BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Construction Writers Association will celebrate its 50th anniversary during its Annual Meeting, April 30-May 2, 2008, in Alexandria, VA. Scheduled events include a welcoming reception, education session on crisis communications, construction tour, awards dinner, and annual meeting featuring construction-related topics. Attendees will focus on crisis communications during an education session on Thursday morning, May 1. The session will include presentations from a variety of viewpoints -- media, contractors, people affected by a past crisis, planners, and so forth. The construction tour will be to the new Gaylord Resort and Convention Center at the National Harbor on the Maryland side of the Potomac. The tour will take place on Thursday afternoon. CWA Journalism and Photography Awards will be presented Thursday evening. In addition, it is expected that CWA's highest honor, the Silver Hard Hat, will be awarded. In honor of the association's 50th anniversary, members of the new CWA Hall of Fame will be announced. Construction-related topics -- green building, a forecast for the construction economy, and discussion of the potential impact of the election on the construction industry -- will be featured at CWA's annual meeting on Friday morning. 2008-9 officers and directors will be elected at brief business meeting, and long-time members will be asked to reminisce about the association's history.
