Reed Construction Data and the Windsor Construction Association announce a partnership.

Reed Construction Data (RCD) and the Windsor Construction Association (WCA) have announced the signing of an alliance agreement. The union will help foster the growth and development of South Western Ontario’s construction market while continuing to further strengthen RCD’s position as Canada’s leading provider of construction information and opportunity.

“Both RCD Canada and the Windsor Construction Association have storied histories in the Ontario construction industry with, the WCA celebrating their 100 year anniversary and the Daily Commercial News turning 81 this year,” states Mark Casaletto, VP and General Manager of Reed Construction Data Canada. “We are honoured and excited to be working in partnership with the WCA. Together we can explore ways to push the envelope on providing information to the local construction markets both, in print and online. The prospect of working together to discover innovative ways that we can serve their members and our customers is an exciting venture which could serve as a template for the rest of Canada.”

The agreement contains a number of opportunities designed to advance the construction market in Western Ontario. The partnership will provide members of the Windsor Construction Association access to Canada’s leading project information. In addition, members will receive discounted rates toward an array of Reed Construction Data’s products and services, including: Daily Commercial News, Building Reports (Connect, KeyMail, KeyFax, and DataLink), RCD Interactive, CanaData products, and RSMeans.

"The Windsor Construction Association is excited about the forging of their organizations’ strengths with Reed Construction Data,” states Jim Lyons, Executive Director of Windsor Construction Association. “With Reed Construction Data being the preeminent source of construction news and statistics on a Provincial and National level, and the WCA's entrenchment on project information and advocacy on a local level, we know together we can deliver a stronger end product for our members.”

About Windsor Construction Association

Windsor Construction Association consists of over 300 member companies in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Construction Sectors. These companies work together to promote contractors, subtrades and suppliers by maintaining high standards of ethics, education, safety, environmental practices and training, to create a progressive, competitive construction induction. In 2008, the WCA will be marking 100 years of service to its members.

For more information, visit www.reedconstructiondata.com/can or contact Kathy Mikolajczyk at 905-752-5529 or email to kathym@reedbusiness.com

Reed Construction Data Partners with Merit Contractors Association

Leading construction information provider to deliver Canadian industry news and project information to key Alberta construction association.

Reed Construction Data (RCD) and the Merit Contractors Association have announced the signing of an alliance agreement that will see the two organizations combining resources in various initiatives to support the growth in the Alberta construction market.

“Since 1911, RCD, through the Journal of Commerce has had a strong voice in Western Canada’s construction industry,” states Mark Casaletto, VP and General Manager of Reed Construction Data Canada. “We are excited to be working with a respected organization, a driving force behind the recent boom of construction in Alberta.” Casaletto added, “This partnership is important to both organizations because we share a clear vision of the future of the construction industry in Alberta.”

The agreement contains a number of opportunities designed to advance the growth and development of construction in Alberta. Merit members will receive discounted rates towards an array of Reed Construction Data products and services including: Journal of Commerce, Building Reports (Connect, KeyMail, KeyFax, and Keyline), RCD Interactive, CanaData Products, RS Means and Pre-Bid subscription service.

In Edmonton, Stephen Kushner, President of Merit stated, “Our recent partnership with Reed Constriction Data will benefit our members by providing access to timely and accurate construction industry news and project information. RCD and Merit are committed to the Alberta construction market, and the open shop contractors in Alberta.”

About Merit Contractors Association

Merit Contractors Association is a non-for-profit organization comprised of over 1,300 member firms, employing over 40,000 people in commercial, institutional and industrial construction sectors. The Association provides its members with the most comprehensive and cost-effective benefits plan in the Canadian construction industry. Representing the voice of open shop construction in Alberta, Merit Contractors Association focuses on the human resource needs of contractors, offering employee benefits, training, retirement programs, a recruitment website, and more.

For more information about Reed Construction Data, contact Kathy Mikolajczyk at
905–752–5529 or email to kathy.mikolajczyk@reedbusiness.com

Reed Construction Data Acquires Tectonic Partners Inc

Construction information provider to deliver industry-defining technology for BIM

Reed Construction Data today announced the acquisition of Tectonic Partners Inc., a leading developer and service provider of building information modeling (BIM) for the architectural, engineering and construction industries.

The acquisition represents a significant strategic move by Reed Construction Data to become a leader in the emerging building information modeling space and complements the strategic partnership with RCMS Group announced earlier this year.

An agreement between the two companies was signed today in Atlanta. The acquisition will formally close Feb. 1, 2008.

The combination of Reed Construction Data and Tectonic will give architects, engineers and contractors (AEC) a powerful set of solutions for creating and managing BIM content on their desktops, as well as integrating RSMeans’ industry-leading cost data into the objects and the drawings themselves.

““By combining the power of RSMeans data and other Tectonic applications, we’ll be able to make a huge impact in the daily business lives of the AEC community,” said Iain Melville, CEO of Reed Construction Data. “I am excited about the potential to create rich BIM content for BPMs and to create many new products and services in the future.”

“Reed Construction Data and Tectonic together will move BIM to truly integrate RSMeans data into the work flows of architects, engineers and contractors,” Melville said. “We think this is powerful marriage of both BIM technology and integrated data.”

As part of the agreement, Arol Wolford, CEO of Tectonic, and one of the leading innovators in the industry, will stay on as a consultant to Reed Construction Data.

“I’m very excited to work alongside Reed and to match our products and services with the strong content that they provide,” Wolford said. “BIM has opened up countless opportunities in our industry, and the combination of our companies will give us the power to deliver full service BIM options to the AEC community.”

Tectonic provides several unique products and services, including BIM Library Manager, a software application for the organization and management of Autodesk Revit families, which helps assist in efficient creation of BIM.

Tectonic also has built an expansive library of BIM objects and is in the process of developing a powerful quantity take off tool to further meet the needs of the AEC community.

The emerging BIM technology provides consumers with the ability to improve visualization, coordination, simulation and optimization, which translates into direct advantages such as cost savings, fewer errors, productivity gains and the ability to manage building information throughout a project’s entire lifecycle.

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REED CONSTRUCTION DATA PARTNERS WITH RCMS GROUP

Industry leader teams with service provider to launch BIM services portfolio

Reed Construction Data (RCD), a leading international provider of construction information solutions, announced today that it has partnered with RCMS Group, an innovator in providing building information modeling (BIM) services to the building design and construction market.

The agreement is primarily intended to promote the creation and distribution of intelligent building content to the AEC community, including building product manufacturers, architects, general contactors, and sub-contractors. For this partnership, both companies are focused on creating content and building models for the Autodesk® platform, and specifically Revit, which allows an architect to use the content in both the conceptual stage and the design process.

“There is roughly $400 billion in new, non-residential development underway in the U.S. each year, with about $15 billion of that allocated for building design. Given the size of the market and the relatively early stage of BIM adoption, the opportunities to grow the BIM market are significant,” according to Iain Melville, CEO of Reed Construction Data.

“This partnership is important to both companies because we share a clear vision for the future of the building design and construction industry. That future clearly includes BIM,” said Melville. “We look forward to combining Reed’s industry-leading information services with RCMS Group’s service-driven BIM modeling expertise.”

Reed Construction Data, as part of Reed Business Information, brings to the partnership North America’s largest business-to-business information resources, with more than 80 market-leading publications, 55 websites and a range of leading business-to-business services. RCMS Group, with its offices in Atlanta and India, brings innovative and value-added BIM services that include:

• Creation of BIM content for building product manufacturers
• Conversion of completed 2D construction drawings to 3D BIM models
• Development of Architectural BIM models working with architects, structural and MEP consultants
• Development of "Builders" BIM model for general contractors
• Creation of quantity take-offs from BIM models for general contractors
• Detection of collisions and clashes within BIM models for general contractors

“It makes a lot of sense for us to partner with a company that clearly gets the advantages of BIM and its place in the future of our industry,” said KP Reddy, CEO, RCMS Group. “RCD has a clear strategy to embed building design and product content into the architect’s workflow in addition to creating value downstream for general contractors, and we are the perfect partner to help make that happen.”

Reed Construction Data Inc and Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Sign Partnership

Reed Construction Data Inc and Royal Architectural Institute of Canada now have in place a strategic alliance agreement that ensures Buildcore, Canada's most comprehensive sourcing guide for architects and specifiers, is delivered to all RAIC architects actively involved in designing industrial commercial and institutional projects.

RAIC members also receive unlimited access to RCD's Project Source and substantial discounts on Reed Construction Data products, while the association itself benefits from reduced advertising rates in RCD's print and on-line media publications.

"We are excited to be allied with RAIC," says Mark Casaletto, Reed Construction Data's Managing Director. "This is an opportunity for us to give back to the profession that has been so integral to our success to date. We are honored to call ourselves a partner of RAIC. It's a role we plan to take very seriously."

"Buildcore is an essential resource to the Canadian architectural community," notes Jon Hobbs, Executive Director of RAIC. "The access to Buildcore that this partnership makes possible provides our members with the most reliable, comprehensive inventory of building products available in Canada. We're excited by the opportunities this agreement represents for both RAIC and Reed Construction Data."

About the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, established in 1957, is a voluntary national association representing more than 3,200 architects, and faculty and graduates of accredited Canadian Schools of Architecture from every region of the country. RAIC is the voice for architecture and its practice in Canada. It provides the national framework for the development and recognition of architectural excellence. RAIC's mandate is to play a more expansive national role through a tangible regional presence to represent all registered architects in Canada.

For more information about Reed Construction Data, contact Kathy Mikolajczyk at
905–752–5529 or email to kathy.mikolajczyk@reedbusiness.com

RCD partners with Vancouver Construction Industry

Reed Construction Data (RCD) and the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) have in place a strategic alliance agreement that combines their resources in the Vancouver regional construction market.

Here's how the partnership works:

• The VRCA sells RCD products and retains a portion of the revenue. In turn, RCD promotes the VRCA planroom and provides content. VRCA members get preferred advertising rates in RCD's online and print media publications.

"We are very excited about our alliance with the VRCA," says Mark Casaletto, Reed Construction Data's Managing Director. "Through Journal of Commerce, RCD has been a partner to Vancouver's construction industry since 1911. Vancouver is more than one of the most progressive cities in the Canadian construction industry - it's one of the most active construction markets in the world."

"Reed Construction Data's services and products provide essential resources to Vancouver's construction community," notes Keith Sashaw, President of the VRCA. "This alliance represents an important step in the growth of our industry and our Association."

About the Vancouver Regional Construction Association

Established in 1929, the Vancouver Regional Construction Association is the recognized leader of the Lower Mainland's strong and vibrant construction industry.

With a membership of over 600 general and trade contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and construction professionals, the VRCA's role is four-fold:

• to provide information and resources;
• to promote industry standards, values and ethics;
• to deliver training and educational services; and to act as advocate on behalf of Vancouver's construction industry.