"Associations, like individuals, are known by what they stand for and how well they meet their own standards."
Definition of a Builders’ Exchange:
A Builders’ Exchange is a trade association or privately-owned business that provides services and “exchanges” information among contractors, sub-contractors, suppliers, design firms, construction clients and others involved in the local construction industry. Builders’ Exchanges share a common purpose of collecting and disseminating construction bidding information via a physical and/or electronic plan room.
Builders’ Exchanges represent a collection of construction-related firms or “members” within a local region who pay annual dues to belong to the collective, and receive the services it provides. Although Exchanges enjoy a cooperative relationship with others of their kind, each organization operates independently without direct obligation to or oversight by, a state or national governing body.
What differentiates a Builders’ Exchange from other construction organizations?
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Builders’ Exchanges exist to provide tangible services at the local level, specifically collecting and disseminating construction bidding information via a physical and/or electronic plan room.
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Each organization operates independently without direct obligation to or oversight by, a state or national governing body.
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Exchanges voluntarily collaborate through a non-binding federation called the International Builders Exchange Executives (IBEE).
What is International Builders Exchange Executives (IBEE)?
IBEE is an Association for association people; It is a non-profit organization of senior executives from Builders' Exchanges and other construction-related associations, located throughout the United States and Canada, who are committed to sharing information, ideas, trends, techniques and methods for the betterment of serving a diverse and complex industry.
Who belongs to IBEE?
To apply for membership with IBEE, you must be an active, full-time managing executive of a construction industry association which includes the following components:
· Operates a plan room
· Produces a construction news report
· Has a membership base that includes at least three (3) categories of construction-industry members: contractors, design professionals, suppliers, manufacturers, bonding and/or financial institutions, or other businesses which are part of the construction industry.
IBEE includes over 78 Builders' Exchanges and Construction Associations throughout North America which collectively represent nearly 70,000 construction-related businesses.
2009/2010 IBEE MEMBER CLASSIFICATIONS & DUES STRUCTURE
Executive Member: any individual who is an active, full-time managing executive of a construction industry association or privately-owned company defined as a “Builders' Exchange” that produces a construction news report and/or operates a plan room/electronic plan room, either physical or electronic
Annual Dues: $1,000 (U.S. or Canadian funds)
Corporate Member: any construction industry association or privately-owned Company defined as a “Builders' Exchange” that produces a construction news report and/or operates a plan room either physical or electronic
(Corporate Members will be afforded the equivalent of three (3) Executive Member designees)
Annual Dues: $2,500 (U.S. or Canadian funds)
Affiliate Member: a private or publicly-held company or construction-related association that provides products and/or services to the construction industry, which the Board of Directors deems to be of benefit to members (Industry Affiliate members are not to vote or hold office)
Annual Dues: $5,000 (U.S. or Canadian funds)
Honorary Member: perpetual membership conferred upon an individual who is retired from a construction industry association or privately-owned company or no longer active in the operations of his or her organization. (Honorary members are not eligible to vote or hold office)
Annual Dues: Waived - Gratis Lifetime Membership
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