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October/November/December 2022 I 51 Artificial intelligence enables the application to deny system check-out if required deliverable documentation has not been provided. This effectively eliminates costly revisits due to missing or incomplete documentation. Closeout reports can be generated per individual site as each is completed or as a comprehensive package covering all locations at the end of the project. Spending several days, if not weeks, chasing multiple subcontractors and operations field teams for missing deliverable documentation are a thing of the past. Bringing together elements of intelligent passive infrastructure, construction SaaS platforms, and the automation and digitization of test and splice equipment, intelligent build solutions can bring many benefits to end-customers, ICT installers, general contractors, and suppliers. A true cradle-to-grave solution enables greater efficiency and accuracy in builds, improves overall productivity, and brings labor savings by addressing the challenges and inefficiencies commonly present in deploying optical networks. Now, more than ever, it is critical that a full end-to-end solution be embraced to enable modern ICT network deployments. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES: Subbu Meiyappan is CEO of ECSite, Inc. He is a leader in wireless telecom with over 25 years of entrepreneurial and technology development experience. He is a serial entrepreneur, having previously co-founded NextNav. As CEO of ECSite, he is responsible for leading the company's vision to automate everything, everywhere, helping to usher in the ICT and telecom industries into the all-digital era. Subbu has over 30 issued U.S. and international patents and several more pending. He has written several technical publications and has spoken at industry and academic conferences. He also taught courses at Arizona State University and has been on several industry standards committees. Subbu can be reached at subbu@ecsiteapp.com. Manja Thessin, RCDD, RTPM, serves as enterprise market manager for AFL, leading strategic planning and market analysis initiatives. Manja is a 22-year veteran of the ICT industry with demonstrated proficiency in designing and managing high-profile, complex initiatives that span technology from data center infra- structure to intelligent building solutions in the enterprise and hyperscale markets. She has earned a master's certificate in business leadership and management from Michigan State University and is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army. Manja can be reached at manja.thessin@aflglobal.com. REFERENCES: 1. Rajat Agarwal, Shankar Chandrasekaran, and Mukund Sridhar. "Imagining Construction's Digital Future,'' McKinsey & Company, 24 June 2016. 2. "New Research from PlanGrid and FMI Identifies Factors Costing the Construction Industry More Than $177 Billion Annually," FMI Corporation, PlanGrid, Cision, 01 August 2018. 3. "RT-010 Topic Summary," Construction Industry Institute, February 2016. 4. "Reinventing Construction: A Route to Higher Produtivty," McKinsey Global Institute, February 2017. 5. Pinder, Aly Jr. "First-Time Fix: A Metric That Drives Success," Aberdeen Group, March 2016. 6. Sumair, Dutta. "Fixing First-Time Fix: Repairing Field Service Efficiency to Enhance Customer Returns," Aberdeen Group, March 2013.