The traditional railroad industry is lagging behind the building industry in terms of innovative technology. One reason could be that there's a lack of good Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools. This presentation will take you on a journey through the design process in large railroad projects to show what we're doing and how we're pushing things further with the help of InfraWorks software and Unreal Engine. We will cover collaboration and live feed, involving the information flow and efficient collaboration between hundreds of people per project. We'll also cover concurrent engineering and model utilization to the full extent with virtual reality (VR) enabled by Unreal Engine. This is project delivery reinvented. What if we turned things upside down and delivered a game instead of a model? We'll remove the "gimmick" factor from VR and focus on real value. Join our session and you will be blown away.

This class will analyze data from the FlexLM License Manager to create a live license dashboard using an open-source set of tools. We’ll use Business Intelligence platforms (BI) and MY SQL to identify the demand and consumption of licenses per application, group of applications, and users per design team. The interactive dashboard will provide valuable statistics of the license usage per software, which help to predict the license consumption for future projects.

A360 Collaboration for Revit cloud service gives your team the ability to coordinate with live Revit software models that are always up to date. Previous workflows involved expensive IT setup and extensive project management to keep the project running smoothly. Come see how A360 Collaboration for Revit will make your next project flow easier by working in the cloud. This session features Collaboration for Revit and Revit. AIA Approved

The main goal of this class is to walk attendees through the complete workflow of scanning the pressroom and basement at our FCA Sterling Stamping Plant located in Sterling Heights, Michigan. We’ll compare general baseline scanning to more-detailed equipment scanning. Participants will learn how scan data is collected, post processed, aligned, exported, decimated, segmented, and combined over time to create and maintain one virtual model of the largest stamping plant in the world. A key benefit of this class: sharing important ReCap software features and proposed ideas that can improve functionality and save post-processing time.

Join me on a Reality Computing expedition. Maximizing on the latest fascinating developments in Capture technologies and Reality Computing Solutions, we will demonstrate and analyze various use cases of applied Reality Computation from the worlds of media and entertainment, arts, archeology, science, museums and design, and explore new ways of doing the old stuff. For the first time we will be deep diving in Project Memento, our standalone, state-of-art end-to-end solution that creates high quality publishable and fabbable 3D models from reality captured with photos, handheld scanners or mid range scanners, and prepares them for fabbing, publishing online, or for further digital workflows with Fusion360, Autodesk Maya and more. The class will teach best practices how to capture the reality so that you can make the most of their digital replicas, how to leverage Memento's toolset to prepare it for different workflows and in general, you will learn of all new opportunities offered by that the brave new Reality Computed world.

Scanners and cameras are becoming ubiquitous and they enable us to digitize the world around us. Creating useful and meaningful 3D models from reality, however, is quite a challenging and tedious process that is slow and requires expertise and use of multiple and expensive solutions. Memento software aims to simplify that process and thus make reality computing accessible to a variety of users. Come to this inspiring hands-on class and learn not only how to create high-quality assets from any reality capture, but most importantly, how to prepare and optimize them for publishing for AR/VR, film, game, web, or mobile use; digital workflows; or 3D printing. Learn the basics and get some insider tips and tricks and become an expert with Memento software.

Your mindset develops over years of learning and service. Your technical skills are top notch. Your management skills are advanced. Your leadership moves things forward. Want to make an even greater impact? Tech managers (CAD / Building Information Modeling (BIM) / IT) can develop a mindset that perpetuates success. It’s an approach that you take when you enter into planning, preparation, negotiations, or problems. We will look at this topic from the overall vantage point of what your framework should be when you are thinking about tech-management issues. Managing tech goes beyond the technical, people, and project-management skills that you have to get right. It starts with your mindset and ends with you creating an innovative environment for achievement. AIA Approved

Autodesk’s Architecture, Engineering & Construction Collection provides an extraordinary range of capabilities and tools that, when integrated, create incredible insights and make easy work of complex design and project problems. This class will explore the potential and power of digital construction and project management with the AEC Collection. In this class, we will dive into the complex installation of several large tanks in a highly confined facility, utilizing drone technology and reality capture with different software integrations. Some of the software this class will explore is AutoCAD Civil 3D software, Vehicle Tracking, ReCap software, ReCap Photo software, Navisworks software, InfraWorks software, and more. With the integration of all these programs, the project was able to succeed as planned, utilizing found vehicle and building clearances as well as logistical confirmation of the project's ability to succeed. This class will demonstrate the effectiveness of the AEC Collection as well as the virtual design and construction (VDC) methodology.

This class will demonstrate effective workflows for using the various features of A360 Team for coordination and collaboration on projects. We will explore the differences when using the platform for internal coordination within a single firm versus external coordination with many firms in the same A360 Team space. We will show how to utilize the commenting tools to effectively coordinate, reducing printing needs or the need to employ additional software platforms. Additionally, we will demonstrate workflows utilizing the Wiki feature of A360 Team to document design decisions, enabling greater team understanding of the project and reducing conflicts. This session features A360 Team and Collaboration for Revit. AIA Approved

In the era of 2D CAD, many firms invested in custom tools and development staff to write and maintain them. A firm's overall experience varied in terms of the success of this investment and just about everyone has a story to tell about being burned from spending money developing custom tools. However a number of market forces are coming into play that continue to drive the need to customize the Revit® software platform, and the question is, Do you rely entirely on third-party software or go back down the road of customization? This class explores the benefits of investing in the development of custom tools for your firm, and shows how Revit is really different this time for those who have a horror story to tell. This class looks at the tools Stantec has developed in the last year and the return on investment we have already seen. We also examine our overall strategy and approach to development.

You may be great at chopping down trees, but it's important to be in the right forest. This course will help you change champion technology innovation initiatives across the enterprise, attain recognition, and get promoted. Knowing which battles are meaningful to win because they benefit the company will help you gain or lose influence. This course will help you to gain executive sponsorship and identify and charter 3D CAD. You will also discover Building Information Modeling (BIM) and virtual design and construction (VDC) initiatives that make your company money, establish the business case for the change, develop success measurements for the change, establish which stakeholders can help drive the change, as well as identify both the parties who will own the change and success measures that will gain high-level commitment to win and succeed.

See how Autodesk sustainability design tools were used for the Architecture 2030 initiative with Perkins+Will, Johnson Controls, and MasterGraphics.aec. The Perkins+Will case study centers around Director of Research John Haymaker’s "Design Space Construction / Sprout Space" project. Discover how Perkins+Will and MasterGraphics.aec used Dynamo Studio, Fractal, FormIt, Revit software, and Insight to meet design, energy (2030), and view quality requirements. Learn how Johnson Controls’s Clay Nesler (VP of global energy and sustainability) and MasterGraphics.aec used FormIt, Revit, and Insight on the JCI Shanghai HQ project, where they compared the accuracy of their existing process using other competing tools to the Insight workflow. In Mr. Nesler’s words, “this is uncanny”—to see not only how close the results were, but also how few hours were used to generate the schematic design, design development, and construction documents models for the comparison, and that a large ROI was discovered.

The collection and management of building data, including the requirements for rooms, equipment, and other needs, as it evolves from early design through construction documentation and as a basis for facility management, can be enhanced through advanced techniques in Revit-based software. This includes linking to an external data source, automating the creation of areas and rooms, creating room data sheets, and other graphic and non-graphic processes that complement BIM. This class covers basic database theory, the structure of objects and their relation to data management, and Revit techniques for implementing this general theory in actual projects. We also discuss third-party software and customizations, and how they are used to further advance these processes. The class goes beyond learning Revit commands and looks at the underlying information requirements of emerging integration in project delivery.

This class shows a case study of Oregon State Hospital in Junction City, Oregon. It is the second site of a 2-campus hospital replacement project for the Oregon State Health Authority and is led by the HOK-San Francisco office along with SRG Partnership in Portland. This class covers the challenges of sharing a project between 2 firms over the course of several years. We discuss the best practices for keeping a model clean, lean, and organized so that it may be used effectively by a large team over the Internet. We show how to efficiently categorize and maintain views, schedules, sheets, families, and worksets. Also of importance is the use of view templates for maintaining consistent documentation in multiple models. Focus is given to consistent model purging and warning cleanups. We also talk about methods of communication among internal and external teams, consultants, and contractors using tools such as a project execution plan (PxP), best practices documentation, and Navisworks® software.

As software innovation progresses, implementation strategies for all levels of experience must adjust. Millennials are demonstrating software fluency far beyond experienced professionals. While the millennial population is using the software to model in areas they have minimal experience in, the experienced generation is routinely trying to adopt the technology for traditional workflows. Where these trends intersect, organizations can maximize the abilities of experienced engineers, designers, owners, and operators, as well as recent graduates and new hires. This class will address how to implement strategies to transfer experience and knowledge from seasoned professionals to software proficient Millennials, and how to transfer technological capabilities from Millennials to those with decades of experience. This class will focus on addressing this trend in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and Media & Entertainment industries, and provide strategies on how to address the challenge as a path toward future growth and innovation.

In 2017, Arcadis launched the “100% BIM” program. The objective being to switch 100% of our design activities into a BIM environment by the of 2020. In this class, I will present you what this program looks like within Arcadis North America and what does it take to apply it. We will tackle various topics, from business transformation, change & expectations management, communication plan, to BIM strategy, BIM implementation plan and BIM roles and responsibilities… During this class I will share my views on how to effectively navigate the different management layers of a large-scale organization and what are the key drivers of technological transformation. I will also share my feedback on how to streamline your time and not going crazy at the end of busy weeks! So, whether you are working in a start-up or a multinational company, whether BIM is you daily concern or not, this class aims to be inspiring and will be full of personal stories from a French BIM manager in New York…

Upskilling of people is a central theme of the future of making. As the tools we use to design the world of the future develop at an ever-increasing pace we understand the need to invest in our staff to make the most of these advances. At the end of 2017, 6 years after we published our first BIM strategy, we had reached an important milestone. For the first time, more than half the time our staff spent using Autodesk products was in 3D BIM software, and two-thirds of our global community of Autodesk users had used a 3D tool in the last 12 months. Although a cause for great success, it was also a time to reflect. What about the remaining third? What could we do to create better training opportunities? How could we ensure that capability was consistent across our business? How can we ensure the right people are working on the right project at the right time? This industry talk will explore these themes and share the lessons we have learnt delivering a training programme comprising 130 classroom courses, attracting 700+ trainees, and delivered in 20 counties by a network of 9 Autodesk partners, all in a 10-month programme.

Project management for construction can be very challenging. It involves intensive coordination among teams and stakeholders throughout all project phases, from design review to project delivery. Efficient management of construction documents, such as drawings, designs, issues, RFIs, change orders, etc., is the key for project success. Research has shown that more than 50% of RFIs have a root cause in design issues and documentation error that could be solved by improving design review. In this session, we look at how a data driven approach can help project teams including VDC managers, project engineers, superintendents and project managers stay on top of critical high risk items and take action. We explore how technologies such as Construction IQ can leverage knowledge and past experience gained through mining tons of data and apply that to prioritize issues and RFIs, and group them into actionable categories for faster and more focused processing, with the ultimate goal of mitigating project risks and bettering project performance. Hear from AECOM and Danis Construction how they are connecting design to construction and their use of Construction IQ, and how it turns plain text into insights about project risk and makes the constructability review process and project management easier.

Technology is changing and disrupting how people manage workflows. As we continue to strive toward innovative pursuits, it is important to understand what compels a person to embrace change. This industry talk will cover what we learned through the pursuit of various technologies into our workflows. We’ll discuss some of the technology tested and the results we found. We’ll share our thought process moving forward to develop future innovative ideas. We’ll identify key factors in an organization that can stifle or stimulate change.