NEW YORK, June 1 /PRNewswire/ — McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering News-Record (ENR) and the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) will bring together construction industry leaders at the third annual ENR-CURT Construction Business Forum on June 9-10, 2009, at the Sheraton National Hotel in Arlington, VA, to discuss "Embracing Change: The Impact of the New Administration on Construction."

At the Forum, owners, contractors, construction managers, engineers, architects, and equipment and building product manufacturers will examine the business impact of economic uncertainties, the stimulus package, the changing regulatory landscape, workforce issues, global events and more. A high-level panel on how associations are affecting public policy includes CEOs and executive directors from the Business Roundtable, the Associated General Contractors of America, the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Associated Builders and Contractors. A panel of energy sector leaders will address updating the nation's energy infrastructure, and Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, will share updated facts and figures from McGraw-Hill Construction's 2009 Construction Outlook, which projects U.S. construction start activity for the rest of 2009.

An opening night cocktail reception at 6 p.m. on June 9 features a keynote address from Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of labor at the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. Mr. Barab will discuss OSHA's role in ensuring that worker protection and safety laws are upheld as recovery infrastructure investments are carried out. J. Joseph Tyler, director of military programs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Walter Kimball, president, Bechtel Construction Operations, Inc., will deliver keynote addresses on June 10, and are joined by prominent speakers from:

  --  American Society of Civil Engineers
  --  Associated Builders and Contractors
  --  Associated General Contractors of America
  --  Bentley
  --  Business Roundtable
  --  Constellation Energy Group
  --  DuPont
  --  Engineering News-Record
  --  Exelon Generation
  --  Fluor Corporation
  --  General Electric Company
  --  GridWise Alliance
  --  Howrey LLP
  --  McGraw-Hill Construction
  --  National Center for Construction Education and Research
  --  Nuclear Energy Institute
  --  Procter & Gamble Company
  --  Southern Company
  --  The American Institute of Architects
  --  The Construction Users Roundtable

  --  U.S. General Services Administration

More information and online registration are available at http://construction.com/events/enrcurt/.

The ENR/CURT Construction Business Forum is produced by McGraw-Hill Construction; Engineering News-Record, the leading source of news, data, trends and analysis for the construction industry; and the Construction Users Roundtable, an autonomous organization that provides a forum for the exchange of information, views, practices and policies of owners at the national and local level. The platinum sponsor is Howrey LLP. Gold sponsors include Building and Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO, Bentley, and the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). Microsoft Professional Services Industry Solutions is the silver sponsor. Bronze sponsors are AIA Contract Documents, Oracle-Primavera, and SeaBright Insurance Company.

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