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Construction teams are no strangers to project overruns. According to data by KPMG, 37% of construction professionals report they’ve missed budget and/or schedule performance targets over the past year, and only half of owners report their projects are being completed on time. Worse yet, these budget and schedule problems are too often avoidable with better, more informed decision-making earlier on in the construction process.
Today, Autodesk released several new features in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) aimed at helping project leaders and teams avoid setting off a chain reaction of costly mistakes–it all starts with having enough information to make the right call.
Every construction project generates a wealth of useful data yet 95% of that data goes completely unused. Teams need to be equipped with the right tools to make sense of it all.
The Specifications tool adds new machine learning (ML) capabilities to ACC, building upon current AI-enabled workflows across Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform. Specifications automates the tedious manual process of preparing specifications by using ML to extract and section project requirements into relevant specification divisions within Autodesk Build and Autodesk Docs.
Users can auto-generate specification divisions and sections for easier navigation, as well as easily upload and publish specification documents from the Files tool and perform more detailed search and filter workflows. This reduces time wasted sifting through data and empowers teams to quickly address discrepancies, enabling project stakeholders to make more informed decisions in real time before mistakes unravel into larger problems.
“The long-awaited Specifications tool brings a complete contract document management system to Autodesk Construction Cloud. We are now able to effectively manage our Contract Specifications similarly to how we manage Contract Drawings through Autodesk Build,” said Adam Derx, director of construction technology at Walsh Construction. “This software will make an immediate impact on all of our projects, allowing teams the same standard of care for managing both drawings and specifications on a single platform.”
Learn more leveraging Autodesk AI for construction on the Digital Builder blog.
First announced at AU 2023, Work Planning capabilities are now available in Autodesk Build’s schedule tool. Work Plans allow teams to collaboratively build detailed work plans and manage handoffs and roadblocks while viewing progress in the context of the long-term schedule. These integrated capabilities get team members on the same page when it comes to production planning, thereby preventing future delays or rework, and improving accountability among team members.
Additional new features in ACC include:
On the jobsite, the decision of any one person can directly impact the success and safety of the entire team. In fact, recent research by Autodesk and Deloitte showed that a significant benefit of improved data usage is its ability to improve safety conditions on site–identified as a significant benefit by 24% of businesses.
Our updated Model Viewer enhances the model viewing experience for field teams, helping users access the information they need with faster speed. The model viewer is optimized for 2D and 3D design files in the ACC mobile app, allowing any project team member to make smarter and safer decisions based on the most up-to-date information.
Our customers face complex construction problems every day. These new features introduce greater simplicity and predictability to the project lifecycle by making it easier for your team members to make the right decision.
By putting relevant information and insight at our customers’ fingertips, we can drive a construction process that is more predictable, safer, and more sustainable.
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