What we’re looking at ahead of BIM World 2026

From March 30 to April 2, industry leaders will gather in Paris for BIM World 2026, a leading event dedicated to digital transformation in construction, real estate, and urban planning.

Bringing together architects, engineers, contractors, and technology providers, the event showcases how digital technologies, from BIM to digital twins, are reshaping how buildings and infrastructure are designed, built, and operated.

As the construction sector faces increasing pressure to improve productivity, coordination, and sustainability, BIM World offers a unique opportunity to understand how these challenges are being addressed in real-world projects.

Expert insights on construction software

Our perspective on construction software is grounded in ongoing research and expert interviews across the ecosystem.

Across our work, several key insights stand out:

• Construction software spans the full lifecycle, from design to execution to asset management, but remains highly fragmented
• The main challenge is not access to tools, but adoption and integration into real on-site workflows
• Real value comes from connecting data and stakeholders across the project lifecycle, not from standalone solutions
• The market is shifting toward platform approaches, aiming to centralize data and improve coordination
• Sustainability is becoming a core layer, with new tools emerging to measure and optimize environmental impact‍

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Our focus this year

At Dedale Intelligence, we are particularly interested in understanding how construction players are tackling concrete operational challenges:

• How are teams improving coordination and collaboration across complex projects?
• Where do digital tools actually deliver measurable gains on-site and across the lifecycle?
• What differentiates solutions that are effectively adopted from those that remain underused?

Beyond technologies, we aim to better understand how industry professionals implement and scale digital practices in day-to-day operations.

On-site at BIM World

Our Construction Thematic Leads, Elie Abdallah and Jonas Reineke, will be attending BIM World and engaging with operators, contractors, and technology providers across the ecosystem.

If you are attending the event and working on construction, infrastructure, or digital transformation topics, feel free to reach out on LinkedIn, happy to connect and exchange directly on-site.