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2025 Building Tech: Planning & Design Tech Specialty Report

Planning & Design Solution Overview

BuiltWorlds defines planning and design solutions as software and other digital tools that help architects, engineers, and design-build contractors create, analyze, and optimize building projects through digital modeling, simulation, and collaboration to ensure teams stay aligned throughout their lifecycle, from conception to breaking ground and eventual turnover.

Specifically, BuiltWorlds identified four main phases and their associated technologies as key areas for professionals involved with conceiving and designing the built environment: