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About CWA
The Construction Writers Association is a non-profit, non-partisan, international organization for professional journalists, writers, editors, and publicists serving the information needs of the construction industry. The group strives to provide educational benefits to its members.
Formal meetings are held twice a year. The annual meeting and awards dinner is usually held at the beginning of May in Washington, D.C. The mid-year meeting takes place in Chicago, usually in late October. These meetings provide members with networking and educational opportunities.
In addition to regular meetings, the group holds occasional receptions and events at national industry meetings and trade shows.
A quarterly newsletter informs membership about current activities of the association and its members, announces important industry developments, publicizes upcoming industry meetings and lists job opportunities.
CWA History
The Construction Writers Association was incorporated in the state of New York in 1958. It was founded as an outgrowth of an informal gathering of construction magazine and newspaper editors and writers covering the 1956 meeting of the Highway Officials of the Atlantic States in Atlantic City, NJ. CWA's organizational meeting, at which the first officers were elected, was held at the Stevens Hotel (now the Conrad Hilton) during the January 1957 meeting of the Associated Equipment Distributors in Chicago. If we date our inception from the incorporation date, CWA celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2008.