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  • Message From the Board Chairman
    FROM THE BICSI BOARD CHAIR
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    William "Bill" Foy, RCDD, DCDC, ESS, NTS, OSP, WD · October 2026
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  • The Critical Role of Best Practices in Intelligent Buildings and Wireless Design and Installation
    FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · April 2025    2 min
  • Innovating at the Crossroads of Technology, Energy, and Values
    FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · January 2025    2 min
  • From Technician to Trailblazer: Guiding the Next Generation of ICT Professionals
    FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · October 2024    2 min
  • Emerging ICT Trends Are Now Commonplace
    FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · July 2024    2 min
  • Sustainability...
    From the Board President
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · April 2024    2 min
  • Embracing Technological Innovation
    FROM BICSI’S BOARD PRESIDENT
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · January 2024    2 min
  • Preparing the Infrastructure for Next-Gen Wi-Fi
    COVER ARTICLE
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    Patti Fisher, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM, WD, Bree Murphy, RCDD · October 2022Planning for a robust infrastructure that will support future generations of wireless means considering new technologies that can improve performance capabilities, update the cabling infrastructure, and modernize wireless access point (WAP) installation methods.    16 min
  • The True Impact of High-Power Applications on Your Network
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, Brian Ensign, RCDD, NTS, OSP, RTPM · October 2022The increased capability of PoE and the introduction of fault managed power (FMP) in complex networks play key roles in smarter applications and buildings to aid in the achievement of world impact goals and to make safer and healthier environments.    9 min
  • 7 Considerations for Practical Greenfield and Brownfield Smart Building Design
    COVER ARTICLE
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    Henry Franc, RCDD, OSP, CDCDP · July 2022Smart buildings and IoT are two of the hottest topics in business today. The possibilities they offer in terms of productivity, efficiency, comfort, savings, health, and employee attraction and retention should not be overlooked. At minimum, a smart building integrates systems that can gather and evaluate environmental and systems data to assess condition and performance. A simple internet connection is not what makes a building or system smart. Instead, it is about data collection, analysis and, ultimately, action.    16 min
  • A Comprehensive Guide to Bonding and Grounding 2.0
    COVER ARTICLE
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    David M. Richards, RCDD, NTS, OSP, TECH, CT · January 2022Explore the new best practice approach of bonding that simplifies and expedites this misunderstood practice in the ever-evolving low voltage world of ICT infrastructure. Learn how ICT professionals can build upon what has come before and make it better—not by tearing down the past but by building it back up, better. Benjamin Franklin would approve!    14 min
  • Reflections, Transitions, and a Great 2022
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP · January 2022    2 min
  • ICT Professionals Are Courageous, Resilient, and Innovative
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, OSP, NTS · October 2021    3 min
  • BICSI’s First Hybrid Conference
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP · July 2021    2 min
  • Case Study: Ohio’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Testing Environment
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    Luke Wadsworth, RCDD, OSP, CDT · April 2021Take the journey from start to completion of the US33 Smart Mobility Corridor, which will soon be the longest, largest, and most comprehensive “autonomous-ready” testing environment in the nation—quite possibly the world. This case study is filled with project design and installation details that ultimately makes the U.S. an undisputed leader in Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technology.    21 min
  • The Evolution of the Smart/Intelligent Environment
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, OSP, NTS · April 2021    3 min
  • Creating a Better Culture Through Thoughtful-Based Leadership
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, NTS, OSP · January 2021    3 min
  • Keeping Up with Optical Fiber—Fiber is the NOW
    COVER ARTICLE
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    Zoren Bullock, Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP, DCDC, CBRS CPI, Tony Irujo, Robert Reid · January 2021The increases in bandwidth throughout every segment of the network are going to require more optical fiber everywhere in the network. Capacity per cable is the main driver supported by both increases in capacity per fiber and the number of fibers in cables. Similar requirements will emerge in the access and data center market segments as 5G rolls out.    18 min
  • Essential ICT Professionals and Emerging Technologies
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, OSP, NTS · October 2020    3 min
  • The Impact of ICT on Healthcare Simulation
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    Patti Fisher, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM, WD · October 2020As health care simulation technology is increasingly making its way into the delivery of medical care and medical educational institutions, its future depends on reliable networks designed, installed, and supported by ICT professionals. Learn about installation methods, cabling, best practices, and much more.    21 min
  • Be Safe, Be Strong, Be Strategic
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, OSP, NTS · July 2020    3 min
  • 2020—A New Decade—A New Vision
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Todd W. Taylor, RCDD, OSP, NTS · April 2020    3 min
  • Continuity
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP · January 2020    3 min
  • Road Closed Due to Network Outage (Unless You’re Fond of Mississippi)
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · October 2019    3 min
  • “Juice Jacking” Puts the Squeeze on Private Data
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · July 2019    3 min
  • Think Twice Before Snipping a CORD
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · May 2019    3 min
  • Changing Lives and Connecting the World
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · March 2019    3 min
  • Intelligent Buildings and ICT: Preparing for Buildings of the Future
    COVER ARTICLE
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    Patti Fisher, RCDD, DCDC, OSP, RTPM, WD · March 2019One of the areas of rapid change is Intelligent Building (IB) design. While many have not had the opportunity to work on an IB project, the time to get smart about how to design for an IB and understand the implications to the data and voice systems is now.    17 min
  • Evolving Standards & Procedures for Designing and Testing MPO-Based Systems
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    Rodney Casteel, RCDD, NTS, OSP, Ed Gastle · January 2019As data center architectures evolve for the high-speed network, this comprehensive article serves as a valuable resource about data center architecture trends, applications and transmissions standards, different options for MPO infrastructure, and the testing of MPO connectivity.    24 min
  • I Feel the Need...the Need for Speed
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · January 2019    3 min
  • Wireless in the New Millennium
    COVER ARTICLE
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    Chris Scharrer, RCDD, NTS, OSP, CTS · January 2019    17 min
  • A DIGITAL MOO AND YOU: ICT DOWN ON THE FARM (I-C-T-E-I-E-I-O)
    FROM THE PRESIDENT
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    Jeff Beavers, RCDD, OSP, CFHP · November 2018    3 min