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Getting buy-in from the field for digital project management

Fieldwire

Switching from paper blueprints to shared digital drawings unlocks incredible opportunities to digitize our workflows. Not only does it greatly simplify drawing and revision management, it enables the ability to use greatly improved digital workflows for things like submittals , requests for information , change orders , and task management.

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Equipping the field to go digital

Fieldwire

You really just need to request the construction drawings in PDF format instead of paper, and you are ready to go digital. For everyday work, the crews need to be equipped with a device that gives them a larger space to view drawings. The key is getting crew leaders a tablet that they can use to access the digital drawings.

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Over 275 Partners Now Integrate with Autodesk Construction Applications 

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Amrax’s Metaroom allows teams to create 3D models of rooms and entire buildings using an iPhone Pro or iPad Pro. DataSeer allows construction professionals to identify, extract, and convert unstructured drawings and documents into standardized output formats, including CSV and CAD files automatically.

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The Construction Office Imperative: Digitize, Go Paperless and Mobile

Carol Hagen

Correspondence, contracts and RFIs, change orders, and drawings are frequently emailed. Imagine an equipment usage form updating the equipment usage entry or a timecard form updating the time card entry in your construction accounting system. This also holds true for your construction project management software.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Ben Fiedler, Staff Consultant at Benchmark, Inc.

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Equipping your teams with the right apps and platforms helps them to work faster and more efficiently. I am our lead UAV pilot, creating orthomosaics, for our drafting team to use in AutoCAD to draw roof and pavement plans. The importance of digital transformation in the construction industry cannot be overstated.

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Technology Increases Productivity by a Quarter on UK Rail Projects

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The site was too large to be carrying around big drawings with you – and we had 150 drawings that were being regularly updated. They were equipped with five iPads to use on-site and from January 2018 and the project moved to an entirely digital way of working using BIM 360.

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8 Innovations that Will Change Construction As We Know It

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The software platform reads through these unstructured drawings to extract contract compliance items, ensuring no requirements are left behind. Meanwhile, the labor management solution Triax uses IoT technology and connected devices to provide real-time tracking of workers, equipment, and other resources that you have on the jobsite. .