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Record Each Win 2002 Jesse H. Neal Awards
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Excellence in Business Journalism
F.W. Dodge Launches Overnight Delivery Service
of Hard Copy Plans And Specifications to Anywhere in the United
States
Fulfillment Agreement
with Plan Express Allows for Speedy Distribution to F.W. Dodge's
Internet and Non-Internet Equipped Customers
NASHVILLE, April 19,
2001 - F.W. Dodge, the nation's leading provider of construction
information services, and a part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE:
MHP) Construction Information Group, has launched a new nationwide
distribution capability that will allow it to distribute hard copy,
full size, plan drawings and specifications nationwide within 24
hours.
This capability is a result of F.W Dodge's
fulfillment agreement with Plan Express of Memphis, TN. Plan Express
provides Dodge with a centralized location for printing as well
as efficient distribution, providing next day delivery to any location
in the continental United States.
Dodge maintains a comprehensive database of
construction project activity throughout the United States. The
company collects data through extensive research in addition to
its own network of correspondents who collect and update project
information on over 500,000 active projects in the U.S. and Canada.
As part of this collection process, Dodge maintains a vast library
of building plans and specifications on most major projects, which
are available through the Dodge Plan Rooms, the internet sites dodge.construction.com
and www.construction.com,
and on CD ROM.
"The future of plan and spec distribution
will be via the Internet and because of the construction.com Internet
portal, F.W. Dodge is already a single source provider of construction
plans and specifications electronically. Although the construction
industry has been steadily moving to the Internet for such business
services, many construction professionals are not ready to fully
utilize the benefits because they don't have the technology or the
needed bandwidth yet. This enhanced capability through our agreement
with Plan Express is a service to our F.W. Dodge customers who do
not work online," said Robert Amico, senior vice president and general
manager of F.W. Dodge.
By integrating the order process, Dodge and
Plan Express have designed a process that is seamless, easy-to-use,
and economical. Because of high volume and courier relationship,
Plan Express is able to deliver prints at the lowest rates available.
Using state-of-the-art high speed printing equipment, production
costs are kept low. Plan Express continues its printing operations
well into the evening each day to take advantage of last minute
deadlines for shipments from the adjacent courier hub.
About F.W. Dodge
F.W. Dodge is the project marketplace for the construction community.
It is part of the McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group, comprised
of such leading brands as Sweet's, Engineering News-Record, Architectural
Record and Design-Build and the commercial construction industry's
leading internet destination, construction.com. F.W. Dodge is the
premier source for project information, plans and specifications,
and industry analyses and forecasts. F.W. Dodge has offices throughout
the U.S. and Canada.
About the McGraw-Hill
Companies
Founded in 1888, The McGraw-Hill Companies is a 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 300 offices in 32 countries. Sales
in 2000 were $4.3 billion. Additional information is available at
www.mcgraw-hill.com.
About Plan Express
Plan Express is a reprographic service providing plan reproduction
and shipping of construction plans overnight, utilizing high-speed,
state-of-the-art reprographic machines and a highly automated production
facility. Plan Express also provides online viewing and ordering
of active and archived construction plans.
F.W. Dodge Contacts:
Mary Skafidas
The McGraw-Hill Companies
(212) 512-2826
mary_skafidas@mcgraw-hill.com
John Puccio
Ruder Finn
(212) 593-6389
puccioj@ruderfinn.com
Plan Express Contacts:
DeWayne Adamson
Plan Express
877.563.8453
Shelly Bush
Plan Express
800.752.6390 Ext. 466
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