The Construction User receives 2009 MarCom Gold Award

October 30 2009

The Construction User is a Gold Winner in its 2009 international
awards competition. The program recognizes outstanding creative achievement by marketing and
communication professionals.

There were almost 5,000 entries from throughout the United States and several foreign countries in the 2009 competition.

MarCom entries come from corporate marketing and communication departments, advertising agencies, PR firms, design shops, production companies and freelancers. The competition has grown to perhaps the largest of its kind in the world.

A look at the winners shows a range in size from individual communicators to media conglomerates
and Fortune 500 companies. The competition is so well respected in the industry
that national public relations organizations, local ad clubs, and local business
communicator chapters are entrants.

MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and
Communication Professionals. The international organization consists of several
thousand creative professionals. The Association oversees awards and recognition
programs, provides judges and sets standards for excellence.

As part of its mission, AMCP fosters and supports the efforts of creative professionals
who contribute their unique talents to public service and charitable organizations. Over
the past three years, AMCP?s Advisory Board donated more than $60,000 in grants to support
the efforts of its members. That money was used for marketing materials for homeless
shelters, orphanages, day camps, community theaters, art centers, programs for the elderly
and for child care and educational endeavors for the underprivileged.

Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent
exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the
industry.

Winners were selected from more than 200 categories in seven forms of media and
communication efforts – marketing, publications, marketing/promotion, public service/pro
bono, creativity and electronic/interactive.

This is the first MarCom Award The Construction User has ever received. The Construction User celebrated its 5th Anniversary of publication in Summer 2009.