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Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

From Design to Digital Twin: Building Indoor GIS with CAD and BIM Data

CAD and BIM have long served as the foundational design and construction documentation —but their utility often ends at project handoff. What if it didn’t? Indoor GIS is a floor-aware system of record for visualizing, analyzing, and managing facilities and collection of buildings. This session will demonstrate how to extend the life of CAD and BIM data into an indoor GIS, and empower CAD, BIM and GIS practitioners to build a Digital Workplace for building operations. Learn about the role of CAD and BIM integrations with GIS to fuel these workflows. See how to import design data into ArcGIS Indoors to map assets and manage spaces, enable real-time navigation with ArcGIS IPS, and equip facilities’ staff with mobile tools for asset inspections and maintenance. Whether new to GIS or looking to modernize facility operations workflows, this session provides you with guidance and examples to convert CAD and BIM data into Digital Workplaces that support asset and space management.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Twinning TISR: A “Hot” Take on Sustainable Environmental Restoration Using Digital Prototypings

Explore deploying a digitalized design and monitoring workflow for a thermal remediation system (TISR®). Using Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Construction Cloud, Revit, and Autodesk Tandem software, the project establishes a seamless lifecycle workflow from early-stage planning and data harmonization to real-time monitoring and maintenance. Forma optimizes solar energy feasibility analysis and site planning, while Autodesk Construction Cloud ensures standardized data exchange across stakeholders. Revit enables detailed 3D parametric modeling. And Tandem integrates telemetry data to monitor system performance. You’ll learn how Digital Prototypings enhance operational performance, reduce the need for on-site visits, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and improve collaboration between stakeholders. Explore the transformative potential of Digital Prototyping platforms for advancing sustainable asset management, conserving resources, and increasing infrastructure resilience in environmental restoration.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Should We Choose Forma Build as our Primary CM Platform?

Like most firms, Hazen is at times, unable to dictate which CM platform is used on every project. However, for the last several years we have an internal preferred solution that is not ACC Build. In late 2022 we began pilot testing Forma Build with the goal of the pilot being to determine whether we should begin integrating ACC Build going forward. If yes, should we use Forma Build on certain projects alongside our other platform, or should it replace that platform entirely? What we hope to gain from this pilot is identifying the feature and workflow differences between the two platforms, and whether Forma Build can provide an advantage in transferring our asset-ready intelligent models through construction and as-built into a digital twin / facility management product like Autodesk Tandem. This pilot project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2024, but we wanted to share our experiences so far and provide some insight into our findings.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2016

Building Ops: Cross-Platform Workflows for a Mobile Asset Management Solution

To date, created and collected asset data has been siloed within its respective native software, forcing users to extract information from each software and aggregate it to create a custom electronic deliverable. This is a very time-consuming manual process with inconsistent deliverables to owners. Cross-platform workflows in the Autodesk, Inc., suite has enabled information to be passed from one software to the next, resulting in a more-aggregated, seamless deliverable. Class attendees will learn how to capitalize on the Autodesk suite of products (Navisworks software, BIM 360 Glue software, BIM 360 Field software, Building Ops software) to efficiently tie the intelligent model and collected asset data together for better use and navigation of the closeout deliverable. We will highlight a recently completed project that adopted Building Ops software as an asset management tool, gaining efficiency in the facility management process. This session features Building Ops, BIM 360 Field, and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Streamlining Asset Management in Forma Build: Tracking Managing, and Optimizing Project Assets

Unlock the full potential of the Assets tool in Forma Build to streamline how your team tracks, manages, and optimizes construction project assets across the entire lifecycle. This session dives into practical strategies for organizing asset types, customizing fields, and improving visibility and accountability through status tracking, barcoding, and mobile workflows. Whether you're managing equipment, rooms, or closeout deliverables, you'll learn how to configure Forma Build to fit your asset management needs. To bring it all together, we’ll wrap up with a hands-on treasure hunt challenge using the Forma Build mobile app. Attendees will explore a live project to locate hidden assets placed around the conference—demonstrating just how powerful and fun effective asset management can be.

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26p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

From Blueprints to Building Lifecycle Management: A Seamless Handover Within Autodesk Forma

Having used Autodesk Forma as a main contractor, the Boustead team extended its use as a developer to enhance project efficiency and Sustainable Design. We used tools like Issues for handover defect management, Bridge for seamless data continuity, Cloud Parameter Service and Model asset mapping to push parameters and extract metadata from intelligent models, and Assets QR code for fault reporting. This approach enabled building managers to address issues remotely for faster issue resolution, while providing the real estate team with immediate access to the latest information for more-efficient property management. The platform reduced data loss and rework, promoted resource optimization, and supported proactive lifecycle management—reinforcing Boustead’s commitment to Sustainable Design. As a result, Boustead achieved a significant milestone: the first building in Singapore’s industrial real estate sector to attain the Green Mark Platinum Super Low Energy certification.

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23p

Hands-on Lab / Nashville 2025

What Would You Do? Simulating Critical Field Choices with Forma Build.

When things go sideways in the field, what would *you* do? In this interactive, hands-on lab, you'll be dropped into 10 high-pressure, real-world field scenarios. Each one will challenge you to make critical decisions using Forma Build software’s interconnected tools. Do you open an Issue or log a Form? Do you link Assets or refer to the latest Sheet set? The choice is yours—and every choice has consequences. Participants will simulate the workflows of real field teams: creating Issues, completing Forms, referencing Sheets, tracking Assets, and seeing how these tools work together to bring clarity and control to field operations. You’ll get to compare your team’s decision path against others and discuss what worked and what didn’t. This won’t be a lecture—it’ll be an immersive simulation that will test your instincts and teach best practices by doing.

Industry Talk / Nashville 2025

Twinning TISR: A “Hot” Take on Sustainable Environmental Restoration Using Digital Twins

Explore deploying a digitalized design and monitoring workflow for a thermal remediation system (TISR®). Using Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Forma, Revit, and Autodesk Tandem software, the project establishes a seamless lifecycle workflow from early-stage planning and data harmonization to real-time monitoring and maintenance. Forma optimizes solar energy feasibility analysis and site planning, while Autodesk Forma ensures standardized data exchange across stakeholders. Revit enables detailed 3D parametric modeling. And Tandem integrates telemetry data to monitor system performance. You’ll learn how Digital Prototypings enhance operational performance, reduce the need for on-site visits, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and improve collaboration between stakeholders. Explore the transformative potential of Digital Prototyping platforms for advancing sustainable asset management, conserving resources, and increasing infrastructure resilience in environmental restoration.

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.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Why Digital Prototyping Integrations Fail: Building a Data Model for Operational Success

Digital Prototypings often fail not because of technology, but due to misalignment between data and operational reality. In this session, we’ll explore what goes wrong when Digital Prototypings are handed over to FM teams, and we’ll present a tested solution: a facility template and data model built for real-world operations, with a focus on Sustainable Design and insights enabled by artificial intelligence (AI). Developed using Autodesk Tandem software and integrated with Planon, the template supports both short- and long-term operational needs. You’ll learn how we moved beyond COBie by using data models to define information requirements that support lifecycle management, while ensuring Sustainable Design metrics are captured and used for AI-driven decisions. We’ll also examine why Digital Prototypings are disruptors, highlighting knowledge gaps, process flaws, and data ownership issues. This session will provide a framework to rethink how you capture, structure, and deliver building data—not just for project closeout, but for long-term operational value.

Panel / Nashville 2025

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

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 Prototypings, and constructability strategies drive efficiency, improve compliance, and create lasting value from planning through project delivery.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Civil Asset Model Management at DEN

This course will give you an overview of civil asset management at Denver International Airport. What are the civil assets? Denver International Airport (DEN) has a campus size of roughly 34,000 acres. DEN Asset Management is tasked with tracking existing and new assets across the entire airport. Learn how the Digital Facilities and Infrastructure (DFI) group in DEN Asset Management manages airport models and asset models. DFI is tracking 200+ projects at the airport. The Autodesk Forma Asset Module has model linking so that changes to the models are pushed into the Forma Build environment in Autodesk Forma. In this class, you will see a demo of how asset model linking is done based on criteria loaded into the models by our design consultants. DEN is completing an inventory of airfield stormwater structures. You'll learn how the collection of the data via electronic means has saved time and effort. And you'll see how, as an owner, the data can be used as we manage the civil assets into the future across our maintenance and engineering teams.

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Effortless BIM Asset Management Using Content Catalog

Using a common data environment like Autodesk Content Catalog as the single source of truth for BIM asset management can significantly enhance efficiency and productivity, saving thousands of dollars and countless work hours. This case study builds on a previous session, where we explored the transformative effects of a robust content management system on design processes. In this session, we'll showcase examples that highlight how a central information repository can greatly boost efficiency and productivity. We'll delve into the setup and creation of collections for connecting teams across geographical boundaries, predefined search terms, and the sourcing and approval of BIM content for effortless distribution to end users. Join us, as we take you behind the scenes of our journey with Autodesk Content Catalog, illustrating the profound impact of keeping data at the heart of the process.

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62p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Digital Doppelgängers: The Truth Beneath the Model

Have you ever wondered what’s under the hood of a Digital Prototyping? Most are familiar with intelligent models as they pertain to the design and construction process, but where and at what point does metadata from an intelligent model merge with live data streams from Internet of Things (IoT) devices and other software integrations? In this session, we will dig beneath the 3D visuals commonly seen and look at the mechanics of a Digital Prototyping—how it’s designed, how it’s built, and how it all works in concert. Participants will walk away from our session with a better understanding of how the merging of these two environments is possible through the journey of a project lifecycle. We’ll give an in-depth overview of how Aptitude | Intelligent Integration has tied together the latest tools of the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry with innovative technologies and integrations to use asset management and Sustainable Design goals that owners are looking for to get the smart building overlay they desire.

53p

Instructional Demo / Nashville 2025

Eaton’s Digital Prototyping Journey: From Descriptive to Predictive (Preventative Maintenance and Energy Management)

Facility Management operational requirements for data are higher than ever with energy efficiency targets and new maintenance focused industry standards. To solve these fundamental challenges, Eaton is deploying Digital Energy Twins for simplified, contextualized building system integrations. In this case study, learn how Eaton started by implementing a Digital Prototyping of its own facility (Houston Power Experience Center) to improve insights and operational outcomes. What’s next: Eaton will share how Tandem and Bright layer are partnering to deliver additional value in Preventative Maintenance & Energy Management.

25p

Panel / Nashville 2025

Driving Sustainable Building Lifecycle Management with Data, AI, and Digital Prototypings

This session will explore how building lifecycle management (BLM) empowered by Digital Prototypings can transform Sustainable Design outcomes across design, construction, and operations. We’ll demonstrate how data-rich Digital Prototypings help stakeholders make better, faster decisions across the building lifecycle—from early planning to end of life. Using real-world examples and insights from the BLMI, we will highlight how artificial intelligence (AI) and connected data improve operational efficiency and asset performance and reduce carbon footprints. The session will feature a panel of experts from the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry and facility owners, offering diverse perspectives. You’ll learn how BLM—when supported by a structured Digital Prototyping strategy—drives long-term value and aligns with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals. This session will benefit owners, AEC professionals, and facility managers looking to apply digital intelligence to create sustainable, resilient buildings

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Autodesk Forma: Owner Perspectives

This will be a discussion about the impact an owner representative and client advocate—who is also a virtual design and construction (VDC) manager—employed specifically for engagement, collaboration, and leadership can have on a project team. We will discuss and evaluate the implementation of Autodesk Forma and VDC processes for internal engineering in a large manufacturing company. We will explore outcomes for project performance. And we'll look at the real implications for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams when there is an active VDC manager acting on behalf of the client needs in context of traditional design and construction project workflows.

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Connected Construction: Integrate Your Design with Construction

In design and construction projects, we invest heavily in creating intelligent and information-rich design data. However, during the construction phase, this valuable intelligence is often lost when it's converted into printed sheets. Autodesk Forma unified data environment can address the need for seamless data exchange. In this industry talk, learn how Honeywell is adopting digital asset commissioning on web and mobile devices while tracking real-time asset status updates through Power BI. This talk will demonstrate how data-driven workflows can vastly improve operational efficiency while reducing errors and risks. Furthermore, we'll showcase how integrating digital tools can revolutionize the commissioning of projects in large-scale endeavors.

33p

Industry Talk / Las Vegas 2023

Transforming Infrastructure O&M with Laser Scan, Modeling, Autodesk Platform Services, and IoT

Want to learn more about managing your infrastructure assets using the BIM process with Autodesk Platform Services, IoT, and much more? In this case study, you will discover how to reduce data processing time by 90% and optimize your field operation by up to 25%. Using laser scanning for geometry survey, we have gathered precise and accurate data that has enabled us to create a detailed and realistic model with Revit software. Pathology registration and management has been implemented using Autodesk Forma, streamlining our data management process, and ensuring optimal efficiency. We have also developed a bespoke visualization environment using Autodesk Platform Services, which has provided us with a comprehensive platform to analyze and interpret our data. Furthermore, we have integrated IoT sensors, which have allowed us to gather real-time data, providing us with accurate and up-to-date information.

45p

New Orleans 2022

Harnessing the power of platform through BIM and GIS

How to integrate Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Geographic Information System (GIS) with Autodesk solutions and ESRI solutions for asset management. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have long been used to model the environment and perform 2D spatial analyzes of large areas. However, with the increasing availability of computing power, data acquisition methods, and automated workflows that generate detailed 3D data, GIS models became more and more detailed and began to contain 3D models. . Through the bridge and tunnel project, we modeled the project in 3D using Revit. Templates were stored in ACC. We used Esri mobility tools (offline and online) to collect site data and populate a GIS database. After that we linked the Revit models to ArcGIS, then we could see the 3D models in the environment. We also added maintenance attributes and we were able to communicate.

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