Architecture, Engineering, & Construction Keynote

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ANNOUNCER: Please welcome Vice President and General Manager of Autodesk's Construction Business Unit, Jim Lynch.

JIM LYNCH: Good morning, everyone. And welcome to day two at Autodesk University Las Vegas. We're really excited to have you here with us at the AEC industry session. We have a lot of great stuff to share with you this aft-- this morning. We've got some exciting new functionality. We've got customers just like you, who are here to tell you how they're using technology to transform their businesses.

We're going to talk a lot about how Autodesk is working with partners, developers, and customers to advance the AEC ecosystem together. But how about we kick off today's keynote with a glimpse into what we're doing with AR and VR and the AEC market, thanks to our partners Unity. I'd like to welcome back to the stage Andrew an Anagnost and the CEO of Unity Technologies John Riccitiello.

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JIM LYNCH: Welcome.

ANDREW ANAGNOST: Hey.

JIM LYNCH: Welcome.

JOHN RICCITIELLO: Thank you.

ANDREW ANAGNOST: John, it is absolutely awesome to have you here at Autodesk University. It's even more exciting to talk to all of you about what we're doing together with some of our cool technology.

JOHN RICCITIELLO: Thanks Andrew. It's a fantastic pleasure to be here.

ANDREW ANAGNOST: Our collaboration with Unity is going to help all of you make better decisions, for making everything from buildings, cars, to training materials and entertainment. Imagine the power of AR VR and what it would give you, as you design and build your projects, as you collaborate with your clients, as you sell your projects. By leveraging your design data, coupled with the massive ecosystem of Unity developers, you're going to be able to quickly create virtual experiences that help you work better and do more.

I know a lot of you have been waiting for us to do something like this. So I'm just going to turn it over to John and let him tell you exactly what we're doing together.

JOHN RICCITIELLO: All right. Well, thanks Andrew. Now if you've heard of Unity, you probably know us as a game engines company. The company behind titles like Pokemon Go, or Super Mario Run, and many, many others. And while we focus on games because we love them, an insight for you is gaming is really the most challenging use of real time 3D technologies. For over two decades, our developers have been delivering highly complex experiences with many thousands of 3D objects in one scene, in high resolution, real time, all at 60 frames a second.

This is a bewilderingly complex task. Now you may be sitting there thinking, well, why is this guy on stage, talking about games at an AEC keynote? And the answer is simple. Because building the best game engine has given us the tools to fuel new types of advancements in industries like yours, in architecture, construction, engineering, and more.

And today, we're going to show you how we'll do that. How we're going to help you create content to make you successful in a competitive world, giving you access to target and optimize your content to more than 25 platforms, from iOS to Android for mobile, to Oculus and Gear VR, ARCore AR Kit for AR, even Xbox and Playstation for consoles. We're going to share our common vision with Autodesk, how we each want to make it easier for our creative communities to achieve their aspirations, to eliminate design friction so that you can unlock cost savings, increase efficiencies, and better collaborate.

So whether you're working with Revit, or 3ds Max, VRED, Maya, or Shotgun, you're unlocking your potential and reaching customers faster and better. We know every job is a custom job that demands a unique approach to solving really serious challenges. Together, Unity and Autodesk are streamlining the ways our tools work together, so you can do the right thing, the right way, the first time. So let's dive in.

Today we have two demos. The first is about winning the bid, a concept walk through that all of you design visualization experts in the audience will care about. Uses real time to help you get the job, which demonstrates a strong link between 3ds Max and Unity. The second demo is about getting the job done. You've already won the bid, how to drive consensus and avoid making costly mistakes. So you can see everything in context before the first yard of concrete is poured.

Now behind me is our New London office. This is Unity's office in London. Take a look. Notice the graphical detail that helps your visualization come to life. How to interact with the environment, and that's something we're really known for. Here it's pretty easy for us to switch the time of day, from day to night. So you can see how everything looks under a different lighting. And interactivity is a key differentiator. For example, as you're walking through, the door is open revealing the next room.

Here you can see how this works in a one on one space. You can ask yourself, is there enough clearance between the door and the conference table? Or you can view-- review lighting impact by changing switches, off and on, on and off, how it changes the look and feel of the environment. BIM data is overlaid over the environment, so you can identify everything, from the supplier to the manufacturer to the installer. Like this wall, you can see the color and material, even the website, phone number, the supplier, all in real time.

You can test out different flooring types. So that once selected, materials can be approved and processed. And you can do this from anywhere, anywhere. Whether you're here at Autodesk University, or in a trailer on the job site, you can review, edit, approve from any device, anywhere. And you'll be able to get to better designs faster with a beautiful photo realistic concept design that enables creators to test out, configure, and make decisions in real time throughout the design and approval process, at scale, in an immersive, interactive, 3D environment.

In this type of visual high fidelity, you'll stun your prospects and clients alike, and ultimately lead to increase in the number of bids won. So that's a demonstration on how architects will have the power to showcase high quality, real time, architectural presentation. But it's not just limited to concept. Architects will also be able to take the designs and apply data visualizations. Imagine bringing the entire buildings, with all the critical BIM data, to your fingertips, so that users can display what they want, how they want it, and when they need it, all in real time.

Let's check out how we do that. Now this time we're not looking at Unity's offices, we're looking at a client on a LinkedIn office. This product demo video shows integration between Unity and Revit this time. Together, we're ensuring you can leverage all of the data from your BIM model. The data is loaded into Unity. And you're carrying both the metadata, as well as all the physical data. It's more interactive. You're seeing everything at human scale and in context. This will save you time, without the loss of BIM data that's common in most of today's design visualization workflows.

And at the same time, it provides conceptualization of BIM data. You can easily optimize the data for downstream interactive 3D, to high fidelity Unity applications, such as this on-site construction viewer. And because we're Unity, it's easy to output this to pretty much every device imaginable. Now you're seeing the same building come to life on an iPad through augmented reality. With this new workflow, everyone from Revit experts to non-technical customers, like doctors, will see everything in context, using the same common language.

So engineers, who are looking at this before construction, can get consensus and design approval before heading out to the site. When you lay over the physical space, you could see the BIM data, then iterate and make your decisions. Once you go on-site, you can see BIM data displayed that came from the design process within the standalone app that you can play on any mobile platform. All of your coordination, sequencing, manufacturing, and installation data can easily be displayed in the field, both during construction and for facilities maintenance.

Driving consensus by using real time visualization is key to helping you avoid costly mistakes. Now this is a taste of how Unity and Autodesk will help customers save time, save money, save resources. A lot of what we've shown today is possible now, today. But we're excited to announce that the native export from Revit to Unity will be available for data visualization in the fall of 2019. Andrew, you want to come join me?

ANDREW ANAGNOST: All right. So John, I am really excited about the potential of this partnership. Because I think it means all of you can start to experience a design space at human scale, as if it was already built and functioning. And you'll be able to do this as soon as next year.

JOHN RICCITIELLO: Well, Andrew, I'm so excited, too. And we couldn't be any more proud to be your partner.

ANDREW ANAGNOST: This is awesome. Thank you for being here.

JOHN RICCITIELLO: Thanks, and take a look at the booth, you'll see some cool stuff.

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JIM LYNCH: Thank you John and Andrew. That is awesome technology. I mean, just think about the impact of using that technology with your clients and your project teams, to help them experience the project before it's real. You definitely want to check that out. All right. So now let's talk about what we started last year with, talking about off-site construction. If you were to build a factory, if you were to build a project or infrastructure in a factory, would it change the way you collaborate on projects, how you automate design and construction processes, or let you plan and predict outcomes for your businesses?

Yesterday, you heard Andrew talk about Factory OS, an amazing story. And how they're building homes 40% faster and 20% less expensive, by using off-site construction methods. Adopting a manufacturing mindset, like Factory OS, has the potential to broadly transform efficiency and productivity throughout the AEC industry and in your business.

For some of you, however, this might seem like a distant vision. The architecture, engineering, and construction sector is worth more than 10 trillion a year. While the industry is becoming more sophisticated all the time, it remains severely under digitized once projects start construction. And almost 98% of projects incur cost overruns or delays. Think about that, 98%. Lack of productivity is driving a number of challenges.

First, more complex projects, an increased reliance on contractual models, like integrated project delivery, design build, and public private partnerships that are requiring design and construction teams to collaborate in new ways. And let's not forget the biggest challenge, finding and retaining highly qualified staff, when the demand for new buildings and infrastructure is at an all time high.

Now, according to the Commercial Construction Index, 95% of you have trouble finding the skilled workers you need to deliver projects. 20% of the construction industry workforce is about to retire. And 35% of architects are over the age of 55. For the AEC industry, the fountain of youth is running dry. And this boils down to more work for all of you. One of the ways you tell me you're addressing these challenges is by integrating new workflows, new processes, and new technologies to help you improve collaboration, automate away your tasks that aren't productive, and get better and more productive insights from your data.

For many of you, embracing technology is making it possible for you to do more meaningful work, and even work in ways you never imagined when you first started your careers. I've got three great examples for you. This is Jennifer Suerth, Corey Overton, and Lance Parve. So Jennifer and Corey started as architects. Lance started as a geologist. All three of them started their careers on traditional paths. But as they embraced technology, they were able to pivot.

So today, Jennifer is Vice President of Technical Services at Pepper Construction and oversees Pepper's adoption of technology on a company level, helping Pepper become better, more collaborative contractors. Corey leads the design technology team at Chick-fil-A, where his team uses data to design repeatable and automated processes for the restaurant chain. And Lance doesn't work with rocks anymore. He's shaping the future of virtual construction and design and BIM at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. His goal is to drive more predictable outcomes.

Now yesterday, Andrew asked you to think about the new jobs that didn't exist a decade before. Today, I want you to think about the years before BIM and now. How many people at your firm have jobs like Jennifer, Corey, and Lance and are leading technology and process innovation? These new jobs and technology that's creating them aren't just transforming the way you work on an individual level, they're changing the entire AEC industry and the ecosystem around it.

At Autodesk, we see ourselves as being on this journey transformation with you. That's why we're developing software that helps you tackle challenges, so you can do more collaborative work and be more productive today. So you can do more with less and with less negative impact for better outcomes. This is our commitment to you. And now here's what we're doing.

Number one, we're making it easier for you to collaborate, both inside your firm and with partners. We're making sure that you can easily share data in the cloud from one phase of the project to the next on one platform. Two, we're building capabilities into our core products, including Revit and BIM 360 that allows you to automate processes and tedious tasks, so you can work efficiently and spend more time doing the things that drew you to this industry in the first place. And three, we're working on functionality that makes your data actionable to give you better insight, better control, and the ability to predict key outcomes.

That's what we're doing. Now I want you to see how it works. So I'd like to invite two of my Autodesk colleagues to the stage, to come up and show you what we've been up to. So please join me in welcoming Kelsey Lemon and Brandon LaCourciere to the stage.

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BRANDON LACOURCIERE: Good morning AU. We're really excited to be here today. We've got a lot of great stuff to show you. Really looking forward to going over how Autodesk is working with collaboration, automation, and prediction to improve our solutions.

KELSEY LEMON: All right. So the first two things that we're going to show you are the new features that we've added to make all of our tools work better together by collaborating in BIM 360. First, we know that you need to keep your site plans and your building models in sync. That's why we've released site collaboration for Civil 3D and Revit. This new workflow allows for the sharing of site information and project location data in BIM 360. With the civil and the building models connected, the architect can link the civil engineer's site plan in Revit. And if the civil engineer updates their designs, these updates automatically appear in Revit, assuring that the architect always has the latest typography data.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: And with the design files in BIM 360, coordination of project models can start even earlier. As model versions are updated by design teams and shared with GCs and subs, BIM 360 will run automatic clash reports, ensuring that all of our clashes are both present and visible. We then have the ability to categorize these clashes. And also separate them, so they can either be ignored or addressed at a much later time. By doing this, we not only resolve clashes earlier, but we resolve problems before they become detrimental to the project.

KELSEY LEMON: So let's recap, site collaboration brings all of your work together in a single environment. And model coordination lets engineers, designers, and contractors all work in parallel.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: Now, I think it's really important that we just talk about this for a second. I mean, we're taking the information from our designer's desktop, putting it into not just a cloud visibility platform, but something that's actionable, something that we can actually address. This is the type of enhanced collaboration that you asked for. But you were very clear that this could not come at the expense of security or transparency. Kelsey, what do we have?

KELSEY LEMON: You know what Brandon? I am happy to say that BIM 360 now makes collaboration simpler, package your models, your views, and your sheets, and assign them to the individuals or teams that need to take action. Easily navigate the documents with the new Place Me feature, that allows you to switch directly from a location on a 2D floor plan to that exact location in the 3D model. We've also made it easier to enable transparency and to enable accountability, with shared project timelines and tools that track activity and progress.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: And to give you even more control, what we've also done is we've [INAUDIBLE] this information so that it's shareable. And I'm proud and excited to announce that we have a new approval workflow process in BIM 360. This lets you automatically initiate and assign reviews. From there, team members can interact with documents, add markups and comments, while also automatically moving folders once documents have been approved. We've also added the ability to organize this in sets, to ensure that we always have the most up-to-date information in everyone's hands.

KELSEY LEMON: All right. So let's recap, deliverable coordination and Place Me brings teams together for information sharing and collaboration, and approval workflows keeps the right information in the right hands. Next up is automation, Brandon, why don't you kick things off with the new features that help with work during pre-construction?

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: Absolutely. As many of you know, we acquired Assemble Systems in July. And along with BIM 360 and Revit, it can help speed up the commodification process. Assemble can bring in any model, at any stage in the design process, and extract quantities and building elements. From this view, you can start visualizing the impact of potential changes on material costs and schedule. Whether the change is being considered for value engineering, or because on that rare occasion the customer changed their mind, we have that ability to really visualize these potential changes, without having to go through the manual takeoff process.

And since we're keeping everything in BIM 360, communicating this is seamless. We didn't stop there. We're also really excited to announce that we have a cost management module that was just added to BIM 360 this week.

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BRANDON LACOURCIERE: Now you can track your-- yeah, that's exciting. Go ahead.

KELSEY LEMON: You can woo about that. Let's do that.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: Love that. And now you can track all of your budget and contract items quickly, while making adjustments. And when changes occur, you can manage the change order workflows, including automatic generation of change orders right inside of BIM 360. And as changes are reviewed and or approved, budget items are updated automatically, letting you see the impact of those changes on the entire project.

KELSEY LEMON: Those features are great, Brandon. Next, I want to show the audience some of the ways that we're applying automation to design processes so that we can alleviate a lot of those mundane tasks. Rebar detailing is a great example of this. So we know that structural concrete forms for buildings and civil structures, like bridges, are incredibly complex. So we've added a Freeform Rebar tool to Revit that can automatically align Rebar sets to a distribution path. This saves detailers a ton of time when dealing with complex structural concrete forms.

So you just saw how assemble and cost management in BIM 360 makes complex and data intensive workflow simpler. You also saw how the Freeform Rebar tool in Revit is automating mundane tasks. Now, we're going to that last area that Jim talked about. Brandon, did you happen to remember to bring that crystal ball?

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: I did not. But if I had, I think blackjack would have gone a little bit better last night. So you saw how-- so you saw-- sorry, let's click there. So we do have a lot of great functionality and features to show, that are helping customize and digitize how we collect and analyze project data. What this is really helping us do is to move away from an uncertainty deliverable and move towards predictability.

To support this, we've added a ton of new capabilities for quality and safety to BIM 360, starting with customizable checklists, with support for locations. We've also added the ability to create custom attributes for issues, making it easier for you to capture information that is most important to you. You can track issues as they occur, adding detailed information to help with issue resolution, while also identifying the root causes. This is all built so that you can access this information whether on a desktop or from a mobile device. It also connects directly to our project control tools, ensuring that we're keeping everything in sync with RFIs and submittals.

KELSEY LEMON: All right. So what you saw was quality and safety project controls in BIM 360, which is a best in class system for punch lists, checklists, submittals, and even RFIs. It helps you build continuity of all your project information, and that's data availability for the entire project team.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: That's right, Kelsey. And collecting all of this data is really just half of the equation. We're also exposing that information in ways that makes the data actionable for everyone in the project.

KELSEY LEMON: And we're doing this with BIM 360 Project Home, which is a personalized dashboard that gives every stakeholder on the project team real time visibility into what's most important to see and to work on, including the design team.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: We're taking this one step further by also aggregating all of these dashboards and reports into one place, reducing the pain of compiling all this information and ensuring real time visibility around key performance indicators. You can also view the progress of your projects in both summary and detailed reports and send those to anyone that needs them, whether they're in the project or not.

KELSEY LEMON: So the last thing that we're going to show you is how we're applying machine learning. BIM 360 takes all the information that you gathered, the details from the models, the checklists and even the issues. It analyzes the data to predict risk and to make clear what areas to focus on.

BRANDON LACOURCIERE: So let's recap how we've addressed prediction. Project Home and our new reporting dashboards make your data accessible and actionable and ready to share. And now you can apply machine learning to analyze that data. Now everyone is talking about machine learning in construction. But while they're talking, we've been building. And over the last two years, through our project IQ pilots, we've analyzed tens of millions of data points. And I am very excited to announce that our quality and safety predictive risk capabilities are ready.

KELSEY LEMON: That's very cool. Predictive analytics for projects, that's almost like a crystal ball. So I'm going to give you a pass on this one. But this is a small part of what the teams were working on for the last year. And now with that, we're going to turn it back over to Jim.

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JIM LYNCH: Awesome guys. Nice work. Thanks guys. How about a nice round of applause for these guys? Come on.

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So as you just saw, the common thread to better collaboration, automated processes, and predicting outcomes is having all your data in one place. That's the path we're on. And it's at the heart of BIM 360. BIM 360 is all about better project execution, helping project teams in the office and on the job site be more productive and more predictive. And because it's built on a single platform, BIM 360 centralizes information from your authoring tools and allows teams to share that information through each phase of the project. And it analyzes your project data, too.

BIM 360 is the tool in our portfolio for the entire project team. It allows you to connect all your people, processes, and information. That's what we promised you. That's what we've been working on. And that's what we're delivering today. Now I want you to-- this next part is really exciting for me. I want you to have a chance to hear directly from three of your peers about how they're changing the way they work using technology, and tools available today to achieve new ways of collaborating, automating, and predicting outcomes in their businesses.

Now our next speaker is a computational designer from LERA Consulting Structural Engineers. LERA's in-house computation design and research group called LERA Plus is focusing on using automation to improve decision making and the speed of the design process. So please join me in welcoming Nidhi Sekhar to the stage.

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Hi, Nidhi.

NIDHI SEKHAR: I'm sure a lot of us here have spent time drafting and redrafting drawings in the past. I remember when I was in studio, when I'd spend days on end making each drawing by hand even revisions. Imagine my relief when I came across Revit for the first time. Suddenly when I created one single 3D model, all my plans, sections, elevations just automatically appeared. And if I made a change, they even updated themselves.

Today when I see how automation and technology can speed up workflows, it brings back the same familiar feeling from school, relief. At LERA, we've built a reputation for designing some of the world's most complex and high profile projects, ranging from super tall skyscrapers to museums, to sculptures and installations. But we know that even when you're working on a project that's super complex and challenging, never is it all just glamorous work.

For every interesting task that we do, there is typically an uninteresting task or two associated with it. While no one wants to make revision clouds, somebody has to. And time is our most valuable resource. LERA Plus was born out of this recognition. And that a small step in technology and automation can go a long way down the road. LERA Plus is the computational research arm of LERA. And our goal is, simply put, to optimize. We work on a large range of projects. And we optimize different parts of the design workflow, all by preserving the design vision.

This is some of the work that we do on a regular basis. And today, I'm going to talk a little about algorithm-aided design, documentation, structural optimization, 3D printing, and interoperability. Some of the initial work that we did was with algorithm-aided structural optimizations of buildings. In this high rise project, the sloping facade and the morphing flow plates made it a challenge for us to optimally locate columns and outriggers.

By setting up an algorithm that let us cycle through thousands of design configurations, we were able to optimize the location, the relative positions, and the heights of columns and outriggers, all simultaneously. So in less time than it took to otherwise just structurally analyze this building, we were able to go through multiple iterations, and even visualize the results in a meaningful way. And we did all of this in minutes.

Automating a process like this not just helps you preserve design intent but also helps you explore design, and do all of it in less time than it would have taken you otherwise. And this is not just limited to buildings, of course. We've used similar strategies in this 45 feet tall sculpture to optimize the positions of supports, geometry, and the structural performance. This was the initial design for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Chicago. For a building so complex and large, coordination was the cause of some of major delays.

We created an interoperability platform that helped us translate geometry from one software to another. This was especially useful in this project, because revisions happened all the time. And we were able to avoid making and remaking plans in Revit and our analysis software from scratch. The next step was to create a comparison tool that helped us highlight similarities and differences between different models across software. So when we combine these tools together, they helped us create a system that helped us keep track of all models and made sure that everything was up to date.

We also created a space in virtual reality, where we could bring all these models together and help enable better coordination. Perhaps the biggest frustration of the coordination is documentation. On the screen here you can see a lot of details. We had to extract 200 details from a Revit drawing, to bring it down to a few typical details. Now we all know that Revit makes our lives easier in general. But extracting 200 details manually sounds just as bad as you think it would be.

What we did instead was that we went to every BIM column intersection, we looked at the details and then placed them on sheets. But we did all of this automatically using Dynamo. We were able to bring down 200 details to 35 typical details, all in minutes instead of the hours it would have taken us otherwise. This is another instance where we used automation to save us time and effort.

Rebar drawings are generally marked up by our engineers and then drawn out by our CAD department. What we did here to save time and effort was that we directly read these PDF mock-ups using Dynamo. And then we placed Revit rebar detail components on all the plans automatically. This ensured that we didn't have to do the same work twice. And we saved several hours.

Coming back to those revision clouds, you don't really have to do them by hand. All the revision clouds you can see on the screen were automated. What we did was we looked at all the tags that changed from the previous design and used Dynamo to automatically clear revision clouds around each tag. Automating a mundane task like this not just frees up time for you to do a more significant change elsewhere, like an actual revision, but also reduces the margin for error.

3D printing and digital fabrication is technology that could transform how things are connected. For artists, especially, they can be crucial aids in helping them figure out how to create forms, letting them focus more on the design rather than the details. We collaborated with artist James Clar for one of his signature abstract light sculptures. Before we came in, James would create a framework of LEDs and metal rods. And then he would create each connection at that intersections by hand.

As you can imagine, this was a time consuming, tedious process. To help him speed things up, we created a plugin that automated this entire thing. So now James could create a framework of lines, assign each line to be either an LED or a metal rod, and then the plugin that we created for him will automate the connections entirely. And all of these connections could be 3D printed after this.

This doesn't just apply to sculptures, of course. You could scale this up to be a connection in a pavilion for example, using the same concept on a larger scale. Let technology handle the details, while you work on the big picture. Autodesk has helped LERA Plus achieve many of our automation goals, and automation can help all of us. So whether you decide to do it yourself, ask for help, or hire people like us, figure out how technology can help your workflow. Embrace technology and automation so that we can embrace growth. Thank you.

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JIM LYNCH: Thank you Nidhi. That was awesome. Thank you. Thank you Nidhi. Those are some really great examples of innovation in design processes around automation. Of course, construction faces a unique set of challenges. And one of the ways that contractors are staying ahead of the curve is by levering data as a competitive advantage, helping to move from uncertainty to predictability in their projects. Now to tell you about how they are transforming their businesses, I'd like to welcome from PARIC Corporation, Andy Leek.

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Andy.

ANDY LEEK: Hello, man. Good morning everyone. As a builder, our story is a little different from the previous two presentations. Over the past few years, PARIC has transformed our business through our growing relationship with the Autodesk team and partnerships with third party developers. Five years ago, we decided to change our approach to technology, and focus more on making it a competitive advantage for our company. When we looked at all the emerging technology of the time, we decided to prioritize those that brought real value to our clients and our project teams.

So with that in mind, we developed a much more aggressive technology strategy, with goals centered on providing real, tangible value. Our goals were to build-- to better plan and coordinate our projects, build faster with fewer mistakes, and become more proactive and less reactive. As we set out to accomplish goal number one and perfect the use of these new and emerging technologies, we quickly became aware of the wide range of solutions available, including BIM 360.

Now what got us most excited about BIM 360 was the ability to integrate field, glue, and layout. This unified experience changed our expectations for how these technologies should enhance our workflow. It was a major epiphany for us as a company. Leveraging the power of the BIM 360 platform, we applied BIM enabled design coordination and clash detection, both in the field and in the office. We were leveraging mobile devices throughout the company.

We now have better control over construction documents, ensuring our project teams have the latest drawings, models, and specs to build from. And we've enhanced reporting for our quality and safety programs, with real actionable data to improve project delivery. Now as we start to go after goal two and build faster with fewer mistakes, we needed to add equipment and software to bring the real world into the virtual, so we could coordinate it and then take it back.

But as we implemented these new technologies, we struggled to have the same unified experience we did earlier. And we were creating data silos. At this moment we realized that if we wanted the same unified experience we were getting with BIM 360 field, glue, and layout, it was going to take partnerships with third party developers to unite their solutions and solve these problems together. In the middle of this pursuit, Autodesk introduced the Forge platform with open APIs. And this significantly accelerated our ability to develop these integrated solutions.

Using this single source of truth, we reduced data silos from 10 to 1 or possibly more, eliminating duplication of documents and files, and allowing collaboration in near real time with the entire design and construction team, even the owners. And because of these integrations, 100% of our projects are now BIM coordinated, which enables us to apply pre-fabrication and robotic layout, which means improved accuracy and efficiency between our [INAUDIBLE] teams and our subcontractors, for installing wall panels, MEP systems, and more.

We also use drones and laser scanning. We can track weekly progress this way, overlay design data, identify issues, and share images and point clouds, enabling us to better track site work and verify installation. And with estimating a quantity takeoff, we can now leverage all the models and all the drawings from our BIM 360 library, to perform quantity surveys and track changes. And finally visualization, we can better plan logistics and phasing, as well as identify design issues during design coordination using VR for markup.

Now remember, we still have one more goal. And with our rapid growth, we are dealing with more projects, more teams, and more data than ever before. And it became clear to us that if we could better leverage our data, we have the opportunity to achieve this goal. So you heard earlier about Project IQ, which is a toolset that leverages AI and machine learning to predict and analyze risk.

Because of our partnerships with BIM 360 and one of the first-- we were one of the first customers putting Project IQ in place for our projects. I would like to share with you how these integrations enabled PARIC to take a huge leap forward in pursuit of our goal. Project IQ not only flexes the integration muscles of the Forge platform, it also addresses the issue of realized value, by integrating all our projects, including third party sources. The output is simple, digestible information that can impact your bottom line.

Insight is a dashboard. It presents data configured for multiple personas. This means multiple dashboards can be configured and customized for various types of users, and serve up only the relevant information they need. For example, executives can quickly view risk across all projects, the ranking system that utilizes machine learning and predictive analytics to highlight key performance indicators. Projects can be filtered by business unit and product type, enhancing their ability to understand risk across multiple business segments.

Our project managers can dive a little deeper into their projects and glean insights from cards containing indicators of risk, for things like safety and quality. And Insight can also connect third party content, such as scheduling, budgeting, and progress tracking information. And with deep links, we can quickly access the out-- these outside platforms for a little more detailed information. The rest of our team, including our subcontractors, can stay on top of punch list items and symbols and design issues.

These tools are a huge leap forward in providing the actionable insights that impact critical business decisions on a daily basis, almost like a crystal ball. Now let's take a look at a few examples of how PARIC and the BIM 360 team have leverage Project IQ and machine learning for the Insight dashboards. With safety, we are using data collected from weekly surveys and AI to predict-- to identify potential hazards and predict trends. These cards present specific indicators. And machine learning helps to identify underlying patterns. This helps us prevent possible job slide injuries and identify risky activities and pinpoint training.

With quality, we continue to leverage the models and drawings during the design review and project inspections. And with the power of AI, we can identify early trends through algorithms that learn common language from issues that typically signal installation errors. These early indicators can prevent expensive mistakes.

And our latest endeavors, and possibly the most exciting, revolve around leveraging third party data such as cost loaded schedules for production tracking, time management, and earned value. These insights give our project teams a constant pulse of their critical project milestones, tasks, and key performance indicators, even drone data and time lapse photo content. And additional info is just a click away with the embedded deep links. These are just the few of the exciting possibilities with more to come in the future.

Advancements like Project IQ allow us to better leverage all our data, and utilize technologies to provide our project teams and clients with better information, while minimizing risk. Thanks to an aggressive approach and our partnerships and the power of BIM 360, PARIC continues to experience rapid growth, while transforming the way we build. Thank you.

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Thank you.

JIM LYNCH: Thank you Andy. Thank you Andy. How about a nice round of applause for all of our presenters this morning.

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So from Andy, you just saw how BIM 360 allows PARIC to connect the third party development partners, with Forge, to extend the capabilities of the Autodesk platform. This allows them to make their own workflows their own. By making data work for you, you have the power to plan and predict outcomes just like PARIC. And you can do this with BIM 360 and Forge. In fact, the transformations that Mark McDonald talked about, LERA and PARIC have undergone are possible for all of you in our audience.

At Autodesk, we're making it easier for you to make these transformations, by changing how we deliver our products to you through subscription. With the cloud, we're delivering new products, so you have a single source of truth to access and edit your data from anywhere, and to know it's protected. We're laser focused on interoperability between all our tools, so you can get the most out of them. And of course, we offer these tools in one package that meets the needs for all your big projects today and in the future.

We're delivering integrated software tools for today's business challenges, but also for tomorrow. From how our products like Revit, AutoCAD and Civil 3D are integrated in the cloud with BIM 360, to new BIM-based based automation tools to new features and partner integrations that allow you to manage cost, schedule, and quality. Providing the foundation you need to transform how you work but also allowing you to do more meaningful and intentional work together.

Now I want to leave you with this. Tools that help you collaborate better, automate processes, and achieve predictability are just the start Autodesk is focused on helping the industry move toward the vision I described at the beginning. By embracing automation and a manufacturing approach to AEC, we can help the industry move toward even greater productivity, efficiency, and predictability.

Now later today in the manufacturing session, you'll get detail on our strategy and the tools for that industry. Why should you care? Because the convergence of AEC and manufacturing is happening now. You won't want to miss learning how manufacturing processes and techniques can help you with your business challenges.

And in the exhibit hall, you'll see how we're partnering with AEC and manufacturing customers all over the world. The industry is transforming. And you're doing the hard work of transforming yourselves and your businesses. We're giving you the tools, technology, and training to help power those transformations. Together we can continue the industry's transformation, and design and build a better world for all of us. Let's build the future together. Thank you.