The latest Autodesk University user conference, held in London in June with an estimated 2,000 attendees, showcased some of the recent achievements in the automation of design and construction.

Chinese contractors take the plunge into prefab and BIM for island-hopping roadway

Contractors must consider an array of issues in designing and outfitting prefabrication sites that are both cost effective and efficient

Schedule expedited by collaborative planning of key modules and offsite prefabrication of load-bearing walls

A new industry study reveals that far too many owners are unfamiliar with, or hesitant to use, off-site construction methods like modularization

In response to customer demands to deliver projects more quickly and cheaply, design firms increasingly are looking at modular design and construction to streamline the construction process.

A P3 agreement and prefabrication of everything from bathrooms to ductwork and piping help deliver the project quickly and on budget

Component building company Project Frog received an investment last week from software developer Autodesk to create a cloud-based data platform that connects the architectural design process with manufacturing and project delivery.

A young Boston-area start-up, ManufactOn has entered into a non-exclusive partnership with Autodesk, which plans to integrate ManufactOn's cloud and mobile software for optimizing materials and prefabrication supply-chain management with Autodesk's BIM 360 construction management platform. The partnership was announced on Sept. 18.

Inside the future manufacturing facility for one of New England’s largest MEP/HVAC specialty contractors, J.C. Cannistraro LLC, Jim Lynch rhetorically asks what software Cannistraro uses to control its shop-floor machines.