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OP Nutrition (subsidiary of Indiana Packers) // PERU, INDIANAStart-up is approaching for OP Nutrition’s new 4,800 ton per week swine feedmill. The feedmill includes 330,000 bushels of whole grain storage, over 2,000 tons of bulk ingredient storage, and over 1,200 tons of finished feed bulk storage. Batching will be up to 125 TPH, and pelleting is rated at 55 TPH with consideration for a future 55 TPH pelleting line.

Crews are completing the final stages of all major equipment installation. Huston Electric (electrical subcontractor) is terminating connections to all equipment in preparation for commissioning. ACI Mechanical (mechanical subcontractor) has completed all steam and process piping. The mill will start receiving grain in late September and is expected to be making feed in October.

The crew includes Superintendent Robby Shell; General Foreman James Stewart; Foremen Sam Ramos, John Deepe, Nicolas Rodriguez-Esparza, and Luis Rojas-Tellez; Leadmen Edgar Nathan Gudino, Manuel Cruz, Reynaldo Rodriquez, and Jose Salas-Ibarra; and Secretary Maria Rojas.

Indiana Packers is a fully integrated pork production company. Since the founding of the business in 1991, Indiana Packers has grown to become a national leader in the processing of premium pork products and markets its retail product under the “Indiana Kitchen” brand.

Todd & Sargent is proud to have been OP Nutrition’s construction partner on this project and would like to congratulate everyone at Indiana Packers on their new endeavor.

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SIXTY YEARS AND GOING STRONG

This year marks Todd & Sargent’s 60th Anniversary. In 1958, George Todd & Warren Sargent formed a partnership that would go on to stand the test of time. Over the past 60 years, countless clients, hundreds of industry partners, and many thousands of employees have contributed to Todd & Sargent’s success which has brought us to where we are today.

Over these six decades we have built hundreds of facilities totaling over $2 billion! But it’s really not the dollars that are so impressive, rather the impact that these facilities have on the world. It is not uncommon for a flour mill that we design and build to produce more than one million pounds of flour each day that will go to bakeries to produce baked goods for tens of thousands of people. Or for a feedmill to produce 50 million pounds of feed per week that will go to feed hundreds of thousands of animals. Or for a grain terminal to store more than a million bushels of grain that will get shipped across the country or around the world to reach a global population. These facilities truly help feed the world.

We’re proud to celebrate 60 years of serving the engineering and construction needs of our clients to help ensure their continued growth and success! And we’re proud to help continue feeding a growing world. Thank you for your part in making that success a reality.

Clint Steele RetiresTodd & Sargent announces the retirement of Clint D. Steele, Vice President Sales & Marketing, after 42 ½ years of service. Clint began his career at Todd & Sargent on January 12, 1976, as a Purchasing Agent. In 1980, he moved from the purchasing department into the sales department and in 1984, became the Marketing Sales Manager. In 1986, Clint was promoted to Vice President Sales & Marketing in which he served that role until his retirement on July 1, 2018.

In his 42 years with Todd & Sargent, Clint worked closely with clients to design and develop facilities in the feed, grain, flour milling, pet food, ethanol, industrial, and other ag processing markets. He was also responsible for business development and all proposal cost estimates in the United

States and Canada. Clint worked closely with the client’s team to develop successful facility designs, compile competitive cost estimates, and select subcontractors to partner with Todd & Sargent. He worked to develop the contract specifications and negotiate successful contracts with each owner.

A few of the many clients Clint worked closely with over the years include Sanderson Farms, Seaboard Foods, Siemer Milling, Aurora Cooperative, Christensen Farms, Grain Millers, Wampler Longacre, Pilgrim’s, Iams Pet Food, Cenex Harvest States, GrainCraft, ADM Milling, Ardent Mills, Tyson, Cobb, Wayne Farms, West Central Coop, Cargill, and REG. Clint was always focused on building superior business relationships with the clients, from conceptual design through start-up. Clint always had the highest respect for every client.

Clint and his wife Mary Kay live in Ames where they raised their three children. Future plans include spending more time with their children and grandchildren, golfing, and traveling. Their family includes daughter Angela Sherwood and husband Matt of Chamberlain, South Dakota; daughter Andrea Rock and husband Ryan of Ankeny, Iowa; daughter Anna Kaminski and husband Dan of Ames, Iowa; and six grandchildren.

Please join us in wishing Clint all the best in his retirement!

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PROMOTIONSOffice // Purchasing Specialist: Kelly Taggart, Emily Bialick

Foreman // Travis Musselman

Leadman // Alberto Diaz-Diaz, Jose Salas-Ibarra, Jose Ugalde, Palemon Rios-Ugalde, Donavon Henderson, Freddy Munoz

NEW HIRESOffice // Engineering: Alex Feaker Operations: Erin HarrisCorporate Pilot: Kolton Bruce

Foreman // Mauro Gudino, Luis Rodriquez-Cruz, Francisco Colato

Leadman // Rafael Melendez, Jr., Steve Williams

EXECUTIVE CHANGES

Paul Sondgeroth has been promoted from Operations Vice President to Senior Vice President of Operations.

Pat Taggart has been promoted from Project Manager to Operations Vice President.

Alex Kerrigan has been promoted from Project Executive to Vice President of Project Development with Clint Steele’s retirement. Alex’s position will maintain responsibility for Design, Estimating, Marketing, and Sales.

Steve Smith is the new Chief Operating Officer. Steve’s role will focus on serving as a leadership and management resource to help Todd & Sargent continue to grow and evolve.

Todd & Sargent has been awarded the contract for a new loadout annex for Pilgrim’s at their Pittsburg, Texas, facility. This will be a dual lane 40’ x 50’ loadout annex which consists of twenty 10’ x 10’ x 50’ high bins (10 bins to each lane), two 9-ton weigh lorry systems, and gravity top-fill distribution. All bins are filled using the two existing pelleting lines. Two transfer conveyors, a bridge, and tower tie the new annex to the existing feedmill.

Todd & Sargent Superintendent Mike Taggart and crew have mobilized to begin building slipforms.

Pilgrim’s has awarded Todd & Sargent the contract to design, engineer, and construct their new 20,000 TPW poultry feedmill in Ranger, Georgia. This new facility will include high-speed rail and truck receiving, 27 bulk ingredient bins to the mixer, and 24 bulk loadout bins. There will be 900,000 bushels of whole grain storage and a 4,200 ton soymeal silo. Batching will be 240 TPH which includes a 12-ton twin shaft mixer, one 20-bin micro ingredient system, and a 4-bag tote micro system. The facility will include three 75 TPH pelleting lines. This project will also include complete plant automation, electrical, and mechanical installation.

Todd & Sargent Superintendent Epifanio Gudino; Foremen Sam Ramos, Hans Evers, and Marco Salgado-Vasquez; and crew recently mobilized to begin building slipforms and install piling.

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Brian Watson started with Todd & Sargent on September 8, 2014, and is an Estimator/Process Engineer in the Project Development Department. He performs front-end design estimating for jobs both in the United States and Canada. Brian lives in Story City, Iowa, with his wife Caryn and daughter Brooklyn. His hobbies include home remodel projects, golf, and being part of the local volunteer fire department. Todd & Sargent would like to congratulate and thank Brian for 4 years of service and hard work.

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VIKING, ALBERTAConstruction continues at the new Parrish & Heimbecker, LTD inland grain terminal in Viking, Alberta. The workhouse slip took place in May 2018, and crews are currently finishing up below grade work and installing the structural towers and equipment.

The crew includes Superintendent Russ Shady, Foreman Travis Mussleman, and Secretary Brittaney Materi.

The facility will include six 32’ diameter silos, interstice, and cleaning bins. Total storage

capacity for the concrete workhouse will be 16,350 tonne (600,000 bushels). It will have 600 MTPH truck receiving and high-speed rail loadout, along with a pre-engineered metal building for receiving and office space. A cleaning and drying system with associated dust handling equipment is also included in this new facility.

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Construction continues on the mill expansion for Miller Milling facility in Saginaw, Texas. Todd & Sargent crews are currently finishing installation and beginning to prepare for the mill start-up.

The crew includes Superintendents Randy Durby and James Beck; General Foreman Patricio Dominguez-Rosas; Foremen Jesus Garcia, Santiago Gomez-Fernandez, Sonny Williams, Francisco Colato, and Lyle Sondgeroth; Leadmen Juan Manuel Lopez-Perez, and Jose Gonzalez; Project Safety Coordinator Steve Somers; and Office Manager Barb Durby.

The expansion will bring the total number of mills at the site to three and will increase the facility’s flour production capacity from its current level of 14,000 hundredweight (cwt) per day to 24,000 CWT per day.

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NASHVILLE, ARCrews are busy working on the feedmill and grain silos at the new Pilgrim’s 12,000 ton per week feedmill in Nashville, Arkansas. Equipment installation is progressing from the mill roof, through the headhouse, and down to the main slab. Mill ingredients distribution in the headhouse, 10-ton mixer, 20 bin micro system, and 4-bag tote micro system are installed, as well as the batching scales. On the pelleting side, both 70 TPH pellet mills, coolers, and cooler aspiration systems have been installed, and the pellet legs are set to the

mill roof. The 120 TPH grinding system is well on the way to completion, and crews are rapidly completing the remaining concrete floors.

The crew includes Superintendents Dennis Taggart and Mike Taggart; General Foremen Dale Mittlieder and Bill Schoba; Foremen Felix Enriquez-Osornio and Luis Rodriquez-Cruz; Leadmen William Weller, Fidel Gudino, Edgar Ugalde-Ugalde, Jose Oritz-Benabe, Severiano Yanez-Hernandez, Eduardo Osornio-Rios, Luis Ugalde-Enriquez, Billy Ross, and Philip Redfearn; and Secretary Manuela Puente.

SAFETY CORNERMARK WIELAND, T&S SAFETY DIRECTOR

Whether we are in the office or out in the field, we strive for excellence. We do this by asking ourselves how we can make things better than they currently are. We remind ourselves that just because something works doesn’t mean we can’t make it better. Some members of the safety department put these thoughts into action recently with a fire extinguisher stand at one of our jobsites. How could we make the stand better? The answer was clear. The typical fire extinguisher stand is short, making it hard to find in an emergency. It needed to be more visible. Instead of buying a newer and taller stand, it was decided that this one could be transformed with a simple fix: a pole was added to the back of the stand, giving it high visibility. By doing this we made the jobsite safer, and we took a bare minimum practice and turned it into a best practice.

We look forward to continually making jobsites safer with simple innovations. Our biggest priority is that each crew member makes it home safely every night.

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TEUTOPOLIS, ILThe expansion at the Siemer Milling facility in Teutopolis, Illinois, is well underway. The flour storage slip took place at the end of June. This expansion includes flour storage

and a truck loadout tower which is 50’ wide x 82’ long x 107’ high (7 stories) with equipment core, lab space, and employee welfare area. Currently crews are working on the first, second, and third levels of the building.

The crew includes Superintendent Randy Hullinger, Foremen Dana Black and Efrain Perez-Escobar, and Leadmen Alberto Diaz-Diaz, Uziel Marcelino-Mosca, Victor Lezama, Jose Chevez, Selvin Lopez, and Rafael Melendez.

Todd & Sargent is proud to build another exciting project for Siemer Milling Company.

EMPLOYEESPOTLIGHT

Todd & Sargent Canada would like to congratulate and thank Melanie Ferguson for her hard work and dedication as the field office secretary in Vegreville, Alberta. She started working for Todd & Sargent Canada on November 23, 2017. Melanie lives in Vegreville with her three sons, ages 8, 10, and 12. Her hobby is photography and Melanie enjoys road trips and spending time in the mountains.

Melanie Ferguson

Brian Watson

The fire extinguisher stand before modification.

After the pole is added, the fire extinguisher has greater visibility.

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T&S ANNIVERSARIES

SEPTEMBER // OCTOBER NOVEMBER // DECEMBER

40+ Years43 Randy Durby

30+ Years30 Robert Clark

20+ Years29 Michelle Sime22 Bryan Coussens

10+ Years16 Alex Kerrigan14 Pete Clausen

5+ Years9 Efrain Perez-Escobar8 Jon Sargent6 Clifton Bolden

1+ Years4 Brian Watson, Rolando Herrera,

Gilberto Morales3 Gabriel Pimentel-Hernandez,

Sonny Williams1 Mark Wieland, Jeff McLaughlin,

Cory Glass, Roy Salas, Paul Zamora, Christine Gay, Edgar Cabazos, Jose Chevez, Nicolas Lopez-Diaz, Jorge Batres-Chavez, Toni Lee Quintanilla, Jose C Miranda, Marco Salgado-Vasquez, Jose Gonzalez, Joel Martinez-Gonzalez, Fabian Gaytan-Reyes, Matt Hett, Gorge Lopez, Saul Ramos, Jesus Beltran-Morales,

Jose De Santiago, Selvin Lopez, Pedro Rodriguez, Nicolas Rodriguez-Esparza, Carlos Gonzalez, Billy Ross, Mario Ramos-Cruz, Cristian Vazquez-Garcia, Alexis Perez-Vargas, Fermin Garcia-Zacharias, Jorge Altamirano, Eliazar Mata, Jesus Lopez-Torres, Edgar Gamez,

Francisco Guerrero-Reyna, Heath Bielitz, Rodolfo Rodriguez, Jesus V Rodriguez, Phillip Redfearn, Nathan Gudino, Miguel Reyes, Agapito Nava, Larry Liebel,

Elpidio Fontes, Francisco Banda, Mike Fertig

I-CUBS GAMEA group of Todd & Sargent office employees enjoyed a game of baseball the evening of Friday, July 13, 2018, watching the Iowa Cubs take the win against Nashville Sounds at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa.

2018 GOLF TOURNAMENTThe Todd & Sargent Ames office held their annual 4-person best ball golf tournament on Friday, June

8, at Coldwater Golf Links in Ames, Iowa. The weather was a perfect Iowa summer afternoon. When all golfers were finished, prizes were awarded, and lunch was served.

AMES, IOWATodd & Sargent employees and their families enjoyed the 44th Annual Todd & Sargent Company Picnic on Saturday, August 11, 2018, at Brookside Park in Ames. The day started with a bags tournament, with the winners being awarded cash prizes. A barbecue lunch was catered by Whatcha Smokin’ BBQ out of Luther, Iowa, and employees were awarded door prizes of various items donated by Todd & Sargent vendors.

COMPANY PICNICS

Clifton Bolden, Ian Meister and David Gravlin

MINEOLA, TEXASOn July 21, 2018, Mineola, Texas, jobsite employees enjoyed their annual summer picnic. Attendees enjoyed hamburgers and hot dogs for lunch and took part in a raffle where prizes were awarded to employees and spouses. The picnic concluded with children taking turns trying to break open a piñata that was filled with candy.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to Joanne Gregory (T&S Engineering) and her family on the loss of her grandmother, Eunice M. Wulkow, of Sac City, Iowa, on July 15, 2018, at the age of 99.

SYMPATHY

BIRTHSCongratulations to David Gravlin (T&S Design Development) and his wife Linsey of Ames, Iowa, on the birth of their daughter, Isabelle Grace Gravlin, born April 5, 2018.

Congratulations to Logan Koster (T&S Engineering) and his wife Che on the birth of their son, Theodore Bennett Koster, born April 5, 2018.

Congratulations to Paul Noelck (T&S Design Development Manager) and his wife Candy on the birth of their granddaughter, Marjorie (Mari) Rickel Noelck, born on April 9, 2018, to Adam and Katie Noelck of Fort Collins, Colorado. On August 18, 2018, their grandson, Carter David Noelck, was born to Jason and Chantalle Noelck of Seattle, Washington.

WEDDINGCongratulations to Jessica Taggart (T&S HR) and Troy Lester who were married on July 21, 2018 in Scranton, Iowa.

Congratulations to Terry Stover (T&S Engineering) and Cortney Lindemoen who were married on July 28, 2018, in Backbone Sate Park at Strawberry Point, Iowa.

SAGINAW, TEXASOn July 4, 2018, the Todd & Sargent jobsite in Saginaw, Texas, got their crew and families together for a company picnic. For lunch they had a delicious BBQ buffet, watched the kids smash piñatas, and walked away with lots of fun door prizes.

RAGBRAI 2018In the beginning, when a few friends got together for a casual bike ride across Iowa in 1973, no one imagined that a tradition would be born, let alone that it would become the longest, largest, and oldest recreational bicycle touring event in the world. Congrats to a few co-workers who rode RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) this past July.

Curtis & Kathy Kiesling, Mike Willman, Brian Watson, and Mark Oliver

Sue & Mike Baumhover

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HUXLEY, ALBERTA

Construction has begun at GrainsConnect Canada’s new shuttle train loading terminal in Huxley, Alberta. Todd & Sargent Canada crews are building slipforms in preparation for an October 2018 slip. The boot pit and reclaim tunnel is complete with crews working up through the two main slab areas.

This facility will have a total storage capacity of 35,000 tonnes with 625 MTPH receiving, 240 MTPH cleaning, and 2,000 MTPH rail loadout.

The crew includes General Foreman Thomas Alexander, Foreman Kzrysztof Bieniek, Leadman Eric Farmer, Project Safety Coordinator Melodie Cranney, and Secretary Jill McAllister.

The slip for GrainsConnect Canada’s new shuttle train loading terminal in Vegreville, Alberta, was completed in July. Crews are installing sandfill/slickcoat hoppers, assembling tower steel, working on receiving equipment, and pouring the silo roofs. Once finished, this facility will have a total storage capacity of 35,000 tonnes with 625 MTPH receiving, 240 MTPH cleaning, and 2,000 MTPH rail loadout capacities.

The crew includes Superintendent Levi Joanette, Foreman Darcie West, Leadman Shawn Ohlman, and Secretary Melanie Ferguson.

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The “CanDo” Review is a publication of Todd & Sargent. Editor: Vickie Ayers2905 SE 5th Street // Ames, Iowa 50010

Phone: 515.232.0442 // www.tsargent.com

Our Mission Todd & Sargent, Inc. is in business to serve the engineering and

construction needs of our clients to help ensure their continued growth and success.

2018 NGFA-PFI Feed & Pet Food ShowSeptember 16-20, 2018Booth #27Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the ArchSt. Louis, MO

2018 NGFA 47th Annual Country Elevator Conference & Trade ShowDecember 2-4, 2018Booth #504St. Louis Union Station HotelSt. Louis, MO

Upcoming Trade Shows

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MINEOLA, TXWork continues at the new 8,500 ton per week poultry feedmill and grain storage silos being constructed for Sanderson Farms, Inc. in Mineola, Texas. The Todd & Sargent crew has completed installing the major access platforms and stairs; hanging the ingredient and loadout hoppers; setting the pellet mill, conditioners, dryer, cyclones, batching scale hoppers, and mixer; and placing the top towers, distributors, and legs. Crews have erected the warehouse and outbound loadout buildings and are beginning erection of the boiler building and will follow with the receiving building. Patrick Electric Service has installed the switchboard and electrical panels and are running conduit throughout the facility. Mechanical subcontractors will begin

working in the boiler room in early September. The whole team is making great progress. The feedmill is expected to be operational in the late fourth quarter of 2018.

The crew includes Superintendent Scott Tessum; Foremen Rick Dorrel, Eric Gay, Cristian Miranda, Julio Cruz-Santiago, Toni Lee Quintanilla, Mauro Gudino, Valentin Garcia, and Jesus Beltran-Morales; Leadmen Ramon Herrera-Martinez, Edgardo Herrera, Gorge Lopez, Irving Gomez, Erik Herrera, Edgar Cabazos, Matt Hett, Jose Armando Enriquez-Ugalde, Fabian Gaytan-Reyes, Freddy Munoz, Palemon Rios-Ugalde, Jose Ugalde, and Heath Bielitz; and Secretaries Christine Gay and Sheryl Ray.