Montreal, Quebec, Canada – June 17, 2009 – McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) today announced an alliance to provide enhanced intelligence, services and educational tools to Canadian architects and design professionals. The announcement took place during the RAIC Festival of Architecture and Forum at the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Together, North America’s leading construction industry information and services provider, McGraw-Hill Construction, and Canada’s premiere association for architects, RAIC, will create new opportunities to support the RAIC membership. New continuing education offerings, event appearances, product discounts, and industry trend studies will bring together the Canadian design community and give them access to tools that will help them learn, find work and do work better and more efficiently. The first collaboration will be on a Building Information Modeling (BIM) survey and SmartMarket Report, currently underway and due out in September 2009.
“McGraw-Hill Construction is excited to announce this strategic alliance with the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada,” said Norbert W. Young, Jr., president of McGraw-Hill Construction. “I am confident our tools and products for architects, from Architectural Record to Sweets to our SmartMarket Reports on green building and more, will continue to be a great resource for RAIC members and Canada’s design community as a whole.”
“RAIC is dedicated to supporting its membership with substantial tools to be able to work more effectively and stay ahead of key trends,” said Jon Hobbs, executive director, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. “McGraw-Hill Construction’s products and services are second to none, and we are very pleased to be working with them.”
For more information, Festival of Architecture attendees can visit McGraw-Hill Construction Booth 23. McGraw-Hill Construction is a platinum sponsor of the Festival. Others can visit www.construction.com or www.raic.org.
About McGraw-Hill Construction
McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the design and construction industry. For more than a century, the Company has remained North America’s leading provider of construction project information, plans and specifications, product information, industry news, and industry 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 and 11 regional publications, McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers within the $4.6 trillion global construction community. To learn more, 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, McGraw-Hill Education, BusinessWeek and J.D. Power and Associates. The Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2008 were $6.4 billion. Additional information is available at www.mcgraw-hill.com.
About the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada is a voluntary national association established in 1907 as the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada. Representing almost 3,800 architects, the RAIC is the leading voice of architecture in Canada whose mission is:
- To affirm that architecture matters;
- To celebrate the richness and diversity of architecture in Canada; and
- To support architects in achieving excellence.
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