iOFFICE + SpaceIQ Announces Strategic Investment by Autodesk

iOFFICE + SpaceIQ Announces Strategic Investment by Autodesk

by | Sep 28, 2021 | ARCHIBUS, Autodesk, IWMS, Workplace & Facility Management

iOFFICE + SpaceIQ, a leader in the digital transformation of workplace and asset management, today announced a strategic investment by Autodesk, a global technology leader spanning architecture, engineering, construction, product design, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The investment, which follows the recent combination of iOFFICE + SpaceIQ, will provide integrated solutions that give businesses unequaled ability to analyze and optimize all aspects of their real estate and mission-critical assets. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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The pandemic has heightened focus on maximizing value and increasing efficiency of facilities, with executives reporting cost reduction as their top real estate priority in a recent survey by analyst firm Verdantix. However, occupancy and operations workflows are often fragmented, making it difficult to leverage data from siloed systems. Autodesk’s Building Information Modeling (BIM) expertise will help address these challenges by enabling comprehensive visibility needed to strategically plan and manage physical resources during operations.

“Combining design, operational and performance data and workflows in a single platform to improve the comfort, safety and efficiency of building assets has never been more important,” said Nick Stefanidakis, General Manager, Archibus, an iOFFICE + SpaceIQ product. “The strategic investment from Autodesk allows us to deliver the solutions organizations need to meet this demand.”

Archibus Application

iOFFICE + SpaceIQ represent the industry’s most comprehensive solutions portfolio for integrated workplace and enterprise asset management platforms. More than 10,000 customers worldwide leverage these tools to manage more than 2 billion square feet of space valued at more than $64B. The company’s platforms, including widely deployed IWMS Archibus, help 170,000-plus maintenance technicians respond to 1.3M work orders a month. The Archibus platform was one of Autodesk’s first developer partners, and this investment expands the combined capabilities to increase collaboration and scalability.

“Users of both Archibus and Autodesk products will see value in a tighter integration of BIM-based design and construction data with operations insights and workflows to optimize facility performance, comfort and sustainability,” Stefanidakis said. “Owners and occupiers can leverage these operational data to make better, more informed, design and construction choices.”

Autodesk has been a globally recognized leader in BIM design, engineering, and construction solutions for nearly thirty years and recently brought BIM to the world of digital twins, including the launch of Autodesk Tandem™ and the acquisition of Innovyze®. Autodesk views this investment as another strategic step in the company’s efforts to bring BIM, and digital twin technologies, to the full project lifecycle from design through operations and maintenance.

“BIM is at the core of Autodesk’s AEC business and serves as the foundation of the digital transformation now underway in the building industry from design through operations,” added Nicolas Mangon, Vice President, Architecture, Engineering and Construction Industry Strategy at Autodesk. “Owners and operators play an increasingly significant role in combatting climate change through improved building efficiency and creating flexible and resilient workplaces when working conditions suddenly change. Our investment in iOFFICE + SpaceIQ recognizes the importance of giving them the tools they need to meet these challenges.”

Autodesk and iOFFICE + SpaceIQ currently offer integrations between Autodesk Revit® and AutoCAD® and Archibus with plans for future integrations with the Autodesk Construction Cloud® and Autodesk’s Forge® platform. Customers, including global housing and construction provider Daiwa House, have already leveraged the existing integration to benefit their businesses.

“Daiwa House has developed a strategy for creating and managing building data so that building owners can make more data-driven decisions while reducing the guesswork of operations and maintenance,” said Takaaki Miyauchi, Senior Manager, Construction Digital Promotion Department at Daiwa House. “Archibus and Autodesk’s BIM-related products have been at the center of our strategy to bring the project model and asset operations together. The investment Autodesk is making in iOFFICE + SpaceIQ will fully bring BIM to building operations, which is so important to the digital transformation of building operations and the future of the built world.”

Robotech’s Services

Robotech CAD Solutions, Inc. is a Software & Services Solution Provider for CAD, BIM and IWMS applications. We offer Autodesk software & services for design automation, and Archibus IWMS suite of products for Corporate Workplace & Facility Management. Robotech offers full implementation, training and support services for CAD, BIM and IWMS implementation.

Our mission is helping you be successful with your design-automation and facility-management operation using Autodesk and Archibus technology. Our experienced and friendly technical staff consultants, developers, trainers and tech support engineers will help maintaining and improve your CAD, BIM or CAFM operation. Robotech’s customer satisfaction rate is consistently perfect score according to Autodesk’s monitoring analytics.

What is Autodesk AEC Collection?

What is Autodesk AEC Collection?

by | Aug 13, 2020 | Autodesk, BIM

The AEC Collection provides designers, engineers, and contractors a set of BIM and CAD tools that support projects from early-stage design through to construction. Create high-quality, high-performing building and infrastructure designs with conceptual and detailed design tools. Optimize projects with integrated analysis, generative design, and visualization and simulation tools. Improve predictability in the field with tools that maximize constructability and project coordination. See how you can use both AutoCAD and Revit in your design process, re-using legacy data:

Contact us at 201-792-6300 or email us at [email protected] to learn more about a complete set of tools that enables efficiency

Listening to concerns “top priority” says Autodesk following architects’ criticism of BIM software

Listening to concerns “top priority” says Autodesk following architects’ criticism of BIM software

by | Jul 31, 2020 | Autodesk

 

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Software company Autodesk has said it will address the concerns of its customers after 17 of the UK’s largest architecture practices wrote a letter criticising the cost and lack of development of Revit.The American software company vowed to listen to the feedback within the open letter to its president Andrew Anagnost, which describes architects dissatisfaction with Building Information Modelling (BIM) software Revit.

“Engaging, listening to and addressing the concerns of our customers is a top priority for Autodesk, and we appreciate the feedback we received in the open letter,” said a representative of Autodesk.

Signed by 17 of the UK’s largest architecture practices including Zaha Hadid Architects, Grimshaw and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, the letter states that costs of the application have risen rapidly in the past five years, but the product hasn’t been developed at a similar rate.

“Concerns relate to the increasing cost of ownership and the operation of Autodesk’s Revit software and fundamentally its lack of development,” said the architects’ letter.

“A need to prioritise resources”

Autodesk acknowledged that some of the concerns raised by the architecture studios were valid and deserve its attention.

“While there are points it raised that we disagree with, there are also issues raised that we must take to heart, which highlight areas where we’ve fallen short,” said the representative.

In response to the letter’s claim that Revit is not been developed quickly enough to meet the needs of architects, the software company explained that it had been focusing on developing the application for engineering and construction companies.

“Over the past several years, we increased our product development to serve engineering and construction customers, because we believe having a multi-disciplinary BIM model connected to construction enables better collaboration among all project team members,” said the representative.

“As with any business, there is a need to prioritise resources. We do recognise the need to balance and have recently increased our development on the architectural capabilities of Revit.”

“Expect to see progress in the future”

Autodesk assured architects that it has a plan in place to develop Revit, which is available to read on its website, and that it understood architects concerns over its shifting pricing models.

“Expect to see progress here in the future,” said the representative.

“We also empathise with customers that have gone through different license models in the last few years as we’ve transformed Autodesk to become a subscription-based company that can serve our customers better,” the representative continued.

“We’ve done our best to balance these changes with a more valuable experience and trade-in offers that give long-time customers a path to experience these benefits at a cost consistent with what they pay today.”

Autodesk is an American software company that is best-known for creating computer-aided design (CAD) software AutoCAD.

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Autodesk Transition to Named User Licensing

Autodesk Transition to Named User Licensing

by | Jul 14, 2020 | Autodesk

Transition to named users

Autodesk is switching multi-user subscriptions (network deployments) to  “named user” subscriptions (single user standalone).  During this transition, you can receive 2 standalone subscriptions for each network subscription.  This becomes available on the 1st subscription renewal, whenever that occurs, on or after August 7, 2020.  You can continue to renew the multi-user subscription for one more year, but in that case you will miss the opportunity to receive the 2 for 1 subscription offer; upon next renewal, you will be transitioned to a single user license at a 1:1 ratio. The 2 for 1 pricing discount will be in effect until 2028, with 5% increases every other year, but can only be obtained at your first renewal.

Top ten named user benefits
See ten reasons to transition your company to a named user plan at your first renewal.

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To learn more visit:
https://www.autodesk.com/campaigns/transition-to-named-user

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Mark Henze
Robotech CAD Solutions
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