ABSTRACT
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the way how everyday professional work is performed. Organizations have devised innovative ways to work remotely, staying home, or in secluded offices. One of the technologies that many industries are relying on is visualization for remote work. Professionals in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry are applying technology solutions to facilitate remote work, making the work site less crowded. Visualization technologies (VT)-video cameras, extended Reality, and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle's ability to monitor construction activities-have the potential to help the AEC industry in remote work. However, it is unknown if the use of visualization technologies in the AEC industry has increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and what tools and technologies are used the most. To understand this, the authors designed and implemented an industry-wide survey to analyze the state of VT use and the barriers to its implementation. The study found out that although remote work had increased significantly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rate at which people utilized VT for remote work had not increased at the same pace, which indicates that the AEC industry is yet to utilize the use of visualization technologies to make remote work easier and more efficient.