Builder SupplyNet Expands Into Three New Geographic Markets.RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1999-- Internet Marketplace See vertical portal and Web hub. Aims to Penetrate More Than 75 Local Construction Markets By December 2000 Builder SupplyNet(TM), the first subscription-based Internet marketplace for the general construction and home building industry, has expanded into three new geographic markets. The vertical trading community--designed to enhance the efficiency of industry communications and trade in local construction markets nationwide--is now available in Dallas, Tex.; Lincoln, Neb.; and Orange County, Calif. The online community already has opened markets in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Greensboro, Houston, Indianapolis, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Tidewater tidewater, in U.S. history, that part of the Atlantic coastal plain between the shoreline and the farthest upstream points in rivers reached by oceanic tides. In many cases the fall line is given as the western boundary. , Va. and Washington, D.C. Builder SupplyNet's secure, password-protected Web site equips general contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. , builders, subcontractors, suppliers and service companies in each local market with electronic tools that help facilitate their daily business communications and commerce. Among other features, subscribers can search for vendors by CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International division number, specialty and minority designation; send documents and attached files in original format; transmit blueprints without special software; electronically transmit sealed bids; submit online purchase orders; e-mail requests for bids, promotional messages and work orders to individual or multiple recipients; access archived e-mails; and verify transmission and receipt of all documents. Builder SupplyNet was launched by Internos Corporation in 1997 to improve efficiency in the large, highly fragmented general construction and home building marketplace. The online trading community An online trading community exists to provide its members with a structured method for trading, bartering, or selling goods or services. These communities often have forums and chatrooms designed to facilitate communication between the members. provides enhanced marketing, bidding, communication and commerce for subscribers. Founded in November 1996, Internos Corporation of Reston, Va. is a provider of vertically focused, Internet marketplaces that deliver measurable efficiencies to the industries they serve. Internos' online communities are designed to facilitate communications and reduce transaction times and costs within industries that typically have a high level of participants with inefficiencies inherent in their business processes. More information on Internos and its vertical communities can be found at www.internoscorp.com. |
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