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EMPLOYEE NEWS

Welcome to The Layton Way

This Employee Newsletter is meant to help all of us stay informed about the great

people and happenings in our growing, dynamic company. We welcome your feedback

and suggestions to help us make our newsletter informative and fun. We especially

encourage you to share interesting stories and milestones from your office so we can all

feel better connected to our national company.

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3 Fernandes & Sons

4 Ribbon Cuttings

5 Milestones

6 Groundbreakings

7 Awards & Rankings

8 Super at 60: Herb Biesinger

9-14 Cover Story: Mentoring

Prospective Builders

15 Dale Henningsen Retirement

16 Young Hero Honored

17 Donovan Group Shows Its Heart

18 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – Utah

19 Anniversaries

20-21 New Hires

22 Birthdays

Layton recently won a Blue Water Award for its commitment to sustainability. See Awards & Rankings on page 7.

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2 The Layton Way Vol. 2, May-June 2015

EXPANDING

Layton Welcomes Fernandes & Sons

Layton Construction is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of Fernandes & Sons

General Contractors of Campbell, California.

Fernandes & Sons is a commercial general contractor with a 59-year history that operates in the

San Jose, California area, specializing in healthcare. Fernandes & Sons brings to Layton a group of

nearly 30 construction professionals, including project managers, superintendents, project engineers

and carpenters.

“With a past history of teaming together, Layton was well aware of Fernandes & Sons’ employees,

culture, service and positive reputation in the market,” said Dave Layton, President and CEO. “The

timing is right to bring together the similar values and experiences of the two companies, along

with the individual strengths each has to offer for a stronger presence in the Silicon Valley area.

Like Layton, Fernandes excelled by building sound relationships with its customers, providing quality

construction and valued services.”

See in-depth coverage of Layton Fernandes in the next issues of The Layton Way and Foundation magazine.


RIBBON CUTTINGS

Airgas

Airgas celebrates the opening of its new facility in Tooele, Utah.

Cedar Park Regional Medical Center

Officials and guests gather for the opening of Cedar Park Regional Heart & Vascular Center on May 14 in Cedar Park, Texas.

Congratulationsto the LaytonHCG team

Congratulationsto the Layton

CCG team


MILESTONES

Topping Out in Alaska and Utah

Crews participate in “Topping Out” ceremonies at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center on March 12 in Ketchikan, Alaska, and at St. Mark’s Hospital Taylorsville Emergency Center on May 5 in Taylorsville, Utah.

Congratulations to the Layton HCG team

Midtown Medical Plaza

Midtown Medical Plaza opened its new main entrance on April 13 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Congratulationsto the LaytonHCG team


GROUNDBREAKINGS

Layton Breaks Ground on Gunnison Prison ExpansionLayton broke ground March 23 on the new Central Utah Correctional Facility West One Unit in Gunnison, Utah.

Congratulations to the Layton CSG team

Cedar Park Regional Medical Center Breaks Ground on Emergency CenterLayton helps break ground May 14 on the new Cedar Park Regional Emergency Center in Cedar Park, Texas.

Congratulations to the Layton HCG team


AWARDS & RANKINGS

San Fernando Valley Business Journal Commercial Real Estate Awards

Outlets at Tejon (pictured) Retail Category

AGC of UtahOutlets at Traverse Mountain Retail Building Project of the Year

AZRE Real Estate Development(RED) AwardsMesa Community College Performing Arts Center Finalist

American Concrete Institute Intermountain Chapter Boeing Demolition and Refurbishment Phase One Excellence in Concrete Award, Industrial Category


Porter McDonough Joins Ranks of ENR’s Top 20 Under 40

ENR Mountain States has named Senior Project Manager Porter

McDonough among the Top 20 Under 40, a designation that goes to

industry professionals under age 40 who are outstanding in both their

careers and community service.

National RankingLayton has been named the No. 10 Top Healthcare General Contractor in the nation by Modern Healthcare

ArizonaNAIOP AZ Office Tenant Improvement of the Year (50k SF or less) – Vemma Nutrition CompanyNAIOP AZ Industrial Tenant Improvement of the Year – Macy’s Fulfillment Center Expansion (Goodyear) – pictured below

CCGBlue Water Award by the San Clemente Watershed Task Force – Outlets at San Clemente

HawaiiLayton Named to Top 10 General Contractors in Hawaii by Pacific Business News


‘SupHerb’ at SixtyLayton Senior Superintendent Herb Biesinger took two top prizes in the recent “Mr. Utah Natural” bodybuilding competition.

Herb won first place in the Amateur Lightweight division and first place in the Grand Master division.

“I turned 60 earlier this year, and I wanted to be able to compete at 60,” said Herb.

Congratulations to Layton’s man of steel!

GOING STRONG

COVER STORY

Leader of the BandConstruction Manager Jason Adams leads Team 9, a group of students from Ravenwood High School in Franklin, Tennessee, as they participate in the ACE Mentor Program of Greater Nashville. Under the guidance of Jason and Project Engineer Daniel Whitten, the group came up with a sure-fire hit with their design of a guitar-shaped bus shelter.

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COVER STORYThe ACE Mentor Program introduces high school students to the diverse careers available in architecture, construction and engineering. Jason has served as a mentor for four years and Daniel for two. The student teams design a project, tour job sites and meet with professionals. The theme for this year’s project was “Shelter.” Team 9 brainstormed what a shelter could be,

including houses, garages – even a bomb shelter – and eventually they chose a bus shelter. They expanded their idea into a much larger project of a covered walkway in downtown Nashville. The creative young minds then hit on the brilliant design of a giant guitar with the bus shelter/walkway serving as a bridge spanning one side of Broadway Street to the other.


COVER STORY

“The idea of the guitar design for the bus stop was to follow along with the theme of ‘Music City’,” Jason said, adding that working with the students has been very enjoyable. “The students have been amazing to work with. The meetings and events are conducted after school, and the students sign up for the program voluntarily. Many of the students are proficient in CAD and Revit which they start learning in 10th grade.”

The teams presented their projects at the 13th Annual ACE Scholarship Banquet on April 23, where Layton Vice President Cris Bryant offered remarks. “I often speak about what students can expect,” Cris said, “I enjoy teaching them about the options within the industry and with subcontractors.”

ACE students work through all phases and concepts for a guitar-shaped shelter/walkway. Seniors Max Hammer, Tyler Newsom, and Chaz Pitts are pictured above developing and testing a cantilever design.


COVER STORYCris has also been instrumental in teaching students about in-state educational options such as the new Building Science program at the University of Tennessee, where an ACE specific scholarship has been set up for middle Tennessee students.

“The students benefit by gaining real world architectural, construction and engineering experience,” Jason said. “They are offered the opportunity to compete for scholarships each year. They also benefit by making contacts within our industry in Nashville, and many of them find their way back to Nashville working with these various contacts. I have benefited from the program by being able to expose young minds to the construction industry which I enjoy being a part of.”

“Participating in ACE is very rewarding for mentors as we are able to educate students outside the classroom and offer students a special glimpse into the field of study that they hope to pursue,” Daniel said. “As industry professionals, we are in the best position to offer guidance and motivation to students interested in various design and construction fields.” Commenting on their specific project, Daniel said, “There’s no scoring, but we like to think ours is the best.”

Team 9’s Olivia Blair and Tyler Newsom receive scholarship checks at the ACE Scholarship Banquet on April 23, above. Layton Vice President Cris Bryant speaks at the banquet and introduces Dr. Eric Drumm, professor and head of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science at the University of Tennessee, left. Team 9 poses at the banquet, below.

“As industry professionals, we are in the best position to offer guidance and motivation to students interested in various design and construction fields.” – Daniel Whitten


COVER STORY

Backing Budding BuildersEach year Layton helps develop construction management at the college level by sponsoring the annual Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition.

The 28th annual event was held in February in Reno, Nevada. It’s the largest construction management student competition in the U.S., with 1,300 competitors forming 178 teams from 44 universities across 14 states.

Layton was proud to host the mixed-use construction challenge, with nine student teams competing. Using the Outlets at San Clemente as an example, Layton required the teams to submit an RFQ, respond to an RFP and prepare for an interview – all within 24 hours.

The nine teams were from BYU-Idaho (two teams), BYU, Boise State University, Utah Valley University, Weber State University, Northern Arizona University, Montana State University and Colorado State University.

Layton’s Michael George, Ryan Pfeifer, Cooper Darling, Phil Berry, Jordon Gillman and Nikki Lux act as judges for the mixed-use construction problem at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition in Reno.

1,300 competitors from 44 universities take part at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Student Competition.


COVER STORY

Layton Employees Inspire Utah Students With the help of local AEC professionals, a group of Utah students researched, designed and presented a concept for a future high school that included a formal proposal, Revit models, CAD drawings and a physical model. The effort was part of the national High School of the Future Competition. Layton Corporate Marketing Manager Travis Wilson and Vice President Whitney Walter are founding members of ACE Mentor Program’s Utah Affiliate and helped guide the students through the different phases of preparation and execution.

Also in Utah, Senior Project Manager Paul Adams presented on Jobs in Construction to Brighton High School students over two sessions at the Salt Lake City school earlier this year.

Utah students gather at Layton High School in Layton, Utah, to take part in the High School of the

Future Competition, right and bottom right. Paul Adams speaks on Jobs in Construction with

high school students in Salt Lake City, below.


RETIREMENT

We Wish Dale Henningsen a Happy RetirementEstimator Dale Henningsen and wife Mary celebrate at his retirement party earlier this year. Dale started working for Layton in 2006.

“Dale was a stalwart, experienced estimator! He had more experience than the entire estimating department combined. You could also count on him to take the project, run with it and help turn out a successful project.”

– Randy Gunn, Senior Estimator


LAYTON FAMILIES

Young Hero RecognizedKSL-TV’s Nadine Wimmer announces Max Moffat as the winner of the Red Cross Family Hero Award, presented by Keith B. McMullin, CEO and President of Deseret Management Corporation. Max is joined by his mom, Heather, and dad, Richard, above.

Max poses with proud grandpa and Layton superintendent Brad Woodford, right. Max was honored for saving his brother, Miles, from nearly drowning. Layton is a long-time sponsor of the American Red Cross Heroes Recognition Event.


SERVICE

Gary Weston, Ed Izatt, Luke Brown and Clarissa Malacara pose with a check for Rady’s Children’s Hospital Foundation. Clarissa inspired a volunteer effort by the whole Sundt Layton team to benefit hospital patients and their siblings.

Donovan Correctional Facility Group Shows Its Heart With Donations to Rady Children’s Hospital FoundationSundt Layton Team Donates 100 Activity Kits to Benefit Children at the Hospital

Sundt Layton team members from the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, California, recently donated more than 100 activity kits for Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

The kits are filled with games, toys, coloring books and stickers. Nurses give them to young patients and their siblings who are spending long hours at the hospital.

Sundt Layton contributed $500, and job site workers donated another $500 in cash. Owner’s representatives, subcontractors and suppliers also contributed. In the end, the volunteers donated both money and the kits to the Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation.

The whole idea for the event started with Sundt Layton Project EMT Luke Brown. Luke heard that carpenter Josue Carrillo’s little girl, Clarissa, was making trips to

the hospital for a heart condition. Luke wanted to show the team’s support and contacted the hospital to ask what was needed. They requested activity kits. Sundt Layton team members Ed Izatt, Pauline Dravet, Luke Brown, Jamie Weston and Gary

Weston, plus Luke’s wife Jessica and Josue’s wife, Claudia, and daughters, Clarissa and Alesandra, joined together on a Saturday to assemble the kits. The best moment of the day came when Clarissa handed the donation checks to the hospital.


ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY – UT


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ANNIVERSARIES

MAY ANNIVERSARIESDay Name Yrs1 David Whitaker 31 Paul Phalen 11 Robert Maguire 61 Steven Knowles 73 Eric Barton 113 Ron Gazafy 143 Todd Williams 54 Kelli Jodway 55 Joel Copeland 15 Nathan Redford 95 Shawn Tobey 16 Michael Campa 27 Kristoffer Jenson 147 Nathaniel Johnson 38 Trevor Austin 199 Jeff Beckstrom 109 Laura Rex 410 Kirt Nelson 1110 Matthew Crane 412 Joseph Nusbaum 112 Samuel Kim 112 Terry Lyon 2713 Anthony Yeager 213 Thomas Bethmann 214 Mark Mitchell 1515 Jeffrey Peterson 1515 Michael Kinghorn 916 Richard Adams 1317 John Brown 1617 Michael McPherson 817 Wayne Hortin 2219 Andrew Bond 119 Darren Ramos 120 David Beckstrand 221 Eugenio Ordonez 1621 Seth Wilde 322 Chris Archuleta 122 John Medina 1


Day Name Yrs23 Philip Daley 924 Ryan Tanzie 425 Edward Deffner 2126 Dean Killmer 627 Allan Ulrich 127 Charles Goggin 727 Jared Bradt 127 Maka Feinga 127 Royal Schultz 128 Enrique Rodriguez 128 Matangi Tai 128 Maunaloa Tai 129 Robert Cunico 1930 David Knorr 930 Jake Greenland 1531 David Diaz 431 William Ferrara 21

JUNE ANNIVERSARIESDay Name Yrs

1 Brett Willes 222 Carlos Hernandez 12 Eric Noren 12 Katherine Lyons 12 Nicholas Erickson 12 Phillip Tingley 12 Todd Wilde 12 Tracy Robinson 13 Jordon Gillman 24 Chad Thueson 24 Kristopher Tolley 144 Ross Dodds 145 David Ridgway 85 Vanessa Monsen 16 James Stocking 36 Terry Hafen 329 Danielle Nixon 1

Day Name Yrs9 Kyle Nitchen 19 Tyler Foerster 19 Walter Slattery 110 Chris Struckman 211 Dale Keep 811 Damon Owens 811 Vicki Jones 212 David Morse 1515 Jonathan Ferguson 316 Alan Jensen 116 Daniel Mickelson 716 Jason Reed 1816 Michael Doherty 1616 Robert Shepard 116 Tiffany Morales 117 Eric Turnbow 1918 Narciso Tanguma 318 Robert Cook 319 Gary Weston 2621 Joseph Alley 1022 Donald Wheelen 1122 Jamie Sargent 1323 Cooper Darling 123 Logan Deal 123 Dean Tyler 1823 Samuel Hibbert 123 Troy Bentley 1824 Blaine Anderson 1324 John Sadler 1225 Blake Dijkman 325 Chad Watson 325 Christopher Scott 125 Paul Putnam 3125 Justin Beall 327 Daniel Burton 427 John Sirrine 3130 Paul Ewing 1

32TERRY HAFEN

31PAUL PUTNAM

31JOHN SIRRINE

27TERRY LYON

26GARY WESTON

WELCOME ABOARD


Oscar Aguilera Carpenter Helper

Samuel Alapai Carpenter Helper

Ross Allen Estimator

Remington Ames Carpenter Helper

Kyle Andrus Intern

Alex Barlow Formsetter Carpenter

Hector Barragan Formsetter Carpenter

Stephen Bass Superintendent

Leslie Birch Superintendent

Erika Booth Field Operations Assistant

Joseph Bragg Superintendent

Jaime Bravo Formsetter Carpenter

Dirk Brown Laborer

Gerardo Cantu Carpenter Helper

Scott Carlisle Formsetter Carpenter

William Carnwath Formsetter Carpenter

Kit Carson Formsetter Carpenter

Ural Cheadle Carpenter Helper

Michael Cordova Carpenter Helper

Robert Corum Carpenter Helper

Rachel Dato Marketing Coordinator

Teodulo Delgado Formsetter Carpenter

Ashley Ehardt Intern

Miguel Enciso Reynoso Laborer

Leslie Fairbourn Project Engineer

James Faussett Superintendent

Tracey Felix Project Manager

Jennifer Frank Project Engineer

Steven Fuentes Formsetter Carpenter

Nathan Gillespie Formsetter Carpenter

Roy Hancock Formsetter Carpenter

Seth Hawes Project Manager

Salvador Henriquez Formsetter Carpenter

Jason Henwood Formsetter Carpenter

Gustavo Hernandez Sanchez Laborer

Lazaro Herrera Mendoza Formsetter Carpenter

Melissa Humphrey Intern

Vincente Jaramillo Formsetter Carpenter

Derrick Jarrard Carpenter Helper

Salvador Jimenez Formsetter Carpenter

Shawn-Kia Kala Laborer

Raymond Knight Laborer

New HiresFeBrUArY-April

WELCOME ABOARD


Garrett Langley Laborer

Alan Leichtman Superintendent

Christopher Lopez Formsetter Carpenter

Roger Manzanares Formsetter Carpenter

Christopher Marcus Project Safety Manager

Bradley Marshall Project Engineer

Palmer Martines Assistant Project Manager

Timothy McLachlan BIM Manager

Reilly Mecham Laborer

Andrew Melis Project Engineer

Michael Memmott Superintendent

Alfonso Meza Formsetter Carpenter

Anthony Minic Formsetter Carpenter

Peter Minjares Laborer

Victor Miramontes Formsetter Carpenter

Jerime Montoya Formsetter Carpenter

Stephanie Noorda Project Assistant

Jacinto Pascua Laborer

Richard Perez Formsetter Carpenter

Derek Peterson Laborer

Christopher Quiroz Formsetter Carpenter

Rachel Rencher Project Assistant

Mario Rodriguez Formsetter Carpenter

Correy Selden Business Development Mgr

Scott Shafer Superintendent

Susan Sharp Project Assistant

Cody Smith Laborer

Michael Smith Superintendent

Ronald Staton Formsetter Carpenter

Michael Stone Formsetter Carpenter

Thin Swe Intern

Walter Szarek Laborer

Ross Teraoka Laborer

Antonio Tinoco Formsetter Carpenter

John Turner III Project Engineer

Lance Vigil Laborer

Joseph Wells Project Engineer

Michael Wenerstrom Laborer

Norman Woodhouse Foreman

New HiresFeBrUArY-April

BIRTHDAYS

MAY BIRTHDAYS

Shawn Broby 1Drew Fleming 2Andrew Geier 2Jeffrey Christensen 2Salvador Jimenez 3Jose Cobielles 3Jesse Daybell 4Salvador Henriquez 4Anthony Inserra 5Thomas Bethmann 5Stephen Bass 5Trinidad Tovar 5Travis Lee 7David Rankin 7Chance Rugg 7Jared Hathaway 8Edwin Izatt 9David Morse 9Jeff Beckstrom 9Jaime Bravo 10Tracy Kenney 11Robert Evans 11Justin Beall 11Carl Wright 12Drew Olsen 12Dale Keep 12Benjamin Hayward 12Joe Lomu 12Corwin Hurst 12Dillon Markwell 12William Carson 14

Randall Gunn 14Seth Sperry 15Richard Covert 16Brian Erickson 17Michael Campa 17Michael Speirs 18Jacob Richardson 18Timothy Binfet 19LeGrand Bunker 19Tyler Kirby 19Angel Morales 21Todd Wilde 21Jerry Candia 21Gerald Biesinger 22Todd Williams 22Steve Hawkins 23Eduardo Chavez 23Jeremy Nelson 23Todd Hardcastle 23Orlando Benavidez 23Larry Wintermantel 24Gerry Riopta 24Douglas Stanley 25John Brown 25Bryan Webb 25Paul Phalen 25Stephen Layton 25James Faussett 26Shane Grymes 26Kim Atkinson 26Charles Lee 26

Jordan Walker 26Andrew Neptune 27Seth Kissell 28Israel Guzman-Nunez 29David Beckstrand 29Adam Mardanlou 29Brad Van Fleet 30Sherry Moyer 31

JUNE BIRTHDAYS

Jason Hill 1 Samuel Alapai 1 Terry Lyon 2 Alan Layton 3 Emmanuel Morales 4 Billy Beatty 5 Levi Conger 5 Shawn Tobey 6 Wil Vigil 6 Aisea Akau’ola 7 Ryan Maguire 7 Stephanie Whipple 8 Curtis Law 9 Scott Juhlin 9 Melodie Pour 11 Rupert Castilleja 11 Carrie Russell 12 Alan Jensen 13 Dena Samson 13

Kyle Bronson 13 Brock Grayson 14 Robert Stephens 14 Clinton Haizlip 16 Istvan Fodor 16 Daniel Ahlstrom 17 Maka Feinga 17 Raul Salinas 17 Ryan Harding 18 Vicki Jones 20 Charlie Nuuvali 21 Mark Williams 21 Torrey Fetherolf 21 Aaron Langley 22 Daniel Bourgeous 22 Gail Petersen 22 Kody Gildner 22 Daniel Mickelson 23 Rigoberto Barajas 23 Rod Lambert 23 Tammy McMillan 23 Chris Steele 26 Uriel Rios 26 Daniel Noyes 27 Rick Thueson 27 Mark Cummings 28 Roy Hancock 28 Bobby Chavez 30 Reed Ewell 30


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