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EXPERIENCE - Foundation Monitoring Environmental & Geotechnical Consulting Services

Since 2000, ParklandGEO have undertaken a wide range of foundation projects including typical geotechnicaldesign services, footing and pile design, lateral pile design and group pile analysis, pile load testing, WEAPanalysis, dynamic pile (PDA) testing and pile installation monitoring. The list of foundation systems that ourcompany has had experience with includes: conventional shallow footings, subgrade improvement forfootings, micro-piles and piles foundations. Deep pile foundation experience includes, bored cast-in-place

concrete, dynamically cast-in-place concrete (Compacto/Franki) piles,driven steel piles, steel screw piles, grouted tie-back anchors anddriven timber piles. The wide range of structures ParklandGEO hasworked on includes, single family residential, townhouses, apartments,commercial retail, schools, hospitals, bridges, retaining walls, multi-floor office buildings, light industrial warehouses, oilfield installations

and heavy industrial plants.

MAJOR FOUNDATION MONITORING PROJECTS

Red Deer College Expansion ($110M) - Bored Cast in Place Concrete PilesCity of Red Deer Yards ($125M) - Footings & Driven Steel PilesRed Deer Executive Place Tower ($85M) - Driven Steel (Shoring), Footings and Concrete Mats2000 and 2010 Red Deer Regional Hospital Expansions ($300M) - Footings, Driven Steel Piles, Bored CIPConcrete Piles, Tangent Pile Shoring, Grouted Anchors and Steel Screw PilesRocky Mountain House School Campus ($75M) - Bored CIP Concrete Socketed Piles Red Deer Taylor Drive CP Rail Overpass (proposed $12M) - MSE Earth Wall Red Deer Southpointe Mall Site Phases 1 & 2 ($75M) - Compacto/Franki PilesRed Deer Southpointe Phase 2 Screw Pile Load Test Program ($10K) - Steel Screw PilesFerus Gas Plant, Joffre AB ($50M) -Bored Cast in Place Concrete PilesRed Deer Collicutt Liesure Centre ($28M) - Bored Cast in Place Concrete PilesWest Edmonton Commercial Development ($5M) - Bored Cast in Place Concrete PilesBP Noel Major Project - Dawson Creek, BC ($200M) - Driven Steel PilesSoutheast Stoney Trail Bridge Foundations, Calgary ($760M) - Driven Steel Piles (PDA) Red Deer RCMP Downtown Detachment ($25M) - Driven Steel PilesRed Deer Curling Club ($10M) - Driven Steel Piles (PDA)MGM Ford Building ($12M) - Driven Steel Piles (PDA)Grande Prairie Regional Hospital ($300M) - Bored CIP Concrete Piles with Pile Load Test Program MEG Energy Corporation - Christina Lake Ph. 3A Feed for CPF - Driven Steel Pile Load Test Program

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PDA TESTING

ParklandGEO conducts Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) testing for large strain dynamic pile load testing inaccordance with ASTM Standard D4945. Since April 2011, we have performed between 300 and 400 PDAtests on over fifty sites for a variety of projects ranging from small buildings and bridges, to major industrialcomplexes and a major urban expressway with multiple structures. The following is a partial list of our PDAtesting experience.

ParklandGEO have one of the most experienced PDA testing and CAPWAP analysis groups in WesternCanada, with ten staff members presently trained to undertake the field PDA testing work. Our PDA testinggroup has a close working relationship with the manufacturer PDI Inc. and their consulting division GRLEngineering Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio. We frequently use GRL services for internal quality control for our testanalysis.We have access to Pile Integrity Test (PIT), Crosshole Sonic Logging (CSL) and Thermal IntegrityProfiling (TIP) equipment. We presently have four sets of PDA equipment and four E-saximeters, and one setof Pile Integrity Test (PIT) equipment.

• Southeast Stoney Trail, Calgary, AB (2011 to Present) - Over 202 PDA tests have been performedto-date in support of the design verification of approximately 1850 driven steel H-piles installationsat 27 bridge and 85 sign structure sites for a major urban expressway in southeast Calgary.

• R.M. of Wood Buffalo South Operations Centre, Fort McMurray, AB (2013) - Initial WEAPanalysis to assess drive-ability of driven steel H-piles and asubsequent detailed review of PDAprogram results (by others) pile capacity verifiaction on behalf od the Owner.

• Keyera Energy, South Cheecham Rail Terminal Facility, R.M. of Wood Buffalo, AB (2012 toPresent) - Performance of a test pile program including WEAP analysis and PDA tests as part of adesign build service for over 800 driven steel pipe piles. Ongoing pile monitoring since December2012 with a PDA verification program (30 tests to date) during construction; which is scheduled to becompleted in June 2013.

• Nose Hill Drive & Stoney Trail Interchange - Calgary, AB (2011 to Present) - two PDA tests on adriven Steel H-pile for the pedestrian overpass and Structure 1 widening project.

• Westrich Pacific Signature Residential Apartment, Edmonton, AB (2012) - eighteen (18) PDAtests including re-strikes for NBCC design verification of an large apartment complex project with over200 large driven steel pipe piles.

• Grizzly Oil Sands - Algar Lake Oils Sands Central Processing Facility, RM Wood Buffalo, AB(2012) - ten PDA tests including re-strikes for NBCC design verification of an industrial project with405 driven steel pipe pile piles.

• Auburn Bay Senior Residence - Calgary, AB (2012) - two PDA tests on bored cast-in-placeconcrete piles for NBCC design verification of foundations for a large residential apartment complex.

• Paramount Energy Musreau Gas Plant Phase 2, Grande Prairie County, AB (2012) - Performeda detailed WEAP analysis program including one PDA test for a major industrial plant expansion.

• Schlumberger Service Facility, Red Deer, AB (2012) - nine PDA tests were performed for NBCCdesign verification for several buildings at a large regional oilfield service yard.

• Force Piling Building - Blackfalds, AB (2012) - four PDA tests were performed for an industrialbuilding for NBCC design verification.

• Quinn Pumps Plating Facility - Red Deer (2012) - six PDA tests including re-strikes for NBCCdesign verification of a large industrial building foundation with 120 driven steel pipe piles.

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• Jansen Potash Mine - ATCO Structures Camp Project - Humbolt, SK (2012) - a test pile programwith six PDA tests for drive-ability assessment and preliminary design for driven steel pipe piles.

• Statoil Leismer Expansion Project, Conklin, AB (2012) - one PDA re-strike test to determine thecapacity of a driven steel pipe pile installed as part of a industrial plant expansion.

• Wandering River Bridge at Highway 63:02, Wandering River, AB (2012) - four PDA tests forcapacity verification of a small bridge founded on driven steel H-piles.

• Red Deer Curling Club Building - Red Deer, AB (2012) - four PDA tests for NBCC designverification of an recreational building project with 50 driven steel pipe piles.

• Imperial Oil Kearl Expansion Project OPP2 Area, R.M. of Wood Buffalo, AB (2012) - Review ofPDA program results (by others) and WEAP analysis for drive-ability assessment and pile design.

• MEG Christina Lake 3A Bridge, R.M. of Wood Buffalo, AB (2013) - four PDA tests for capacityverification of a small bridge founded on driven steel H-piles.

• Thompson Creek Metals - Mt. Milligan Camp, Fort ST. James, BC (2012 to Present) -performance of a test pile program including three PDA tests as part of a design build foundationservice complete with a pending PDA verification program during construction.

• Pidherneys Building - Blackfalds, AB (2012) - two PDA tests for NBCC design verification of anindustrial office building project.

• Nordegg Public Services Building, Nordegg, AB (2011) - five PDA tests including re-strikes forNBCC design verification of a public service building project with 74 driven steel pipe piles.

• Service Credit Union Clearview Market - Red Deer, AB (2011) - two PDA tests undertaken as partof a design build foundation alternative for a commercial project with 46 driven steel pipe piles.

• MGM Ford Dealership - Red Deer, AB (2011) - performed a test pile program with eleven PDA testsincluding re-strikes for drive-ability assessment and NBCC design verification of a large commercialbuilding project with 155 driven steel pipe piles.

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STATIC LOAD TESTING

ParklandGEO have three senior geotechnical engineers with over twenty years of experience each. Oursenior engineers have experience on pile load test programs dating back to the 1980's. In addition,ParklandGEO have over ten other intermediate to senior level geotechnical engineers on staff in Alberta. Ofthese engineers, seven have been involved in at least one of the four pile load test programs that have beencompleted by ParklandGEO in the past two years. Past pile load test clients of ParklandGEO personnelinclude Alberta Infrastructure, MEG Energy, Fining Canada, Melcor Developments, Nova Chemicals andUnion Carbide. The following is a partial list of pile load test project experience for present ParklandGEOpersonnel.

• Shell Canada Limited. Caroline Gas Plant, Caroline AB (1989) - Geotechnical engineer for aconventional pile load test program on six bored cast-in-place (CIP) concrete test piles. Three pileswere tested under axial compression and three were tested under lateral loads. Work tasks includedassisting with project management, test supervision and geotechnical analysis.

• Mission Hill Plaza, St. Alberta, AB (1992) - Geotechnical engineer for a conventional pile load testprogram on three bored cast-in-place (CIP) concrete test piles tested under axial compression. Worktasks included assistance with design, test supervision, data collection and geotechnical analysis ofthe results.

• Nova Chemicals Ltd. SCLAIR II Plant Project, Joffre, AB (1997) - Project manager andgeotechnical engineer for a conventional pile load test program on two bored cast-in-place (CIP)concrete test piles; a friction pile and an end-bearing (belled) pile. Piles were tested under axialcompression and lateral loads. Work tasks included design, test supervision, data collection andgeotechnical analysis of the results.

• Union Carbide Canada Inc. Northstar Polyethylene LP-7 Project, Prentiss, AB (1998) - Projectmanager and geotechnical engineer for a conventional pile load test program on two bored cast-in-place (CIP) concrete test piles; a friction pile and an end-bearing (belled) pile. Piles were testedunder axial compression. Work tasks included design, test supervision, data collection andgeotechnical analysis of the results.

• Southpoint Common - Phase 2, Red Deer, AB (2004) - Project manager and senior reviewer fora conventional pile load test on a single steel screw pile tested under axial compression as aproposed design alternate for a commercial development. Work tasks included test supervision andgeotechnical analysis of the results.

• CFB Namao Army Garrison, Namao, AB (2005) - Project manager and geotechnical engineer fora conventional pile load test program on 5 bored cast-in-place (CIP) concrete test piles at three sites. Piles were tested under axial compression. Work tasks included design, test supervision, datacollection and geotechnical analysis of the results.

• Grande Prairie Regional Hospital (GPRH), Grande Prairie, AB (2011) - Project manager andgeotechnical engineer for a conventional pile load test program on three two bored cast-in-place (CIP)concrete test piles; a friction pile and two end-bearing (belled) piles of different size. Piles weretested under axial compression. Work tasks included design, tendering, strain gaugeinstrumentation, test supervision, data collection and geotechnical analysis of the results.

• Fining Canada Facility, Fort McKay, AB (2011) - Project manager and geotechnical engineer forsix conventional pile load test program on bored continuous flight auger (CFA) concrete test piles. Piles were pile integrity tested (PIT) and static load tested under axial compression. Work tasksincluded design, test supervision and geotechnical analysis of the results.

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• MEG Energy Christina Lake Phase 3A, R.M. of Wood Buffalo, AB (2012). Project manager andgeotechnical engineer for a conventional pile load test program on four driven steel pipe piles. Twotest were performed in axial compression and two were tested in tension. The assignment includedassisting with a trial run on the test set up. Work tasks during the load test program included designof the program, construction procedure submittal, test supervision and data collection. The factualtest results were forwarded to the Owner’s geotechnical consultant for final analysis.

• Stoneycreek Commercial Development - Fort McMurray, AB (2012) - Project manager andgeotechnical engineer for an O-Cell pile load test program on a high capacity bored cast-in-place(CIP) concrete rock socket pile. Work with LOADTEST Inc. of Florida to design the test program. Piles were tested for axial compression and tension. Work tasks included preliminary design,supervision and geotechnical analysis of the results. Detailed O-Cell design, data collection andfactual reporting was undertaken by LOADTEST personnel.

• CNRL Phase 1 In-situ Oils Sands - Kirby North Static Load Test, R.M. of Wood Buffalo, AB (2012) - Project manager and geotechnical engineer for a conventional axial and lateral pile load testprogram on four driven steel pipe piles. Work tasks included design of the test program andconstruction procedure submittal. The assignment was cancelled prior to testing.

In the past, ParklandGEO has relied on RST Instruments Ltd. of Vancouver, for supply of equipment, straingauges, dial gauges, data loggers etc. for pile load testing projects. We have a number of data loggers, a fullset of manual dial gauges and a slope indicator. Typically we have rented calibrated load cells directly fromRST and our piling contractors have supplied the required beams and jacks. We recently commissioned RSTto provide us with a full load test setup including a 4450 kN load cell, dedicated eight channel data logger,eight linear variable displacement transducers (LVDT’s) and associated cabling for primary data acquisition. In combination with a small lap top this will give us the ability to plot pile deflections in real time. This will alsoallow us to use our manual dial gauges as a secondary data system for backup instead of crude mirror, wireand scale setups.

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