LAS VEGAS, NV - The Associated General Contractors (AGC) and Nevada Contractors Association (NCA) held its 2013 Contrac-tor of the Year Awards during a gala luncheon on October 18th at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. We are pleased to announce that Helix Electric of Nevada was named “Contractor of the Year”!

The “Contractor of the Year” Award acknowledges lifetime industry service and advocacy as well as project innovation, safety and skill. It recognizes financial support, community sup-port, and business integrity.

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BUCKHEAD ATLANTA PROJECT REACHING MILESTONESATLANTA, GA - In May 2013, Helix Electric was selected by Balfour Beatty Construction as the electrical contractor on Buckhead Atlanta Parcel C, a 1.2M square-foot project sitting on approximately six acres of land in Atlanta, Georgia. It is comprised of four levels of retail and restaurant space adjacent to ten levels of parking (two below grade) with twin 12-story condominium towers on top of the parking podium. There are 370 residential units totaling 400,000 square-feet. The pool and clubroom are on the 8th floor situated between the two towers. The clubroom, or “Mansion” as it has been named, is approximately 4,000 square-feet and contains a library, kitchen, exercise facility, theater and game room.

The Helix team set the main emergency generator, started unit roughs and ener-gized permanent power in December 2013. Helix was named “Contractor of the Month” for the month of December by Balfour Beatty. “Contractor of the Month” is awarded to contractors who demonstrate proper work planning and execution as well safety, quality, and consideration for others. The Buckhead Team was recognized at a luncheon on February 7th sponsored by Balfour Beatty where Helix Electric employees received a recognition plaque and t-shirts. Buckhead Atlanta is scheduled for completion in December 2014.

Aerial Photo of Buckhead Parcel CPhoto courtesy of Balfour Beatty Construction

SCHOFIELD BARRACKSDelivered to the Army Corps of Engineers

DATELAND, AZ - Our Agua Caliente project team is pleased to announce that the last photovoltaic module has been installed! Helix Electric installed 2,500,000 of the 4,800,000 modules on the project. An installation ceremony was held in late 2013 with the customer, NRG Energy, and the general contractor, First Solar, in attendance along with the Department of Energy. Agua Caliente is a 404MW fixed ground-mounted solar plant located

OAHU, HI - The Unaccompanied Enlisted Personnel Housing (UEPH) Schofield Barracks project was delivered to the Army Corps of Engi-neers one month early. Helix teamed with Absher Construction on this $35M high-performance building designed to achieve LEED Gold certification.

The design-build project, located in Oahu, Hawaii, is a six-story, 228-person barracks complex featuring two-man suites that include a shared kitchenette and bathroom per suite. The barracks also feature a laundry facility on each floor, PT equipment, and a picnic/barbecue

area for residents to enjoy. On October 30th, the UEPH

Schofield Barracks project team at-tended a ribbon-cutting ceremony where Helix was commended by both Absher Construction and the Army Corps of Engineers for consistently delivering on safety, teamwork, partnering, quality, and timeliness.

NORFOLK, VA - Naval Facilities Engineering Com-mand (NAVFAC) Mid-Atlantic recently selected Helix Electric as the prime contractor to perform the $24.7M P-998 Drydock 8 Electrical Distribu-tion Upgrade at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 18, 2014 with members of Helix Electric, the U.S. Navy, and U.S. Representative for Virginia 3rd Congressional District Robert Scott in at-tendance.

The P-998 Electrical Distribution Upgrade will involve detailed phased work areas surround-ing Drydock 8 constructing new 35kV and 15kV substations, four 15kV unit substations, and an underground distribution system providing power to 16 shore power outlets to serve the new Ford Class aircraft carriers. The project is scheduled for completion in February 2016.

GROUNDBREAKING AT NORFOLK NAVAL

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SAN DIEGO, CA - The San Diego Interna-tional Airport (SDIA) is celebrating the largest expansion in its 81-year history with the recently completed “Green Build” project. The project has offered significant benefits not only to travelers using the airport, but also to the San Diego region overall by creating job opportunities during the height of the recession.

At the centerpiece of the Green Build is the 470,000 square-foot Terminal 2 West (T2W) Expansion project, a design-build, three-story expansion of the existing terminal adding ten new gates, a dual-level roadway, enhanced curbside check-in, a ticketing lobby, additional security screen-ing lanes, baggage handling, seating areas, concessions and support space.

Helix teamed with Turner-PCL-Flatiron, JV to perform all electrical work on the T2W project. Work consisted of multiple 12kV substations, 480V electrical distribution, 1,250KW emergency genera-

Terminal 2 West Expansion Project Opens to the Public

From Left: CDR Roland Deguzman, Capt. Mark Bridenstine, RADM Dixon Smith, Honorable Robert Scott, RADM Richard Berkey, Capt. Stephanie Jones, and Ed Kutschke of Helix Electric.

tor, complete fire alarm system, all low voltage and special systems pathways complete, air-side lighting, interior general and specialized lighting, and integration of all systems with the fully operational existing airport systems. Also included was an electrical refurbishment of the Airport’s Central Utilities Plant (CUP).

The project earned a Pyramid Award in the Electrical Projects - More Than $10M category of the Associ-ated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Excellence in Con-struction Awards on February 11, 2014 in Maui, Hawaii.

Left to Right: Steve Brooke - President AGC, Michael Roberson - Nevada State Senator, Victor Fuchs - President Helix Electric of Nevada, Sean Stewart - Executive VP AGC/NCA

The Helix Team at Buckhead Atlanta Parcel C

Landmark Aviation, San Diego, CARendering photo courtesy of Turner Construction

Helix Electric Named “Contractor of the Year” by Associated General

Contractors of Las Vegas

SAN DIEGO, CA - Travelers at San Diego International Airport (SDIA) will continue to see Helix Electric signs around the airport as we have been awarded several significant projects there over the last two months.

Helix is teamed with Turner Construc-tion on a design-assist project for Landmark Aviation which will include the construction of a 20,000 square-foot terminal, a 250,000 square-foot ramp and five hangars on 12.4 acres of airfield.

Additionally, we will perform the electri-cal work at the Consolidated Rental Car Complex with Austin-Sundt, Joint Venture. The Rental Car Complex project is a two million square-foot structure which will house eleven rental car companies and will include a cus-tomer service building, a car prep facility, and a 5,000-car return area.

Helix will also be providing a new 12kV underground electrical distribution loop and SCADA system to supply power and connectiv-ity to the existing airport for the San Diego Regional Airport Authority.

Additional Work Awarded at

San Diego Airport

on 2,400 acres of farmland in Yuma County, Arizona near the community of Dateland.

Agua Caliente is currently the larg-est active solar energy producer in the world. It is expected to generate enough clean solar energy to serve the needs of 100,000 homes per year and displace 220,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually -- the equivalent of removing 40,000 cars from the road.

Final Solar Panel Installed atAgua Caliente Solar Farm

Schofield Barracks Project Team at the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

SAN DIEGO 6795 Flanders Dr.San Diego, CA 92121(858) 535-0505 LOS ANGELES 10700 Norwalk Blvd.Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670(562) 941-1060 OAKLAND 7901 Oakport St.Suite 2400Oakland, CA 94621(510) 632-9600

SACRAMENTO 9940 Business Park Dr. Suite 130Sacramento, CA 95827(916) 452-3175

LAS VEGAS 3078 E. Sunset Rd., Ste 9Las Vegas, NV 89120(702) 732-1188

HAWAII 500 Alakawa St., Ste 212Honolulu, HI 96817(808) 843-0286 PHOENIX 4600 E. Washington Suite 300Phoenix, AZ 85034(602) 772-4980 WASHINGTON, D.C.14150 Parkeast CircleSuite 120 Chantilly, VA 20151(703) 657-0060

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Helix Electric deliv-ered the Department of Veterans Affairs (SFVA) Medical Center to the Army Corps of Engineers in December 2013, nearly five months ahead of schedule. The project was completed early despite significant changes to the contract and consider-able challenges related to the unforeseen conditions of the existing facility.

Established in 1934, the SFVA Medi-cal Center has a long history of conducting cutting edge research, establishing innova-tive medical programs, and providing com-passionate care to Veterans. The hospital serves more than 400,000 veterans living in Northern California each year.

SFVA MEDICAL CENTER ELECTRICAL UPGRADE COMPLETED FIVE MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE

6795 Flanders Drive San Diego, CA 92121

Because of its age, the facility re-quired a system-wide replacement of all major electrical equipment as well as the replacement of over 400 electrical panels in 26 of the 31 SFVA buildings. Helix Electric was selected by the Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District as the general contractor to perform the $20.1M electrical system upgrade. Extensive pre-planning and procedural coordination was required to perform the system upgrade while the SFVA hospital remained fully operational.

Our scope of work included an up-grade of the primary and secondary elec-trical systems, improving system reliability and safety, and upgrading the capacity of the existing electrical power system from 5kV to 12.47kV. Additionally, the scope required the replacement of 15kV incoming feeders, metal-clad switchgear, sectionalizing switches, substations, and the replacement of over 400 distribution panelboards, switchboards, and motor control centers.

Helix received an “Outstanding Overall Rating” on the Army Corp’s Performance Evaluation and was highly commended on the quality of our workmanship, safety and health program, and the effective manage-ment of the project.

MAUI, HI - Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recently announced that Helix’s work on the Sands Expo and Convention Center Renovation project in Las Vegas, Nevada earned an Eagle Award in the Electrical - Commercial - $2 -10 Million category of

ABC’s Excellence in Construc-tion awards program making it the fourth consecutive year Helix has been honored with this prestigious award!

The Sands Expos project be-gan just ten days after the contract was awarded by the Jaynes Corporation. The two-story, one million square-

SAN DIEGO, CA - Helix Electric employees kicked off the new year by helping to make a difference in the lives of those in need throughout San Diego County. Helix partnered with Associated General Contrac-tors (AGC) of San Diego to host “Operation: Keep San Diego Warm” which began on Monday, January 6th and concluded Friday, February 7th. The event was a huge success with over 500 used coats, jackets, and other warm clothing of all sizes being collected! The items were donated to St. Vincent de Paul Village, a partner of Father Joe’s Villages located on a 3.5 block campus in the East Village neighborhood of downtown San Diego. The Village is the largest residential homeless services provider in the city. The facility serves families with children, single women, and single men including chronically homeless individuals, veterans, and people living with addiction and/or mental illness. Donations will assist Village residents living without shelter and the means to stay warm during the winter season.

“Helix is a company that holds their

employees to a very high standard when it

comes to quality and in turn, their employ-ees show great pride in the quality of their

work.” Rachel Coyner, P.E.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, San Francisco District

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San Francisco VA Medical Center Project Team

Helix Electric’s Eric Simmons & Michael Vita with ABC Chairman Dan Brodbeck

Helix Electric’s Dan Tivadar accepting the Pyramid Award for the SDIA Terminal 2 West Expansion

15kV Main-Tie-Main Switchgear in Bldg. 203

San Diego Office Hosts Coat Drive

TWO HELIX PROJECTS EARN NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AWARDS

Spring 2014

foot facility was originally built in 1991 but re-quired some upgrades in order to meet customer needs. Renovation of the existing convention center included delivering new switchgear, lighting and communications systems for a fully function convention center while working behind temporary walls with zero recordable incidents.

In addition to the Eagle Award for the Sands Expo, Helix’s work on the San Diego International Airport Terminal 2 West Expansion project earned a Pyramid Award in the Electrical Projects Over $10 Million category.

The project teams received the awards on February 11, 2014 during the 24th Annual Excel-lence in Construction Awards celebration at the Grand Wailea in Maui, Hawaii.

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition and was developed to honor innovative and high-qual-ity merit shop construction projects. Winning proj-ects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, are judged on complexity, attractive-ness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.