As 2019 dawns, Autodesk is in the process of closing the third of a series of acquisitions it has negotiated in the past 18 months to build out a construction support workflow system to extend the reach of its flagship construction industry products—Autodesk BIM 360, Revit and AutoCAD—deeper into the process of getting projects set up and accomplished.
The latest acquisition, which is expected to close in January, is a $275-million deal to acquire the preconstruction workflow system and user network of BuildingConnected. It joins a growing portfolio of construction workflow tools Autodesk has been picking up or investing in, which has accelerated since Andrew Anagnost succeeded Carl Bass as president and CEO in June, 2017. The moves pull closer into the Autodesk orbit technologies and services that support the conversion of the ideas defined by Autodesk’s design products—the company’s traditional core offerings—into the processes and outcome of construction.