Hotel
We suggest the following hotel:
This 3-day event will take place at the Broadmoor Hotel, a Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond Resort. Known for its award-winning hospitality, the Broadmoor is tucked away in the mountains, providing stunning views and a luxury resort experience.
This 3-day event will take place at the Broadmoor Hotel, a Forbes Five-Star, AAA Five-Diamond Resort. Known for its award-winning hospitality, the Broadmoor is tucked away in the mountains, providing stunning views and a luxury resort experience.
automated design workshop
Who Should Attend From Your Firm?
Practice, Discipline, and Studio/Design leaders
Design Technology / BIM–VDC leaders and standards owners
Computational design and automation leaders
Delivery excellence, QA/QC, and content governance owners
Tech–Design pairs aligning on the future operating model for design
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A shared view of the future design value chain where value is moving, what should be protected, and what must be reinvented
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Means & methods deep dives, including:
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How design production changes when automation and AI assistance become default
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Model-based delivery workflows, handoffs, and decision points that impact schedule and quality
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Governance patterns for standards, content libraries, and QA/QC in an accelerated tool landscape
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Roles and responsibilities: what shifts between designers, technologists, and project teams
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Explicit technical strategy discussions on the emerging “design stack,” including:
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LLMs as process orchestrators: coordinating multi-step design tasks, managing context, routing work to the right tools/people, and enabling repeatable workflows (not just chat)
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IFC as an open platform: using interoperable model data as a foundation for BIM optimization and design generation, analytics, and cross-tool automation at scale
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MCP + deterministic tools: embedding trusted calculations and technical analysis (rulesets, code checks, cost/energy/structural routines, validation) alongside probabilistic AI—so outputs are explainable, testable, and auditable
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Conversations about the present and future direction of the core "traditional" BIM/CAD design platforms and how they are planning to evolve products and business models and stay relevant and competitive in a changing environment.
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Business model and value capture discussions, including:
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How firms actually accrue value to the bottom line (margin expansion, throughput, reduced rework, risk reduction, and differentiated offerings)
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Where AI/automation creates new client value vs. where it simply accelerates existing work
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The commoditization risk: how “faster/cheaper” can erode fees when new value isn’t created—and what levers (IP, delivery models, service packaging, and outcome-based positioning) protect differentiation
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Peer exchange on what’s actionable now vs. immature, where measurable gains are showing up, and how leading firms are organizing: funding, staffing, governance, and scaling innovation across practices and programs
Contact Us
This is a facilitated working forum for AEC design and delivery leaders designed to move beyond surface-level narratives and into the real operating implications of what’s changing.
Together, we’ll explore the future of design, clarify the implications for competitive advantage, and dig deep on means and methods: how work gets produced, governed, and delivered as AI and automation become embedded in day-to-day practice. Expect candid peer dialogue that separates durable shifts from headline-driven noise without anchoring the conversation to any single deal, platform, or vendor storyline.
This workshop is built to cut through the hype with peer reality checks. Through facilitated discussion and shared case examples, you’ll hear how other firms are actually approaching AI-enabled design and automation what they’ve operationalized, where they’ve hit friction, and how they’re thinking about differentiation and margin impact as the market shifts.