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Graham Group Ltd. Named as a Winner in the 2006 Canadian Information Productivity Awards

Canada’s highest-prestige and longest-running IT awards program recognizes Canadian organizations for their innovative use of technology

TORONTO—7 November 2006—The Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA) today announced Graham Group Ltd. is a 2006 Award of Excellence recipient at the CIPA Gala Banquet held at the Westin Harbour Castle Conference Centre on November 1, 2006.

Graham Group Ltd. is an employee-owned enterprise of general contracting, construction, project management and masonry companies. The company supports a diverse portfolio of commercial, infrastructure, industrial and masonry projects through a network of fourteen offices in Canada and the United States.

“To be recognized by CIPA as a 2006 Winner for our work on Toolbox is an honour, considering CIPA is the premier information-technology and innovation awards program in Canada,” says Tom Baxter, President and CEO of Graham Group Ltd. “It is rewarding to have our efforts to improve our enterprise through innovative technology acknowledged on a national scale.”

CIPA’s awards program commemorates organizations that have applied IT innovation to improve productivity and efficiency throughout the organization. Winners for the annual awards are selected from entries submitted by public and private organizations of all sizes and types across Canada. This year’s black tie Gala saw 64 organizations with 75 innovative IT projects compete for 25 Awards of Excellence across 4 categories. A sellout crowd of nearly 900 senior executives enthusiastically applauded the innovative solutions to business challenges and opportunities.

Graham Group Ltd. was selected for Silver Award of Excellence in Organizational Transformation, For Profit based on an entry which outlined its development and use of Toolbox, a suite of integrated software applications tailored to the construction industry. Toolbox is used by all Graham employees, and provides a consistent set of processes to support new levels of cost control, operational efficiency and information sharing. For additional information, visit CIPA 2006 Award Winners .

“CIPA is pleased to recognize Graham Group Ltd.’s accomplishment,” said Norm Kirkpatrick, President and CEO of CIPA. “Graham Group Ltd. has capitalized on in-house expertise at all levels to develop a flexible system of strong procedures and controls that increase the productivity and competitiveness of their organization.”

CIPA awards promote best practices from private and public sector organizations as examples for other Canadian organizations, highlighting ways to transform the operations of their organizations through the adoption of new processes and technologies. Above all, the CIPA awards prove year after year that Canada is a growing hub for global innovation.

About Graham Group Ltd.

Graham Group Ltd. is an employee-owned enterprise of general contracting, construction, project management and masonry companies. Through a network of fourteen offices in Canada and the United States, Graham Group Ltd. supports a diverse portfolio of commercial, infrastructure, industrial and masonry projects at sites across the continent. Annual construction volumes topped $1 billion during the 2006 fiscal year.

About the Canadian Information Productivity Awards

CIPA is Canada’s oldest and largest awards program in the field of information technology and the premier showcase for Canadian IT and innovation. It is supported by Managing Sponsor CGI Group Inc., and leading industry technology companies Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. and CA Canada, as well as: IDC Canada, research partner; Rogers Communications Inc., IT World Canada and High Road Communications, media partners, and allied technology associations CATA, CHITTA, CIPS, COACH, CME, FiQ and ITAC.

The mission of CIPA is to recognize and celebrate excellence that fosters innovation and enhanced global competitiveness in Canada. This is achieved through recognizing organizations that have successfully developed and implemented innovative IT-based projects in the areas of customer care, operations and efficiency, organizational transformation and exceptional innovation that achieve significant productivity gains for their organizations.

Winners of the annual competition gain national and international recognition at the CIPA Gala Banquet in November and through extensive media exposure and on www.cipa.com.

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For more information, please contact:

Lawrence Moule
Director of Communications
Canadian Information Productivity Awards
416-458-4410
lawrence.moule@cipa.com

or

Kim Johnson
Vice President, Information Technology & Systems
Graham Group Ltd.
403.253.1314
kim@graham.ca

or

Coralie Olson
High Road Communications
416-644-2275
colson@highroad.com