The digital revolution is happening slowly but surely!

Posted: September 16, 2025

The digital revolution is happening slowly but surely

Digitalization has become a popular concept around the world today due to its ability to create efficiency in operations, effectiveness, and provide new opportunities. Digitizing information makes it easier to preserve, access, and share. For example, an original historical document may only be accessible to people who visit its physical location, but if the document content is digitized, it can be made available to people worldwide.

Digitalization in construction can be said to have started with designers moving away from their drawing boards to computer aided design practice some decades ago. Clients are increasingly becoming part of their own project, through enhanced visualization and possible participation in conception for instance.

The construction industry, although innovative and professional, has a history of delays and over-budget projects. However, its reputation for being inefficient may be changing thanks to digitalization. Leading construction companies were found investing tremendously in technologies pre-pandemic. The pandemic facilitated an increased necessity for remote collaboration through digitalization of project workflows, which found an uptake amidst stakeholders across the industry’s value-chain.

Like in any other sector, technology will fundamentally reshape construction around the world – driving productivity and efficiency, redefining the project lifecycle and creating new winners and losers. The question is when, and which firms will be willing to spearhead the transformation.

Key Digital Solutions and Their Applications

Augmented Reality (AR) & Virtual Reality (VR):

  • Enhanced Visualization: Offer immersive walkthroughs of 3D models, helping clients and teams visualize designs in a lifelike way.
  • On-Site Guidance: Provide on-site guidance for construction activities by overlaying digital information onto the physical environment.
  • Client Decision Making: Facilitate faster and more informed decisions by allowing clients to experience and interact with the building design before construction.