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DAVIES Engineering Changes Name to EXCEL Engineering

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Name Change Unifies Engineering Division with Corporate Brand

BATON ROUGE, LA, USA—January 1, 2012—DAVIES Engineering, Inc. has changed its name to EXCEL Engineering, Inc. With the change, EXCEL Group’s engineering business unit became unified with the company’s corporate brand. The new name, EXCEL Engineering, will better illustrate to clients the continuity of EXCEL Group’s vertically integrated services which include engineering, construction, procurement, fabrication, and maintenance. According to Carlos Giron, president of EXCEL Engineering, Inc., “In addition to operating as a full service consulting engineering firm, EXCEL Engineering will continue to team with EXCEL’s other business units to offer an array of construction solutions such as Design-Build and E.P.C. (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction). Our team approach has a proven track record and has been tremendously beneficial to our clients, since the acquisition of DAVIES Engineering.”

EXCEL Engineering, Inc. provides a full range of high quality, industrial engineering services in the following disciplines: process, civil/structural, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, and industrial piping. Our engineering project execution expertise extends from conceptual front-end development to production start-up. Markets currently served by the company encompass petrochemical, refining, natural gas processing, industrial and specialty chemicals, power, water treatment, alternative fuels, food, and manufacturing. For more engineering information, please visit: www.davieseng.com and www.excelengineering.com.

DAVIES Engineering, Inc. was founded in 1971 in Metairie, Louisiana. The company was relocated to Gonzales, Louisiana in 2005 and has taken part in the continued industrial growth of Ascension Parish. In 2008, EXCEL acquired DAVIES, and the division has since rapidly expanded its capabilities to supply engineering services to clients worldwide.

The EXCEL Group of companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial engineering, construction, fabrication, maintenance, and EPC firm. Trade associations and clients consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality construction commendations due to their large number of experienced personnel. The company’s national and international clients are those in the chemical, refining, manufacturing, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and alternative fuel industries. EXCEL is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States and U. S. Virgin Islands.

Golf Tourney Raises $6,500 for Charity by: Lasiba Knight

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ST. CROIX – Golfers from around the island gathered together Sunday to participate in Sun Constructors Inc.’s Sun Invitational Charity Golf Tournament.

The event was designed to raise money for the charity My Brother’s Table, an organization that seeks to feed members of the community who cannot provide food for themselves.

“People were incredibly generous,” Augustine Gentilucci, regional manager for Sun Constructors said.

The event began at 9 a.m. With more than 60 participants split into two-person teams battling against sand traps, water traps and one another in a contest to prove who could come out on top.

The players never lost sight of the reason behind the event, even as they sought to show off their skill in a game many of them take pride in.

“This is a good charity. It’s the first time they’ve done this and we wanted to come out and support them,” Doug Menzies, winner of this year’s St. Thomas open said.

“Anything good for charity I’m always up for,” said Ken Peets, the Professional Golfers Association director at Carambola Golf and Country Club.

The event was not limited to a golf tournament only, however. Sun Constructors organized several raffles that featured items from 30 different organizations in the community.

“Sun Constructors did a great job to help the community, we were very happy to play in the event,” participant Leroy Peets said.

The turnout at the event and the outpouring of support from the local community surprised Gentilucci, who expected the event to be less than half as large as it turned out to be.

“It wouldn’t have been successful without the generosity of all the companies that came out,” Gentilucci said.

Koop Mans, pastor of the reformed church, accepted the check of $6,500 on behalf of My Brother’s Table.

Deltech Baton Rouge Site Team Wins the EXCEL President’s Safety Excellence Award

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EXCEL and Deltech Maintenance Team Earns President’s Safety Excellence Award for Exemplary Safety Performance for the Second Consecutive Year

Prairieville, LA—February 8, 2011—The Deltech Baton Rouge, LA site team made up of EXCEL maintenance personnel and Deltech liaisons was recognized at the EXCEL President’s Safety Excellence Award presentation and luncheon on January 26, 2011. The award recognized the achievement of exemplary safety performance by employees of both companies for the second consecutive year. EXCEL Maintenance president, Jay Hennings, commended the site team for their combined efforts to reach their safety goals. Mr. Hennings noted during his presentation that, “The synergy among the team members of both companies was the key factor in achieving their goals and winning this award. Working together in this way builds upon the vision of our continued long term partnership. The cooperation within this group has proven to be an opportunity to make even greater strides in safety and productivity.”

The annual President’s Safety Excellence Award, developed two years ago, is given to one site in each of three divisions, which are characterized by project size and number of total hours worked. Winners are chosen for this prestigious award through objective and subjective criteria by EXCEL executive management and the OSC (Operating Safety Committee). The criteria for this award include zero OSHA recordable cases, both company’s safety audit scores, proactive safety initiatives, and several other factors.

Deltech Corporation, established in 1988 and head-quartered in Baton Rouge, LA, is a leading producer of enhanced performance aromatic monomers and other specialty monomers with offices in the United States and worldwide.

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, engineering, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and clients consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality construction and maintenance commendations due to the large number of experienced personnel. EXCEL clients are those in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and alternative fuel industries. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices across the continental United States, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and worldwide.

Excel Contractors Awarded ABC Excellence In Construction Awards

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Prairieville, LA, USA—January 21, 2011—EXCEL Contractors received top honors for Excellence in Construction from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Pelican Chapter and Bayou/New Orleans Chapter for three unique construction projects.

EXCEL Contractors was awarded Excellence in Construction Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Pelican Chapter of Baton Rouge, LA and Bayou Chapter of New Orleans, LA. The award-winning projects were in the categories of “Specialty Mechanical Contracting” and “Specialty Electrical Contracting”. The Excellence in Construction Award winning specialty mechanical contracting project, Valero, St. Charles, LA, Crude Vac Upgrade Project, was characterized by a tightly compressed schedule in a congested worksite requiring meticulous planning and execution. In the specialty electrical contracting category, two projects garnered an Excellence in Construction award. The Hovensa Refinery, FCCU Block Turnaround, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and the Marathon Garyville Major Expansion Project, Garyville, LA were both recognized for their sheer magnitude and complicated orchestration requirements. All of these projects were completed safely and with ZERO recordable incidents to the credit of their employees.

The company was recognized and awards were presented at the ABC Bayou and Pelican Chapter Awards banquets on November 17, 2010 in Kenner, LA and January 20, 2011 in Baton Rouge, LA respectively. ABC Excellence in Construction Awards honor the region’s most innovative and high quality construction projects and safety programs.

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, engineering, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and clients consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality construction commendations due to the large number of experienced construction personnel. EXCEL clients are those in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and alternative fuel industries. Davies Engineering, Incorporated, a division of EXCEL, brings expanded capability in design-build support. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and worldwide.

EXCEL Assists in Louisiana Coastline Restoration

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EXCEL volunteered to help the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) transport the fast growing native bald cypress trees to Barataria Preserve in the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. This coastal restoration project is in an effort to restore the cypress forests, which are an important layer of protection from saltwater encroachment, coastal erosion, and hurricane defense. This particular area was affected by pipeline canals built in the early days of the oil boom; however, the Coalition works to restore our coastline all across Louisiana no matter what the cause including the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 was a perfect day to individually load and unload each of the almost 700 donated trees by hand. The hard work was worth it, because the park is absolutely beautiful. Once fully restored, it will offer even more opportunities for canoeing, kayaking, bank fishing, as well as areas for motorized boating and fishing. The Coalition was very grateful for EXCEL’s assistance especially because the only other loads made to the area were in individual volunteers’ pickup trucks and small utility trailers, which could have significantly extended the duration of the project. EXCEL personnel enjoyed working with the staff and volunteers from the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, LSU Agriculture Department, the US National Park Service and AmeriCorps, among others.

Click here to view the CRCL Press Release

Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana
www.crcl.org

Louisiana Sugar Refining Awards Engineering Contract

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Published by L'Observateur - June 23, 2010

Davies Engineering, an Affiliate Company of EXCEL Group, Wins Engineering Contract.

GRAMERCY — Louisiana Sugar Refining LLC has awarded an engineering contract to Davies Engineering Inc., a local engineering firm based in Gonzales, for work at its new sugar refinery currently under construction in Gramercy.

“Davies will be a great asset for us,” said Red Geurts, LSR general manager. “They will be doing the design of the electrical power distribution, control power distribution and lighting. When LSR is complete, it will become the newest and one of the largest capacity sugar refineries in the United States.”

Davies was founded in 1974. Upon completion in early 2011, LSR will make refined white sugar that will be sold in dry bulk sugar form, in 50-pound bags and totes as well as liquid sugar.

Team EXCEL’s Strength in Numbers
for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure

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EXCEL had a great turnout for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on March 6, 2010. Team EXCEL’s 30 plus participants included employees, family, and friends. The weather was beautiful as walkers honored the fighters, survivors, and those who have been taken by breast cancer. The Race for the Cure is a worthy cause in which Team EXCEL participates every year. It is the team’s hope that the money raised will fund a cure for this disease in the near future.

EXCEL Awarded Mosaic Maintenance Contracts
at Louisiana Locations

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EXCEL performs maintenance and support to processing operations at Mosaic’s Uncle Sam and Faustina, Louisiana facilities.

BATON ROUGE, LA—March 30, 2010--Through a contract award, EXCEL Maintenance Services has assumed the role of maintenance and process operations contractor at the Mosaic Uncle Sam and Faustina, Louisiana production facilities. The agreement, which consolidates work previously performed by multiple contractors, includes all aspects of the two facilities’ maintenance, product handling, barge and ship dock operations, and production unit operations support. EXCEL’s ability to support Mosaic with not only craft labor; but also engineering, multi-discipline construction and fabrication on an “as needed” basis proved to be a factor in the company’s selection. EXCEL recently assisted in the execution of the largest turnaround in Mosaic’s Louisiana Operations history. The successful contract transition, maintenance, and turnaround support prompted Mosaic Louisiana Operations to nominate EXCEL for the Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance (GBRIA) Contractor Craft Workforce Development Excellence Award. “The EXCEL team’s commitment to excellence has had a very positive impact on Mosaic Louisiana Operations equipment reliability, and we are proud to nominate EXCEL for the GBRIA Contractor Craft Workforce Development Excellence Award,” commented Lenny Roussel, Mosaic Safety/Security Specialist.

“Mosaic is the world's leading producer and marketer of concentrated phosphate and potash, two of the primary nutrients required to grow the food the world needs. Our business engages in every phase of crop nutrition development, from the mining of resources to the production of crop nutrients, feed and industrial products for customers around the globe.” www.mosaicco.com

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and clients consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality construction commendations due to the large number of experienced construction personnel. EXCEL clients are those in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and alternative fuel industries. Both divisions of EXCEL Companies, Davies Engineering, Incorporated and EXCEL Fabrication and Construction, formerly Bronco, bring expanded capabilities in design-build engineering support and fabrication respectively. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States and the U. S. Virgin Islands.

Bronco Construction Name Changes to EXCEL

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EXCEL Companies has changed Bronco Construction’s name to EXCEL Fabrication and Construction

BATON ROUGE, LA—March 25, 2010—EXCEL Companies has announced that Bronco Construction will assume the name, EXCEL Fabrication and Construction. The new name streamlines marketing and business development activities under the single EXCEL brand. With this change the company expects to increase visibility of fabrication construction capabilities of this facility. EXCEL’s delivery of safe, quality, construction and fabrication services will continue to be a core value of the company. The name change was made official on Wednesday, March 24th with the Louisiana Secretary of State office.

This past October (2009), the firm expanded to a larger facility located Highway 621 in Ascension Parish, LA where EXCEL Fabrication and Construction provides pipe, vessel and modular skid fabrication, as well as vertically integrated construction services.

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and clients consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality construction commendations due to the large number of experienced construction personnel. EXCEL clients are those in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and alternative fuel industries. Both divisions of EXCEL Companies, Davies Engineering, Incorporated and EXCEL Fabrication and Construction, formerly Bronco, bring expanded capabilities in design-build engineering support and fabrication respectively. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and worldwide.

EXCEL Contractors Wins Three ABC
Excellence in Construction Awards

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BATON ROUGE, LA—March 5, 2010—EXCEL Contractors received top honors for three unique construction projects for Excellence in Construction from Associated Business and Contractors, Pelican Chapter and ABC National.

EXCEL Contractors won a trio of Excellence in Construction Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors, Pelican Chapter of Baton Rouge, LA and ABC National. The award-winning projects were in the categories of “Specialty Mechanical Contracting” and “General Industrial Contracting”. The Eagle Award winning, specialty mechanical contracting project, IMTT, St. Rose, LA, VGO – Six Oil Pipe and Thermal Boiler Replacement, was a logistical, tightly scheduled challenge of demolition and replacement of four 75 ton state-of-the-art thermal boilers taking place during the rapid pace of IMTT’s repetitive product transfers. In the General Industrial Contracting category, engineering and construction excellence was recognized in the form of a Pyramid Award for the Total Petroleum, Carville, LA Captive Barge and Pipe Bridge project in which a Hurricane Gustav sunken then salvaged barge and a knurled pipe bridge was redesigned and rebuilt in hazardous river conditions. All engineering and redesign was performed by Davies Engineering, a sister company of EXCEL. Equally challenging was the Pyramid Award winning KTI Saudi Aramco Heater Revamp project, a uniquely demanding project requiring 12 hour mobilization to Saudi Arabia and around-the-clock retrofit and replacement of 2000 heater tubes by EXCEL’s specialized repair team. All of these projects were completed safely and with ZERO recordable incidents to the credit of their employees.

The company was recognized and awards were presented at the ABC Pelican Chapter Awards banquet on January 21, 2010 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On February 4, 2010, EXCEL representatives accepted the three highly coveted Eagle and Pyramid awards for the projects at the Associated Builders and Contractors National Convention in San Diego, California. The ABC Excellence in Construction Awards honor the nation’s most innovative and high quality construction projects and safety programs.

EXCEL Contractors Earns National
Excellence in Construction Award from
Associated Builders and Contractors

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March 8, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C .– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced that Excel Contractors’ work on the IMTT VGO Six Oil Piping and Thermal Heat Boiler Replacement in St. Rose, La., has earned the company an Eagle Award in the Mechanical – Industrial – Less than $2 million category of ABC’s Excellence in Construction Awards. Company’s representatives received the award Feb. 4 during the 20th annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel and Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.

“ABC congratulates Excel Contractors for its exceptional work on the IMTT VGO Six Oil Piping and Thermal Heat Boiler Replacement,” said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. “This project is an outstanding example of the innovation and commitment to superior craftsmanship that embody merit shop construction. It is a pleasure to honor this project with the association’s top construction excellence award.”

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects and safety programs. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

This year's competition was open to all construction projects completed by ABC member firms by Oct. 31, 2009.

This accident-free project entailed demolishing and replacing three thermal heaters—as well as installing structural supports and piping—on a congested oil terminal jobsite under a tight 18-week timeline.

A panel of industry experts served as the competition’s judges. This year's panel included representatives from the Design-Build Institute of America, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Surety & Fidelity Association of America, The American Institute of Architects and representatives from higher education, among others.

Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) is a national association with 77 chapters representing 25,000 merit shop construction and construction-related firms with 2 million employees. Visit us at www.abc.org.

Bronco Growing in Ascension

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(Ascension Parish, LA, October 8, 2009). Bronco Fabrication and Manufacturing announced today that the company is expanding their footprint in Ascension Parish via the long-term lease of a 52,000 square foot building located off of Highway 621 (Duplessis Road) in the Prairieville area.

A member of the EXCEL Group, Bronco provides pipe, vessel and modular skid fabrication to EXCEL’s regional, national, and international petrochemical, refining, manufacturing, marine, terminal and power industry clients. Bronco’s increased capacity augments EXCEL’s vertically integrated services portfolio, which includes engineering and maintenance. The expansion also facilitates Bronco’s growing fabrication business.

EXCEL Group CEO, David Roberts said that Bronco has invested in retrofitting and equipping the building and expects to create approximately 100 new jobs at the site over the next several of years. “We were delighted to be able to find a location for this expansion right in our own neighborhood,” Roberts said. EXCEL Group’s headquarters is located on Airline Highway in Prairieville. “Ascension Parish has been good to us over the years, and we were fortunate to find a workable site for the expansion here at home,” Roberts added.

Ascension Parish President, Tommy Martinez stated, “This is an excellent example of an opportunity to utilize an existing facility for an expanding business in the parish. Business retention is very important to our parish, and we’re extremely excited to have the assets to retain and expand our businesses.”

Ascension Economic Development Corporation President and CEO, Mike Eades thanked EXCEL for their on-going commitment to the Parish. “We have been putting a lot of emphasis on working with our existing companies, because we know from experience that 75 to 80% of all new jobs are created by enterprises that are already established in Ascension Parish,” Eades said.

EXCEL Contractors Earns Highest National
Excellence in Construction Award

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BATON ROUGE, LA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 13, 2009—EXCEL Contractors was awarded the Excellence in Construction 2008 EAGLE Award and the Merit Award for Excellence in Safety from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). The Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction represents Associated Builders and Contractors’ (ABC) highest construction honor. Accepting the EXCEL’s award were Joey Myers, president, and Jeff Pruitt, vice president of construction. Danny Oubre, vice president of safety, accompanied Mr. Myers’ acceptance of the Merit Award for Excellence in Safety. The awards were presented at the 19th annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C. on June 24th.

An excerpt of ABC’s national news release follows:

WASHINGTON, D.C .– Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced that EXCEL Contractors’ work on the Kinder Morgan – Geismar Logistics Center in Geismar, La., has earned the company an Eagle Award in the Industrial - $5-million - $15-million category of ABC’s Excellence in Construction Awards.

“ABC congratulates EXCEL Contractors for its exceptional work on the Kinder Morgan – Geismar Logistics Center,” said Kirk Pickerel, ABC president and CEO. “This project is an outstanding example of the innovation and commitment to superior craftsmanship that embody merit shop construction. It is a pleasure to honor this company and project with the association’s top construction excellence award.”

The Excellence in Construction and Safety award programs were developed to honor innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects and safety programs. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged by a panel of industry experts on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

“’Despite two hurricanes and a contract that tripled in size, EXCEL completed this terminal for hazardous liquid chemicals on time and with no safety-related incidents, self-performing 95 percent of the work,’ while saving the client in excess of $1.75 million.”

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and owners consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality commendations due to the large number of experienced construction personnel. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and worldwide.

EXCEL Opens Texas Regional Office in
Lake Jackson, Texas

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BATON ROUGE, LA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—April 13, 2009—EXCEL announces its new Texas regional office opening on March 1, 2009.

EXCEL Companies announced the opening of its new Texas Regional office. Physically located at 441 This Way in Lake Jackson, Texas, the new office is strategically positioned to service EXCEL’s existing and potential customers in the petrochemical, refining, and marine industries. This new location will expand capabilities of the existing EXCEL office located in Freeport, TX.

Mr. Steve Gautreau, Vice President and Texas Operations Manager, will head all aspects of maintenance operations and small projects. Major construction and fabrication operations will be lead by Mr. James Scott, Vice President of Construction. Both Mr. Gautreau and Mr. Scott have proven records of success and experience in their respective fields.

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. The company consistently receives commendations in safety and quality construction due to the large number of experienced construction professionals, qualified crafts people, engineers, and project support personnel. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana.

EXCEL Awarded Nalco National Maintenance Contract

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BATON ROUGE, LA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 23, 2009—EXCEL was awarded the plant maintenance contract for Nalco facilities in the United States. Nalco is the world’s leading industrial water treatment and process improvement company.

EXCEL Maintenance, Incorporated was recently awarded Nalco Company’s national plant maintenance contract. Routine mechanical maintenance will be conducted as well as management of small capital construction projects and operations support at various locations. In addition, EXCEL will assist Nalco with identification and implementation of cost improvement opportunities. Maintenance at these facilities involves employment of several hundred trades-persons in the Gulf Coast region and nation-wide. Nalco will benefit from EXCEL’s award-winning safety program exemplary safety record, and vast maintenance experience of over 25 years.

According to Charlie Pajor, Nalco Company’s External Communications Senior Manager, “Nalco provides essential expertise for water, energy and air — delivering significant environmental, social and economic performance benefits to its customers, by helping reduce energy, water and other natural resource consumption, enhancing air quality, minimizing environmental releases and improving productivity and end products while boosting the bottom line. In 2008, Nalco achieved sales of more than $4.2 billion. For more information, visit www.nalco.com.”

EXCEL Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction, maintenance, fabrication, and EPC firm. Trade associations and owners consistently award EXCEL with safety and quality commendations due to the large number of experienced construction personnel. Davies Engineering, Incorporated, a division of EXCEL, brings expanded capability in design-build support. EXCEL Companies is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana with offices in the continental United States, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and worldwide.

For more information about EXCEL Companies, please enjoy our new website: www.EXCELusa.com

EXCEL Contractors, Inc. Recipient of ABC 2008
Pelican Chapter Excellence in Construction Award

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BATON ROUGE, LA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—January 16, 2009—EXCEL Contractors, Inc. receives Excellence In Construction Award

EXCEL Contractors, Inc. received the Excellence in Construction Award from Associated Builders and Contractors Pelican Chapter. The award-winning project was in the category of General Contractors: Industrial $5 to $15 million for construction at Kinder Morgan-Geismar Logistics Center. The award was presented at the ABC Pelican Chapter awards and officer installation banquet on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at Hilton Capitol Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Jeff Pruitt, Vice President of Construction and Henry Cooper, Project Manager accepted the award for EXCEL.

The EXCEL provides construction, engineering, fabrication, and maintenance services for clients located throughout the United States and the world. EXCEL clients are those in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental, and alternative fuel industries. EXCEL is headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana and has offices in Freeport, Texas; Paducah, Kentucky; and St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

EXCEL Companies Donates Craft Equipment to
Robert E. Lee High School

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Excel, a national industrial contractor, donated a new $4,000.00 “Saw Stop” on January 16, 2008 to Robert E. Lee High School for their carpentry program. Using cutting edge technology, the table saw is scientifically designed to prevent accidental cuts and amputations, which is the most common problem with this type of tool and within the carpentry trade. Steve Gautreau, Excel’s Manager of Training and Recruiting presented the saw to Principal, David Phillips and Carpentry Teacher, Jimmy Taylor of Lee High School. Robert Clouarte, Director of Education and Training for Associated Builders and Contractors, was also present.

Excel, in partnership with ABC Pelican chapter, sponsor and work closely with area high schools in southern Louisiana throughout the school year as part of the Louisiana Workforce development process. “This sponsorship program provides important training aid, material and equipment to our states young students that would not otherwise be possible”, said Gautreau. This program affords students the opportunity to learn a skill while attending high school, which will better prepare them for the workforce upon graduation.

Excel provides construction, fabrication and maintenance services for clients located throughout the United States and Caribbean in the manufacturing, refining, chemical, power generation, pulp and paper, environmental and aero-space industry. Excel has offices in Prairieville, Louisiana; Freeport, Texas; Paducah, Kentucky; and St. Croix, United States Virgin Islands.

EXCEL Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence

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November 25, 2008

The recipe for their remarkable growth and success is simple and sounds almost like a cliché: the delivery of safe, quality and cost effective construction and maintenance services to its customers. “We never lose sight of what has gotten us where we are today’” says Joey Myers, President of EXCEL, “our principles are exactly the same now as they were in 1983.”

The company measures all it does by those guiding principles. EXCEL calls their philosophy “Building Excellence” and, as the company celebrates its 25-year anniversary, it takes a moment to reflect on the people and events that have helped it become a one of a kind industrial contractor.

Then and Now
Today’s EXCEL barely resembles the small electrical and instrumentation specialty contractor it was in 1983. “We began servicing our clients doing what we knew how to do well,” says EXCEL owner and CEO Dave Roberts. ‘”We were electricians and instrument techs, but when the opportunity arose to do other things for our customers we always took the approach of ‘no problem, we could do it.’” That aggressive attitude coupled with the addition of several key construction managers along the way helped the company maintain its growth through the tough times of the mid ‘80’s and early ‘90’s.

By the mid-1990’s, EXCEL’s services portfolio had expanded to include mechanical construction services and a contract maintenance division. When the regional market was mired in the aforementioned downturn, the company took on the risky prospect of performing work outside of the continental USA. It was able to ink one of what would become several contracts with a major refiner in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company continues to work for that client today enjoying a successful relationship performing both multi-discipline construction and contract maintenance services. An engineering division was also created during this period, allowing EXCEL to successfully enter the EPC market and to perform (at that time) the largest project the company had been awarded.

By 2000, the company was well positioned for the larger and more complex opportunities that were to develop as the industrial construction market began to experience a turnaround. EXCEL continued to grow by expanding its capabilities and had an enviable resume of hundreds of projects with dozens of Fortune 500 and 100 clients in the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, power and refining businesses.

The strategy of ever expanding capabilities and customer focus continues today. EXCEL has recently made some key additions and acquisitions that further differentiate them from their competition. The formation in early 2000 of a full-fledged civil construction division has opened up new opportunities. “We believe that a civil component to our business gets us an early look at a project and an opportunity to up sell our other capabilities,” says Myers.

In 2006, EXCEL acquired Bronco Construction of Denham Springs, LA accelerating its mechanical construction offering and adding substantial pipe fabrication capabilities. The 25,000 square foot fabrication facility in Prairieville, LA has increased its ability to provide quality pipe fabrication to individual clients and support to EXCEL’s construction projects. In addition, EXCEL formed a transportation division that specializes in overland shipping of dimensional and time-sensitive loads.

Most recently the company acquired Davies Engineering, a mid-size engineering company located in Gonzales, LA. “This deal enhances our current engineering capabilities and will allow EXCEL to provide larger scale turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services for our clients,” said Roberts. “There really is no company our size that can service our clients in a way that we can.”

Today the company is heavily engaged with numerous clients in one of the largest industrial expansions the Gulf Coast region has seen. They are currently working with companies like Shintech and Marathon on their major expansions. “We are honored to have selected by these major clients”, said Myers, “it really validates our approach and puts us in another league.”

Building Excellence in the Industry
With a mission to build excellence every day, EXCEL has been able to maneuver its way through the extremely competitive marketplace and has secured its position as a respected and award-winning company. Committed to its corporate values by providing top-notch services with a focus on safety, quality, economics and ethics — or as EXCEL likes to think of them, the building blocks of excellence — the company has developed a workplace that stands out in the industry.

“Providing a safe environment for our employees to work is our ethical duty as an employer,” said Danny Oubre, EXCEL’s Corporate Safety Director. To accomplish safety in the workplace, the company provides comprehensive safety training and fit-for-duty programs that not only meet but exceed construction industry standards.

Additionally, EXCEL employs safety professionals whose only job is to ensure that the company’s standards and those of the clients are met. At EXCEL, the safety program is designed to accomplish one goal — to send every employee home in the same and healthy condition in which they report for work. EXCEL’s commitment to dedication to safety was recently recognized when awarded the Associated Builders and Contractors National Safety Excellence Award, said Oubre.

EXCEL also believes that quality is key to its continued success. EXCEL takes a proactive approach to guarantee quality is met on every project by screening and testing each employee to ensure that their skills are verifiable. EXCEL’s full-time quality assurance personnel are assigned to all projects, large and small, to maintain the high standards that are expected. Additionally, the company maintains its employees’ skills by employing skills training programs that enhance workforce development.

Considering itself as an integral part of its client’s capital investment programs, EXCEL shares the responsibility of managing risk and accelerating return. The managers at EXCEL are selected in part by their ability to understand the business issues of the company’s clients and to execute projects with an awareness of the time-sensitive nature of capital investment, the costs of facility downtime and the importance of a safe and reliable operation.

Looking To the Future
The company is understandably excited about its future. Its expansive services offering, along with the same aggressive ‘no problem, we can do it’ philosophy, make it an attractive option in today’s very active market. Roberts continues to move the company forward as CEO with his vision of Building Excellence. “It seems like we are just getting started,” says Roberts, “I can’t wait for the next twenty-five years.” Indeed. EXCEL is building relationships with new and different types of clients including alternative fuels manufacturers and oil and gas exploration. Many of the original members of the company are still helping the firm grow and prosper. Numerous construction and project management professionals have been added and they utilize state of the art project management tools and practices. With their unique construction and engineering assets and their ability to truly perform turnkey engineering, procurement and construction services on a large scale, the company is rapidly becoming a major player in the region. Building Excellence is the reason. Some things never change.

EXCEL’s capabilities:

• Civil Construction
  
• Mechanical Construction
  
• Structural Steel Construction
  
• Electrical and instrumentation
  
• Pipe Fabrication
  
• ASME code work (R, S and U stamps)
  
• Commissioning and Start-up
  
• Contract Maintenance
  
• Turnarounds
  
• Modular Skids Fabrication and Installation
  
• Engineering Services

EXCEL Group Acquires Davies Engineering, Inc.

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April 7, 2008

Dave Roberts, CEO of Excel Group, has announced the acquisition of Davies Engineering, Inc., a local firm based in Ascension Parish.

Davies Engineering has been providing engineering services to the chemical, petro chemical, petroleum refining and power generation industries since 1971. Davies currently has projects in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.

Excel provides engineering, construction, maintenance and fabrication services for its customers in the manufacturing, refining, petro chemical, chemical, power generation and pulp and paper industries. Excel’s home office is in Prairieville, Louisiana. Excel also has offices in Texas, Kentucky and St. Croix USVI.

“The acquisition of Davies Engineering will expand our range of capabilities allowing Davies to provide turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction services on small to medium size projects”, said Roberts. “Davies has a talented mix of engineers and designers with extensive experience in civil, mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation design and project services. We are also very pleased that Tom Davies and Gary Laiche will continue to play key roles in the management of the firm.” Tom Davies said the employees are very excited about the many opportunities that will come into play with the association between Excel and Davies Engineering.

Safety Crew of the Week EXCEL Contractors, Inc.

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A cornerstone of EXCEL’s success is our unwavering commitment to the belief that “All Accidents and Injury’s are Preventable.” EXCEL team members working in the GME HCU/KHT units were recognized recently as the Safe Crew of the Week by Fluor Safety Management. Tim Dier, EXCEL’s Site Manager, says “The HCU/KHT team is obviously committed to our safety philosophy and it shows in their attitude. They are doing an excellent job and their results prove it.” The crew has consistently averaged over 97% in safety audits since the project began.

EXCEL is involved in several areas of the GME project providing electrical and instrumentation, civil, structural and mechanical construction services to the project. We are a privately held company founded in 1983 to provide construction services to the Refining and Chemical industry. Today, we have evolved into a full service contracting group offering construction, maintenance, engineering and fabrication to a broad range of clients located throughout the United States and Caribbean.

Congratulations to the HCU/KHT Team on setting the standard for EXCEL on the GME.

EXCEL’s General Counsel Appointed to Louisiana
Board of Regents

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BATON ROUGE, LA—(BUSINESS WIRE)—August 6, 2008—Wiley appointed to LA Board of Regents

EXCEL’s Vice President and General Counsel, Joe Wiley, was recently appointed to a six-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents. Wiley is one of 16 board members responsible for a wide range of planning, policy-making, and coordination for all public higher education institutions in Louisiana. Wiley is the first Jindal appointee to join the Board of Regents.

Excel Companies is a privately owned, domestic and international, industrial construction and maintenance company headquartered in Prairieville, Louisiana. The company has a work force of nearly 1500 and consistently receives commendations in safety and quality construction.

EXCEL congratulates Mr. Wiley for this accomplishment.