AVAIL’s professional development wing Confluence is conducting an industry-wide survey of architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) technology stacks. Results will debut at Confluence Lexington 2025 and be shared publicly afterward. Participants will also receive their own data back for internal use.
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- Why your input matters: a note from Randall Stevens
- Survey categories
- From data to dialog: Confluence Lexington 2025
Why your input matters
The architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry is drowning in software. It’s not uncommon for large firms to juggle 150 to 200 applications across their workflows—and that complexity creates real challenges.
That’s why Confluence is launching the 2025 AEC Technology Stack Survey. We want to uncover which tools firms are relying on, where integrations fall short, and how we can all get more out of the platforms we already have.
Your voice will help shape the conversation. The initial results will debut at Confluence Lexington 2025 in October, where leaders from across the industry will gather to discuss what’s next. After the event, the anonymized results will be shared publicly, so the whole AEC community can benefit.
And, for those who complete the survey, we’ll also provide your own data set back to you—a valuable snapshot of your firm’s technology stack for internal use.
By taking part, you’re helping shine a light on opportunities for smarter interoperability, greater efficiency, and stronger outcomes for the entire AEC community.
Thank you,
Randall Stevens
Confluence Host
survey categories
Confluence’s 2025 AEC Technology Stack Survey centers on the role 350-plus widely used applications play in firms’ day-to-day operations. In the survey, these tools are organized into the following categories.- AI-Assisted Design
- Cloud Network / File Storage / Governance
- Communication & Collaboration
- Coordination / Construction Management
- Data Analytics & Reporting
- Design / CAD / Modeling
- Desktop Publishing
- Detail Management
- ERP & Financial Management
- File & Content Management
- Graphics & Presentation
- Knowledge Management
- Learning & Training
- Planning / GIS / Site Tools
- Productivity & Workflow
- Rhino Ecosystem
- Simulation / Analysis
- Specification & QA
- Sustainability & Performance Analytics
- Visualization / Rendering
From data to dialog
Confluence events are always themed around a pressing industry technology issue, and the issue at hand for October’s upcoming Confluence Lexington 2025 is AEC Platforms: Elevating the Dialog.
Within AEC industry firms, technology platforms all too often exist as disparate silos of information. Confluence Lexington 2025 will explore how we can increase the dialog between various platforms, reducing redundancy and bringing the silos together in new ways.
Planning this year’s Confluence Lexington program had us asking, “What platforms do firms really use?” This survey is an effort to answer this question.
Kicking off the conversation Thursday, October 9, 2025 at our invite-only Confluence Lexington 2025 event, Confluence host Randall Stevens will present the survey findings, offering a data-driven snapshot of today’s tech stacks across the industry.
The results will highlight patterns, redundancies, and emerging trends, setting the stage for broader conversations throughout the conference on integration, interoperability, and how firms can simplify workflows while still enabling innovation.
Learn more about Confluence Lexington 2025 and how to join the conversation in 2026.
Take the survey
Thinking About Adding to the Stack?
Join our webinar Navigating Change: How Leading Firms Champion Software Adoption Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 2pm EST. Software adoption experts from firms SMMA and Diamond Schmitt will discuss proven change management strategies with AVAIL Director of Customer Success Clay Watson.
About Confluence
Hosted by software company AVAIL, Confluence is a series of architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry professional development events that bring design technology and product management leaders together in collaborative discourse. Its signature conference, Confluence Lexington, is a three-day, invite-only event themed around a pressing industry technology issue and held in the fall every year. In the last few years, regional, one-day events have also been added, as well as a podcast hosted by AVAIL CEO and Founder Randall Stevens and TRXL Media Director Evan Troxel.
About AVAIL
Founded in 2016 as a solution for architecture and engineering firms to find the information they need faster, AVAIL creates software for the global architectural, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. AVAIL’s content management system (CMS) platform and Revit application tools help designers and engineers take control of their intricate network of files in one visual, streamlined solution. AVAIL’s customers include industry leaders Gensler, Perkins&Will, IMEG, LEO A DALY, and Populous.
