Welcome to the 2026 Infrastructure Top 50! The Infrastructure 50 List was derived from a combination of the 2026 BuiltWorlds' Benchmarking Survey data, direct industry research, member conversations & feedback, and case studies.
As projects grow more complex and public agencies face mounting pressure to deliver faster and at lower cost, technology has become central to how infrastructure is designed, built, and maintained. The 2026 Infrastructure Tech Top 50 maps the solutions driving this shift. Spanning seven categories from civil design and digital twins to construction delivery, materials monitoring, and long-term asset operations, the Infrastructure Top 50 is designed to give a comprehensive overview of the leading technology in the space.
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Event Spotlight:
2027 Chicago Global Summit
Capital and emerging technology are increasingly shaping how contractors, owners, and designers adopt and scale new tools, from small specialty trades to large national enterprises. The 2027 Chicago Global Summit, held April 28 to 29 at Convene in downtown Chicago, examines that shift through the lens of the North American market.
Attendees will leave with practical insight on technology, innovation, and AI and data strategy for mid-size, specialty, and large contractors, along with a view of the investment landscape from accelerators to late-stage startups, including a Demo Day Pitch Competition. Sessions span all eight BuiltWorlds research tracks, and the event connects executives, founders, and decision-makers across the global AEC value chain.
Category:
Design & Engineering
Design, Engineering, & Modeling
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Further Information
OpenRoads (Bentley Systems)
Civil design work on roads, highways, rail, and sites are the focus areas of OpenRoads Designer, Bentley’s application for modeling corridors, geometry, and drainage in 3D. It is built on the MicroStation platform and sits within Bentley’s wider infrastructure software portfolio.
Autodesk Civil 3D
Civil 3D is Autodesk’s civil engineering design and documentation software, built on AutoCAD and used on projects such as roads, highways, and site development. It was recently designated a Forma Connected Client, which allows its models to be referenced in Autodesk Forma and Revit.
Tekla (Trimble)
Structural modeling and detailing of steel, concrete, and precast elements are the focus of Tekla Structures, which is used on bridges, tunnels, and buildings. Tekla Model Sharing lets several designers work on the same model, and a link to Trimble Connect gives non-Tekla users viewer access.
Quadri (Trimble)
Quadri is a collaborative civil BIM platform that enables real-time, cloud-based sharing and unified access to a single, centrally hosted infrastructure model, serving as a “single source of truth” for all project stakeholders across design and construction workflows. It supports integrated work processes via issue tracking and alerts, flexible viewing options (including 3D, cross-section, and table views), and an open, software-agnostic environment through connectors and APIs.
Leica Geosystems (Hexagon)
Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, makes surveying instruments, site layout tools, and 3D machine control systems for excavators, dozers, and pavers. Recent additions include factory-integrated machine control developed with OEMs and a jobsite safety awareness portfolio.
ALLPLAN (Nemetschek)
ALLPLAN is Nemetschek Group’s brand for BIM design-to-build software, covering structural, civil, and precast workflows. Its ALLPLAN Civil product combines bridge and civil structure modeling for transportation infrastructure, with parametric tools for roads, bridges, and tunnels.
Revit (Autodesk)
Revit is Autodesk’s BIM authoring software for architectural, structural, and MEP design, and on infrastructure projects it is used to model stations, depots, viaducts, tunnels, and retaining walls. Parametric bridges and tunnels created in InfraWorks can be sent to Revit, and Civil 3D models are being connected to it through Forma.
Digital Twin, GIS & Data Intelligence
Bentley iTwin
Digital twins of infrastructure assets such as bridges, roads, rail, and utilities are built and managed on Bentley’s iTwin platform. It synchronizes engineering models, reality capture data, and IoT feeds, and supports open standards for interoperability with third-party systems.
AVEVA
AVEVA’s digital twin offering pairs asset information from its Asset Information Management software with real-time operational data from AVEVA PI Data Infrastructure, visualized together on its CONNECT platform. The company serves sectors that include power and utilities, water and wastewater, and infrastructure.
Esri
Mapping and spatial analysis sit at the core of Esri’s ArcGIS platform, which is used to manage infrastructure in geographic context. Its ArcGIS Utility Network provides a connected network model for water, wastewater, stormwater, electric, and gas systems, and Esri positions ArcGIS as a foundation for digital twins that combine GIS, reality capture, and BIM data.
Fugro
Collecting and analyzing data about the ground and the structures built on it is the core of Fugro’s business, with clients across infrastructure, energy, and water. Its GeoDin software consolidates geotechnical data from drilling and cone penetration testing, and a GeoDin Ground plugin developed with Autodesk brings that data into Civil 3D design models.
4M Analytics
4M Analytics uses AI to compile public utility records, satellite and aerial imagery, and archived plans into a map of utilities for infrastructure projects. Civil engineers, contractors, and departments of transportation use it during early planning and design to reduce reliance on manual records research.
Exodigo
Exodigo maps what underground information without excavation. It combines several sensor types, including ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic, and seismic methods, with AI to produce 3D maps of utilities, voids, and geology, and the sensors can be deployed by cart, vehicle, or drone. The company serves utilities, transportation, and government projects.
Autodesk Infraworks
InfraWorks is conceptual design software that civil engineers, planners, and surveyors use to model, analyze, and visualize infrastructure within its surrounding built and natural environment. It supports early design of roads, railways, bridges, and water infrastructure, and parametric bridges and tunnels created in it can be sent to Civil 3D or Revit.
Category:
Construction & Delivery
Project & Construction Management
Primavera P6 (Oracle)
Planning, scheduling, and resource management for large projects and programs is handled in Primavera P6 EPPM, Oracle’s critical path method scheduling platform. Under Oracle’s Smart Construction Platform it connects to Primavera Cloud, which adds capital planning and schedule-based risk management, and to the Construction Intelligence Cloud for analytics.
Austin, TX, USA
InEight
A subsidiary of Kiewit, InEight offers modular software for capital project controls, connecting estimating, scheduling, cost management, contracts, and document control. It is aimed at complex infrastructure, industrial, and energy projects.
Austin, TX, USA
Procore
Preconstruction, project execution, and financial management sit in a single cloud environment in Procore, which serves general contractors, specialty contractors, owners, and public agencies across commercial, civil, and industrial work. An open API and app marketplace support integration with other project tools.
Carpinteria, CA, USA
HeavyBid (HCSS)
HeavyBid is HCSS’s flagship estimating and bidding software for heavy civil, highway, and utility contractors, available as both a desktop and a web-based application. It can pull bid items from state transportation department websites, and HCSS joined the Nemetschek Group’s Build & Construct segment in July 2026.
Sugar Land, TX, USA
SmartPM Technologies
SmartPM takes schedule files from tools such as Oracle P6 and Microsoft Project and converts them into analytics on progress, delays, and projected completion. General contractors, owners, and developers use it to assess schedule performance and risk, and it integrates with Procore.
Atlanta, GA, USA
Kahua
Owners managing large capital programs are the primary focus of Kahua, a platform covering capital planning, cost management, documents, and asset-centric data for handover to operations. Its platform is FedRAMP-authorized, and federal users include the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Alpharetta, GA, USA
nPlan
Machine learning trained on historical project schedules drives nPlan’s forecasts of duration and delivery risk on construction and infrastructure projects. Its products include Insights Pro for single-project assurance, Portfolio for risk across multiple projects, and Schedule Studio, which uses generative AI to create and iterate schedules.
London, UK
ALICE Technologies
ALICE Technologies generates and compares many possible construction schedules based on a project’s constraints, resources, and sequencing options, an approach it calls generative scheduling. The platform works with BIM and Oracle P6 data, and in April 2026 the company partnered with McKinsey to offer it to infrastructure clients.
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Planera
A visual, collaborative interface sits at the center of Planera, a cloud-based CPM scheduling platform with import and export support for Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project. It includes DCMA 14-point schedule quality checks and an AI assistant for schedule analysis and risk, and has seen adoption on data center and mission-critical projects.
San Jose, CA, USA
Outbuild
Outbuild is a scheduling and planning platform for general contractors that brings together master schedules, lookahead plans, weekly work plans, and constraint tracking. Schedules can be imported from Microsoft Project or P6, and changes made in lookahead plans update the master schedule automatically.
San Francisco, CA, USA
DESTINI Estimator (Beck Technology)
Released in 2015, DESTINI Estimator is a cloud-hosted estimating platform with integrated 2D and 3D takeoff and a cost database. It was developed with input from contractor estimators, including Sundt Construction, and Beck also offers DESTINI Bid Day for bid leveling.
Dallas, TX, USA
Materials, Structural Monitoring, & Inspection Technologies
Giatec
Giatec makes SmartRock, a wireless sensor embedded in fresh concrete that tracks temperature and estimates strength during curing, sending the data to mobile devices and the Giatec 360 dashboard. The company also makes devices for testing concrete permeability, electrical resistivity, and corrosion rate.
Ottawa, CA
Converge
Strength and temperature data from sensors embedded in concrete feed Converge’s ConcreteDNA platform, which uses AI to predict when a pour will reach target strength. Its wireless sensor lines include Signal, Helix, and Mesh, and the company has released beta tools for lower-carbon mix selection and precast logistics.
London, UK
Binni
Planning, tracking, and reporting for concrete placements all run on a single cloud platform at Binni, which links pour data to BIM model elements. It also supports tunneling teams with tunnel boring machine data and integrates with sensor and batching systems, including Giatec and Sysdyne.
Washington, DC, USA
Sika Sensor Systems
Sika offers sensor-based monitoring for concrete structures through partnerships rather than a standalone product line. For corrosion monitoring it works with DuraMon, an ETH Zurich spin-off whose embedded sensors track corrosion-relevant parameters in bridges, tunnels, and parking structures, and it integrates Giatec’s concrete sensors into its SikaVision digital portfolio.
Baar, CH
Trimble T4D
Movement in dams, bridges, tunnels, rail track, and excavations is tracked in Trimble 4D Control, monitoring software that combines data from total stations, GNSS receivers, and geotechnical sensors. It supports periodic or continuous monitoring with configurable alarms and reporting, and a Rail module adds track geometry monitoring.
Westminster, CO, USA
Pix4D
Spun out of EPFL in 2011, Pix4D makes photogrammetry software that produces measurable 3D models and point clouds from drone and terrestrial imagery. Its suite includes PIX4Dmatic for large datasets, PIX4Dcatch for smartphone capture, and PIX4Dcloud for browser-based processing and site documentation.
Lausanne, CH
Allium Engineering
Stainless steel is bonded to a carbon steel core during hot rolling in Allium’s rebar, which is designed to resist chloride-driven corrosion at a lower cost than solid stainless bars. Caltrans installed the product on a bridge deck along U.S. 101 in Mendocino County, and Allium reports that it meets the AASHTO M 329M specification.
Billerica, MA, USA
Site Logistics
Command Alkon
Ordering, dispatch, ticketing, and delivery tracking for heavy building materials run through CONNEX, the company’s platform connecting material suppliers, haulers, and contractors. Founded in 1976, Command Alkon also supplies batching and plant automation software for concrete, aggregate, asphalt, and cement producers.
Birmingham, AL, USA
HaulHub Technologies
Digital ticketing for construction materials is HaulHub’s core product. JOBslip serves producers and contractors, while E-DOT, formerly DOTslip, lets transportation agencies view and verify tickets as loads are delivered. Agencies including Wisconsin DOT and the West Virginia Division of Highways use HaulHub-built portals, and the software also supports materials ordering, hauling management, and customer management.
Boston, MA, USA
Tread
Built around the scale ticket, Tread Horizon connects quotes, orders, dispatch, load tracking, approvals, and billing for construction materials hauling. It integrates with Command Alkon’s CONNEX platform and with accounting systems including Sage Intacct and QuickBooks, and serves haulers, material producers, and contractors.
Toronto, CA
Civ Robotics
Layout on civil and solar sites is automated by CivDot, a ground robot that uses RTK positioning to mark coordinates from uploaded plans and records ground elevation for cut and fill calculations. Its CivPlan software accepts CSV coordinate files for mission planning, and the company partners with Trimble for GNSS positioning. A second robot, CivDash, handles road striping.
San Francisco, CA, USA
TruckIT
TruckIT’s AirTicket creates digital tickets at the scale house that can be shared with haulers, contractors, and DOT inspectors, and it works with existing scale house systems without hardwiring. The platform also covers dispatch, fleet management, and load tracking for heavy civil material hauling, and its e-ticketing integrates with Autodesk Construction Cloud.
Atlanta, GA, USA
Category:
Operations & Maintenance
Water, Utilities, & Environmental
FIDO Tech
Acoustic recordings from sensors mounted on water pipes are analyzed by FIDO Tech’s AI, which determines whether a sound is a leak, estimates its size, and pinpoints its location, including on plastic pipes that traditional acoustic methods struggle with. The platform is hardware-neutral and has been used by UK utilities including United Utilities and Northumbrian Water, as well as in a London project with Thames Water and Microsoft.
Bicester, UK
Kando
Kando’s Clear Upstream platform uses sensors placed in sewer manholes to collect wastewater data, which its cloud analytics convert into alerts on pollution events and blockages. Utilities use it to trace contamination to its source, and the same approach has been applied to wastewater surveillance for COVID-19 in studies with Israeli researchers.
Tsur Yigal, IL
Transcend
Entering basic project criteria, such as flows, loads, treatment objectives, and site constraints, into the Transcend Design Generator produces a preliminary engineering design for treatment plants, pump stations, and electrical substations. The cloud-based platform runs on deterministic engineering calculations, and in October 2026 the company added AI capabilities for working with that engine.
Princeton Junction, NJ, USA
FYLD
AI risk assessment, digital work execution, and remote site visibility are the core functions of FYLD’s platform, which supports fieldwork crews at utilities and infrastructure operators in energy, construction, and water. The company raised a $41M Series B in February 2026.
London, UK
ElectroTempo
ElectroTempo makes planning software for electric vehicle charging networks, with models that forecast charging demand by hour at resolutions down to the street block and recommend equipment and infrastructure investments. Utilities, fleet operators, and government agencies use the platform, which spun out of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and supports Houston’s regional electrification strategy, Rise Houston.
Arlington, VA, USA
Asset Maintenance, Operations & Lifecycle Management
IBM Maximo
Maximo Application Suite combines computerized maintenance management, enterprise asset management, and asset performance management in one platform, with modules for monitoring, asset health, predictive maintenance, and visual inspection. Government agencies use it to manage roads, bridges, buildings, and utilities, and it can run on premises or on any cloud through Red Hat OpenShift.
Armonk, NY, USA
Dynamic Infrastructure
Dynamic Infrastructure describes itself as an engineering AI firm building a platform for civil infrastructure owners, turning inspection reports, imagery, and historical data into predictive insights, prioritized maintenance plans, and funding-ready reports. Its earlier work compared archived and new bridge images from smartphones, drones, and laser scans to flag changes in condition.
Great Neck, NY, USA
Gecko Robotics
Gecko Robotics builds robots that climb steel surfaces carrying ultrasonic sensors across boilers, tanks, pipelines, and ship hulls, and its Cantilever software turns the readings into asset health data and digital twins. Its clients span energy, manufacturing, and government.
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
ANYbotics
ANYmal, a four-legged robot that navigates stairs and grated walkways on its own, handles routine inspection in industrial facilities, and an ATEX-certified variant, ANYmal X, is built for explosive environments. The ETH Zurich spin-off’s robots feed data into asset management software and digital twin platforms, and its customers include Equinor and Siemens Energy.
Zurich, CH
Acuity Robotics
Two small untethered robots, Squirrel and Stoat, climb metal structures such as monopoles, wind turbine towers, and ducting to capture images and sensor data that the company’s ARIID dashboard turns into inspection reports. A University of Leeds spin-out, Acuity serves telecoms, rail, road, and wind energy clients, with BT among its development partners.
Leeds, UK
Flyability
Collision-tolerant drones built for confined spaces are Flyability’s specialty, led by the Elios 3, which carries a LiDAR sensor and a SLAM engine that builds 3D models during flight. An ultrasonic thickness payload adds wall measurements, and the EPFL spin-off’s drones are used in tanks, sewers, mines, and other spaces that are hazardous for people to enter.
Lausanne, CH
Screening Eagle
Formed in 2019 through collaboration between Swiss sensor maker Proceq and Singapore-based software company Dreamlab, Screening Eagle pairs non-destructive testing instruments with inspection software. The Proceq line includes ultrasonic, ground-penetrating radar, and concrete testing devices, and its cloud platform digitizes inspection data for bridges, buildings, and other structures.
Zurich, CH
Argis Labs
Drones, LiDAR, and field crews collect the data, and Argis Labs builds a digital twin of the asset and assesses it against the standard that governs it, such as ADA/PROWAG for sidewalks or TIA-222 for communication towers. Its first offering is pedestrian infrastructure assessment, where robots scan sidewalk networks to produce ADA transition plan data for city engineering departments.
Phoenix, AZ, USA
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