Most construction firms don’t have an IT problem.
They have a visibility problem.
When budgets tighten, IT is usually treated like overhead.
Tickets. Tools. Licenses. Support.
But leadership is not asking about tickets.
They’re asking:
• Are we overspending?
• Are we under protected?
• Is IT helping us win work and keep jobs on schedule?
• How do we compare to other construction firms like us?
If you can’t answer those questions with numbers, every ITconversation becomes opinion.
What the industry benchmark says
Recent construction industry benchmarking shows that thetypical construction, materials, and natural resources organization looksroughly like this:
• IT spend ≈ 1.4% of revenue
• IT spend ≈ 1.7% of operating expense
• IT spend ≈ $6,700 per employee
• IT staffing ≈ 2.3% of total workforce
These aren’t “targets.”
They’re reference points.
But they give you something most teams lack.
A baseline.
Because without a baseline, you don’t know if you are:
• over engineered and wasting budget
• under investing and increasing risk
• or simply misallocating spend
Why this matters more in construction
Construction IT is different from most industries.
You’re dealing with:
• distributed jobsites
• temporary locations
• field connectivity challenges
• subcontractor access
• compliance and insurance requirements
• thin margins where downtime hurts immediately
Which means two things happen:
1. Shadow IT creeps in fast
2. Costs hide in tools, vendors, and reactive support
So spend rises quietly while value stays unclear.
Benchmarking forces clarity.
How leading construction firms approach IT differently
The best run firms don’t start with tools.
They start with three questions:
1. How much are we spending overall?
Total IT spend as a percent of revenue or OpEx.
2. Where is that spend going?
Infrastructure, applications, security, field support,vendors.
3. Why does it cost what it costs?
Headcount mix, outsourcing, tool sprawl, legacy systems,jobsite complexity.
Once you answer those, optimization gets simple:
• consolidate vendors
• standardize devices
• reduce field friction
• improve security posture
• shift from reactive to planned spend
Where most construction teams get stuck
Even smart teams struggle because:
• cost data is scattered across accounting and vendors
• no external comparison exists
• reporting is technical, not financial
• nobody owns continuous optimization
So nothing changes until a breach, outage, or budget crunchforces it.
How we help
At Entech, we help construction firms move IT from“overhead” to “managed outcome.”
We start with benchmarking.
Not a pitch. Not a tool demo.
Just clarity.
We compare your spend and staffing to construction peers andshow you:
• where you’re aligned
• where you’re overspending
• where you may be under protected
• and what to fix first
So leadership can make decisions with data, not guesswork.
Want to see where you stand?
We built a simple Construction IT Spend & RiskBenchmark.
In about 30 minutes, we’ll compare your numbers to industrybaselines and deliver a short scorecard with findings and opportunities.
No pressure. Just insight.
Get your Construction IT Benchmark