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Toyota awards Graycor Harrell contractors press and weld/paint contracts for new manufacturing plant.

BLUE SPRINGS, MS (January 2008) — Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America (TEMA) recently announced the award of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi (TMMMS) Press and ED Weld/Paint General Contract to Graycor Harrell Contractors, a joint venture between Graycor Construction Company Inc., a leading North American contractor based in Chicago, and Jackson, Miss.-based Harrell Contracting Group, LLC. The two projects, totaling more than $50 million in construction, will begin immediately and reach substantial completion in October, 2008. This assembly plant in Blue Springs (near Tupelo) is Toyota’s eighth assembly plant being built in the U.S. The new plant will produce the Highlander SUV by 2010 and employ nearly 2,000.

"We chose Graycor Harrell based on their experience building our plants, as well as their local resources," said Sam Cracraft, Purchasing Specialist, TEMA. Graycor Harrell is currently completing foundations work on site. Most recently, the Graycor companies completed major projects at Toyota’s new assembly facilities in San Antonio, Texas, and Tecate, B.C., Mexico, in addition to several addition and expansion projects at the automaker’s facilities in Huntsville, Ala.; Fremont, Calif.; Princeton, Ind.; and Buffalo, West Va.

For more than 86 years, the Graycor family of companies has been a leading provider of construction, maintenance and facilities services throughout North America, now employing in excess of 1,500 construction specialists at its headquarters in Chicago, regional offices and project sites throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Since 1921, the Graycor companies have earned a reputation in the industry for providing innovative, collaborative solutions to clients’ unique challenges. Annual revenues exceed $600 million. More information on the Graycor family of companies is available at www.graycor.com.

Based in Jackson, Miss., Harrell Contracting Group, LLC is a multi-faceted contracting firm offering general construction, construction management, design-build and consulting services to a broad base of clients across the southeastern United States. While the company has extensive experience in hospitality, high-end retail and office developments, its list of sophisticated industrial clients includes International Paper, Fort James Paper, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Navistar, Mitsubishi, Degussa, Howard Industries and NASA. Harrell’s recognition by the Associated Builders and Contractors with its seventh consecutive annual award of the prestigious and coveted Safety Training and Evaluation Platinum (STEP) award speaks to Harrell’s commitment to the requirements of the industrial marketplace. More information on Harrell is available at www.harrellcontracting.com.