The Grubb DispatcherIssue 6 Volume 2 Summer Company News Report

W. O. Grubb Steel Erection's Vice President, Dr. John Thomas Shearin II, passed away on July 6th. Tom was survived by his wife of 35 years, Jan Graham Shearin; two daughters, Ashley Shearin Chaumard , and Graham Westcott Shearin; and his mother Isabel Shearin. A memorial service was held at St. Stephens's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. A reception was also held afterward at the corporate office for friends and family.

Dr. John Thomas Shearin, II.

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Pictured is the World’s smallest crawler crane. The URW-094, manufactured by UNIC Cranes Europe. This crane is only 23 inches wide, but has a lifting capacity of nearly 1 ton. The crane can drive through most normal sized door openings and has a maximum working radius of 17 feet with an 18 foot boom.

History Facts

ADMINISTRATIVE PROFILE

Isabel Shearin has been with W. O. Grubb since 1988. She has come to be recognized as one of the familiar voices of our company. Her sweet, charming, and sweet voice is usually the first thing you hear when you call the Richmond office. Often, when people don’t hear her paging over the intercom, it starts a firestorm of questions about where is Izzy and is she alright. “I came to work with Grubb so that I could help out Tom. Originally, my duties included helping him with his Steel Erection bids, answering the phones, sorting the mail and ordering office supplies.” She tells me that she really enjoys her time here at the office. “The people are always so nice to work with; they are all helpful, friendly and kind.”

Before she became such an important part of the Grubb team, Isabel had been working for Old Dominion Iron and Steel. “For years I had been their switchboard operator, I also handled certifications for their tanks and sorted their mail as well.” She was employed with Old Dominion until they were sold to Adamson. She told me a little bit about her time with Dominion working on Belles Isle, where she worked there until a massive storm destroyed the bridge to the small piece of land in the James River.

When Ms. Shearin isn’t manning the front desk at our corporate office, she can be found cooking and shopping. Another favorite past time of hers is gospel music. Occasionally, she will make a trek down to Smithfield, North Carolina for their gospel festival. She also enjoys her time with her two granddaughters, Ashley and Graham.

Safety Corner

When rigging, consideration must be given to the type of rigging that is best suited for a particular Lift.Polyester round slings or “Continuous Straps” as they are sometimes referred to, are light weight and easy to handle, but in some cases are not the correct choice. That is why a complete review of the piece to be lifted must be performed to identify any potential cutting, pinching, abrading or friction burning of the rigging material. If any of the above mentioned could possibly occur, then wire rope chokers/slings may be the preferred rigging equipment over synthetic slings.A must in any rigging application is having sufficient softeners/sling protection to protect the rigging equipment from damage, especially when you are rotating a load in a basket hitch configuration. When a load is rotated in a basket hitch and synthetic slings are used, there is a greater potential for friction burns and/or cutting of material even when softeners are used. Wire rope is more forgiving in this situation.

Conclusion:Synthetic slings, round continuous, eye to eye or flat straps are good rigging devices, but in some cases they just can’t replace wire rope.“Evaluate the rigging attachment points for potential hazards prior to selecting the rigging”“Read the manufacturers warnings, inspection, care and use instructions prior to use”

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I can’t stress how important it is to work as a team,every link really does count

Mike Davenport on a 300 ton All-Terrain Crane

On the left: Ryan Carlton on the 70 ton Hydraulic Truck Crane

Surrounding three pictures: Doug Radcliffe on the Grove GMK 7550, and George Pennington on the Grove GMK 6350

doing lifts at the Morgantown power

plant.

Mike Davenport on a 300 ton he h

Since the early 1970’s Kenny Cooke has helped this company rise from only 7 operators and 6 cranes, to become the 18th largest crane company in the Nation. He started in June of 1973 as an oiler on an old 35 ton Lorain. “Wayne Roberts and John Grubb became mentors early on. They were really some of the best educators, and taught me things that still hold true.” After a year of oiling for Wayne, Kenny started hanging iron as an operator. Through-out the years he’s held several other positions with the company. He flipped back and forth from operator to dispatch until 1988 when Bill Grubb asked him to go into sales. “At that time Fred Testerman and I were the only salesmen. Our biggest challenge was to rent some of our older equipment.” As the company expanded, Kenny took on the role as the Richmond Branch Manager. He has since transitioned that role to Cecil Wilmoth.

Kenny had a lot to say about working for the Grubb team. “I can’t stress how important it is to work as a team, every link really does count.” He goes on to say, “We have one of the best teams, with some of the best people you’ll ever meet. But, we have to continue to work to as a team, there are no super stars.” He closes by telling me, “this Company is fortunate to have the visionary of Bill Grubb. He strives to be the best and has given us all so much.”

In his free time Kenny enjoys working on his farm, entertaining friends, family, hunting, fishing, and generally getting dirty. He loves his house on the river where he raises chickens, works in his garden, and enjoys boating. Now that he has decided to step down, he is looking forward to traveling around the county and visiting Norway and Morocco.

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Maintenance Minutes

Fredericksburg

From Left to Right: John Baldwin, Ronald Ridgell, Doug Radcliffe, Wade Freeman, Perry Seery, Ronald Byman, Daniel Burchell, Kerry Conners, Olen Helmick, and Bryan Bezans.

The team from Fredericksburg uses Doug Radcliffe on the Grove GMK 7550, 550 ton All Terrain Crane, to hoist an 8 inch bag gun. The crew lifted, transported and set the gun from its original location in Dahlgren to the Virginia Historical Museum. The gun, which is from an old 1880s Ironsides warship, is being displayed at the museum.

It is extremely important that all operators, and drivers thoroughly know their equipment. An extra

emphasizes should be placed on reading and understanding your

operating manual. The operating manual is an invaluable tool to show

the right steps to operating, maintaining and installing

accessories for your crane. The manual will answer many questions

about several things such as: Installing jibs, trouble shooting

simple problems, providing limitations for your unit, and ensuring

that the equipment is used and maintained properly. Knowing the

book is important for safety, preventing unnecessary damage, keeping it in good condition, and

completing a job in a timely manner. It will also prevent you from

constantly requiring assistance with your unit, and preventing avoidable

problems. Also, please keep in mind that it is everyone’s job to ensure

that the job is being performed safely and properly.

Pictured Above: Dale Riddle, Jeff Collins, Daniel Burchell, Eddie Ayres, Wade Freeman, Dallas Cooley, Bobby Mourie, Jerry Bailey. Jim Tracey and Doug Radcliffe were the operators on the two 550 ton A/T’s.

Grubb’s two Grove GMK 7550s lifting a 44,000 lbs A/C units on top of the U.S. State Department for Homeland

Security.

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Steel ErectionTidewater Community College Project

W. O. Grubb Steel Erection will be working with Skanska early this fall to erect the steel for the new student center at Tidewater Community College. The building is being constructed on

TCC’s campus in Norfolk Virginia, and will consist of approximately 600 tons of structural steel. One of the unique features of the building is that it will be erected in three pods on an island in one of the schools 5 acre lakes.

VSU Project

Later this Fall Grubb steel erectors will be working with W.M. Jordan Company to place a pedestrian bridge on the VSU campus in Petersburg, VA. The bridge is a 150 ft long; 80,000# arched pedestrian

bridge, manufactured by Contech Construction Products, Inc. Grubb’s 550 and 350 ton All-Terrain Truck Cranes will be used to place the structure.

MAJOR PROJECTS has two jobs that it is currently organizing: In June, Grubb moved a 50 ft. long, 220,000 lbs gas cooler for H&M Industrial. The gas cooler is being installed at GenOn for the Morgantown Power Station. Two Grubb cranes, a 550 ton All-Terrain truck crane and a 350 ton All-Terrain truck crane, as well as a platform trailer were being used for the job. (picture shown on page six) Later this summer, Grubb will be teaming up with Archer Western for a two year project replacing bridge structures over I-95 in Richmond Virginia. The job calls for hauling and setting of over 200 P.C.U.s weighing over 100 tons each. Two new Link-Belt HC248H Conventional Truck Crane will be used for the job.

Richmond’s branch manager, Cecil Wilmoth will be coaching the Sports Backers Half Marathon Training Team this fall. The team is dedicated to prepare people to race in the McDonald’s Half Marathon on November 12th in Richmond. The half marathon is the 13.1 mile companion race of the SunTrust Richmond Marathon. Cecil would like to encourage anyone that is interested in running to come out for the team. The 14 week program will start at 8 a.m., August 6th at the Flying Squirrels stadium, and will have group runs every Saturday until the race. For more information please contact Cecil.

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Tidewater Community College Student Center Project

NEW TO THE FLEET

Carl Moats and Steve Rohrman at Dulles Transit in Alexandria

Jim Tracey at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore

Liebherr LR 1400 removing a rail car coal dumper at C.P. Crane

Power Station in Baltimore

In August Grubb will be introducing a new fleet of

Goldhofer Hydraulic Platform Trailers.

Brand new state of the art Goldhofers with 45 tons per

line capacity.

Can be equipped in various combinations 6, 4, 3, and 2

lines based on scope of work.

Second Company in the U.S. to own these new 45

ton capacity lines.

Brand new state of the art

Trailers.

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Moving bridge sections in the upcoming I-95 project.Hauling generators and turbines inside fossil and nuclear power plants.Transporting windmill turbines and blades.Transporting crawler cranes from station to station at wind power sites.All ultra heavy hauling.

Trailers will be used for:

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We are also adding:1 Demag AC160/2, 200 ton A/T

1 Grove TMS800E, 80 truck crane

Given our increased focus on safety standards this year, Chuck and Jim are scheduling “All Hands” meetings at each of our branches to communicate our current state, some safety program changes and to stress the importance of maintaining the highest safety standards. Please see the schedule below and get back to Jim with any questions. We need as close to 100% participation from all branch field and office staffs as is possible, so the schedule has the meetings as either early morning breakfast meetings or early evening dinner meetings. We ask that each branch take responsibility to communicate the schedule to all employees as soon as possible and to make arrangements for the food, beverages and place of meeting appropriate for each branch. Baltimore

Alexandria

Portsmouth Richmond/Cofer

Fredericksburg

All Hands Safety Meeting

Tuesday, July 12th, 6:00 am

Tuesday, July 12th, 5:00 pm

Thursday, July 21st, 6:00 am Thursday, July 21st, 5:00 pm

Monday, July 25th, 6:00 amGrove TMS800E

Demag AC160/2

The crew from Portsmouth using a Grove TMS-760E, 60 ton Hydraulic Truck Crane lift three NASCARS onto the deck of the battleship USS Wisconsin. The cars belonged to Jeff Gordon, Jimmy Johnson, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. were being used for a commercial being filmed for NASCAR.

Portsmouth

From left to right: John Walton, Mike Thomas, Mike Tiller, Robert Thompson, Yancey Davenport, Larry Becker, and Brian Olson

Above: Jimmy Johnson’s show car on the bow of the battleship USS Wisconsin.

On the right: Darrell Williams’ crane lifts Jeff Gordon’s race car onto the deck of the battleship.

Above: Larry Becker pulls out ahead of the pack in a race against Jimmy Johnson and Dale Earnhardt Jr. * On a side note we would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that drag racing is now prohibited in company vehicles.

Richmond Dispatch gets a facelift

Above: Cecil’s new office

Far Left: Sales center

Left: Conference room

After just a few months of renovations, the Richmond dispatch is almost complete. The

old space was gutted, redesigned and remodeled. They will be ready to move in next month. Be sure to stop by and take a

look.

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Above and left: New dispatch counter with birds-eye view of the Richmond yard

Employment AnniversariesApril - June 2011

April May June

HeadquartersPhone: (804) 271 - 9471

Fax: (804) 271 - 2539

National Sales Phone: (804) 233 - 3613

Fax: (804) 233 - 3617

Alexandria Phone: (703) 370 - 7500

Fax: (703) 370 - 2672

Portsmouth Phone: (757) 465 - 4072

Fax: (757) 465 - 4079

WWW.WOGRUBB.COM1-866-964-7822

Fredericksburg Phone: (540) 891 - 7279

Fax: (540) 891 - 7746

Baltimore Phone: (410) 796 - 3661

Fax: (410) 796 - 3666

The following is a list of employees that have been with the company for five plus years between January and March

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Marvyn Bond, Bal more 11 years Jerry Bailey, Alexandria 12 years Steve Brawley, Richmond 8 yearsRichard Bowers, Na onal Sales 14 years Larry Becker, Portsmouth 16 years Kenneth Cooke, Richmond 38 yearsCarolyn Callanan, Portsmouth 9 years Billy Brown, Na onal Sales 21 years Joseph Doerr, Bal more 7 yearsBlair Carlton, Richmond 10 years Ben Bruce, Na onal Sales 18 years Irwin Eggleston, Richmond 10 yearsDavid Daly, Richmond 16 years Diane Bruch, Portsmouth 11 years Tom Goodman III, Fredericksburg 9 yearsDavid Davenport, Richmond 13 years Al Carle IV, Bal more 11 years Chris Hickey, Portsmouth 6 yearsMike Duley, Alexandria 6 years Ray Hand, Alexandria 5 years Ken Hicks, Portsmouth 5 yearsWade Freeman III, Richmond 7 years William James, Bal more 12 years Chris Mann, Richmond 10 yearsKen Gibson, Alexandria 10 years James Letchworth, Bal more 6 years Carl Moats Jr, Alexandria 7 yearsJohnny Gunnell, Portsmouth 13 years Diane Manning, Richmond 9 years Russell Moody, Richmond 9 yearsCli on Henning Jr, Ironworker 15 years Mike McLaughlin, Alexandria 11 years Steven Purdy, Alexandria 11 yearsAndy Hill, Richmond 8 years Kevin Pennington, Richmond 14 years Gary Rugg, Alexandria 11 yearsJames Johnson, 5 years Don Richards, Alexandria 9 yearsJames Leeper, Bal more 8 years Dale Riddle, Alexandria 9 yearsKenneth Minor,Portsmouth 5 years Ed Walters, Ironworker 19 yearsDoug Neely, Richmond 10 yearsTom O'Donnell, Alexandria 5 yearsJohn Price, Richmond 7 yearsAndrea Pro , Richmond 18 yearsRonny Smith, Portsmouth 9 yearsDon Themer, Alexandria 8 yearsArlow Triple III, Richmond 7 yearsMelvin Varela-Urrazo, Richmond 6 yearsJean Walton, Richmond 6 years

W.O. Grubb shares a booth with Specialized Carriers & Rigging Association at the 2011 Wind Power show in Anaheim, CA. Cecil Wilmoth and David Goodman pose in front of the stand.