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Food and Beverage Industry Qualifications

April 15, 2014

W. G. Yates & Sons Construction Company900 Arion Parkway | Building D, Suite 110 | San Antonio, TX 78216

Phone (210) 497-3973 www.wgyates.com



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Cover Letter

Company Overview

Project Experience

Sector

Value Added Services


April 15, 2014

Dan GostyloProvidence Capital Real Estate100 NE Interstate 410 LoopSan Antonio, TX [email protected]

Subject: Yates Statement of Qualifications - Food and Beverage Industry

Yates performs engineering, construction and maintenance work servicing a diverse array of heavy industrial and commercial industries. We provide specialty services for civil, marine, asphalt, concrete, masonry, structural steel fabrication and erection, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation construction with our in house construction forces.

Some of the main features of our company include:

• We have a world class safety program, and view the safe performance of our people a company value, not a goal

• We are a local contractor with vast resources and knowledge of the local market and state regulations.

• We have extensive networks of local suppliers and subcontractors• We have experience in manufacturing and the food and beverage industry. We understand

the unique requirements of your business.• We work to be good stewards of the environment, and strictly adhere to all regulatory and

industry practices. We incorporate sustainability principles into our design and construction efforts.

• WehaveoperationalsupportofficesthroughouttheU.S.andMexico.• Wepossesssignificantpersonnelandfinancialresourcestosupporttheproject(over12,000

employees and $2.5 billion bonding capacity)• We have the ability in house to self-perform the critical trades in order to maintain the

budget and control the schedule. This includes electrical and instrumentation.• Wehavesignificantbuyingpowerfortheequipmentandotherkeymaterialswhichwill

provide cost savings to you throughout the procurement process• WehavecomprehensivequalityprogramsandproceduresandmaintainASME“S”,“R”,

“U”and“PP”codecertifications/stamps.

We understand the unique guidelines and regulations that face food and beverage owners. New Federal food laws, technologies and the need for expert consulting drive the heavily competitive foodandbeveragemarkettoday.Risingenergycostshavecalledforincreasedefficienciesandoverheadreductioninaflexibleconsumer-drivenindustry.Wehavetheknowledgeandexperienceto integrate emerging technologies into systems, and are familiar with FDA regulations and the need to build safe systems in compliance with bioterrorism concerns. We look forward to learning more aboutyourprojectsothatwecanhelpprovideconstructionsolutiontohelpyoumeetyourbusinessobjectives.

Thank you for your consideration and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Shane HestersBusiness DevelopmentYates Construction

COVER LETTER


The Yates Companies, Inc. (Yates) ranksamong the top EPC providers in the nation. With annual revenues of approximately $1.9 billion and nearly 12,000 employees, the firm hasthe capabilities to provide a full range of engineering and construction services to clients both nationally and internationally. Yates has ranked among the

top50constructionserviceprovidersinalldeliverymethods(ConstructionManagement, Program Management, General Contracting, and EPC) inrecent years.Thefirmhas significantfinancial strengthwith an aggregatebonding capacity of over $2.5 billion. These attributes make Yates one of the largest and most well respected corporations in the construction industry today.

Our CommitmentYates Construction was incorporated in 1964 and has been providing construction services by the founder’s motto: on time, within budget, to your satisfaction. The company has branched out to provide clients with quality constructionservicesallacrosstheUnitedStates.Yateshasofficesstrategicallylocated across the southern United States including Alabama, Florida,Georgia, Louisiana,Maine,Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee,and Texas, giving Yates a wide geographical presence.

Our ExperienceOperating throughout the country on a highly diversified constructionprogram, Yates utilizes extensive self-performance capabilities including heavy,civil,concrete,masonry,electrical,mechanical,asphalt/paving,securityand utilities. These capabilities allow for more control over schedules and budgetsonextremelyfast-trackprojects.Thecompany’sprojectexperienceisdiverse in size and scope and encompasses an immense record of impressive projects.

The mission of this company is to provide our clients with a total line of project services - from preliminary cost feasibility studies to completed facilities. Whether your project is small or large, whether the schedule is one weekend or all year, Yates has the design, engineering and construction capabilities for your needs. Our organization stands ready to help you with your plans for growth.

- W. G. Yates, Sr., 1913-1992

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Our ServicesCONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM MANAGEMENT GENERAL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN/BUILDEPCProjectDevelopmentConceptual EstimatingConstructability ReviewsEngineeringModularFabricationandAssemblyProgram AnalysisMasterPlanEvaluationPre-Construction PlanningConstruction PhasingBidding and ProcurementCost ControlConstruction AdministrationQualityControlManagementFacilityStartup/CommissioningProjectCloseout

Core ValuesSAFETY | INTEGRITY | PASSION| COMMITMENT

COMPANY OVERVIEW


COMPANY RANKINGS

General Construction

No. 2Top 15 in Auto Plants

No. 5Top 50 in Manufacturing

No. 30Top 50 in Power

No. 4Top 10 in Pulp & Paper

No. 12Top 25 Fossil Fuels

No. 35Top 400

Contractors

No. 49Top 50 GENERAL

BUILDING

No. 56Top 100 GREEN CONTRACTORS

No. 71Top 100 DESIGN/BUILD FIRMS

No. 56Top 100 GREEN CONTRACTORS

No. 29Top 100 Contractors BY

NEW CONTRACTS

No. 147Top 255 GLOBAL CONTRACTORS

Source: Engineering News Record (ENR), The Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook 2013.

2013 ·· ABC Step Diamond Awards: Mississippi, Georgia, South Texas, TEXO, and WestTennessee- ABC Georgia Award of Safety Excellence- Southern Company Triangle Award

2012 Keesler Air Fort Gordon Advanced Individual Training (AIT) BarracksHard Rock Riverwalk Café

2011 Vicksburg U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Environmental LabU. S. District Courts Building (Jackson Federal Courthouse)Biloxi Community Center, Library & Multi-Use Facility

2012

ABC 2012 Step Diamond Awards: Georgia, Missis-sippi, South Texas, TEXO, and West TennesseeABC Georgia 2012 Award of Safety ExcellenceABC Mississippi 2012 Gold Level Safety AwardU.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District: Safety PerformanceAward, January - March 2012, VOLAR Barracks 1 at Fort Stewart,Georgia, Whitesell-Yates JV

2010 Keesler Air Force Base Housing ProjectArmed Forces Retirement HomeHurlburt Field - Visiting Quarters & Consolidated ClubCapstar at Compass Plaza

2009 Highway 90 ReconstructionMitchell Properties Historical RestorationMississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention CenterTurquoise Place

Associated Builders & Contractors Merit Awards

Safety Awards

Yates Earned the National Safety Excellence Award from Associated Builders and Contractors for 2012

No. 11Top 15 in Steel &Non-Ferrous Plants

No. 22Top 50 in Industrial Process

No. 47Top 50 Petroleum

No. 24Top 25 in Refinery/Petrochemical


COMPANY OVERVIEWYates ConstructionFor over 50 years, our privately-owned firm has provided Engineering Procurement and Construction-at-Risk (EPCM) services for clients in the forest products, power, manufacturing/process industry and other commercial market sectors. Yates has the capabilities to provide a full range of EPCM services to clients both nationally and internationally. Yates experience includes over $4 billion in manufacturing/process facility construction over the last several years, with the majority of those projects involving design/build, design assist, and at risk delivery methods. These attributes make Yates one of the largest and most well respected corporations in the construction industry today as well as an industry leader in industrial facility construction.

Size: 25 Offices in Nine States

Number of Employees: 12,000

Annual Turnover: $1.47 Billion (2012)

Financial Information: $2.5 Billion Bonding Capacity Dun & Bradstreet Rating 4A3 Dun & Bradstreet #00-403-2132 Average Annual Turnover Last 5 Years - $1.7 Billion

Types of Projects and Market Sectors:Yates provides services on projects involving the following types/delivery methods and market sectors:

Type/Delivery Method:• EPCM• Design/Build• Design Assist• General Construction at Risk• Construction Management at Risk• Construction Management as Agent• Program Management as Agent

Market Sector:• Food & Beverage• Pulp & Paper• Manufacturing/Process• Distribution/Warehouse• Equipment Installation• Automotive• Utilities/Infrastructure• Power

Yates Global Footprint


COMPANY OVERVIEW - SAFETY Yates’ safety program consistently exceeds national averages for experience modification rates, lost work time, and incidence rates. Our projects vary in size and nature, including vertical and horizontal construction for private and public clients in both the industrial and commercial markets. These projects range in size from several hundred thousand dollars upward to nearly $2 billion. Yates employees unique safety practices and programs that have consistently resulted in incident rates approximately six times lower than the national average, as well as maintaining a low EMR which is currently at 0.54. Using multiple tools such as Behavioral Based Safety (BBS), Safety Task Assessments (STA’s) and Self Assessment Checklists (SAC’s), Yates Construction is committed to providing an environment that motivates employees to perform safely.

Behavioral Based Safety ProgramYates is one of the few contractors that use a formal BBS with thousands of observations performed weekly. BBS is an employee-driven program that is non-punitive. The employees of Yates have embraced and taken ownership of the BBS program, providing management with actual data about the behaviors of individuals. This program enables the employees to provide peer employees with non-threatening, non-punitive feedback, thereby modifying the safety behavior of the individual. The overall outcome of this program is a workforce that operates safely. No single group of individuals is solely responsible for safety; every employee shares this responsibility. Having a good site safety culture and providing a safe workplace for employees are two of the main factors that help to prevent accidents and to increase productivity. BBS has been widely accepted as addressing an important need as part of an organization’s total health, safety, and environmental effort. BBS programs have a proven track record of effectiveness in manufacturing, chemical plants, oil field operations, hospitals, trucking fleets, and construction.

The key principle of BBS is deceptively simple - identify the key behaviors that cause accidents and then reduce them. It involves promoting safe behavior in the workplace by using employee involvement to initially identify practices (behaviors) critical to reducing the risk of injury. When used in conjunction with and integrated into a total safety program, BBS is an effective way to involve employees, to promote teamwork, and to increase morale.

Self Assessment ChecklistThe Self Assessment Checklist is intended to provide a tool by which the individual employee can provide feedback to the Project Management on safety related concerns and observations concerning his/her work area as well as the safety process. It is also intended to be used to provide an employee a check list or guide for them to ensure that they have the proper personal protective equipment necessary for performing an assigned task given to them by the Superintendent or his/her designee. It takes into account that the individual employee may be required to perform multiple tasks during the day, hence the AM, PM, NA check off blocks. It also provides a tool to receive input about the safety process and ideas or comments on improvement.


COMPANY OVERVIEW - SAFETY The key principle of BBS is deceptively simple - identify the key behaviors that cause accidents and then reduce them. It involves promoting safe behavior in the workplace by using employee involvement to initially identify practices (behaviors) critical to reducing the risk of injury. When used in conjunction with and integrated into a total safety program, BBS is an effective way to involve employees, to promote teamwork, and to increase morale.

Self Assessment ChecklistThe Self Assessment Checklist is intended to provide a tool by which the individual employee can provide feedback to the Project Management on safety related concerns and observations concerning his/her work area as well as the safety process. It is also intended to be used to provide an employee a check list or guide for them to ensure that they have the proper personal protective equipment necessary for performing an assigned task given to them by the Superintendent or his/her designee. It takes into account that the individual employee may be required to perform multiple tasks during the day, hence the AM, PM, NA check off blocks. It also provides a tool to receive input about the safety process and ideas or comments on improvement.

Additional Training and Safety ProgramsYates implements and executes the following programs:

• Introduced & implemented Click Safety• Behavioral Based Safety Process (BBSP) – An employee-driven safety observation program.• Continuous Improvement Focus• 30 and 10 Hour OSHA Class• New Hire Orientation CD – English and Spanish interactive safety CD.• Weekly Safety Conference Calls and Project Toolbox Safety Meetings (Daily)• Safety and Health Manual• Sites celebrating safety milestones with dinners including employees and their families.• Media Library established – standardized safety training throughout the corporation.• OTI 500 Instructors on staff, CPR / First Aid trainers on staff, • Use of Safety Task Assessments (STA) for pre-work hazard analysis.• Self Assessment Checklist (SAC) used for individual review of safety prep for work.• Mandatory equipment operator qualification required.• Training database established and maintained.• Involved in the Construction Industry Institute “Best Practices.”

Project Specific Safety PlanYates develops a project specific safety plan for each project that includes a dedicated onsite safety team, along with a detailed project safety manual. Safety will be PRIORITY NUMBER ONE for the entire team and will be communicated and enforced through all levels of the project to include the subcontractors, suppliers, and consultants. Our goal will be “ZERO INJURIES” and we will strive to meet that goal every day.


SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCEYates Select Project Experience - Food and Beverage

Client Location ProjectArdagh Metal Packaging Roanoke, VA Design-Build project to transform an existing 525,000

SF distribution facility into a steel can manufacturing facility to produce 2 billion cans/yr

MCGILL AIRCLEAN Bradenton, FL Installation of process piping for a new precipitator installation at the Tropicana/PEPSICO plant.

ALPHA OWENS CORNING Lakeland, FL Installation of capital and expense jobs covering two year period. Including architectural, civil, equipment, structural steel and piping plant wide

CITROSUCO CITRUS Lake Wales, FL Removal of existing material handing equipment and the installation of new Brown oil extraction equip-ment. Consisting of new foundations, structural steel, equipment, chutes, and piping.

COCA COLA AMERICA Auburndale, FL Refurbished the existing Waste Water Treatment Area of the plant., including installation of a new tank, civil, equipment, piping and ancillary tie ins.

CONAGRA Russellville, AR Electrical/Instrumentation services for the Construc-tion of new bulk gas plant to support new Fab 1 Expansion (Red Meat Oven Installation)

RICELAND FOODS Multiple Locations, AR Several projects throughout Arkansas which included equipment installation, mill sorting/sizing, AI concrete pits & Equipment installation, water mist milling installation, drier replacements, AI equipment tower structure and parboil mist milling

MISSISSIPPI BAKING COMPANY Pelahatchie, MS Renovation and expansion of a commercial baking plant, including slab on grade with tilt up panels and metal roofing.

GREEN MOUNTAIN COFFEE ROASTERS, Knoxville, TN Dock modifications and parking lot improvement


Yates Select Project Experience - Food and Beverage

SIMILAR PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Client Location ProjectDiageo Corp, Captain Morgan Distillery

St. Croix, USVI Performed cable tray installation for instrument trunk runs and lighting for a rum production facility.

REX DISTRIBUTION (FOR BUD-WEISER)

Biloxi, M S Constructed a new warehouse and provided mul-tiyear ongoing facility maintenance. Small capital projects also included site utilities and additional parking

LEWIS GROCER COMPANY Indianola, MS, Anniston, AL and Hammond, LA

Constructed multiple facilities for refrigerated and grocery warehousing and distribution cen-ters, including 853,200SF of warehouse space, of which 183,200 SF was refrigerated in Indianola, MS; 537,700SF of refrigerated warehouse space in Hammond, LA and 220,000SF of grocery distribution warehouse in Anniston, Alabama.

U.S. SUGAR CORPORATION Clewiston, FL Performed electrical and instrumentation construc-tion for a Sugar Mill Expansion which included con-struction of 15KV GE primary and secondary substa-tions, 480 volt MCC’s Allen Bradley VFD, power and controls, ABB Taylor Modcell DCS interfaced with Allen Bradley PLC, calibration and loop check.

BORDEN Jackson, MS Performed fast track construction services to convert a 600,000 SF warehouse into a food processing facility and electrical services, which included the installation of over fifty vertical sections of motor control center required for the operation of over two hundred machines, fans and pumps.

REILY FOODS Knoxville, TN Constructed a 68,000 SF distribution center expan-sion.; 34,000 SF structural steel frame, metal wall panels, and a membrane roof coffee plant addition and Mayonnaise plant upgrades.




Client Location ProjectSOUTHERN FAMILY FOODS (BRYAN) Tupelo, MS Provided concrete foundations, mechanical, and elec-

trical construction services for greenfield construction of a food processing manufacturing facility.

Golden Poultry Hatchery Russellville, AL Mechanical and Electrical Services for Chicken Pro-cessing line

Barber’s Dairies Tupelo, MS Equipment relocation and installationGoldKist Hatchery Russellville, AL Processing line expansionProducer’s Rice Mill McCrory, AR Concrete FoundationPlumrose Booneville, MS Food Processing Line installationMaplehurst Bakeries Carrollton, GA Bakery Expansion and renovationBryan Foods West Point, MS Food Processing Line installationTyson Foods Anniston, AL Hatchery Expansion installationRandy Steaks Saltillo, MS Food Processing Line installation and Cold Storage

WarehouseHardin’s Bakery Tupelo, MS Food Processing Line installationCarnation Company Danville, VA Mechanical and electrical services for cold storage

and food processing areas.S&C BEEF Montgomery, AL Renovation and expansion of the company’s red meat

processing plantANCHOR GLASS CONTAINER Jacksonville, FL Performed plant maintenance and small capital proj-

ect work at the facility, which makes bottles for the food processing industry.

LAGRAIN INTERNATIONAL Port Allen, LA Completed a electrical installation for rice packaging facility.

Freezer Services West Point, MS Food processing cryogenic storage facility for meat products for Bryan foods and other meat processing vendors.

BUSH BROTHERS AND COMPANY Chestnut Hill, TN New production facility and hydrostatic sterilizer & connector building.




Client Location ProjectSanderson Farms McComb, MS Chicken Processing Facility & Cold

Storage Warehouse: 221,000 SFPYA/Monarch Montgomery, AL 81,000 SF Cold Storage Warehouse Expansion & Truck

Maintenance FacilityMcLane Southern, Inc. Brookhaven, MS 58,096 SF Cold Storage Warehouse ExpansionBryan Foods West Point, MS Food Processing & Cold Storage Facility RenovationBryan Foods Tupelo, MS 115,000 SF Food Processing & Cold Storage Facility

Southland Regrigerated Logistics Arlington, TN Food Processing Expansion & RenovationNorth Georgia Rendering Cuthbert, GA 50,000 SF Rendering PlantConAgra Arcadia, LA Production & Storage WarehouseCarnation Company Danville, VA 100,000 SF Food Processing & Cold Storage FacilityBarber’s Dairy Tupelo, MS Cold Storage & Food Processing Facility

Purnell’s Pride Tupelo,MS 17,000 SF Refrigerated WarehouseFishbelt Feeds Moorhead, MS Various Design / Build Catfish Food Feed Mills

Malone & Hyde Tupelo, MS 100,000 SF Grocery Warehouse

Merchants Refrigerating Company Douglas, GA 10,000 SF Refrigerated Warehouse

Swift Independent Packaging Macon, GA 12,000SF Refrigerated Warehouse

Grain Fed Fish Sunflower, MS Food Processing & Cold Storage FacilityFresh Express Jonesboro, GA 160,000 SF Production Facility RenovationMid-South Packers (T Tupelo, MS 35,000 SF Refrigerated WarehouseThe Kroger Company Cleveland, TN 364,000 square feet staple goods

warehouse expansion plus modernization of existing facility of Peyton’s Southeastern Warehouse

Ainsworth Pet Nutrition Dumas, AR Aquatic & Pet FoodCONAGRA Newport, TN Tomato processing line.

VIFAN USA, INC. Morristown, TN 200,000 SF design-build seven-layer biaxially oriented polypropylene film line and warehouse expansion.


PROJECT: Nissan EV Battery PlantLocation: Smyrna, Tennessee Client: Nissan North America Architect: Albert Kahn and AssociatesProject Size: ConfidentialScope of Work: Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing plant.

PROJECT: Can Manufacturing FacilityLocation: Roanoke, Virginia Client: Ardagh Metal Packaging Architect: BarberMcMurry Engineers IC Thomasson, Inc.Project Size: 525,000 SFScope of Work: A division of Yates is the prime general contrac-tor performing design/build services for a world-wide producer of steel cans and glass containers. An existing distribution facility will be transformed into a food grade steel can manufacturing facility that will produce 2 billion cans per year.

PROJECT: Nissan Automotive Manufacturing PlantLocation: Aguascalientes, Mexico Client: Nissan Mexicana Architect: SSOEProject Size: ConfidentialScope of Work: Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing

PROJECT: Caterpillar Manufacturing PlantLocation: Little Rock, Arkansas Client: Caterpillar, Inc. Architect: SSOEProject Size: 600,000 SFScope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing plant.

Manufacturing/Process



PROJECT: National Alabama Corp.Location: Muscle Shoals, Alabama Client: National Alabama Corp. Architect: Albert Kahn Associates, Inc.Project Size: 2,200,000 SFScope of Work: Yates was the managing partner of the JV performing the general construction at risk for the entire facility.

PROJECT: Wacker Chemie Manufacturing PlantLocation: Chattanooga, Tennessee Client: Wacker Chemie Architect: JacobsProject Size: 680,000SFScope of Work: Yates is the prime construction manager for the manufacturing plant.


PROJECT: Bethlehem SteelLocation: Sparrows Point, Maryland Client: Bethlehem Steel Corp. Architect: Fluor DanielProject Size: 850,000 SF Scope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the facility.


PROJECT: Reilly Foods Distribution Center.Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Client: Reilly FoodsArchitect: Michael Brady, Inc.Project Size: 65,000 SFScope of Work: Yates (Blaine) was the prime General Contractor performing design/build services for the distribution center. Though the value engineering process the project cost was reduced by nearly $1 million.


PROJECT: PACCAR Automotive Manufacturing PlantLocation: Columbus, Mississippi Client: PACCAR Architect: CH2MHillProject Size: 620,000 SFScope of Work: Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing plant.

PROJECT: Toyota Motor Manufacturing FacilityLocation: Blue Springs, Mississippi Client: ToyotaArchitect: SSOEProject Size: 720,000 SFScope of Work: Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the assembly, welding, and shop office buildings.

PROJECT: Ogihara Steel Fabrication PlantLocation: Birmingham, Alabama Client: Ogihara American Corp Architect: KajimaProject Size: 300,000Scope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing plant.

PROJECT: American Honda Motor Co. WarehouseLocation: Louden, Tennessee Client: American Honda Motor Co. Architect: Barge, Waggoner, Sumner, and CannonProject Size: 830,000 SFScope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the warehouse.




PROJECT: SMI MetalsLocation: Cayce, South Carolina Client: SMI Steel Architect: Hatch AssociatesProject Size: 140,000 SF Scope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the facility.

PROJECT: Alcoa Shredder Building and Delac BuildingLocation: Alcoa, Tennessee Client: Alcoa Rigid Packaging Division Architect: Project Associates (PAI)Project Size: 40,000 SF Scope of Work: A division of Yates was the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the facility.

PROJECT: Electrolux Manufacturing FacilityLocation: Memphis, Tennessee Client: Electrolux Architect: Albert Kahn and AssociatesProject Size: 750,000 SFScope of Work: Yates is the prime general contractor performing at risk construction services for the manufacturing plant.

PROJECT: Nissan Automotive PlantLocation: Canton, Mississippi Client: Nissan North America Architect: Neel Schaffer - Waggoner EngineeringProject Size: 2,500,000 SF Scope of Work: Yates was the managing partner of the JV performing the general construction at risk for the entire facility.




VALUE ADDED SERVICESSelf-Perform CapabilitiesOur team’s direct self-performance construction capabilities greatly increase our ability to meet our client’s goals in terms of cost, schedule, safety and quality. Our capabilities provide our project teams with added control and flexibility in scheduling and installing the work efficiently and safely. Our personnel are experienced and well versed in the knowledge of engineering and construction means and methods, which increases our ability to direct and manage construction activities in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Yates has significant experience and capability to perform industrial construction in all major disciplines and crafts. Our basic execution approach to any project is to evaluate the local market for qualified local resources that may be able to perform elements of the work more cost effectively. When our evaluation shows this to be true, we will engage with the local market and select the best resources to do the work. We are strategically located throughout the United States and have local knowledge of the workforce and subcontracting community. We will also utilize our knowledge of regionally based contractors for specialty construction when those capabilities are required.

CivilWe perform sitework clearing and grubbing, all types of excavation, underground piping, storm drainage, pile driving, marine site construction, asphalt, roads, and industrial liners. We manage large scale projects, both as Construction Manager and General Contractor, throughout the United States as well as other regions and countries. Our sitework experience includes working with the silty soils of the gulf coast to rocky soils and the heavy dense clays commonly found throughout the South. We have also performed many jobs in alluvial plains and are uniquely familiar with methods and techniques require to work with these soils to mitigate common construction problems and keep projects on schedule.

We understand deep foundation work and have much experience in many systems and options and can be of great assistance in assisting the design team with selecting the most cost effective application for these installations.

Structural Steel InstallationInstallation of structural steel is a specialty that can be performed by our own forces. Pre-installation planning is always emphasized in order to maximize the efficiency of the operation. Qualified personnel, a well-defined layout yard, verification of accurate piece marking and proper placement of the lifting equipment are all areas of concentration and are addressed in depth in our Quality Control and Assurance Procedures.


Self-Perform CapabilitiesStructural Steel (continued)We successfully perform complicated installations where new multi-level steel structures are tied into existing structures, and free standing new structures as well. Planning must include preplanning for access for installation of the process equipment and coordination with each OEM.

Pipe InstallationQuality piping installation has been a major factor in the success of our company. All types and sizes of pipe have been installed in the field and we have many years of experience in piping installation in industrial plants. Carbon steel, stainless steel, and exotic metals are routinely welded in complex situations, many times under tight schedules or adverse conditions.

Our piping experience includes Ductile Iron, High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), Reinforced Concrete, Carbon Steel, Stainless Steel, PVC, Special alloys and extensive experience in underground and above ground Process and Utility installations of water, sewer, gas, hydraulics, lube oil, chemical and air systems.

Rigging and Equipment SettingWe have extensive rigging and equipment installation self-perform capabilities. Our direct hire labor forces are highly skilled in mechanical equipment installation, including:

• Clean Rooms• Baghouses• Process ductwork• Furnaces• Industrial ventilation and HVAC systems• Process piping• Pressure vessels• Columns• Tanks• Chillers• Towers• Industrial fire protection systems• Production equipment

Detailed and methodical safety planning is a critical component inherent in every segment of equipment placement, especially critical lifts. Safety precautions are always taken into consideration with regard to personnel, the equipment to be lifted, the equipment performing the lift and site conditions.

VALUE ADDED SERVICES


Self-Perform CapabilitiesElectricalWe provide full service electrical installation, effectively integrating it with other project activities. This approach eliminates added cost and overlap of responsibilities.

Our construction services and experience range from power and signal wiring systems for power plants to industrial and commercial lighting. Whether high, medium or low voltage systems, owner furnished or contractor furnished, we maintain the same level of precision, quality, cost effectiveness and expert progress tracking. From duct bank installation to installation of switchgear, MCC’s and DCS systems through start-up and testing, we provide skilled, knowledgeable personnel to support the entire project. Our broad experience gives us the flexibility to adapt to different manufacturers’ equipment and specifications without impact to schedule requirements or project standards.

Yates electrical and mechanical divisions self-perform the installation on many projects as well as providing installation services for several major equipment suppliers on select industrial projects.

Instrumentation and Control SystemsOur approach to instrumentation and control systems is different from most other construction companies, in that we perform the work within our electrical group. This results in more efficient integration and reduced overall cost. Using comprehensive in-house tracking systems assures quality and productivity. From the simplest pneumatic system to the most complex electronic digital control system, we have the experience and the expertise to do the job with the highest degree of accuracy and quality. Instrumentation is the brain of any industrial project, whether it’s electrical generation or manufacturing medicines in the pharmaceutical industry. Even computer chip production facilities require the brains of instrumentation, and we have successfully performed it all.

Our experience includes upgrade/conversion projects, which require knowledge of older type systems, as well as grass roots projects with highly sophisticated electronics. We have the capability to complete calibrations and startups in a “HOT” environment, allowing clients to sustain processing profits through procedures we have implemented across the country.

Pre-Engineered Metal BuildingsYates has a pre-engineered metal building division that has a long-term contract with Varco-Pruden Buildings. This allows us to provide metal buildings for large complex projects and gives us a competitive advantage in utilizing pre-engineered metal buildings. We evaluate the utilization of pre-engineered metal buildings on projects when we feel that it can provide some significant savings in both cost and schedule and offer that as a value added option.



Self-Perform Capabilities

Yates Project Development and Implementation ProcessOur integrated process helps facilitate project development through a structured program which includes steps and processes designed to provide efficiencies resulting in projects and programs that meet the client’s needs. The gated process involves deliverables, approval steps, analysis stages, meetings, coordination activities, and influence levels that involve all key decision makers and team members. This allows for a fully integrated process, with all parties being completely engaged and providing the information necessary to yield successful results.


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