Tools like Building Information Modeling (BIM), cloud-based platforms, and parametric design software enable real-time collaboration across teams, disciplines, and locations. Using these tools, architects, engineers, and contractors can share and update project data instantly, ensuring that all stakeholders have access to the latest information and can make informed decisions. This allows for seamless communication, reducing errors, avoiding conflicts, and improving coordination among different project teams.

There are several tools that can aid in collaboration including:

• BIM 360: Developed by Autodesk, BIM 360 is a cloud-based platform that connects project teams and data across the construction process, from design to construction and beyond. It facilitates document management, version control, and real-time collaboration on BIM models. With tools for project management, issue tracking, and quality control, BIM 360 helps teams manage and share critical project data, ensuring all stakeholders have access to up-to-date information.
• Speckle: Speckle is an open-source data platform designed to enable real-time, cross-disciplinary collaboration in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) projects. It facilitates the exchange of data between different software tools, such as Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, and AutoCAD, by providing a unified framework for sharing and visualizing information. Speckle’s core functionality centers around its ability to stream and share complex design data, including geometry, metadata, and analysis results, in a way that allows multiple users to work collaboratively on the same project. 
• Miro: Miro is an online collaborative whiteboarding platform used for brainstorming, design thinking, and strategy planning in architecture and engineering projects. Teams can use Miro for sketching concepts, organizing ideas, and mapping out workflows in an interactive and visual format. It’s particularly useful in the early design phases when multiple collaborators need to explore concepts and share feedback in real time.

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BIM 360

BIM 360 is a cloud-based construction management platform developed by Autodesk that enables teams to collaborate on Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects in real time. It offers tools for document management, issue tracking, design coordination, and project planning, ensuring that all stakeholders have access to the latest project data.

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Speckle

Speckle allows for the exchange of data between several different software programs including Revit, Rhino, and SketchUp. You can use Speckle through most softwares including through Grasshopper to easily update and transfer data.

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Miro

Miro is an online collaborative whiteboarding platform that enables teams to brainstorm, plan, and visualize ideas in real time. It offers a flexible, interactive workspace where users can create mind maps, wireframes, flowcharts, and other visual content, making it ideal for collaborative design and project planning. 

We recommend following Miro’s How to Use Miro tutorial:

 How To Use Miro | Your Guide To Getting Started

and you can find additional resources at the Miro Academy:

Miro Academy