Autodesk® integrated Construction Solutions enable architecture, engineering, and construction firms to use digital design data and content across their extended teams. By leveraging the power of building information modeling (BIM) and dynamic civil modeling, architecture, engineering, and construction firms can use information to perform quantity takeoffs, visualize construction processes through 4D simulation and clash detection, and optimize execution in the field. The same information can also be managed and shared using Autodesk Collaborative Project Management Solutions.
Autodesk Construction Solutions include:
- A complete building information modeling portfolio for building design on the Autodesk® Revit® platform.
- A comprehensive civil engineering and survey solution for the design, drafting, and management of a wide range of engineering project types.
- On-demand collaborative project management tools for enhanced project visibility and control.
- Open, published, standards-based DWF™ platform for capturing and distributing building designsand project information.
- A worldwide community of training centers, certified experts, and partners delivering training, implementation, and support services.
- A global network of developer partners providing specialized solutions for analysis, estimating, scheduling, fabrication, and other industry needs.
Industry Trends
- Rising labor costs, shrinking supply of trained workers, dwindling budgets, and increasingly complex projects are forcing architecture, engineering, and construction firms to do more with less.
- Architecture, engineering, and construction firms demand better, faster ways to communicate and share data with the extended organization.
- Architecture, engineering, and construction firms are responding to globalization and localization issues with better coordination through collaboration and visual communications tools, such as wireless handhelds and field tablet PCs, that cross language and cultural barriers.
Customer Business Issues
- Unreliable estimates and planning schedules.
- More difficult project management and subsequent construction delays due to absent or inaccessible information affect the bottom line.
- Competitive and fee pressures on design and engineering departments result in incomplete andnoncoordinated drawings.
- Material waste and rework reduce productivity in the field, directly affecting profit margins.
- Ever-busier construction firms use a variety of software products.