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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1





We have issued our report dated April 7, 2000, accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Daw Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries, included in
the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, which are
incorporated by reference in this Form S-3 Registration Statement. We consent
to the incorporation by reference of the aforementioned report in the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name as it appears under the
caption "Experts."

                                   Grant Thornton, LLP

                                   /s/ Grant Thornton LLP



Salt Lake City, Utah
August 10, 2000



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