McGraw-Hill Construction to Host 8th Annual ENR Construction Summit
'Project Owners as Construction Leaders' is Focus of September 28-29 New York City Event
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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineering News-Record (ENR), McGraw-Hill Construction's comprehensive weekly resource for construction industry information, and part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), will host its 8th Annual ENR Construction Summit to bring together leading property owners and members of the construction industry to share ideas and network. It will take place on September 28 and 29th at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City.
Leading building and facility owners will discuss with contractors, architects, engineers, suppliers and other top-level executives the challenges of organizational change, managing public projects, as well as insights concerning business ethics, project safety and labor relations. . Confirmed speakers include practitioners from Intel, Kaiser Permanente, Pfizer, Merck, DuPont, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Princeton University. Program sponsors include AISC, AON, Associated Builders & Contractors, Bentley, BlueBook, Centria, CmiC, Constructware, Cyntergy Technologies/ThumbprintCPM, Hill International, Kimmel, Meridian Project Systems, Navigant, Nextel, Skanska USA and Tishman Construction & Realty.
McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products of the industry, through the information and intelligence available in ENR, Architectural Record, Dodge, Sweets, ten Regional Publications, and its Network, which puts this information on the user's desktop. ENR has been covering the industry and making a difference in the lives of its players since 1874. Its staff, which includes many award winning journalists, report on the news and analyze trends to help construction industry professionals -- including owners, engineers and contractors -- to stay informed and make key decisions.
"ENR's Construction Summit is a key event for industry leaders who are making a difference in this increasingly competitive environment," said James H. McGraw, IV, McGraw-Hill Construction's group publisher. "With an outstanding program, highly qualified panelists and plenty of opportunity to network and build relationships, this is a must-attend event."
About McGraw-Hill Construction
McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry. From project and product information to industry news, trends and forecasts, the Company provides industry players the tools, resources and applications that help them save time, money, and energy, especially through the new McGraw-Hill Construction Network. Backed by the power of Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR) and ten Regional Publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers within the $4 trillion global construction community.
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a leading global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek and McGraw-Hill Education. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion.
