“The heart of every construction project is collaboration,” said Jim Lynch, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Autodesk Construction Solutions in last week’s Construction Session at Autodesk University.
No two projects are the same, but if there’s one thing we know to be true, it’s that construction teams who work well together produce better outcomes. Collaboration takes hard work—especially on complex projects. Between the challenges of working remotely, connecting the office and field, and collaborating with external stakeholders, teams need tools to keep them on the same page at every stage of the project.
With numerous construction management systems on the market, consider these critical capabilities when evaluating solutions for your teams:
- Integrations and data operability to reduce data fragmentation and promote tighter collaboration
- Real-time updates and data sync to ensure teams always work with up-to-date information and files (e.g., models, documents, etc.)
Over 235 partners have built direct and seamless integrations with Autodesk construction applications via APIs and Partner Cards. Each one of these partners recognizes that linking data with Autodesk solutions helps construction teams collaborate better.
What’s more, over 165 integrations now work with Autodesk Build, our new, comprehensive field and project management solution that combines the best-in-class features from BIM 360 and PlanGrid, with new capabilities such as Cost Management and Performance Tracking.
We’re excited to share some of the latest integrations and updates for Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Autodesk Build supports advanced construction workflows
Data interoperability is imperative for project success. We are thrilled that Autodesk Build customers can leverage the Issues and RFIs API to integrate key construction data from several integration partners.
EarthCam
EarthCam, a leader in camera technology and an Autodesk Premium Partner, has transformed what cameras can do for construction. EarthCam makes it easy to upload webcam, 360° VR photography, and video content to Autodesk Construction Cloud. AI Object Detection and Safety Analytics deliver actionable data to augment RFIs and reports in Autodesk Build or BIM 360. EarthCam’s unique ability to accurately align real-time photos and video over 3D models in Navisworks gives new perspectives and transforms collaboration.
The ‘Issues’ module of Autodesk Build can now be populated with images directly from EarthCam – along with associated Notes – placing actionable, informative imagery in Autodesk Build.
StructionSite
StructionSite is a cloud-based reality capture software that allows you to capture, organize, archive, access, and share standard and 360° photos and videos on digital floor plans, all from your mobile device or desktop. StructionSite allows teams to make better informed decisions by providing remote access to jobsites for increased team communication, verification of Work in Place (WIP), and prevention of rework.
Photos and RFIs generated in StructionSite can sync with Autodesk Build for further collaboration. Additionally, the StructionSite Partner Card in the Autodesk Build dashboard allows for private & public viewing of StructionSite documentation and gives users the ability to access a StructionSite project directly within Autodesk Build.
“As a company, our goal is to leverage the technology we have to free up our people for more QA/QC work, and less administrative things. That’s the big vision here, and what excites me about Build and StructionSite: that by taking the technology that you’re both really good at and putting it in the hands of our people, it’s so obviously easy that they can do things efficiently and move on.”
– Heather Soderquist, Director of Operations Training & Development at Jacobsen Construction
ERP Integrations – Cost Management and Performance Tracking
Construction ERPs
Autodesk Build – Cost Management continues to increase its ERP connectivity. hh2, Morpheus Technology Group, and ACC Connect have opened new integration opportunities with Acumatica, JD Edwards, NetSuite, Sage 300 CRE, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks Online, and Viewpoint Vista with Cost Management. This is a strong opportunity to integrate operations and accounting, as well as leveraging timekeeping or procurement solutions that feed Autodesk Build and your ERPs.
Performance Tracking
The newly released Performance Tracking toolset in Autodesk Build and BIM 360 Cost Management is ideal for owners, self-perform GCs and specialty subcontractors. Now actual hours and quantities can be compared to original estimates. This helps facilitate near real-time feedback from the field and helps project teams take corrective action sooner.
With Performance Tracking, teams can automatically feed information from third-party applications such as Riskcast, STRUXI, Rhumbix, QuickBooks Time, SmartSheet, and ClickUp into Autodesk Build – Cost Management’s Performance Tracking.
Riskcast: “Quality data starts with easy-to-use tools; it’s about field users first. That’s been our passion from day one,” says Reggie Arichabala, co-founder of Riskcast Solutions. “We knew systems had to be built to capture data without interrupting work. Connecting our tools with Autodesk Construction Cloud is an exciting next step for the entire project team.”
STRUXI: “Having real-time access to job-site productivity helps project teams manage risk and take corrective action,” said Bill Wagner, President at STRUXI and Penta Technologies. “Our integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud enables comparisons between estimated and actual performance, and quickly isolates project scopes that fall behind.”
Read more about the feature in our blog.
Latest Integrations for Autodesk Construction Cloud
This is a list of our latest additions to our Integration Partner Ecosystem. If you’d like to see all 235+ integrations, we encourage you to explore them by category or product here.
BriefBuilder
Pillr
T2D2
Premium Partners at Autodesk University 2022
- Hear from Brianna Williams, head of product at StructionSite and her team on the expo floor at Autodesk University where they spoke about new integration capabilities with Autodesk Construction Cloud.
- Dominique Pouliquen, CEO at Cintoo, spoke about sharing and distributing laser scan data with project members with no compromise on accuracy.
- Zach Scheel, co-founder and CEO of Rhumbix shared details about the integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud that helps construction teams gain stronger visibility into project performance through time and resource management.
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