X3 Build: Construction IT, Jobsite Connectivity & Wire-Fraud Protection Case Study

The challenge

X3 Build is a busy 45-person construction firm in Santa Monica with teams split between the office and active jobsites. As the firm grew, its technology had to keep pace with the realities of construction — temporary sites, mobile crews, and an industry that is one of the most heavily targeted for payment and email fraud.

• Unreliable jobsite connectivityTemporary sites and field trailers lacked dependable, secure internet and Wi-Fi, slowing crews down.
• Unmanaged field devicesCrews worked from laptops, tablets, and phones with no central management or security in the field.
• Email exposed to wire fraud (BEC)Construction is a top target for business email compromise — fraudulent change-order and payment requests — and the firm had no defenses in place.
• No MFA or enterprise email securityAccounts and inboxes lacked multi-factor authentication and advanced spam and phishing filtering.
• No enterprise endpoint securityThere was no managed EDR/MDR protecting office and field devices.
• Scattered project filesPlans, drawings, and project data weren’t centralized, secured, or reliably backed up, and construction apps had no dedicated support.
• Reactive IT supportThere was no proactive monitoring or a dedicated team covering both the office and the jobsites.

The solution

Advanced Networks built X3 Build an IT foundation that follows the work — from the office to every jobsite — with the security a construction firm needs against fraud and downtime. Explore our construction IT services in Los Angeles.

Jobsite connectivity & secure Wi-Fi

We delivered reliable, secure internet and Wi-Fi for field trailers and temporary sites — with failover — so crews stay connected wherever the work is. See our network design and integration work.

Secure field devices & remote access

We brought the firm’s laptops, tablets, and phones under central management and gave field crews secure remote access to project data from any site.

Wire-fraud (BEC) & email protection

We deployed enterprise email security, anti-phishing, and multi-factor authentication to stop business email compromise and fraudulent payment requests before they reach staff.

Managed endpoint security

We rolled out managed EDR/MDR and 24/7 monitoring across office and field devices for centralized threat detection and response.

Project files & construction app support

We centralized and secured project files — plans, drawings, and documents — and provided support for the construction software the team relies on day to day.

Backup, disaster recovery & managed IT

We implemented tested backup and disaster recovery and wrapped everything in full managed IT with a dedicated Technical Account Manager covering the office and every jobsite.

The major projects

The results

• Reliable, secure connectivity across the office and active jobsites
• Field crews working securely on managed devices from any site
• Wire-fraud (BEC) defenses with MFA and enterprise email security
• Centralized, backed-up project files and supported construction apps
• Managed EDR/MDR with 24/7 monitoring and 99.9% uptime