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from the PRESIDENTWhile the numbers are not quite final, it looks like our sales will be about $840 million against our goal of $1 billion. We should produce $730 million in revenue for an 81% achievement. And, as we had projected, profit will fall short at 51% of our goal. While we did not make our objectives, there are some recent activities that are encouraging.

The fall produced a flurry of sales activity, which provided a better than anticipated finish for the year. A couple of additional sales would have put us over the top for the year. When the dust settles, we will enter 2014 with an $815 million backlog of work under contract. That is a 16% increase over our 2013 backlog, an excellent start on 2014. This means, if we manage our expenses appropriately and maintain our traditionally sound operations, we can have a good revenue and earnings year.

Based on the business plans we have completed for 2014, the key to our success for an outstanding year in 2014 will be sales. We are establishing $900 million as our goal. Achieving that goal should allow every division to have a good year.

Our optimism for better economic growth in 2013 did not materialize. However, we are beginning to see more activity and some larger projects across all markets. That could mean significantly better results in 2014, for all aspects of our business.

OuR majOR mIlESTONES fOR 2013 wERE:

� We achieved over 7 million man-hours without a lost time incident and we continue to strengthen our safety culture within the company.

� We achieved an average Customer Satisfaction rating of 97% on the 21 projects surveyed.

� In March, we made a contribution to our profit sharing plan for the 25th year in a row.

� We completed 664 training days, covering 30 different subjects.

� With Johnathan Peavy’s leadership, we have successfully implemented a Lean initiative across all our divisions.

As highlighted in the milestones above, we achieved a 97% rating in customer satisfaction in 2013. This follows a string of very high satisfaction ratings going back many years. The value to our clients of this performance is obvious. What may not be so obvious is the value to our company. It is this high level of performance that sets us apart and leads to repeat business and new sales. I recognize how hard you work to consistently achieve these high levels of satisfaction and you deserve sincere thanks for your extra effort.

This is a special time of year as we reflect and get recharged to face the New Year. Please take some time to enjoy the holidays with your family and friends. Best wishes for a great Christmas and a Happy New Year.

from P&ITemperatures are dropping, cold rain and snow are beginning to fall, and our thoughts are tending to holidays, family, and taking stock. This is as it should be—it is the perfect time of year to consider what we have accomplished, where we are, and where we are going.

The year 2013 has been an important one for us. The Robins & Morton Power & Industrial Division (P&I) has had great suc-

cess in many areas, and perhaps more importantly, we have strengthened ourselves and validated our strategy. We are committed to succeed through superior (1) com-petitiveness, (2) responsiveness to our clients, and (3) excellence in our execution. Our commitment to these core principles has allowed P&I to further penetrate our target markets, broaden our client base, extend our presence and name recognition, and enhance our capabilities, infrastructure and team.

During 2013, our major accomplishments have included:

maRkET PRESENcE aND PENETRaTION

� Won two major Minerals EPC (Engineer-Procure-Construct) Projects,

� Won major Power Generation EPC combined-cycle project with Power Engineers as a subcontractor,

� Successfully completed the FEL (Front-end Loading) engineering process which will lead to major Chemical EPC Project in the near future,

� Chosen as primary mill engineer for multiple pulp & paper clients including RockTenn, Georgia Pacific and Green Bay Packaging,

� Penetrated new pulp & paper mills for multiple clients including RockTenn, Domtar and SP Newsprint,

� Added 11 new clients including Georgia Pacific, Domtar, Oglethorpe, and Jacobs and

� Qualified to bid on a major Florida Power Generation project.

ExcEllENcE IN ExEcuTION

� Won ABC Excellence Awards for both projects submitted (Southern Company – Kemper, Miss., Combustion Turbine and Olin, Charleston, Tenn., Membrane to Membrane project),

� Won bronze medal in ABC National Craft Olympics (Garrett Moore – Millwright),

� Successfully completed our major refinery turnaround (Ergon),

� Worked a full year with only one recordable and no lost-time incidents in safety for the division and strong performance in schedule, cost, quality and productivity,

� Recognized superior client satisfaction leading to repeat business opportunities with current clients, including CARBO, Ergon, Green Bay Packaging, Molycorp, Olin, RockTenn, Siemens and Southern Company,

� Recognized for groundbreaking workforce development initiative in Millen, Ga. (NCCER & Public Schools), and

� Delivered successful engineering projects with integrated teams from Raleigh-Durham and Birmingham.

ENhaNcE caPabIlITIES, INfRaSTRucTuRE aND TEam

� Built out our core execution capability in our target industries and services,

� Continued to strengthen vendor and third party engineering relationships, and

� Completed successful implementation of new software, including WinEst, Bentley E&I, and continue to make progress with the Mobile Field Manager System.

We look forward to an even stronger and more successful 2014. It is my pleasure to give you this perspective from the P&I Division and to wish you all a Merry Christ-mas and a happy, safe New Year.

Bryson Edmonds, Senior VP

Bill Morton

from the cOOThe end of the year always seems to be a time of reflection on our successes and challenges as a com-pany. As a part of that thought process, it is inevitable to compare with years past to form a judgment

about how this year’s accomplish-ments compare. The year 2013 is a bit of an anomaly year for us as we did not make some of our key goals. On the other hand, we did accomplish some great things and had several good initiatives, such as our Lean pro-gram, to prepare us for future success. As we reflect on this, I have to ask the question: What separates the suc-cesses from failures? I can tell you there is often a thin margin between good and bad outcomes in our busi-ness. The difference often lies in how we handle simple details and in the small judgment calls we make in man-aging our business. This is also the area that separates professionalism from average or bad performance.

Attention to details and professionalism are critical to success in the construction business. In fact, there are many projects where the management of details has

made the difference. This year we closed out a major structural project involving a large concrete frame with over 975 tons of reinforcing steel. During the course of the job, our reinforcing steel subcontractor omitted some small, but significant elements of the rebar, shown only on one detail of the documents. The total weight of the omitted steel was less than 1 ton. A minor detail, right? The ensuing corrective measures cost more than the en-tire profit on this project, and delayed the project, creat-ing the need for acceleration of the schedule and adding more expense. In this case, simple attention to detail would have helped avoid a costly mistake. By contrast, we recently passed an inspection on a hospital project due to our knowledge of ADA details. An issue related to door widths and turning radiuses, not addressed by the contract documents, was caught by our Superinten-dent, allowing us to pass the inspection and deliver the project in a timely manner. It was the knowledge of ADA standards and the attention to detail that made us suc-cessful on an otherwise potential “failure” situation. With regards to safety, virtually every incident we have experi-enced this year was due to a lack of attention to details,

and our successes in safety were measured the same way. It is often difficult to measure the value of success in managing job details as we handle this professionally the vast majority of the time.

Professionalism in our business is measured on our knowledge and how we apply that knowledge in imple-mentation of details. We have the best people in the industry and solid policies to use as tools for success. In 2013, we set the stage for some diversification and real growth in the company. At the same time, our attention to details on a few projects resulted in some challeng-es that kept us from accomplishing some of our goals, an outcome we can all look forward to changing as we move into the new year. Good, thorough detailed man-agement is the key to success.

As we wind down this year, and look forward to a suc-cessful 2014, please take the time to reflect on your own personal and professional successes and how you can carry these into the coming year. Also, I hope you will use the coming holiday season to spend time with your family, rest, and prepare for a great 2014.

Robin Savage

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CaroMont HealtH Breaks Ground Mt. Holly, NortH CaroliNa CaroMont Health held a groundbreaking ceremony on September 25 for its new state-of-the-art, freestanding emergency facility in Mt. Holly, N.C. The project, which has an overall construction cost of $24 million, is expected to address the growing emergency care needs of more than 20,000 residents in northeast Gaston County and northwest Charlotte. The Robins & Morton team has mobilized and begun sitework on this design-assist project. 

Projects/Operations

WHitestone apartMents Break Ground austiN, texasIn September, Robins & Morton began construction on the Whitestone Apartments project in Austin, Texas. This $24 million apartment complex consists of 12 residential buildings and five carriage houses containing 304 units. Other buildings and amenities include a town hall/clubhouse meeting space with a pool and several pool cabanas, fitness building, separate yoga building, 17 garage buildings, and a maintenance and car wash building.

lonGvieW reGional MediCal Center open House loNgview, texasLongview Regional Medical Center and Community Health Systems (CHS) celebrated the completion of a vertical addition and new patient wing in Longview, Texas on September 10. The newly-configured hospital will serve an additional 100 patients and provide expanded oncology, surgery, OB, neonatal and ICU services to the local community. Members of the local government and media were present for the event, which included tours of the facility.

soutH GeorGia MediCal Center FinisHes valdosta, georgia Construction has completed on the new South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Ga. The new five-story, 113,000 patient tower connects to the existing hospital at the first and third levels via conditioned bridge connections. Renovation of approximately 20,000 square feet of adjacent space was required for patient flow, transportation and departmental needs. Cardiovascular services renovations include a new entrance, registration area, two cardiac catheterization labs with space for a future third lab, pre- and post-cardiac recovery, cardiac diagnostics, cardiac rehab and a 16-bed cardiac ICU. The cardiac intermediate care unit includes a 24-bed cardiac intermediate care unit, centralized monitoring bank, and administrative support. The medical/surgical ICU includes 32 beds and accommodations for family and visitors. The surgical specialty unit includes 24-beds and surgical support.

oGletHorpe poWer nears CoMpletion daltoN, georgiaPower & Industrial’s Oglethorpe Power project, located at Oglethorpe’s Thomas A. Smith Energy Facility near Dalton, Ga., is fast approaching completion. The project was awarded in August 2013 and will complete this month. The work included procurement and construction services for the installation of sided wind walls and supporting structural steel around the tops of four heat recovery steam generators, as well as connecting platforms that allow for access between the units.

Robins & Morton’s Government Services Division is performing five separate projects at Fort Rucker, Ala., with three recent successful project completions. In June, Robins & Morton completed the Behavioral Health Clinic at Lyster Army Health Clinic on base, a renovation of the first floor to improve patient flow and functionality, as well as MEP systems.

In September, Robins & Morton completed an aviation life support renovation for ALSERP (Aviation Life Support Equipment and Retrieval Program) for the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory at Fort Rucker. The two ultimate goals of the USAARL department is to maintain and increase the level of protection during aircraft mishaps by collating and presenting clear injury and equipment failure data and trends to substantiate design improvements. The ASLERP area also explores alternative design concepts for the mitigation and reduction of crash induced injury.

In November, Robins & Morton also finished renewal of the Vertical Acceleration Tower (VAT) for the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory. The VAT at Fort Rucker is the only one of its kind in the nation, applying psychological and physiological research to test the

impact of head injuries and other fatal impact-related injuries. The newly renovated building houses the VAT structure, which is approximately 38' tall. The space program includes the main VAT Lab, VAT Control Room, Observation Room, Flex Lab, Cadaver Prep Room, and other lab support spaces to include a Fabrication Shop, Compressor Room, Electronics Lab and Calibration lab.

Two other projects, including the replacement of Electrical Switchgears and Standby Generators and the renovation of the Lab Pharmacy area at Lyster Army Health Clinic, are scheduled for completion in 2014. These projects fall under the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract through USACE Mobile District for Medical Repair and Renewal.

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CHildren’s HarBor renovation and expansion CoMpletes alexaNder City, alabaMaThe $4 million project that was completed in May 2013 consists of a new bay house building with bunk rooms, bathrooms, showers, great room as well as a new galley consisting of a commercial kitchen, serving, dining, restrooms. The new galley increased dining capacity from 85 to 200 people. The facility boasts a 200-person storm shelter, a renovated health hut, and a new miniature golf course, plus an 18-hole ADA compliant golf course. The campaign was named “In Pursuit of Dreams” by Jim Ray, CEO of Children’s Harbor, because of all it represents to those Children’s Harbor serves. The campaign not only included the expenses of the additions and renovations but also a $3 million endowment fund for the future.

auburn university Celebrates recreation and wellness Center grand opening auburN, alabaMa

The new $54 million Recreation and Wellness Center at Auburn University opened on August 19, with a packed ribbon-cutting event, featuring the project teams from Auburn University Campus Recreation, Robins & Morton and 360 Architecture.

The facility boasts 275,000 square feet of modern health and wellness equipment. It has the longest indoor running track in the nation, measuring one-third of a mile in a corkscrew shape suspended above rock climbing walls, various athletic courts and workout rooms. It is currently under review by the U.S. Green Building Council for LEED® Silver certification. The facility is the direct result of a student movement in 2009, led by then-Student Government Association President Lauren Hayes.

Hayes pointed out the freshmen who will enjoy the new facility this year were only 12 when she and other Auburn students first lobbied for the new building.

“Over four years since that vote, it’s extremely exciting and a little bit surreal to stand here in this completed, amazing center that has surpassed all of our expectations,” Hayes said. “This will forever be more than a building to me. It will forever be a reminder of the

determination, the collaboration and the incredible power of the student voice at Auburn.”

Auburn University President Jay Gogue was joined by Jimmy Rane, Auburn Board of Trustees president pro tempore. Rane said the students’ interested in improved health and wellness reflected a desire the board shared.

“It is an important aspect that the board shares with the rest of the university and the faculty that we should place an emphasis on health,” Rane said. “To have a facility like this is to encourage students and faculty to be healthy, exercise and have fun. If you’re healthy, you can perform better in the classroom, you can perform better on the job and you can live longer.”

Recreation and Wellness director Jennifer Jarvis also spoke, thanking the 360 Architecture Project Team and Robins & Morton Project Team for helping the school’s vision come to fruition.

Robins & Morton overcame several challenges on the project, including infrastructure and utility corridors running beneath the site, complex design and construction conditions, site accessibility limits, and the coordination of prime contractors on a tight site. Although 76 additional days were awarded to the project for unforeseen conditions that included unsuitable soil and rock, along with rain days well above the five year average, the building was issued a Certificate of Occupancy one month before Auburn’s required date of use.

Gogue said the facility is a key tool in recruiting future students to the campus.

“We’ve seen data that shows that the student that comes to visit with us, there’s a high probability they’re going to go to school at Auburn University,” Gogue said. “When you talk to those students, they say it’s just in their gut. They feel something different. Certainly if you take a tour…and walk around this facility, I think you’ll feel it in your gut also.”

Story adapted from article in Opelika-Auburn News

WoodWay MediCal CoMplex FinisHeswoodway, texasIn September 2013 construction completed on the Woodway Medical Complex, located in Woodway, Texas. The $11.6 million medical office building project includes a therapy pool with rehab area, diagnostic imaging with CT and IR room. The rest of the facility is used for doctor’s offices and administrative areas.

CHs pineville ltaC and reHaBilitation Hospital opensPiNeville, NortH CaroliNaCarolina HealthCare System’s Pineville LTAC and Rehabilitation Hospital celebrated its grand opening in September 2013. The facility is the first of its kind, combining Carolinas HealthCare System, a Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) and Carolinas Rehabilitation, an inpatient physical rehabilitation hospital. Together, they provide comprehensive services for patients requiring respiratory, wound and palliative care, infection control and post-surgical care in addition to physical, occupational and speech therapy. The four-story, 100,000-square-foot facility features 40 private long-term acute care beds and 29 rehabilitation beds. Larger patient rooms allow for a more comfortable and healing setting for patients and their families. To manage the changing needs of medically complex patients, the building houses a rehabilitation gym, rooftop therapy garden, full-service kitchen, radiology, pharmacy, and support space including classrooms, conference rooms and equipment storage areas. The project also won two ABC Excellence in Construction Eagle awards—one in the Alabama Chapter and one in the Carolinas Chapter!

✚ One-third of a mile corkscrew shape track suspended above rock climbing walls (longest indoor track in the nation).

✚ Cardio/fitness training areas in five-floor fitness tower.

✚ Racquetball courts.

✚ Weight training areas.

✚ Group exercise studios.

✚ Basketball courts.

✚ Golf simulator room.

✚ Strength equipment.

✚ Multipurpose court.

✚ Sand volleyball court.

✚ Rock climbing wall.

✚ Game room.

✚ Student and faculty locker rooms.

✚ Outdoor recreation (canoes, kayaks, etc.).

✚ Outdoor leisure pool and 45-person hot tub.

✚ Courtyard featuring benches, plants and a water fountain, bringing the outdoors into the center.

✚ Outdoor terraces with green roof.

“When you talk to those students, they say it’s just in their gut. They feel something different. Certainly if you take a tour…and walk around this facility, I think you’ll feel it in your gut also.” Jay Gogue, President, Auburn University

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tWo CHildren’s MediCal Center projeCts FinisH – leGaCy o.r. renovation and radioloGy & nuClear MediCine expansion dallas, texasThe $2.4 million CMC Legacy operating room project utilized collaborative “IPD-Light” teaming, as well as Lean tools and methodologies. This project, which

completed in August, included four fully integrated operating rooms, two sub-sterile rooms, a sterile core and the relocation of equipment storage room inside the sterile surgical suite.

The Interventional Radiology renovation, which took place at CMC’s main Dallas campus, finished in October. This multi-phased $2 million project renovated an existing Interventional Radiology suite to integrate the latest in Interventional equipment, an added CT suite and expanded Reading Rooms to support the renovation.

The first baby born at the new Alfond Center for Health was followed, one minute later, by her twin brother.

And if Samuel and Hannah Veilleux had come just one day earlier, before the move of the maternity department to the new hospital from MaineGeneral hospitals in Augusta and Waterville, the tiny, pink-skinned twins and their parents likely would have had to be transferred to Portland or another hospital.

That’s because the babies of Tim and Nikkia Veilleux, of Waterville, were born five weeks early, and required the care available in the new hospital’s Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, a unit which was not available either at the old MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta or Thayer Center for Health in Waterville. The unit, staffed by specially trained nurses and certified pediatricians, is for babies born premature after 34 weeks, who, hospital officials said, generally require advanced care and close monitoring.

The couple came to the new hospital Saturday, at first thinking they were just coming for a checkup, after Nikkia’s blood pressure climbed. They arrived around 9:30 a.m., just a few hours after the new, $312 million facility opened. At 3:14 Saturday afternoon, Hannah was born, followed, at 3:15, by her twin brother.

While there were a few glitches with being among the first patients in a new hospital the family raved about the care they’ve received, the gleaming new building and the caring staff.

On Sunday, the hospital’s visitor parking lot was about half-full with cars, and about 130 patients were inside, a slight increase from the 120 patients moved into the facility from Thayer and the old Augusta hospital in a closely coordinated patient moving day Saturday.

Among the patients moved from Thayer was Tom King, 73, of Shawmut, who was hospitalized due to a stroke three weeks ago and is undergoing rehabilitation at the new hospital. He was driven with other patients in a van, and saw the hospital for the first time as he was moved in.

His first thought when he saw the new facility: “Wow.”

“I have a beautiful room, and you can see how nice the view is,” King said Sunday, gesturing out the large window of his private

room, overlooking gardens, fountains and a small pond, while his wife of nearly 54 years, Deanna, sat next to him.

“I’ve been in hospitals from Boston to Portland, and never seen anything like this. I think it’s wonderful. I’d rather be home, of course. But I’ve got my wife with me, so I’ve got everything.”

One thing King was pleased didn’t change with his move to the new hospital was he still has the same staff members

caring for him. He calls them his “angels.”

A nurse on the rehabilitation unit, Shari Mather, said the move went so smoothly “it was like pushing the easy button.”

All departments are up and running at the new hospital, and four surgeries have already been performed there, Hays said. He and Woodward praised staff for their work during and leading up to the move to the new hospital.

The hospital was designed with a nature theme that runs throughout the building. Woodward said she’s already learned of patients who previously showed little interest in looking outside sitting up in their rooms to check out the view at the new facility. And she said on Saturday night, at least one family member of a patient slept on the fold-out seating that converts to a bed in each of the patient rooms, all of which are private rooms.

Officials noted private rooms not only provide more privacy, but also reduce the risk of infection.

Article featured in the Kennebec Journal

Nurse Julie Smithson, right, lifts day old infant Hannah Veilleux away from her twin, Samuel, attended by nurse Tracey Thornton, at MaineGeneral’s new neonatal intensive care unit in Augusta. (Photo by Andy Molloy, Kennebec Journal)

“I’ve been in hospitals from Boston to Portland, and never seen anything like this.”

To learn more about how the Integrated Project Delivery team delivered this 640,000 square foot medical center 10 months ahead of schedule, and with budget savings that resulted in significant value-added features visit www.robinsmortonipd.com.

CarBo Millen line 1 ConstruCtion in Full sWinG MilleN, georgia

Construction continues to ramp up on the CARBO Ceramics Line 1 facility in Millen, Ga. Line 1 is the first of a potential four line facility. Each line is designed to produce 250 million pounds of ceramic proppant per year. Proppant is used during the hydraulic fracturing process to aid extraction of oil and natural gas from sedimentary rock reservoirs. Millen Line 1 is scheduled to become operational June of 2014.

To date, Robins & Morton has over 281,000 safe work hours for the project with no lost time or recordable incidents. This surpasses the first of several project safety goals Robins & Morton has established for the Millen Line 1 project. As a result we were able to provide a project wide safety luncheon to help show our appreciation to the workers and subcontractors.

During the last six months, the project team installed 8,053 cubic yards of concrete, erected 953 tons of structural steel, set 134 pieces of equipment, assembled 735 linear feet of conveyors, installed 13,497 linear feet of piping and 63,199 linear feet of conduit, cable tray and electrical wire. In addition, Robins & Morton has completed the erection of CARBO’s primary maintenance building, installed two 750,000 gallon tanks and we completed the installation of four, 3 million pound capacity storage silos.

The Millen Line 1 project team continues to strive for excellence in safety and we look forward to successfully completing our goals as we head into the New Year.

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Robins & Morton received 17 awards from the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) Excellence in Construction awards program, ABC. The program recognizes individuals and companies who exemplify the high quality of merit-shop workmanship in their projects while upholding a dedication to building projects on time and under budget.

COmmErCiAL UnDEr $5 miLLiOn

ShADES VALLEy ymCA Homewood, Ala.

COmmErCiAL $5 miLLiOn TO $10 miLLiOn

rEnfrOE OffiCE BUiLDinG Birmingham, Ala.

alabama abC awards of excellencehEALThCArE UnDEr $10 miLLiOn

mArShALL CAnCEr CArE CEnTEr Albertville, Ala.

hEALThCArE $25 miLLiOn TO $100 miLLiOn

PinEViLLE LTACh rEhAB hOSPiTAL Pineville, N.C.

inDUSTriAL $5 miLLiOn TO $15 miLLiOn

kEmPEr COUnTy iGCCKemper, Miss.

inDUSTriAL PrE-EnGinEErED BUiLDinG $5 miLLiOn TO $15 miLLiOn

rEhAU Cullman, Ala.

rEnOVATiOn $4 miLLiOn TO $10 miLLiOn

alabama abC Merit awardshEALThCArE $10 miLLiOn TO $25 miLLiOn

BEnEwAh COmmUniTy hOSPiTAL Saint Maries, Idaho

hEALThCArE $10 miLLiOn TO $25 miLLiOn

mAGnOLiA rEGiOnAL mEDiCAL CEnTEr Corinth, Miss.

inDUSTriAL $25 miLLiOn TO $100 miLLiOn

OLin ChLOr ALkALi mEmBrAnE COnVErSiOn Charleston, Tenn.

inSTiTUTiOnAL $10 miLLiOn TO $25 miLLiOn

AUBUrn UniVErSiTy SChOOL Of kinESiOLOGy Auburn, Ala.

inSTiTUTiOnAL $50 miLLiOn TO $100 miLLiOn

AUBUrn UniVErSiTy rECrEATiOn & wELLnESS CEnTEr Auburn, Ala.

OThEr COnSTrUCTiOn $2 miLLiOn TO $100 miLLiOn

ChiLDrEn’S hArBOr Alex City, Ala.

rEnOVATiOn UnDEr $4 miLLiOn

BLUE CrOSS BLUE ShiELD ChiLD DEVELOPmEnT CEnTEr Birmingham, Ala.

North al abC award of excellencemEGA-PrOjECTS OVEr $100 miLLiOn

mAinEGEnErAL mEDiCAL CEnTEr Augusta, Maine

COmmErCiAL UnDEr $5 miLLiOn

7200 rEDSTOnE GATEwAy Huntsville, Ala.

Mid-tennessee abC eagle awardhEALThCArE UnDEr $5 miLLiOn

SPOTSyLVAniA rEGiOnAL mEDiCAL CEnTEr Fredricksburg, Va.

hEALThCArE $10 miLLiOn $25 miLLiOn

BEnEwAh COmmUniTy hOSPiTAL Sant Maries, Idaho

Carolinas abC Merit awardhEALThCArE $25 miLLiOn TO $100 miLLiOn

PinEViLLE LTACh rEhAB hOSPiTAL Pineville, N.C.

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Training for Excellence

Services: Sustainability

robins & Morton presents at buildiNgChicago/greening the Heartland ConferenceThe BUILDINGChicago/Greening the Heartland Conference took place September 9-11 and focused on sustainable design, building information modeling (BIM), hospital and education-sector construction projects, and more. Robins & Morton’s corporate sustainability director Jackie Mustakas had the opportunity to educate conference attendees about the company’s Sustainable Jobsites Policy as a portion of the conference’s educational sessions. The Sustainable Jobsites Policy requires project teams to implement a series of cost-neutral or low-cost activities to minimize water and power usage, select healthy material, and protect air quality during construction of every project.

Pictured L to R: John Kemp, Big-D Construction; Jackie Mustakas, Robins & Morton; Terrell Hoagland, Flintco, LLC.

west kendall baptist Hospital wins new usgbC awardWest Kendall Baptist Hospital of Miami, Fla., won the Most Outstanding LEED NC Project (Healthcare) award at the GalaVerde Awards in September 2013. GalaVerde is South Florida’s LEEDership and Green Awards program, presented by the USGBC South Florida Chapter. Congratulations to this beautiful $125 million new hospital, certified LEED NC Gold in 2011 by the USGBC. robins & Morton has

been ranked #50 of eNr’s top 100 green

Contractors, with $208 million in construction

services of green certified buildings!

Careers in Construction MonthMilleN, georgiaRobins & Morton and partners CARBO, The Jenkins County School System, and NCCER’s Build Your Future Campaign planned activities in support of Careers in Construction Month in October. To further the system goal of graduating college and career ready students, these activities were designed for students to realize the opportunities afforded in the Architecture & Construction Pathway. Activities included essay contest, art contest, math competition, classroom guest speakers and an outdoor career parade where students dressed as someone who builds America on October 30.

CArBO Ceramics ................ $69,000,000ConstructionMillen, Ga.

york memorial hospital .... $62,000,000Replacement HospitalYork, Pa.

Southern Union State Community College ........... $25,000,000Two New Classroom FacilitiesOpelika, Ala.

El Paso County hospital District ................. $20,000,000Interior RenovationsEl Paso, Texas

DaVita healthcare ............. $15,000,000New LaboratoryDeland, Fla.

healthSouth newnan ....... $14,000,000New FacilityNewnan, Ga.

jacobs Construction Services .............................. $10,000,000Freeport McMoran Project Constitution ServicesMorenci, Ariz.

St. Luke’s Episcopal health System .................... $10,000,000Fifth and Sixth Floor BuildoutHouston, Texas

Treasure Valley Surgery Center ..................... $8,000,000Addition/RenovationBoise, Idaho

Lake nona Gateway ............ $7,000,000New MOB ShellDeland, Fla.

Twickenham Lab Buildout ................................ $6,000,000Laboratory BuildoutHuntsville, Ala.

washington regional medical Center ..................... $2,000,000Hybrid Operating RoomBentonville, Ark.

fresenius medical Care Dialysis .................................. $1,250,000New Dialysis CenterMcCalla, Ala.

Gadsden regional Central Sterile renovation ... $1,200,000RenovationGadsden, Ala.

Children’s medical Center ................................... $1,000,000Miscellaneous RepairsDallas, Texas

Columbus regional healthcare System ............... $1,000,000Third Floor Cath LabColumbus, Ga.

huntsville hospital .............. $1,000,000Steam PipingHuntsville, Ala.

renfroe Bar ............................. $850,000Restaurant & Bar RenovationBirmingham, Ala.

Vaughn regional medical Center ........................ $630,000MRI RenovationSelma, Ala.

Southern Company ................ $500,000CM ServicesVarious Sites

huntsville hospital ................. $411,000Tube System UpgradeHuntsville, Ala.

Recently AwARded PRojects

PULP & PAPEr ....$1.5 miLLiOn

Georgia Pacific Various Mills

RockTennVarious Mills

Green Bay Packaging Morrilton, Ark.

DomtarAshdown, Ark.

minErALS ..........$4.6 miLLiOn

MolyCorp Mountain Pass, Calif.

Carbo CeramicsMillen, Ga.

The P&I division has received several engineering awards by firms throughout the country totaling more than $6,000,000. The details of location, cost and complexity concerning many of these projects are confidential per the clients’ request.

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Development

WellnessnOVEmBEr: November was Men’s Health Awareness “Movember Month”—an annual event involving all men of R&M growing their mustaches to raise awareness for prostate cancer, testicular cancer and other men’s health issues. Robins & Morton raised more than$5,000 for Movember 2013. Check out our Facebook page for photos!

DECEmBEr: Stress Awareness MonthThe holidays are a joyful time of year, but shopping, meal preparation, and holiday work and family parties can stir up major stress. Plan for the stress and make some time for yourself by doing the following:

� Exercise, take a brisk walk or try yoga.

� Practice healthy eating habits.

� Use positive “self talk.”

� Take time to learn and or develop a hobby.

� Make a list of chores and errands. Putting them on paper can relieve anxiety you feel about the number of items on your to-do list.

� Foster friendships and a social support network or try counseling sessions. It is important to have someone to talk to, especially those that focus on changing your way of thinking in a positive way.

� Slow down and simplify your life.

Be happy and well this year!

remember, Care Advocates is available to you to help

with any questions you have about benefits. 

Phone 1-866-891-3306

Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. CST

Email/Chat Onlinehttp://www.careadvocates.com/

Member-Inquiry-Form

T O G E T H E R

C O M P R E H E N S I V E B E N E F I T S E N R O L L M E N T

Strength comes from within. With that in mind, we have assembled a comprehensive benefits package designed to adapt to the new requirements of the Affordable Healthcare Act, and allow each of you

to create more stability, more growth, and better long-term health for you and your family.

CA L L YO U R CA R E A DVO CAT E AT 866 .891 .3306This helpful resource provides a confidential review of your healthcare options, and is an ongoing source of information and support as we manage healthcare changes the way we manage everything we do – Together Strong.

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benefitsnEw VEnDOrS fOr 2014:

� Delta Dental for Dental Insurance

� VSP for Vision Insurance

� Gilsbar for Flex Spending and Dependent Care Accounts

� MedCom Care Management for Wellness

aimee Comer Named as one of birmingham’s top Hr executivesThe Birmingham Business Journal highlighted Birming-ham’s top “people people” —the talented human resource managers behind some of the Magic City’s most successful companies. Robins & Mor-ton’s own director of human resources, Aimee Comer, was named one of the top execu-tives in the city.

These executives are tasked with one of the most difficult jobs in any workplace as they navigate the increasingly complicated em-ployment law environment, work with mul-tiple generations in the workplace and react to the Affordable Care Act.

The Birmingham Business Journal published this interview about Aimee and why she chose a career in Human Resources:

what’s your philosophy on human re-sources in 10 words or less? Human re-sources exists in order to make every team member successful.

what’s your guiding business principle? It is defined by Robins & Mortons creed, spe-cifically the part that reads To our people,

growth opportunities to reach their personal potential and career goals, rewards for their performance, and a healthy climate for work and family.

what’s the best advice you’ve received? Lead by listening. Only when we take the time to hear people, can we assist in finding the right solution.

who is a business leader or mentor that has influenced your career? what did you learn from them? My father has taught me many things, but what stands out the most

is his integrity and respect for others. I ap-proach all actions with honesty, even when the truth is not the most popular answer. Respecting others is something I learned through his actions. My dad taught me that all positions within an organization are equally important, and each person plays a valuable role in the company’s success. My dad once swept the floor of his plant for several days after the janitor quit because other employees tormented him. Dad dis-missed those workers, the janitor came back to work with a renewed sense of pride and every employee who witnessed these ac-tions recognized the importance of respect in the workplace.

For the complete interview check out HUB.

“Give Stress a Rest” for the holidays and start fresh for the new year in 2014December is Stress Awareness Month

ruben AmaroField AssistantEmbassy Suites

Bobby Brinson, jr.Principal DesignerRaleigh-Durham

Lindsey DowlingField Administration

ManagerMorenci, Ariz.

michael kahounAssistant Drywall

SuperintendentOrlando

marty ScherderField AssistantFlorida Hospital

Altamonte

jay AycockOutside Sales

RepresentativeERS

Ben CalligarisField EngineerSierra Providence

Eastside

joAnne ferraroConstruction

AccountantOrlando

jeremy noblittDivision Safety

ManagerBirmingham

joe SmithField Safety

ManagerMorenci, Ariz.

Deans Barber, iiiSuperintendentVaughan Regional

Medical Center

kyle DavisSenior Preconstruction

ManagerOrlando

nancy hutchinsField Human

Resources Manager

Morenci, Ariz.

Dwayne PackSite QC ManagerMorenci, Ariz.

Dustin wearField EngineerMayo Clinic

Carlos BerrocalDrywall

SuperintendentFlorida Hospital East

Orlando

manny DominguezStructural

SuperintendentMorenci, Ariz.

Chandra jonesProject AssistantIntergraph

Eric TalleyProject EngineerHuntsville Hospital

Ernie whiteSenior DesignerRaleigh-Durham

Welcome, New Hires!

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Giving with Purpose

Robins & Morton helped to sponsor the 17th AnnuAl Pig iron BBQ Food Contest on October 18th, benefiting Children’s Harbor in Alexander City, Ala. Robins & Morton recently finished an expansion and addition on the Children’s Harbor facilities on Lake Martin, where they serve the seriously ill and the disabled to provide camping and adventure services to children with long-term serious illnesses and their families. The Robins & Morton team submitted ribs and barbecue sauce. Todd Langford, Equipment Division Manager of ERS, created the “special” sauce that brought home the first place prize! Other team members included Danielle Simmons, Jeremy Colburn, Todd Lankford, Caleb Chandler, Mark Eckman, Robert McCullough, Melissa Butler, Marcus Brimley, Michael Buder and Cindy Connell.

Robins & Morton’s own Ben Carmichael, Project Engineer, ran with his brother this past weekend in the ChiCAgo MArAthon, under team Robins & Morton. Ben raised a little more than $2,500 for the American Cancer Society. Congratulations Ben!

On October 5, 2013, friends and family from the Robins & Morton Charlotte office more than 1,000 participated in the Georgetown Hospital System Women’s Board Annual “In The Pink” BreAst CAnCer AwAreness wAlk in Murrells Inlet, S.C. The walk raised over $40,000, which benefited the Georgetown Hospital System’s Indigent Breast Cancer Fund with 25 percent of the monies raised going to the Susan G. Komen Lowcountry Affiliate. Pictured: Iris Papagiannis, Kim Bumgardner, Charlie Bumgardner, Jeff Fox, Shealeen Fox, Ansley Fox, Parrish Fox, Derek Skipper, Mike Bumgardner and Mitch Bumgardner.

Farrah Mote, Robins & Morton Marketing Manager and board member of ateAM Ministries, attended Governor Bentley’s State of Alabama Proclamation signing, recognizing September as “Childhood Cancer Awareness” month. aTeam Ministries offers spiritual, financial, and emotional support, through a variety of programs, to children and their families within the pediatric cancer community. In September, Robins & Morton employees across the country wore t-shirts and hard hat stickers to “Go Gold” and raise money for Childhood Cancer Awareness month.

The Nashville Robins & Morton office received “Best in Show” at the fourth annual “BArBeCue in red shoes” event organized by AGC’s Construction Leadership Council, held in Nashville, Tenn., on September 20. Glenn Myers, Ken Fennell, John Galassini, Drew Duffy, and Paul Haines participated in the event.

The Dallas Robins & Morton office participated in the “Volley For green” volleyball tournament on August 24, a fundraising event for the Emerging Professional Leadership Academy. The North Texas Emerging Professionals are a diverse group of young professionals from all industries with a shared vision of sustainability, community service, and professional development.

Robins & Morton partnered on a team with JQ Engineering, and they made it to the semi-finals of the tournament.

“CeleBrity reAders” ProjeCt

Robins & Morton has teamed with PreSchool partners in the past for this project, before expanding to help with some of the other needs they had. This year Kathy Craw-ford, Cindy Connell and Pat Tipper have helped coordi-nate the Robins & Morton employees that express an in-terest in reading to the preschoolers during the school day. Kathy says that the teachers and students enjoy having them visit, and each employee receives a t-shirt as a little

“thank you.” However, she says seeing their sweet faces is thank you enough.

PresChool PArtner’s Book driVe

Robins & Morton employees donated 711 children’s books to PreSchool Partners, thanks to the leadership efforts of Char-lotte Graves and Laura Graves.

hAnd-PAinted MurAl

The talented Ashley Culwell took the lead in hand-paint-ing a fanciful mural in the PreSchool Partners library, which needed an extra special touch of color and fun. Ashley has painted murals in schools for the past few years; this time she geared her creativity to age-appropriate books and their characters. She featured preschool favorite char-acters from Dr. Seuss, as well as newer favorites like Pete the Cat and Llama Llama. The mural will be enjoyed by preschoolers and their parents for years to come.

hAllwAy PAinting

Stephanie Ojeda helped coordinate Robins & Morton vol-unteers painting the hallways and entrance to the school, which needed to be refreshed. The team also installed new display rails to showcase the children’s artwork. Oth-er volunteers included Raul Gomez and his son Alexander, Susie Brasher, Pat Tipper, Pat O’Rourke, Cindy Cornell, Carol Copeland and Gloria Cook.

outdoor ClAssrooM, PAVilion And ConCrete PAd

One of the new unique projects for the program was an outdoor classroom that preschoolers, teachers and par-ents could use when weather would allow. First, Matt Self and Marcus Brimley led a team of volunteers to build a concrete pad for the classroom area in early August. Then ringleaders Scott Merritt and Caleb Chandler led more volunteers in building a pavilion over the pad. They then installed a picnic table and art easel for the chil-dren’s enrichment and education. “It was tough, labor intensive work,” said Matt, “but very re-warding to see the proj-ect from start to finish.”

As part of our Giving With Purpose initiative for 2013, Robins & Morton has been proud to partner with PresChool PArters in

Birmingham, Ala. PreSchool Partners is a program dedicated to preparing at-risk preschool children and their parents for kindergarten

in the Birmingham Public Schools. Over the last several months, Robins & Morton has undertaken a variety of projects at the PreSchool

Partners facility. “PreSchool Partners appreciates all of Robins & Morton’s contributions, especially our new outdoor classroom,” said

Lella Carl Hamiter, executive director of PreSchool Partners. “Robins & Morton has improved the amenities we offer in a way that

allows for more collaboration and participation between our children and our parents.”

hErE iS A LOOk BACk AT ThE PrOjECTS OUr EmPLOyEES hAVE STEPPED UP AnD VOLUnTEErED ThEir TimE TOwArD.

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robins & Morton ranks #1 in adoption Friendly workplaces in the industryThis year, Robins & Morton is ranked the most adoption-Friendly workplace in the architectural engineering and construction industry and is No. 20 overall on the Best Adoption-Friendly Workplaces list by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. The full article featured in the September 2013 issue of HR Magazine features adoption stories of Robins & Morton employees, and can be found on HUB.

5yearsCelvin AlonzoAshley ColonBrandon GriffithGentry jones

10yearsDiana hollandjennifer Lacyjeff rodenCande rodriguezAllen Sanders

15yearsLeland Elstonjacob ShintaCurtis walker

20yearsjimmy Griffis

25yearsjohn Beckham

Accolades

Promotionsmatt AustinProject Engineer

Tony BragaloneField Superintendent

hannah (fuqua) harrisonVDC/BIM Coordinator

justin hillProject Engineer

nick jacksonField Superintendent

noah johnstonSuperintendent

jeremiah LagaloProject Manager

Ben mcAlpinAssistant Project Manager

Lindsay mcDonaldAssociate Project Controls Specialist

Sam O’nealField Superintendent

randy PinnerAssistant Superintendent

Dustin rangerSuperintendent

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bamboo winnersInspired by the book “Water the Bamboo,” by Greg Bell, the Robins & Morton Bamboo Award was established earlier this year to continually nurture and encourage the next generation of Robins & Morton corporate leaders, specifically in proactively building relationships and impacting company sales efforts. The book is based on the concept that a bamboo farmer plants a seed and patiently waters it for at least three years without seeing any results. When the giant bamboo finally reaches the earth’s surface, it can grow an astonishing 90 feet in less than 60 days—but only after 4 to 7 years does it establish strong and resilient roots.

The criteria for this award are outlined below. New nominations should be sent to Mark Mattox via email:

� Enthusiastically embrace Robins & Morton sales culture.

� Initiate and achieve meaningful and measurable sales oriented activities (i.e. new relationships, conferences, brings in RFPs, actively nurture and maximize existing relationships).

� Exhibit ownership/leadership associated with sales initiatives (identify leads, follow through to identify client “hot buttons,” lead strategic and creative solutions).

Congratulations to our inaugural Robins & Morton bamboo award recipients.

Piper Catherine Vena

6/18/2013Natosha and brian vena

Jason Nathan Tchamba 9/20/2013

Sandrine and Alain Tchamba

Isabella Grace Weeks

9/26/2013 Lindsay and Chris Weeks

Harrieson Arthur Lee

9/26/2013 Grandson of Shirley and

Ronnie Hollingshead

Hunter Thomas Coleman 10/1/2013

Anna and J.T. Coleman

Avery Mark Johnson 10/2/2013

emily and Chris Johnson

John Alexander Clark

10/28/2013Jenniver and Jeff Clark

Waylon B. Sandford

11/6/2013 Grandson of Barry Rogers

Lincoln George Woods

11/7/2013Nicole and Erik Woods

Evan Jeter

9/13/2013 Grandson of Norma Saenz

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Employee Celebrations

1. Kemper County IGCC Combustion Turbine Kemper County, Miss.

2. MaineGeneral Medical Center Augusta, Maine

3. Opelika Power Services Opelika, Ala.

4. Ergon Construction Newell, W.V.

5. Auburn University School of Kinesiology Auburn, Ala.

6. Hyatt Place Pensacola, Fla.

7. Waccamaw Community Hospital Murrells Inlet, S.C.

8. Oglethorpe Power Dalton, Ga.

9. Woodway Medical Complex Woodway, Texas

10. Magnolia Regional Health Center Corinth, Miss.

11. Ergon Detail Engineering Newell, W.V.

12. Pineville LTAC & Rehab Hospital Charlotte, N.C.

13. Poinciana Regional Medical Center Kissimmee, Fla.

14. Marshall Medical Center North Albertville, Ala.

15. Auburn University Recreation and Wellness Center Auburn Ala.

16. Regions Field Baseball Stadium Birmingham, Ala.

17. Molycorp Mountain Pass, Calif.

18. Miller Creek Apartments Memphis, Tenn.

19. South Georgia Medical Center Valdosta, Ga.

20. CARBO Detail Engineering Line 1 Millen Ga.

21. Shades Valley YMCA Birmingham, Ala.

Mitch Cooley Trey Crittenden David Skipper

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