Autodesk Construction Cloud

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Every year, Autodesk University (AU) brings industry knowledge to light, leaving construction professionals from across the globe with a wealth of actionable insights. All recorded sessions are now available for viewing on the Autodesk University website. Let’s take a look at the top takeaways from this year’s Autodesk University.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MAY 5, 2023

As a result, the technology tools available often stifled collaboration between these external stakeholders, who had limited access to key budget and profitability information, which makes it very hard to run a successful business. This makes it easier to track budgeted resources, committed funds, and actual money spent.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 8, 2023

Many things can happen during this period, and project teams often face complications like design creep and price increases, which negatively impact budgets and schedules. Connect the design phases with downstream tasks like scoping, estimating , and buyout by ensuring data flows smoothly into these various processes.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 7, 2022

Their teams and budgets are leaner, so every investment must be carefully considered—particularly when it comes to tools like construction management software. . These solutions often come with features that enable users to streamline and automate tasks like managing budgets, setting schedules, and communicating with stakeholders. .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 11, 2024

These technologies can also streamline the design review process and help teams produce more accurate estimates, thus "reducing budgets and timeline deviations by an estimated 10-20% and engineering hours by 10-30%." The most immediate impact of AI will be felt in the delivery of precise dashboard information, like Autodesk's Construction IQ.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JULY 8, 2021

A key piece is having the ability to see and compare how much specific items or tasks cost so you can correctly forecast and manage cash flow. . These codes are typically represented by numeric or alphanumeric values and often form part of an overall budget code and a key piece of a work breakdown structure (WBS). .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 9, 2024

Ross Wagner, Autodesk May Winfield, Buro Happold John Lim Ji Xiong, Gamuda Bhd Tomislav Zigo, Clayco 2024 Construction Trends - A Video Recap We also asked a few industry experts to share insight for 2024 construction trends and predictions on video.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Tracking costs and monitoring risk while keeping a job on budget can be one of the biggest hurdles to any building project. Finding ways to do all of these things efficiently makes a huge difference when it comes to delivering a project on time and on budget. A cost management plan helps keep a job on budget. Key Takeaways.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Cost management is key to ensuring construction projects stay on budget and on schedule. Yet many projects, as many as 33% come in over budget, as reported in the Construction Cost Management Report by Dodge Data & Analytics (Dodge). Owners are most interested in dynamically tracking budgets and using field data for forecasting.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Goods are delivered on time and within budget, meaning contractors can build and execute projects efficiently. . Pay attention to trends and events, like material price increases and manufacturing disruptions, that may affect the supplies you need and factor those in when planning your budget and forecasts. . Tech to try .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Cost management is key to ensuring construction projects stay on budget and on schedule. Yet many projects, as many as 33% come in over budget, as reported in the Construction Cost Management Report by Dodge Data & Analytics (Dodge). Final cost compared to budgeted cost. Achieving expected profit margin.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

MARCH 7, 2022

Doing so requires significant investment in monitoring timelines, building in efficiencies, and managing budgets to ensure the best results and greatest profitability. . The bidding process is one of the most time-consuming and critical to ensure cash flow and steady work. The current market size is estimated to be $107 billion.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Finishing the project on time, meeting the requirements of the agreement and staying within the budget are all essential aspects of quality management. Among these are whether you have completed the project on schedule, meeting the owners’ requirements within the agreed upon budget. Standardize .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 12, 2021

Create estimates, build invoices, track sales, monitor cash flow, and manage your customers as well as suppliers from one intuitive platform. Oftentimes, QuickBooks Online will be integrated with a project management platform to track costs and provide an operations team with the tools they need to control documents and manage budgets.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The construction industry uses different kinds of agreements depending on the project’s scope, delivery, schedule, budget, and the parties involved. They clearly define the most the owner will have to pay, which makes budgeting much easier. . These types of construction contracts also make administration and cash flow estimates easy.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JUNE 10, 2022

According to a report from Autodesk and Dodge Data & Analytics , 68% of contractors see increasing the adoption of processes to frequently and consistently capture RFI data as a massive barrier. Tracking costs, managing risk, and keeping a project on budget can be one of the biggest hurdles in a construction project.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

JANUARY 6, 2022

When collaboration is strong, team members pool their resources and knowledge and prioritize meeting shared goals dictated by the timeline and budget of the entire process rather than their own goals. Projects that stay on budget. This, of course, is the ideal way to conduct projects. Trust and collaboration go hand-in-hand.

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Job Order Contracting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

85%+of all projects are over budget (just 31% of all projects came within 10% of the budget in the past 3 years – KPMG) 52% of rework is caused by poor project data and miscommunication (2018 Industry Report – Construction Disconnected, FMI). 40-50% work is either rework or not “value-added work.” ORGANIZATIONAL MATURITY.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Is it over or under budget? Using budget as your primary indicator of performance is a lot like calculating the calories of a cake to assess its healthiness after it’s been baked. Using a budget as an indication of a project’s success may not give a team enough actionable insights about possible changes that need to be made. .

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

DECEMBER 18, 2021

According to a recent survey from Autodesk and Dodge Data & Analytics, 66% of general contractors experience trouble getting off the job on at least a quarter of their projects. Reconcile the budget, comparing the money you spent with the money you budgeted and paying outstanding invoices. What to get it right?

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