Everyone agrees that AI will transform the AEC industry. The real challenge is turning that vision into real business value. In this session, David Felker shares the playbook behind Trilon’s AI transformation. Beyond discussing high-level AI trends, David dives into the practical frameworks, operating model, process mapping methodology, team structure, governance and implementation approach Trilon…

The greatest potential of AI in AEC is not simply to accelerate existing tasks but to reimagine how expertise is applied and value is created for clients. If digital and AI only reduce the effort required to deliver existing services, the result may be lower fees rather than greater value. The larger opportunity is to…

Namitha Vinay shares lessons from Mott MacDonald’s AI journey and explores what it takes to move from promising pilots to enterprise-scale impact. In this session, Namitha explains why scaling AI involves more than technology and demonstrates how information, context, and organizational knowledge create the foundation for AI that learns from the enterprise and helps teams…

AI can make individual engineering activities faster, but the bigger opportunity is to rewire the delivery system itself. In this presentation, Lesley Waud explores what an AI-enabled AEC delivery model could look like, how professional judgment and reusable engineering knowledge become even more important, and what clients, AEC firms and technology partners need to redesign…

The AEC firms that win with AI won’t be the ones running the most pilots; they’ll be the ones who hardwire AI into how delivery actually works. In this session, Jay Wratten reframes AI as a delivery transformation, not a standalone capability, and outlines the four moves — each illustrated with a real-world example —…

Drawing on enterprise-scale AI transformation at Jacobs, Michael Brown outlines five strategic principles for driving measurable value. Moving beyond technology-first thinking, the session explores the human, operational and organizational realities required for successful adoption. Michael builds on last year’s presentation about how AI is redefining the asset lifecycle and highlights how a holistic, enterprise approach…

Eighty percent of companies have deployed AI in at least one business function, but eighty percent of those companies still report no material contribution to EBIT from AI. A large contribution to this paradox in AEC firms is that AI is being applied sporadically instead of transforming the way work is delivered. In this session,…

Eileen M. Canady opens the first full day of the AI Summit by reflecting on how technology can serve people and businesses in subtle yet important ways, solving everyday problems and making our lives easier. She invites AI Summit attendees to absorb the knowledge and share their insights from the summit in the spirit of…