# The Blue Book Network > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Blue_Book_Network > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Blue_Book_Network.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Book_Network > Source revision: 1284730435 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American marketing software company}} {{refimprove|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox dot-com company | name = The Blue Book Network | logo = | vector_logo = | company_type = [ESOP](/source/Employee_stock_ownership_program) | industry = [Construction](/source/Construction) | foundation = 1913 | founder = The O'Malley Family | location = [Jefferson Valley, New York](/source/Jefferson_Valley%2C_New_York) | key_people = Richard Johnson, President | area_served = United States | services = [Online marketplace](/source/Online_marketplace), [Review site](/source/Review_site), [SaaS](/source/SaaS), [Magazine](/source/Magazine) Advertising, [SEO/SEM](/source/Search_engine_marketing), [Trade show](/source/Trade_show)s | revenue = {{increase}} $100M US | homepage = http://www.thebluebook.com | footnotes = }} '''The Blue Book Network''', also known as '''The Contractor's Blue Book''' or simply as '''The Blue Book''', is a [marketing](/source/marketing), workflow [software](/source/software) and print media company. The company name is rooted in the fact that for over 104 years they have published numerous regional buyers guides listing [commercial](/source/commercial_development) [construction](/source/construction) companies, largely [subcontractors](/source/subcontractors) and [suppliers](/source/suppliers). Now twice annually (Spring & Fall), 32 regional blue book editions are delivered to [property manager](/source/property_manager)s, [facilities managers](/source/facility_management) and commercial [general contractors](/source/general_contractors). It is often compared to a [yellow pages](/source/yellow_pages) for contractors, given the focus on mini ads within The Who's Who of Building & Construction and the more recent evolution of [search engine marketing](/source/search_engine_marketing). == History == thumb|1937 edition of the ''Subcontractors Register'' The company traces its roots to when Joseph O'Malley, president of The Society of the Allied Building Trades, first published a [subcontractor](/source/subcontractor)'s registry for [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1913.{{cite news |author=John Golden |title=A century of building bridges in the construction industry |url=https://issuu.com/thewagmag/docs/west_030413 |work=Westchester County Business Journal |date=March 3, 2013 |access-date=2018-02-17 }} The ''Subcontractors Register for the Allied Building Trades'' was a directory of subcontractors for the New York City area, listing companies by their trade. It was published by Joseph O'Malley (1893–1985) who was later joined by his nephew, [Walter Francis O'Malley](/source/Walter_Francis_O'Malley), as editor.{{cite book|last1=McCue|first1=Andy|title=Mover and Shaker: Walter O'Malley, the Dodgers, and Baseball's Westward Expansion|date=2014|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0803255067|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SkUcAwAAQBAJ&q=%22subcontractors+Register%22++&pg=PP39|access-date=23 February 2018}} The 1942 version calls itself: "A Classified List for the Allied Building Trades of Sub-Contractors, Material Dealers & Manufacturers, General Contractors & Builders, Architects — Engineers, Real Estate Management Firms". In 1999, the company extended its focus to include bid messaging and private project reporting. A private and secure online plan room providing full reporting called BB-Bid was released at no cost to general contractors and property/facility managers. The BB-Bid software (now rebranded as http://OneTeam.build) allows a user to upload a construction project onto the site and message the bid to the subcontracting and supplier community, regardless of their presence in the paid print directory.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebluebook.com/products/oneteam/|title = The Blue Book Building & Construction Network - ONETEAM}} In 2013, the company became an [Employee Owned Corporation](/source/Employee_Owned_Corporation) with the creation of an [employee stock ownership plan](/source/employee_stock_ownership_plan) devised by then owner James O'Malley. James O'Malley had been the CEO for over 50 years.{{Cite web |date=2013-01-10 |title=Blue Book Building & Construction Network Transfers Ownership to Employees |url=https://patch.com/new-york/yorktown-somers/an--blue-book-building-construction-network-transfers32cea24e0d |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=Yorktown-Somers, NY Patch |language=en}} In 2014, they partnered with BUILD to help commercial construction companies secure their targeted domain and appropriate domain name registration.{{Cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20140306006192/en/Blue-Book-Network-Announces-Agreement-.BUILD-Provide|title=The Blue Book Network Announces Agreement with .BUILD to Provide Targeted Domain Names to the Construction Industry|date=6 March 2014}} In 2016, The Blue Book introduced its new regional construction magazines - The Who's Who in Building & Construction (and each edition includes their regional buyer's guide). The magazines are published in both the spring and fall.{{Cite web|title=Design Manual {{!}} City of Reno|url=https://www.reno.gov/government/departments/public-works/forms-publications/design-manual|access-date=2022-02-23|website=www.reno.gov}} In 2019 The Blue Book Network, released Engage, a FREE business communication app built specifically for the US commercial construction industry. {{Cite web|url=http://www.thebluebook.com/products/engage/|title = The Blue Book Building & Construction Network - Engage}} In 2021, [Symphony Technology Group](/source/Symphony_Technology_Group) announced a strategic merger of The Blue Book and Dodge Data & Analytics,{{Cite web |last=Consola |first=Gloria |date=2021-04-15 |title=Dodge Data & Analytics Announces Merger with The Blue Book Building & Construction Network |url=https://stg.com/news/dodge-data-analytics-announces-merger-with-the-blue-book-building-construction-network/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=STG |language=en-US}} which the [private equity](/source/Private_equity_firm) firm previously acquired from [McGraw Hill](/source/McGraw_Hill) in 2014.{{Cite web |last=Dorbian |first=Iris |date=2014-11-03 |title=STG completes McGraw Hill Construction acquisition |url=https://www.pehub.com/stg-completes-mcgraw-hill-construction-acquisition/ |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=PE Hub |language=en-US}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Blue Book Network}} Category:Marketing software Category:Workflow applications Category:Mass media companies of the United States Category:Marketing companies of the United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Blue Book Network](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Book_Network) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Book_Network?action=history)). 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