CIPP Sewer Rehabilitation Projects Awarded to SAK Construction

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                        864 Hoff Road

                        O’Fallon, MO 63366

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CIPP Sewer Rehabilitation Projects

Awarded to SAK Construction

SAK announces new infrastructure renewal projects

In Missouri, Nevada, California, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky 

                                    

ST. LOUIS (August 18, 2011)—SAK Construction, a national pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor headquartered in the St. Louis area, has recently been awarded new contracts in several states across the country.  SAK provides specialized, high demand services ranging from large diameter tunneling to the full spectrum of current trenchless or “no-dig” technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) pipeline rehabilitation.  New projects include:

·        The City of Fresno, Calif.—a $2.15 million contract for the replacement of existing sewer mains in the areas of North Millbrook, East Ashlan, East Olive, South Maple and East Butler avenues. Using CIPP (cured-in-place pipe), SAK will rehabilitate 13,278 linear feet of sanitary sewer pipeline,12 inches to 24 inches in diameter. The project is underway to help the city meet the guidelines of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

·        The City of Las Vegas, Nev.--a $3.06 million wastewater infrastructure renovation contract for the Sewer Rehabilitation Group D project, located in the northwest section of the city. SAK will renovate 13,309 linear feet of existing sanitary sewer pipe, 15 inches to 36 inches in diameter, using CIPP.

·        The Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery, Ala.--a $3.8 million contract for the city’s 2011 Upper Catoma Interceptor Rehabilitation project. Using CIPP, SAK will renovate 25,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer interceptor piping, 30 inches in diameter. 

·        The Knoxville, Tenn., Utilities Board--a $1.3 million contract for the Fourth Creek Sub-Basin 37 “Find and Fix” project. SAK will renovate 9,000 linear feet of existing sanitary sewer pipeline, 8 inches to 30 inches in diameter, using CIPP.  

·        Henderson Water Utility of Henderson, Ky.--a $2.3 million CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) contract for the city’s Downtown Sewer System Rehabilitation project. SAK will renovate 18,736 linear feet of sanitary and storm sewer pipeline, 8 inches to 48 inches in diameter, using CIPP.

·        The Metropolitan Sewer District of St. Louis, Mo.--a $3.54 million wastewater infrastructure contract for the utility’s Infrastructure Repairs Fiscal Year 2011 project, which includes work on specified pipeline segments throughout the MSD service system.  SAK will rehabilitate 124,000 linear feet of sanitary sewer pipeline, 6 inches to 36 inches in diameter, using SAK’s CIPP process. 

“Much of the infrastructure of our nation’s system was put in place many decades ago and requires assessment and renewal to avoid blockage, sewer overflows or collapses,” said Charlie Kuhnmuench, vice president of business development, SAK Construction. “By using SAK’s CIPP capabilities to renovate aging wastewater pipelines, we can restore the pipeline’s structural and functional integrity, cost effectively and with minimal above-ground disruption to streets and neighborhoods.” 

The strong national demand for pipeline rehabilitation is an outgrowth of America’s aging infrastructure. Collapsing, malfunctioning or inadequate water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers cause a variety of serious problems and threaten the water supply. To address these needs while minimizing above-ground disruption, SAK Construction provides the newest underground trenchless technologies for pipeline rehabilitation using SAK’s CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) system for sanitary and storm sewers, and Aqua-Pipe® for drinking water mains from 6 inches to 16 inches in diameter.  In addition, the growing population density in many urban areas has created increased demand for installation of new transmission pipelines to expand existing water, sewer and stormwater systems.  To install new pipelines, SAK provides large diameter tunneling services from 48-inch diameter up to 32-foot arch shaped.

SAK Construction is one of the fastest growing, privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S. and currently has projects in 25 states. SAK provides the newest underground trenchless technologies for pipeline rehabilitation using its CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) system for sanitary and storm sewers, and Aqua-Pipe® for drinking water mains from 6 inches to 16 inches in diameter. SAK is an exclusive licensee for Aqua-Pipe in an 11-state region and a contract partner of Choice Facility Partners, a Houston-based nonprofit cooperative purchasing organization serving government entities nationwide. SAK clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; the federal government and municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.

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CIPP, Pipeline Rehabilitation Expert SAK Construction Relocates, Grows

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                        864 Hoff Road

                        O’Fallon, MO 63366

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CIPP, PIPELINE REHABILITATION EXPERT SAK CONSTRUCTION RELOCATES, GROWS

National pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling industries contractor SAK Construction outgrows its headquarters, tops $70 million in gross revenues in 2010

ST. LOUIS (August 16, 2011)---SAK Construction, one of the fastest-growing privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S., has relocated its national headquarters to larger, newly renovated facilities a few miles from its original headquarters in O’Fallon, Mo. The building, located at 864 Hoff Road in O’Fallon, was formerly an automotive components storage facility. SAK converted the existing structure’s cavernous 88,000-square-foot interior into efficient and attractive office, warehouse, equipment fabrication and repair areas. Among the functions of the new building will be to provide an interior space for the storage, maintenance and repair of the firm’s massive tunneling equipment. SAK, which has more than 250 employees and serves clients in 25 states across the nation, provides specialized, high demand services ranging from large diameter tunneling to the full spectrum of current trenchless or “no-dig” technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place) pipeline rehabilitation.  

Jerry Shaw, SAK president, says the expansion reflects the five-year-old firm’s success and rapid growth. “Despite the soft economy, our gross revenues shot up from $31 million in 2009 to more than $70 million in 2010, and we’re experiencing growth beyond that in 2011. We take pride in our success and believe that our new facilities will help us continue to grow while providing the service and technologies that our customers expect and deserve.” SAK’s most recent expansion was the March 2011 acquisition of Pipenology Inc., a Rocklin-Calif.-based contractor that grossed $10.5 million in 2010. By acquiring Pipenology, SAK expanded its Western U.S. presence, which already included work on major contracts in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.

The strong national demand for pipeline rehabilitation is an outgrowth of America’s aging infrastructure. Collapsing, malfunctioning or inadequate water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers cause a variety of serious problems and threaten the water supply. To address these needs while minimizing above-ground disruption, SAK Construction provides the newest underground trenchless technologies for pipeline rehabilitation using SAK’s CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) system for sanitary and storm sewers, and Aqua-Pipe® for drinking water mains from 6 inches to 16 inches in diameter.  In addition, the growing population density in many urban areas has created increased demand for installation of new transmission pipelines to expand existing water, sewer and stormwater systems.  To install new pipelines, SAK provides large diameter tunneling services from 48-inch diameter up to 32-foot arch shaped.

SAK Construction is led by Shaw and two other industry veterans--Tom Kalishman, chairman, and Robert Affholder, vice chairman. SAK is an exclusive licensee for Aqua-Pipe in an 11-state region and a contract partner of Choice Facility Partners, a Houston-based nonprofit cooperative purchasing organization serving government entities nationwide. 

SAK clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; the federal government and municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.  Among current major projects are the $31.9 million, 3.5-mile Downtown Wastewater Tunnel for the City of Austin, Texas, and two contracts for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District:  The $9.178 million rehabilitation of Old Mill Creek Sewer and its connectors, and the $3.5 million “Infrastructure Repairs/Rehabilitation Fiscal Year 2011,” project which incorporates CIPP renovation to pipeline segments throughout the MSD service system.  Additional current CIPP projects are underway for the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles, Calif.; the City of Fresno, Calif.; the City of Las Vegas, Nev.; and for the Water Works and Sanitary Sewer Board of the City of Montgomery, Ala.

           

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(Media contact: Patricia Binder, 636-441-0022, or Debra Finkel, 314-878-1213, Finkel & Binder Communications, LLC, agent for SAK Construction.)

CIPP and Tunneling Expert SAK Construction Names Archibald as New Chief Financial Officer

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                        864 Hoff Road

                        O’Fallon, MO 63366

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CIPP AND TUNNELING EXPERT SAK CONSTRUCTION

NAMES ARCHIBALD AS NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

ST. LOUIS (May 12, 2011)--SAK Construction, a national pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor headquartered in the St. Louis area, has recently named Roger Archibald as chief financial officer. SAK provides specialized, high demand services ranging from large diameter tunneling to the full spectrum of current trenchless or “no-dig” technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) pipeline rehabilitation.  The firm currently has projects in 23 states across the U.S. 

Archibald, whose most recent previous position was chief financial officer for C.L. Smith Co. in St. Louis, brings to SAK more than 30 years of experience in fiscal management, including acquisitions, external audits, and directing capital and productivity projects.  At SAK, Archibald will manage all aspects of the firm’s financial and administrative activities.

A certified public accountant, Archibald holds a bachelor of science degree in business from Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill.  He is a board member and co-chairman of the economic development council of the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce and served as board president of the East Central College Foundation.

SAK Construction (www.sakcon.com) is one of the fastest growing, privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S. Clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.  Recent SAK Construction contracts include two major projects for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (the $9.178 million rehabilitation of Old Mill Creek Sewer and its connectors, and the 2,300-linear-foot, 96-inch diameter Coldwater Relief Tunnel rehabilitation); a $31.9 million, 3.5-mile Downtown Wastewater Tunnel for the City of Austin, Texas; a cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) project for the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles, Calif.; a CIPP sewer rehabilitation for the City of Phoenix, Ariz., totaling more than 120,000 linear feet; and a $3 million CIPP project for the City of Chattanooga, Tenn. SAK  is also a contract partner of Choice Facility Partners, a Houston-based nonprofit cooperative purchasing organization serving government entities nationwide.

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Roger Archibald, SAK CFO

                                                                   

CIPP and Tunneling Expert SAK Construction Adds Three to Business Development Team

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                        864 Hoff Road

                        O’Fallon, MO 63366

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CIPP AND TUNNELING EXPERT SAK CONSTRUCTION

ADDS THREE TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor adds

Lane and Wassam in Colorado; Burtch in Missouri

ST. LOUIS (May 10, 2011)---SAK Construction, a national pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor with projects in 23 states, has recently added three new staff members to its business development and marketing team:  Joe Lane and Matt Wassam in Colorado, and Carrie Burtch, at SAK’s national headquarters in O’Fallon, Mo. SAK provides specialized, high demand services ranging from large diameter tunneling to the full spectrum of current trenchless or “no-dig” technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place pipe) pipeline rehabilitation. 

Lane, who is based in Denver, has been named SAK’s business development leader for a cross section of strategic markets, including the energy, oil, gas and mining industries; federal agencies; and key municipal markets and accounts.  Lane has previously held several senior management positions and brings to SAK more than 20 years of experience in the infrastructure rehabilitation industry.  He has managed business units exceeding $100 million in annual revenue across the U.S. and has participated in and led some of the largest infrastructure upgrade programs in the nation.

Wassam, based in Castle Rock, Colo., has been named SAK’s business development leader for the municipal water markets.  He has been involved in the pipeline rehabilitation industry for seven years and has been instrumental in some of the nation’s largest trenchless water rehabilitation projects.  Prior to joining SAK, Wassam served as national sales manager for a major pipeline rehabilitation firm.

Burtch has assumed the role of SAK’s sales and marketing coordinator. She is responsible for pre-qualifications, city and state licensing, and marketing support projects.  Burtch, who has a decade of previous experience in marketing and business analysis, most recently worked as director of proposals and marketing for a facilities maintenance and management firm. 

SAK Construction (www.sakcon.com) is one of the fastest growing, privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S. Clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.  Recent SAK Construction contracts include two major projects for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (the $9.178 million rehabilitation of Old Mill Creek Sewer and its connectors, and the 2,300-linear-foot, 96-inch diameter Coldwater Relief Tunnel rehabilitation); a $31.9 million, 3.5-mile Downtown Wastewater Tunnel for the City of Austin, Texas; a cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) project for the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles, Calif.; a CIPP sewer rehabilitation for the City of Phoenix, Ariz., totaling more than 120,000 linear feet; and a $3 million CIPP project for the City of Chattanooga, Tenn. SAK  is also a contract partner of Choice Facility Partners, a Houston-based nonprofit cooperative purchasing organization serving government entities nationwide.

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Matt Wassam

Joe Lane

Carrie Burtch

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SAK Acquires Pipenology Inc.

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PIPELINE REHABILITATION AND TUNNELING FIRM SAK CONSTRUCTION ACQUIRES PIPENOLOGY INC.

SAK continues to expand its Western U.S. operations with acquisition of California-based contractor

ST. LOUIS (March 31, 2011)--SAK Construction, a national pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor headquartered in the St. Louis area, announced today that it has acquired Pipenology Inc., a Rocklin, Calif.-based contractor.   The acquisition expands SAK’s Western U.S. presence, which currently includes work on major contracts in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Texas.  SAK, which had gross revenues exceeding $70 million in 2010, offers expertise to clients nationwide in large diameter tunneling and trenchless technologies, including CIPP (cured-in-place pipe).

“Pipenology is an exceptionally talented construction group that will complement what is already an exceptionally talented Western U.S. operation,” says Jerry Shaw, SAK president.  “The addition of Pipenology to our existing Western U.S. team makes us by far the premier pipeline rehabilitation company within that vast geographical region.”

Pipenology is led by industry veterans Ryan Broyles and Joe Feuerborn, and was founded in January 2007. 

“Without question, the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) experience of the Pipenology team, along with the experience both companies have from working together for the past several years, made the decision to unite as one company a logical and attractive step,” says Charlie Kuhnmuench, SAK vice president of business development. 

SAK Construction, www.sakcon.com, is privately held, and led by Shaw and former Insituform Technologies executives Robert Affholder and Tom Kalishman.   SAK offers expertise in trenchless technology including CIPP and a full range of underground construction services to provide clients with cost-effective solutions to the problems associated with inadequate or deteriorating water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers.  SAK clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; federal agencies; industrial sectors; municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.

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Pipeline Rehabilitation Firm SAK Construction Named Partner by Procurement Co-op

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PIPELINE REHABILITATION FIRM SAK CONSTRUCTION

NAMED PARTNER BY PROCUREMENT CO-OP

SAK Named Contract Partner by Choice Facility Partners, a Major Nonprofit Cooperative That Streamlines Bidding and Contracting Processes for Facility Services   

ST. LOUIS (March 15, 2011)---Pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling services contractor SAK Construction has been named a contract partner by Choice Facility Partners, a Houston-based cooperative purchasing organization available to government entities nationwide. Choice Facility Partners streamlines the bidding and contracting processes for infrastructure projects for a variety of nonprofits, including cities, counties, school districts, colleges and universities. SAK Construction, which is headquartered in the St. Louis area, was selected through a competitive bidding process as Choice Facility Partners’ “contract partner” in the master category of trenchless technology rehabilitation.

“SAK’s partnership with Choice Facility Partners incorporates the benefits of cooperative purchasing and enables us to provide CFP members the best overall value in trenchless technology and other pipeline rehabilitation services,” says Charlie Kuhnmuench, vice president of business development, SAK Construction. Technologies offered under the partnership include cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining in water and sewer pipes, pipe-bursting in water and sewer pipes, Swagelining of sewer force mains and water transmission mains, CIPP lining in sewer laterals and manhole rehabilitation.        

“Deteriorating or inadequate pipelines are currently a major concern through many parts of the U.S. due primarily to the nation’s aging infrastructure,” Kuhnmuench says. “With newer, ‘no-dig’ technologies, such as those offered through our Choice Facility Partners contract, we can address the problems associated with crumbling water mains, sanitary sewers and storm sewers with minimal disruption to above-ground activities. This is welcome news on busy city streets and campuses, such as those associated with facilities served by Choice Facility Partners’ membership.”

Choice Facility Partners is a rapidly expanding cooperative purchasing organization that began in one Texas county, spread across the state, and then invited nationwide participation. Membership outside of Texas currently includes entities in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Minnesota, Nevada and New Mexico.  By bringing legal, competitively-bid facility contracts to municipal governments and other client members, Choice Facility Partners streamlines bidding processes and contract management, saving members time and staff costs, and expanding their purchasing capabilities. Choice Facility Partners was created by Harris County (Texas) Department of Education. 

SAK Construction is one of the fastest-growing, privately held pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractors in the U.S. today. SAK (www.sak-construction.com) clients include a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast. Recent SAK Construction contracts include two major projects for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (the $9.178 million rehabilitation of Old Mill Creek Sewer and its connectors, and the 2,300 linear-foot, 96-inch diameter Coldwater Relief Tunnel rehabilitation); a $31.9 million, 3.5-mile Downtown Wastewater Tunnel for the City of Austin, Texas; a cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) project for the County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles, Calif.; a CIPP sewer rehabilitation for the City of Phoenix, Ariz., totaling more than 120,000 linear feet; and a $3 million CIPP project for the City of Chattanooga, Tenn.

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(Media contact: Patricia Binder, 636-441-0022, or Debra Finkel, 314-878-1213, Finkel & Binder

Communications, LLC, agent for SAK Construction.)