Autodesk Construction Cloud connects project teams, documents, and workflows across the construction lifecycle. But when a sub’s insurance lapses on an active ACC project, the platform has no way to catch it, prevent it, or follow up. That gap is where claims happen.
Autodesk Construction Cloud has become one of the dominant platforms for construction project management — particularly for GCs using Autodesk Build, BIM 360, or the broader ACC suite. It handles RFIs, submittals, daily reports, document management, and increasingly, preconstruction workflows.
But ask the compliance team at an ACC shop how they manage certificate of insurance tracking and the answer is rarely “in Autodesk.” ACC was designed for project delivery — not vendor insurance compliance. That’s a different problem requiring a different tool.
What Autodesk Construction Cloud Actually Handles for Compliance
ACC does have some vendor and document management functionality. Within the platform you can store documents, manage vendor directories, and track some compliance-adjacent items depending on your configuration and which ACC products you’re using.
In practice, ACC lets your team:
- Maintain a vendor/partner directory linked to project records
- Store uploaded documents including COI files in document management
- Track submittal and transmittal workflows
- Use ACC’s preconstruction tools (BuildingConnected) for subcontractor qualification basics
Where Autodesk Construction Cloud Falls Short on COI Management
ACC can’t collect COIs automatically
When you add a new subcontractor to an ACC project, nothing reaches out to that vendor to request their certificate of insurance. There’s no automated email, no vendor portal, no COI request workflow. Your compliance coordinator manually contacts the sub, follows up, receives the document via email, reviews it, and stores it somewhere. That process doesn’t scale and it breaks constantly.
ACC can’t review endorsements
Even if you store a COI in ACC’s document management, the system has no ability to read it, verify coverage limits, or check whether required endorsements like CG 20 10, CG 20 37, or Primary and Non-Contributory language are actually present. A GC cannot afford to assume a filed document is a compliant document.
ACC has no pre-expiration outreach
When a subcontractor’s policy expires, ACC doesn’t know and doesn’t act. There’s no automated reminder to the sub or their broker 30 days in advance. The lapse happens, the exposure exists, and someone on your team discovers it either during a manual audit or after an incident.
ACC doesn’t connect compliance to AP
Unlike construction ERPs that have AP payment hold functionality tied to compliance fields, ACC is a project management platform — not a financial system. There’s no mechanism to block payments to non-compliant vendors from within ACC. That gap creates a second problem: vendors can continue working and billing without current insurance, and nothing in your workflow flags it until the bill is paid.
How Billy Integrates with Autodesk Construction Cloud
| Compliance task | ACC alone | Billy + ACC |
|---|---|---|
| Store vendor / project data | ✓ Native | ✓ Synced from ACC |
| Automated COI collection | ✗ Manual process | ✓ Auto-request on vendor add |
| Review endorsement language | ✗ Not possible | ✓ AI Review Assistant |
| Pre-expiration renewal reminders | ✗ No outbound automation | ✓ 30-day automated outreach |
| Real-time compliance status | ✗ Document storage only | ✓ Live compliance dashboard |
| AP hold enforcement | ✗ Not a financial system | ✓ Via ERP sync if applicable |
| Track W9, MSA, lien waiver, license | ⚠ Document storage only | ✓ Full tracked compliance record |
| Sub upload, no login required | ✗ Requires ACC access | ✓ Via Insurance Wallet |
How the sync works in practice
Billy connects to your Autodesk environment and pulls vendor and project data. New vendors trigger automated COI requests. Submitted documents are reviewed by Billy’s AI Review Assistant — checking endorsement types, coverage limits, Additional Insured language, and expiration dates against your requirements — in under 10 seconds.
Compliance status is visible in Billy’s dashboard and can be surfaced in your project workflow without requiring your subs to have ACC access. The Insurance Wallet lets subs submit via a one-click email link — no portal login, no account creation.
- Vendor added in ACC project — Billy auto-initiates a compliance request.
- Sub receives branded email with upload link — No ACC access required, no login.
- AI reviews COI + endorsements instantly — Flags deficiencies with specific remediation guidance sent directly to sub or broker.
- Compliance status updates in real time — Your team sees live status per vendor, per project.
- Renewal outreach fires 30 days before expiration — Prevents lapses before they happen.
Autodesk vs Procore for COI Compliance: What’s Different
Both Autodesk Construction Cloud and Procore are project management platforms, not compliance platforms. Neither was built to manage the insurance compliance lifecycle. But there are some differences in how they integrate with Billy:
- Procore’s Billy integration includes a native Side Panel — compliance status is visible directly inside the Procore interface without switching applications
- The Autodesk integration syncs vendor and project data bidirectionally — compliance status updates in Billy are reflected in ACC records
- Both integrations eliminate duplicate data entry — vendor adds in ACC or Procore automatically initiate COI requests in Billy
- Both integrations support Billy’s AI Review Assistant and full document set tracking
If you’re evaluating between the two for a new construction project management platform, see our comparison of ERP and PM platform compliance capabilities. If you’re using ACC today and want to add compliance automation without switching systems, Billy connects without disrupting your existing workflow.
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Does Billy work with all Autodesk Construction Cloud products?
Billy’s Autodesk integration works with ACC’s project and vendor data. If you’re using specific ACC products like Build or BIM 360, contact Billy’s implementation team to confirm the exact data sync configuration for your setup.
Can Billy track compliance for ACC projects running alongside non-ACC projects?
Yes. Billy manages compliance at the vendor level across all your projects regardless of which project management platform each project uses. A vendor active on an ACC project and a Procore project simultaneously will have a single compliance record in Billy covering both.
What if our subs don’t use Autodesk?
Subs don’t need Autodesk access to submit their COIs through Billy. They receive a branded email from Billy with a one-click upload link. No ACC login, no Billy account — just upload and done.
