Engineering News-Record and the Construction Users Roundtable to Host Construction...

Engineering News-Record and the Construction Users Roundtable to Host
Construction Business Forum on June 9-10 in Arlington, VA

NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering
News-Record (ENR) and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) will bring
together construction industry leaders at the third annual ENR-CURT
Construction Business Forum on June 9-10, 2009, at the Sheraton National Hotel
in Arlington, VA, to discuss "Embracing Change: The Impact of the New
Administration on Construction."

At the Forum, owners, contractors, construction managers, engineers,
architects, and equipment and building product manufacturers will examine the
business impact of economic uncertainties, the stimulus package, the changing
regulatory landscape, workforce issues, global events and more. A high-level
panel on how associations are affecting public policy includes CEOs and
executive directors from the Business Roundtable, the Associated General
Contractors of America, the American Institute of Architects, the American
Society of Civil Engineers and the Associated Builders and Contractors. A
panel of energy sector leaders will address updating the nation's energy
infrastructure, and Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for
McGraw-Hill Construction, will share updated facts and figures from
McGraw-Hill Construction's 2009 Construction Outlook, which projects U.S.
construction start activity for the rest of 2009.

An opening night cocktail reception at 6 p.m. on June 9 features a keynote
address from Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of labor at the
Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Mr. Barab will discuss OSHA's
role in ensuring that worker protection and safety laws are upheld as recovery
infrastructure investments are carried out. J. Joseph Tyler, director of
military programs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Walter Kimball,
president, Bechtel Construction Operations, Inc., will deliver keynote
addresses on June 10, and are joined by prominent speakers from:

-- American Society of Civil Engineers
-- Associated Builders and Contractors
-- Associated General Contractors of America
-- Bentley
-- Business Roundtable
-- Constellation Energy Group
-- DuPont
-- Engineering News-Record
-- Exelon Generation
-- Fluor Corporation
-- General Electric Company
-- GridWise Alliance
-- Howrey LLP
-- McGraw-Hill Construction
-- National Center for Construction Education and Research
-- Nuclear Energy Institute
-- Procter & Gamble Company
-- Southern Company
-- The American Institute of Architects
-- The Construction Users Roundtable

-- U.S. General Services Administration

More information and online registration are available at
http://construction.com/events/enrcurt/.

The ENR/CURT Construction Business Forum is produced by McGraw-Hill
Construction; Engineering News-Record, the leading source of news, data,
trends and analysis for the construction industry; and the Construction Users
Roundtable, an autonomous organization that provides a forum for the exchange
of information, views, practices and policies of owners at the national and
local level. The platinum sponsor is Howrey LLP. Gold sponsors include
Building and Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO, Bentley, and the National
Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). Microsoft Professional
Services Industry Solutions is the silver sponsor. Bronze sponsors are AIA
Contract Documents, Oracle-Primavera, and SeaBright Insurance Company.

About McGraw-Hill Construction
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design and construction industry. For more than a century, the Company has
remained North America's leading provider of construction project information,
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trends and forecasts. In print and online, the Company offers a variety of
tools, applications, and resources that easily integrate with its customers'
workflows. Backed by the power of Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record,
Engineering News-Record (ENR), GreenSource, HQ, SNAP and 11 regional
publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers
within the $5.6 trillion global construction community. To learn more, visit
www.construction.com.

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