Exhibit 3.27

                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                            HILLMAN CONSULTING, INC.


               The undersigned,  Kathy Hillman, President of Hillman Consulting,
Inc.,  a  Nevada  corporation  (the  "Corporation"),  and  Richard  A.  Parr II,
Secretary of the Corporation, do hereby certify that:

               1.  The name of the Corporation is "Hillman Consulting, Inc."

               2. The  original  Articles of  Incorporation  were filed with the
        Secretary  of State of the State of Nevada on June 30,  1997,  under the
        name "OCI Hillman Acquisition, Inc."

               3. This Amended and Restated  Articles of Incorporation  has been
        duly proposed by resolutions adopted and declared advisable by the Board
        of Directors of the Corporation,  duly adopted by written consent of the
        sole  stockholder  of the  Corporation in lieu of a meeting and vote and
        duly executed and  acknowledged  by the officers of the  Corporation  in
        accordance  with the provisions of Sections 78.403 of the Nevada Revised
        Statutes  and,  upon filing with the  Secretary of State of the State of
        Nevada in accordance with Section  78.403,  shall supercede the original
        Articles of Incorporation  and shall, as it may thereafter be amended in
        accordance  with its  terms  and  applicable  law,  be the  Articles  of
        Incorporation of the Corporation.

               4. The text of the Articles of  Incorporation  of the Corporation
        is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

               FIRST:  The name of the Corporation is HILLMAN CONSULTING, INC.

               SECOND:  The address of the registered  office of the Corporation
in the State of Nevada is One East First  Street,  Reno,  Nevada 89501 in Washoe
County,  Nevada. The name of the Corporation's  registered agent at such address
is the Corporation Trust Company of Nevada.

               THIRD:  The purposes for which the  Corporation  is formed are to
engage in any lawful act or activity  for which  corporations  may be  organized
under the Nevada Revised Statutes.

               FOURTH:  The total number of shares of all classes of stock which
the Corporation  shall have authority to issue is 1,000 shares, of Common Stock,
$.01 par value ("Common Stock").  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
all shares of Common  Stock  shall be  identical  and shall  entitle the holders
thereof to the same rights and privileges.



               FIFTH:  In  furtherance  and  not in  limitation  of  the  powers
conferred  by the laws of the State of  Nevada,  the Board of  Directors  of the
Corporation is expressly  authorized and empowered to make,  alter or repeal the
By-laws  of the  Corporation,  subject to the power of the  stockholders  of the
Corporation to alter or repeal any By-law made by the Board of Directors.

               SIXTH:  The  Corporation  reserves the right at any time and from
time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions  contained in this
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation;  and other provisions authorized
by the  laws of the  State  of  Nevada  at the  time in  force  may be  added or
inserted,  in the manner now or  hereafter  prescribed  by law;  and all rights,
preferences  and privileges of whatsoever  nature  conferred upon  stockholders,
directors or any other  persons  whomsoever  by and pursuant to this Amended and
Restated  Articles of Incorporation in its present form or as hereafter  amended
are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article.

               SEVENTH:  (1)  The  Corporation  shall,  to  the  fullest  extent
permitted by Section 78.403 of the Nevada Revised  Statutes,  as the same may be
amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power
to indemnify  under said  section from and against any and all of the  expenses,
liabilities and other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the
indemnification  provided for herein shall not be deemed  exclusive of any other
rights to which those  indemnified may be entitled under any By-law,  agreement,
vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise,  both as to action
in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office,  and shall  continue  as to a person  who has  ceased to be a  director,
officer,  employee  or agent  and  shall  inure  to the  benefit  of the  heirs,
executors and administrators of such a person.

               (2) No person shall be personally  liable to the  Corporation  or
its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for  breach  of  fiduciary  duty as a
director; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's  duty of loyalty to
the  Corporation  or its  stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions  not in good
faith or which involve  intentional  misconduct  or a knowing  violation of law,
(iii) under the Nevada Revised  Statutes or (iv) for any transaction  from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hillman Consulting, Inc. has caused this Amended and
Restated Articles of Incorporation to by signed by its President and attested by
its Secretary this 17th day of August 1999.



                                /S/ KATHY HILLMAN
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                                  Kathy Hillman
                                    President

Attest:


/S/ RICHARD A. PARR II
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  Richard A. Parr II
       Secretary