"While customers using Hard
Dollar and Dexter + Chaney software can presently share data through
traditional import/export routines, there is tremendous value associated with
making that exchange more dynamic, to operate as if the two systems were a
single, unified application .

About Hard Dollar Corporation
Founded in 1989 by construction industry veterans, Hard Dollar Corporation
is the world's leading provider of integrated estimating and job control
software for construction contractors.

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more information about Dexter + Chaney or Forefront , visit
http://www.

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The main objective of the partnership is to streamline the recurrent
exchange of common data that is used in both applications, including budgets,
employee and equipment lists and rates, timesheets, subcontractor and vendor
data, and more. Hard Dollar BID*BUILD was named
"Technology's Hottest" by Constructech magazine, the leading national
publication on construction technology.
The assignment of these general contractors marks a milestone in
DaimlerChrysler 's innovative manufacturing plans for Toledo. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. With the software,
the user selects the type of company, the number of shifts or hours of
operation in the facility and the process being used to accurately determine
the cost of the facility.

About Galorath Incorporated
For more than 25 years, engineers, project managers and cost estimators
throughout the world have turned to Galorath Incorporated for the industry's
most comprehensive set of decision-support and process management tools.

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Hard Dollar BID*BUILD is a
comprehensive suite of fully integrated software modules, designed
specifically to manage the rigorous and ever-changing demands of construction
projects in real-time to maximize profits.
"Construction is the important first step toward completion of our advanced
and unique supplier park project in Toledo.

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com.1 billion total program investment, the project will
use on-site suppliers to help produce a family of future vehicles for sale
worldwide .

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"In Europe, we pay a manufacturing process labor rate," said Carl Dalton,
managing director of Galorath's international subsidiary, Galorath Affiliates,
Ltd. When used in conjunction with SEER-DFM(TM) (Cost
Designer for Parts, Process and Assembly), Galorath's manufacturing design
estimation tool for estimating costs associated with manufacturing and
assembly processes, SEER -RateMaker ensures that cost rates are transparently
calculated and provides a clear and concise audit trail.

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"More expensive processes result in more expensive labor rates.

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Chrysler Group Announces General Contractors for Toledo Supplier Park Project

This project
will feature the most advanced use of supplier co-location yet in North
America. The general contractor is also expected to assign several other
subcontractors from the Toledo region.

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The
two firms will be engaging in joint development efforts that will result in a
heightened level of integration between Hard Dollar BID *BUILD(R) estimating
and job control software and Dexter + Chaney's FOREFRONT(R) construction
management software.
"As software providers to the industry, our job is to solve contractors'
business problems by utilizing technology in new and innovative ways," said
John Chaney, co-founder of Dexter + Chaney. Additionally, SEER-RateMaker allows for quick
comparisons in manufacturing costs between various countries and economic
areas within countries, including low-cost manufacturing regions.

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About Dexter + Chaney
Dexter + Chaney's Forefront Construction Management Software includes
30 integrated modules that handle accounting, jobs, project management, human
resources , document imaging, remote connectivity and data sharing. * DaimlerChrysler Corp. This parametric methodology, coupled with the
industry's most comprehensive knowledge bases, creates a rapid and powerful
view of the critical factors driving program decisions and success from early
concepts through upgrade and maintenance phases. The company maintains a
website at http://www.

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While the companies did not announce an expected timeframe for completion
of the entire integration project , both firms expect results from the
partnership to begin rolling out to customers as early as Summer 2005. Companies
that use Forefront report they have improved profitability and have grown
their businesses more than 300 percent without adding accounting staff. SEER-RateMaker is designed to
generate labor and machine cost rates to assist the estimating process,
helping to control costs and maintain both supplier and purchaser companies'
profitability. Because
of the variance, companies doing business globally need to be able to
accurately estimate what those rates will be. SEER-RateMaker gives companies
the ability to quickly and easily accomplish this.

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Chrysler Group, the Kuka Group and Hyundai Mobis-
owned Ohio Module Manufacturing Company (OMMC) awarded the construction work
to Walbridge, Ohio-based Rudolph/Libbe Inc.

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, The Chrysler Group
and its three co-location suppliers today named two general contractors to
design and to build the new supplier park facilities within DaimlerChrysler's
Toledo Assembly complex.

Galorath Announces Release of SEER-RateMaker(TM) Labor Rate Calculator Model

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Hard Dollar and Dexter + Chaney Announce New Partnership

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, Hard Dollar Corporation, the
construction industry's leading provider of integrated estimating and job
control software, and Dexter + Chaney, the #1-ranked provider of accounting
applications to contractors, today announced a new partnership to enhance the
level of integration between the company 's flagship software products.
* Haden names DeMattia Group
* Construction to generate significant volume of business for the Toledo
area

AUBURN HILLS, Mich."
When doing business globally, SEER-RateMaker allows companies to easily
compare and contrast labor and machine costs between facilities, and against
up to date industry averages.com.

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We anticipate dramatic efficiency
gains.
Hard Dollar systems are deployed today by thousands of users to manage
billions of dollars worth of transportation, water and sewer, heavy civil,
environmental remediation, power and industrial projects every month. The three suppliers are responsible for building and managing
manufacturing facilities for body (Kuka Group), paint (Haden) and chassis
operations (OMMC) within the plant footprint.

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For
more information on the company or its products, visit http: //www., as its general contractor. The following companies have already
been named:
- Dynamic Contracting Inc.

Information and resources for construction estimating.

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dexterchaney., Kuka Group and Ohio Module Manufacturing Company
contract with Walbridge, Ohio-based Rudolph/Libbe Inc. was the general contractor who best met our specific
criteria for quality, system cost, technology and delivery," said Peter
Rosenfeld, Executive Vice President - Procurement and Supply, Chrysler Group ., Galorath Incorporated, the
leading provider of advanced software modeling tools for estimation , planning
and project control, today announced SEER-RateMaker(TM), a calculation tool
used for generating labor and machine tool rates for individual manufacturing
processes across organizations and continents.
Based on global industry standards, SEER-RateMaker contains:

* Worldwide labor cost data
* Default technology costs
* Default year and labor costs
* Costs for many regions including low-cost centers
* Regional currencies

Covering a comprehensive range of manufacturing parameters, SEER-RateMaker
also offers an equally extensive list of relevant outputs.

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"With many contractors now having successfully automated the key
operational aspects of their businesses with best-in-class systems like Hard
Dollar and Dexter + Chaney, there is now an overwhelming need for tighter
integration across the construction enterprise to eliminate redundant effort
and improve work flow efficiency," said Alistair Johnson-Clague, Hard Dollar
president and CEO. Haden has selected DeMattia Group
of Plymouth, Mich. Chrysler Group will build and
manage a new trim and final assembly facility. (Walbridge, Ohio)
- Accel Fire Protection (Sylvania, Ohio)
- Industrial Power System (Toledo, Ohio)
- Kuhlman Concrete (Maumee, Ohio)
- Shambaugh and Son Fire Protection (Toledo, Ohio)
- TTL (Toledo, Ohio)
- Ghafari Associates (Dearborn, Michigan)

The first stage of construction for the new facilities in Toledo has
already begun. As with all of the SEER cost estimation tools, SEER-RateMaker
is intuitive and easy to use, offering users a cost-rate calculation software
package combined with a comprehensive database maintained by Galorath.
Combined with extensive consulting and support services, Galorath 's SEER
estimation and analysis tools derive cost, schedule and staffing estimates by
assessing the interaction and impact of product, organizational and even
operational variables.

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Integration Efforts to Result in Streamlined Exchange of Data Between Industry
Leading Estimating and Accounting Applications

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"Our customers tell us that integrating their various
systems is the number one business problem they face, and this partnership
addresses that problem head on."
"We are extremely excited about the potential of this partnership," said
Allen Andrews , vice president of Hunter Contracting, who is participating as
an industry advisor in the integration project. "We are continually looking
for new ways that technology can improve our profitability , and this
integration will allow us to employ an integrated, all-electronic process --
from field data collection through job status reporting -- without sacrificing
functionality at any step of the way. (Toledo, Ohio)
- Akron Rebar Kuhlman Corporation (Akron, Ohio)
- Fred Christen + Sons (Maumee, Ohio)
- GEM Industrial Inc. This ensures that companies are able to
control costs on a worldwide basis.

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"
While various industry initiatives have been formed over the years with
the objective of simplifying data exchange between disparate systems, none
have emerged as universal standards, leaving contractors waiting for real
solutions.
"Rudolph/Libbe Inc. Work is scheduled to be completed in the last quarter of 2005,
with vehicle production slated to begin in 2006.

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Part of a $2. sets a goal of
20 percent minority company participation for the subcontractor portion of the
work.

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The contract between Chrysler Group and Rudolph/Libbe Inc.

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Costs are
incorporated in local currencies.
When both expensive and inexpensive processes are taking place in the same
facility, SEER-RateMaker can accurately estimate the total cost on a per
facility basis. The product includes global rates for quick estimating and
also allows the user to model the rates from suppliers using actual data.
SEER-RateMaker is available now from Galorath Incorporated.

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