McGraw-Hill Construction Wins Top Awards from Construction Marketing Association

NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The creative services team at McGraw-Hill Construction (http://www.construction.com/) received 15 prestigious awards at the recent CMA Star Awards and Construction Marketer of the Year Awards, presented by the Construction Marketing Association (CMA).  McGraw-Hill Construction won "Best of Show" with 13 total Star Awards recognizing excellence in marketing, along with the title "Construction Marketer of the Year" in the Eastern region for its integrated brand marketing campaign.

The awards honor marketing excellence of construction industry professionals across a broad range of functional marketing disciplines.  They are presented annually by the CMA, a professional group focused on a broad range of resources and support for marketers in the construction category.

"We are delighted with this honor from the CMA.  All the winning entries were developed in a highly collaborative process, which confirms that we work best when we work together," said William Taylor, director of McGraw-Hill Construction Creative Services.

The CMA Awards are the latest in a series of honors received by McGraw-Hill Construction.  In the past year, the company and its media properties have also received seven National Azbee Awards of Excellence and an honorable mention from the American Society of Business Publication Editors; a silver medal and merit award in the Society of Publication Designers Awards Competition; seven Jesse H. Neal Business Journalism Awards from American Business Media; and eleven FOLIO: Eddie and Ozzie Awards for excellence among business-to-business publications.

A portfolio of McGraw-Hill Construction's CMA award-winning work is available at http://mhcstudio.viewbook.com/portfolio/print/album/awards.

About McGraw-Hill Construction:

McGraw-Hill Construction connects people, projects and products across the construction industry.  For more than a century, it has remained North America's leading provider of project and product information, plans and specifications, and industry news, trends and forecasts.  McGraw-Hill Construction serves more than one million customers in the global construction industry through Dodge, Sweets, Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record, GreenSource, and SNAP.  To learn more, visit www.construction.com or follow @mhconstruction on Twitter.

About The McGraw-Hill Companies:

McGraw-Hill is a leading global financial information and education company that helps professionals and students succeed in the Knowledge Economy.  Leading brands include Standard & Poor's, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Indices, Platts energy information services and McGraw-Hill Education.  With sales of $6.2 billion in 2010, the Corporation has approximately 21,000 employees across more than 280 offices in 40 countries.  On September 12, 2011, the Corporation announced its intention to separate into two public companies – McGraw-Hill Markets (working name), primarily focused on global capital and commodities markets and McGraw-Hill Education focused on digital learning and education services worldwide.  Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/.

SOURCE McGraw-Hill Construction