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Autodesk invests £2m in waste data management platform

Justin Stanton

Editor, DC+

3 February 2026

Autodesk has invested £2m to secure a minority stake in the Qflow waste data management platform.

Last summer the two businesses announced that the Qflow platform was embedded in Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC). The funding will support Qflow’s continued product development and accelerate deeper collaboration with ACC. It will also help expand Qflow’s presence in the UK and internationally, including North America.

Qflow’s technology digitally captures field data in real-time, providing project teams with accurate information on their material and waste flows, and intelligence on the potential risks – and thus helping project teams to minimise error, liability, and waste.

The collaboration between the two businesses will focus on leveraging Qflow’s field-verified data and AI-driven document processing, alongside ACC, so construction teams will be able to:

validate that delivered materials match design specifications;

reduce rework caused by substitutions, delays or quality issues;

track as-built conditions to support alignment with design intent; and

identify potential supply-chain risks linked to sustainability credentials and compliance.

Brittany Harris, Co-founder and CEO of Qflow, said: “The industry is at a tipping point. Teams are no longer satisfied with rough estimates and retrospective reporting. Instead, they want data and insights that they can trust, while there’s still time to act on it. This collaboration with Autodesk allows us to deliver that capability on a worldwide scale, supporting better decision-making for projects, protecting profits and the planet.

“This investment from Autodesk is a strong endorsement of our approach and vision of the role that construction-phase data and intelligence must play in building more responsibly. Together, we aim to eliminate the disconnect that causes billions in waste and unnecessary carbon emissions across the industry every year.”

Sidharth Haksar, vice president and head of construction strategy & partnerships at Autodesk, added: “While project performance is shaped in pre-construction, it is realised and proven through reliable construction-phase data. That intelligence helps teams understand material flows, reduce waste, and strengthen carbon reporting, supporting the shift towards more circular construction.

“By investing in Qflow, we’re supporting their mission to help project teams improve quality control, better coordinate site and office teams, and ensure fewer disruptions to programmes, in turn, transforming construction-phase data from a compliance burden into a genuine competitive advantage.”

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