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McGraw-Hill
Construction, ReproMAX Alliance Set To Create Industry-Leading
Local Market Reprographic Services, Integrated Technology
Solutions For The Architecture, Engineering And Construction
Marketplace
Partnership to Develop Single
Set of Integrated Products and Services that Bring Increased
Efficiency to Project Information and Document Distribution
for General Contractors, Subcontractors, Architects, Engineers
and Building Owners
NEW YORK, NY,
May 11, 2005 - - McGraw-Hill Construction today announced
a national agreement with ReproMAX Inc. to develop and market
a set of integrated products and services to increase the
efficiency of document management and distribution for the
construction industry. The agreement will also provide improved
collection of project information enabling even faster availability
to the industry.
This new agreement leverages the expertise
of both McGraw-Hill Construction and ReproMAX to provide valuable
integrated solutions to help the AEC community better manage
their business process workflow to become more productive
and competitive.
This new partnership combines McGraw-Hill
Construction's more than 100 local Plan Room Centers with
the over 200 local ReproMAX facilities, creating the largest
national network for document management and distribution
available to the market. Recognizing that customers need access
to both virtual plan rooms as well as local plan room/resource
centers, this agreement provides customers with the ability
to either order plans online for next day availability or
visit their local Plan Room Center to view plans.
In addition, ReproMAX will also provide
document scanning services to McGraw-Hill Construction enabling
document availability via the McGraw-Hill Construction Network®
sooner than ever before, adding even more value.
Both organizations are fully committed
to helping the AEC community reduce costs and work more efficiently.
As such, ReproMAX will also participate in marketing the all-new
McGraw-Hill Construction Network® Bid Management Service,
helping contractors seamlessly manage the critical bidding
process, while saving them time and money by eliminating many,
often redundant, manual processes.
I"McGraw-Hill Construction connects
people, projects and products across the design and construction
industry to help them work faster and smarter. By working
together with ReproMAX, we can significantly reduce the inefficiencies
inherent in the distribution of project documents by capitalizing
on technologies that reduce the time and cost necessary to
communicate information between the various members of a project
team," said Norbert W. Young, president, McGraw-Hill
Construction. "We are excited about the opportunity to
better serve our customers through our partnership with ReproMAX."
Both McGraw-Hill Construction and ReproMAX
have also agreed to explore other areas of potential cooperation
in the development of technology, training and services for
the construction industry.
Rick Bosworth, ReproMAX's president,
noted, "We're excited by the opportunity to work with
McGraw-Hill Construction. Their extensive industry experience
and relationships with key players is second to none. We look
forward to working with them to create the industries most
efficient method for accessing and distributing project information
and documentation."
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
TM. Backed by the power of Dodge, Sweets, Architectural
Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR) and
12 Regional Publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves
more than one million customers within the $4 trillion global
construction community. For more information, visit www.construction.com.
About ReproMAX
ReproMAX is the largest international network of independent,
innovative reprographic companies. ReproMAX partners and associates
are market leaders with longstanding reputations for their
commitment to quality and exemplary customer service. ReproMAX
currently serves over 200 locations around the world, and
delivers Digital Asset Management, Digital Reprographics,
Large- and Small-format Printing and Document Services of
the highest quality, in the most demanding business settings,
to the widest range of industries and disciplines around the
Globe. For more information, see www.Repromax.com.
About The McGraw-Hill
Companies
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.
Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.
COMPANY CONTACTS:
Media Contacts:
Kathy Malangone
McGraw-Hill Construction
212.904-4376
kathy_malangone@mcgraw-hill.com
Rob Kulat
McGraw-Hill Construction Kulat Communications
212.904-4376 (732) 219-5816
KuComm@Hotmail.com
Tanner Bechtel
ReproMAX
Director of Marketing
314-725-1270
tanner@Repromax.com
SOURCE: The McGraw-Hill Companies
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