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Premiere
Webcast of McGraw-Hill Construction's 'ENR Live!' Will
Feature Leading Construction Industry Executives at CONEXPO/CONAGG
NEW YORK, NY,
March 8, 2005 - McGraw-Hill Construction's ENR
Live!, a new webcast program featuring exclusive interviews
with leading construction industry executives will debut March
15 from the floor of CONEXPO/CONAGG in Las Vegas, the world's
largest international gathering this year for the construction
and construction materials industries.
ENR Live! confirms Engineering
News-Record magazine's leadership in the construction
industry to give a global audience important access to many
of the construction industry's top executives. ENR
editors will interview these seventeen industry leaders, on
ENR Live! from CONEXPO/CONAGG:
| Tuesday, March 15 |
| 9:00 |
Ken
Simonson, chief economist, Associated General Contractors
of America, Inc. |
| 10:00 |
Jim
Owens, chairman & CEO, Caterpillar, Inc. |
| 11:00 |
James
Demitrieus, president & CEO, Aluma Enterprises,
Inc. |
| 12 :30 |
Ben
Hanna, senior manager, Business & Industrial,
eBay Inc. |
| 2:00 |
Dennis
Slater, president, Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Charles Stamp, vice president
public affairs worldwide, Deere & Co.; chairman, Association
of Equipment manufacturers |
| 3:00 |
Ed
Sullivan, chief economist, Portland Cement Association
Dave Shepherd, director,
sustainable development, Portland Cement Association |
| Wednesday, March
16 |
| 9:00 |
Mark
Forrest, worldwide sales manager, Trimble Navigation
Ltd. |
| 10:00 |
J.
Mike Monnot, director of equipment, corporate tool
center and scaffolding, Zachry Construction Corp.
J. Pat Monnot, vice president
global operations, AMECO, Inc. |
| 11:00 |
Graham
Brent, executive director, National Commission
for the Certification of Crane Operators |
| 1:00 |
Richard
LeFrancois, partner, EMI-Global
Darry Stuart, president
& CEO, DWS Fleet Management Services |
| 2:00 |
Ron
DeFeo, chairman & CEO, Terex Corp. |
| 3:00 |
William
Wagy, equipment manager, Granite Construction,
Inc. |
| 4:30 |
Wayland
Hicks, CEO, United Rentals, Inc. |
ENR Live! interviews will be
conducted at the McGraw-Hill Construction booth (N2491) on
March 15 and March 16, and will cover a wide range of topics
from industry trends and future developments to featured company
success stories and growth plans. CONEXPO/CONAGG attendees
are invited to observe. The webcasts will be accessible after
CONEXPO/CONAGG for three months on www.enr.com.
"ENR Live! adds an exciting
new dimension to our portfolio of information and media services
for the construction industry," said James H. McGraw
IV, group publisher, McGraw-Hill Construction. "This
innovative approach to covering one the biggest events in
the business will bring CONEXPO/CONAGG to life for hundreds
of thousands of visitors to enr.com for months after the show."
ENR Live! is sponsored by AON,
AIG, Hard Dollar and Williams Scotsman.
About Engineering
News-Record
Engineering News-Record is the business magazine of
construction. Published weekly, it serves more than 71,000
paid subscribers with a total weekly audience of more than
250,000. ENR.com generates 600,000 page views and reaches
more than 100,000 unique visitors monthly. Leading project
owners, developers, general contractors, specialty contractors
and design engineering professionals all rely on ENR
to deliver news and analysis in print and online that helps
them work better and smarter. ENR's global editorial
staff provides insight on major projects, technological achievements,
business conditions, markets, finance, costs, legislation,
government, management, labor, construction methods, equipment
and materials. For more information, please visit www.enr.com.
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.
COMPANY CONTACTS:
Media Contact
Kathy Malangone
McGraw-Hill Construction
212.904-4376
kathy_malangone@mcgraw-hill.com
Agency Contact
Jerry Cahn
PortfolioPR
212-736-9224
jcahn@portfoliopr.com
SOURCE: The McGraw-Hill Companies
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