Autodesk Construction Cloud Customisation — Built for How Your GCC Project Actually Works.
Your team purchased Autodesk Construction Cloud — now Autodesk Forma. The licences are active. The platform is live. But your project structures do not match your contract, your RFI workflows are not connected to your team's approval chain and your site team is still using WhatsApp because nobody configured the platform for how your project actually delivers. Accienta's customisation service fixes this — configuring every part of your Autodesk Forma environment specifically for your GCC project, your team structure and your workflows before a single user logs in.
As of 24 March 2026, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) was renamed to Autodesk Forma. This is a branding change only — your existing licences, projects, workflows and data are unchanged. Forma Build = former Autodesk Build. Forma Data Management = former Autodesk Docs. Forma Design Collaboration = former BIM Collaborate Pro. Accienta configures all of these, under both names.
Why Most Autodesk Forma Deployments Fail — and What Accienta Does Differently
The most common Autodesk Construction Cloud / Forma deployment failure is not a software problem. It is a configuration problem. A platform that was set up generically — or not set up at all — and handed to a project team to figure out while simultaneously delivering a live construction programme. Accienta's customisation service exists specifically to prevent this.
Six Areas Where Accienta Customises Autodesk Forma for Your GCC Project
Accienta's customisation service covers every part of the Autodesk Forma platform that affects how your team delivers a GCC construction or infrastructure project. Each area is configured to your specific project requirements — not to a generic template that any GCC firm could use.
Project Structure and Folder Hierarchy
Accienta designs your Autodesk Forma project structure before any data is uploaded — project information containers, discipline folders, document type breakdown and archive structure. We configure document naming conventions aligned to ISO 19650 and validate them against your employer information requirements before a single folder is created in the platform.
Dubai Municipality, MOMRA, Ashghal and DEWA authority submissions require specific document set organisation — Accienta structures your CDE to support these submission requirements from the first document issue
User Roles, Permissions and Team Access
Accienta configures user roles and permission levels for every stakeholder in your project — main contractor, subcontractor, consultant, client and authority reviewer. One of the most powerful and most commonly misconfigured features in Autodesk Forma is the ability to control exactly who can see, upload and approve which documents. Accienta sets this up correctly before a single team member is invited to the platform.
GCC projects with 30 to 50 subcontractors across multiple countries require precisely configured access management — preventing document access errors that create contractual disputes and compliance failures
RFI, Submittal and Approval Workflow Configuration
Accienta configures your RFI and submittal workflows for your specific contract structure — contractor-to-consultant routing, contractual response periods, discipline-specific review paths, automatic overdue escalation and audit trail reporting. On GCC construction projects where RFI response times are governed by contract and delays create extension of time claims, a correctly configured workflow is a contractual protection tool — not just a convenience feature.
NEOM, Aramco and UAE developer contracts have specific RFI response time obligations — Accienta configures Forma's workflow to enforce these contractually, protecting your team from time-bar failures and extension of time disputes
Mobile Field Configuration — Snagging, QA and Site Reports
Accienta configures Autodesk Forma Build's mobile environment for your site team before field teams go to site — snagging categories built from your contract specification sections, quality inspection checklists from your ITP documents, safety observation forms aligned to your HSE management system and daily report templates matching your project reporting requirements. This is the configuration that achieved a 60% reduction in snagging administration time at Khansaheb.
60% snagging admin reduction — Khansaheb, one of the UAE's largest construction contractors — achieved through Accienta's Forma Build mobile field configuration on an active UAE construction project
Revit, Civil 3D and Navisworks Integration
Accienta connects your Autodesk Forma environment to your BIM authoring tools — configuring Revit model publishing workflows, Civil 3D drawing output connections and Navisworks clash detection upload workflows into Forma. When this integration is configured correctly, your design and construction management environments are a single connected system — model issues in Revit appear as issues in Forma without manual transfer, and clash detection results in Navisworks link directly to design team responsibilities in Forma.
Zero coordination clashes reaching construction — Mira Developments, UAE — achieved through Accienta's Navisworks and Forma integration configuration on a live UAE real estate development project
Cost Management and Automation Setup
Accienta configures Autodesk Forma's cost management tools for GCC construction project commercial structures — budget setup by cost code and work package, cost event logging for variations and claims, subcontractor payment application management and cost reporting dashboards for project director and client visibility. We also configure Autodesk Construction Cloud's automation capabilities — setting up notification rules, approval workflows and issue tracking automations that reduce manual administrative overhead for your project management team.
GCC programmes where weekly cost reporting to client is contractual and cost overruns trigger penalties need real-time cost visibility — Accienta configures Forma's cost environment to produce this without manual Excel consolidation
What Accienta's Customisation Has Delivered on Live GCC Projects
These are not claims — they are documented outcomes from Accienta's customisation and implementation work on live GCC construction and development projects, published on Accienta's own platforms.
How Accienta's Customisation Process Works — Step by Step
Accienta's customisation process follows the same structured approach on every engagement — starting with your specific project requirements and ending with a configured Autodesk Forma environment that your team uses from the first login, not after weeks of self-guided setup.
We Map Your Workflows Before Touching the Platform
Accienta starts every customisation engagement with a thorough needs assessment — working closely with your team to understand your construction workflows, your contract structure, your team composition, your authority submission requirements and the specific areas where Autodesk Forma will bring the most value. We review your BIM Execution Plan, your employer information requirements and your project delivery process before configuring anything. This is what Accienta's own website describes as "a thorough analysis of your organisation's specific needs and goals" — and it is what prevents the most common customisation failure: configuring a platform for a generic project that does not match how your team actually works.
We Design the Configuration on Paper Before Building It in the Platform
Based on the needs assessment, Accienta develops a customisation strategy — defining how projects will be organised, setting user roles and permissions by company and discipline, identifying integrations with other software in your environment and designing the folder structure, naming convention and workflow architecture before a single setting is changed in the platform. Your BIM manager and document controller review and approve the configuration design before deployment begins — so what gets built reflects what your team needs, not what Accienta assumed they needed.
We Build Your Environment — Project Structures, Workflows, Permissions and Templates
Accienta configures your Autodesk Forma environment from the ground up — creating and managing projects, establishing standardised folder structures, building RFI and submittal workflows, setting up user roles and permissions, configuring mobile field forms and templates, connecting BIM tools and setting up automation rules including notifications, approval workflows and issue tracking. Every component is tailored to your process — not generic settings that any GCC firm could use. This is what our own clients describe as implementation that "really made the difference to our adoption and technical capabilities."
We Walk Your Team Through What We Built — On Their Own Live Environment
After configuration is complete, Accienta walks your team through everything built — explaining how each part of the configured environment works and making sure it is fully aligned with your internal processes. Training is delivered role by role — project managers on dashboards and reporting, document controllers on transmittal workflows, site engineers on mobile observations and BIM managers on CDE administration. Every session is delivered on your own live Autodesk Forma environment, not a demonstration account that does not reflect how your team works.
We Stay in the Loop — Adjusting as Your Needs Evolve and the Platform Updates
After go-live, Accienta provides ongoing support — resolving technical issues, making adjustments as your project requirements evolve, monitoring the effectiveness of the customised configuration and conducting regular check-ins to discuss progress and address any concerns. After a defined implementation period, Accienta and your team review the outcomes — assessing whether the customisation has delivered the expected improvements and planning further adjustments for the next project phase. As Autodesk updates the Forma platform, Accienta advises on changes that affect your configured environment and reconfigures where necessary — so you are never surprised by a platform update that silently breaks a workflow your team relies on.
Every Autodesk Forma Product Accienta Configures for GCC Projects
Accienta's customisation service covers every product within the Autodesk Forma platform — the unified construction cloud that was formerly known as Autodesk Construction Cloud. Each product is configured separately and connected as part of a single integrated project environment.
Forma Build
RFI management, submittal workflows, snagging, quality inspections, safety observations, cost management and mobile site delivery — formerly Autodesk Build
Forma Data Management
Document control, drawing registers, transmittals, version control, revision management and ISO 19650 CDE — formerly Autodesk Docs
Forma Design Collaboration
Cloud BIM coordination, Revit cloud worksharing, clash detection, model coordination and ISO 19650 CDE for design teams — formerly BIM Collaborate Pro
Autodesk Forma (Platform)
The unified industry cloud — account administration, hub management, cross-product integrations, enterprise controls and unified data environment across all Forma products
Navisworks Integration
Clash detection configuration, model federation, search sets and viewpoints — connected to Forma for issue tracking and coordination workflow management
Revit and Civil 3D Connections
Model publishing workflows from Revit and Civil 3D into Forma — connecting your BIM authoring environment to your project management and document control platform
Autodesk Forma Customisation — Answered
The questions GCC project managers, BIM managers and document controllers ask before engaging Accienta for Autodesk Forma customisation. Every answer is factual.
Your Team Has the Autodesk Forma Licences. Let Accienta Make the Platform Actually Work for Your GCC Project.
Every day your team is on a live project with an unconfigured or poorly configured Autodesk Forma environment is a day of RFIs being tracked by email, snagging being logged on paper and drawings being distributed through WhatsApp — all of which create contractual risk, version confusion and the exact problems Autodesk Forma was purchased to prevent. A 30-minute call with Accienta starts the process of fixing this — free, no commitment and the only honest way to understand what your specific environment needs.