Welcome to the 2024 Infrastructure Top 50! The Infrastructure 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 benchmarking survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and case studies.
This list is broken down into the following categories: Site Planning & Mapping, Project Management & Data Analytics, Asset Management & Maintenance, Advanced Materials, and Smart Equipment & Automation.
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Site Planning & Mapping
Exodigo is an underground mapping solution for non-intrusive discovery. Their platforms combine multi-sensor fusion, 3D imaging, and AI technologies to create complete, accurate underground maps that enable decision-making for customers across the built world. Founded by former elite Israeli intelligence officers in Tel Aviv, Exodigo is now headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area and distributed across the globe with operations in North America, Europe, and the Middle East.
4M is the first Utility AI Mapping and Analytics Solution built for Civil Engineers, DOTs, Municipalities, and Service Providers during the early stages of infrastructure development. Our digital mapping solution delivers instant, reliable utility data across state, city, and county lines, accelerating project planning and ensuring infrastructure resilience, data integrity, and a secure future for development. With 4M, your projects remain on schedule and within budget, reducing risks and ensuring community well-being—all directly from your office.
Exyn Technologies was established in 2014 to commercialize decades of ground-breaking research in aerial robotics, drone swarms, multi-modal sensor fusion, 3D mapping, obstacle avoidance, and autonomous navigation & planning. Exyn’s focus is on developing software for aerial robots so they can operate in GPS-denied environments, without human control, prior information, or pre-existing infrastructure (e.g. no motion capture system).
Advanced Navigation is an Australian company specializing in high-quality navigation technologies and robotics. The founders have a background in military robotics, and the engineers have expertise in sensors, GNSS, robotics, AI, and more.
DroneDeploy helps construction, oil and gas, and renewabale energy companies automate reality capture using drones, robots and 360 cameras – combining this data in one platform for AI-powered analysis. From aerial and ground views of construction progress to automated gauge readings and methane leak detection, DroneDeploy is shaping the future of reality capture.
Hexagon is a global provider of sensors, software, and autonomous solutions whose technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.
Trimble SiteVision is a user-friendly outdoor augmented reality system that brings data to life so you can visualize and explore complex information with unrivaled accuracy. The system allows users to place and view georeferenced 3D models from any angle at true-to-life scale—above or below the ground.
Jumpstart projects, win the bid, finish the job, and secure a return client base. With OpenSite Designer, you can meet increasing demands, attract new business, and acquire a skilled workforce.  OpenSite Designer is a comprehensive site design application for rapid modeling and analysis of site design projects.
Paces is software for green infrastructure developers to identify the best places to build and manage their projects. Our software supports renewable energy, EV charging, carbon sequestration and data center customers with interconnection, permitting and siting of their projects.
CivilGrid is a construction intelligence platform combining layers of utility, environmental, and geotechnical site data. CivilGrid aggregates and curates datasets that developers, engineers, and construction companies need to make critical planning and project implementation decisions. By partnering with local utilities and agencies, CivilGrid gains access to the most current GIS datasets. These datasets help accelerate project due diligence, reduce utility research and project engineering cost, and improve risk identification and construction planning.
Voxel Map's goal is to create a true 3D model of the planet, with 10cm positional accuracy, with full photographic & semantic detail to provide better localization and intelligence for autonomous agents outdoors and indoors
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Project Management & Data Analytics
Transcend’s generative design platform fully automates the preliminary engineering process for wastewater treatment plants. We sell direct to water EPC’s, Real estate developers, and technology OEM’s to slash the cost of design and increase project margins & speed to construction. The software generates a full set of engineering quality output documents including P&ID’s, technical descriptions, and a complete BIM model in 8 hours or less, compared to the hundreds or thousands of hours these firms spend on preliminary design.
Datumate is a construction technology (ConTech) company offering a cloud-based 4D infrastructure construction data analytics platform. Our AI Construction Engine (ACE) analyzes multi-dimensional data models consisting of digital as-built, design and project schedules. It provides deviation analysis and predictive intelligence to reduce uncertainty and accelerate project delivery.
Samsara’s (NYSE: IOT) mission is to increase the safety, efficiency, and sustainability of the operations that power the global economy.  Samsara is pioneering the Connected Operations Cloud, which allows businesses that depend on physical operations to harness IoT (Internet of Things) data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations.
Kahua provides collaborative project management solutions that improve efficiency and reduce risk throughout the entire lifecycle of your capital projects. We help the world’s largest owners, contractors, architects and engineers integrate the construction supply chain to profitably deliver the highest performance capital assets at the lowest possible cost.
Pavewise’s web-based software maximizes productivity and improves project quality resulting in increased incentives and profits for paving contractors. Variables such as weather, project specifications and equipment operations impact every paving project. By efficiently managing project variables and integrating paving solutions, Pavewise develops a strategy for success for every paving project.
InEight is a leading provider of project management software solutions tailored for the construction and engineering industries. Their platform offers comprehensive tools for project planning, scheduling, budgeting, and risk management, enabling teams to optimize project performance and deliver projects on time and within budget. With a focus on scalability and adaptability, InEight's project management software is trusted by organizations worldwide to drive efficiency and success in construction projects of all sizes.
Aurigo helps state agencies, cities, counties, water authorities, airports and facility owners plan, build and maintain capital assets, infrastructure and facilities safely and efficiently.
Edgevanta is a construction technology company focused on solving the project acquisition process for public works contractors. Our mission is to provide construction teams with a solution to maximize competitiveness using our predictive bidding, planning, and analytics platform.
ALICE enables contractors and owners to plan, bid, and build more effectively, reducing construction times and labor costs by $30 million for a typical $500 million construction project. ALICE Technologies works with construction leaders in the infrastructure and commercial construction segments, such as Parsons, HDCC, and Kajima Corporation.
Clue is an all-in-one construction management platform that maximizes productivity and minimizes downtime for the entire fleet. With Clue, customers eliminate 20% of annual operational waste through better productivity management, maintenance, asset allocation, and total cost of ownership planning.
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Asset Management & Maintenance
Skydio is the leading U.S. drone manufacturer and world leader in autonomous flight. Skydio leverages breakthrough AI to create the world’s most intelligent flying machines for use by consumer, enterprise, and government customers. Skydio is trusted by leading enterprises across a wide range of industry sectors and is backed by top investors and strategic partners including Andreesen Horowitz, Levitate Capital, Next47, IVP, Playground, and NVIDIA.
Gecko Robotics (Gecko) collects and makes useful physical data to protect civilization’s most critical infrastructure. Gecko’s robotic platforms perform fast, safe, and accurate industrial inspections yielding high quality deliverables. Asset owners across the globe are armed with data to make critical maintenance decisions.
Percepto offers autonomous data collection with our market-leading drone-in-a-box solution, powered by Percepto AIM software. AIM transforms complex data into actionable insights through automated data management and AI-driven analysis, optimizing operational efficiency on an unprecedented scale.
For global customers in energy and infrastructure, Zeitview builds advanced inspection software that delivers fast, accurate insights, lowers costs, and improves asset performance and longevity. We are second to none at partnering with our customers to achieve flexible, long-term solutions across their multiple asset classes. Headquartered in Santa Monica, CA, Zeitview serves customers in the solar, wind, insurance, construction, roofing, real estate, and critical infrastructure industries.
AiDash is making critical infrastructure industries climate-resilient and sustainable with satellites and AI. Using our full-stack SaaS solutions, customers in electric, gas, and water utilities, transportation, and construction are transforming asset inspection and maintenance - and complying with biodiversity net gain mandates and carbon capture goals. Our customers deliver ROI in their first year of deployment with reduced costs, improved reliability, and achieved sustainability goals.
Luna Innovations Incorporated is a leader in optical technology, committed to serving its customers with unique capabilities in high-performance, fiber-optic-based sensing, measurement, testing and control products for the aerospace, transportation, infrastructure, security, process control, communications, silicon photonics, defense, and automotive industries, among others. Enabling the future with fiber, Luna’s business model is designed to accelerate the process of bringing new and innovative technologies to market.
ANYbotics, a global leader in AI-driven robot inspection solutions, tackles critical industry challenges in safety, efficiency, and sustainability. Designed for the toughest industrial environments, ANYbotics' ANYmal robots excel in autonomous operations, advanced mobility, and real-time data collection, making them ideal for tasks such as routine inspections, remote operations, or predictive maintenance.Â
Founded in 2005, HeadLight is a visual-based inspection technology for infrastructure projects. Originally designed through collaboration efforts with infrastructure owners and their field inspection teams, HeadLight technologies increase the accountability and effectiveness of construction projects by allowing teams to capture, share, and act on data from the job site in real-time. Our current clients include departments of transportation, engineering firms, contractors, and industry-related materials companies.
Acuity provides comprehensive reports and insights on infrastructure that is difficult, costly or impossible to access by humans. As the volume and value of infrastructure across the world increases, Acuity Robotics is providing business critical data capture and analytics solutions for infrastructure owners and operators.Â
Electro Scan Inc. is an independent, impartial and innovative partner to utilities, municipal water and sewer agencies, and consulting engineering firms in the Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) market. The company designs, develops, markets, and provides inspection services to certify repairs, rehabilitation, leak locations, pipe materials, and condition assessment of existing infrastructure. Patented and patent-pending technology locates buried lead pipes, finds & quantifies pipeline leakage, and tests Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) and certifies trenchless rehabilitation as leak-free.
Aren is an end-to-end AI-powered platform for assessing the built environment which allows data-driven decision-making and risk management. Aren's technology offers a cost-effective, automated, and quantitative approach to de-risk the asset management practice using computer vision and machine learning
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Advanced Materials
Allonnia is harnessing nature to solve the biggest environmental challenges. We’re pioneering novel approaches in environmental biotechnology and engineering to solve waste challenges in nature, using nature. Allonnia is committed to finding value-add biological solutions that integrate efficiently into existing operations AND have a net positive impact on the environment. We have been selective to focus our efforts initially in emerging contaminants, including PFAS, and sustainable mining.
Boston Metal is delivering a future where primary steel production is free of carbon emissions. Our Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) technology provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower-cost, and greener solution for the production of a range of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks.
Brimstone is on a mission to decarbonize the cement industry, which today is responsible for 7.5% of carbon emissions annually. Founded in 2019, Brimstone developed a breakthrough decarbonized process to produce the same ordinary portland cement and supplementary cementitious materials used today. These materials have the same quality and performance builders have trusted for decades — now with a positive climate impact.
CarbonCure is leading a global initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment, using recycled CO2 to improve the manufacturing process of the world’s most abundant man-made material: concrete.
Concrete4Change (C4C) is a R&D company that is developing ground-breaking technology to utilise and permanently mineralise CO2 in concrete.
Dioxycle is pioneering breakthrough carbon utilization technologies that convert industrial emissions into sustainable chemicals with unprecedented energy and cost efficiency. By displacing fossil fuels for the production of key chemicals, Dioxycle has the potential to ultimately reduce over 800 million tons of CO2 per year, representing over 1% of the world's emissions.
Fortera is a materials technology company focused on paving the way to zero CO₂ cement. The Fortera process draws on 100,000+ hours of R&D, 100+ issued global and pending patents and 10+ years of real-world product demonstration. The Silicon Valley-based company is backed by leading investors including Khosla Ventures and Temasek. Fortera’s first low-carbon cement plant is nearing completion in Redding, Calif., and will be one of the world's largest carbon mineralization plants.
Sierra Energy is a waste gasification and renewable energy company located in Davis, California. Sierra Energy strives to make waste gasification globally attainable and economically feasible. The FastOx gasifier converts nearly any form of waste into renewable energy.
Surface Tech’s ARCA (Aramid Reinforced Composite Asphalt) is your composite reinforced asphalt solution. We reinforce and control the aggregate mix, preventing cracking and rutting while improving fatigue resiliency and toughness.
Terra CO2, based in Golden, Colorado, has developed a scalable, low carbon alternative for cement replacement in concrete. Our engineered OPUS SCM and SCM+ are direct replacements for fly ash. For every ton of Portland cement displaced by a Terra product, a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions is achieved.
WaveLogix is a systems integrator of supply chain automation and mobility solutions and services, providing clients with innovative, cost effective technology solutions that enhance business productivity, management control and the availability of mission-critical information in today’s complex, highly competitive business environment.
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Smart Equipment & Automation
Frenter is revolutionizing the heavy equipment industry with its advanced SaaS platform, which leverages telematics, usage data, and equipment health insights to deliver real-time fleet visibility. Their innovative solutions aim to maximize profitability and streamline operations by providing comprehensive asset management tools. Frenter is dedicated to transforming how companies manage and utilize their equipment assets, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness in the process.
Giatec’s SmartRock gives users real-time monitoring of concrete temperature and concrete strength on-site. Utilizing sensors directly attached to rebar that can feed information to mobile phone applications, SmartRock allows users to make critical, real-time decisions during concrete curing.
MachineMax is a heavy equipment platform that helps companies maximise the productivity and profitability of every machine in their fleet.  It seamlessly integrates data from Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) onboard telematics, third party sensors and hiring systems to provide users with a simple easy-to-use interface which gives full visibility and real-time data for every machine in a fleet, looking at its activity, rental utilization and fuel/emissions usage.
The Rooster Asset Tracking System features Rooster Hubs and Rooster Activity Trackers, providing precise GPS location and activity data through an AWS Cloud connection via LTE-M cellular. Rooster Hubs are robust data portals, while Rooster Activity Trackers are rugged devices that capture minute-by-minute activity data for up to 5 years and transmit it to nearby Rooster Hubs within a ½ mile range using the LoRa® communications protocol. Proven in the field, Rooster delivers real-time visibility into equipment usage, offering easy setup and maximizing equipment use and ROI, backed by over two decades of experience in the construction industry.
SafeAI specializes in developing safety and risk management solutions for autonomous and robotic systems in various industries. Their technology focuses on creating advanced safety protocols and fail-safe mechanisms to ensure that autonomous machines and robots operate safely within dynamic and unpredictable environments. By integrating AI-driven safety systems with real-time monitoring and emergency response capabilities, SafeAI aims to mitigate risks, enhance operational reliability, and protect both human operators and automated equipment on job sites and in industrial settings.
Xpanner specializes in developing robotic solutions for the construction and industrial sectors, focusing on enhancing precision and efficiency. Their technology includes advanced robotic systems designed for tasks such as automated material handling, assembly, and surface finishing. By leveraging robotics and AI, Xpanner aims to optimize construction workflows, reduce manual labor, and improve the overall quality and speed of construction projects, making it easier to handle complex and repetitive tasks on job sites.
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