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Are you headed to Autodesk University (AU) 2024? Curious about what Tandem is up to at AU? Not to worry, here is a list of all the Tandem classes and we’d love to see you there.
Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
Tandem Specific Classes
- BLD2676 | Elevating Digital Twins: From Reality Capture to Intelligent Operations
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
This session will unveil an innovative approach to creating intelligent models by converging reality capture, IoT integration, and facility operations management within Autodesk Tandem software. We'll demonstrate capturing site progress with 360-degree photo documentation and precisely aligning it with intelligent models created from laser scans in Revit software. You'll see how we've integrated real-time environmental data from IoT sensors via MQTT and consolidated facility management workflows, including people-tracking analytics, on a unified dashboard. By combining these technologies, operations teams gain unprecedented visibility into project status, building performance, and occupant patterns. Explore using this cohesive solution to enhance asset operations, drive sustainability, and create superior user experiences across diverse built environments. Attendees will learn strategies for implementing reality capture, IoT integration, and smart facility management to elevate their building insights.
- BLD2496 | Building a Smart Campus: A Digital Twin Journey Powered by Innovation and Partnership
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
Throughout 15 years of collaboration, Windover Construction and Endicott College have embarked on more than 25 design-build projects, transforming the campus located on Boston's North Shore to accommodate growing student enrollment. This partnership has seen the construction of new classrooms, laboratories, and residence halls, as well as a student center, a main dining hall, and an auditorium. The Endicott trust placed in Windover empowered the firm to become a steward of the college's growth, interweaving the institution's history and vision into each project. This case study will explore the digital transformation journey from scan-to-building information modeling (BIM), digital handover, and the innovative use of digital twins and IoT to enable real-time data collection, enhancing facilities management, and paving the way for a smarter, more efficient campus. Join us for an insightful exploration featuring perspectives from Endicott College's facilities director, the virtual design and construction (VDC) team behind the digital-twin models, and an Autodesk expert.
- BLD1161 | Optimizing Throughout the Project Lifecycle Using Revit, Autodesk Forma, Autodesk Tandem, ...
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
In today's dynamic architecture, engineering, and construction industry, projects are scaling up in size and complexity. Delivering projects under tight deadlines without compromising quality is the ultimate challenge, and the demand for efficiency and optimum solutions has never been greater. This session will explore the transformative power of optimization in Autodesk products, showing how they're instrumental in achieving maximum outcomes. Through a series of practical examples using Revit software, Autodesk Forma software, Autodesk Tandem software, and custom API-based solutions, participants will uncover invaluable insights into the power of optimization at every stage—from design through construction to operations. Join this session to explore the forefront of optimization—where innovation meets efficiency and projects are not just completed but elevated to their fullest potential.
- BLD2844 | Rooms of the Future: Understanding and Using Rooms as Vital Assets in Digital Twins
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
The majority of the world is no longer nomadic—we occupy space within a built environment. Rooms (the spaces we occupy) shape the way we design, manage, and optimize our non-nomadic world. The potential for rooms within a digital twin extends far beyond mere spatial boundaries. Digital twin rooms offer the potential to unlock new insights into the use, performance, and optimization within our buildings and beyond. In this presentation, we'll explore the significance of rooms as essential assets, and the importance of accurately representing rooms within the multidimensional world of a digital twin. To top it off, we'll examine how Autodesk Tandem software enables real-time monitoring and analysis of room use, occupancy patterns, and environmental conditions. By using this wealth of data, stakeholders can make informed decisions and plan for future needs based on reliable data related to overall space use, as well as enhance occupant experience and improve energy efficiency.
- BLD4268 | From Design and Construction to Operations: The Evolution to Full Digital Handoff
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Operations and maintenance costs account for 80% of building expenses. To drive efficiency, operators must bolster their preventive maintenance strategies and optimize workflows—but siloed, incomplete, and inaccurate data can compromise these efforts. This panel presents a promising vision for building and asset operators using recent worktech innovations to ensure a seamless digital handoff from design and construction to operations. By weaving together asset details from the building design phase with real-time performance information, the integration between Autodesk Tandem software and Eptura Asset equips operators with valuable insights to reduce downtime, avoid costly repairs and replacements, and significantly increase productivity. Sharing real-world examples and concrete ways to gain access and visibility to asset data across the full building lifecycle, panelists will explore the tangible benefits of digital twins to ensure better planning, decision-making, and cost savings.
- BLD3909 | Transforming AECO: Harnessing Digital Twins for Innovative Business Models and Lifelong Cl...
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, digital twins are revolutionizing traditional business models in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industry. The technology is not only transforming the way businesses operate, but it's also paving the way for innovative business models, enabling organizations to gain a competitive edge in the global market. A digital twin is a physical object's virtual replica that connects static, spatial, and real-time data from the real-world counterpart to provide valuable insights for the user. It integrates with additional tools that can use machine learning and AI to provide additional value in asset operations and management. This panel will explore how companies are using digital twins to build innovative business models. The panelists will discuss how they are increasing existing deliverables, creating business opportunities, and diversifying short- and long-term revenue streams while building whole-lifecycle relationships with their clients.
Capital Project Owners Related Classes
- BLD1636 | Autodesk Construction Cloud for Owners: Opportunities, Impact, and Lessons Learned
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
This will be a panel discussion focused on the opportunities, impact, and lessons learned from implementing Autodesk Construction Cloud for owners of large assets and infrastructures—mainly data centers and other industrial facilities. The discussion will focus on critical success factors, implementation techniques, program management approaches, and key lessons learned from driving successful implementations, as well as challenges commonly encountered in large-scale rollouts of Autodesk Construction Cloud. The panel will consist of experienced architecture, engineering, and construction professionals who've implemented Autodesk Construction Cloud across a variety of customers and use cases, using the different Autodesk Construction Cloud components (Autodesk Build software, Autodesk Docs software, Autodesk Takeoff software, and more). Participants will highlight the keys to a successful rollout for customers currently implementing or considering implementing Autodesk Construction Cloud in their businesses.
- BLD2827 | Uniting the Built Environment: Breaking Down Silos Across Industry Stakeholders Through Di...
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
Join leaders from Edged Energy, Burns & McDonnell, and Gaylor Electric as they unveil innovative strategies for dismantling data silos and enhancing collaboration between owner-operators, general contractors, and trade partners in modular data center developments. This panel will explore the transformative impact of digital delivery, illustrating how unified technology platforms like Autodesk Construction Cloud can streamline communication and data management at a project and portfolio level. Gain insights into the synergistic potential of cross-disciplinary partnerships, and learn how these are critical for developing powerful digital delivery practices. The discussion featuring technology and innovation leads will highlight real-world applications of technology tools, overcoming challenges, and the process of driving collaboration across teams throughout the infrastructure lifecycle.
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
Tandem Specific Classes
- BLD3902 | Past Meets Future: Preserving History with Digital Twins
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT
Can a digital twin help preserve one of the nation's preeminent Victorian civic structures? Quinn Evans, the 2024 AIA Architecture Firm Award recipient, specializes in the preservation of historic buildings, empowering its clients to harness a wealth of data—from historical records to maintenance and operational insights. Employing historic building information management (HBIM) alongside scan-to-BIM-to-twin workflows, Quinn Evans has pioneered a method to merge past data with current information. Working with the Michigan State Capitol, the firm has applied this approach to more efficiently, effectively, and sustainably manage and maintain the Capitol, including more than nine acres of historic finishes, all while serving the state legislative body and general public. Learn how Quinn Evans is giving the Michigan State Capitol the keys to avoiding potential disasters, a proper historical catalog, and unique insights through data and digital twins. - BLD3174 | Digital Twins: The Competitive Advantage
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
With 95.5% of all data captured in the design-build process typically unused or lost, digital-twin technology offers a powerful solution to this industry-wide challenge. We'll explore how these virtual replicas can bridge gaps in the handover process, securing data critical to successful facilities management. Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) holds a key role in the digital-twin building process. Through digital twins, AEC can deliver added value to customers in innovative ways, solve key problems, extend service value, and gain a competitive advantage. We'll provide guidance on how to introduce digital twins to building operators, paving the way for efficient problem-solving and more-sustainable - BLD5106 | Ready, Set, Twin: The Digital Twin, Decoded
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Join us for a dynamic exploration of digital-twin implementation across diverse industry verticals—including airports, hospitals, metros, and office buildings. In this session, our speakers will unveil the tailored workflows that have driven successful digital-twin projects worldwide. We'll delve into the critical first step of identifying major challenges that asset owners face, guided by the 80-20 rule to prioritize efforts that yield the most-significant impact. Discover how the nuances of each vertical shapes our approach, and learn why creating and maintaining digital twins is a progressive journey. While perfection in data collection may not be immediate, strategic planning, recognizing pivotal challenges, and setting clear milestones pave the way for long-term success. Whether you’re starting out or scaling up, this talk will equip you with insights to navigate the complexities of digital twins effectively.
- BLD3414 | Optimizing Facility Management with IoT and Autodesk Tandem
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
Explore the future of facility management. Learn how integrating IoT sensors with Autodesk Tandem software enhances asset monitoring, safety, and longevity. This session will demonstrate actionable insights from IoT data analytics to automate maintenance and reduce costs, offering a comprehensive guide to maximizing efficiency in facility operations.
- BLD2280 | Revolutionizing Railway Sustainability: Unleashing the Power of Autodesk Tandem as a Metro...
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
As a İstanbul Metro, we integrate data from SCADA and energy management systems with digital twins. With our digital-twin project, we save time spent on maintenance. We also save on costs by providing analysis on high energy consumption values. We used Autodesk Tandem software to create the digital-twin platform. Using the digital-twin project, we use intelligent models effectively in our operational processes. Through digital twins, we gain efficiency of up to 37.5% and cost savings of up to 25% in operation and maintenance processes.
- BLD2266 | Leading the Way: Leveraging Tandem's Digital Twin Solution for the World's Largest Coral N...
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Saudi Arabia is undertaking a monumental task: constructing the world's largest coral reef nursery in the Red Sea to preserve and reproduce coral reefs for future generations amidst rising temperatures. Egis, as the Project Management Consultant for this endeavor, has harnessed the Autodesk environment to establish a seamless workflow from Revit to ACC to Tandem, facilitating the creation of a digital twin for the project. Tandem serves as the singular source of truth for this initiative, consolidating documentation and models from ACC, along with real-time data from IoT devices to monitor conditions conducive to coral growth in vitro. Furthermore, Tandem integrates with the Building Management System, enabling not only visualization but also actionable insights to ensure the success of this vital conservation effort. This project exemplifies how Tandem can be integrated into sustainable initiatives, ensuring the preservation of vital ecosystems for future generations.
Capital Project Owners Related Classes
- BLD2326 | The Impact of ISO 19650 Implementation in Gigaprojects
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
The ISO 19650 series has a significant impact on the construction industry globally. Currently, this series is called The Digital Transformation of the Built Environment in the Global Construction Industry. The publication of the ISO 19650 series represents a significant leap forward in standardizing the information management of a built asset by implementing an internationally agreed-upon set of concepts and principles. Considering the ISO 19650 series is generic, each company can define and add its own requirements and recommendations. This session aims to provide guidelines for how ISO 19650 can be applied to construction projects. Furthermore, it will discuss the impact of standardizing the BIM process on projects.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Tandem Specific Classes
- BLD2986 | The Lifecycle of a Data Center in Autodesk Platforms and Applications
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT
The global market for computing power is increasing exponentially, and the biggest challenge the industry faces is how to deliver the required physical infrastructure fast enough to keep up. For data center owners and operators—many of whom are the largest companies in the world—it is a strategic imperative that they find new ways to accelerate how they plan, design, construct, operate, and optimize their data center facilities. Autodesk provides a range of products that owners and operators can use to help meet these objectives, but they're rarely used in a fully integrated manner throughout the life of a data center. In this session, Gafcon Digital (an Accenture company) will demonstrate how Autodesk products are being deployed on behalf of data center owners and operators for a variety of processes throughout the lives of their facilities, showcasing the use of Autodesk applications (such as Revit software , Autodesk Construction Cloud, and Autodesk Tandem software) and platforms.
- BES3957 | Future-Ready: Mastering Projects for the Digital-Age Owner
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PDT
Times have changed, and the next generation of project owners has arrived. Modern owners demand more than just on-time and under-budget delivery; they seek innovative technology on their sites, like drones and advanced digital tools. These tech-savvy owners prefer a hands-on approach, requiring sophisticated delivery and handover methods. At Burns & McDonnell, we've embraced these challenges, leading to successful projects across various sectors. Our session will share insights from these experiences, and provide strategies to manage innovative demands effectively without compromising margins. Join us to enhance your confidence for your next modern project engagement.
- BLD2260 | Innovating with Digital Twins: Strategy and Application in BAM's Construction Projects
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
In this class, we'll explore the importance of a digital-twin strategy, discuss strategic takeaways, and demonstrate how we used Autodesk Tandem software to realize a digital twin for risk reduction during a construction project. Digital twin technology is a vital solution for BAM and its clients, helping to address societal challenges and accelerate the execution with digital solutions. Recognizing the diversity of our projects, we've developed a digital-twin strategy to unify our vision and approach. This strategy, along with proof of concepts with Tandem, offers a clear understanding of the digital twin for BAM, and details its benefits for BAM and its employees, partners, and clients. This has helped BAM to further enhance its organizational readiness for digital-twin deployment, enhanced understanding of digital-twin technology, and increased market competitiveness. Join us to discover how to strategically incorporate and test digital twins into your operations for a future-ready approach.
- BLD3693 | Now Arriving at DEN: BIM and Asset Management with Autodesk Tandem
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
Discover how Denver International Airport (DEN) is breaking down data silos and revolutionizing asset management with Autodesk Tandem software. This session will highlight the outcomes from DEN's pilot deployment of Autodesk Tandem and Autodesk Tandem Connect Beta. We'll demonstrate the platform's ability to seamlessly connect DEN's rich civil and facilities building information modeling (BIM) data—in Revit and Civil 3D formats and hosted on Autodesk Construction Cloud—to IBM Maximo and SharePoint to enhance decision making, asset creation, and data management. Learn practical strategies for streamlining the transition of asset information from design and construction into the operations phase. Learn about our team organization strategy, high-value use-case identification, and examples of how airport stakeholders are benefitting from digital-twin workflows. We will share lessons learned and provide a road map for owner-operators and capital project teams aiming to optimize data sharing and enhance decision-making for efficient asset management.
- BLD2089 | One-Stop Shop in the Cloud: Integrate Our Mobile App with Autodesk Tandem to Monitor and M...
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
Our team created a digital twin of coal-processing equipment weighing more than 500 tons using Autodesk Tandem software–reducing missed inspection time by 90%.
By combining laser scanning, intelligent modeling, and asset element and IoT sensor data in Tandem extended through our mobile app, we empower plant management to monitor assets and make more-informed business decisions. Dawood integrated our native mobile application—built with Flutter, Supabase, and BuildShip—to record equipment inspections. Elements are tagged with QR codes, enabling rapid information access. This allows for data exchange between the mobile app and digital twin using the Tandem API—making it the single source of truth. This allows on-site engineers to access information on the go to complete daily inspections and send inspection data to the digital twin so that management can assess and respond to events in real time. Automated reminders reduce incidents.
- BLD3056 | Weaving a Digital Thread for Smarter Facilities
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
A “digital thread” is an emerging concept in the architecture, engineering, construction, and operations (AECO) industry, representing the shift toward using digital workflows to track assets through their full lifecycles. There's a growing recognition that improved data sharing and collaboration are becoming increasingly vital as the building industry confronts new efficiency and sustainability challenges. But how can we achieve this? What practical steps can we take to facilitate it? Learn how to start your digital thread journey through this discussion with a panel of industry experts with backgrounds spanning facilities, geographic information systems (GIS), and technology. Walk away with new ideas you can implement today to build a more connected information thread across your facilities. Panel will include speakers from Autodesk (Susan Clarke and Siva Koppula), University of Exeter, Norconsult, and Eptura.
Capital Project Owners Related Classes
- BLD4429 | Gearing Up for Digital Oversight: The Owner’s Perspective
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM PDT
This panel will explore the ways in which owners, or owner representatives, collaborate with design teams while simultaneously in active construction. We will discuss how the design-build approach is executed to provide a quality and sustainable product while exploring how we navigate through coordination and oversight to provide a single source of truth. This panel will also explore the ways in which we use Autodesk to manage projects with readily available information and real-time field data.
- BES3644 | The Emotional Mitigation of Change: Buckle Up and Embrace Autodesk Construction Cloud
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PDT
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is a creative endeavor that evokes emotions throughout the lifecycle of a project, and cloud-platform transition plans are no different! This session will provide participants with practical insights into and strategies on how to develop, plan, and execute a cloud-platform transition strategy to shift a global workforce from BIM 360 software to Autodesk Construction Cloud with minimal impact to schedule and budget, and with the emotional mitigation of change as your guide. We'll explore the intricacies of crafting a comprehensive cloud transition strategy, addressing the challenges associated with resistance to change, fostering collaboration among stakeholders, and successfully deploying a new cloud platform. We'll highlight how we documented process workflows in Autodesk Construction Cloud, developed trust between teams, created a culture of learning with hands-on training and support for 850+ team members, implemented a phased approach to minimize disruptions, and developed a change management process.
- BLD2505 | Managing Successful Delivery for Mission-Critical Projects
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
Over the last few years, as we build toward a more resilient future, there’s been a tremendous increase in the demand for renewable power, ports of entry, infrastructure, logistics facilities, and manufacturing. However, as the projects have grown in scope, so has the owners’ need to receive a higher standard of work from architects, engineers, and builders. This session will address the importance of data governance in mission-critical projects and how it can lead to successful project delivery. We'll understand what owners expect for delivery from traditional and innovative formats like digital docs and signed-off model content. We’ll also discover what it takes to meet delivery expectations when the owner specifies a deliverable but doesn’t necessarily know the exact outcome. If you want to know what it takes to deliver successfully with lessons learned in the trenches, then join this session!
- BLD3974 | Innovative Owners: Princeton University's Digital Transformation in Pursuit of Nobel Prize...
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PDT
Join us for an enlightening session in the dynamic realm of higher-education construction management, where innovative technologies such as AI and digitization are transforming the landscape. Discover how Princeton University has used the power of AI and digitization through Autodesk Build software in Autodesk Construction Cloud to revolutionize its approach to capital projects. Gain invaluable insights into how Autodesk Build enhances project coordination among owners, owners' reps, facilities, designers, and construction managers. Through our discussion, you'll gain practical strategies, actionable techniques, and the confidence to elevate your institution's construction management practices with Autodesk Build. Join us as we chart a course toward excellence in higher-education construction, using Autodesk Build software's transformative capabilities to drive innovation, efficiency, and sustainable success.
- BLD2085 | Automating and Improving Revit Model Quality for Advanced Construction with the Cloud Auto...
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PDT
Learn from Exyte how to introduce the critical role that Autodesk Validation Tool plays in orchestrating hundreds of Revit models with unfailing precision for high-tech factories. Autodesk Validation Tool is not just a tool, but a revolution that takes project delivery to a new level, ensuring accuracy and efficiency from the start. See from Exyte how Autodesk Validation Tool automates model validation, increases quality, minimizes errors, and speeds up the planning process—enabling teams to not only meet, but exceed, the ever-increasing demands of chip fabs. This advanced solution puts Exyte at the forefront of the industry. Discover the real-time dashboards that constantly pulse with the heartbeat of model integrity across megaprojects. This session will show how cloud-based validation comes together with precision engineering to set new paradigms in the design of innovative chip fabs. Join us and experience the transformative impact that Autodesk Validation Tool has on project delivery, operational efficiency, and quality benchmarking for complex designs.
- BLD3327 | A Real Client's Perspective of BIM: Learn Through Toyota Woven City
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
For developers and service providers in a wide range of fields other than construction—such as mobility, robotics, mapping, security, and maintenance—the value of reliable, high-quality spatial information on buildings and infrastructure is expected to increase in the future. In Toyota Woven City—which is currently under construction as an experimental city where various technologies can be tried for the well-being of people—we've been exploring the ideal form of spatial information, including building information modeling (BIM) data, while closely observing the needs of a wide variety of users. Based on the knowledge we've gained there, we've been developing spatial information of building structures for various users outside the construction industry from the client's perspective, as well as developing databases and APIs to provide this information in an open-data format. We hope that sharing our experiences will help accelerate the development of spatial information as the future social data infrastructure.
Future Briefings
- BLD4763 | AEC Futures Briefing - Autodesk Tandem
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PDT
Digital twins have made significant progress over the last few years, What started with Twin Building has now progressed to Insightful Operations, with Informative Twins on the horizon. Join the Autodesk Tandem team as they to discuss Tandem's strategy and roadmap, share exciting insight, enhancements and talk about partners and integrations opportunities. Previously: Twin Building From being able to structure, gather, manage, and verify facility data to integrating operational systems within the same Descriptive Twin, Autodesk Tandem's made the creation of digital twins to be a highly repeatable, natural output of the project lifecycle. Now: Insightful Operations With a simplified user experience, Autodesk Tandem offers curated dashboards which highlight the data that matters most to you. By establishing KPIs and tolerance thresholds, users can accurately measure facility performance and be alerted to issues. Next: Portfolio Optimizing Looking to the near future, we will be optimizing the experience for property portfolios, giving users the power to view all their facilities' data in one central hub. This phase will also provide analytics to predict future events and suggest actions for streamlining operations.
Theater Talk
- TH4931 | Preserving the Past, Pioneering the Future
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM PDT
Explore industry trends and pioneering ideas from leaders in the Design and Make community. Theater sessions feature short talks on critical themes, from AI and the future of work to business resiliency in a time of digital transformation. Walk-ins are welcome.
The past is the foundation for our present—and our potential. Whether you’re talking about existing structures that we can repurpose for the future, historical artifacts that can inform our understanding of ourselves today, or circular approaches to managing finite resources, learn how we can redefine concepts of waste, combine experience with current data to create new possibilities, and use new technologies and approaches to do more with what exists—and what existed long ago.
Jessica Smith
Customer Engagement Specialist, Autodesk Tandem
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@bfranza7ZK7Z I'm told that most AU sessions are recorded. The sessions that are recorded will be available online after AU is done.
Jessica Smith
Customer Engagement Specialist, Autodesk Tandem
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