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                                                                   Exhibit 10.22

      THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
   SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE "ACT"), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR
    BLUE SKY LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, HYPOTHECATED OR
    OTHERWISE ASSIGNED EXCEPT (1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WITH
  RESPECT TO SUCH SECURITIES WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE ACT OR (2) PURSUANT
    TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE ACT RELATING TO THE
      DISPOSITION OF SECURITIES AND (3) IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE
                          SECURITIES AND BLUE SKY LAWS.

       THIS INSTRUMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE
     SUBORDINATE IN THE MANNER AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN
SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (THE "SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT") DATED
  AS OF AUGUST 2, 2004 AMONG TA SUBORDINATED DEBT FUND, L.P., TA INVESTORS II,
    L.P., LAMANDO CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUST UNDER AGREEMENT DATED MAY 15,
   2004, MADISON CAPITAL FUNDING LLC, AS SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, LIBMAN FAMILY
   HOLDINGS LLC, CLAYTON GRP, INC. (THE "COMPANY") AND MADISON CAPITAL FUNDING
   LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT ("ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT"), TO THE INDEBTEDNESS
    (INCLUDING INTEREST) OWED BY THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THAT CERTAIN CREDIT
  AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 2, 2004 AMONG THE COMPANY, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
     AND THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY THERETO, AS SUCH
     CREDIT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AND HEREAFTER MAY BE AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR
            OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME AND TO INDEBTEDNESS
    REFINANCING THE INDEBTEDNESS UNDER THAT AGREEMENT AS CONTEMPLATED BY THE
       SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT; AND EACH HOLDER OF THIS INSTRUMENT, BY ITS
   ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE
                            SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT.

                                SUBORDINATED NOTE

$13,287,442.64                                                    August 2, 2004

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, Clayton GRP, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "BORROWER"), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of TA
SUBORDINATED DEBT FUND, L.P. (the "NOTEHOLDER") the principal sum of
$13,287,442.64, together with interest on the unpaid principal amount from time
to time outstanding at the rate or rates and computed and payable at the times
as described in the Note Purchase Agreement (as hereinafter defined). Payments
of the principal hereof shall be made as provided in the Note Purchase
Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this note, the entire balance
of principal and accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid in full on August 2,
2010.

                                                               SUBORDINATED NOTE

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     This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Subordinated Note Purchase
Agreement dated as of August 2, 2004 (as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the "NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT") by and among the
Borrower, the Guarantors, and the Noteholders named therein. Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the
Note Purchase Agreement.

     Subject to, and at all times in accordance with, the provisions of the Note
Purchase Agreement (i) the Borrower shall have the right, at any time, to
voluntarily prepay all or any part of the outstanding principal amount of this
note, and (ii) the Noteholder shall have the right to require the Borrower to
repurchase this note upon the occurrence of a Mandatory Repurchase Event.

     In addition to the payment of interest as provided above, the Borrower
shall, on demand, pay interest on any overdue installments of principal and, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at
the rate set forth in, and in accordance with the provisions of, the Note
Purchase Agreement.

     The holder of this note is entitled to all the benefits and rights of a
Noteholder under the Note Purchase Agreement to which reference is hereby made
for a statement of the terms and conditions under which the entire unpaid
balance of this note, or any portion thereof, shall become immediately due and
payable. Notwithstanding anything in this note to the contrary, the terms and
provisions of this note shall at all times be governed by and subject to all of
the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement. To the extent that
there is any conflict with, or inconsistency between, the terms and provisions
of this note and the terms and provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement, the
terms and provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement shall at all times govern
and control.

     The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and other
demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance or enforcement
of this note.

     No delay or omission on the part of the holder of this note in exercising
any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of such right or of any other
right under this note, and a waiver, delay or omission on any one occasion shall
not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right on any future occasion.

     The terms and provisions of this note are subject to the terms and
provisions of the Note Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, its
dispute resolution provisions.

                                                               SUBORDINATED NOTE

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     This note shall be deemed to be under seal, and all rights and obligations
hereunder shall be governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions contained therein).


                                            CLAYTON GRP, INC.


                                            By: /s/ Brian C. Newman
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                                                Name:  Brian C. Newman
                                                Title: Chief Financial Officer

                                                               SUBORDINATED NOTE