Get inspired by outcomes and customer stories

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So how can Forma be used?

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We want to show you some of the potential that lies in Forma by talking through three customer stories from our customers at Sweco,

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CUBE3 and Nordic Architects.

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At Autodesk, we want to provide technology that helps our customers reach their desired business outcomes.

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These outcomes can be thought of a measurable end state where you, as a customer, reach optimal value.

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Although each firm might have some outcomes that are unique to them,

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we believe that there are common value drivers within the building sector.

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Some of these are listed here: business growth, operational efficiency,

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risk or risk reduction, and health, safety and sustainability.

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This diagram shows some outcomes associated with the four value drivers identified for the building's industry.

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Forma can help you achieve many of these.

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And in the following section, we will highlight some outcomes and showcase how different firms have achieved these using Forma.

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The first outcome we want to highlight is improved design quality, essentially the ability to meet a customer's reliability,

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conformance and durability expectations,

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while delivering the features and aesthetics they expect.

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Sweco architects have been able to improve design quality using Forma.

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In fact, they use Forma as a central part of a new data driven business model,

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where early stage assessments can be offered to customers on a fixed fee basis,

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given the confidence Sweco designers have in the datasets, and analysis tools Forma can bring to bear on a project concept.

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The second outcome that we wanna highlight falls under the value,

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driver of improving a company's operational efficiency with the ability to reduce overall design time and improve collaboration.

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This is critical in today's marketplace where the project overruns are almost expected and associated reputations are tarnished.

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Reducing design time has many other associated benefits including increased productivity,

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providing more time to innovate and ultimately improving business growth.

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CUBE3 are one of the first customers in the United States to adopt Forma.

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They view Forma as central to their digital strategy helping them attract and retain talent,

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foster collaboration amongst designers and shorten iterative design cycles with their customers.

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They have been able to realize the 50-66% time savings in the early stage conceptual design with Forma.

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They have also been able to improve team communication with Forma being the kickstarter for the company's broader digital transformation.

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The final outcome we wanna highlight using a customer story is the possibility to reduce errors,

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in rework and ultimately reduce risk in projects.

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This is very important as during the construction phase of projects,

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the cost of rework ranges from 15% of the total project cost.

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This is why reduction in errors in the building design environment is a goal of all AECO firms.

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The use of BIM itself reduces project error, and improved collaboration processes help to amplify this benefit.

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The customer story we wanna share relating to this is from the Nordic Office of Architecture in Oslo, Norway.

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They use Forma to radically improve their design process and enable informed collaborative designs in reducing rework.

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Forma has become the starting point for their projects, enabling a holistic perspective from planning through operations.

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While reducing the amount of files they create for a project, and being able to have better data for each design decision,

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they are creating better, more informed buildings and spaces from the get go.