NEW ENAP DIGITAL BUSINESS TARGETS U.K. CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.EMAP EMAP Emergency Management Accreditation Program EMAP Electronic Materials and Packaging EMAP Electronic Mapping EMAP Environmental Mapping and Assessment Program EMAP Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Programme plc. (London London, city, Canada London, city (1991 pop. 303,165), SE Ont., Canada, on the Thames River. The site was chosen in 1792 by Governor Simcoe to be the capital of Upper Canada, but York was made capital instead. London was settled in 1826. ) has begun the production of Construction Plus, a new online information product for the U.K. construction industry. The company said it will invest [pounds]4.4 million in launching and developing the new Web business. Access is free. Construction Plus is a series of Web portals See portal. initially targeting architects, civil engineers and construction contractors. The sites are designed to be a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. source of information on products and services, standards and techniques. EMAP said the sites will "form part of the supply chain in the construction market, enabling those working in the building sector to reduce costs and create new efficiencies." The company said the new service will complement its existing construction titles and events, including Architect's Journal, New Civil Engineer and Construction News magazines and the "InterBuild" exhibition series. The launch is an extension of EMAP's recent electronic media efforts. Those efforts include a January partnership with Carparts.com to develop e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. on EMAP's auto-related Web sites, the January acquisition of 45% of the assets of Kick Media, operators of consumer sites, for $8 million, and the January launch of produion.com, a Web site for the U.K. television production sector. |
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