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Susan and Nick talk about how Autodesk and Eptura are brining tools together to have facility managers and operations manage their spaces from managing occupancy and assets, maintenance, lease management, and more.
To learn more about how our strategic alliance with Eptura helps optimize operational costs, comfort, and carbon efficiency of buildings through BIM for facilities management visit autodesk.com/partners/aec-partners/eptura
Susan and Nick talk about how Autodesk and Eptura are brining tools together to have facility managers and operations manage their spaces from managing occupancy and assets, maintenance, lease management, and more.
To learn more about how our strategic alliance with Eptura helps optimize operational costs, comfort, and carbon efficiency of buildings through BIM for facilities management visit autodesk.com/partners/aec-partners/eptura






![AEC on AEC Conversations with Dan Stine & Adam Wagoner
AEC on AEC Conversations is an inspiring video series where architects, engineers, and construction professionals (AEC) engage in one-on-one conversations about the design industry, the challenges, using technology as design solutions, and the opportunities as the industry evolves.
In this episode, Dan Stine (Director of Design Technology | Lake|Flato) and Adam Wagoner (Founder | High, Low, Buffalo) talk about their career paths, sustainability in architecture, how Revit and Forma impact their projects, and empowering future designers.
Discover the possibilities of Revit: https://www.autodesk.com/products/revit/
Learn more about Forma: https://www.autodesk.com/products/forma/
Dan Stine
Lake Flato: https://www.lakeflato.com/
BIM Chapters: https://bimchapters.blogspot.com/
Forma Series on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsLVaxWkEowJDR9wPb4I2GC0fc3PVszUQ
Adam Wagoner
High, Low, Buffalo: https://www.highlowbuffalo.co/
Architect-ing Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@ARCHITECT-ING_PODCAST/
Read about how Autodesk and the AIA have partnered to make AIA2030 reporting easier: https://www.autodesk.com/blogs/aec/2024/08/07/countdown-to-aia2030/
Read more about the AIA 2030 Commitment: https://www.aia.org/design-excellence/climate-action/zero-carbon/2030-commitment
00:00 – Introductions
02:00 – Dan talks about his role, Director of Design Technology, within Lake|Flato
04:38 – Adam shares about his early career and the journey of starting his own firm(s)
08:02 – writing Revit textbooks and teaching architecture
09:58 – Adam reflects on learning Revit and winning semester projects
11:35 – “...it’s how you use the [Revit] tool to design”
13:32 – Autodesk Forma being a transformative design tool
16:54 – “We all want sustainable buildings, but how do we get there?”
21:26 – Dan and Adam share personal sustainability practices
22:36 – challenges of sustainable design in a small vs big firm
28:26 – design approaches in recent projects
33:00 – educating and empowering the new generation of designers
35:47 – the art of graphic representation
39:42 – how AI changes the design landscape, the misconceptions, and the opportunities
43:06 – what does success look like in architecture? AEC on AEC Conversations with Dan Stine & Adam Wagoner](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zogFBoyXIx4/mqdefault.jpg)