HCSS Customers Honored with Constructech Vision Awards for Second Straight Year

Houston, TX August 29, 2005 -HCSS customers MCM Corp. of Miami, FL and Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. of Antioch, IL have been honored with Constructech Vision Awards for their innovative use of technology in construction. MCM received a "Gold" Award and Thelen Sand & Gravel received a "Silver" Award. Both companies were selected from the Heavy/Highway Division. This marks the second consecutive year an HCSS customer has received this honor, with M.J. Menefee Construction winning in 2004.

HCSS Vice President of Product Development, Steve McGough, said, "We are extremely proud of both MCM and Thelen Sand & Gravel. It brings us great pleasure to see our customers succeed with the advantage of our family of integrated products, and we applaud them both."

Winners were selected by an independent panel of judges. This panel included: Christian Burger of Burger Consulting Group; Brad Holtz, Joel Orr, and Randall Newton of Cyon Research; Lee Smither and Richard Reese of FMI; and Kristine Fallon of Kristine Fallon Associates, Inc. These men and women evaluated the entries based on what each company was able to accomplish by implementing technology solutions to resolve a critical business issue within its organization.

Founded in 1986, HCSS sets the standard for estimating and field management 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 and field management activities. For more information about HCSS and their complete line of estimating and field management products for infrastructure contractors, please visit www.HCSS.com or call 1-800-683-3196.