McGraw-Hill Construction and the National Association of Home Builders Announce Alliance to Increase Delivery of Home Product Information
Alliance Creates Co-branding of MHC Sweets Residential Catalog File and Directory in Multiple Formats and other Coordinated Marketing Initiatives

NEW YORK, NY, January 11, 2005 - McGraw-Hill Construction, the premier provider of construction information and intelligence in North America, and part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:MHP), and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), today announced a groundbreaking alliance that will facilitate builders' access to home product information.

NAHB is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 220,000 members involved in home building, remodeling, multifamily construction, property management, subcontracting, design, housing finance, building product manufacturing and other aspects of residential and light commercial construction. For over a century, McGraw-Hill Construction's Sweets Product Marketplace has offered building product manufacturers an easy way to market their products to architects, builders, contractors and other construction industry professionals. The new agreement will create a co-branded McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Directory and McGraw-Hill Construction Sweets Catalog File that will be available electronically and in print.

The organizations also will engage in a number of other cooperative marketing and marketing research efforts. McGraw-Hill Construction will sponsor Nation's Building News Online, NAHB's primary communication vehicle that reaches more than 140,000 industry members. In addition, there will be internet links between www.construction.com and www.nahb.org programs at the NAHB International Builders Show, and other conferences and symposia activities.

"We have long sought to work more closely with the National Association of Home Builders to better serve the members of the housing industry, and this agreement allows us to do so," said Norbert W. Young, Jr., FAIA, president, McGraw-Hill Construction. "First, the residential housing market is increasingly important to McGraw-Hill Construction. Second, NAHB is at the forefront of many construction issues of concern to construction professionals in general, such as using new environmentally-friendly building technologies. Indeed, as a strong proponent of the need for the industry to focus on sustainability and green construction, we're a corporate sponsor of NAHB's National Green Building Conference beginning next year. With this agreement, we will have new opportunities to get key information and intelligence to builders so they can make informed decisions and grow their businesses successfully."

"McGraw Hill Construction has been a long term supporter of NAHB and its objectives," said Bobby Rayburn, NAHB president and a home and apartment builder from Jackson, Miss. "With this agreement, our members will have easier access to the McGraw Hill Construction Sweets Product Marketplace. Moreover, by creating this alliance, NAHB will facilitate members' access to other industry-critical information at conferences, tradeshows and symposia. We look forward to everyone reaping the rewards over the next few years."

About the National Association of Home Builders
NAHB is a Washington-based trade association representing more than 220,000 members across the nation. Known as the "voice of the housing industry", NAHB is affiliated with more than 800 state and local home builders associations around the country. NAHB's builder members constructed about 80 percent of the more than 1.77 million housing units built in 2004, making housing one of the most powerful engines of growth in the U.S. economy.

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 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.

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Media Contact
Kathy Malangone
McGraw-Hill Construction
212.904-4376
kathy_malangone@mcgraw-hill.com

National Association of Home Builders
Paul Lopez
National Association of Home Builders
202-266-8409
plopez@nahb.com

Agency Contact
Jerry Cahn
PortfolioPR
212-736-9224
jcahn@portfoliopr.com

SOURCE: The McGraw-Hill Companies