Welcome to the 2023 Infrastructure 50 Toplist! The 2023 BuiltWorlds Infrastructure 50 Toplist was derived from a combination of direct industry research, feedback, and case studies reviewed between 10/1/2022 and 10/1/2023. This list illustrates both legacy and emerging building technology solutions being leveraged by some of the largest contractors, engineers, and specialty contractors from around the world.
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Related Analyst Research
In addition to our conferences, our Analysts provide our members valuable Research Reports, Briefings, Lists, and other Data to help learn more about the companies, people, and trends in the Topic Areas we cover. Click below to sample some our most recent Construction Tech-Focused Research:
CATEGORY:
Geospatial Information & Mapping
CivilGrid
CivilGrid centralizes utility, environmental, and geotechnical site data in an intuitive GIS platform. Access hundreds of data layers in a single map. Reduce project risk. Increase planning efficiency.
SuperMap
SuperMap Software Co., Ltd is an innovative GIS platform software and service provider. SuperMap GIS product line is comprised of a full range of GIS platforms, including Cloud GIS, Component GIS, Desktop GIS, Mobile GIS and client SDK. SuperMap GIS is widely used in various fields and has become an advanced GIS platform software in China since 2015.
ArcGIS (ESRI)
ESRI is an international supplier of geographic information system software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications.
Trimble
Trimble is developing technology, software and services that drive the digital transformation of construction with solutions that span the entire AEC industry. Empowering teams across the construction lifecycle, Trimble's innovative approach improves coordination and collaboration between stakeholders, teams, phases and processes. Trimble’s Connected Construction strategy gives users control of their operations with best-in-class solutions and a common data environment.
Hexagon GeoMedia
Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications. The operation is focused on precision measuring technologies and is divided into three business areas: Geospatial Measuring, Industrial Metrology and Technologies.
Orbital Insight
Orbital Insight is the leader in geospatial analytics and location intelligence that helps organizations understand what’s happening on and to the Earth. Orbital Insight uses AI to answer their questions about supply chains, global commodities, geopolitical events, demographics and national security using multiple sources of geospatial data—including satellite images, mobile location, connected cars and other IoT data. Armed with this insight, organizations can anticipate future changes to avoid costly surprises and create new opportunities.
AutoDesk Map 3D
The AutoCAD Map 3D toolset is model-based GIS mapping software that provides access to CAD and GIS data to support planning, design, and management.
4M Analytics
4M is a data-driven company, utilizing remote sensing & AI for subsurface mapping, without having any boots on the ground. Providing utility mapping data very fast (in only days) & at low cost.
CATEGORY:
Project Management & Data Analytics
Datumate
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.
Headlight
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.
Matidor
Matidor is a tool to manage all project tracking needs in one place by offering one platform for tasks, budgets, GIS, forms, files and more. Matidor provides solutions to visualize projects, get real time updates about budget performance, and track the status of jobsite tasks to create a seamless project management experience for the end-user.
Samsara
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. Samsara operates in North America and Europe and serves tens of thousands of customers across a wide range of industries including transportation, wholesale and retail trade, construction, field services, logistics, utilities and energy, government, healthcare and education, manufacturing, and food and beverage.
Kahua
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.
Bulksource
BulkSource, a modern cloud-based platform that leverages data to enable bulk material operators to manage their business better. By capturing and digitizing all aspects of the bulk material supply chain, operators are now equipped with industry-specific data intelligence and data science solutions to improve day-to-day processes and strategic decisions. By leveraging BulkSource's propriety algorithms, customers have a competitive advantage in Sales, Operations, and Logistics, allowing them to win more bids and operate more profitably.
Mastt
Mastt is a cloud enterprise software solution that helps owners & PMOs deliver better capital works projects. Our software helps protect against surprise costs, schedule delays, and potential disputes with contractors. Real time dashboards, automated systems and unlimited historical data give program managers a more reliable, accurate & predictive way to deliver projects.
Pavewise
Pavewise is a technology-fueled asphalt paving: perfecting asphalt tech and leading the paving revolution. Pavewise’s web-based software maximizes productivity and improves project quality resulting in increased incentives and profits for paving contractors. The platform offers solutions to efficiently mitigate variables on the jobsite such as weather, project specifications and equipment operations.
CATEGORY:
Planning & Design
Transcend
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.
Aurigo
Aurigo builds software that helps build the world. Aurigo provides modern, cloud-based solutions for capital infrastructure and private owners to help them plan with confidence, build with quality, and maintain their assets efficiently. With more than $300b of capital programs under management, Aurigo’s solutions are trusted by over 300 customers in transportation, water and utilities, healthcare, higher education, and government on over 40,000 projects across North America. Founded in 2003, Aurigo is a privately held U.S. corporation headquartered in Austin, Texas, with global offices in Canada and India.
Direxyon
DIREXYON Technologies is an international company that specializes in the creation of innovative financial modeling and predictive analytics platforms for strategic asset investment planning. DIREXYON's solutions help organizations manage their investments and underlying risks more precisely and identify the most realistic, cost-effective options for managing their assets in the short, medium and long term.
Transoft Solutions
Since 1991, Transoft Solutions has developed advanced and highly specialized software solutions for aviation, civil infrastructure, transportation and operational professionals. Our portfolio of planning, simulation, modeling, design, and road safety analysis solutions is used every day by thousands of organizations in over 150 countries worldwide. Clients include government agencies at the federal, state, county and municipal levels, as well as major international airports and top engineering and architectural design firms.
Autodesk Forma
Autodesk Forma (formerly Spacemaker) helps planning and design teams deliver projects digitally from day one. Use conceptual design capabilities, predictive analytics, and automations to make solid foundations for your projects.
Dassault Simulia
A pioneer in computer-aided design that was spun off from Dassault Aviation, 3DS has expanded into a diverse range of software categories and industries. Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, SIMULIA delivers realistic simulation applications that enable users to reveal the world we live in.
Transect
A pioneer in computer-aided design that was spun off from Dassault Aviation, 3DS has expanded into a diverse range of software categories and industries. Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE® platform, SIMULIA delivers realistic simulation applications that enable users to reveal the world we live in.
ALICE Technologies
ALICE Technologies is the world’s first AI-powered construction simulation platform. Founded in 2015 based on research from Stanford University, ALICE leverages artificial intelligence to analyze a project’s complex building requirements, generate highly efficient building schedules, and tune those schedules as needed during construction. 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.
CATEGORY:
Advanced Materials
Wavelogix
Wavelogix’s mission is to improve the quality and safety of the world’s infrastructure while optimizing the performance and efficiency of those who build it. We provide connected devices and software to help improve decision-making and to accelerate construction schedules through better understanding of the concrete curing process. Spun out of Purdue University’s top-ranked Lyles School of Civil Engineering, Wavelogix has developed a novel, in-place concrete strength measurement tool for the construction industry, with particular focus on bridge, highway and runway infrastructure as well as commercial warehouses, vertical construction and precast concrete.
ECOncrete
ECOncrete bio-enhancing concrete technology brings biodiversity, carbon storage, and superior structural performance to any concrete marine infrastructure. While traditional concrete damages marine ecosystems, ECOncrete's award-winning technology is scientifically tested and proven to provide superior structural and ecological performance. It is adapted to specific environments’ needs, supporting local fauna and flora.
Electro Scan
Electro Scan designs & develops leading machine-intelligent probes to locate and measure sewer & water defects to 1cm accuracy. Patented and patent-pending technology is new EPA-supported standard to test & certify Cured-In-Place Pipe (CIPP) and trenchless rehabilitation as leak-free.
Surface Tech
Surface Tech’s ARCA (Aramid Reinforced Composite Asphalt) is a composite reinforced asphalt solution. The aggregate mix is reinforced and controlled, preventing cracking and rutting while improving fatigue resiliency and toughness. Superior performance, cost efficiency, ease of use, precise inclusion dosing, QA reporting, a track record of adoption, and the only Environmental Product Certification in its class.
Solmax
Solmax is a world leader in sustainable construction solutions, for civil and environmental infrastructure. Their pioneering products separate, contain, filter, drain and reinforce essential applications in a more sustainable way.
CATEGORY:
Equipment Technology Solutions
DPL Telematics
DPL Telematics is a leading provider of advanced asset monitoring and telemetry technologies for the construction, mining, rail and oilfield industries. With over 13 years experience and an excess of $610 million in customer mobile assets trusted to it, DPL Telematics delivers a single turnkey remote monitoring solution with a global reach of over 130 countries. Award winning products include the Titan Equipment Monitoring System for construction equipment and the Skyhawk Vehicle Tracking System for trucks.
RodRadar
RodRadar is at the forefront of the sensors’ world with innovative RADAR solutions, uniquely capable of detecting obstacles in challenging environments and conditions. The Company is focused on disruptive solutions for the Construction industry, delivering breakthrough in both efficiency and safety.
Tenna
Tenna is the construction technology platform that revolutionizes equipment fleet operations. Go beyond tracking with solutions based on the needs of your mixed fleet--QR Codes, GPS Tracking, BlueTooth, Fleet Tracking and more.
Yardlink
YardLink is improving the way construction equipment is rented. Using technology, we’re helping building contractors find and rent equipment quickly, easily and cost-effectively from a network of trusted suppliers. Saving customers time and money. Through a single account, contractors can source and manage a range of kit, from excavators to boom lifts, 24/7. YardLink handles the tasks of checking availability, coordinating delivery and assuring the quality of suppliers.
RDO Equipment
Founded in 1968, RDO Equipment Co. sells and supports agriculture, construction, environmental, irrigation, positioning, and surveying equipment from leading manufacturers, including John Deere, Vermeer, Wirtgen Group, Topcon, Carlson, Wingtra and Teleo. RDO Equipment Co. is a total solutions provider with a heavy emphasis in how technology drives production for growers and builders. RDO Equipment Co. has more than 75 locations across the United States and partnerships in Africa, Australia, Mexico and Ukraine.
Caterpillar VisionLink
Caterpillar's VisionLink provides visibility into equipment usage and jobsite management. VisionLink tells managers what they need to know and eliminates guesswork. An updated interface helps users improve fuel efficiency, reduce idle time and boost profitability across all your assets. VisionLink puts the power of knowing in your hands.
Komatsu Smart Construction
The construction industry is on the cusp of rapid change and innovation — where advanced automation and integrated technologies intersect. Use these Smart Construction solutions to harness technology for accurate data, comprehensive reporting and remote capabilities. Pinpoint a fleet’s location, transfer files to machines, and view what operators are viewing all without leaving your desk.
CATEGORY:
Asset Management
Cartegraph Asset
Cartegraph builds safer, more resilient and sustainable communities through better stewardship of buildings and infrastructure. They offer powerful, intuitive SaaS solutions that help government agencies, higher education institutions and private companies manage their physical assets and associated operations. With Cartegraph software, users optimize the life of their infrastructure, deploy maintenance resources efficiently and increase productivity to drive high-performance operations.
Dynamic Infrastructure
Dynamic Infrastructure automatically tracks defects in civil infrastructure assets to provide maintenance alerts, prevent unplanned expenses and maximize annual budgets. Dynamic Infrastructure provides a live and proactive cloud-based system that extracts and predicts precise actionable information from past inspection reports and day-to-day photos.
Asterra
ASTERRA, formerly Utilis, provides data-driven solutions for water utilities, government agencies and the greater infrastructure industry in the areas of roads, rails, dams, and mines. The company’s proprietary algorithms and highly educated scientists and engineers are the key to their mission, to deliver actionable intelligence to advance Earth’s resource resilience. ASTERRA is headquartered in Israel with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, and Japan. Their innovative data solutions are used in multiple verticals around the globe. ASTERRA is investing in artificial intelligence (AI) to bring their products to the next level.
Aren
AI inspection & 3D visualization platform for physical assets. We are advancing civil engineering and artificial intelligence technology to minimize the risk of infrastructure failure and optimize global infrastructure spending.
SiteTracker
The only full lifecycle platform designed by project managers; delivering real-time collaboration, powerful automated reports, and accurate forecasting. Power the successful deployment of critical infrastructure. Sitetracker, Inc. powers the successful deployment of critical infrastructure. As the global standard for managing high-volume projects, the Sitetracker Platform enables growth-focused innovators to optimize the entire asset lifecycle. From the field to the C-suite, Sitetracker enables stakeholders to optimize how they plan, deploy, maintain, and grow their capital asset portfolios.
OmniFlow
Omniflow provides sustainable smart city solutions. Omniflow helps cities and organizations to drop the power consumption and carbon footprint more than 90% on lighting and provide digital opportunities with our Smart IoT Lamppost powered by wind and solar. It transforms a regular street light into a sustainable smart infrastructure capable of housing multiple added-value applications like 5G Small Cells, Edge Computing ,Computer Vision and deliver high quality data from software services.
Percepto
Percepto is at the forefront of redefining how industrial sites and critical infrastructure are holistically inspected and monitored, harnessing remote robotics to autonomously collect, aggregate and analyze visual data. Leveraging experience with Percepto Sparrow, the most deployed drone-in-a-box solution on the market, Percepto introduced Percepto AIM (Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring) the first end-to-end autonomous inspection and monitoring platform. Founded in 2014, Percepto’s solutions are trusted by Fortune 500 customers in more than 10 countries including ENEL,
CATEGORY:
Mobility
EarthGrid PBC
EarthGrid PBC uses patented technologies to bore tunnels at up to and over 1000 meters per day for 1/100th the traditional cost. Tunnels for Fiber, Energy, Water, Gas, Vehicles, Pedestrians, and High-Speed Transit.
hyperTunnel
hyperTunnel is the next generation in tunnelling. Its team of engineers are developing revolutionary infraTech using a unique combination of proven technologies from diverse industries to redefine what’s possible in underground construction. hyperTunnel’s technology will be faster, safer, more economical and environmentally friendly than current techniques.
Swyft Cities
In 2019, Google needed to find a way to better connect their campuses and allow for more dense, multi-use campus development.Transportation solutions of all types were reviewed, and none solved the district-level connectivity problem. The project team set to work to create something new. The first proof-of-concept exceeded targets for effectiveness, cost, sustainability, and speed-to-market. In 2021, the core team left Google to commercialize this transportation solution as an independent company. Today, Swyft Cities is bringing innovative mobility to public and private real estate projects.
Verkor
Verkor is a French industrial company based in Grenoble. With the backing of EIT InnoEnergy, Groupe IDEC, Schneider Electric, Capgemini and now Renault Group, EQT Ventures, Arkema, Tokai COBEX, FMET managed by Demeter, Sybanie-Stillwater and Plastic Omnium. Verkor will ramp up low-carbon battery manufacturing in France and southern Europe to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles —and electric mobility as a whole —and stationary storage in Europe.
Intelligent Infrastructure
Intelligent Infrastructure (the foundation of ARPA-I) goes well beyond transportation and will be the brains of our economy. Providing advanced city services, resilient and carbon-free economies, closing the technology divide, enabling autonomous systems, and most important; securing data for people, cities, and governments. Creating millions of new jobs and economic growth nationwide.
NoTraffic
NoTraffic is a traffic management platform that optimizes traffic lights in real-time based on smart sensors and prepares the road infrastructure for the connected and autonomous era. The platform is powered by integration of data from proprietary computer vision algorithms and data collected through vehicle-to-infrastructure communication (V2I).
Rekor AI
Rekor Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: REKR) collects, connects, and organizes the world's mobility data to deliver revolutionary roadway intelligence — laying the foundation for a digital-enabled operating system for the road.
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