Design Guide - designguide.com - Provides the design + construction industry with a comprehensive and efficient directory for professionals, products + on-line resources.

The Construction Education Connection - www.constructioneducation.com - A site with lots of content; go directly to the site map for quick browsing. Use this site for its compendium of research. For training see the large collection of Online Approved Continuing Education Courses or go to the site map and check out the Construction Continuing Education Programs.

The Blue Book of Building and Construction - www.thebluebook.com - The Blue Book of Building and Construction has long been an essential resource for the construction trades. In addition to their regional market publications, they are now online and this web site complements their printed publications. You can quickly search their entire database of over 1,000,000 companies. We like their online bid creation and management system called BB Bid, which allows you to build, customize and maintain your own private database on the Internet for access at work, home or on-the-road.

McGraw-Hill Construction - www.construction.com - The McGraw-Hill site is huge and full of valuable information.

Dodge Analytics - dodge.construction.com/Analytics/ - Dodge Analytics provides comprehensive trend information and market forecasts for commercial and residential projects under construction as well as supply/demand information for metropolitan areas across the US. You can access both free and fee-based reports from their web site. An easy-to-navigate professional site.

McGraw-Hill Construction Network for Products - products.construction.com - (formerly Sweets) This directory of building and landscape products is similar to AEC Info.

Architectural Record - www.archrecord.com - A compendium of design ideas; check the site map to help you find what you're looking for.

ENR - enr.construction.com - ENR covers the business and technical news of the global business and construction industry.

Journal of Light Construction - www.jlconline.com/cgi-bin/jlconline.storefront - An archive of 16 years of building/remodeling articles. Some are free, most cost $3-5 (Or subscribe for $59.95 first year, as of this writing). If you plan to do your own renovation, check the archive for articles that describe projects you plan to tackle.

Construction Weblinks - www.constructionweblinks.com - Another portal, organized by a law firm, with a legal bent in its offerings. This site is rich with content. For example, State Agencies gives you access to licensing boards and other relevant departments; Full Text of Laws provides the text of statutes and rules. There are many organizations listed as well. Use the Site Search and Site Map buttons in the upper right corner of every page. Find How to Use This Site / FAQs in the Site Map for a quick introduction to the site.

Institute for Research in Construction - www.irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/irccontents.html - Canada's construction technology center, providing research, building code development, and materials evaluation services. This is a 'don't miss' site for people doing business in Canada.

Free Construction Magazines - www.freeconstructionmagazines.com - 20 categories of magazines. Some categories are empty and some only have trial subscriptions, but overall there are more than 30 free magazines in topics ranging from Architecture to Telecommunications.

Construction Executive - www.constructionexecutive.com - A web resource that offers career management and executive development resources for executives and emerging leaders in the architecture, engineering and construction industries. They are also the largest career portal for A/E/C.

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