Often people works in different software and software versions. Traditional approach is file centric, which means you’re working in a desktop application, then you send a file to somebody (using email or file-sharing service) and then you go back and forth with different updates.

Today, project stakeholders usually aren’t working in the same building on the same server but they are located in different places and around the globe. The basic requirement of a good collaboration is to have a single source of truth. Collaboration means: a better end product, a project completed on time and within budget, less effort and money spent on avoiding risk, clashes and conflicts resolved before construction begins, reduced RFIs. Collaboration has become a buzz-word in the AEC industry. Nowadays, more and more firms utilizes cloud and mobile tools in their workflows. They cover topics like design authoring, collaboration, clash detection, coordination, quality/safety, progress tracking, maintenance. They cover a lot of different topics and different ranges of the project time frame.

It is not a single product but an Autodesk registered brand and the collective term used for all BIM 360 products. BIM 360 is Autodesk’s response to the problem of collaboration among project stakeholders from multiple companies or sites. Autodesk BIM 360 is a suite of cloud-based products that can be used during design, pre-construction, construction, commissioning, and handover.

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