Research Reports
Q3 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets
Table of Contents Introduction Macro Narrative: U.S. Construction Data Overarching Built Environment Venture Trends Investment Trends by Stage Average Round Size Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by Technology Category Infrastructure Tech Building Tech Construction Tech AI/ML Institutional Activity Fund Launches M&A/Exits Summary Introduction Venture activity across the built environment […]
2024 AI/ML Preparedness Introductory Research Report
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Preparedness INTRODUCTION Innovations surrounding artificial intelligence and machine learning can propel the construction industry forward. But all too often, stakeholders are overwhelmed with options and don’t know where to begin on their AI journey. The BuiltWorlds’ AI/ML research track aims to provide an industry overview […]
2024 Annual Offsite Construction Benchmarking Report
Summary BuiltWorlds’ Benchmarking program offers Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization and innovation. Since […]
Annual Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Benchmarking Report
Summary The Benchmarking program offers BuiltWorld’s Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization. Since its […]
Q2 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets
Table of Contents Introduction Investment Trends by Stage Average Round Size Investment Trends by Country Investment Trends by Technology Category Infrastructure Tech Building Tech Construction Tech AI/ML Institutional Activity Fund Launches M&A/Exits Summary Introduction If built world venture capital markets proved one thing in Q2 2024, it’s that we are […]
Annual Field Solutions Benchmarking Report
Summary The Benchmarking program offers BuiltWorld’s Engineering, Construction, and Real Estate Company members an opportunity to gauge their technology adoption against their peers so they can identify and prioritize the gaps in their technology stack they need to address to be a leading firm in terms of digitization. Since its […]
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Top Lists
2024 BuiltWorlds’ Top 50 Venture Investors
Welcome to the 2024 Venture Investors 50! Since 2017, BuiltWorlds has tracked venture deals in the global construction and broader real estate ecosystem, annually spotlighting the 50 most active venture […]
2024 Offsite Construction Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Offsite Construction Top 50! This list was derived from a combination of the 2024 Offsite Construction Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and […]
2024 Infrastructure Top 50
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 […]
2024 Tools & Equipment Top 50
Welcome to the 2024 Tools and Equipment Top 50! This list was derived from a combination of the 2024 Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations […]
2024 Robotics Top 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Robotics Top 50! The Robotics Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Tools, Equipment, and Robotics Survey data, direct industry research, member […]
2024 Reality Capture Top 50 List
Welcome to the 2024 Reality Capture Top 50 List! The Reality Capture Top 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2024 Field Solutions survey data, direct industry research, […]
Permits – Floodplains, FEMA, and the Fifty Percent Rule
This article is a Contributor Post, and written by Erin Watson of Permits.com. If you are interested in the BuiltWorlds Contributor Program, click here. Last week, I was planting this year’s garden. Today, I’m salvaging the belongings that matter most before flood waters creep past the threshold and destroy my […]
Three ways AI and machine learning are making preconstruction easier
A construction project can be a time-consuming undertaking, stretching across several months– and even years–depending on the scope and complexity of the building in question. While not every project is the same, no matter what type of job you are working on, the most vital time period in any project […]
10 Most Promising Trends and Tech Players in Preconstruction & Planning
Next week, the BuiltWorlds team will be jetting off to the Big Apple for our Project New York City Conference. There, we’ll be talking all about the innovations happening in preconstruction. As we begin moving toward the event, we thought it would be helpful to lay out the most exciting trends and […]
What BuiltWorlds Members were up to at World of Concrete 2019
During the final days of World of Concrete, our News Analyst, Jim Lichtenwalter, crisscrossed the gargantuan Las Vegas Convention Center, walking over eight miles one day, trying to take in as much of the massive expo as humanly possible. During his travels, Jim stopped in on the many BuiltWorlds Members […]
Stanley Ventures opens the door for startups like ARIX Technologies
Dianna Liu is trying to make oil refineries safer. A former ExxonMobil engineer, she has first-hand experience with the dangerous conditions people face working in refineries, such as cracking and rusting pipes. Often times, workers put themselves in precarious positions to fix these problems. “A lot of what I experienced […]
Virtual Construction – A highly interactive roadmap
In less than a decade, the construction industry has been transformed by virtual construction – providing contractors and stakeholders with the ability to see a space and walk through it virtually before construction even begins. Virtual construction is the process of creating true-to-size computer-based descriptions of a project, using Building […]
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2024 Infrastructure Conference: Materials: Sustainable Alternatives in Infrastructure
This panel focused on the role of sustainable materials in shaping the future of infrastructure, exploring the latest advancements in eco-friendly construction practices. Experts discussed the challenges and benefits of incorporating sustainable materials into large-scale projects, including their impact on cost, durability, and environmental footprint. Watch to discover how these […]
Demo Drop: Built-World Risk AI Firm Enlaye Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed Financing
Built-World Risk AI Firm Enlaye Raises $1.7M in Pre-Seed Financing Boston-based Enlaye, a new startup which provides an AI-native Risk Lifecycle Management™ platform for the Built-World, announced last month that it raised $1.7M in pre-seed funding led by Glasswing Ventures and co-led by Hannah Grey VC, with participation from Link […]
10.16.2024 Analyst Call – Offsite Construction IV – Volumetric Modular
Offsite Construction, is quickly gaining popularity in the industry through a wide variety of use cases, especially in residential applications, but that is not to say it doesn’t have transformative potential in commercial construction as well. Building off of the Panelized Prefabrication webinar in September, this Analyst Call highlighted well-known […]
2024 Tokyo Summit Keynote: George Pfeffer, CEO, DPR Construction
What is at the core of every project? People. At their core, projects are about teamwork, connection, a shared vision. Watch as George Pfeffer delivers the keynote address at the 2024 Tokyo Summit
Contech Talks: Jeff Danley, Director of Innovation, Burns & McDonnell
At this year’s Construction Tech Conference we were fortunate enough to sit with Jeff Danley, Director of Innovation at Burns & McDonnell to talk about how Burns & McDonnell is pushing the envelope on innovation with their new CEO, Leslie Duke.
2024 Toronto Summit: Hard-Tech: Offsite Fabrication Techniques
Pulling insight from a general contractor, academia, and solution provider, this session provided a wide range of perspectives on the ins and outs of offsite construction. For a building process with considerable potential, we have yet to see widespread adoption in its current state. The group discussed opportunities and challenges […]