Construction Events Announces Partnership with Seven-Star Events for Green Construction 2006 Show.

PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Construction Events today announced a partnership with Seven-Star Events, Inc. to manage event activities related to Green Construction 2006. Green Construction 2006 is a co-located event with Construction 2006. The events will be held April 12-13, 2006 at the San Jose Convention Center (San Jose, CA).

Green Construction 2006 is a unique event combining sustainable building education, training, exhibits and live demonstrations with extensive business development opportunities.

Most building professionals believe that energy and resource efficient construction practices are critically important. Green Construction will bring the entire building community together to focus on the important issue of sharing green practices and discussing ways to further recognize and encourage sustainable building practices. Attendees include: Commercial Developers, General Contractors, Home Builders, Specialty Contractors, Engineers, Architects, Government Officials, Construction Procurement Professionals, Building Owners and Managers, RE professionals and others affiliated with the field.

The 2 day event features a full program of instructional sessions and workshops covering environmentally friendly building, design and construction topics as well as ongoing green operations and maintenance. To round off the business program, the event features presenters introducing new projects and providing insight from the buyer's side of the market.

Green Construction 2006 potential speakers are invited to submit session proposals on all aspects of environmentally friendly and sustainable building and construction. (A listing of suggested topics is available at www.greenconstruction2006.com). Speakers are also invited to submit abstracts for the co-located Construction 2006 conference at www.construction2006.com. Presentations should be non-commercial and not promote a particular product or company unless appropriate. The abstract submission deadline is December 31, 2005.

Current speakers include members from San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Sacramento cities as well as various schools districts and other government builders. Major construction companies such as Turner Construction, Swinerton, Hallmark Construction will be participating along with several utility companies (PG&E, SMUD, etc.). You can review speaker's session descriptions that have already been accepted at www.ConstructionEvents.com.

Sponsoring organizations include AIA Santa Clara Valley, AIA Central Valley, Associated General Contractors of California, the Builder's Exchanges of Alameda, Santa Clara, Peninsula and Monterey. Media sponsors include Comcast Cable, East Bay Business Times, Building Green, Sustainable Industry Journal, San Jose Silicon Valley Business Journal, Land Development Today, Builders Central, Commercial Building Guides and more.

"Green Construction 2006 is an excellent venue for manufacturers and contractors to display and promote their products and services, network with key professionals, and make new business contacts in the sustainable building market," said Michael Doyle, Event Director for Construction Events.

About Construction Events:

Construction Events is chartered with the advancement and integration of best practices in construction through education, product and service exposure and community collaboration opportunities. Construction Events accomplishes this mission through its offerings of continuing education programs and industry conventions. Construction Events is headquartered in Pleasanton, California with additional offices in Connecticut.

About Seven-Star Events:

Seven-Star, Inc. is America's premier green event planner, producer, and consultant. From coast to coast, they offer clients the benefits of comprehensive, one-stop-shop event services. Seven-Star delivers expert planning, production, event greening, exhibit sales, sponsorship development, strategic consulting, and conscious event marketing.

Seven-Star currently produces the following national annual events: Green Festival-Washington DC and Green Festival-San Francisco (Green Festival SF was held this November 2005 with over 30,000 attendees and 450 exhibitors), Green Business Conference-SF, U.N. Green Cities Expo-SF, Market Toward Sustainability Conference-Chicago; Global Exchange's World Beat Festival-SF and North Carolina's Sustainability Awards & Conference.

Seven-Star focuses on event opportunities that reflect sustainable values. At Seven-Star, "We strive to combine the best people, places and ideas to create the extraordinary in a way that promotes ecological stewardship and social justice." At Seven-Star, we are dedicated to a progressive level of professionalism and performance by providing seamless event services.