July 24 , 2006

e-Builder and Equipment Industry Association Reach
10-Year Milestone

Fort Lauderdale, FL — July 24, 2006 — e-Builder today announced another milestone in the company’s history after reaching its 10-year anniversary with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), formed from the consolidation of the Construction Industry Manufacturers Association (CIMA) and Equipment Manufacturers Institute (EMI) on January 1, 2002. e-Builder has been providing its technology along with application development and web management services for the last 10 years, first to CIMA and then to AEM. The association points to excellent client service and support, plus highly reliable systems and uptime as the main drivers for continuing to strengthen its relationship with e-Builder.  

Al Cervero, AEM’s Senior Vice President, said, "AEM is constantly taking steps to enhance the trade show experience for our various show visitors and exhibitors, shows that represent billions of dollars of equipment, products and services. Consolidating our trade show web properties into a single system with e-Builder is part of this process. The additional capabilities and enhancements we're gaining through this process are considerable."

Today, e-Builder provides AEM with a platform for managing its web properties including CONEXPO-CON/AGG, IFPE, ICUEE, World of Asphalt and CONEXPO Asia. “Previously we were using different vendors to host the various event sites” said Larry Buzecky, AEM’s Web Services Manager. “We needed to consolidate these and move to an enterprise-type solution to meet the growing demands on bandwidth, storage, and development.”

AEM’s growing technology platform demands are a reflection of its successful evolution and growth. e-Builder’s enterprise platform and data center provides the environment to manage AEM’s growing membership database, and provides the capacity to handle the high volume web traffic its web sites are experiencing.

About AEM
AEM is the international trade and business development resource for companies that manufacture equipment, products and services used worldwide in the construction, agricultural, mining, forestry, and utility fields. AEM member companies manufacture a wide variety of equipment, from large earthmovers and agricultural equipment to small hand-held, portable and walk-behind machinery - designed to handle a myriad of specialized tasks. For more information, visit www.aem.org.

About e-Builder
Founded in 1994, e-Builder is a leading provider of on-demand project management and collaboration solutions designed to address the unique needs of the construction industry during all phases of real estate development, construction, and operations. e-Builder combines cutting edge technology and deep industry knowledge to provide thousands of owners, architects, engineers, contractors and suppliers with ways to simplify and efficiently manage the development and construction process.  e-Builder is the nationally recognized pioneer of web based software to improve communication and collaboration in construction, honored in 1995 by Engineering News-Record as one of the Top 25 Newsmakers of the year. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is backed by McGraw-Hill Construction. For more information, visit www.e-Builder.net