IT Professionals – Your Guide to Advancing Construction Technology 2026

If you sit in IT, you’ll leave with clearer ways to govern the construction tech stack without becoming a blocker to progress.

Why Advancing Con Tech 2026 is unmissable for you

  • Learn how peers are reducing tech sprawl and redundancy.
  • See how IT works with field and VDC teams, not around them.
  • Understand governance approaches for AI, data security, and vendors.
  • Compare vendors in a vendor-agnostic environment.

 

 

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Priority Sessions

Building Repeatable & People-Centric Processes to Evaluate Technology Investments

  • Learn: How firms centralize evaluation processes to reduce tech duplication while still engaging end users early.
  • Apply: Establish or refine an intake and evaluation workflow that brings IT, operations, and users into decisions from the start.
Turner - Advancing Construction Technology 2026

Panel Discussion: Balancing Tangible Versus Intangible ROI to Validate Investment

  • Learn: How peers evaluate both measurable ROI (time saved, rework avoided) and qualitative factors (usability, satisfaction).
  • Apply: Expand your ROI framework to capture adoption risk and user friction alongside financial metrics.
Archkey Solutions - Advancing Construction Technology 2026
McCarthy - Advancing Construction Technology 2026
Power Construction - Advancing Construction Technology 2026
Suffolk - Advancing Construction Technology 2026

Maximizing the Use of Your Tech Stack to Drive Operational Efficiency

  • Learn: Where misalignment between IT and operations leads to underused tools and process inconsistency.
  • Apply: Conduct a stack rationalization exercise focused on actual usage and role-based value—not license counts.
Boldt - Advancing Construction Technology 2026

Workshop: Building Security, Trust & Accountability in Enterprise AI Adoption

  • Learn: How IT teams are acting as custodians of AI tools while managing shadow IT, data risk, and compliance.
  • Apply: Define clear policies for approved AI tools, data handling, and escalation when users bypass sanctioned systems.
Hoffman Construction Company - Advancing Construction Technology 2026

Panel Discussion: Building Productive, Long-Term Vendor Relationships in a Rapidly Changing Landscape

  • Learn: How IT leaders balance innovation speed with stability amid a saturated vendor market.
  • Apply: Introduce vendor review checkpoints tied to integration performance, renewal value, and operational fit.
Barton Malow - Advancing Construction Technology 2026
McCarthy - Advancing Construction Technology 2026
TD Industries - Advancing Construction Technology
Willmeng - Advancing Construction Technology 2026

Questions to Ask

How do you say “no” to tools without blocking progress?

What governance controls actually improved adoption?

How are you evaluating AI risk versus value today?

Which integrations caused the most pain post‑purchase?

How do you approach tech stack sprawl and interoperability?

What Our Past Attendees Have Said

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