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o o o Charlotte County Project Statistics Cateaorv Amount White Goods 4,831 TDSRS Sites 3 FDS Sites 3 Total Tickets 77,569 Contact Info: Alan Holbach, Maintenance & Operations Manager p (941) 575-3624 f (941) 575-3653 Email: Alan.Holback@charlottefl.com 18500 Murdock Circle, Port Charlotte, FL 33948 Project; Escambia County, Florida Hurricane Ivan, September 2004 Hurricane Ivan, a strong Category 3 hurricane, made landfall on the coastline of Escambia County, causing excessive and wide-spread damage. AshBritt representatives were on site prior to landfall and participated in response planning before and during the storm. After the event, AshBritt immediately began providing recovery services including, emergency clearance, vegetative & mixed debris collection, development and operation of temporary disposal sites, debris reduction by burning, grinding and compaction, final disposal of processed debris, technical assistance with regard to the federal Public Assistance Program and the FHW A Emergency Relief(ER) Program. Moreover, we worked closely with the County's monitoring firms, R. W. Beck to ensure a coordinated and efficient response. Through field testing, we were able to create cross-systems with the monitoring firm to ensure accurate data and billing processes. These ultimately resulted in thorough audit quality data and full reimbursement of eligible expenses for the County. Specifically, a significant number of man hours went into the proper segregation of eligible debris collection on both County and Federal Aid roads, as the definitions of these roads changed several times throughout the course of the recovery. Through collaboration with R WB, our conversance with the ER program, and our strong tracking systems we were able to properly account for all project debris collection and disposal. We were able to further enhance our proprietary documentation and tracking systems, owing to client (and monitoring contractor) requests for standardized reporting. This would later serve us well during our USACE Hurricane Katrina mission. We also successfully completed several related, separate waterway debris removal projects for the County. What's more, we assisted through donation and through labor with the restoration and construction of several baseball fields, adjacent to one of our temporary sites to show our expanded support and commitment to getting the community back to normalcy. A particular challenge was that owing to the significant impact to Escambia County, initially the majority of the subcontractors that AshBritt utilized were not from Escambia County. As Escambia County residents started to recover, the County received requests from local subcontractors to assist AshBritt with the operations. AshBritt met with each local subcontractor, provided them with an overview of our operation and hired over 95% of the subcontractors that we met with. Local subcontractors are critical to any successful recovery effort. They are more familiar with the local geography, have secured lodging, have greater awareness of where to secure resources and have a vested interest in the recovery of the community. The project term was 8 months, with an approximate value of$44 million. Escambia County Project Statistics Cateaorv Amount Subcontractors 145 Total Trucks (Collection) 700 Total Trucks (Disposal) 353 Total Cubic Yardaae 2,348,371 White Goods 1,800 AshBritl, Inc. I Sunny Isles Beach, FL I RFP No. 08-07-01 14