Earlier this year I wrote about the energy around the NXT BLD / NXT DEV events, and later about the emerging wave of BIM 2.0 platforms. At the time it felt like the industry was entering a new phase — more ambition, more experimentation, and importantly, more speed.

A few months on, that pace hasn’t dropped. If anything, it’s increased.

One clear example is Motif, who have adopted a simple but surprisingly impactful approach: a regular monthly release drop on their releases page. Each update on its own is modest, but together they create a sense of steady, deliberate progress — something the AEC industry hasn’t always been known for. It’s a rhythm that keeps momentum visible (and one we’re quietly thinking about mirroring with Team Pulse).

The same pattern shows up elsewhere. Arcol continues to roll out updates as they refine their browser-based modelling approach, and their blog reflects a team iterating quickly rather than waiting for big milestones.

Snaptrude is doing something similar, shipping frequent improvements across early-stage design and their AI-assisted workflows — their release notes read like a team in constant forward motion.

Qonic is also regularly publishing updates, steadily expanding what their cloud BIM platform can do, as shown in their release notes.

Giraffe, in a more specialised niche, has been openly sharing ongoing R&D through their R&D updates, showing the same “keep things moving” mentality.

That Open Company has just pushed a major release, with details on their release page, adding another marker to a year that feels unusually active.

None of these teams are standing still, and taken together, they reinforce the same point: AEC innovation is not slowing down — if anything, we’re entering a phase where monthly progress is becoming the norm.

It’s an encouraging trend, especially after years where change often felt sporadic or heavily dependent on a small group of incumbents. The industry is now being pushed from multiple angles, and the cumulative effect is noticeable.

Over a decade ago when I was still involved with Archicad I was a strong advocate for increasing the number of releases while reducing the overall impact of each release. Many customers were overwhelmed with the number of new features to learn and a more regular release cycle would have allowed them to adopt these features at a more sustainable pace.

I’ll keep tracking these developments, but for now the takeaway is simple: the pace is healthy, the energy is there, and AEC continues to move in the right direction.