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Innovation Design Consortium is a platform where we, leading industry design professionals, collectively develop key initiatives, tools and products for our profession. If you want to be part of innovative industry change, join us!
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The IDC AEC Innovation Challenge

From back-of-the-napkin thoughts to fully baked concepts—we’re all ears. Together, let’s spark what’s next for design, innovation, and the way we work.

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What is Innovation Design Consortium

Innovation Design Consortium, or IDC, is a platform where we, leading industry design professionals, collectively develop key initiatives, tools and products for our profession.

The purpose of the consortium is to raise, budget, spend funds and enable collaboration in support and development of technology platforms/software, promotional or open-source activities relating to defining, promoting and improving technology and tools for the architecture, engineering and construction industry in four key areas: Performance and Sustainability, Data-sharing Platform, Operational Efficiencies, and Redefining Project Delivery.

Our Vision

Our vision is grounded in collaboration. We aim to advance technology platforms and enhance tools that serve the architecture, engineering and construction industry. The vision wheel outlines four key areas that drive our collective progress.

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Initiatives

Our core initiatives span four focus areas: Data Sharing Platform, Performance & Sustainability, Operational Efficiencies, and Redefining Project Delivery.

Each initiative comes with clear goals and future plans to drive industry transformation.

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Our Vision

The Innovation Design Consortium welcomes any AEC design firm to explore how they can engage with our community and initiatives.

With over 40 founding firms already shaping the future of the industry, we invite new licensee firms to join us in advancing innovation, collaboration, and data-driven practice. This is your opportunity to gain access to shared research, peer exchange, and strategic support to accelerate your firm’s Data and AI capabilities.

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Sponsors & Partners

Are you a technology provider, consultant, platform, or industry partner looking to shape the future of AEC alongside the nation’s leading design firms?

If you’re not an AEC Design Firm but would like to support our mission, we invite you to join us as a Sponsor or Industry Partner. We offer several sponsorship tiers designed to fit a range of partnership goals—and we’d love to hear from you.

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We can make a bigger impact by pulling our resources together.

Founding Companies

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AYERS SAINT GROSS BSA BWBR CANNONDESIGN CBT COOPER CARRY CORGAN DLR GROUP ENNEAD ARCHITECTS FLAD GRESHAM SMITH HED HGA HKS HLW HMC ARCHITECTS HOK HORD COPLAN MACHT HUITT ZOLLARS KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE KTGY LEO A DALY LITTLE LPA LS3P MCMILLAN PAZDAN SMITH MG2 MOODY NOLAN MULTISTUDIO NAC NBBJ PAGE PARKHILL QUINN EVANS RS&H SLAM COLLABORATIVE SMITHGROUP SOM TVS WATG ZGF

Board of Directors

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Executive Committee

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Steering Committee

IDC steering committee meetings are attended by 1-2 representatives from the IDC founding firms.

"In the first year, the IDC provided valuable quick reference guides on evaluating AI solutions and building policy as well as setting the stage for sharing custom developed tools. Perhaps the most impactful effort has been the pivot toward "Data and AI" orientation, literacy, and road mapping at the end of 2024."

Stephen Held | Leo A Daly

"The IDC efforts have provided clarity of direction both validating our current trajectory and providing insight on emerging technologies including AI – saving valuable research and development time."

Bob Rayes, COO | CIO | Corgan

"I’m excited about the opportunity in 2025 to establish a strong data strategy foundation for the IDC work going forward. This work will provide greater guidance to our project teams and solution designs to ensure we generate the most value. In 2024, I really enjoyed working with the Skills Framework team to design an initial skills framework aligned to a normalized set of roles believed to be usable by every IDC firm."

Michele Stanton, CIO | HGA