How will Octave BricsCAD balance innovation with practicality at Digital Construction Week?

Katie Coyne

Freelance journalist

27 May 2026

Teams shouldn’t have to rebuild everything from scratch just to modernise, says Octave BricsCAD’s industry technical evangelist Rita Carone ahead of exhibiting at Digital Construction Week (DCW).

DC+: Who are you and what do you do?

Rita Carone: At Octave BricsCAD, we have a pragmatic focus on helping construction, infrastructure and surveying professionals deliver and document projects faster and more efficiently through open and practical CAD workflows.

BricsCAD provides a true alternative to CAD platforms, while remaining fully compatible with industry-standard DWG workflows. A big challenge in the industry today is balancing innovation with practicality. Teams shouldn’t have to rebuild everything from scratch or retrain entire departments to modernise the way they work. Teams are dealing with
increasing amounts of survey data, point clouds, GIS information, BIM coordination and collaboration requirements, but they still need tools that are reliable, easy to adopt and capable of producing accurate documentation quickly.

What are you launching at DCW and what problem does it solve?

We’ll be showcasing new and enhanced documentation workflows focused on the civils and surveying sectors, across the design, build and operation of buildings, sites and infrastructure. One of the biggest challenges in digital construction today is that project data often sits in separate systems and formats, making it hard to bring drawings together. Survey data, GIS data, CAD drawings, BIM models and reality capture outputs are frequently disconnected, creating inefficiencies and increasing the risk of errors during design, construction and handover.

For example, users can bring in survey information, point clouds and GIS data directly into BricsCAD, work with that information in a familiar DWG-based environment, and then produce accurate documentation and deliverables
much more quickly. The aim is not to overcomplicate digital construction, but to make advanced workflows more accessible to everyday engineering and surveying teams.

The end result? We’re simplifying the toolchain for surveyors, driving a more dynamic relationship between field and office to improve productivity. We can turn what used to take hours or days between the field and the office into minutes – all while saving as much as 87% on software costs.

Who’s tested it and what were the results?

The response from customers and industry professionals has been positive, particularly from organisations working in surveying and infrastructure. What’s been most encouraging is the response from users themselves. We’re seeing particularly strong feedback, with customer satisfaction scores running around 11% higher than comparable platforms.

Beyond the numbers, the practical feedback is what matters most. Customers tell us they’re able to onboard teams faster, work more comfortably with large survey datasets and point clouds, and reduce friction between CAD, GIS and BIM processes.