Across all surveyed preconstruction technology categories, a clear maturation cycle is evident. Tools that were heavily in pilot phases in 2025, particularly planning-focused solutions like estimating and scheduling, have largely transitioned to full deployment in 2026. Administrative and supporting workflows are growing more slowly, with adoption still far from universal.
Organizations are increasingly piloting and layering additional solutions alongside their core platforms to optimize processes, improve automation, and integrate with broader systems. This trend is especially pronounced in estimating, where over 40% of regular users are testing additional tools to enhance speed, improve user experience, and automate routine tasks, even while maintaining a primary estimating solution.
Bid management adoption increased to over 70% regular use, while the pilot cohort shrank. Most teams have settled on primary platforms, though 15% of regular users are still exploring additional solutions.…
