Autodesk
construction Progress tracking
I was a Principal Designer at Autodesk from 2019-2021 working across several products to launch Construction Cloud, a project management platform for thousands of construction teams. In this particular role, I led a zero to one product, developed a North Start vision for a new area of business, and helped evolve our design hiring process.
Because this was a small team focused on zero-to-one product building, my role was several hats: I led research, architected the end-to-end experience for multiple user types across mobile/web experiences (ios, android, web), and supported core product efforts through customer onboarding and beta launch management.
Context
Construction teams on the job site often make inaccurate estimates on their work progress (e.g. how many feet of drywall has been installed), leading to labor cost overruns, and not uncommonly, bankruptcy. They rely on a mix of guesstimates and spreadsheets that turn out 40% swings in accuracy.
Solution
My team and I built a visual progress tool from the ground up — teams in the field can easily assign progress labels to digitally tracked construction assets from a mobile device and automatically roll over data insights to their office counterparts for labor and cost planning adjustments.
Outcome
We launched our open beta in Summer 2021 to hundreds of enterprise customers tracking progress on 2 million unique activities and objects, on projects averaging $30M in construction value.
