Award-Winning Writer Larry Stewart Joins ForConstructionPros.com

FORT ATKINSON, Wis., Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- ForConstructionPros.com, the construction industry's comprehensive portal serving a community of more than 200,000 professionals, announced today that award-winning writer Larry Stewart has joined as editor.  As the industry-leading construction portal, ForConstructionPros.com has generated a significant increase in visitor activity and an impressive return on investment for supporting advertisers since its launch.

"We continue to invest in talent with strong connections to the construction industry," says Editorial Director Greg Udelhofen.  "Our investment extends across print and our digital and interactive offerings with many exclusive stories broken directly on ForConstructionPros.com."

Stewart has spent more than 20 years covering the information needs of construction professionals and answering those needs with award-winning magazine features, rich web pages and ground-breaking events designed specifically for equipment decision makers. He is the recipient of five coveted Jesse H. Neal awards, one of the highest awards in business-to-business journalism.  He was honored by the Association of Equipment Management Professionals' (AEMP) with the Richard Hawkins Award.

Stewart helped create the Association of Equipment Management Professional's Fleet Masters award to recognize excellence in equipment management and was instrumental in preserving the Construction Equipment Management Program, a unique institute focused on refining equipment managers' skills to boardroom-level professionalism. He has championed the media's role as an independent evaluator of construction machines, and strives to redefine the value equipment professionals expect from industry web sites by exceeding traditional boundaries of trade-magazine content.  

Launched in July 2005, ForConstructionPros.com provides the construction community with a comprehensive clearinghouse of industry news, data and analysis. We are committed to serving the industry by providing sections specifically tailored to meet the needs of construction professionals, researchers, systems integrators, and manufacturers. Additionally, the site features sections that cover the latest updates on both core industry verticals and product categories, the industry's strongest buyer's guide platforms and an online resale database – equipmentconnector.com.

Cygnus Business Media reaches millions of professionals annually.  As one of America's top business-to-business media companies, Cygnus is leading the way in providing targeted content to top decision-makers and organizations.  The company's corporate initiatives and organizational architecture are built with one goal: fully engaging audiences in Aviation, Building & Construction, Public Safety & Security, Agriculture vertical markets and a variety of other industries.

SOURCE ForConstructionPros.com