Aiken Group Limited Selects Hard Dollar Project Cost Management Software to Support Rapid Growth

SCOTTSDALE, AZ and ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, Jul 09 (MARKET
WIRE) --
Hard Dollar Corporation, the leader in Project Cost Management systems,
announced that international industry leader "Aiken Group Limited" has
selected the Hard Dollar solution to provide dynamic data integration and
project cost controls throughout its worldwide operations. The sale was
facilitated by "1st Milestone Ltd. (Milestone UK)," A Hard Dollar
Authorized Reseller "HARP." Milestone has supported Aiken Group for many
years as their authorized Primavera Reseller.

Aiken Group is a leading provider of construction, engineering,
maintenance and project management services to the worldwide Oil and Gas
industries.

Aiken Group selected Hard Dollar Project Cost Management to achieve the
following business objectives:

-- Consolidate take-off and Microsoft Excel data files into a centralized
structured system, creating a centralized database to improve accuracy and
reduce the time required to respond to customer pricing requests.
-- Establish project cost baselines to measure performance and
profitability.
-- Gain "Oneness" interoperability between take-off, Microsoft Excel,
estimating cost, and Primavera scheduling to accurately model cash flow
and earned value reporting
-- Gain real-time production control and productivity reporting from
project sites around the globe.
-- Provide detailed project portfolio visibility and reporting to Project
and Senior Management to review cost and product ivy by project, cross
projects, regionally or globally.

"Aiken Group recognized that investing in a fully integrated Project
Cost Management system would strengthen our competitive advantage to
respond and report to our customers. We expect the Hard Dollar solution
to deliver a rapid and substantial ROI. We also believe that our
investment in advanced technology will continue to enhance our ability to
provide complete integrated services to our highly demanding global
customer base," stated Mr. Danny Donald, Managing Director of Aiken Group.

"We offer an unrivalled level of professionalism," says Danny Donald. "We
are also committed to cost reduction and performance improvement
throughout everything we do."

The Aiken Group maintains a strong core management and engineering team,
around which additional technical resources can be quickly assembled to
create project structures appropriate to the company's workload. The
result is that projects are delivered under budget, ahead of schedule and
to a high quality. Aiken Group has adopted this approach, supplementing
it with outstanding support service to profit in highly competitive
markets, equipping it well for meeting opportunities both in off- and
onshore markets.

"We are honored to have Aiken Group become the first customer in Aberdeen
under the Hard Dollar Authorized Reseller Partner program that we began in
early 2008. Milestone is the leading provider of software and services to
project driven enterprises throughout the United Kingdom and will be a key
partner in ensuring that Aiken Group maximizes their return from Hard
Dollars Project Cost Management software," stated Doug Nicholas, CEO of
Hard Dollar Corporation.

About Hard Dollar Corporation

Founded in 1989, Hard Dollar Corporation is the world's leading provider
of Project Cost Management systems for Owners and Contractors. The
comprehensive software is designed specifically to manage the rigorous and
ever-changing demands of enterprise-scale projects to maximize profits and
control costs. The company's patented technology is the only functional,
single-view solution on the market offering: real-time, multi-user
collaboration through the managed interaction of resources, cost,
escalation, cash flow, earned value reporting, and scheduling from either
Microsoft or Primavera throughout the entire life of the project.

Media Contacts

Ron Babich
Hard Dollar
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