Checkpoint Fall 07 11 12

® checkpoint ST. LOUIS FALL 2007 The Most Common Misperceptions of McCarthy Right, wrong or indifferent, perception Myth #3: frequently is one’s reality. CheckPoint McCarthy is too busy for my job St. Louis was created to better acquaint St. Louis has experienced an unprecedented rise in construction in the community with the “real” McCarthy the last two years and the next two years appears to be similar, with and dispel any myths about our company. non-residential regional volumes far exceeding the 10-year average. In past issues, we have introduced our This increased volume has forced all good architects/engineers, corporate structure, our business units, and contractors, subcontractors and suppliers to be more selective with some McCarthy leaders. Reader feedback, their available resources. This industry growth and related selectivity although very constructive, has confirmed our suspicions that is the case in most urban areas throughout the nation. If we are there are lingering misperceptions about McCarthy in the the right choice for you and your project, we’ll allocate the St. Louis community. Some of the more common are: resources to get it done. Myth #1: Myth #4: McCarthy only does big jobs Even though our national revenue will exceed $2.5 billion McCarthy is too big, has too much overhead, in 2007 (over $500m locally), our median jobs are under and will be too expensive for my project. $6 million and form the backbone of our business. Take Our size allows us to have special resources with technical a look at the back page of this quarter’s CheckPoint for skills and experiences that bring value to our clients and our examples of some smaller projects in the St. Louis region. projects. Our “overhead” is spread out over a large volume (think of Wal-Mart). We also continue to remain active in the Myth #2: hard bid market (it’s more than 25 percent of our work) where McCarthy only works in the st. Louis region low bid wins the project. So please call us on your next project before we call you. Since the 1950’s we have worked in 48 states and seven foreign countries. Our St. Louis headquarters supports full-service offices If you have other questions about McCarthy, drop me in Atlanta, Dallas, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Diego, Los Angeles, an e-mail at the address below. I’d love to hear from you. San Francisco and Sacramento. Salaried employees total more than 1500 plus more than 2500 skilled tradespeople on 200 projects. Karl Kloster — President kkloster@mccarthy.com Our goal is to be the best builder in America ®

McCarthy: Did You Know? Recently, one of our favorite institutional clients asked us to profile some McCarthy employees who work more “behind the scenes” than others, to keep the company running smoothly. Craig Miller — Warren Wetter — vicki Ash — Kevin Maitland — george Crow — Fred Kern — jim eaton — Monica bailey — Following are a few of QA/QC Assistant Superintendent Controller Estimating Assistant Safety Director Quality Assurance Director Shop Yard Manager Project Director — Healthcare Diversity Director/Administrative those personalities. Business Unit Assistant to Midwest Craig joined McCarthy in 2003 Warren joined us last December A 26-year veteran of McCarthy’s A 22-year St. Louis construction A 35-year veteran of the Fred is a 30-year McCarthy Division President as an engineer on one of the and replaced 35-year McCarthy Estimating Department, Vicki industry veteran, Kevin graduated architecture and construction veteran who rose through the Jim joined McCarthy in 1996. He most challenging projects veteran Ken Bonastia who is one of the three support from Illinois State University industries, George graduated trades and manages a staff is a graduate of the University of Monica joined McCarthy undertaken in St. Louis — the retired mid-2007. A graduate personnel who keep the with a bachelor’s degree in from Washington University of nine in our shop and yard. Illinois where he earned a BS and in 1983 and probably has one Metro Link Expansion. He has since of the University of Alberta 30-person department organized. Industrial Technology (Safety with a bachelor’s degree in He expedites materials and MS in Architecture and a master’s of the toughest jobs in the moved to Lumiere Place as in Edmonton, Canada, Warren Vicki is known by more of and Construction). He helped Architecture. At McCarthy, labor all over the country, degree in Civil Engineering. Jim company…keeping Karl Kloster the project’s QA/QC Assistant earned a Bachelor of Commerce our subs than anybody in the institute jobsite and office safety he keeps a close eye on quality keeps equipment safe and is a key team member in the scheduled and informed. Superintendent. Craig graduated degree and then a Chartered company. She manages the procedures which have steadily at our projects, coordinating the reliable, and is on call 24/7 healthcare business unit, and Monica also manages McCarthy’s from the University of Wisconsin- Accountant degree. His career Summer Intern Program (29 reduced our incident rate over building enclosure program and to fulfill any number of has developed and implemented Diversity efforts for the Midwest Milwaukee in 1986 with a bachelor’s in construction spans 12 years. college students in 2007) for the last 10 years to be among early constructability reviews. construction-related requests. initiatives for McCarthy relating Division and has instituted a degree in Architectural Studies After work, his favorite activity us and is a voracious volunteer. the industry’s best. He also is deeply involved in our Fred loves to fish but has no time to infection control, group Diversity program which focuses and went on to earn a Master is coaching his son’s flag She’s also an avid scrapbooker. sustainable building practices. In for it, so he sold his boat. He purchasing, equipment planning on promoting inclusion in three of Architecture degree from the football team. his off hours, George loves to golf tinkers with antique farm tractors and procurement, and design- areas: projects, people and University of Illinois-Chicago in and take his grandkids canoeing. and enjoys cutting firewood. build. He is a board member purchasing. Monica’s outside 1993. Most of Craig’s free time is According to Fred, what he loves on the Juvenile Diabetes interests are mostly driven by her spent with his wife and three boys the most, is kicking back at the Research Foundation. In his free children, however, she likes to but he does manage to satisfy his end of the day with his wife time it is all about the kids. golf and dances in a West African penchant for visual arts by painting Lenny and three dogs Katie, dance troop here in St. Louis. abstract art. He’s also a career coach Maggie and Rosie. for the Construction Careers Center here in St. Louis. McCarthy: Behind The Scenes Ms150 bike Ride In early September, McCarthy once again gathered a team of cyclists to tackle the Community Day hills of mid-Missouri and Ride for Ray Myers, our colleague and friend who suffers For many St. Louisans, October represents the last opportunity to enjoy outdoor from MS, in the annual MS150 Bike Ride. We set a goal to increase our 2006 activities before winter’s chill drives them inside. But, as September slips away and 21-member team to 30 riders. Instead, we recruited 34 riders for this year’s event. a new month appears on the calendar, McCarthy employees instinctively don jeans, Our most important goal was to increase fundraising from $38,000 to $60,000. We sweatshirts, heavy work gloves and their “heart hats” so they can set out to tackle raised $70,000 for MS. Our California office raised more than $75,000 for this year’s some much-needed projects for area institutions. national event. This October, for the third year in a row, crews turned off their computers and left McCarthy Charity golf tournament their offices behind every Thursday and Friday to rake leaves, clear away brush, After riding for two days, many of the cyclists got up on Monday morning to play 18 mulch, paint, power wash and plant at 11 organizations: The Children’s Home Society, with their favorite clients and subcontractors in the annual McCarthy Charity Golf Lydia’s House, Our Little Haven, Ronald McDonald House, Camp Wyman, St. Louis Tournament. This is the 26th year we’ve held this event which has raised more than Crisis Nursery, Nurses for Newborns, World Impact, Wyman Center, Make-a-Wish, $1 million for local children’s charities. West End Mt. Carmel, and the Village of the Blue Rose in Clarksville, Mo.

McCarthy: Around Town, Some Of Our Smaller Jobs... john burroughs school Centocor biologics st. Luke’s Medical Center CviCu $5 million Phase 1A of multi-year campus improvement $1.7 million CM at Risk manufacturing suite fit-out program. Dining hall expansion, synthetic Field Hockey field, for biotech product. $8.1 million general contracting addition to cardiovascular bioretention system, utility infrastructure, and parking lot. intensive care unit. steinberg hall — Washington university pfizer holcim (us) bloomsdale, Mo $5.1 million fast-track renovation of fine arts school $22 million building housing cell bank/transfection and auditorium. labs and start-up cell banking space. MC Industrial project. $1.8 million limestone reclaim st. john’s Medical Center tunnel, concrete and miscellaneous foundations. enerfab/empire District energy Company Asbury, Mo Lindbergh school District — prop 4 $12.5 million sustaining work program over an annual budget cycle on more than 25 separate projects. MC Industrial project. $1.9 million foundations and structural steel for Unit 1 SCR. Various projects at 8 schools ranging from $1.5 million. CheckPoint St. Louis is produced quarterly by Chris Lampe McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Communications Manager 1341 N. Rock Hill Road Midwest Division St. Louis, MO 63124 McCarthy Building Companies 314-968-3300 www.mccarthy.com 314-919-2236

Checkpoint Fall 07 11 12

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