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Q3 2024 Venture Report: State of Built World Venture Markets

October 14, 2024

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

September 11, 2024

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

September 10, 2024

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

August 14, 2024

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

July 15, 2024

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

June 19, 2024

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

October 8, 2024

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

September 17, 2024

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

September 12, 2024

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

September 5, 2024

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

August 21, 2024

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

July 11, 2024

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, […]

News & Analysis

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Older BuiltWorlds Articles

Mortenson, Procore Wed Missions in Cloud

A match made in the clouds? Cloud-based project management software
provider Procore may have more than a million users now, but its biggest
match to date is contracting giant Mortenson. The happy couple is now on
their honeymoon.

Evolving BIM Tech Is Disrupting The Market

Assemble Systems’ CEO Howard Davis looks back on 2015 as the year his
company really hit its BIM groove. Here, he reviews the year’s
accomplishments and looks ahead toward an expected period of anticipated
growth in BIM use.

WATCH: Empowering the Workforce with Stanford’s Dr. Martin Fischer

Stanford’s Dr. Martin Fischer is in another dimension. His work developing
4D modeling has enabled the VDC to rapidly leap forward. In California for
our latest Road Trip, we caught up with the good doctor for a brief chat
before one of his classes.

A Virtual Tour of CES

At the Consumer Electronic Show, a veritable smorgasbord of technologies
was showcased. Throughout all of the noise, a few distinct technologies
shot to the forefront of what will pave the way for the built tomorrow’s
built environment.

Older BuiltWorlds Articles

Swimming with Sharks in the Extreme Sandbox

Remember those innocent days when you marveled out the car window at the
massive equipment you’d see from the backseat as your family drove past a
construction site? Randy Stenger has those vivid memories too. He founded
Extreme Sandbox, where adults can crush a car with a CAT and so very much
more.

 

Older BuiltWorlds Articles

Procore procures a bundle, Rides TsunamI Of VC Tech Investment

Just days after celebrating its 1 millionth user, Procore ended 2015 on an
even higher note. On Dec. 30, it announced new VC investment of another $50
million. That is only the latest good news in a wild flurry of AEC tech
investment.

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Analyst Calls & Videos

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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 […]

ConTech Talks: Ciaran Roche, Co-Founder & CTO, Coevolve

Ciaran Roche, Co-Founder & CTO of Coevolve sat down with the BuiltWorlds team at the 2024 Construction Technology Conference to talk about some of the trends that he’s seeing in the construction tech ecosystem and how Coevolve is helping companies prepare for the incoming shifting tides. Coevolve is a global […]

2024 Toronto Summit: Smart Jobsites: Equipment & Robotics Breakthroughs That Will Finally Improve Productivity in the Field

As the interest in, and viability of, innovative and autonomous robotics and equipment increases, it is critical to understand how best to think about, adopt, and implement these technologies. The question for larger organizations has shifted from “should I be thinking about this” to “how should i be thinking about […]