New Construction Tech Debuts July 2025

From drones built for extreme sites to smarter reality capture and project risk dashboards, the latest construction tech releases aim to make job sites safer, more efficient and easier to manage. Here’s a roundup of five standout launches hitting the market this month:

DJI

‍Drone maker DJI has unveiled the Matrice 400, which delivers a 59-minute flight time and can carry up to 6 kilograms. The drone’s obstacle-sensing system combines LiDAR and millimeter wave radar, helping construction teams with tasks like inspections, mapping and engineering surveys.

The Matrice 400 can withstand temperatures from -20°C to 50°C, and its fusion positioning system allows safe flights near tricky structures like glass facades or turbine blades. DJI says its smart AR projection makes the operator’s job easier by showing obstacles such as power lines directly on the controller’s display.

Egnyte

‍Egnyte rolled out its AI-powered Project Hub to tackle documentation and coordination headaches across large construction projects. The hub standardizes folder structures, automates project dashboards and helps firms follow best practices at scale.

“The Project Hub acts as a central repository for all project data, providing users with real-time, comprehensive insights into their projects, storing everything from design files to field data,” said Prasad Gune, Egnyte’s chief product officer.

Bluebeam

‍Bluebeam’s latest updates include a new integrations directory, making it simpler for users to link Revu with popular tools like Procore, SharePoint and Autodesk Construction Cloud.

The Revu app now runs 30% faster on ARM-based devices like Microsoft Surface tablets and Apple M-series Macs using Parallels, ensuring smoother document handling and markup for teams on modern hardware.

OpenSpace

‍Reality capture leader OpenSpace launched OpenSpace Air, which integrates drone, 360-degree camera, mobile and laser scanner data into one platform. The goal is to help teams build a complete visual record to plan, track and verify progress.

“With the drone data integration from OpenSpace, we can now expand outside the four walls of a building to show things that we weren’t able to see before, from an extremely valuable perspective,” said Scott Wyatt, project executive at Gilbane Construction. “Overall, being able to identify items on the project earlier and create efficiencies in our platforms is a big win.”

Brickeye

‍Jobsite risk tech firm Brickeye introduced BuildersRiskIQ, a dashboard for managing construction risks and securing builders risk insurance. The tool visualizes IoT-backed water mitigation plans, helping contractors share detailed protection strategies with insurers.

“Industry studies show that IoT protection can reduce water damage exposure on jobsites by up to 90%,” said Alex Fuentes, Brickeye’s executive vice president of strategic growth. “With BuildersRiskIQ, insureds and brokers can now submit committed, IoT-enabled water mitigation plans from the outset, leading to smarter insurance quoting and tangible cost savings.”
Together, these tools highlight the sector’s push toward digitization and automation to tackle labor shortages, rising project complexity and increased insurance scrutiny.

Industry watchers say emerging tech like drones and AI-enabled dashboards are becoming baseline expectations on large projects. Construction firms are under growing pressure to demonstrate progress tracking, risk controls and sustainability compliance — all of which these products aim to support.

Adoption of these innovations could also help contractors stand out in bids, attract tech-savvy talent and boost productivity at a time when projects must do more with fewer people and tighter budgets.

Originally reported by Jennifer Goodman in Construction Dive.