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             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
            

The Board of Directors
ACMAT Corporation and
United Coasts Corporation



We consent to the use of our reports regarding ACMAT Corporation and
Subsidiaries and United Coasts Corporation and Subsidiary, included herein or
incorporated herein by reference, and to the references to our firm under the
heading "Experts", "Company Selected Financial Data", and "United Coasts
Selected Financial Data" in the prospectus. Our reports refer to a change in
accounting for investments in 1994.

                                                 /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Hartford, Connecticut
May 3, 1996