A brief history of John Lawrence owner of AJ McDirtt, Inc and Larry Cashman, our general superintendent.

J. Larry Cashman

1965 -1969 Wisconsin State University @ Platteville BSCE 1969

1969 -1980 Civil Engineer -Illinois Department of Transportation Employed as a Civil Engineer in the Departments of Planning, Design and Construction at the District 2 office in Dixon, Illinois. Responsible for the Design, Supervision and Construction of various Road Projects in Northern Illinois.

1980 -1989 Civil Engineer -Lawrence and Sons Contracting Inc. Rock Falls, Ill. Involved in the construction, as the Quality Control Engineer, of Mississippi River Flood Control Levee System at 1) Fulton, III 2) Milan, III and 3) Bettendorf, Iowa. These were projects administered and funded by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.

1989 -2008 Civil Engineer and General Superintendent for D.R. Gilbert Construction, a general contractor in North Centra] Illinois. Primarily involved in the construction of Streets, Roads, Culverts and various Drainage Structures and Systems for the State of Illinois and other Local Government Agencies in Northern Illinois.

2008 to Present General Manager, AJ. McDirtt Inc. Responsible for Supervision of various

Mr. Cashman was a Registered Professional Engineer from 1976 to 2007. In 2007 he decided to let his PE go to inactive status. He is still listed by the Illinois Department of Professional Registration as an inactive Professional Engineer.

1975 -2000 Employed by Lawrence and Sons Contracting for 25 years. I Started as an Operating Engineer and worked up through the organization. The company was a General Contractor with its primary focus on Earthmoving. Projects included Major Highway Grading, Urban Streets, Sewer Retention Lagoons and Pipe Work, and Flood Control Projects for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers. All of these projects involved the intricacies of constructing structural fill. Working as an operator, then a General Superintendent, and Lastly President, I was involved in all aspects of the various projects. The project that the Unimin personnel at Utica may be familiar with is the Levee between the Ottawa High School, the Fox River, and the Illinois River. This project was similar in many ways to your project, in that it involved gate wells, cut off trenches and Compacted Earth Fill. This project also included Joe Lawrence in its construction, who would also be a part of your project. The size and scope of most of these projects were as large or larger than your project.

2000 to Present Owner and President of A.J. McDirtt Incorporated. Specializing in the overburden removal at Mines and Quarries. With an emphases on safety, we employ qualified operating engineers, operating the best available equipment. We take a great deal of pride in our organization and the satisfaction of our customers. If desired, we would gladly give you a referral list.