Which Technologies are Driving Disruption in the AECO Sector?
Our automated dossiers record the core technologies a product is built on, while attempting to weed out reaching claims. We then map those technologies to the phases that each company touches to produce a heatmap of how tech is being applied across the sector.
We've avoided basics such as SaaS and BIM, so some companies have no attributed core_techologies. The total number of companies on this heatmap may not match the total for the dataset.
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Technologies, Incidence per Phase
The lines below calculate the incidence of each technology per phase, compared to what would be expected if the technology were distributed proportionately across all phases. The result is a "location quotient" where the "area" is a phase of the AECO process, and the score tells us where a technology is more or less represented than expected.
Dots to the left of the dashed line are phases for which the technology in question is less represented than expected, while ones to the right are more represented than expected. The results are plotted on a logarithmic scale.
Robotics has little application in feasibility studies and, sure enough, the data proves that out. Subtler observations also emerge: Predictive AI/ML is clearly underrepresented on the Architecture/Design line, with Simulation slightly under as well, pointing to the latent potential of instrumenting the design phase with better performance data — addressing a notoriously difficult feedback loop to close. Market gap?
The relatively strong index of Real Estate and Ops & Maintenance on the API line shows how those phases of the AECO process are most prepared for machine-operable workflows, but they are behind when it comes to Agentic AI. Is this is a flaw in our data or an indicator of opportunity for agentic products focusing on brokerage, leasing, and related aspects of the process?
Scrub the lines with your cursor or finger to see all values. Note: technologies used by fewer than five companies are hidden, as are phases where fewer than three companies would be expected to use the technology at all.