Case Study: McCarthy Building Companies achieves faster stakeholder approvals and significant design cost savings with Autodesk BIM 360

How McCarthy Saved Time and Money On Design With Virtual Reality in Construction

McCarthy Building Companies faced slow, costly design buy-in on the complex Providence Tarzana Medical Center project, where traditional physical mock-ups and drawing reviews delayed approvals and drove revisions past $80,000. To accelerate stakeholder reviews and catch discrepancies between architect designs and as‑built conditions, McCarthy turned to Autodesk BIM 360 along with its EBA-supported Revit/3ds Max workflow and AR/VR hardware.

Using Autodesk BIM 360 Docs to stream models to DAQRI headsets and a VR pipeline through Revit, 3ds Max, and Unreal Engine, McCarthy produced immersive VR/AR experiences (about 30 renderings) that secured full stakeholder approvals in three days versus seven weeks and completed final designs in four weeks. The VR program cost $36,900—less than half the prior mock-up revision cost—and AR checks found a one‑foot as‑built error that would have cost an estimated $20,000 to fix, demonstrating clear time and cost savings enabled by Autodesk BIM 360.

McCarthy Building Companies

Jordan Moffett

Virtual Design and Construction Manager