McGraw-Hill Construction to Offer Online Education Courses through Turner Construction Co.

Access to TurnerUniversity.com Promotes Continuing Education

NEW YORK -- May 29, 2003 -- McGraw-Hill Construction, part of the The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP) today announced a partnership with Turner Construction Company that will enable members and users of McGraw-Hill Construction's construction.com to access Turner University ™ online courses through the McGraw-Hill website. Construction.com is the industry's most trafficked commercial construction website.

Turner Construction Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Turner Corporation, the nation's leading general builder, began developing an online education and information tool, Turner Knowledge Network™ (TKN) in 1999. Last year, Turner University began offering courses to employees and current business partners interested in taking construction-related and general software courses. In March, 2003, TKN was rolled out to the general public.

There are 28 competitively priced classes currently available through Turner University. These self-paced courses use various forms of teaching, videos, text, examples and tests to guide each student and ensure they understand material in one module before going to the next. An OSHA web-based certification program, OSHA 30-Hour Certification, is available, along with business related courses that address reading financial statements, risk management and technical courses that focus on subcontractor specialties, such as fire suppression and plumbing. For more information about the courses, go to www.construction.com, and visit the Career Center to access The Turner Knowledge Network (TKN).

"McGraw-Hill Construction is dedicated to connecting its users and member communities to the leading information and intelligence of the construction industry," commented its president, Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA. "Turner Construction Company has taken a leadership position in offering construction-related educational courses through its online university. The availability of Turner University TM on construction.com will enable fast access to valuable information that will help our users do their jobs better."

"Turner Construction Company is delighted to join forces with McGraw-Hill Construction to promote Turner University to its clients," said James I. Mitnick, senior vice president of Turner and sponsor of Turner Knowledge Network. "Our goal for Turner University is to become the 'go to' place for construction learning in the United States."

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. Backed by the power of Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record (ENR) and our Regional Publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers within the $3.4 trillion global construction community. For more information, visit www.construction.com.

About ASA

Founded in 1966, ASA serves 5,500 member companies and is dedicated to improving general business conditions for all subcontractors through unified and cooperative actions. ASA's vision is to be the united voice dedicated to improving the business environment in the construction industry. The association emphasizes industry and legislative reforms on such issues as prompt payment, pay-if-paid clauses, retainage, lien rights, bid shopping, and unfair risk transfer through indemnity, additional insured requirements and waivers of subrogation. ASA provides its members with advocacy, leadership, education and networking.
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