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Building Resiliency and Winning New Work During Uncertain Times
For years, industry leaders have been discussing declining construction productivity and the need for the industry as a whole to move away from aged practices and toward more productive digital processes.
By Mark Sawyer
February 1, 2021
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by Mark Sawyer
Mark Sawyer is director of Industry Strategy for Construction at Trimble. He joined Trimble in 2012 as a result of its acquisition of Vico Software where he was President and CEO. Before Vico, he was President and CEO of @Last Software, the makers of SketchUp, where he led that company’s merger with Google. From 1993 to 2000 Mark was with Autodesk finally serving as Vice President and General Manager of the AEC division.
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