Outbuild, a construction scheduling and planning software company, announced a new integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud®, a portfolio of software and services that combines advanced technology, a builders network and predictive insights for construction teams. This integration allows construction professionals to directly integrate their schedule into Autodesk® Build, eliminating the need to rely on manual file imports.
An up-to-date construction schedule is critical to project success, but historically, schedules have been managed in siloed, legacy software that the majority of key project stakeholders cannot access. Miscommunication related to the schedule can lead to delays and rework, therefore increasing project costs. A study by Autodesk and FMI revealed that 48% of all rework in U.S. construction projects stems from miscommunication and poor project data, resulting in an estimated $31.3 billion in rework costs annually. Outbuild’s new integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud directly addresses this issue, providing an integrated solution aimed to improve efficiency related to updating and sharing the project schedule, ensuring project stakeholders are always in the loop.
“This integration offers powerful functionality for planning, designing, building and delivering projects on schedule,” said Franco Giaquinto, CEO, Outbuild. “Together, Outbuild and Autodesk are empowering construction industry professionals to turn projects over on time and with better alignment and fewer conflicts.This integration – along with the others we continue to develop – supports our mission to break down silos and seamlessly connect the schedule to every other piece of construction data.”
According to Giaquinto, the integration streamlines real-time coordination and ensures that schedules in the project’s system of record always reflect the latest changes. With just a click, users can export updated schedules from Outbuild directly into Autodesk Build Files, and from there the most recent schedule will automatically sync into the Schedule module within Autodesk Build, where it can be used for downstream tasks like connecting work plans.
Outbuild’s modern scheduling interface also adds efficiencies to the upfront process of creating and updating the schedule—with its targeted functionality, purpose-built for construction, Outbuild users can create schedules in half the time compared to many legacy scheduling applications.
“Centralized, real-time schedule coordination enhances collaboration among architects, engineers, contractors and owners,” said James Cook – director of industry & technology partnerships at Autodesk. “By integrating schedules created and managed in Outbuild with Autodesk Construction Cloud, project managers and field teams gain better visibility into their projects, empowering them to deliver superior outcomes.”
Users of both Outbuild and Autodesk Build can begin accessing this integration immediately within their Outbuild integration settings.
Outbuild customers are already seeing the value of integrating their schedule with their project management system. According to Outbuild integration user Zach Carlsen at Blox Construction, “Outbuild provides us the opportunity to quickly and efficiently keep our project schedule up to date with real time happenings in the field, and [our integration] also keeps our clients in the loop.”
