Engineering News-Record to Honor Construction Industry's Top 25 Newsmakers at Award of Excellence Gala, April 18 in New York

NEW YORK, March 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineering News-Record (http://enr.construction.com/), McGraw-Hill Construction's industry-leading publication and website and part of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), will present its 48^th annual "Award of Excellence Gala" on April 18, 2013 at the Marriott Marquis in New York.  The black-tie awards gala will honor the Top 25 ENR Newsmakers for their innovations and achievements, for giving back to the construction industry and the public, and for going beyond their day-to-day jobs.  At the event, one ENR Newsmaker will win the event's highest honor, the Award of Excellence, and will be the subject of a cover story in the April 22 issue of ENR.

This year's Top 25 ENR Newsmakers, featured on the ENR website at http://enr.construction.com/people/awards/2013/0128-The-Top-25-Newsmakers.asp, include:

Michael Alacha
Dean Allen
Sir John Armitt
Charles A. Bacon
Avery Bang
Neil E. Boudreau
Antonio Cardilli
Jakob Carnemark
Mitchell Collins
Glen Frank
Don Hillis
Wayne Jones
Richard M. Kunnath
Randy Larson
Jonathan Mallie
Mike Parnell
Chris Pyke
Roberto Ramirez
Mark Silvera
Barry Thacker
Steven Tipping
Franz-Josef Ulm
Lisa Washington
Brian Winter
Doug Woods

Sponsors of the 48th Annual Award of Excellence include AECOM, The Associated General Contractors of America, American Society of Civil Engineers, CMAA, CMiC, FIGG Engineering Group, HDR Inc., Hill International, Parsons Corporation, and Volvo Rents.  For more information on attending or sponsoring the ENR Award of Excellence Gala, visit http://www.aoe2013.com.

For more McGraw-Hill Construction events: http://construction.com/events.

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