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Connecting You to the Latest News & Info from the Integrity Solutions Division

THE INNOVATION SUMMITHITS COLUMBUS, OH

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Connecting People, Data & SystemsWillbros and Google joined together for the second Connect Now Summit in Columbus, Ohio.

November/December 2014

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In This Issue

2 Message of the Month

3 Innovation Summit

4 Integrity Spotlight

5 Premier Spotlight

6 Visit Us/Give Back

7 Gallery

8 Our People

9 Premier Promo

10 Willbros Promo

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PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO EVERYDAY CHALLENGES

Marc MakelyPresident - Integrity Solutions

Integrity Solutions

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Connecting You to the Latest News & Info from the Integrity Solutions Division

2014 has been a very busy year in several aspects. As our business continues to grow, internally we also need stragetic growth to keep up with the momentum of our business.

I am pleased to inform you of the newly formed Integrity Solutions group (encompasses the Premier organization, as well as the former Willbros Integri-ty group). Collectively, Integrity Solutions will now have over 1,200 employees with offices in Columbus,

Kansas City, Houston and Hauppauge to better serve our clients with the solutions they need for their everyday challenges. I strongly believe that we are stronger as a unit and this will allow us to leverage the Willbros/Premier brand in markets and areas that make sense for our business.

Integrating the groups now provides us with capabilities in field related integrity opportunities through our Columbus and Houston offices. This also allows access to the GIS and technology team as well as the Integrity Engineering capabilities out of our Kansas City and Houston offices, and utility services capabilities out of our Hauppauge, NY office. Our strategy will be to pull Premier into the Pipeline markets and Willbros into the Utility markets. I am extremely excited by the opportunities to collaborate and how this strengthens our organization.

We strive for excellence in all areas, to safely deliver a Good Job On Time. . . Done Right!

Regards,

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MARC MAKELYPRESIDENT, INTEGRITY SOLUTIONS

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BRIAN SMITHSR. DIRECTOR,

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illbros and Google joined together for the second Connect Now Summit in Columbus, Ohio. The summit showcased Willbros technology, specifically Integra LinkTM, a revolutionary information system using Google’s mapping technology. The first summit was held in New York in August.

Integra Link, a cloud-based system, allows utility compa-nies to manage, maintain and map their infrastructures. The Willbros Integrity Solutions team demonstrated the benefits of this technology through interactive presen-tations. Integra Link helps operators to better visual-ize, verify and analyze field data. Utility companies can access or input the data in real time from anywhere in the world.

Marc Makely, President of Premier and Integrity Solutions, says the summit gave potential clients an opportunity to see that Willbros is an innovator and a solutions provider. “These summits highlight the Com-pany’s long standing history of being pioneers in the oil and gas industry. The Willbros Integra Link /Google relationship is designed to connect people, data and systems.”

Willbros and Google will host a third summit in Houston, TX in early 2015.

Click here to check out the Innovation Summit.

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(Top) Mark Makely keynotes the Innovation Summit. (Bottom left) Willbros Summit staff; Jeanne Jones, Lauren Machtel, Patrick Lopez, Mike Iadanza.

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illbros speakers were front and center at a major oil and gas industry conference in Houston October 28-30, 2014. PennWell and the Pipeline Open Data Standard (PODS) Association agreed to co-locate the 23rd Annual GITA Oil and Gas Pipeline Conference and Exhibition and the 10th Annual PODS User Conference to create Pipeline Week 2014. Willbros was a Diamond Sponsor and Golf Tournament Title Sponsor. “It was an honor to represent the Company at the event,” says Amy Jo McKean of Willbros Engineers.

The purpose of the conference is to educate pipeline op-erators on new advancements in technology and prod-ucts including (but not limited to): GIS technology, geo-spatial technology, mapping, pipeline services, pipeline integrity and integrity management, compliance data, and regulatory compliance. According to McKean, the industry recognizes Willbros as a pioneer in the use of GIS to assess the integrity of a pipeline. “Willbros has a great deal of expertise in this area.”

McKean, Carl Meinke and Peter Veenstra, also with Will-bros Engineers, spoke at the conference, which was attended by hundreds of oil and gas professionals. McKean and Meinke joined with client NiSource in a pre-sentation on regulatory compliance and pipeline integri-ty. “We demonstrated how GIS is a helpful tool and how it saves the operator time and money,” Meinke explains.Veenstra’s presentation focused on combining new tech-nology with traditional pipeline data models. Veenstra says he outlined how to merge the two “for easy access and rapid retrieval of data in a flexible manner.”

McKean says the Company has been paving the way with GIS technology in pipeline integrity for years. The con-ference presentations gave McKean, Meinke and Veen-stra, the opportunity to demonstrate that Willbros can handle a pipeline integrity project from start to finish. “We’re the company to go to for one-stop shopping,” says McKean.

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INTEGRITYSPOTLIGHT

WILLBROS TAKES ON LEADERSHIP ROLE AT PIPELINE WEEK 2014

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PREMIERS’ CELL TOWER SERVICES, E-mail: [email protected]

he workers are climbing up cell towers to modify equipment, including antennas and microwave dishes. Rick Reed, Premier Vice President, says crews are now working on modifications to a cell tower in Ohio that will enhance microwave links for day traders. “There is nothing too big or too little that Premier Tower Services can’t accomplish,” Reed says.

According to Reed, there’s a growing need to upgrade existing towers. He says the Company eventually hopes to build new towers, as well.

To learn more about Premier Services’ role in the cell tower industry, click here.

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PREMIERSPOTLIGHT

PREMIER REACHES NEW HEIGHTS ON CELL TOWERS

Imagine what it’s like to scale towers up to one- thousand feet high. That’s what crews with Premier Services are doing to work on cell phone towers. It’s a business field the Company entered last February and hopes to expand on over time.

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Integrity Solutions Upcoming EventsDate Event State On-Site Lead Contact11/5/2014 Mississippi 811 Summit MISS Lou Simone [email protected]

11/5/2014 MWDPTC IN Mitch Richard [email protected]

12/3/2014 Gas Pipeline Safety Seminar AL Bill Gorman [email protected]

1/27/2015 TGA Board & Committee Meetings TX Mitch Richard [email protected]

2/1/2015 Purdue Corrosion Short Course TX Brad Leonard [email protected]

2/9/2015 PPIM Conference Lou Simone [email protected]

2/9/2015 Texas 811 TX Amy Jo McKean [email protected]

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VISIT US

GIVE BACK - CONGRATULATIONS TULSA!The Tulsa office wrapped up its 2015 United Way Campaign and the generosity of the Tulsa office comes through yet again! Not only did they exceed their ambitious goal of $40,000 this year, but they also successfully increased participation over last year. Total amount raised was $55,602!

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Premier Tailgate BBQ: Left to Right: Daryl Scott-Edwards, Sabrina Esposito, Jennifer Beers, Melvin Brown, Julia Stocken

Willbros at the Pipeline Week Conference in Houston, TX: Left to Right: Jay Smith, Luke Hutmacher, Jennifer Bonnin, Carl Meinke

Game 7 of the World Series in Kansas City – Left to Right: John Gomel and Laura Brozovich

Tulsa [Upstream] Engineers, Government Services and Heater Services employees get in character for the annual Employee Committee Costume Contest .

Engineering & Technology President, Ed Wiegele calculating risk and managing the structural integrity of a life size Jenga tower at the Tulsa Area United Way Finale Party.

Premier Halloween Costume Contest: (Left to right) Chelsea Whitehouse, Cassie Masters, Michael Klein, Sabrina Oddo and Reina Tiomico.

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OURPEOPLE

SAFETY STAR Dave Valensisi - Locator - Long Island, NY

“Stopping unsafe work isn’t a right given to us by someone else. Stopping unsafe work is an obligation that we hold ourselves and each other to.”

Here is the story of one Premier employee who brought this Safety Principle to life...

To the right is a photo of a road washed out from a heavy rain storm in Medford, NY. The end of a gas main is exposed as well as a live 3-phase electric prima-ry! Locator, Dave Valensisi came across this scene and decided to stop and take action. Dave called his supervisor,

Steve Strahmann, to notify him of the dangerous situation. Rather than just leave the site, he chose to stay there and guard the area so vehicles and pedestrians wouldn’t get too close. He waited on site until the appropriate company personel could arrive to make the site safe.

We recognize and commend Dave for the great steps he took to turn an unsafe condition into a safe one! THANK YOU DAVE!

What a great example of how Premier employees work to protect the commu-nities in which they live!

SPOTLIGHT Ron Sherstan - Sr. Integrity Technical Advisor

Here is the story of one Premier em-

ployee who brought this Safety Princi-

ple to life...

To the right is a photo of a road washed

out from a heavy rain storm in Medford,

NY. The end of a gas main is exposed

as well as a live 3-phase electric prima-

ry! Locator, Dave Valensisi came across

this scene and decided to stop and take

action. Dave called his supervisor,

Steve Strahmann, to notify him of the

dangerous situation. Rather than just

leave the site, he chose to stay there

and guard the area so vehicles and

pedestrians wouldn’t get too close. He

waited on site until the appropriate

company personel could arrive to make

the site safe.

We recognize and commend Dave

for the great steps he took to turn an

unsafe condition into a safe one! THANK

YOU DAVE!

What a great example of how Premier

employees work to protect the commu-

nities in which they live!

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