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IN THIS ISSUE

A Truly Grand Opening Helping to Keep the Navy Fit dck Expands its CM Footprint

Fall 2009

PITTSBURGH, PA ? AKRON, OH ? FT. LAUDERDALE, FL ? HONOLULU, HI ? BARRIGADA, GUAM ? ABU DHABI, UAE

INSITE is a publication of dck worldwide.

HEADQUARTERS P.O. Box 18505 Pittsburgh, PA 15236

Tel: 412.384.1000 Fax: 412.384.1150

For more information, contact:

President and CEO Stephen F. D'Angelo sdangelo@

Chief Financial Officer John T. O'Reilly joreilly@

Chief Strategic Officer Enzo M. Zoratto ezoratto@

Executive Vice President, Construction J. Gerry Majkut gmajkut@

REGIONAL CONTACTS

North America: John T. Sebastian Executive Vice President dck north america, LLC 412.384.1379 jsebastian@

Michael D. Havener Senior Vice President South East/Caribbean Region 954.565.5565 mhavener@

Vic Spinabelli Vice President Ohio Region 412.384.1370 vspinabelli@

Hawaii: Roger J. Peters Executive Vice President dck pacific construction, LLC 808.533.5010 rjpeters@

Guam: Louis C. DeMaria Vice President dck pacific guam, LLC 671.647.5500 lcdemaria@

dck worldwide is an equal opportunity employer.

Welcome

Welcome to our first edition of INSITE. It is important to me and our company that we take the opportunity to celebrate our clients' project successes and our employees' accomplishments. Throughout these pages you will find a variety of breathtaking buildings from the new Grand Waikikian timeshare in Honolulu to the new state-of-theart Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh. At dck worldwide, we are all very proud to be able to provide the highest level of quality and craftsmanship that our clients expect and that we expect of ourselves.

This publication represents some of our accomplishments over the past years. It also speaks to the talent and experience of the company overall. When we match this talent and experience with our clients' needs and expectations, the results are incredible. You will see that in the projects throughout INSITE and the many others that are not featured here.

Looking forward to our future opportunities, I know we will continue to grow and provide the types of construction services that are needed by our clients. We are always looking for innovative and creative ways to work with our clients, partners, and subcontractors. Our past and future success is built on strong business relationships and alliances that collaborate to provide exceptional quality and service.

I hope that you enjoy reading through INSITE and that you recognize our depth of expertise and ability to tackle complex building projects, so that as you begin imagining your next project, you will know dck worldwide can find the right solutions for you.

Stephen F. D'Angelo President and CEO

About the cover: dck employees recently provided design-assist construction services on the $200 million Grand Waikikian at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki. This 38-story timeshare resort features luxury accommodations, a retail shopping arcade, a beachside restaurant, an extensive water features/pool area, and six levels of parking.

Cover photo: David Franzen Photography Magazine design: Behar-Fingal Printing: Knepper Press

A "GRAND" OPENING

Photo: Jim Schafer Location Photography

Called The Grand at Diamond Beach, this condominium complex couldn't be more appropriately named! This unique 12-story (plus penthouse) building, which contains 125 upscale condominium units, opened in June. Located between Cape May and Wildwood, New Jersey, the luxury oceanfront units have dramatic ocean views from the oversized terraces, along with associated amenities and recreation areas.

dck worldwide employees, along with JV partner Baumgardner Construction, provided general contracting/construction management services for this project. Early on, the dck team executed the early sitework package. dck employees also provided pre-construction services, which included estimating, value engineering, constructability reviews, scheduling, bid package phasing, and coordination of tenant upgrade packages.

Congratulations to the project team for working over 500,000 hours without a lost time incident--an outstanding effort!

PROJECT: The Grand at Diamond Beach

Owner: Diamond Beach Development Company

Architect/Engineer: Brennan Beer Gorman Architects

Project Value: $116 million Completed: June 2009 dck Project Team: David Tobasco, Joel Smith, Ron Thon, Mark Bonacci, Randy Calder, Aaron Capone, Len Ciperman, Patrick Duafala, Rich Hart, Bill Kealey, Bill Nuss, John Rego, Theresa Salzman, Chris Stem, Ron Stennett, Jason Strickler, Katie Tobasco

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Expanding our CM Footprint

dck worldwide's construction management experience has a long history that began over 20 years ago when dck employees applied their knowledge and expertise working as a general contractor to assist owners in managing their large capital improvement projects. Some early landmark construction management projects included the Pittsburgh International Airport Midfield Terminal, the Port Authority's Airport Busway, the Allegheny County Jail, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Beaver Valley Expressway. All of these projects were located in Western Pennsylvania in close proximity to dck's corporate headquarters.

In the early period, most of the projects managed by dck employees were primarily in the transportation industry with clients that included airports, local counties, PENNDOT, ODOT, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Ohio Turnpike, all of whom dck continues to serve today. With a desire to grow its construction management presence, dck utilized its strong management approach and effective project control tools coupled together with significant construction experience in the commercial building, power, and industrial markets to move into other areas.

Today, dck serves many clients in other sectors including the energy and industrial markets. Currently, dck is providing program management services for a $4.5 billion gas transmission expansion project in the southwest for BOARDWALK PIPELINE PARTNERS. Major areas of focus on this program include organizational planning, schedule development and control, implementation of cost reporting and forecasting system, development of web-based unit price quantity and cost database, refinement of a change management process, and assistance and guidance with dispute resolution. On ThyssenKrup Steel's multi-billion dollar plant being developed in north Mobile County, Alabama, dck is providing construction management services to global equipment supplier SMS DEMAG. In Ohio, dck is assisting the OHIO SCHOOLS FACILITY COMMISSION on several school expansion projects for three different districts. In Florida, dck is serving the CITY OF JACKSONVILLE on their new courthouse and renovation of the old Federal Building.

By leveraging both construction management experience with broad construction expertise, dck will continue to expand its construction management footprint into new markets and new geographies. n

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Cap Juluca and dck?Victorious Over Omar

During the last few months of 2008, dck employees in the Caribbean Region were busy helping The Cap Juluca Resort & Spa in Anguilla complete a renovation program, which then turned into a hurricane recovery and renovation program.

Cap Juluca is one of the world's top luxury resorts and has been considered the most distinguished resort in Anguilla and the Caribbean for the past 20 years. dck had been contracted as the Construction Manager to perform renovation work during the resort's off season, September 1 through December 1. The initial scope of the work was extensive in size given the time frame.

dck employees utilized over 50% local Anguillan labor to complete these tasks, along with hiring contractors from Mexico, U.S., Puerto Rico, and other Caribbean islands.

Things were going according to plan to get Cap Juluca up and running in time for their busy tourist season. Then, on October 16, 2008--just prior to the 2008/2009 high season and in the middle of this renovation-- the resort was struck by Hurricane Omar, resulting in extensive damages throughout the resort and major erosion of its signature beach.

As Construction/Program Manager, dck employees worked closely with the Owner and insurance agencies to quickly assess the damages and establish an immediate renovation/ repair plan in record time. Cap Juluca and dck aggressively committed to opening the resort for the Christmas season on December 15, just two months after the Category III storm.

dck is pleased to report that all the work was successfully completed in four months, enabling the resort to open for the Christmas-New Year's holidays and winter season!

dck completed all repairs and new construction work in a nine-week period, enabling the resort to open for the Christmas-New Year's holidays and winter season.

INITIAL SCOPE

? Complete renovation and expansion of the resort's most popular five-star restaurant.

? New Lutron lighting systems throughout and luxury fixtures imported from Morocco.

? Extensive landscaping and irrigation refurbishment, including site lighting.

? Complete renovation and expansion of the Main House with brand new retail spaces, reception, library and computer room, exterior space, deck expansion, bathrooms, bar and office and storage space.

? Refinishing and restoration of existing antique doors throughout.

? Complete renovation of model mock-up villa for sales and marketing purposes. This included significant structural improvements and expansion and a luxurious beach side pool.

HURRICANE REPAIR

? Miscellaneous structural work to buildings, villas, and restaurants.

? Repair/new electrical, mechanical, HVAC, and tele-data systems.

? A total of 72 custom millwork doors fabricated and installed in under two months.

? Extensive landscaping and irrigation refurbishment, including landscape lighting and decorative pond reconstruction.

? Complete beach reconstruction which included Marine Studies and the excavation and importing of 30,000 cy of sand from the island of Barbuda.

? Major cleanup and infrastructure repairs. ? Major renovation of two five-star

restaurants, including a new bar, all finishes, new awnings, stone flooring, and lighting. ? Complete renovation of gym and spa finishes with the addition of a yoga room and new gym and spa equipment.

PROJECT: Cap Juluca Resort & Spa

Project Team: Hurricane Recovery & Renovation Program

Owner: Cap Juluca Resort & Spa Project Value: $15 million Completed: December 2008 Project Team: Chad Meldrum, Greg Togel,

John Gallo, Stanford Achi, Jack Bell, Sean Cunningham, Patricia Harrigan, Bob Hvizdos, Charlie Manning, Derek Meyer, Fred Minor, Petri Ottavainen, Joel Perkovich, Keishaun Rogers, Dave Swan, Alex Trevino

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