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1 The Globe Winter 2014 ECP Earth Contact Products, LLC Uvggn"Rkgt"Oknguvqpgu 2014 will be remembered as the year of Unpredictable Weather. Most of the Midwest has gone from 3+ years of drought to the 4th wettest October in history. As the leaders in the piering industry, ECP contractors have fought this unpredictable weather using their knowledge and experience installing over 14,000 ECP Steel Push Piers this year. This feat is one that we are proud of, as should every ECP trained contractor. ECP has set a goal of 15,000 Steel Push Piers and 325,000 feet of our unique galvanized steel pipe. This goal can only be achieved with the continued outstanding work of our contractors and their dedicated employees. The 2014 ECP Business Development Workshop gave recognition to numerous ECP Contractors who have installed a minimum of 5 miles of ECP Steel Push Pier Pipe. We would like to thank the companies below for their outstanding dedication to permanently repairing settling foundations with ECP resistance piers that are Designed and Engineered to Perform. Acculift Atlas Piers of Atlanta Atlas Structural Solutions Bay Area Underpinning Burnham Builders Denton County Foundation Repair Epp Concrete Foundation Repair Services Foundation Services of FL Gordon Energy and Drainage K.C. Pro Matthews Wall Anchor Merit Structures Park Range Construction Pro Foundation Quality Foundation US Waterproofing Pgy Pgy Pgy World of Concrete February 3-6, 2015 Las Vegas Convention Center See Inside 2014 ECP Award Winners See Inside Bay Area Underpinning Case Study Phister Residential Restoration See Inside GER"Jqnkfc{"Uejgfwng Open Wednesday December 24th (No Shipments - Christmas Eve) Closed Thursday December 25th (Christmas Day) Closed Friday December 26th Closed Thursday January 1, 2014 (New Year s Day) Closed Friday January 2, 2014

2 UNLIMITED L WITH LONG BRACKET R O BEFORE GER"Tgokpfgt"Vkru Not all steel pier pipes are created equally. ECP steel pier pipe for PPB-250, PPB-300 and PPB-350 have equal amounts of galvanization on the inside as well as outside (PPB-400 is hot dipped). Competitors use products that look the same but the inside is rich zinc paint only. ECP steel pier pipe are galvanized according to A653 specs for continuous sheet galvanizing. Why is this important? Longevity and Sustainability. ECP backs their steel pier products for 25 years (in normal soil conditions). Guarantee our workmanship and quality to our customers and their end users. Competition Outside of Pier Pipe ECP Steel Pier Pipe 4236"Yqtmujqr"Xgpfqtu Website Design Websites to Impress Austin Scott Office: Austin@websitestoimpress.com CRM Software PipelineDeals John Serrantino Office: john@pipelinedeals.com Hollow Bar Supplier- Micropiles Skyline Steel Scott Tebben Office: Scott.Tebben@skylinesteel.com Grout Supplier ProSpec Brandon Woodworth Office: Brandon.woodworth@hbfuller.com 5" 0.2 Inside of Pier Pipe Power Tools Makita U.S.A. Grant Holsteen Office: gholsteen@makitausa.com Customer Survey s Home Reports.com by Ebsco Research Scott Dorton Office: sdorton@ebscoresearch.com *Results after 240 hours of Salt Spray Test Hydraulics Enerpac Rustin Dring Office: Rustin.dring@enerpac.com Notable Football Quotes If you re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That s life. -Mike Ditka Being Stubborn is a virtue when you re right; it s only a character flaw when you re wrong. - Chuck Noll Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners. -Joe Gibbs Upcoming Events GER"Dwknfkpi"Dnqemu"Yqtmujqr"4237 September 2015 Hilton Kansas City Airport Kansas City, MO PCJD"Kpvgtpcvkqpcn"Dwknfgtu"Ujqy January 20-22, 2015 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV PCTK"Tgoqfgnkpi"GZRQ January 23-25, 2015 Madison Marriott Convention Center Middleton, WI 4237"Yqtnf"qh"Eqpetgvg Exhibits: February 3-6, 2015 Seminars: February 2-6, 2015 Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV

3 Case History ECP PPB-300 Steel Piers Settling Bay Area Home Repaired Rock Solid Earth Contact Products Steel Piers were used to raise this settled residence. The engineer of record calculated that the structure weighed slightly less than 1,000 pounds per lineal foot at the perimeter. Calculations determined that the concrete footing would be able to support a span between piers of 7-1/2 feet with an average working load on each ECP Steel Pier of 12,700 pounds. ECP PPB 300 Steel Piers were recommended to be installed on the perimeter of this structure to provide support and to recover lost elevation. The ECP Steel Pier system with under the footing bracket was selected and installed at each pier placement location. Because this product provided ease of installation and each pier placement required only a small, hand dug excavation, there was minimal disruption to the yard during construction. Each pier was advanced through the consolidating soil until the pier encountered firm load bearing. Once end bearing was reached, each ECP Steel Pier was field load tested to a proof load, or test force, between 11,800 and 17,800 pounds. The proof test on each and every pier installation insured sufficient capacity to safely lift the settled foundation to the design elevation and to provide long term structural support. Earth Contact Products, LLC. Project Summary Project: Phister Residential Restoration Engineer: Clifford Tanaka, PE Novato, CA Installer: Bay Area Underpinning - Vallejo, CA Product Installed: Number of Placements: Ultimate Limit Capacity: Average Test Load: ECP PPB-300 Steel Pier 43 Depth to Bearing: 45 to 70 feet 68,000 lb. Recovered Elevation: Up to 4-3/4 in 14,850 lb. Average Lifting Load: 4,100 lb. 3.6 : 1 Test Load to Working Load Average Factor of Safety: 16.6 : 1 Ultimate Limit To Working Load S. Keeler Terrace, Olathe, KS FAX

4 1 2 Field load testing each pier after reaching end resistance verified that the bearing stratum deep below the structure was suitable for long term support. This load testing also determined a factor of safety for each pier placement against future settlement. In the case of this project, the field test loads were on average 362% percent above the working load requirements providing an average factor of safety over 3.6! Once all piers were installed to end bearing and the load capacity verified, the structural load was transferred from the failing soil under the structure to the verified bearing stratum deep below the surface. One jack was installed on each pier bracket to accomplish the load transfer and structural lift to recover the lost floor elevations. This gentle and uniform load transfer was accomplished by banks of hydraulic jacks that were all connected through manifolds to hydraulic pumps. During the lifting process, Bay Area Underpinning made floor elevation adjustments to the floor joists in the crawl space under the house. There was minimal disturbance to the building s occupants during the restoration process. Because ECP Steel Piers were installed using quiet, vibration free hydraulics, it was business as usual in the house during the underpinning installation. The total structural load support provided by the 43 ECP PPB-300 Steel Piers installed on the perimeter of this structure was estimated at 176,000 pounds! Bay Area Underpinning of Vallejo, CA was able to complete the project quickly and accurately and with minimal disruption to the owner and his property. 3 The project was inspected during construction and the finished job was approved by the engineer. Photographs: 4 Earth Contact Products, LLC. Photos 1 & 2 are views showing the preparation of the area for pier installation. The small excavations are hand dug and then a technician uses a chipping hammer to prepare the edge of the footing smooth and vertical and the underside of the footing smooth and level. Photo 3 shows an ECP PPB-300 under footing bracket carefully installed to the foundation. Photograph 4 shows a technician using hydraulics to install the steel pier pipe into the soil. Each section of pier pipe is 3-1/2 feet long and the process continues until the pier encounters rock or a suitably firm bearing stratum. 5 Photo 5 shows a detail of the finished pier bracket installation prior to backfill. The ECP Steel Pier Assembly is easily adjusted should geologic conditions change S. Keeler Terrace, Olathe, KS FAX

5 UNLIMITED L WITH LONG BRACKET R O BEFORE 4236"Dwukpguu"Fgxgnqrogpv"Yqtmujqr"Uwooct{ A Foundation for Success Once again, this year s Business Development Workshop was a huge success thanks to our contractors and vendors. The reception was a big hit despite the cool weather with everyone on Monday Night. Tuesday was a day of learning during the day with topics covering Empowering Your Employees, Tracking Leads and Cash Flow. Tuesday late afternoon everyone loaded up on two buses and ventured out to see the K.C. Royals take on the Chicago White Sox. Royals gave a valiant effort only to come up short. Wednesday s workshop continued to be great information pertaining to Know Your Competition, Tracking Profit, and vendors discussions. ECP would like to say Thank You to all Contractors and Vendors for making this possible. We are looking forward to the upcoming 2015 year. And, if you have a topic that you would like to have discussed, please let us know at ECP. Eqpitcvwncvkqpu" 2014 ECP Award Winners Core Installers ABT Foundation Solutions Atlas Piers of Atlanta Atlas Structural Solutions Bay Area Underpinning Foundation Services of Florida, Inc Gordon Energy & Drainage K. C. Pro Matthews Wall Anchoring Midwest Drilled Foundation & Eng. Midwest Foundation Technologies Minger Construction Pro Foundation Technology, Inc U.S. Waterproofing Horizon Award Tar Heel Foundation Solutions Rapid Foundation Repair

6 UNLIMITED L WITH LONG BRACKET R O Product 4236"Pgy"Rtqfwev"Urqvnkijv"Tgxkgy Spotlight 5" 4" STD. LIFT Nkijv"Rqng"Hqwpfcvkqp ECP Light Pole Foundations are giving more contractors more flexible means of increasing production for lighting. This product is designed to replace concrete poured foundations for street lights, parking lots, or decorative lighting. In some instances, Light Pole Foundations has been used for signs and statues. VUT"J[DTKF"Rkng TSR HYBRID PILE system provides the strength of square shaft anchors with the compressive capacities of round shaft anchors. Using a square bar lead, the anchor can power through hard layers of soil, while the round shaft extensions allow for more lateral support in weaker soil near the surface. EUXD"42"Etcyn"Urceg"42"Okn"Xcrqt"Dcttkgt CSVB 20 is a high performance crawl space vapor barrier designed to prevent moisture from entering the crawl space. CSVB 20 helps guard against mold, mildew, allergens, fungus, radon gas, methane gas, heat loss due to damp insulation, wood rot and overall degradation of the crawl space. ECP s CSVB 20 is a white, triple-ply, virgin polyethylene membrane. Manufactured using woven high-density fibers yielding the highest strength to weight ratio, tensile strength, tear resistance, bursting strength and puncture resistance of any product of its kind. yyy0gctvjeqpvcevrtqfwevu0eqo""""""""":88/549/2229