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There is also a Reed Construction Data business based in Australia with offices in Sydney (head office), Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It was renamed to Cordell Information in July 1, 2010 and still owned by ''']'''. There are three divisions to the Australian business, Cordell Costing Solutions, Cordell Construction Projects and the Cordell Tenders Online division. With the use of ], Reed essentially brokers ] to contractors who are active in commercial construction. They compile their published information through a variety of means, initially with ] but more recently the bulk of its information is acquired by ] and relationships with certain ] and ]s. |
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There is also a Reed Construction Data business based in Australia with offices in Sydney (head office), Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It was renamed to Cordell Information in July 1, 2010 and still owned by ''']'''. There are three divisions to the Australian business, Cordell Costing Solutions, Cordell Construction Projects and the Cordell Tenders Online division. With the use of ], Reed essentially brokers ] to contractors who are active in commercial construction. They compile their published information through a variety of means, initially with ] but more recently the bulk of its information is acquired by ] and relationships with certain ] and ]s. |
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In October 2009, Reed filed suit in ] against ], charging that the company's Dodge Report had unlawfully accessed confidential and trade secret information from Reed since 2002 by using a series of fake companies to pose as Reed customers. |
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The lawsuit, filed in the ], seeks an unspecified amount in lost profits and punitive damages, trial by jury, and injunctive relief as a result of Dodge’s misuse of proprietary construction project information, and that Dodge allegedly manipulated the information to create misleading comparisons between Dodge’s and Reed’s products and services in an effort to mislead the marketplace.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/corporate/press-releases/2009/10/reed-construction-data-files-corporate-espionage-lawsuit-against-mcgraw-hil |title=Reed Construction Data Files Corporate Espionage Lawsuit Against McGraw-Hill Construction Dodge |publisher=Reedconstructiondata.com |date=2009-10-08 |accessdate=2013-10-02}}</ref>{{when|date=March 2013}} |
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There is also a Reed Construction Data business based in Australia with offices in Sydney (head office), Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. It was renamed to Cordell Information in July 1, 2010 and still owned by Reed Elsevier. There are three divisions to the Australian business, Cordell Costing Solutions, Cordell Construction Projects and the Cordell Tenders Online division. With the use of computer-aided design, Reed essentially brokers blueprints to contractors who are active in commercial construction. They compile their published information through a variety of means, initially with reporters but more recently the bulk of its information is acquired by web-crawlers and relationships with certain architects and general contractors.