Features
- Project management: RFIs, submittals, meetings, correspondence, and schedules in one connected system
- Cost management: budgets, contracts, change orders, pay applications, expenses, and forecasts
- Quality and safety: inspections, quality issues, safety observations, and dashboards
- Specifications: spec books split into searchable sections, linked to submittals and RFIs
- Schedules: import Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, or Asta schedules and link them to project data
- Weekly work plans: 3–6 week look-aheads with commitment tracking
- Closeout: collect closeout documents and prepare as-builts and turnover packages
- Field and mobile: sheets, issues, forms, and photos on the Forma mobile app, with offline support
- Reporting: custom dashboards, KPI templates, and Data Connector for BI tools
- Integrations: 400+ pre-built integrations with ERP, CRM, and other systems
AI in Forma Build
- Autodesk Assistant: ask questions in plain language to find project information and generate summaries
- Construction IQ: identifies and prioritizes risks across design, quality, safety, and project controls
- AutoSpecs: generates submittal logs from specifications and flags items that may be missing
- Photo autotags, sheet number extraction, and AI in Specifications
Forma Build vs. Forma Build Essentials
| Forma Build | Forma Build Essentials | |
| For | Teams that need full project and cost controls |
Small contractor teams and multi-job field work |
| Includes | Everything in Essentials, plus project management, cost management, advanced permissions, reporting, and AI | Issues, forms, photos, sheets, and files; simple setup |
| Shared projects | Yes: Essentials and Build users work in the same projects and data, with access set by license type |
Forma Build Essentials launched in March 2026. It is not the same product as the former Autodesk Build; Forma Build is the renamed Autodesk Build.
Who Uses Forma Build
General contractors, construction managers, and owners' teams that run projects from the office and the jobsite. Project managers use it for RFIs, submittals, schedules, and cost; field teams use it on mobile for issues, inspections, and daily work.
How to Buy Forma Build
- Forma Build: monthly, annual, or multi-year subscription
- Forma Build Essentials: for smaller teams with simpler needs
- Forma for Construction Operations: a bundle of Forma Build, Forma Data Management, AutoSpecs, Pype Closeout, and Forma Construction Connect
Exceptional Training and Support
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Course Catalog
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