was simply an enabler and facilitator. Our approach differs from the giants of our industry. We optimize with smaller projects, then move on to bigger ones. The strength of the model is its scalability. As a company that does construction project management, we affect the industry as a whole—owners, designers, contractors. Explore the traditional methods we wanted to discard and the key factors we wanted to master. Discover how we expanded scope, from efficiency factors to utilizing lean principles and dialectic models. This class will bring you everything we’ve learned so far and examine what comes next.