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Houston, TX May 8, 2006 - HCSS' HeavyBid® estimating software once again ranks #1 in the recently released 2006 Construction Financial Management Association's (CFMA) Annual Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry. A whopping 31% of the heavy/highway contractors selected HeavyBid as their software of choice among 32 products in the estimating software category with Microsoft Excel being a distant second with only 18%.*

"This honor is not new to HCSS - HeavyBid has achieved the highest ranking estimating software package for the heavy/highway industry since the inception of this prestigious survey in 1996," said Mike Rydin, HCSS president and founder.

The CFMA Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry has been conducted biennially since 1996 and represents the most comprehensive ongoing technology survey in the construction industry - over 2,400 companies completed the questionnaire, making this the largest sample of IT patterns in the industry. For more information or to purchase the CFMA's 2006 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, sixth edition, visit www.cfma.org .

Founded in 1986, HCSS sets the standard for estimating and field management, and dispatching software for the infrastructure construction industry with instant 24-hour technical support, on-site training by veteran contractors, and annual user's group meetings attended by hundreds of contractors each year. Thousands of contractors, bidding in excess of $100 billion per year, rely on HCSS products for their ease of use, speed, and precision in performing estimating, field management, and dispatching activities. For more information about HCSS and their complete line of estimating, field management, and dispatching products for infrastructure contractors, please visit www.hcss.com or call 1-800-683-3196.