State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry 2025
Autodesk
This is the third annual edition of the State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry commissioned by Autodesk, which explores trends impacting digital adoption in the construction industry across six markets across Asia Pacific.
State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry 2025
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Recent years have seen the industry face significant disruption from cost increases, skills gaps and sustainability challenges. Digital technologies can drive efficiency, and help businesses navigate these challenges and secure their place in a more advanced and productive industry.
Drawing on a survey of almost 900 businesses across the Asia Pacific, this report highlights that digital transformation across the construction industry is gathering pace, with technologies such as Building Information Modelling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), data analytics and cloud management software transforming how the industry operates. AI and machine learning has been one of the fastest growing technologies, with 37% of businesses now using this technology, up from the 26% of businesses in first edition of the State of Digital Adoption in the Construction Industry in 2023. Technology adoption among construction businesses generally is accelerating too. Out of 16 different technologies, the average construction business has adopted 6.2 technologies, up 20% from the previous average of 5.3 last year.
Despite this rapid adoption, a key issue for construction businesses’ use of digital tools is the number of data environments they use to collect, manage and share project related data. The median number of data environments used by construction businesses across Asia Pacific is 11, and many surveyed businesses cited additional training and skills development costs (48%) and higher operational costs (45%) as challenges associated with multiple data environments and unnecessary duplication.
As such, there is substantial dividend from moving towards a more uniform data environment, with construction leaders reporting it would save them approximately 10.5 hours per week. Additionally, businesses successfully integrating digital technologies are experiencing fewer safety incidents, improved quality and timeliness of work undertaken, and financial returns. Each additional technology adopted is associated with a 1.14% increase in expected revenue, equating to a $1.14 million uplift for a business generating $100 million in revenue.
This report provides five key recommendations to help businesses in their digital adoption journey, including removing unnecessary legacy IT systems and building a trusted digital ecosystem.
