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06/14/11	River Valley Animal Foods/Tyson - PPMI Construction Company receives accolades for a job well done. 'all of us here at River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) would like to say thanks in a big way. With the team that (PPMI) assembled here for the PLC and electrical project, I don't see how it could have been any better. Your team was a lot of fun to be around, worked hard in some pretty harsh conditions that are not quite what most are used to, I am sure of that, but they did their job as well as anyone could ask. They were put with some pretty tight time lines and they went above and beyond to meet and exceed them, most generally exceeding them every time. The quality of work was superb, and the thought process of looking ahead was great. (The crew) cared about was going on and I appreciate that very much. We like to say that RVAF is the definition of teamwork that Webster didn't list in the dictionary, but I can assure you PPMI could have a spot in it as well. Thanks again for a job well done, it was a pleasure working with you all... A great impression has been left on all of us, (all the) way up to the top.' Mark Badertscher Plant Manager River Valley Animal Foods Robards, KY
05/20/11	Rio-Tinto Alcan - PPMI Construction Company recently completed a $1.7 million dollar heavy civil job for Rio-Tinto Alcan in Sebree, KY. The fast pace project was broken into two phases. The first phase was to pour approximately 750 precast concrete slabs and 270 precast corbels to be used in a bake furnace refurbishment project. Phase two consisted of setting the precast slabs in place on site, pouring the joints to unify the slabs, and then to place approximately 500 cubic yards of an exotic high temperature resistant concrete mix in a checkerboard pattern on top of the slabs. PPMI was given 12 days to complete Phase two and worked around the clock to complete it a day early in 11 days thus enabling us to turn the project over early to the refractory contractor. The project was full of challenges ranging from extremely dangerous site conditions, a fast paced schedule with the owner's process at stake, and working with a unique concrete product that had zero tolerance for error. PPMI proved once again that with proper planning, dedicated management, and a superior work force, we can execute the most difficult projects in the time frame our customers demand.
05/16/11	PPMI Construction Company announces the appointment of Brian Parus as Director - Environment, Health, and Safety. Brian has an extensive background in EH&S and is a graduate of Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana where he received a Bachelor of Science - Occupational Safety and Health. Prior to joining PPMI, Brian worked for Industrial Contractors, Inc where he led the safety activities for many large, complex jobs sites. He will be located at our corporate office in Evansville, IN and have full responsibility for all aspects of PPMI's EH&S activities.
03/16/11	Kyle Capin, 22 year old PPMI pipe fitter is awarded the prestigious Jefferson Award for his excellence in community service. In 2007, while a student at Harrison High School, Kyle organized a fishing trip for students with disabilities as a senior project. 'Catching With Capin' was a tremendous success and was repeated in 2008, 2009, and 2010. As 'Catching With Capin' grew to include more students, so did the costs. Last year Kyle raised more than $4000 and recruited 30 volunteers for the outing. Several of the students Kyle takes on the trip are severely disabled, and he said his only goal was to 'deliver them a fun experience that they might not otherwise have.' They get lunch and a T-shirt to take home. The Jefferson Award is a national program that recognizes outstanding community and public service. It was established by the American Institute for Public Service, an organization founded by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, U.S. Senator Robert Taft and Sam Beard in 1972.
02/07/11	MTSU Steam Line - PPMI was recently awarded a project at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN to make improvements to their centralized steam heating system. Highlights of the project include the installation of approximately 1,200' of 10 inch and below pre-insulated steam supply and condensate return piping. This piping is buried underground and runs between various buildings on the campus to provide hot water and steam for heating. Pre-insulated piping is a popular choice for buried steam applications due to the ease of installation, excellent thermal values, and overall durability and quality of the system.
01/15/11	Tyson Foods - PPMI was recently awarded the $664,000 Robards Rendering Controls Upgrade Project at the Tyson Plant in Robards, KY. This electrical project entails the installation of three new Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and new conduit and wiring to the multitude of switches, level transmitters, vibrations sensors and various other indicators located through-out the Rendering Plant. Not only will these PLCs be able to control the activities within the plant, they will also provide real time access and reporting for the out of state corporate offices. Other recently finished projects at this Tyson facility include a $540,000 project providing new conduit and wiring to all the motors in the Rendering Plant Area and the $ 212,000 project providing the conduit and wiring for new transformers and upgrades to the Refrigeration Area.
12/08/10	PPMI Construction is awarded a additional $1.7 million water and sewer main upgrade project at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. Aspects of the project included the addition of new water service mains and fire hydrants, repairs of existing sewer mains, and the replacement of existing sewer mains and manholes. This project will be very similar to the one awarded earlier this year.
12/04/10	The city of Lawrenceville IL awards PPMI a $5.4 million dollar contract to construct a new water treatment facility supporting the local community. The scope of work for this project includes construction of a new Water Treatment Plant, new Chemical Building, exterior Aerators and Clarifiers, Backwash Pit and all required piping to provide a complete domestic water supply facility.
07/20/10	Tyson/River Valley Foods - PPMI is awarded two contracts totaling approximately $770,000 to perform electrical work at this food processing facility. Power and control wiring currently run in cable tray will be removed and replaced with power and control wiring run in conduit. This is a significant housekeeping upgrade. Another project will relocate large refrigeration compressors and ancillary equipment to make room for three new refrigeration compressors.
06/17/10	Toyota announces it will resume construction of its Blue Springs, Mississippi plant, which will soon hire 2,000 team members and begin production of the Corolla in the fall of 2011. Construction of this new facility began in 2007 later to be suspended due to economic conditions.
03/09/10	PPMI announces the promotion of Matt Montgomery to the position of Vice President of Operations. In this role Matt will be responsible for managing all construction and project management activities in the Evansville, Nashville, and Louisville areas. Matt began his career with PPMI in 1993 as an engineering intern and has held many various positions from Quality Control in the fabrication shop, Estimator, Field Superintendent, and Project Manager. Most recently Matt has been the Area Manager of Evansville and Nashville.
02/01/10	PPMI Construction is awarded a $1.7 million water and sewer main upgrade project at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. Aspects of the project included the addition of new water service mains and fire hydrants, repairs of existing sewer mains, and the replacement of existing sewer mains and manholes. PPMI employed a wide array of installation technologies on this project including open cut, directional boring, jack and bore, and pipe bursting.
01/04/10	PPMI works 309,087 hours in 2009 with only one recordable injury and no lost time accidents. OSHA incident rate - .65.
12/30/09	The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority issues a letter of intent to replace boilers and chillers within a central utility area. Approximate contract value $1.6 million.
10/20/09	Evansville, Indiana - New Downtown Arena - PPMI was awarded a large sewer relocation project to be completed before construction on the new $130 million facility can begin. The sewer line relocation is scheduled to be completed by January 2010.
06/01/09	Rio Tinto Alcan - PPMI was awarded the refurbishment of a large anode bake furnace and will be responsible for the concrete, side main duct work, and conveyor installation.
02/11/09	PPMI was awarded the complete demo and replacement of the existing HVAC system for Blake Elementary School ( 60,000 sq. ft. ). The project included (2) 880,000 BTU Boilers, (4) circulation pumps, (1) 150 ton air cooled chiller, (30) unit ventilators, (40) fan coil units, and associated air handling units. This required siginificant amounts of pre-fabrication to complete within a 8 week time frame.
01/23/09	Agrium - Mt Vernon, Indiana - PPMI is awarded the barge load out system allowing the transfer of ammonium nitrate from storage tanks to the barge loadout platform on the Ohio river. The project will utilize 3500 feet of welded carbon steel pipe. Agrium Inc. is a major Retail supplier of agricultural products and services in North and South America.
01/02/09	PPMI is a awarded a contract by Ameresco LLC to install a landfill gas blower station at Laubscher Meadows Landfille in Evansville, Indiana. This blower station will draw methane gas from the landfill and supply it to the Mead Johnson Nutritional facility in downtown Evansville. The methane will be used to fire their existing boilers. Civil, mechanical, and electrical trades will be utilized.
11/14/08	Aventine announces the curtailment of construction at their ethanol plant in Aurora NE. Their sister facility, also under construction, in Mt Vernon, IN will continue although at a much slower pace. The current economics of the ethanol market dictate that Aventine conserve cash at this time. PPMI's contract for the ethanol barge load out pipeline will be delayed until spring '09. See Aventine announcement here.
3/17/08	PPMI begins construction at the site of Bowling Green, KY new combined High School/Middle School. This 350,000 sq.ft. facility sits on 100 acres and, when completed, will be one of the largest in Kentucky. For more details go here. This is also the largest facility to be built in Kentucky with ICF (insulated concrete form) construction technology.