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WAYNE FARMS PARTNERS WITH TODD & SARGENT TO BUILD NEW FEEDMILL

Wayne Farms has selected Todd & Sargent as their General Contractor to design, engineer, and construct a new 25,000 ton per week feedmill located near Ozark, Alabama. Wayne Farms LLC is one of the largest vertically integrated poul-try producers in the U.S. They own and operate 11 fresh and further-processed facilities throughout the Southeast and produce more than 2.6 billion pounds of poultry products each year. The new Wayne Farms feedmill will include:• Three Receiving Systems: Rail receiving for corn rated at 50,000 BPH, rail receiving for soft stocks rated at 17,500

CFH, and truck receiving rated at 14,000 CFH/280 TPH.• Ingredient Storage Bins: 29 ingredient bins to mixers - 5,400 tons; 6 pellet mill surge bins - 656 tons; 30 bulk loadout

bins - 6,000 tons (dual loadout bays).• Whole Grain Storage: One million bushel capacity.• Grinding System - 240 TPH.• Soybean Meal Storage: 4,200 tons.• Dual Batching: 162 TPH/system capacity - dual 10 ton mixers, two 20 bin micro ingredient systems, two 4-bin tote

systems.• Pelleting: 270 TPH - Three pellet lines each providing 90 TPH, including three pellet mills, each with dual condition-

ers, horizontal coolers, and a crumbler.• Support Systems: Complete plant automation, electrical and mechanical installation.

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Emily Taggart, daughter of Mike Taggart, is attending Snow Com-

munity College in Ephraim, Utah, and is majoring in Psychology.

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

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Todd & Sargent

would like to thank

Stephanie Taylor, T&S

Accounts Payable,

for organizing the

Todd & Sargent blood

drives over the past

several years. This is

done through LifeServe Blood Center mobile

donation units.

Today, LifeServe Blood Center, an Iowa

based, not-for-proit blood center, collects

approximately 156,000 units of blood a year

and provides blood and blood products to

more than 100 hospitals in Iowa, Nebraska,

and South Dakota.

As one of the largest blood centers in the

country, LifeServe Blood Center is commit-

ted to providing premier service to volunteer

blood donors and access to a safe, quality

blood supply for hospitals and patients.

Every two seconds someone somewhere

needs blood. Just one blood donation can

impact the lives of up to three different

hospital patients.

If you are not a blood donor already, please

consider becoming one. Feel free to contact

Stephanie for information

on our next blood drive at

the Ames ofice or contact

your local blood center.

We are proud to announce the 2015 winners of the 19th Annual Todd & Sargent Scholarship program. All scholarship applicants are children of full-time Todd & Sargent employees who are enrolled in an institution of higher education. The winners are selected in a random drawing and receive a check for $500 to use at their discretion for their educational needs. The scholarships are Todd & Sargent’s way of promoting and helping children of their employees with their educational opportunities. This year’s winners are Emily Taggart, Alex Sime, Emily Carlson, and Daniel Griffen. Congratulations to all!

Emily Carlson, daughter of Kathy Carlson, is attending DMACC

(Des Moines Area Community College) in Ankeny, Iowa, and is majoring in Criminal Justice.

Daniel Griffen, stepson of Cora Griffen and son of Scott Griffen,

is attending Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and is majoring in Computer Engineering.

Alex Sime, daughter of Michelle Sime and stepdaughter of Scott

Schoba, is attending Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, and is majoring in English.

T&S ANNUAL PICNICThe 41st Annual Todd & Sar-gent Company Picnic was held on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Moore Memorial Park in Ames for all employees and their fam-ilies. After a BBQ lunch catered by Hickory Park, door prizes were awarded and a bag toss tournament took place. Todd & Sargent would like to thank the many vendors who donated cash and prizes to make the picnic a huge success.

The winners of the 2015 Bags Tournament: Back row: 1st Place Jon Sargent and Josh

Schneider, 2nd Place Lindsey and Chris Dietz and 3rd Place David Gravlin and Pete

Clausen (not pictured).

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T&S ANNIVERSARIES

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CHELSEA, MI

SEPTEMBER // OCTOBER NOVEMBER // DECEMBER

20+ Years27 Robert Clark26 Michelle Sime22 Cathy Simmons21 Jeff Starnes

10+ Years19 Bryan Coussens15 Jerry Murphy 13 Alex Kerrigan 11 Pete Clausen10 Cora Griffen

5+ Years9 Diego Avitia6 Efrain Perez-Escobar, Jorge Ugalde-

Uribe, Luis Rojas-Tellez5 Jon Sargent, Reynaldo Velasquez

1+ Years4 Severiano Yanez-Hernandez3 Tom Poggensee, Clifton Bolden2 Edgardo Montanes-Maldonado,

Galen Payton, Bernabe Rodriguez-Hernandez, Michael Fertig, Domingo Lucas, Juan Espinosa-Reyes, Antonio Renteria, Eric Rodriguez, Luis Maldonado, Edwin Melendez

1 Minardo Gutierrez-Albor, Rolando Herrera, Brian Watson, Jorge Uriarte-Ruiz, Aviel Andrade, Cruz Perez, Jacob Detillion, Gilberto Morales, Juan Gonzalez, Kadi Hardy

Construction has begun on the expansion of a new batch and mix tower for the “Jiffy” baking mixes produced by Chelsea Milling Company in Chelsea,

Michigan. Todd & Sargent was awarded the contract to design, engineer, and construct the tower which will be 80’ wide x 78’ long x 104’ high.

Todd & Sargent Superintendents Robby Shell and Epifanio Gudino, General Foreman Diego Avitia; Foremen Luis Rojas-Tellez, Sam Ramos, Eric Butler, and Matt Prater; Leadmen Anibal Fuentes-Cartagena, Joaquin Dominguez-Monroy, Edgar Avitia-Molina, and Galen Payton; and crews moved on site in June. They have poured the main slab and are currently building slipforms to prepare for a late September slip.

Chelsea Milling, a fami-ly-owned business, was established in 1901 as a traditional lour mill. By early 1930, they had expanded into the retail prepared baking mix market with their irst “JIFFY” Mix product. Today, “JIFFY” is the market share leader in retail prepared mufin mixes. Their entire opera-tion is located in Chelsea, Michigan and their prod-ucts are shipped to all 50 states, as well as many foreign countries through the United States Military.

Hitting its 41st year in 2015, RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa) began at the Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa, and ended at the Mississippi River in Dubuque, Iowa. The

seven-day mileage for RAGBRAI totaled 468 miles while the daily mileage averaged 67 miles.

Congratulations to Mike Baumhover (Sr. Project Engineer) and his wife Sue on inishing their 7th year of riding RAGBRAI.

RAGBRAI 2015

BIRTHS Congratulations to Ricky Roque (T&S General Foreman) and wife Marrissa McCarthy on the birth of their son, Jesantmi, on February 14, 2015.

Congratulations to Tom Poggensee (T&S Engineering) and wife Danielle on the birth of their son, Emmett James, on May 12, 2015.

Congratulations to Rolando Soriano (T&S Leadman) and Ivette Varela on the birth of their daughter, Lilliana, on July 10, 2015.

Congratulations to Jeff Moyer (T&S Engineering) and wife Chance on the birth of their granddaughter, Braxton Annalise Moyer, on August 14, 2015, to Alex Moyer and Natasha Chinnery.

MARRIAGESCongratulations to Mike Anderson (T&S Engineering) and Margaux Haines who were married on August 22, 2015 in Ankeny, Iowa. Congratulations to Jake Detillion (T&S Field Labor) and Jordan Richards who were married on August 22, 2015 in Ohio.

HIRES & PROMOTIONSForeman // Jose Reyes, Luis Rojas-Tellez, Juan Marquez, Guillermo Padilla-PonceLeadman // Fidel Perez-Escobar, Edgardo Montanes-Maldonado, Jayson Gonzalez-Rios, Nicomendez Flores-Rosario, Jose Pimentel-Gil, Ruben Pimentel, Galen Payton, Felix Enriquez-Osornio, Kevin Walls, Jose Tello-RosasOfice // Bruce Flickinger (Purchasing)

SYMPATHY Our deepest sympathy goes out to Eric Gay (T&S Foreman) and his family on the loss of his father, Larry Lee Gay, on May 22, 2015. Our deepest sympathy goes out to Mike Baumhover (T&S Sr. Project Engineer) and his wife Sue on the loss of her mother, Floretta “Ty” Thomsen, on May 28, 2015.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to Ryan Rock (T&S Project Manager) and his family on the loss of his grandmother, Signe Theodora Rock, on July 10, 2015.

Our deepest sympathy goes out to Sam Ramos (T&S Foreman) and his family on the loss of his brother, Pete Ramos Jr., on August 17, 2015.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER

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STAR OF THE WEST MILLING CO.

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WILLARD, OH

Todd & Sargent crews are busy at the new Star of the West Milling Company lour mill in Willard, Ohio. The wheat silos, a 4-pack of 32’ diameter x 137’ tall silos, were slipformed in March 2015. Capacity of these slipformed wheat silos is 337,000 bushels. The lour mill slipforming process took place the irst part of June. The mill tower is 34’ wide x 230’ long x 115’ tall and incorporates seven levels which house

the Buhler milling equipment. All loors and the roof have been poured for the mill building. Steel lour tanks have been set. Steel cone hoppers under the storage silos are complete. Equipment installation has begun in earnest throughout the facility.

Todd & Sargent crews include Superintendent Scott Tessum; General Foremen Ricardo Roque Jr. and James Stewart; Foremen John Deepe, Luis Andrade-Daza, William Raymundo-Rodriguez, Gavino Quintero-Rios, Jose Reyes, Juan Marquez, Bernabe Rodriguez-Hernandez and Guillermo Padil-la-Ponce; and Leadmen Rolando Soriano, Jose Arias, Noe Cornejo-Morales, Faustino Miranda-Sanchez, Ramon Herrera-Martinez, Daniel Morton, Cris-tian Miranda, Edmundo Chavez-Quintero, Irving Gomez, Santiago Go-mez-Fernandez, and Steve Sommers.

The new Star of the West lour mill will be capable of producing one million pounds of lour per day. All of the facility’s milling capacity is to be dedicated to milling soft red winter wheat and will primarily be sold to neighboring Pepperidge Farm.

Pictured during the June slip is Star of the

West Mill Manager Steve “Red” Michel, Corporate Milling Superintendent Gary Pickelmann, and President Art Loefler.

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WEST CENTRAL COOP EMPLOYEESPOTLIGHT

Todd & Sargent would like to congratulate and thank Dennis Taggart, Todd & Sargent Field Superintendent, for 34 years of service and his hard work. His hobbies include hunting moose, elk, and deer. Dennis also enjoys farming, collecting and working on guns, and snowmobiling. Dennis has been a great dad to his two daughters Kasey, 24, and Kelly, 22, who work at the Todd & Sargent Ames ofice. When not on the job, Dennis lives on a farm in rural Jefferson, Iowa.

Dennis Taggart

Todd & Sargent would like to congratulate and thank Scott Tessum, Todd & Sargent Field Superintendent, for 35 years of service and his hard work. Scott and his wife Lisa live on a farm outside of Thayer, Iowa where they raise cattle and horses. Scott‘s hobbies include working on the farm, Farmall tractors, and Harley Davidson Motorcycles. When not on the job, Scott loves spending time with his wife Lisa, two daughters, one son, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, and four precious grandkids.

West Central Coop awarded Todd & Sargent the contract to design, engineer, and construct a new SoyPlus Expeller plant at their Ralston, Iowa location.

Crews have inished the slipform activi-ties. Construction of below-grade con-crete and footings for pre-cast and pre-en-gineered buildings will begin, as well as placement of loors in the process tower.

This new plant will include a whole bean transfer system from existing grain storage, a slipformed process

tower, a pre-cast dryer and expeller building, soymeal cooling and grinding, a slipformed meal storage silo and truck loadout. Additional soy oil processing and support systems (boiler, MCC, maintenance) are also included.

Crews include Superintendent Dennis Taggart, General Foreman Jorge Ugal-de-Uribe, and Leadmen Felix Enriquez-Osornio, Rafael Alicea-DePablo, Jayson Gonzalez-Rios, Nicomendez Flores-Rosario, J. Asuncion Ugalde-Osornio, and Edgar Ugalde-Ugalde. This facility will be substantially complete the summer of 2016.

Scott Tessum

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RALSTON, IA

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We thank you for your dedication and hard

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PARRISH & HEIMBECKER

Star of the West Milling // Willard, OHKadi Hardy

Parrish & Heimbecker // Gladstone, Manitoba, CanadaSusan Cummer

Chelsea Milling // Chelsea, MIKim Jones

Rahr Malting // Shakopee, MNSavanna Larsin

West Central Coop // Ralston, IAKasey Taggart

Wayne Farms // Ozark, ALRobbi Beck

Crews are working on the inishing touches at Parrish & Heim-becker’s new inland grain terminal in Gladstone, Manitoba. The slipformed workhouse has a 343,000 bushel (9,325 tonne) capaci-ty, includes 20,000 BPH truck receiving, 40,000 BPH shipping, and a BM&M Rotary Cleaning System on the bindeck. Tie-ins were in-

stalled to ill and reclaim the annex storage and to feed a future dryer system.

Todd & Sargent crews include Superintendent Russ Shady, General Foremen Levi Joanette and Thomas Alexander; Foreman Rick Dorrel, and Leadman Terry (TJ) Palmer. Crew Leaders include Devon Levasseur, Alan Hanratty, Mark Tibbet, Lawrence Spence and Chad Beaton. Todd & Sargent, Canada, Ltd. is extremely proud to have constructed this proj-ect for Parrish & Heimbecker and thanks all team members who have helped expedite its “fast track” schedule.

T&S GOLF OUTINGTodd & Sargent held their annual 4-per-son best-ball golf tournament at the Riverbend Golf Course in Story City, Iowa on Friday afternoon, June 12. There were nine teams who competed despite the rainy afternoon.

Top photo: Golf team of Shay Wiegand, Kathy Carlson, Drew and Katie

Bresnahan. Bottom photo: Golf team Brian Watson, Cindy Kennedy, Caryn

Watson, and Vickie Ayers.

IOWA CUBS GAMETodd & Sargent ofice employees and their families enjoyed an Iowa Cubs evening baseball game on July 17 at Principal Park in Des Moines, Iowa. It was a great night at the ballpark.

Enjoying the game are Whitney, Olivia, Owen & Josh Schneider, Mike Schemmel, Laura Bottelson, John Schemmel, Mark

Schemmel, and Mike & Margaux Anderson.

Front Row: Kasey Taggart, Troy Lester, Rylee & Ian Meister, Jessica Taggart, Kelly Taggart.

Back Row: Brian & Caryn Watson, Dylan Gray, Tristan Dietz, Jackson Gray.

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GLADSTONE, MANITOBA

Construction is underway at the new malt house for Rahr Malting Company in Shakopee, Minnesota. This slipformed concrete structure will be Rahr’s sixth malt house located at this site. This facility will provide steeping, germination, and kilning of barley malt. Crews mobilized in April. The 167’

tall germ tower was slipped in July with the 74’ kiln tower slip taking place in August. Crews are currently in the process of pouring interior walls and loors to allow equipment installation to begin.

Crews include Superintendent Randy Hullinger; General Foreman Dale Mittlieder; Foremen Eliseo Gudino-Maqueda, Dana Black, Efrain Perez-Escobar, Ismael Acosta-Martinez, Eduardo Alamillo, Eric Gay and Patricio Dominguez-Rosas; and Leadmen David Ramirez, Reynaldo T. Velasquez, Fidel

Perez-Escobar, Julian Estrada, Edgardo Montanez-Maldonado, and Mike Fertig.

Rahr Malting Co. is a family owned company that has been in business since 1847. Rahr Malting produces and distrib-utes malt and industry related brewing supplies. Their modern malt production plants are stra-tegically located in Shakopee, Minnesota, and Alix, Alberta. Malting operations are support-ed by their barley procurement and distribution facility located in Taft, North Dakota.

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SHAKOPEE, MNSAFETY CORNER

Jobsite Safety Lunches

Todd & Sargent launched a safety incentive program earlier this year to encourage continued focus on safety at all of our jobsites. As part of this program, each calendar quarter we provide lunch to all jobsites that were safety incident-free as a way of saying thank you for their commitment to safety. These lunches are often at-tended by members of the Corporate Safety Committee and Project Man-agement, as well as Todd & Sargent executives and owner’s representa-tives. Congratulations to the following jobsites:

• Oakwood, TX• West Harrison, IN• Willard, OH• Chelsea, MI• Shakopee, MN• McComb, MS

Thank you to these crews for your continued dedication to making T&S a safe place to work!

The interior of the slipformed germ tower is shown with forms in place for the lower interior walls. The slipped-in-place pre-

cast loor beams for the interior loors can be seen overhead.

Todd & Sargent employees enjoy lunch in honor of their hard work and incident-free jobsite at Rahr

Malting in Shakopee, Minnesota.

Upcoming TradeshowsDecember 6 - 8, 2015NGFA Country Elevator Conference & Trade ShowSheraton Crown Center Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriBooth #310

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.

The “CanDo” Review is a publication of Todd & Sargent. Editor: Vickie Ayers

2905 SE 5th Street // Ames, Iowa 50010 // Phone: 515.232.0442 // www.tsargent.com

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FAIRFIELD, IA

Todd & Sargent is proud to have constructed the new Heartland Co-op shuttle train loading facility in Fairield, Iowa. The slipformed structure consists of four silos with 890,000 bushels of storage, a screenings bin, a 4,000 bushel rail loadout surge bin, two “off-spec” grain interstice bins, and an 85,000 bushel wet grain bin.  Total storage is approximately 1,030,000 bushels.  This facility includes three 30,000 BPH bucket elevators routing grain from the two truck receiving pits and a third auxiliary truck/rail unload pit to the top ill system. The facility also incorporates dust aspiration equipment, scalping, screening, and 80,000 BPH reclaim and rail loadout system. Considerations have also been made for Heartland Co-op’s 7,000 BPH dryer system and steel bin storage annex.

Todd & Sargent Superintendent Robby Shell; General Foreman Diego Avitia; Foremen Sam Ramos Sr., Dana Black, and Bernabe Rodriquez-Hernandez; Leadmen Luis Rojas-Tellez, and Joaquin Dominguez-Monroy; and crews worked on this facility.