American Business Media Award Goes to McGraw-Hill Construction’s Magazine

New York, NY (PR Leap) April 2007— McGraw Hill Construction’s GreenSource publication has won the prestigious American Business Media’s Jesse H. Neal Award for Best Start-Up Publication at the American Business Media’s annual award event. This division on McGraw Hill Companies also received two Neal Awards for its Engineering News Record website for Best Online Article or Series and Best Website with Fewer than 100,000 Visitors.

The Neal Awards remain the business media industry’s most venerated mark of distinction. Established in 1955 and named after the American Business Media’s first managing director, the Neal Awards are bestowed annually.

The business media industry magazine GreenSource was created by McGraw Hill in 2006 and has emerged as the leading source for information on sustainable design trends, projects, case studies and best practices. GreenSource is published quarterly to a circulation of 42,000 specifiers and buyers in green design and construction.

“In the short time since its launch, GreenSource magazine has captured the attention and interest of its audience as well as the business media industry community,” notes Robert Ivy, vice president and editorial director for McGraw-Hill Construction and editor-in-chief of Architectural Record. He also adds, “We are thrilled with this award from the American Business Media which recognizes the editorial and design excellence of our publication.

Along with GreenSource, The McGraw-Hill Construction ENR website also won recognition of its business media industry series on Dubai. Articles describe growth of the country’s infrastructure and economy and are free for viewing on ENR.com (http://enr.ecnext.com/coms2/page_neal_award).

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