Forma Build — Sold, Implemented and Supported by Accienta.

As of March 2026, Autodesk Build has been rebranded as Forma Build. It is the same platform — the same RFI tools, the same submittal workflows, the same snagging and punch list environment, the same cost management tools and the same mobile field delivery capabilities — with a new name that reflects Autodesk's consolidation of its construction products under the Forma brand. If your firm has existing Autodesk Build licences, they have automatically rolled into Forma Build equivalents with no data migration, no workflow disruption and no changes to your existing project environments. If you are currently on Autodesk Build and have not yet reviewed your configuration for the Forma platform's current capabilities, Accienta can audit your environment and update it without disrupting active projects.

Yes — and the requirement is increasingly explicit in project briefs. NEOM's digital delivery framework requires digital construction management with mobile site delivery capabilities, RFI management and quality inspection tracking — and Forma Build is the Autodesk-native platform that meets these requirements. Saudi Aramco contractor packages specify digital document management and quality management requirements that Forma Build's RFI, submittal and inspection tools satisfy. UAE developer programmes — Emaar, Aldar, Meraas and Nakheel — and government infrastructure programmes are increasingly specifying digital construction management platforms in their contractor prequalification requirements. If your firm is tendering for these programmes with paper-based quality management, manual Excel punch lists and email-based RFI processes, you are at a significant disadvantage against competitors who have a configured digital construction management environment.

Accienta's Forma Build deployment for Khansaheb achieved a 60% reduction in snagging administration time — and the mechanism is straightforward. Before Forma Build, snagging items were captured on paper, transferred to Excel, distributed by email and tracked manually — a process that created duplicate items, lost defects, unclear ownership and no audit trail. With Forma Build, site engineers capture snagging items on mobile with location, photo, trade assignment and specification reference in under two minutes. The item automatically appears in the responsible subcontractor's task list, triggers a close-out deadline, escalates automatically if overdue and produces a live snagging dashboard that your QA manager and project director can view in real time without requesting a report. Accienta configures your snagging categories, trade assignments, zone structure and close-out workflow from your actual contract specification — so the system reflects your project from day one.

Forma Build manages the full RFI lifecycle — creation by site or design team, routing to the responsible consultant, response tracking against contractual response periods, distribution of the response to affected disciplines and audit trail reporting for contract administration. On GCC construction projects where RFI response times are contractually governed — typically 7, 14 or 21 days depending on the contract — and delayed responses create extension of time claims or construction programme disruption, Forma Build's automated overdue reminders and escalation rules protect your project from the contractual risk that manual email-based RFI management creates. Accienta configures your RFI workflow for your specific contract structure, response period requirements and consultant routing before your first RFI is raised on a live project.

Yes — Forma Build's mobile app has offline functionality that allows site engineers and supervisors to capture observations, complete inspection checklists, log snagging items and submit daily reports without an active internet connection. Data syncs automatically when connectivity is restored. This is particularly important on GCC construction sites — basement levels, plant rooms, remote desert infrastructure projects and partially completed buildings all have areas where mobile connectivity is unreliable. Accienta tests your Forma Build mobile configuration for offline performance as part of the deployment and trains your site team on the offline workflow so they know how to capture data correctly when connectivity drops and verify that it has synced correctly when it returns.

Yes — for most GCC construction firms, Forma Build's cost management tools are a significant upgrade over the combination of multiple Excel workbooks, email-based variation submissions and manual payment certificate calculations that most site commercial teams currently use. Forma Build provides budget management by cost code and work package, cost event logging for variations and claims with supporting document attachment, subcontractor payment application management and cost reporting dashboards accessible to project director and client teams in real time. The critical advantage over Excel is that cost events are linked to the RFI and submittal records that caused them — creating a complete contract administration record that your commercial team needs when preparing extension of time and loss and expense claims on GCC projects. Accienta configures your cost code structure, work package breakdown and variation workflow before your commercial team starts using the platform.

Yes — Autodesk Forma Build has a partner and guest access model that allows subcontractors to access specific project areas — snagging close-out tasks, submittal uploads, daily report submissions and RFI notifications — without requiring a full Forma Build licence for each subcontractor user. Accienta configures your subcontractor access structure as part of the deployment — setting up limited access for each trade contractor, controlling which project areas they can view and submit to and ensuring their submissions flow into your main contractor quality and document management record automatically. On GCC projects with 30 to 50 subcontractors, correctly configured subcontractor access in Forma Build eliminates the email coordination overhead that consumes your document controller's time on every project.

A standard Forma Build deployment — covering site operations audit, project structure and permission configuration, RFI and submittal workflow build, snagging and quality inspection template setup, cost management configuration, mobile field team setup and role-based training — typically takes five to eight business days depending on project complexity and the number of roles being configured and trained. Accienta can deploy a focused Forma Build environment for an urgent project start in as little as three business days for core snagging, RFI and document management workflows, with cost management and advanced reporting configured in parallel with the live project. The same deployment process that achieved a 60% snagging admin reduction for Khansaheb takes less than a working week to implement on your project.