Further building out its investments in the operations space, Autodesk announced on Sept. 21 that it is entering into a partnership with iOFFICE + SpaceIQ, a provider of management software for capital planning and asset management for commercial buildings and properties.
The deal will bring greater integration between the asset management capabilities of iOFFICE + SpaceIQ and Autodesk’s BIM workflows, including its digital twin for owners product, Tandem. “An owner wants to organize their BIM by room, not by discipline,” says Nicolas Mangon, Autodesk vice president. “Owner-operators will never use BIM in their operations until they have the right digital twin.” Tandem was intended to bridge that gap between design BIM and an operational digital twin, but this partnership will bring capital planning and asset management into the mix as well, Mangon says. “There are already some integrations in AutoCAD, but besides Tandem we’re also working on some ways to bring data back in for smaller renovations and capital improvements into Revit.”