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July 10, 2006

Core States Engineering Recognized as Fastest Growing Firm

Core States Engineering is proud to announce that it has been named number 23 on Zweig White’s 2006 Hot Firm List of the nation’s 100 Fasted Growing Architecture, Engineering, Planning and Environmental Consulting Firms based on revenue growth and other criteria from 2002 through 2005.

Reporting 411% growth from 2002 to 2005, Core States is one of only three firms on the list to exceed 400% growth. No other firm in the top 50 cracked the 400% threshold.

With nine offices throughout the United States and Canada, Core States Engineering provides Land Development, Engineering, Consulting, and Project Management Services for major firms such as Wal-Mart, Cumberland Farms, Circle K, Sunoco and Hess Corporation, as well as other developers.

Formed in 1999, Core States attributes its growth to providing value and efficiency to its clients’ development needs and to providing employees with an exciting, faced paced work environment with opportunity for professional growth and development.

For more information on excellence in development services and career opportunities, contact any of the Core States offices listed below:

4191 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 400

Duluth, GA 30096

770-242-9550

44355 Premier Plaza, Suite 240

Ashburn, VA 20147

703-723-9145

379 Campus Drive, Suite 150

Somerset, NJ 08873

732-667-9500

84-88 King Street, Suite 200, St. John

New Brunswick, CAN E2L 1G4

506-633-8448

One Harris Street

Newburyport, MA 01950

978-462-5788

50 Crestwood Executive Center, Suite 500

St. Louis, MO 63126

314-843-4320

3904 Corporex Park Drive, Suite 125

Tampa, FL 33619

813-490-1755

7251 Pineville-Matthews Road, Suite 200

Charlotte, NC 28226

704-927-8760

751 Park of Commerce Drive, Suite 124

Boca Raton, FL 33487

561-997-6273