The AECO Executive Playbook for Digital Growth

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AECO growth?

Discover how connected data, digital maturity, and operational visibility are reshaping the industry, and what digitally mature leaders are doing differently.

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Autodesk Platinum Partner

35+ Years in the Industry

Australia & New Zealand

The challenge

The pressure on AECO leaders is structural, not cyclical

Projects are more complex. Margins are tighter. Stakeholders expect real-time transparency and demonstrable accountability. And the systems most organisations rely on were built for a simpler era.

The gap between digitally mature and digitally lagging AECO firms is widening, and it shows up in margins, delivery performance, and the ability to scale without adding headcount.

If your teams are spending time searching for information, reconciling conflicting data, or making decisions without real-time visibility, this playbook was written for you.

52%

of rework is caused by poor project data and miscommunication.

Autodesk 100+ Construction Industry Statistics (2025)

And that’s just rework. Factor in the time lost searching for information, the decisions made on stale data, and the coordination failures between teams, and the real cost becomes clear.

The scale of the problem, by the numbers

52%

of rework is caused by poor project data and miscommunication.

Autodesk 100+ Construction Industry Statistics (2025)

35%

of construction professional’s time spent on non-productive activities: looking for project information, conflict resolution, mistakes, rework.

Autodesk Construction Disconnected: The High Cost of Poor Data and Miscommunication [Report] (2023)

60%

of general contractors cite poor coordination and communication as the key contributor to decreased labour productivity.

Autodesk Improving Construction Productivity: Digital Strategy Playbook (2023)

Sources: Autodesk 100+ Construction Industry Statistics (2025); Autodesk Construction Disconnected: The High Cost of Poor Data and Miscommunication [Report] (2023); Autodesk Improving Construction Productivity: Digital Strategy Playbook (2023)

Chief Executive Officer

Scale operations without proportional increases in cost and complexity. Build the digital foundations that support long-term enterprise value.

Chief Operating Officer

Improve delivery consistency, reduce operational variability, and gain real-time visibility across the project portfolio.

Chief Financial Officer

Understand the true financial cost of disconnected systems and make the business case for connected, data-driven operations.

CIO / CTO

Build the technology architecture and governance framework that supports interoperability, security, and long-term scalability.

Digital Director

Drive adoption and alignment across the organisation. Manage transformation as an ongoing evolution, not a one-time deployment.

Project & Operations Leaders

Reduce rework, improve handover quality, and give field teams the tools they need to deliver consistently at scale.