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The ABCs of BYOD in Construction

Viewpoint Construction Technology

A couple of years ago, a colleague of mine lost his iPad after leaving it in a rental car while traveling. Fortunately, he had installed an app that cleared all of his personal information and locked down the iPad. JBKnowledge’s 2017 report notes that fewer construction companies are securing employees’ personal mobile devices—just 26.9

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Technology Increases Productivity by a Quarter on UK Rail Projects

Autodesk Construction Cloud

For BAM Nuttall, technology has played an important role in the delivery of two major rail projects from 2017, with the ambition to improve rail capacity in the North West of England. They were equipped with five iPads to use on-site and from January 2018 and the project moved to an entirely digital way of working using BIM 360.

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Business Facilities’ 15th Annual Rankings: State Rankings Report

Business Facilities

4 in Best Business Climate, Texas—all have been perennial contenders for BF’s top honor, the State of the Year Award: Texas and Tennessee each have won the award three times since it was created in 2007; Virginia was the 2018 SOTY; Alabama won BF’s top award in 2017. “An The JDIG was approved by the state’s Economic Investment Committee.