HCSS' HeavyBid® Estimating Software Wins Gold Medal in 1st Annual Roads & Bridges Contractors' Choice Awards

Houston, TX April 26, 2006 - Contractors from around the country placed their votes for the strongest performers in the industry and HCSS' HeavyBid® won the Gold Medal in the Software category of the 1st Annual Roads & Bridges Contractors' Choice Awards.

The Roads & Bridges Contractor's Choice Award is considered the seal of excellence. For recipients the award not only constitutes the crowning achievement of their efforts, but more importantly it also represents the most valuable reward of all, the knowledge that they have earned the trust and loyalty of contractors.

"We are extremely proud to be awarded the Gold Medal in the General Software category, and it's especially rewarding to be recognized by a prestigious publication like Roads & Bridges," said Mike Rydin, HCSS President.

The official ballot was distributed in the February issue of Roads & Bridges and hundreds of contractors participated. The Contractors Choice Awards will be presented at the American Road & Transportation Builders Association annual convention held in September in San Diego, CA.

The Contractors Choice award is the latest in a series of honors and rankings for HCSS. HeavyBid placed first overall in the Heavy/Highway Estimating Software category in the 2006 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry released by the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). In addition, HCSS was recognized on the following lists published by the Houston Business Journal: Top 25 Software Companies in Houston, Houston Small Business 100 and Fast Tech 50.

About HCSS

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.

*Statistics excerpted from CFMA's 2006 Information Technology Survey for the Construction Industry, sixth edition, with the permission of the Construction Financial Management Association, Princeton, NJ, 609-452-8000. www.cfma.org CFMA neither evaluated nor ranked software in terms of performance. The survey should not be construed as the advice or opinion of CFMA.

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