Do you need to share IFC files on your project? If so, this is an essential session for you. We will explore the importance of interoperability from Revit using IFC. Using the IFC Exporter Plugin, we will explore all the hidden settings, controls, and tricks to give you the confidence, and control as to what information appears in the IFC. You will control Rooms, Space, IFC Classes, and Zone. Not all IFC exports are equal.

The panel discussion will provide insights into transitioning from field roles to virtual design and construction (VDC) roles in construction. Attendees will gain practical insights, explore technological advancements, and discover professional development opportunities in this evolving construction career landscape. The discussion will cover how to attract field engineers to VDC, understand the changing role dynamics, integrate VDC practices, and utilize technology for improved project outcomes. Through real-world experiences and actionable steps, the panel will propose a roadmap for navigating this transition, developing training strategies, and leading teams to achieve construction excellence.

Is your team getting the most out of BIM 360 Field software? Have you identified which workflows your team could be using to improve quality on the job site? Are your field engineers using iPads effectively? Are you getting value out of the data entered into BIM 360 Field software? The Field Execution Plan—a tool designed by Autodesk, Inc.’s, Customer Engagement Team—is your guide to answering these questions, and to helping your project teams get the most value out of BIM 360 Field software! The Field Execution Plan has been successfully deployed at both new and existing BIM 360 Field projects, and we want to share it with your team! In this class, you will learn how to use the Field Execution Plan to understand the workflows enabled by BIM 360 Field software, define the value of these workflows to your team, develop team processes, and develop a focused and effective training plan. You will also hear real-life testimonials from companies who have used the Field Execution Plan to develop and refine field management, improving quality on their jobs! This session features BIM 360 Field. AIA Approved

The past decade has seen many changes to both design software and data collection hardware. Methods that were once considered the norm now seem archaic in the eyes of today's engineers and field specialists who utilize new technologies such as the cloud to share information in real time. It is the overall seamless connection between design and field execution that has taken the industry to a new level—allowing for advanced productivity and a more seamless workflow. These once-siloed areas of construction and building management now work together in an integrated fashion. Learn how to take advantage of hardware and software solutions for BIM mapping and data collection that will ultimately improve the overall efficiency of your business.

In this session, we will cover the basics on how to efficiently design a full-cycle dashboard during a project's startup phase, followed by how to set up automatic refreshes to have the latest and greatest project updates. We will discuss both the importance of simple versus noisy designs and automation workflow for team efficiency—and provide practical examples.

Andrew Cameron, project manager with Hensel Phelps, will share his insights from pioneering 360-degree reality capture on his project, the $1.2 billion Harvey Milk Terminal 1 at the San Francisco International Airport, since 2016. He and his team of 16 field engineers have worked closely with HoloBuilder over the last three years to invent and build out many of the workflows and features that are essential on tens of thousands of construction sites around the world today, including 360-degree markups and the JobWalk app itself. He will discuss how to use 360-degree documentation to drive value on a billion-dollar project for the client, stakeholders, and his project team. He will also share his experiences of how to successfully partner with construction technology providers to build the technologies you always wanted. To highlight the team’s successful innovation partnership, he will reveal the latest co-developed solutions to speed up and even automate reality capture on projects.

This class will focus on the acronym CREW, which has four keys areas of bringing BIM (Building Information Modeling) and virtual design and construction (VDC) to the field teams. BIM/VDC has been established with our teams in the jobsite trailers, but getting it to the people in the field has always been a struggle. We’ll focus on what’s been helpful for our teams so that you can use the same lessons with your teams. The four areas of CREW are the following: collaborate, research, engage, and work. Taking from what we’ve learned in our process, we’ll go through the different steps, discuss the pieces that usually get missed, and expand on the areas that were helpful and successful. Join me so that all of our field teams can step into fully embracing how BIM/VDC can improve their lives and help them be more successful.

PlanGrid has been taking the construction world by storm ever since its creation in the early 2010s. Thousands of projects throughout the world have utilized this product, and it is widely used by general contractors as well as subcontractors. This class will go through custom field workflows for PlanGrid, and will be centered around the PlanGrid mobile app. We will touch on several different field workflows that are being used in the construction industry today and how they can be performed all in PlanGrid’s mobile app. This course will go beyond the basics of PlanGrid and will enable learners to see how easy and intuitive PlanGrid is, even when performing advanced field workflows.

Capitalizing on Revit software for the field is the key to fully implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) and virtual design and construction (VDC) in the construction industry. By examining some landmark projects—such the Miami All Aboard Station, Hard Rock Hollywood, and other projects—attendees will learn the importance of fully modeling outside conditions, cranes, formwork, and other construction-related activities to understand constructability and how this impacts costs and schedules. Bringing the models to the field does not stop at coordination, and by correctly modeling how work is placed and utilizing parameters, modelers can provide extremely detailed quantities and approaches to the field and estimating at a subcontractor level. This class will also demonstrate the importance of estimators getting involved in the modeling process. Back with examples from landmark projects, the course will show how a model-based takeoff methodology is more accurate and more efficient than are traditional estimation methods. This session features Revit, AutoCAD, and BIM 360 Glue. AIA Approved

This class will present attendees with a solid understanding from several customer experiences with Field Asset Management software and include a discussion on best practices. In collaboration with a number of customers in the utilities (electric, water, communications, and gas), wewe will discuss field asset issues and solutions for utilities including field inspections and data collection; image and content capture for ReCap 360 software models directly from the field; and integration and synchronization with enterprise databases, including geographic information system (GIS). For the panel we will have at least 2 customers attending and 1 or more available remotely by webcam to discuss important issues in 3 broad categories: training and human factors for field workers; best practices for InfraWorks 360 Field Asset software; and IT requirements, including integration standards and security.

Have you imagined how powerful attributes and fields can be in your design process? Learn how to add intelligence to your design data using fields and attributes. You will learn how to define and redefine attributes, using fields with text/Mtext and attributes. See how quickly you can use fields to extract properties of elements and combine them with formulas for complex calculations. You will also learn how to extract attribute/fields from the design data and output as AutoCAD software Table or export as a Microsoft Excel or database file.

This class gives firsthand insights into the application and documented quantified benefits of bringing Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies to the field at Max Bögl Group, Germany’s largest privately owned construction company. We will discuss how we were able to deliver construction management workflows with higher quality and in significantly less time than before, and we’ll share best practice workflows for Navisworks software, BIM 360 Glue software, and BIM 360 Field software. As a highlight we will share how we enriched the regular BIM 360 software platform by creating a custom document-management system integration, linking 3D elements to detailed 2D CAD documents. The result is an automated, rule-based integration of 2D plans for 3D models with web and mobile access. A 3D object is then linked to its CAD metadata, checklists, issues, tasks, and respective (plan) documents, and it can be tracked with a QR code.

This class will cover how to customize BIM 360 Field software to work with your own apps using its API (Application Programming Interface). We will also cover best practices on how to use REST client applications to work faster and get the most out of the BIM 360 Field API. We will show 4 C# projects to demonstrate the BIM 360 Field API and show how you can get started faster. Finally, the class will discuss the current state of the API and the various scenarios and workflows supported. Please note that prior programming knowledge is required (Microsoft .NET) and an understanding of REST web services and the JavaScript API is recommended. This class is not suitable for developers at the beginner level.

Many builders who are implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) are using Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk® Navisworks® software for business development and preconstruction, but are missing out on the value of using the model in the field. In this class, you will learn about technical processes and workflows, lessons learned, and implementation strategies from builders who are on the forefront of using BIM to full advantage in the field. We will discuss field use of BIM, Revit, and Navisworks for visualization, file transfer, coordination and clash detection, 4D construction simulation and scheduling, quality control coordination drawings, laser scanning, and building layout. If you are interested in either using or understanding how builders are using BIM on a construction site, this practical class is for you.

This lecture will consist of a walkthrough of the door frame barcoding process and the integration with BIM 360 Field Issue & Equipment Tracking. We will take the class through a step-by-step process of Project Understanding & Setup, BIM 360 Field Information Inputting and Setup (2 options), On-site tagging and finally Issue and Equipment tracking using BIM 360 Field and the Barcodes. The class would conclude with a Lessons Learned segment.

Multiaxis, large-scale 3D printing opens the doors to new application fields for engineers, architects, designers, and scientists. For this, the Netfabb and PowerMill high-rate technology combined with Autodesk tools like Autodesk Nastran software, PowerInspect software, Inventor software, and Fusion 360 software create new possibilities in design and manufacturing. This class will also cover examples from our industrial and research partners and show a workflow for high-rate deposition.

DPR Construction has kept a close eye on the development and implementation of the entire BIM 360 software suite of tools, including the highly anticipated release of BIM 360 Plan software. On the surface, it appears that all of the functionality and integration between BIM 360 software’s tools are now ready for prime time. This presentation will share real-world feedback, process workflows, success stories, and lessons learned from multiple projects located across the United States. The common theme across all projects is that the same core technology in BIM 360 software is implemented in different ways to varying degrees, and the recipe for success does not lie in the technology itself. Instead, it is how we gather the right people together at the right time to develop a process strategy that will support successful implementation. We will recommend a high-level implementation and training approach to help any company better plan for successful adoption of technology, including BIM 360 Glue software, BIM 360 Field software, and now BIM 360 Plan software.

This class will present how the transition from BIM 360 Field software (classic) to the next generation was tackled in a company that uses this platform countrywide in multiple offices. Now that the users are all accustomed to the new version, how do does the firm manage this change and what are the challenges to get people to transition without them seeing it as starting all over again. Leaving a platform that could be used for much more than what it was designed for means having to find new solutions to things we’d already figured how. The class will show how this can be achieved and what can be done to get the most of what the next generation has to offer.

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.

It's time to leave your tape measure in the truck. Do you want to make the leap and lay out directly from your model in the field? What are the software workflows? How do you set up a Revit model for use with a civil or local coordinate system? What are the benefits of using Point Layout software in the field? We'll cover how to work with Point Layout in Revit software, BIM 360 Glue software, BIM 360 Layout iPad app, and your robotic total station. See live demonstrations of the software on real-world projects, and hear discussion of the processes involved in construction field layout. We'll be working with subcontractors and their models, and assisting their field-layout processes.