Top Plant: Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center

About Lauren:
Lauren provides engineering, procurement and construction services throughout a variety of heavy-industrial markets, including alternative energy, power, polymers, pulp & paper, refining, special metals and material handling. For more information about Lauren, please visit us online at www.laurenec.com.

The new plant will work in conjunction with Lauren’s fabrication facility in Abilene, Texas to construct and assemble modular equipment for shipment to Western Canada and beyond. The modular components will be fabricated in Abilene, TX, and other locations, and then shipped to the Montana facility for assembly and transport.

“Lauren is excited about this expansion of our business into Montana,” said Mike Breed, Lauren Vice President. “We look forward to partnering with the local community to see that this plant has a positive impact on the residents of Bynum and the rest of the region. This extension of our capabilities will allow us to offer attractive modularization options for our customers in western Canada and other parts of Canada and the northern United States.”

Lauren has extensive experience fabricating and assembling large modules at the company’s fabrication facility in Abilene, TX. Building upon this experience, the Bynum facility will allow Lauren to offer its customers an attractive value proposition by reducing the cost of shipping fully-assembled, large-scale modules into Canada.

Initially, Lauren will focus on providing modular services to the heavy-oil industry in western Canada. The heavy oil industry is ideally suited for utilizing these types of process and pipe rack modules.

The company plans to bring the plant into operation in late spring of 2012.

About Lauren:
Lauren provides engineering, procurement and construction services throughout a variety of heavy-industrial markets, including alternative energy, power, polymers, pulp & paper, oil and gas, special metals and material handling. For more information about Lauren, please visit us online at www.laurenec.com.

With over 25 years of experience in the engineering and construction sector, Mr. Heffron is uniquely
qualified to speak about the challenges and solutions of modular construction. Mr. Heffron has extensive
experience with the management of large-scale modular projects and also serves on CII‘s (Construction
Industry Institute) modular construction research team – a dedicated group of industry professionals who
work to develop best practices for modular construction.

Mr. Heffron will be serving on a panel with two other module specialists from Fluor and URS. The panel will address the following topic:

Securing a Supply Chain: The Importance of Establishing a System Early in the Modularization Process
Poor Sourcing Strategies Increase Operating Costs and Lead Times While Adversely Affect Your Bottom Line

• Supplier Diversification as a Strategy to Deliver Materials in a Shorter Time Frame
• Design and Cost Saving Developments Offered Through Supplier Innovation
• How the Modular Process Challenges the Traditional Supply Chain Model

About Lauren:
Lauren provides engineering, procurement and construction services throughout a variety of heavy-industrial markets, including alternative energy, power, polymers, pulp & paper, oil and gas, special metals and material handling. For more information about Lauren, please visit us online at www.laurenec.com.

At 1:00pm Eastern Time on October 26th, Mr. Rosenbaum will be speaking to industry professionals around the globe. The Lauren Engineers & Constructors educational session will be one of several presentations in the day’s agenda that covers leading trends in the Solar Energy Industry.

• When: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 1:00pm Eastern Time
• What: EPC in CSP: Capturing the Sun
• Where: Online – www.globalspec.com/events
• Contacts: GlobalSpec e-Events Manager, Molly Kray, mkray@globalspec.com or 518-880-0200 x5471

About the Solar Energy Online Trade Show and Event.
GlobalSpec’s FREE online event will have leading edge presentations, Q&A sessions, and an exhibit floor packed with the latest technology offering new products and more, presented by key manufacturers in the areas of quality control; materials and product testing; test equipment and strategies; plus inspection. The Solar Energy Online Trade Show and Event offers event-goers as much or more than they can get from a traditional trade show. Understand the latest technologies impacting test and measurement, discover new applications and markets, and be among the first to learn about new product releases. Within the online environment, networking with manufacturers and peers is as simple as an instant message or the exchange of a v-card, and you can easily gather valuable resources like white papers, tech articles, and data sheets in your online briefcase (which will never get heavy). GlobalSpec e-Events provide all of this in a one-day live conference without a pricey registration fee, travel or lodging expenses.

About GlobalSpec, Inc.
GlobalSpec is the leading specialized vertical search, information services, e-publishing and online events company serving the engineering, technical and industrial communities. GlobalSpec users benefit from domain-expert search engines, a broad range of proprietary and aggregated Web-based content, 40 e-events and more than 60 e-newsletters; helping them search for and locate products and services, learn about suppliers and access comprehensive technical content. SpecSearch®, GlobalSpec’s trademarked search technology, allows users to search by specification more than 186,000,000 parts in 2,300,000 product families from more than 23,000 supplier catalogs. For suppliers, GlobalSpec offers highly filtered sales and marketing opportunities, product promotion and brand advertising platforms, including the GlobalSpec Industrial Ad Network, and a wide range of e-media advertising and marketing solutions.

GlobalSpec, SpecSearch, The Engineering Search Engine and The Engineering Web are registered trademarks of GlobalSpec, Inc.

The finalists were selected from three major categories: Best Coal-fired Project, Best Gas-fired Project and Best Renewable/Sustainable Project.

The Best Nuclear Project category will be replaced this year by a special tribute to the employees of Tokyo Electric Power Co. for their work in trying to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after the March earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.

The 2011 Best Coal-fired Project finalists are Ameren Corp.’s emissions control project at the Coffeen Plant in Illinois; the Hudson Unit 2 Back End Technology project, owned by PSEG Fossil LLC in New Jersey; and Alabama Power’s Plant Miller flue gas desulfurization project in Alabama.

Finalists for the Best Gas-fired Project are Empire Generating Co. LLC’s Empire Generating Project in New York; the Dave Gates Generating Station at Mill Creek in Montana, owned by NorthWestern Energy; and the GTX – Cogeneration Project owned by Dubai Aluminum Co. Limited in the United Arab Emirates.

The three finalists for the renewable/sustainable category are Florida Power & Light’s Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Florida; the City of Coachella Water Reclamation Plant owned by Solar Power Partners in California; and Sarnia Solar Project, owned by Enbridge Inc. in Sarnia, Ontario.

“The world’s appetite for energy continues to grow,” said Richard G. Baker, senior vice president of PennWell’s Power Generation Group. “Companies like those represented by this year’s project finalists are instrumental in meeting the growing demand. Power Engineering magazine is once again pleased to be able to recognize some of the exceptional power generation projects that were completed in the past year.”

The winners of the Projects of the Year Awards will be announced during a gala awards banquet on Monday, Dec. 12, at the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel Ballroom C in Las Vegas, Nev. as part of the POWER-GEN International Conference and Exhibition and the co-located NUCLEAR POWER International Conference and Exhibition.

Power Engineering magazine is the voice of the power generation industry. More than 70,000 power generation professionals read Power Engineering magazine for expert coverage of the industry’s important news and emerging trends. The magazine, POWER-GEN International and NUCLEAR POWER International are all owned by PennWell Corp., a worldwide media company based in Tulsa, Okla.

“This new joint venture brings together a team of professionals with unparalleled industry experience,”
said Cleve Whitener, CEO of Lauren Engineers & Constructors. “The Lauren-Jyoti team embodies a
unique blend of heavy industrial project experience as well as in-depth knowledge of the Indian market,
which provides a strong foundation for building successful projects in India.”

Lauren Engineers & Constructors brings a wealth of experience to this new venture, having served as an
EPC contractor to heavy industrial customers in the United States for over 25 years. Likewise, Jyoti
brings a rich history of service excellence to this joint venture, having served the power sector in India for
over 30 years.

Lauren-Jyoti will provide EPC services to heavy industrial customers, primarily in India. The company
was recently awarded an EPC contract for the 50 MW Godawari Solar Power Project located in
Rajasthan.

ABOUT LAUREN
Lauren is a leader in many diversified markets such as Alternative Energy, Polymers, Power, Pulp &
Paper, Refining, Special Metals and Materials Handling. With operations in the US, Canada and India,
Lauren provides Engineering, Procurement, Construction and integrated EPC services to industrial
customers worldwide. For more information about Lauren, please visit the Lauren website at: laurenec.com

ABOUT JYOTI STRUCTURES
Jyoti Structures Ltd. (JSL) excels as a leader in Turnkey/EPC Projects in the field of Power Transmission,
with a main business focus in the areas of Transmission Lines, Substations and Distribution Projects. Jyoti undertakes turnkey projects on a global scale, offering a complete range of services in Design, Testing, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Supply and Construction with our in-house expertise. The company exists amongst a very few EPC service providers worldwide, which possess the capabilities to execute turnkey projects covering the entire gamut of Power Transmission business. For more information, please visit the Jyoti website at: www.jsl.in

This project is a part of the Government-Sponsored Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission which has
provided a timeline for developing a large number of solar projects in India over the next decade.
Specifically, the Mission has set a target of 20,000 megawatts of solar power generation over the next
decade.

“We are pleased that Godawari has recognized the talent and experience that the Lauren-Jyoti team
brings to bear in solar power” said Cleve Whitener, CEO of Lauren Engineers & Constructors.
“We look forward to undertaking this important project.”

The Godawari Solar Project is scheduled for completion by March 20, 2013 and will provide 130 GWh of
power to the national grid annually.

ABOUT LAUREN-JYOTI
Lauren-Jyoti is a joint venture that has been established to pursue Engineering, Procurement and
Construction projects in India. The Lauren-Jyoti team brings over 50 years of combined experience to the
heavy industrial market in India. Lauren-Jyoti will be headquartered in Mumbai, India.

The 2nd Annual Lauren Safety Golf Scramble took place at Diamondback Golf Club on September 10 and included 8 teams, each consisting of 4 golfers. Participants were treated to some favorable weather and a meal catered by Lauren’s Director of Procurement, Bill Ford. The winning team included four
employees from Lauren’s manufacturing office on South 18th: Todd Puckett, Mike Puckett, Dave
Weatherly and Stan Adams. The lead team was awarded a $400 cash prize.

This is the second year that Lauren has hosted the Golf Scramble with proceeds going to a local charity.
“This is a small way that we can give back to the community, while building teamwork with our
employees,” said Todd Meek, Lauren’s Safety Director. “The event is a win-win for everyone, and we
look forward to continuing the tradition for many years to come.”

About Lauren:
Lauren provides engineering, procurement and construction services throughout a variety of heavy-industrial markets, including alternative energy, power, polymers, pulp & paper, refining, special metals and material handling. For more information about Lauren, please visit us online at www.laurenec.com.

The combined companies will operate in Western Canada as Lauren Concise, and will maintain headquarters at the Concise Design offices in Calgary, AB, Canada. This acquisition brings together a unique blend of experience between the two companies and allows for Lauren Concise to offer an expanded portfolio of services, including turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction.

“Lauren is excited to expand the company’s business in North America and broaden its service capabilities in the Canadian market,” said Clint Rosenbaum, Lauren’s Vice President of Engineering. “Lauren Concise will offer a wide range of services by blending Lauren’s strong background in heavy industry with Concise Design’s long-standing reputation as a leading EPCM contractor to the oil and gas market.”

“Building upon Concise Design’s successful track record and Lauren’s industry-leading project delivery experience, Lauren Concise will focus on providing innovative solutions for our customers by leveraging our combined talents,” said Rod Phipps, managing partner of Concise Design. “We look forward to continuing Concise Design’s tradition of service excellence for our oil and gas clients, plus introducing the additional EPC capabilities that Lauren Concise can now offer.”

About Lauren Concise
Lauren Concise is an EPC company offering design-build services to the heavy industrial sector in Canada. Lauren Concise is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lauren Engineers & Constructors, Inc., an international EPC contractor. To learn more about Lauren Concise, please visit the website: www.laurenconcise.com

Industrial Projects Report article- Martin Solar Power Plant

About Lauren
Lauren, founded in 1984, is the leader for Concentrated Solar Power Facilities in the United States. Lauren provides Engineering, Procurement and Construction services throughout a variety of markets, including Alternative Energy, Polymers, Power, Pulp & Paper, Refining, Special Metals and Material Handling. For more information about Lauren, please visit us online at www.laurenec.com.