SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 13,
2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK)
today announced the international expansion of BuildingConnected, a
construction management solution that centralizes and streamlines
the bidding process, and encompasses the Autodesk Construction
Cloud builders network, a crowdsourced network of construction
professionals. Owners and general contractors use BuildingConnected
to discover trade partners and identify the right subcontractor for
the job, and to solicit and compare bids – also referred to as
tenders – from one central location. With its international
expansion, the BuildingConnected solution is now available in the
United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.
"There are more than one million construction professionals on
the BuildingConnected network in North
America alone, with over 2,000 general contractors and
owners actively bidding out projects – totaling $56 billion in project values each month," said
Jim Lynch, vice president and
general manager of Autodesk Construction Solutions.
"BuildingConnected effectively replaces an antiquated approach that
has relied on Rolodexes and spreadsheets, and ensures the right
teams are in place for every kind of construction project, whether
a commercial building, data center, medical facility or
infrastructure project. As BuildingConnected further expands
internationally, we want to empower construction firms around the
world with the resources they need to increase productivity and
decrease project risk."
For estimating teams, BuildingConnected helps save time and
increases collaboration in managing the bidding process with
automated workflows that facilitate securing the best team for a
construction project. Estimators and bid coordinators can use the
solution's network of subcontractors and bid management
capabilities to find, qualify and invite subcontractors to bid on a
job, and then use its advanced bid comparison features to view all
bid packages from one place with access to the real-time status of
bids and project costs.
BuildingConnected empowers preconstruction teams to:
- Quickly solicit bids with customizable templates and accurately
compare those bids in a side-by-side "apples-to-apples"
fashion
- Track against internal budgets with real-time cost updates
- Easily collaborate with other estimators on the team, and
follow communications and bid versions
- Export bids and summary sheets for transparent collaboration
with owners
- Gain valuable insight into historical bid data and reports to
optimize for future projects
Save time and reduce risk through the tendering process in
the United Kingdom and
Ireland
Inviting, submitting and reviewing tenders has historically been
a tedious and time-consuming process, with building companies in
the United Kingdom and
Ireland commonly using a piecemeal
combination of software such as email, cloud-hosted files, in-house
technology and in many cases, paper. Using disconnected systems
during tendering often results in inefficiencies and data loss that
leads to costly mistakes, with general contractors and
subcontractors losing time chasing or adding information after
proposals are submitted.
"Mitigating risk during the preconstruction phase, which is when
costly rework is most avoidable, is massively important to any
company's gross margin," said Mike
Pettinella, director of EMEA sales of Autodesk Construction
Solutions. "Keeping data loss to a minimum while planning
construction projects is one of the most critical aspects of
mitigating risk. By bringing the entire tendering process under one
roof, teams can keep both communication and data fluid, transparent
and consistent across stakeholders. BuildingConnected will have a
big impact for construction companies in the U.K. and Ireland on both sides of the tendering
process."
To learn more about the survey of construction firms in the
United Kingdom and Ireland, please visit here.
Standardize and centralize communication during the tendering
process in Australia and
New Zealand
According to research soon to be released by Autodesk, both
general contractors and specialty contractors in Australia and New
Zealand call out centralized communication as a top quality
that determines repeat business with a subcontractor. By
standardizing and bringing all tender-related communication to one
central location, BuildingConnected empowers teams to be
transparent and collaborate more effectively.
"Information siloes and communication breakdowns have
unfortunately become an accepted part of the tendering process"
said Mark Swann, Construction
Manager at Serneke Australia, a construction and development
company focused on multi-residential and community buildings.
"BuildingConnected gives us back a tremendous amount of time from
chasing emails and updating addendums to tenders. We can now
immediately track and follow up with subcontractors, all from one
location where we have access to the most up-to-date information
for seamless and efficient tender management."
Join our webinars to learn more about preconstruction and
BuildingConnected
For construction professionals in the UK and Ireland, join us on October 15, 2020 to learn more about connected
construction and tackling procurement challenges in
preconstruction. We'll explore recently conducted research to
examine how clients, main contractors and subcontractors approach
procurement today. You can register to attend the event here.
For construction professionals in Australia and New
Zealand, join us on November 4,
2020, as we host a panel of building procurement experts who
will share their experiences tackling the challenges of procurement
and discuss findings from our recent research on how owners, head
contractors and subcontractors approach procurement today. You can
register to attend the event here.
BuildingConnected is now available for customers in Australia, New
Zealand, United Kingdom and
Ireland. For more details and key
features, visit the Autodesk Construction Cloud blog.
About Autodesk
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ever driven a high-performance car, admired a towering skyscraper,
used a smartphone, or watched a great film, chances are you've
experienced what millions of Autodesk customers are doing with our
software. Autodesk gives you the power to make anything. For more
information visit autodesk.com or follow @autodesk.
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