What’s driving consultants’ race to invest in AI and digital technology?

By Chloë McCulloch2025-09-19T06:00:00

Our Top 150 Consultants survey shows the vast majority of firms are convinced AI will transform their businesses

“I’ve never seen this pace of change with any other technology in my 25 year career.” That’s how one expert described the AI and machine learning landscape that leading built environment consultants are operating in right now.

He was reacting to our Top 150 consultants survey results, which showed that 89% of firms in the rankings think the new technology is “extremely” or “very” important to the transformation of their business over the next decade. It also revealed that 84% plan spend more on it in future.

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