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DataCAD® Assists Architectural Drafting Student to Win the Gold

Lyndon Institute VT Student Heads to the National SkillsUSA-VICA Competition

Rutland, VT- April 11, 2002 - Kevin Cole, a Senior at Lyndon Institute, recently won the Gold Medal in the Architectural Drafting Competition at the Vermont SkillsUSA-VICA Championship, using DataCAD, a professional-level CAD program for architectural design used in industry worldwide.

Hugh Schultz, Drafting Instructor at Lyndon Institute said, "This was Kevin's first year in Architectural Drafting. He spent many hours preparing for this competition and we are extremely proud of his accomplishment!"

SkillsUSA-VICA is a national organization serving a quarter-million high school and college students and professional members who are enrolled in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Each year, students compete first at the state level, and then the winners continue on to the SkillsUSA-VICA National Competition in Kansas City, MO. For more information or to become involved in SkillsUSA-VICA, visit www.skillsusa.org.

Tech Ed Concepts, Inc., North American Academic Distributor of DataCAD, and DataCAD LLC, proudly awarded software to the winners of the Vermont SkillsUSA-VICA Architectural Drafting Competition. In addition to donating software to Vermont's SkillsUSA-VICA competition, Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. and DataCAD LLC team up to donate software to many other state SkillsUSA-VICA competitions located throughout the United States for use at the National competition. Winners of the Architectural Drafting Competition at the National level will also be awarded prizes from Tech Ed Concepts, Inc.

Richard Amarosa, President of Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. said, "The intuitive nature of DataCAD allows its students to understand what real architectural design and drafting is about. In a short amount of time, many students become absorbed in its ability and their ability to create concepts of the future to the degree that it has changed students' career decisions and is producing some of the best architectural designers of today."

Lyndon Institute is a highly regarded private school which serves grades nine through twelve in a Vermont. The school offers world-class programs in arts, sciences, technology and athletics, and enrolls students from nearby towns as well as others from across the United States and around the world. For more information about Lyndon Institute visit http://www.lyndoninstitute.org/

About Tech Ed Concepts, Inc.
Tech Ed Concepts, Inc. is a privately held company, headquartered in Pembroke, New Hampshire. The company's dedication to technical academic excellence and career-oriented engineering curriculums is the driving force behind the TEC, Inc.'s business model for success. TEC, Inc. is the exclusive North American Academic Distributor of CADKEY®, a leading mechanical CAD software package, DataCAD®, a robust architectural CAD software package, and SURFCAM®, a Computer-Aided-Manufacturing (CAM) software package. TEC, Inc. also offers educational programs for all levels of study, as well as progressive curriculum packages designed specifically for technical instructors. Additionally, TEC, Inc. offers teacher training, textbooks, workbooks, videos, reference guides, and classroom support materials for 3D design, 2D drafting and engineering curriculum.

About DataCAD LLC
DATACAD LLC is an independent, privately held company that provides robust computer-aided design and drafting solutions to architecture, building, engineering, and construction firms. According to the most recent AIA survey, DataCAD is the second most widely used CADD software among American Institute of Architects (AIA) member firms. DataCAD has over 250,000 installations worldwide.