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Research Reports
2025 Annual Field Solutions Benchmarking Report
Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is a premier industry tool, purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Field Solutions Benchmarking Report delves into six areas of field technologies, each […]
2025 Annual Project Management & Oversight Benchmarking Report
Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is a premier industry tool, purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Project Management & Oversight Benchmarking Report delves into five essential areas of […]
2025 Annual Sustainable Jobsites Benchmark Report
Overview This is the third 2025 benchmarking report built as a part of the BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program, the purpose-built tool that BuiltWorlds has developed to bring together innovators, technologists and providers to learn, understand the market, and drive the industry forward. The Sustainable Jobsites Benchmarking Report will delve into […]
2025 Annual Preconstruction Benchmarking Report
Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is a premier industry tool, purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Preconstruction Benchmarking Report delves into six essential areas of the preconstruction phase, […]
2025 Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report
Overview BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking Program is the premier industry tool purpose-built to help built world innovators learn, measure, and make decisions related to technology solutions, research & development, and innovation strategies across more than 32 technology areas. The Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report dives deep into four major planning and design […]
2024 Annual Venture & Investments Report
Table of Contents Introduction Overarching Built Environment Venture Trends Macro Landscape U.S. Construction Spending European Construction Volume Interest Rates Investment Trends by Stage Geographic Segmentation Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by City Investment Trends Segmented by BuiltWorlds’ Technology Subcategory Tech Classification System Construction Tech Building Tech Infrastructure Tech AI/ML […]
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Top Lists
2024 Sustainable Jobsites Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Sustainable Jobsites 50! The Sustainable Jobsite 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Sustainable Jobsite Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & […]
2024 Preconstruction Top 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Preconstruction 50! The Preconstruction 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Preconstruction Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and case […]
2024 Building Tech 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Building Tech 50! The Building Tech 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Building Tech Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, […]
2023 BuiltWorlds’ Top 50 Deals List
The BuiltWorlds 2023 Top Deals 50 is a list of the largest venture deals, VC funds raised, and acquisitions in the built world over the course of the year. Since […]
2023 Global Innovators 50 List
BuiltWorlds 4th annual list of 50 Global Innovators Welcome to the 4th annual Global Innovators List. BuiltWorlds recognition of a Global Innovator is a tribute to the industry-advancing role that […]
2023 Top 50 Adoption Leaders List
The BuiltWorlds Adoption Leaders Top 50 List recognizes members who actively engage in the BuiltWorlds member network. These individuals exhibit a high level of interest in learning and participating […]
Inaugural Contractor’s Choice and Tech Excellence Awards Celebrated at the 2025 Construction Tech Conference
The inaugural Contractor’s Choice and Tech Excellence Awards took place on July 9, 2025, as part of the 2025 BuiltWorlds Construction Tech Conference in Chicago’s iconic Willis Tower. Both the Contractor’s Choice and Tech Excellence Awards recognize top performing technology solution providers and contractors, respectively, as identified through BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking […]
Balancing Tech Innovation With Jobsite Realities: Q&A With Construction Tech Speaker Saravana Vennelakanti
With a unique blend of experience working as an architect, owner’s representative, and general contractor, Saravana Vennelakanti is an AEC triple threat. Currently, he works as a construction project manager at Donald Borg Construction, a fourth-generation commercial contracting and construction firm based out of Schaumburg, Ill. He’ll be joining us […]
Construction Tech Conference to Host Inaugural Contractor’s Choice and Tech Excellence Awards
The Contractor’s Choice and Tech Excellence Awards are set for their inaugural ceremony at the 2025 Construction Tech Conference, taking place July 8-9 in Chicago’s historic Willis Tower. The awards will celebrate the top tech solutions across a variety of fields, as identified through BuiltWorlds’ research, and contractors demonstrating outstanding […]
The Pursuit of Innovation: A Q&A With 2025 Construction Tech Conference Keynote Matt Olson
The construction industry is experiencing a transformational shift towards innovation, brought on by persisting challenges like labor and productivity. The embrace of innovation has become a necessity. Individuals need to be more productive. Systems and processes need to be more efficient. That was the thinking of Burns & McDonnell Chair […]
5 Takeaways From the 2025 Field Solutions Benchmarking Report
BuiltWorlds’ 2025 Field Solutions Benchmarking Report delivers actionable insights, drawn from global general contractors, on the tools and technologies shaping today’s jobsites. The report highlights how firms are using field solutions to improve productivity, safety and coordination across complex projects. By covering categories such as workforce management, site logistics and […]
Breaking Down a Wasteful Industry: Q&A With Joanne Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Mycocycle
In 2017, after 30 years in construction products and material manufacturing, Joanne Rodriguez, founder and CEO of Mycocycle, left the industry. “There was an emerging dialogue around material transparency and cradle-to-gate and things that would take in end-of-life products,” recalled Rodriguez, who first learned about construction waste issues while working […]
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2025 Construction Tech Conference Keynote – Matt Olson, Chief Innovation Officer at Burns & McDonnell
Matt Olson, chief innovation officer for Burns & McDonnell, delivered an insightful keynote address at the 2025 Construction Tech Conference in the iconic Willis Tower in Chicago. Titled “Disrupting Ourselves: Rethinking How We Deliver,” the forward-thinking keynote drove home the importance of unlocking the untapped potential of technology within the […]
Construction Tech Conference Demo Winner: Drawer AI
Drawer AI is a startup that revolutionizing electrical estimating with AI. Fully automated conduit routing is generated in minutes, designed specifically to handle the electrical scope of work. Using only PDF drawings as input, the platform streamlines complex workflows, eliminates manual takeoff, and drives profitability. Drawer AI Co-Founder and CEO […]
Demo Drop: Trilytics
Trilytics Co-Founder Hermann Schneider pitched the company to packed room at the 2025 Paris Summit, impressing the judges with the company’s cutting-edge slab system. Driven by a strong commitment to both high performance and environmental responsibility, Trilytics focuses on delivering solutions that increase load-bearing capacity while maintaining cost-effectiveness and promoting […]
Innovating Building Materials & Supply Chain Conference 2025: Case Study – Existing and Future Applications of Innovative Building Materials
Leaders from CRH Ventures and Carbon Upcycling joined a moderated fireside chat to explore the scalability of first-of-a-kind facilities producing innovative building materials at the 2025 Innovating Building Materials & Supply Chain Conference in the Merchandise Mart in Chicago. They discussed how industry collaboration and champions drive the adoption of […]
Innovating Building Materials & Supply Chain Demo Day Winner: Supersede
At the recent 2025 Innovating Building Materials & Supply Chain Conference, Supersede CEO Sean Petterson impressed the judges with his company’s lightweight alternative to plywood, taking home the top prize at the conference’s Demo Day Competition. Operating with a carbon footprint that is 1/100th the size of traditional wood-based sheathing […]
Venture West 2025: HardTech and the Future of Construction
The tides of built environment venture funding have shifted in favor of advanced equipment, materials, robotics, sensors, energy systems and modular construction startups. This is partially due to the advancements made in AI and underlying software operating systems. This panel of experts from the 2025 Venture West Conference discussed why […]