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                                                                   Exhibit 23(b)


                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


To the Board of Directors
Body Bilt Seating, Inc.
Bryan, Texas


We consent to the use of our report on the financial statements of BodyBilt
Seating, Inc. and to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in
the registration statement on Form S-1 and prospectus of ErgoBilt, Inc.
relating to the registration of 2,000,000 shares of common stock.



                                              Thompson, Derrig & Slovacek

Bryan, Texas
October 7, 1996

