Cost and commitments in step with accounting
Budgets, contracts and change orders kept in step between Autodesk Build and your accounting system, with differences flagged.
Autodesk Build integration consulting
Connect Autodesk Build to the rest of your business.
Autodesk Build, renamed Forma Build in 2026, holds the drawings, RFIs, submittals, issues and cost records for your projects. We build the connections and tools around it, so the field, the office and accounting work from the same numbers.
Keep it, then extend it
What Autodesk Build does well, and where teams outgrow it.
Where Autodesk Build shines
- Drawings and field records togetherSheets, models, RFIs, submittals, issues, forms and photos sit in one project, so the field and the office look at the same set.
- A documented developer platformAutodesk Platform Services publishes connections for RFIs, submittals, issues, forms, sheets and cost, plus bulk data extracts for reporting.
- Notifications when work changesFor some records, such as issues, Autodesk can notify a connection when something changes, so it reacts without checking repeatedly.
Where teams hit the limits
- Accounting lives elsewhereBudgets, commitments and change orders get rekeyed between Autodesk Build and the accounting or ERP system.
- Paperwork arrives outside the projectSubcontractor submittals, invoices and daily reports come in by email and PDF, and someone files them by hand.
- Portfolio reporting is manualSeeing status and cost across many projects usually means exports, spreadsheets and a weekly scramble.
What we build around it
Connecting Autodesk Build to the rest of your work.
RFIs and submittals from email
Questions and submittal packages that arrive by email are read and logged against the right project, spec section and reviewer.
Reminders before items go overdue
Open RFIs, submittals and issues past their due dates reach the right person each morning with the details.
Daily reports from the field
Crew notes, photos and quantities collected on a phone and filed into the project without retyping.
Portfolio dashboards
Project data extracted on a schedule into one report across every job, so leadership stops waiting for spreadsheets.
Closeout packages assembled
Approved submittals, warranties and as-builts gathered and checked against the closeout list.
Before we start
How access works.
Your Autodesk account admin adds the connection as a custom integration in the hub's admin settings, using the app ID we register with Autodesk Platform Services (see Autodesk's setup guide). Once added, the connection reaches only the projects and tools your admin allows, and the admin can remove it at any time. Some actions run as a named user, so the connection sees only what that person can see on each project. Autodesk retires older versions of some connections on a published schedule, so we track its changelog and update before anything is switched off. Running Procore instead? See our Procore page.
Related problems
Common places to start.
Job profit you see too late
The estimate said 22 percent margin. Three months later, accounting closes the job at six. Somewhere along the way, hours ran over and a change order never got billed. Nobody saw it while there was time to act.
Read moreDocuments piling up
Contracts, forms, invoices, reports. The information your business needs is locked inside PDFs, and someone has to read each one.
Read moreApprovals stuck in email
The request went out on Monday. By Friday, nobody knows who has it. The person who needs to approve it never saw it, or forgot.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Do we have to replace Autodesk Build?
No. Autodesk Build stays your project system. We build around it and connect what it doesn't reach.
Is Forma Build the same product?
Yes. In March 2026 Autodesk renamed Autodesk Construction Cloud to Autodesk Forma, and Autodesk Build became Forma Build. Your projects and the ways we connect to them carry over.
Doesn't Autodesk already connect to our accounting system?
It may, and you should use a built-in connector if it fits. Custom work makes sense when your process spans several systems, or when the connector doesn't move the records you need.
Do we need special Autodesk access?
An account admin has to add the custom integration once. After that, we test on a sample project before connecting live jobs.
Are you a certified Autodesk Build partner?
No. We're an independent integration consultant and development team. We build with Autodesk Build's official developer tools and approved access, using the access your team grants, and we work alongside your Autodesk Build admin or implementation partner rather than replacing them.
Sources
- Autodesk Platform Services: Get started (custom integrations in Autodesk Forma and BIM 360)
- Autodesk Platform Services: Forma Build developer overview
- Autodesk Platform Services: Submittals field guide
- Autodesk Platform Services: Create RFI
- Autodesk Platform Services: Data Connector field guide
- Autodesk Platform Services: Project Admin API announcement
Facts checked against the vendor's own documentation, November 2026. Names are trademarks of their owners. Inkwell is independent and not affiliated with these companies.
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