An interactive Autodesk AI showcase and industry use-case workshop for consultants and contractors.
SOLVING REAL PROJECT PROBLEMS WITH AUTODESK AI
What could AI take off your team’s plate
13 November 2026
2:30pm – 5:30pm
BCA Academy
AI is rapidly moving beyond general-purpose chatbots and into the tools, BIM models and project information environments that built-environment teams already work with. Instead of asking “What can AI do?”, let’s explore what problems could AI help your team to solve.
Join Autodesk and AcePLP for an interactive session exploring practical applications of AI across design, BIM and project delivery.
join the session
We will start with selected Autodesk AI capabilities and use cases, supported by demonstrations using Revit and Autodesk Forma Data Management. We will then turn the conversation to the challenges that matter to you.
see ai applied to real aeco workflows
Rather than presenting AI as a collection of features, we will explore how it could change the way project teams work.
finding information faster
Instead of manually searching through models and project information, how can teams ask for the information they need?
improving bim productivity
Can AI help interrogate models, identify missing information, support QA or reduce repetitive modelling work?
UNDERSTANDING PROJECT STATUS
Could project teams ask questions such as “What RFIs are still outstanding?” or “Where should I be paying attention?”
CONNECTING INFORMATION AND WORKFLOWS
What becomes possible when BIM models, documents, approvals and other project information are managed within a connected environment?
REDUCING REPETITIVE WORK
Which tasks are still being manually checked, tracked, copied between systems or repeatedly reported—and could some of that work be automated?
bring us your problem
you don't need to arrive with the solution
Participants will join facilitated roundtable discussions with participants to identify the project problems they would most like AI to help resolve.
Think about the work that causes your team frustration today:
- Information that takes too long to find
- Repetitive BIM checking or data entry
- RFIs that are difficult to trace back to model changes
- Disconnected design and approval processes
- Project information scattered across systems
- Manual progress tracking and reporting
- Repetitive coordination work
- Information that has to be entered more than once
- Management questions that take hours to answer
- A workflow you know should be easier—but isn't
Bring the problem. We’ll explore what AI, automation and better-connected project information could do about it.
what you will take away
By the end of the session, you should have a clearer understanding of:
See practical examples rather than generic AI concepts.
Explore your organisation’s actual problems with Autodesk, AcePLP and industry peers.
Understand why the quality and accessibility of BIM and project information matters.
Identify workflows that may be suitable for configuration, automation, integration or a future AI proof of concept.
One of the key lessons from AcePLP’s current Revit work is that AI answers are only as reliable as the BIM information underneath them; similarly, Autodesk’s construction discussions emphasised that useful project queries depend on the relevant data being available in the project environment.
who should attend?
This session is intended for built-environment professionals involved in design, BIM, digital delivery, information management and construction, including:
BIM and Digital Delivery Managers · Architects · Engineers · Project Managers · Design Managers · Construction Managers · Information Managers · Digital Transformation Leads · Innovation Teams · Technology Leaders
Whether you work for a consultancy or contractor, we particularly want to hear from people who understand where their teams are losing time today.
We want to start with the work happening on projects today.
You will see selected Autodesk use cases, discuss the problems facing your own organisation, and help identify the workflows where AI could deliver meaningful value.
Some problems may already be addressable.
Some may require better-structured BIM or project information.
Some may need workflow configuration or integration.
And some may not yet be practical.
The objective is to find out which is which.
COME PREPARED WITH ONE QUESTION
If AI could remove one repetitve, frustrating or inefficient part of your project workflow, what would you want it to solve?
We will ask you this during registration so that we can incorporate participants’ priorities into the workshop.