IHS & FastrackCAD Announce Online Service Specify-it Bronze plus

LONDON (10 January 2008) – IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), a leading global source of critical information and insight, including Specify-it, the UK’s leading online service for construction professionals, announced today that the company has produced a new service with FastrackCAD. Specify-it bronze plus, the new comprehensive digital service, gives unlimited online access to FastrackCAD 26,000 building component CAD drawings and 800,000 pages of technical data from IHS.

This new service allows users to search for and identify products and suppliers to meet their exact project requirements, and to have immediate access to CAD drawings, full-text and full-colour catalogues, data sheets and selector guides.

Specify-it is a continually updated electronic collection of construction component and equipment information for construction industry professionals, delivered via the internet, covering 9,000 UK and overseas suppliers with recognised UK agents.

“Securing this agreement with FastrackCAD enhances our Specify-it product by providing a one-stop shop for construction customers,” said Nick Ecart, Vice President of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Marketing and Business Development Director. “It brings together a list of manufacturers suitable for all projects, but most importantly, increases the value to our customers by adding certified CAD drawings from an industry recognized body.”

FastrackCAD Chief Executive Officer, Terry Holding said, “FastrackCAD Ltd is pleased to announce a new cooperation agreement with IHS to work closer together on providing digital information services to the Construction Industry.”

Both companies currently provide essential product technical information to specifiers. “By accessing the CAD drawings from ‘FastrackCAD’ with the digital catalogue information through Specify–It, through a common web site facility, a unique, convenient and comprehensive information service has been achieved.”

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About FastrackCAD
FastrackCAD holds 30,000 drawings from over 80 top UK manufacturers. These FastrackCAD drawings are produced to exacting industry standards and are invaluable to architects when specifying building products.

About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is a leading provider of critical technical information, decision-support tools and related services to customers around the world. Our data and services are used primarily by the energy, defence, aerospace, construction, electronics, and automotive industries. IHS translates the value of our global information, expertise and knowledge to enable customer success and create customer delight on a daily basis. Ranging from governments and large multinational corporations to smaller companies and technical professionals in more than 100 countries, customers rely on our offerings to facilitate decision making, support key processes and improve productivity. IHS has been in business for nearly 50 years and employs more than 2,500 people in 35 locations around the world.

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