Make smarter technology decisions for your AEC firm.
Your resource for technology and AI in the AEC industry.
The problem
There is a huge gap between what AI can do for a firm and how it is being adopted today.
AI wins stay siloed
A faster email here, a quick render there. No data or context carries from one phase or task to the next, so nothing compounds.
Tool overload
460+ tools and counting. Buyers are overwhelmed, tuning out, and defaulting to waiting for the software they already own to catch up.
Expertise walks out the door
Decades of standards, details, and lessons learned sit trapped in drawings, specs, RFIs, and email, and leave with every retirement.
We close that gap.
How we help
Three ways firms use AEC Hub.
01 · Evaluate
Evaluate tools
We've catalogued and reviewed 460+ AEC tools so you don't have to. Search by project phase, firm size, or workflow, and get honest assessments, not vendor marketing.
Search all tools02 · Understand
Understand your market
Live dashboards covering salaries, material prices, building permits, employment, and federal spending. All free, all sourced from federal data.
Explore industry data03 · Implement
Get expert help
From a free AI strategy workshop to a hands-on implementation project and ongoing membership, we help firms build a technology strategy that actually gets implemented.
See how we workUse cases
Concrete examples.
AEC Hub tool
An intelligence layer over firm knowledge
Aané connects a firm's construction details, sections, elevations, specs, and photos into one searchable knowledge base, deployed inside a national engineering firm today.
See Aané in the directory* Built by Akhil Hemanth
Live demo
Ask your firm's knowledge a question
Aané in action, built for a client: ask for the details, elevations, and photos from a past project and get them back in seconds.
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Built for a client
Weeks of manual takeoff, done in minutes
A plumbing takeoff tool built for an engineering client who was scanning plans by hand for pipe lengths and sizes. Every segment stays reviewable: the engineer can inspect, verify, and reclassify anything on the plan. Never a black box.
Ask about custom builds* Built by AEC Hub
Built inside a firm
An operations copilot for the whole office
A workweek copilot that pulls tasks, channels, and messages into one view of what the office needs to do next, by department and by day.
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Free tool
See what one workflow really costs
A firm maps one workflow in about ten minutes and sees the annual number, then gets improvement options ranked by impact and effort, matched against our directory.
Run it on one of yours
Free tool
From pasted RFP to proposal outline
Paste a solicitation and get a tailored outline with section guidance, fee strategy, and a requirement-by-requirement compliance checklist.
Generate an outlineEvery one of these is a module we can deploy at your firm.
Talk to us about a custom buildLive Data
Visualize industry data
Research
Latest Reports
2025 AEC Tech Industry Research Report
The AEC software market reached $11.3 billion in 2025 with 27-59% of firms now using AI. Comprehensive analysis of AI adoption, BIM integration, cloud consolidation, sustainability mandates, labor shortages, and VC investment trends across architecture, engineering, and construction.
Our Thesis on AI: The Layer, Not the Tool
AI is not a tool your teams use. It is a layer your firm becomes. The AEC Hub thesis on AI: the three capabilities that make it work in practice -- defined workflows, trusted context, and human judgment -- with five AEC workflows drawn as layers.
Free tools, no sign-up
Use our free tools.
Working tools built on our directory and industry data. No sign-up, and you can use them as often as you like.
AI Workflow Audit
Map one workflow, see what it really costs per year, and get AI-analyzed improvement opportunities matched against 460+ tools.
Audit a workflowProposal Generator
Paste an RFP, get a tailored proposal outline with section guidance, fee strategy, and a requirement-by-requirement compliance checklist.
Generate an outlineRFI Cost Calculator
Put a dollar figure on your RFI volume and see what documentation quality is actually costing your projects.
Run the numbersHow AI-ready is your firm?
Eleven questions. A scored report: what's working in your favor, the gaps to fix first, and where to start from our directory of 450+ tools. No sign-up required.
Get your scoreYour readiness score
Scored 0-30 across data, skills, leadership, budget, and process.
The gaps to fix first
Your three weakest areas, with what to do about each before buying tools.
Where to start
Top-rated tools for your biggest time sink, straight from the directory.
Upcoming Events
Don't miss the latest AEC conferences, workshops, and networking opportunities.
2026 BIM Hero DAO Launch, AGM & Summit
BIM Hero DAO Global AEC Community of Practice for Digital Transformation. Join us for the annual general meeting and summit featuring discussions on digital transformation, BIM workflows, and collaborative practices in the AEC industry. Connect with global leaders and innovators shaping the future of construction technology.
AEC THRIVE: Growth & Profitability Summit
PSMJ's business growth and financial strategy conference for AEC firm leaders. Tactical sessions on margin improvement, business development, financial benchmarking, and profitable growth.
Design-Build Conference & Expo 2026
The premier event for design-build practitioners. Programming for owners, architects, engineers, and contractors working in integrated project delivery, with sessions on procurement, contracts, and project case studies.
Free AI strategy workshop
Book a free workshop for your firm.
One session with your decision-makers: where your firm stands, which workflows to fix first, and a plan you can act on.
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