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o o o ~ contract award. For Hurricane Andrew, Ceres provided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with 25 new chippers, along with 25 trucks and associated crews within 48 hours of contract award. The clients' performance requirements were met or exceeded throughout the contracts and subsequently, available contract extension options were utilized. Ceres uses local "teaming partners" as well as strategically placed owned equipment staging and office locations in Bonifay, FL; Palm Beach Gardens, FL; Houston, TX; and LaPlace, LA. Ceres can provide significant equipment and staffing within 24 hours after storm subsidence. Respected National magazines, including Biocycle and Wood Waste Recycling, have featured Ceres' urban wood waste recycling efforts and emergency debris management services. Ceres was also the honored recipient of the Minnesota Governor's Certificate of Commendation in 1995 for our innovation in the tree recycling industry. Our letters of commendation and high post project evaluations are numerous. Capable Ceres management is staffed by professionally trained individuals with more than 200 collective years of experience in disaster recovery management. Ceres provides regular on-going training for field employees as well as our professional staff. Ceres' superintendents carry the following certifications and formal training: USACE certification for Quality Control; 30-hour Construction Safety accreditation; and Hazwoper 40-hour training. Selected Superintendents also have training in asbestos and lead abatement. Ceres also provides its employees with outside disaster response training through FEMA sponsored courses. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers evaluated numerous offerors on their project management capabilities and experience and selected Ceres for an award as an Advance Contract Initiative Disaster Debris Management Contractor. Safe We take special care to minimize the risk of injury in the disaster area to both our workers and the general public - safety first. It is the practice of Ceres to employ a full time Health and Safety Officer. The Health and Safety Officer is responsible for overseeing Ceres' field Safety Officers who are experienced in various aspects of safety compliance relative to construction activities, industrial hygiene, and traffic safety. Safety Officers possess a variety of qualifications including: OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour training certifications; First Aid and CPR; and Hazwoper 40-hour certifications. Ceres' full time field employees have CPR/First Aid/AED training. There were no lost time injuries during all of Ceres' 2005 temporary roofing operations with over 22,000 roofs installed. And no lost time injuries occurred on any of our projects during all of Ceres' 2004 disaster recovery operations across nineteen Florida counties, with over 1,000 workers in the field. Ceres was recently named a recipient of the Million Work Hours Award for our superb safety record on the Katrina Debris project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This award, along with other awards and evaluations, can be found in Section C.2 Evaluations. FEMA Knowledgeable Ceres has more than 16 years of successful FEMA-reimbursed disaster work. Ceres' management staff has a long tenure with strong expertise in FEMA requirements for documentation, eligibility, general rules compliance, and methodologies. Ceres has individuals on staff with past FEMA experience, and augments the experience of these individuals with certified FEMA training classes for its general management. Ceres has assisted numerous clients during the post-disaster reimbursement application process, and our clients have never been denied reimbursement for Ceres' work. For example, two years after one particular project was completed, FEMA conducted an audit of a City where the City was unable to provide complete truck certification logs. FEMA indicated that due to the missing truck documentation, they intended to take a reimbursement reduction from the City in excess of $1,000,000. When the City notified Ceres about this matter, Ceres was able to assist the City and provide all the missing information from its well-organized records; the City subsequently received all of its eligible reimbursement without any reduction. Cg.B~S Tab B. Generallnfonnation Section 8.1. Capabilities and Experience Page 5 of6