Artificial intelligence for construction management

AI for Construction

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Leverage Autodesk artificial intelligence to help automate everyday construction workflows and surface insights to streamline decision making.

AI for construction risk management

Construction risk management

With Autodesk AI, teams get the benefit of real-time risk analytics for earlier visibility into high-risk issues and RFIs. Earlier access gives more time to consider alternatives. The earlier these risks are resolved the more teams can prevent costly downstream impacts.

AI for construction document management

Document management

Simplify file management with the ability to instantly extract title block information from drawings or automatically section a specification. Additionally, leverage Construction IQ during the design review process to predict high risk design issues.

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AI for construction bid management

Bid management and qualification

Improve organization and streamline bidding with Autodesk AI powered features like automatic bidder recommendations based on location and trade expertise as well as bid forwarding to help subcontractors manage and group bid invitations.

AI for construction quantification & estimating

Quantification and estimating

Minimize mundane and tedious tasks during takeoff with AI powered features like automated symbol detection to easily identify and bulk count symbols on a drawing.

Construction cost management software for cost budgeting

Project management

Speed up submittal workflows with the ability to generate automated submittal logs as well as suggest missing submittals from a specification. Increase visibility and take action to resolve high risk RFI’s with Construction IQ.

AI for construction quality & safety

Quality and safety

Analyze and prioritize high risk quality and safety issues with Construction IQ. Easily find relevant photos with automatic photo tagging for safety or quality reviews, progress tracking offsite, payment verification or historical reference.

See AI for construction in action

Construction IQ

Analyze project data to identify and prioritize design, quality, safety, and project control risks.

AutoSpecs

Automatically identify potentially missing submittal items before construction starts.

Automated Symbol Detection

Easily identify and bulk count symbols to save time and minimize manual takeoff processes.

Take a deep dive into Autodesk AI for construction.

Construction professionals using Autodesk AI
Improving efficiency with Autodesk AI

Overview of Autodesk AI features within construction and how they can help teams with radical efficiency gains.

Autodesk Assistant in action
Work Smarter with Autodesk Assistant

Find out how Autodesk Assistant helps subcontractors find relevant project information in seconds.

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Autodesk AI

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Frequently Asked Questions for Autodesk AI for Construction Management

Autodesk AI is technology available in Autodesk products and native to Autodesk’s Design and Make Platform. Autodesk AI augments design and engineering processes, automates tedious and repetitive work, and analyzes project data to offer predictive insights.

Autodesk AI can bring numerous benefits to a construction project:

  • Radical efficiency gains: whether it is in rapid iterative design and analysis, automated takeoff and submittals, or getting easier access to all project data, we can reuse time wasted on non-optimal work and improve productivity.

  • Earlier access to information: so that we can consider more alternatives and insights. And when we can get access to this information earlier on, it means that we can prevent more costly risk downstream.

  • Better decision making: teams are armed with the information they need to make smart decisions, in a timely way, that minimizes risk throughout projects. When teams make better decisions, jobs are finished on time, within budget and everyone on the jobsite goes home safely at the end of each day.

Our customers are industry experts and this industry has a lot of variability across projects and regions. For the foreseeable future, we see opportunities for AI to automate, provide insights, and provide design alternatives, but always with the expert in control.​ AI will serve as a digital assistant, but the professional will still be the one giving instructions to the system, engineering prompts, making selections from various design alternatives that the system generates, and controlling the final product.

Autodesk AI is beneficial for a wide range of professionals across all phases of the construction industry including project managers, site engineers, construction planners, architects, builders, contractors, and safety managers.

Autodesk Build leverages Autodesk AI-powered tools to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and support smarter, faster decision-making throughout the project lifecycle. For example, Autodesk Assistant brings the power of conversational AI to construction professionals, helping users quickly find information, validate data, and generate summaries. Construction IQ analyzes project data, identifying and prioritizing risks across design, quality, safety, and project management. Autotags on Photos uses machine learning to automatically add construction related tags to project photos, making it easier to organize, search and find the photos you need. The Sheets tool automatically extracts sheet numbers and titles from multi-page PDFs, so teams can quickly find the drawings they need – when they need them. ACC AutoSpecs analyzes specification documents and automatically generates submittal logs in minutes, while AI in the Specifications tool breaks down lengthy spec books into easily digestible sections – saving time, reducing errors, and giving teams clearer insight into design intent and risk. Autodesk AI also analyzes current specifications alongside historical project data to suggest potentially missing items. These are just a few of the AI features currently available in Autodesk Build.

Autodesk Takeoff includes a growing set of Autodesk AI-powered capabilities designed to make quantification workflows faster and more accurate. For example, Autodesk Assistant uses conversational AI, giving users more intuitive and flexible ways to access, validate, and summarize critical information in published specifications. Automated Symbol Detection lets users trace a single symbol, and Autodesk AI automatically detects and counts all matching symbols on the drawing. The Specifications tool provides easier access to spec information and AI breaks large, complex spec books into digestible, searchable sections, making it easier for estimators to find what matters. Additionally, Construction IQ brings risk awareness to the preconstruction phase by analyzing project data and identifying potential issues early. These are just a few of the AI features currently available in Autodesk Takeoff.

Autodesk Docs includes a growing set of Autodesk AI-powered capabilities designed to help project teams work smarter and make more informed decisions throughout the project lifecycle. For example, Autodesk Assistant brings the power of conversational AI to construction professionals, helping users navigate, summarize, and validate project specifications more efficiently. Construction IQ analyzes project data to identify and prioritize risks for earlier visibility into downstream impacts. Automated Drawing Extraction uses OCR to extract key attributes from project drawings, providing a more advanced way to manage documents. Additionally, within the Specifications tool, AI breaks down lengthy spec books into more digestible sections for easier consumption and understanding in both the office and the field. These are just a few of the AI features currently available in Autodesk Docs.

Autodesk AI enhances preconstruction workflows in BuildingConnected Pro, Bid Board Pro, and TradeTapp with capabilities designed to reduce busywork and give users more time to focus on building strong project teams. BuildingConnected’s Recommendation Engine helps teams quickly find the right subcontractors for projects by suggesting bidders based on location, trade expertise, and past performance. Bid Forwarding pulls key details from bid invitations received outside of BuildingConnected and organizes them in Bid Board, making it easier for subcontractors to manage and aggregate all their invites in a centralized location. TradeTapp’s Financial Data Extraction uses AI to turn PDF financial statements into structured data, giving a clearer, more complete view of a subcontractor’s financial qualifications. These are just a few of the AI features currently available in BuildingConnected Pro, Bid Board Pro, and TradeTapp.

Some Autodesk AI-powered features do not leverage machine learning and so do not require data for training of the underlying models. When an AI feature does require data for training, Autodesk uses different data sources depending on the feature. You can learn more about whether a Autodesk AI feature relies on machine learning and what data sources are used for training in the Trusted AI section of  Autodesk's Trust Center.