01 Industry overview
The architecture engineering construction industry at a glance
The global buildings and construction market was projected at $11.39 trillion in 2024 and is expected to reach $16.11 trillion by 2030, while U.S. construction spending remained near a $2.20 trillion annual rate in August 2026.
- $11.39T[83]
- Global market size, 2024
- $2.20T[84]
- U.S. spending annual rate, Aug. 2026
- 6.4M[45]
- U.S. construction occupations, 2025
- $506.6B[18]
- U.S. engineering design revenue, 2026
- Market size
- The global construction market was projected to increase from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030. In the United States, total construction spending was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.2031 trillion in August 2026.[83][84]
- Forecast & CAGR
- The global projection from $11.39 trillion in 2024 to $16.11 trillion in 2030 implies an approximate 5.9% compound annual growth rate. U.S. engineering and design services revenue was forecast to grow 5.6% in 2026 to $506.6 billion, after 4.5% growth in 2025.[83][18]
- Market share & regions
- More than half of the $1.978 trillion revenue generated by the top 100 global construction companies in 2024 came from companies based in China. The global market is also expanding in emerging and developing economies, which accounted for most of the increase in global floorspace to 273 billion square metres in 2024.[29][83]
- Segmentation
- U.S. construction spending is divided into residential, nonresidential and public construction. In 2025, residential construction was $921.7 billion, nonresidential construction was $1.2479 trillion and public construction was $517.3 billion.[84]
- Key players & concentration
- The top 100 global construction companies generated $1.978 trillion in revenue in 2024, indicating substantial scale among leading firms, although the market remains fragmented across national contractors, specialty trades and professional services providers. Companies based in China generated more than half of the top-100 total revenue.[29]
- Pricing
- U.S. final-demand construction prices were unchanged in September 2026, while prices for materials for construction increased 0.9% month over month and 5.8% over the prior year. The figures show continued input-cost pressure despite stable aggregate construction pricing in that month.[45]
- Trends, drivers & challenges
- Data-center construction was 42.9% higher in the United States in 2025 than in 2024, supporting nonresidential demand. At the same time, total U.S. construction employment growth slowed in 2025, residential specialty-trade employment fell by 49,000 jobs, and construction spending declined 1.1% for residential and 1.7% for nonresidential private construction.[45]
- Consumer behavior & competition
- Architecture and engineering services are purchased by construction companies, governments, utilities, retailers, mining firms, schools and universities, among other institutional users. In the United States, engineering-intensive construction segments were forecast to grow 4.2% in 2026 even as total construction spending was forecast to decline 1.3%, indicating competition is shifting toward infrastructure, energy and other technically complex work.[85][18]
- M&A
- M&A activity in 2026 included HOCHTIEF's acquisition of German power-transmission specialist Autmatec, announced in September 2026, and Trimble's agreement to acquire Document Crunch in April 2026. Construction Partners also acquired Ellsworth Construction for $77.2 million in cash plus $24.8 million in shares in July 2026.[86][87][88]
- Regulation
- Construction and extraction occupations recorded 1,034 fatalities in the United States in 2024, and their fatality rate rose from 13.0 deaths per 100,000 full-time-equivalent workers in 2022 to 13.8 in 2024. These figures underscore the continuing importance of OSHA safety compliance and enforcement.[89]
- Latest news
- The latest available U.S. Census release reported August 2026 construction spending at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $2.2031 trillion, up 0.9% from the revised July estimate. ACEC's 2026 forecast projected U.S. engineering and design services revenue to reach $506.6 billion, while total U.S. construction spending was expected to decline 1.3% during 2026.[84][18]
02 Ranking
Top 10 Companies in the Architecture Engineering Construction Industry
The leading companies in the architecture engineering construction industry, ranked on market impact, performance, momentum, innovation and brand popularity.
Updated November 10, 2026 · Next review December 10, 2026
Bechtel leads Gitnux's 2026 architecture engineering construction ranking with an Overall score of 9.2, with $58.2 billion backlog revenue in 2024. ACS Group is the runner-up at 9.1, driven by 19.7% revenue growth and 4.2% operating margin.
Ranked by Overall score · How we score ↓
Editor's top 3 picks
Where to start, by need.
#1 Overall · Leader in engineering and Project Delivery
Bechtel
US
Ranked #1 · 9.2 · Engineering and Project Delivery
Why we picked it: It covers engineering and EPC-style delivery, reflected in $58.2 billion backlog revenue in 2024.
#2 overall
ACS Group
ES
Ranked #2 · 9.1 · Engineering and Project Delivery
Why we picked it: Its infrastructure development and construction segment shows 19.7% revenue growth and a 4.2% operating margin.
Leader in infrastructure Design Services
WSP Global
CA
Ranked #3 · 9.0 · Infrastructure Design Services
Why we picked it: Its infrastructure-focused professional services profile is supported by 13.1% revenue growth.
Pick 1 is the #1 company overall. Pick 2 is the highest-ranked company in the top 5 that adds a new segment; no further segment places in the top 5, so pick 3 follows rank.
Full ranking
| # | Company | Overall ↓ | Impact | Performance | Momentum | Innovation | Company snapshot |
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| 1 | Bechtel Engineering and Project Delivery · US | 9.2 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.9 | |
Company snapshot · Bechtel · Data as of November 10, 2026 Bechtel provides engineering, procurement, construction and project management for major global projects.[20]
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| 2 | ACS Group Engineering and Project Delivery · ES | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 9.9 | |
Company snapshot · ACS Group · Data as of November 10, 2026 ACS develops, finances, designs, constructs, operates and maintains major infrastructure projects.[90]
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| 3 | WSP Global Infrastructure Design Services · CA | 9.0 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | |
Company snapshot · WSP Global · Data as of November 10, 2026 WSP is a global professional services firm focused on infrastructure and the built environment.[24]
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| 4 | VINCI Engineering and Project Delivery · FR | 8.9 | 9.4 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 9.2 | |
Company snapshot · VINCI · Data as of November 10, 2026 VINCI operates globally across concessions, energy solutions and construction.[91]
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| 5 | Kiewit Engineering and Project Delivery · US | 8.8 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 9.2 | 8.5 | |
Company snapshot · Kiewit · Data as of November 10, 2026 Kiewit is a major North American construction and engineering organization delivering complex infrastructure projects.[92]
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| 6 | Stantec Architecture and Engineering Design · CA | 8.4 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | |
Company snapshot · Stantec · Data as of November 10, 2026 Stantec works on infrastructure, buildings and environmental projects in hundreds of locations.[93]
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| 7 | Bouygues Construction, civil works and building services · FR | 8.2 | 9.2 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.8 | |
Company snapshot · Bouygues · Data as of November 10, 2026 Bouygues' construction division includes Bouygues Construction, Colas and Bouygues Immobilier.[94]
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| 8 | Arcadis Infrastructure Design Services · NL | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
Company snapshot · Arcadis · Data as of November 10, 2026 Arcadis designs and delivers sustainable solutions for natural and built assets worldwide.[95]
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| 9 | Skanska Engineering and Project Delivery · SE | 8.0 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 7.0 | |
Company snapshot · Skanska · Data as of November 10, 2026 Skanska builds infrastructure, buildings and communities across Europe and the United States.[96]
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| 10 | Fluor Engineering and Project Delivery · US | 7.8 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 9.2 | |
Company snapshot · Fluor · Data as of November 10, 2026 Fluor provides engineering, procurement and construction services for complex global projects.[97]
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How we score
- Impact (30%): scale and weight in the market (revenue, market share, employees, market position).
- Performance (20%): recent revenue growth and operating margin; an analyst assessment where a company does not publish them.
- Momentum (20%): growth trajectory and future potential.
- Innovation (15%): R&D intensity and how technologically advanced the company is.
Popularity (brand search demand, 15%) counts toward Overall but is not published as a column. Overall leaves out what is not known.
Scale Scores are shown on a 7–10 scale with one decimal; bars start at 7.0.
Cadence Recalculated when new figures are published; next review December 10, 2026.
Independence. Rankings are editorially independent. Scores, ranks, picks and the verdict follow the method above; no company can pay to change them.
Cite this ranking
APA
Samuel Norberg. (2026, November 10). Top 10 companies in the architecture engineering construction industry. In Architecture Engineering Construction Industry Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/architecture-engineering-construction-industry-statistics/#top-companies
Revenue of the largest architecture engineering construction companies
VINCI leads with $80.6B in annual revenue (group level, converted to USD).
03 Trends & forecasts
Top 10 Architecture Engineering Construction Industry Trends & Forecasts 2027
What is changing in the architecture engineering construction industry, with the evidence behind each trend and a forecast for 2027.
Forecasts were generated by an AI model from the cited evidence. They are estimates, not guarantees.
01Data centers accelerate nonresidential demand
High confidenceU.S. data-center construction was approximately 5.4% of private nonresidential building spending in 2025, compared with about 1.7% in 2019. AIA reported that data-center activity was the main reason its 2026 nonresidential outlook improved, while most other commercial segments remained weak.[96][98]
Forecast 2027: Data centers should remain one of the fastest-growing AEC segments in 2027, supporting demand for electrical, mechanical, cooling, commissioning and specialty engineering services. Growth is likely to moderate from the exceptional 2025–2026 pace as power availability, community opposition and financing constraints limit some projects.
02Office construction continues to contract
High confidenceAIA reported a 20.5% U.S. office vacancy rate at the end of 2025, up from 20.2% in 2024 and approximately 15% five years earlier. Its January 2026 forecast projected double-digit office-spending declines in 2026 and 2027 after excluding data-center spending.[98]
Forecast 2027: Traditional office design and ground-up construction should remain under pressure in 2027. Adaptive reuse, office-to-residential conversions, life-safety upgrades and selective high-quality office repositioning should capture a larger share of architectural and engineering workloads.
03Healthcare construction expands steadily
High confidenceAIA's January 2026 forecast projected healthcare-facility construction spending to increase just over 4.6% in 2026 and by an additional 4% in 2027. The forecast identified population aging as a continuing demand driver.[98]
Forecast 2027: Healthcare should be one of the more resilient building sectors in 2027, with demand concentrated in outpatient facilities, behavioral-health spaces, senior care, renovations and technically complex mechanical and electrical systems. Growth should remain mid-single-digit rather than boom-like.
04Infrastructure and power projects gain share
High confidenceKPMG reported that demand for capital projects was being driven by data centers, aging transportation and water infrastructure, and renewed industrial investment; 57% of surveyed U.S. construction executives expected the number of capital projects to grow over the following two years. AGC separately reported that contractors had particularly strong 2026 expectations for data centers and power facilities.[99][25]
Forecast 2027: Power transmission, generation, storage, water and transportation work should account for a growing share of AEC revenue in 2027. Engineering firms with permitting, grid, resilience and program-management capabilities are likely to outperform firms concentrated in cyclical commercial buildings.
05Skilled labor shortages constrain delivery
High confidenceDeloitte estimated that the U.S. construction industry would need 499,000 additional workers in 2026, up from 439,000 in 2025. It also cited a projected shortage of more than two million skilled craft professionals by 2028 if current trends continue.[29]
Forecast 2027: Labor availability should remain a binding constraint in 2027, particularly for electricians, welders, HVAC technicians, equipment operators and experienced supervisors. Contractors and designers will increasingly use workforce planning, training partnerships, prefabrication and automation to protect schedules.
06Construction wages remain elevated
Medium confidenceDeloitte reported that U.S. construction wages had increased 4.2% year over year as of August 2025. The same analysis said retirements and competition from technology firms were intensifying the contest for skilled construction and engineering talent.[29]
Forecast 2027: Wage growth should remain above pre-pandemic norms in 2027 for scarce technical trades and digital engineering roles. Higher labor costs will encourage more design-for-manufacture, standardization and productivity software, while compressing margins for firms unable to pass costs through to clients.
07AI investment rises before broad adoption
High confidenceRICS reported that 56% of surveyed construction investors planned to allocate more funding to AI in 2025 than in the previous year. However, the report characterized actual AI adoption across construction organizations as still very limited.[1]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, AI should move from experimentation toward targeted production use in estimating, document review, schedule risk, design options, safety monitoring and claims management. Adoption will remain uneven because of data quality, liability, cybersecurity and workflow-integration barriers.
08Prefabrication expands to offset labor gaps
Medium confidenceThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said that greater use of prefabricated components would reduce demand for some construction helpers even as construction-laborer employment was projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035. A 2025 contractor survey also listed prefab and modular components among the leading technologies in use.[45][4]
Forecast 2027: Factory-built assemblies, modular mechanical rooms, bathroom pods and panelized systems should gain share in 2027, especially for repeatable housing, healthcare, hospitality and data-center designs. The strongest benefits will occur where projects can standardize designs and secure factory capacity early.
09Building decarbonization shifts toward retrofits
High confidenceThe IEA reported that building-energy-efficiency investment growth was stalling while electrification spending was increasing steadily, and that countries were advancing policies to raise annual retrofit rates. UNEP's 2025–2026 buildings report stated that operational building emissions reached 9.9 gigatonnes of CO2 in 2024, about 26% of global energy-related CO2 emissions.[100][83]
Forecast 2027: Retrofit, electrification, energy-management and building-performance work should expand in 2027, particularly in jurisdictions with stringent energy codes or public-building targets. A larger portion of AEC value will come from existing-building assessments, commissioning, envelope upgrades and heat-pump design rather than new construction alone.
10Electrification increases design complexity
High confidenceThe IEA said spending on building electrification was growing steadily even as energy-efficiency investment growth stalled. The agency also identified rising appliance ownership and extreme weather as factors offsetting efficiency gains in buildings.[100]
Forecast 2027: In 2027, electrical capacity planning, heat pumps, energy storage, microgrids and demand management should become more prominent in building design. AEC firms will need stronger coordination between building systems, utility interconnection, resilience planning and operational controls.
04 Statistics
Technology & Innovation
AI adoption is still limited: less than 1% reported organization-wide, fully embedded AI use in 2025, while 45% reported no AI implementation.
AI in the architecture engineering construction industry
- Less than 1% of construction respondents globally reported fully embedded, organization-wide AI use in 2025.[1]
- 67% of quantity-surveying and construction professionals surveyed by RICS agreed that AI will help surveyors deliver greater value.[1]
- Just under 12% of construction respondents globally reported regular AI use in specific processes in 2025.[1]
- 40% of global construction respondents expected AI to have its biggest impact on design optioneering over the next five years.[1]
- 1.5% of construction respondents globally reported AI use across multiple processes in 2025.[1]
- 45% of construction organizations globally reported no AI implementation in 2025.[1]
Automation in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 22% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported no plans to adopt robotics and automated systems in 2024.[2]
- 40% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported no plans to adopt prefab and modular construction in 2024.[2]
- 25% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported prefab and modular construction in pilot or experimental use in 2024.[2]
- 39% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported planned adoption of robotics and automated systems in 2024.[2]
- 28% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported planned adoption of prefab and modular construction in 2024.[2]
- 8% of surveyed engineering and construction businesses reported prefab and modular construction as fully implemented in 2024.[2]
Digital Transformation in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 47% were already using data analytics in 2024.[2]
- Across Australia’s building and construction industry, 64% of organisations invested in data and digitalisation during the 12 months before the 2025 survey.[3]
- Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 38% were already using building information modelling in 2024.[2]
- Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 41% were already using mobile apps in 2024.[2]
Technology Adoption in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 44% reported experience using building information modelling.[4]
- Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 43% reported experience using jobsite data-collection applications.[4]
- Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 11% reported experience using artificial intelligence.[4]
- Among ICI contractors surveyed in 2024, 35% reported experience using advanced building materials.[4]
Cloud Computing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Among 933 engineering and construction businesses surveyed, 43% were already using construction-management cloud software in 2024.[2]
- Among capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 2% neither used cloud technology nor planned to use it within 12 months in 2025.[5]
- Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 89% were currently using cloud technology in 2025.[5]
- Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 9% planned to adopt cloud technology within the next 12 months in 2025.[5]
Big Data in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 48% were currently using big data and Internet-of-Things technologies in 2025.[5]
- Across European enterprises, big-data analytics adoption in construction was 4% in the latest Eurostat-based data reported by the OECD.[6]
- Across capital-projects and infrastructure organisations surveyed globally, 30% planned to adopt big data and Internet-of-Things technologies within 12 months in 2025.[5]
- Across construction businesses, 33% analyze financial data and use it to inform business decisions, while 86% capture it, in 2023.[7]
- Across real estate investors, 60% report that a formal data initiative is underway at their firm, based on an EY survey of more than 50 executives.[8]
- Across construction businesses, only one-third receive daily insights from at least one data source, according to a 2023 survey.[7]
05 Statistics
Data & Analytics
Data governance and access remain uneven: 65% reported difficulty efficiently accessing relevant, high-quality data in Cisco’s 2026 benchmark study.
Business intelligence in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 5% of AEC firms reported not using company data in 2024, down from 11% before 2022.[9]
- 60% of AEC firms use data regularly to drive strategy and decision-making, according to the 2024 AEC Inspire Report.[9]
- 95% of AEC firms make use of their data to some degree, according to the 2024 AEC Inspire Report.[9]
- 88% of AEC firms were somewhat or very data-driven, according to the 2025 AEC Inspire Report.[9]
- 84% of AEC firms were somewhat or very confident in their data quality and accuracy, according to the 2025 AEC Inspire Report.[9]
- 47% of AEC firms were somewhat confident in their data quality and accuracy, according to 2024 research.[9]
Data analytics in the architecture engineering construction industry
- Improving construction data capabilities from beginner to leader was associated with a 2.7-percentage-point increase in expected annual profit growth, according to 2024 modelling.[10]
- Expected annual profit growth rose from 3.4% to 6.1% when construction data capabilities increased from beginner to leader, according to 2024 modelling.[10]
- 61% of AEC firms said forecasting capability is a critical feature of a resource-management tool, according to the 2025 AEC Inspire Report.[9]
- Construction businesses collect, analyze, and use an average of three data types for business decision-making, according to 2024 research.[10]
- 12% of construction businesses were classified as leaders in data capabilities, according to 2024 research.[10]
- Construction businesses collect an average of 11 different types of data out of 13 surveyed categories, according to 2024 research.[10]
Data Quality in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Across institutional real estate, data quality received an average self-rating of 6.2 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[11]
- Across construction professionals, 72% said they spend more than three hours gathering and preparing data before it is ready for analysis in a 2026 survey.[12]
- Across construction professionals, 76% said departments frequently or occasionally work from different systems and data sources in a 2026 survey.[12]
- Across UK housing providers, only 23% were confident in tenant or customer data in 2022, the lowest confidence level among the data categories surveyed.[13]
- Across UK housing providers, 48% were totally confident in their real-estate asset data in 2022, compared with 34% confident in management and maintenance data.[13]
- Across construction companies, 38% rated their ability to share and use data with internal and external collaborators as strong in the report’s construction sample.[14]
Data Governance in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Across US construction owners, 11% required project teams to use data standards on all projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[15]
- Across institutional real estate, governance readiness for AI received an average self-rating of 5.1 out of 10 in 2026, based on 72 professionals across 38 firms.[11]
- Across US construction owners requiring data governance plans, 19% required them on a majority of projects in the 2024–2025 survey period.[15]
- Across construction businesses, 10% reported in 2023 that they did not have a well-defined data governance policy.[10]
- Across US construction owners, 45% did not provide regular data training in the 2024–2025 survey period, limiting governance capability and consistent data use.[15]
- Across US construction owners, 45% required project teams to define a data governance plan in the 2024–2025 survey period.[15]
KPIs in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 74% of general contractors use profitability as a KPI, according to the 2024 Grassi construction and A&E survey.[16]
- 56% of AEC firms track client satisfaction as a sales and pipeline metric, according to the 2022–2023 AEC Inspire Report.[17]
- 52% of A&E firms use profitability as a KPI, according to the 2024 Grassi construction and A&E survey.[16]
- 34% of A&E firms use utilization rate as a KPI, according to the 2024 Grassi construction and A&E survey.[16]
- 52% of general contractors use cost variance by project as a KPI, according to the 2024 Grassi construction and A&E survey.[16]
- 59% of A&E firms review financial results monthly, according to the 2024 Grassi construction and A&E survey.[16]
06 Statistics
Strategy & Growth
Revenue outlook contrasts with construction totals: U.S. engineering and design services are forecast to grow to $506.6 billion in 2026.
Growth in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 2.3% was the expected 2025 growth rate for the U.S. engineering and design services industry.[18]
- 8% was AECOM’s organic growth in its design business in fiscal 2024.[19]
- $58.2 billion was Bechtel’s backlog revenue in 2024, more than double its 2020 level.[20]
- 20% was AECOM’s year-over-year free-cash-flow growth in fiscal 2024.[19]
- 22% was AECOM’s year-over-year adjusted-EPS growth in fiscal 2024.[19]
- $17 billion in new work was booked by Bechtel in 2024.[20]
Differentiation in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 47.7% was the reported product-data completeness level among wholesale distributors in 2025.[21]
- 22.4% of wholesale distributors ranked operational efficiency as their highest operational priority in 2025.[21]
- 37.3% of distributors ranked growing order numbers as their leading financial objective in 2025.[21]
- 40.2% of distributors reported dissatisfaction with their e-commerce investments in 2025.[21]
- 27.9% of distributors ranked existing-customer development as a financial objective in 2025.[21]
- 22.2% of distributors reported high satisfaction with their e-commerce investments in 2025.[21]
Mergers and acquisitions in the architecture engineering construction industry
- CAD$19.6 billion was the disclosed value of North American engineering-and-construction M&A transactions in the fourth quarter of 2024.[22]
- 55% was the approximate increase in reported construction-and-engineering M&A deal value between the 2014–2019 and 2020–2024 periods.[23]
- 45 North American engineering-and-construction M&A transactions were recorded in 2024.[22]
- CAD$37.6 billion was the disclosed value of North American engineering-and-construction M&A transactions in 2024.[22]
- 60% was the approximate increase in average annual construction-and-engineering M&A deal volume between the 2014–2019 and 2020–2024 periods.[23]
- Approximately 1,100 construction-and-engineering M&A transactions occurred annually on average from 2014 through 2019.[23]
Strategic partnerships in the architecture engineering construction industry
- $100 billion was the planned value of Micron’s leading-edge memory-manufacturing complex for which Bechtel was selected as EPC partner.[20]
- Seven years was the duration of WSP’s global strategic partnership with Microsoft announced in 2025.[24]
- 2.4 million square feet was the planned cleanroom area across four fabrication facilities in Micron’s project with Bechtel as EPC partner.[20]
- $1 billion was the potential combined financial commitment and investment for WSP’s seven-year global strategic partnership with Microsoft.[24]
- 765 kV was the transmission-voltage expertise covered by the WSP-POWER Engineers and Power Grid Corporation memorandum of understanding.[24]
- October 2024 was when WSP and POWER Engineers joined forces to transform energy infrastructure before announcing their Power Grid Corporation collaboration.[24]
07 Statistics
People & Workforce
Labor constraints persist, with 55% of U.S. construction firms expecting hiring hourly craft workers to remain difficult or become harder in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.
Hiring in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 55% of U.S. construction firms expected hiring hourly craft workers to remain difficult or become harder in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.[25]
- 12% of U.S. construction firms expected hiring hourly craft workers to become easier or remain easy in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.[25]
- 10% of U.S. construction firms expected headcount to decrease over the following 12 months in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.[25]
- 17% of U.S. construction firms expected headcount growth of 11% to 25% over the following 12 months in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.[25]
- 4% of U.S. construction firms expected headcount growth above 25% over the following 12 months in the 2025 AGC outlook survey.[25]
Remote Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- About 9% of U.S. construction workers worked remotely at least sometimes during October 2023–September 2024, including hybrid and fully remote work.[26]
- In January 2024, 33.63% of U.S. real-estate wage and salary employees worked from home, based on the Survey of Working Arrangements and Attitudes.[27]
- In 2024, 2.7% of construction positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
- In 2024, 23.7% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully remote in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
Hybrid Work in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- In 2024, 15.0% of construction positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
- In 2024, 55.8% of finance, insurance and real-estate positions were fully hybrid in the U.S., according to employers surveyed by NACE.[28]
- In 2024, 43% of surveyed real-estate executives identified flexible workday schedules as a leading talent-acquisition and retention action.[29]
- Forty-two percent of real-estate investment managers expected employees to be in the office four days per week within six to 12 months, according to a 2025 NAREIM survey.[11]
Upskilling in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 41% of quantity-surveying and construction professionals surveyed by RICS felt overwhelmed by the pace of technological change in 2025.[1]
- 37% of global construction respondents identified system-integration challenges as a barrier to AI adoption in 2025.[1]
- 48% of project managers surveyed by RICS felt overwhelmed by the pace of technological change in surveying in 2025.[1]
- 30% of global construction respondents identified poor data quality as a barrier to AI adoption in 2025.[1]
- 38% of quantity-surveying and construction professionals surveyed by RICS expressed concerns about AI’s impact on their own roles in 2025.[1]
Employee Engagement in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Across construction and heavy industry, employees scored 8.00 out of 10 for engagement in the 2026 benchmark.[30]
- Fifty-nine percent of construction employers lacked a strategy to improve employee engagement in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[31]
- Construction employees scored 4.20 out of 5 on engagement-related measures in 2024, up from 3.92 in 2022, in WebMD Health Services’ survey of 3,653 workers.[32]
- Across construction and heavy industry, Meaningful Work received the highest driver score at 8.45 out of 10 in 2026.[30]
- Forty-seven percent of construction employers said their workforce was highly engaged in the 2018 U.S. construction benefits benchmarking survey.[31]
DEI in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 4.3% of U.S. construction-trades employees were women in December 2023.[33]
- 31% of New York City construction workers were Hispanic in 2024.[34]
- 10.8% of U.S. construction-industry employees were women in December 2023.[33]
- 8.7% of New York City construction-industry workers were women in 2024.[34]
- 5.4% of construction apprentices were women across 37 U.S. states with comparable 2015 and 2024 data.[35]
Change Management in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
08 Statistics
Customer & Sales
Client feedback loops vary widely: 58% of top-performing AEC firms closed the loop on client feedback versus 25% of average or low performers in 2025.
Customer experience in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 4.2% of AEC firms reached the enculturated customer-experience stage in the 2025 study.[37]
- 57 was the median Net Promoter Score for AEC firms in a benchmarking cohort of more than 500 firms in 2026.[37]
- 76.4% of AEC firms were in the first three customer-experience maturity stages in the 2025 study.[37]
- 58% of top-performing AEC firms closed the loop on client feedback, compared with 25% of average or low performers in 2025.[37]
- 74% of top-performing AEC firms reported regional or sector leadership buy-in for customer experience, compared with 50% of average or low performers in 2025.[37]
Customer retention in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 38% of AEC firms had no structured key-client or account-management program in 2026.[38]
- Approximately 80% was the annual client-retention rate across AEC firms in the 2026 benchmark.[37]
- 21% of AEC firms had a formalized key-client or account-management program in 2026.[38]
- 69% of business came from repeat clients at AEC firms with fewer than 25 employees in the 2026 report.[38]
- 27% of AEC firms had an informal key-client or account-management program in 2026.[38]
Customer acquisition in the architecture engineering construction industry
- Between 7% and 10.75% was the initial cold-calling conversion rate for specialty construction contracts valued from $50,000 to $2 million in 2024.[39]
- 53.7% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from PPC and social media in the 2024 cold-outreach report.[39]
- 17.4% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from paid lead sites in the 2024 cold-outreach report.[39]
- More than 50% was the mid-funnel conversion rate for inbound construction leads generated through email marketing in 2024.[39]
- 9.1% of construction top-of-funnel conversions came from cold calling in the 2024 cold-outreach report.[39]
Customer loyalty in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 45% of AEC respondents reported greater brand awareness as an actual social-media outcome in 2019.[40]
- 36% of AEC respondents reported increased website traffic as an actual social-media outcome in 2019.[40]
- 18% of AEC professionals identified increasing website traffic as a social-media objective in 2019.[40]
- 18% of AEC respondents reported sales leads as an actual social-media outcome in 2019.[40]
- 45% of AEC professionals identified improving sales leads as a social-media objective in the 2019 survey.[40]
Lead generation in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 12.1% of builders using CRM systems used HubSpot for lead follow-up in 2023.[41]
- 98% of construction leads still required phone contact to complete conversion in the 2024 cold-outreach report.[39]
- 13% of builders using CRM systems used Buildertrend for lead follow-up in 2023.[41]
- 12.1% of builders using CRM systems used Houzz Pro for lead follow-up in 2023.[41]
- 45.9% of building companies named generating quality leads as their biggest challenge in the 2024 SORCI report.[41]
09 Statistics
Marketing & Brand
Marketing staffing stays small: 69% of AEC marketing teams had fewer than 10 people in the 2024 survey.
Marketing in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 27% of 2024 AEC marketing survey participants worked at large firms with 251–1,000 employees.[42]
- 24% of 2024 AEC marketing survey participants worked in construction.[42]
- 31% of 2024 AEC marketing survey participants worked at medium firms with 51–250 employees.[42]
- 69% of AEC marketing teams had fewer than 10 people in the 2024 survey.[42]
- 40% of 2024 AEC marketing survey participants worked in engineering.[42]
Digital marketing in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 50.8% of U.S. builders never posted on Instagram in the 2024 SORCI report.[41]
- 32.4% of building companies publishing at least 12 articles annually achieved contract markups of 33% or more in the 2024 report.[41]
- 6.5% of building companies publishing one blog article annually achieved contract markups of 33% or more in the 2024 report.[41]
- 43.5% of builders never posted on Facebook in the 2024 SORCI report.[41]
- 66.5% of builders did not create a single article during the year covered by the 2024 SORCI report.[41]
Branding in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 36% of AEC professionals ranked building brand awareness as a social-media goal in 2019.[40]
- 45% of AEC professionals reported greater brand awareness as a social-media outcome in 2019.[40]
- Brand-building strategy and content creation ranked second among the most important AEC marketer activities in 2024.[42]
- Brand-building strategy and content creation ranked second among the most frustrating AEC marketer activities in 2024.[42]
Influencer Marketing in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- Among U.S. real estate professionals, 15% used TikTok for business in 2024, while 10% used X (formerly Twitter).[43]
- Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 41% said in 2025 they were more likely to hire a real estate agent with a social media presence.[44]
- Across U.S. prospective home buyers, 42% preferred Instagram for communication with a real estate agent in 2025, compared with 47% preferring Facebook.[44]
- Among U.S. real estate professionals, 52% said social media generated the highest number of quality leads in the previous 12 months in 2024.[43]
- Among U.S. real estate professionals, 62% used Instagram for business in 2024, alongside 87% using Facebook and 25% using YouTube.[43]
10 Statistics
Operations & Execution
Rework and measurement gaps persist across operators and trades, with global construction productivity declining by 8% between 2020 and 2022.
Process optimization in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 8% of Australian building and construction businesses measured site or design rework rates in 2024.[3]
- 27% of Australian building and construction businesses measured work-unit output per worker hour in 2024.[3]
- 26% of Australian building and construction businesses measured productive worker time against total worker time in 2024.[3]
- 34% of Australian building and construction businesses measured work-unit cost in 2024.[3]
- 40% of Australian building and construction businesses measured total project costs against total material costs in 2024.[3]
Operational efficiency in the architecture engineering construction industry
- Global construction productivity declined by 8% between 2020 and 2022.[23]
- U.S. single-family residential construction productivity declined 4.5% in 2025.[45]
- Construction productivity improved by 10% globally between 2000 and 2022, equivalent to approximately 0.4% annually.[23]
- U.S. industrial building construction productivity increased 21.1% in 2024.[45]
- U.S. industrial building construction productivity increased 45.8% in 2023.[45]
Quality management in the architecture engineering construction industry
- Nearly two-thirds of construction companies with consistent QA/QC processes kept rework costs below 5% of budget in 2025.[46]
- About one-third of construction companies without consistent QA/QC processes kept rework costs below 5% of budget in 2025.[46]
- 78% of construction professionals believed stronger QA/QC would improve margins in 2025.[46]
- 56% of construction professionals identified different QA/QC standards across sites and trades as their biggest challenge in 2025.[46]
- Construction teams without a set QA/QC standard were 23% more likely to experience subcontractor disputes in 2025.[46]
Supply chain in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 34% of U.S. construction firms cited project delays from availability or supply-chain issues in 2024.[47]
- 45% of U.S. construction firms turned to alternative suppliers to address supply-chain problems in 2024.[25]
- 63% of U.S. construction firms cited project delays from availability or supply-chain issues in the 2023 survey.[47]
- 38% of U.S. construction firms reported project postponements or cancellations caused by rising interest rates in 2024.[25]
- 56% of U.S. construction firms accelerated purchases after winning contracts in 2024.[25]
Outsourcing / Offshoring in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- 11% of income in Australian civil engineering, non-residential building and related construction came from subcontracting in 2025.[3]
- 30% of costs in Australian infrastructure construction flowed to external construction services in 2025.[3]
- 41% of Australian infrastructure construction was completed by subcontractors in 2025, according to Infrastructure Australia’s analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics data.[3]
- 46.5% of Australian construction-industry input costs came from outsourced services in 2024, including labour hire, consultants and capital rentals.[3]
- 45% of Australian infrastructure-construction businesses surveyed in 2025 reported cost overruns as a challenge when managing subcontracting or labour-hire relationships.[3]
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Finance & Pricing
Aggregate construction pricing can stay stable while inputs move: U.S. final-demand prices were unchanged in September 2026, but material prices rose 0.9% month over month and 5.8% year over year.
Pricing strategy in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 60.3 was Brazil’s construction-industry index for average raw-material prices in the first quarter of 2023.[48]
- 57.0 was Brazil’s small-construction-company index for average raw-material prices in the first quarter of 2024.[48]
- 58.9 was Brazil’s medium-construction-company index for average raw-material prices in the first quarter of 2024.[48]
- 64.2 was Brazil’s large-construction-company index for average raw-material prices in the fourth quarter of 2023.[48]
- 58.6 was Brazil’s construction-industry index for average raw-material prices in the first quarter of 2024.[48]
Cost reduction in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 67% of construction owners and 57% of contractors cited better stakeholder communication as a reason rework was reduced in 2025.[49]
- 91% of optimized construction-software users reported reduced rework through tracking and accountability in 2025.[49]
- 72% of construction-project respondents reported spending less time on low-productivity administrative tasks in 2025.[49]
- 83% of construction owners reported reduced rework through documentation and issue reporting with project-management software in 2025.[49]
- 74% of construction contractors reported reduced rework through documentation and issue reporting with project-management software in 2025.[49]
Profitability in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 1.7% was the average profit margin for U.K. commercial construction firms in 2021.[50]
- 3.1% was the average profit margin for U.K. commercial construction firms in 2023.[50]
- 4.5% was the average profit margin for U.K. residential construction firms in 2022.[50]
- 4.4% was the forecast average profit margin for U.K. commercial construction firms in 2024.[50]
- 7.7% was the average net-income-before-tax margin for U.S. specialty-trade contractors in 2024.[51]
Financial planning in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 30% of U.S. construction invoices were paid more than 30 days late in 2025.[52]
- $5 billion per year was the estimated interest and fee cost incurred by U.S. contractors covering cash-flow gaps from payment delays in 2025.[52]
- 81% of U.S. construction businesses experienced late payments at some point during a project lifecycle in 2025.[52]
- 57% of U.S. subcontractors used loans or credit lines to cover financial shortfalls caused by late payments in 2025.[52]
- 30% of U.S. construction companies planned to use digital technologies to speed payments and improve cash-flow management in 2023.[53]
12 Statistics
Product & Service
Design for manufacture and assembly adoption differs by maturity, with 59% of digitally mature AEC organizations using it regularly or as standard practice in 2026.
Product development in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 39% of surveyed AEC organizations regularly or routinely use prefabrication, according to 2026 research.[54]
- 40% of surveyed AEC organizations regularly or routinely use design for manufacture and assembly, according to 2026 research.[54]
- 59% of digitally mature AEC organizations use design for manufacture and assembly regularly or as standard practice, compared with 26% of less digitally mature organizations, in 2026.[54]
- 61% of surveyed AEC organizations worldwide already use productization at least occasionally, according to 2026 research.[54]
- 60% of digitally mature AEC organizations use productization regularly or as standard practice, compared with 21% of less digitally mature organizations, in 2026.[54]
Product lifecycle in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 54% of digitally mature AEC organizations use prefabrication regularly or as standard practice, compared with 24% of less digitally mature organizations, in 2026.[54]
- 2,644 public construction tenders in Spain incorporated BIM between 2019 and 2024, according to BuildingSMART data reported in 2024.[55]
- Most building operators use BIM combined with a computerized maintenance management system to support maintenance processes, according to an IFMA lifecycle report published in 2024.[56]
- 89% of construction businesses were classified as beginner or emerging in data capabilities, limiting their ability to manage information across the project lifecycle, according to 2024 research.[10]
- €8.341 billion was the total value of Spanish public construction tenders incorporating BIM between 2019 and 2024.[55]
After-sales in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 30% of A&E firms measure client satisfaction only at the end of a project, according to the 2022 Deltek Clarity study.[57]
- 97% of surveyed contractors said they provide excellent customer service to avoid becoming commoditized, according to 2021 research.[58]
- 18% of A&E firms measure client satisfaction at key project milestones, according to the 2022 Deltek Clarity study.[57]
- 34% of professional contractors said customers always choose the products or brands used on their home-improvement projects, according to 2020 research.[59]
- 30% of professional contractors said customers request input on the products or brands used on their home-improvement projects, according to 2020 research.[59]
Value proposition in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 17% of A&E firms use generative AI for data summarization, according to the 2024 Deltek Clarity study.[60]
- 62% of A&E firms expect artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency, according to the 2024 Deltek Clarity study.[60]
- 24% of A&E firms use generative AI for marketing and proposal creation, according to the 2024 Deltek Clarity study.[60]
- 15% of A&E firms use generative AI for 3D modeling and rendering, according to the 2024 Deltek Clarity study.[60]
- 51% of surveyed construction professionals identify traditional procurement processes as the top challenge limiting productization and design for manufacture and assembly, according to 2026 research.[54]
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Sustainability & Ethics
Embodied carbon measurement is incomplete: 34% of global built-environment professionals reported they did not measure embodied carbon across projects in 2024.
Sustainability in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 36% of construction-services respondents said the next generation was very influential in motivating sustainability initiatives in 2024.[61]
- 33% of engineering-service-provider respondents said the next generation was very influential in motivating sustainability initiatives in 2024.[61]
- 34% of architecture-services respondents said the next generation was very influential in motivating sustainability initiatives in 2024.[61]
- 1,760 people from 22 countries participated in Saint-Gobain’s 2024 Sustainable Construction Barometer, including construction, civil-engineering and architecture students and professionals.[62]
- 14 of the 30 largest engineering and construction companies studied published ESG disclosures in EY’s 2024 benchmarking study.[8]
ESG in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 22% of global built-environment professionals wanted to measure embodied carbon if a standard approach became available in 2024.[1]
- 34% of global built-environment professionals reported that they did not measure embodied carbon across projects in 2024.[1]
- 14 of the 30 largest engineering and construction companies analyzed by EY published ESG disclosures in the 2024 study.[8]
- 21% of global built-environment professionals measured embodied carbon and used it to guide material and component selection in 2024.[1]
Ethics in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 81% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced unfair conduct.[63]
- 48% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced conflicts of interest.[63]
- 35% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced fraud.[63]
- 90% of surveyed construction professionals subscribed to a professional code of ethics in the reported construction-industry survey.[63]
- 44% of surveyed construction professionals had witnessed or experienced collusive tendering.[63]
CSR in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 58.51% of respondents believed fulfilling social responsibility could enhance construction enterprises’ credibility and brand image in 2022.[64]
- 23.09% of respondents believed fulfilling social responsibility would reduce construction enterprises’ operational efficiency in 2022.[64]
- 53.14% of respondents believed fulfilling social responsibility could improve management levels in construction enterprises in 2022.[64]
- 35.00% of respondents believed fulfilling social responsibility would increase construction enterprises’ expenses and financial burden in 2022.[64]
- 56.86% of respondents believed fulfilling social responsibility could promote long-term sustainable development in construction enterprises in 2022.[64]
Carbon footprint in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 20% of global built-environment professionals measured embodied carbon and said it significantly affected material, system and component choices in 2024.[1]
- 4.7 billion metric tons of CO2e were associated with embodied carbon of U.S. construction over the 2008–2018 period.[65]
- 370 million metric tons of CO2e per year were estimated as U.S. upfront embodied emissions from building materials and construction.[65]
- Almost 40% of global carbon emissions were attributed to the built environment in the 2024 RICS sustainability report.[1]
- 34% of global built-environment professionals did not measure embodied carbon across projects in 2024.[1]
14 Statistics
Risk, Compliance & Legal
Cyber risk is a major recurring concern, with 76% of construction and real estate firms citing cybersecurity as a major future risk or regulatory issue in 2026.
Compliance in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 3% of UK businesses with employees experienced some form of bribery in the 12 months before the 2024 Economic Crime Survey; construction was among sectors with the highest prevalence or incidence rates.[66]
- 11% of surveyed Ukrainian businesses experienced bribery incidents from 2022 through the first half of 2023 in a survey focused on energy and construction.[67]
- 55% of UK businesses reported having none of the anti-corruption measures covered by the 2024 Economic Crime Survey.[66]
- 2% of surveyed Ukrainian entrepreneurs faced solicitations of facilitation payments without a formal permit procedure violation in 2023.[67]
- 4% of surveyed Ukrainian entrepreneurs reported violations of legal procedures when applying for permits in 2023.[67]
Risk Management in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- 95% of construction and engineering companies consult risk-management professionals when assessing operational vulnerability to extreme weather, versus 85% of hospitality and real estate companies, in MSCI’s 2025 survey.[68]
- 75% of global construction executives were equally or significantly more risk-averse in 2025 than 12 months earlier.[69]
- 62% of construction and real estate firms reported operational disruption from poor risk-function integration in Grant Thornton’s 2026 survey.[70]
- 53% of global construction executives were concerned in 2025 about their ability to adapt at the required speed.[69]
- 76% of construction and real estate firms cite cybersecurity as a major future risk or regulatory issue in 2026, according to Grant Thornton’s sector survey.[70]
Cybersecurity in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- 18% of U.S. real estate professionals said they were very likely to seek cybersecurity advice or training in 2024.[43]
- 80% of construction executives surveyed by Wipfli reported experiencing one or more data breaches during the previous year.[71]
- 25% of construction businesses reported experiencing a data breach or cyberattack during the previous year in the 2025 Travelers Risk Index.[72]
- 10% of U.S. real estate professionals reported using cybersecurity technology addressing ransomware or wire fraud in the 2024 NAR Technology Survey.[43]
- 76% of construction and real estate firms cited cybersecurity as a major future risk or regulatory issue in Grant Thornton’s 2026 survey.[70]
Data Privacy in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- 65% of organizations worldwide reported difficulty efficiently accessing relevant, high-quality data in Cisco’s 2026 benchmark study.[73]
- 37% of property managers reported greater concern about data security than in the previous year in the 2025 AppFolio benchmark survey.[74]
- 90% of organizations worldwide said their privacy programs expanded because of AI in Cisco’s 2026 benchmark study.[73]
- 88% of property-management professionals reported facing data-security challenges in the 2025 AppFolio benchmark survey.[74]
- 79% of property-management professionals reported experiencing payment-fraud issues in the 2025 AppFolio benchmark survey.[74]
Crisis Management in the construction and real estate sector (sector benchmark)
- 38% of U.S. real estate respondents said a full-functioning emergency operations center was in place in the 2024 resiliency survey.[75]
- 66% of construction-sector employees reported that their businesses had no business-continuity or crisis-management plan in the cited survey.[76]
- 83% of organizations globally reported having a crisis-management process and plan in place in the 2024 resiliency survey.[75]
- 12.9% of construction-sector respondents reported having a business-continuity policy and a process for regularly updating plans in the cited survey.[76]
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Globalization & Expansion
Cross-border scale continues, and the top 250 international contractors posted $499.7 billion in 2023 international revenue.
Globalization in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 9.1% of 2024 Top 100 Global Powers of Construction sales came from Japanese companies.[29]
- $499.7 billion was the 2023 international revenue of the Top 250 International Contractors.[77]
- 8.8% of 2024 Top 100 Global Powers of Construction sales came from U.S. companies.[29]
- 15.1% was the increase in new project contract value for the Top 250 International Contractors in 2023.[77]
- 4.7% of 2024 Top 100 Global Powers of Construction sales came from South Korean companies.[29]
Supplier management in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 29% of building and infrastructure companies planned contract-lifecycle-management digitalization as a 2027 roadmap use case.[78]
- 55% of building and infrastructure procurement organizations cited post-go-live change management as a digital-transformation success factor.[78]
- 23% was the average current digitalization rate of procurement processes in the building and infrastructure industry.[78]
- 42% of building and infrastructure companies planned source-to-contract digitalization as a 2027 roadmap use case.[78]
- 31% was the 2027 target digitalization rate for procurement processes in the building and infrastructure industry.[78]
Stakeholder management in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 20% of reported infrastructure-project delays were attributed to regulatory and planning issues in the cited engagement study.[79]
- 21% of reported infrastructure-project delays were attributed to stakeholder and community pressure in the cited engagement study.[79]
- 9.0 times as frequently as in building projects, mobilization and construction-site readiness appeared as a delay factor in road projects.[80]
Distribution channels in the architecture engineering construction industry
- 36% of HVAC/R contractors’ purchases were made online in 2023.[81]
- More than 80% of surveyed HVAC/R distributors rated expanding e-commerce important or very important to their long-term plans.[81]
- Approximately one-quarter of residential building-product purchases went through each of lumber yards, wholesale distributors and specialty retailers on average across 24 products.[82]
Key questions about the architecture engineering construction industry
How large is the global buildings and construction market in 2024, and what is the 2030 outlook?
What pace of growth do the global projections imply through 2030?
Which companies lead the architecture engineering construction industry?
What do adoption signals suggest for AI and analytics in construction by 2025–2026?
How does U.S. construction spending size compare with the engineering and design services outlook for 2026?
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