Autodesk Forma Build

What Autodesk Forma Build is

Autodesk Forma Build is construction project software that connects office, trailer, and jobsite teams. It supports management of documents, costs, quality, safety, and collaboration, with project workflows for RFIs, submittals, meetings, issues, forms, and schedule tracking. The Autodesk Forma mobile app provides access to project data even offline. Forma Build Essentials focuses on field work with punch lists, issue management, daily reports and forms, current sheets and files, and mobile field access.

Autodesk describes AI features in Build including Autodesk Assistant, Construction IQ, photo autotags, automatic sheet extraction, and AI-assisted specification and submittal workflows. Integrations include Forma Design Collaboration, Forma Data Management, TradeTapp, accounting integration, and Forma Construction Connect, which supports custom connections to more than 200 systems. Autodesk also describes an AECO technology partner ecosystem with more than 400 integrations. The software is listed for Android, iOS, web, and API. Paid plans include Forma Build Essentials at $100 per user monthly and Forma Build - per user at $175 per user monthly; a broader Forma Build plan is available through sales. A 30-day trial is available, but trial users who do not subscribe when it ends lose access to their projects.

Who it suits

Forma Build suits construction teams coordinating office, trailer, and jobsite work across project documents, costs, safety, quality, and collaboration. Essentials may suit teams focused on field tools, while the per-user plan includes project management, cost management, and field execution.

Limits

The free trial lasts 30 days; users who do not subscribe afterward lose access to their projects. For plans with sheet-count tiers, all sheets in a user's Sheets area across projects count toward the limit, including revisions; files in the Files area do not count.

Getting started

1. Open the Autodesk Forma Build website.
2. Start the free 30-day trial.
3. Access the service on web, Android, or iOS through the Autodesk Forma mobile app.
4. Invite users to projects during the trial.
5. Choose Forma Build Essentials, Forma Build - per user, or contact sales for Forma Build.

Verdict

Choose Forma Build if your construction team needs connected project workflows and mobile field access, with Essentials and per-user paid options. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or cannot subscribe after the trial, since trial users then lose project access.