insight

2026 Annual Building Tech Benchmarking Report

KEY INSIGHTS:

  • Generative AI has moved firmly into routine use across surveyed organizations, with 88% reporting at least moderate impact, though adoption skews toward execution and verification stages like construction/operations and QA rather than early-stage ideation.
  • Early Concept & Feasibility technologies remain largely in the testing phase, with Test Fit Technology showing the strongest traction (over 40% using it on several or more projects) while Generative Design and DDP/Smart Design lag behind, with notably higher uncertainty around Generative Design.
  • Construction, Operations & Handover solutions show the starkest maturity gap in the report: Project Management Software has become near-universal infrastructure at 80% full adoption, while Digital Twins remain firmly in a piloting stage with only 10% of organizations using them on every project.

REPORT OVERVIEW