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2008 1. In January AllWest provided Property Condition and Seismic Assessments to the Branson School detailing their 14 building campus in Ross, California. The school will use AllWest's review as baseline documents to plan major capital improvements over the next 10 years. 2. AllWest was retained by AIMCO in February to provide engineering services related to the seismic upgrade of the Pathfinder Apartments in Fremont, CA. The complex has twenty residential structures which will be seismically upgraded in both longitudinal and transverse directions. The work is being conducted to comply with Fremont's soft story seismic ordinance. 2007 1. AllWest was retained in February to conduct Property Condition and Environmental Assessments on a six site (Big Sur, Sonoma Mission Inn, Beaver Creek and Denver CO, Houston and Austin) hotel portfolio purchased by Walton Street Capital of Chicago, Il. The seller was Dallas based Crescent Real Estate Equities. 2. JMA Ventures of San Francisco retained AllWest to provide comprehensive physical due diligence in conjunction with their acquisition of Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA. The resort is located on 644 acres with incredible views of the lake and Sierras. In September AllWest assisted JMA with their purchase of Red Mountain Lodge and Resort in Montana. Red Mountain is nestled at the base of the Beartooth Mountains, a gateway community to Yellowstone National Park. 3. In June and July AllWest was retained by Eagle Real Estate Holdings of Anaheim, CA to provide environmental assessments on eleven apartment complexes in Houston and Dallas, TX. 4. AllWest was retained by Lowe's Home Improvement Store in July to assist them with environmental issues encountered during the development of their new store in South San Francisco, CA. Services provided included soil and groundwater assessments, UST removal oversite and regulatory compliance. 5. AllWest was retained by Noteware Development/Goldman Sachs to assist them in their redevelopment of 5800 3rd Street, San Francisco. The site was formerly a Coca Cola bottling plant being transformed into a mixed use facility including residential and retail (Fresh & Easy). AllWest's services included regulatory agency coordination (SFDPH), Soil and Management Plan, Voluntary Clean-up Plan, building demolition, UST removal and hazmat disposal matters. 6. AllWest was named for the second consecutive year by the SF Business Times to their 2007 100 Fastest Growing Companies List. AllWest was ranked 79th with a gross revenue increase of 66.4% between 2004 & 2006. 7. Marc Cunningham was appointed to the Code Advisory Commission (CAC) which operates under the jurisdiction of the City of San Francisco's Building Department. The CAC consists of 17 members who are qualified by training and experience to deliberate and make recommendations on matters pertaining to the development and improvement of the content of the San Francisco Building Code, Mechanical Code, Electrical Code. Plumbing Code and Housing Code as well as related rules and regulations or proposed ordinances that the Director of the Building Inspection Department determines may have an impact on construction permits. Specific recommendations of this Committee are directed to the Building Inspection Commission for their further action. Marc will serve a 3 year term on the Fire and Life Safety Subcommittee. 8. Louis (Trey) Whitehead III joined AllWest's environmental staff in July as a project manager. Trey was formerly employed by Vulcan Materials Company of Los Angeles as an Environmental Specialist overseeing Vulcan's CA, AZ & NM facility compliance with applicable regulations. Trey is working towards his MS Environmental Science and Engineering, at the University of Arizona. His thesis is entitled: Risk Assessment of Biosolids Application to Land. He received a BS in Biology and Chemistry, University of Alabama- Birmingham, 1997. 9. AllWest was retained by the Felson Company to design seismic upgrades for apartment complexes in Hayward and Fremont California. Construction permits were issued for both properties in December with construction scheduled for 2008. 10. The 2007 AllWest Holiday (Cha, Cha, Cha) Open was held at Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland for the 6th consecutive year on December 11. Twenty eight major domo golfers were treated to crisp clear weather and sparkling views of the Bay from the Oakland Hills. The "Multiple Offers" team of Bill Sawyer ( NAIBT), Ken Gaitan (JCAP Express) Mike Yancy (Crown Capital)and Brandon Royale (SCC Asst. Pro) walked away with the $200 prize money. 2006 1. Jorge Berdin and Susan Nielsen, both registered California Architects, joined AllWest in January. Jorge has a Master of Science in Planning & Development Studies from USC and was formerly employed by Boeing as a facilities project administrator. Susan was formerly the principal architect of Cowan Design of Mill Valley, CA which specializes in health facility planning for medical and dental offices. Susan's degree is interior design from San Diego State University. 2. In January AllWest was retained by Fowler Property Acquisitions to review environmental and engineering issues in the acquisition of two, 300 unit apartment complexes in Houston TX and Lake Oswego, Oregon. 3. AllWest was retained by Greystone Hospitality in February to assist them in their purchase of the Griffon Hotel on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. AllWest provided environmental, physical and seismic reviews on the historic, 5 story, 62 room property. 4. William Holland joined AllWest in early 2006 as senior project manager for asbestos and microbial services. Bill has a Masters of Public Health from UCLA (1989), is a California Certified Asbestos Consultant and Certified Microbial Consultant. Formerly employed by ATC Associates and Golder, Bill will oversee AllWest's industrial hygiene projects. 5. AllWest was retained to engineer seismic improvements to St. James Manor, an assisted living facility in Los Angeles, CA in May. The 3 building property contains provides 65 residential units. AllWest previously provided a FEMA 310 seismic review appropriate for HUD underwriting for the property. 6. Marc Cunningham accompanied Tom Spencer of PNC MultiFamily Capital to Louisville, KY in May to visit Churchill Downs and enjoy Derby Week festivities. PNC's affordable housing lending group is headquartered in Louisville. 7. AllWest sponsored the AllWest Birdie Challenge at the annual Bay Area Mortgage Associations (BAMA) golf toonament held at Orinda County Club. AllWest has been a BAMA sponsor for the past 17 years. 8. AllWest was retained by Page Mill Properties/CALPERS to assist them in their acquisition of more than 30 apartment complexes in East Palo Alto, CA. AllWest provided environmental, physical condition and seismic reviews. 9. Licensed architect, Neil Parnes, joined AllWest to manage our PCA practice. Neil was formerly the CEO of Ten Star Industries, Ltd., in Tianjin, China, a manufacturing, wine making, and import/export corporation. Prior to Ten Star Neil was employed by Aotani Far East, Japan, as chief architect where he managed an architectural department designing residential, commercial, corporate, hospitality, and military projects in the Pacific Basin. Neil also worked for several years at Parsons in Honolulu where he project architect and planner for several hotels in Maui and Oahu. 10. AllWest was named by the SF Business Times to their 2006 100 Fastest Growing Companies List. AllWest was ranked 71st with a gross revenue increase of 75.5% between 2003 & 2005. 11. AllWest mourned the tragic death of Karen Cunningham in late December 2006 due to surgical complications. Although not directly employed by the firm Karen was a Board Director and instrumental from day one in the company's success. 2005 1. Marc Cunningham was a panelist on San Francisco Urban Development held at UCSF's Genetech Hall on January 26. The private roundtable discussion was later published in the Mach 7, 2005 edition of the California Real Estate Journal. Other panels included Bruce Spalding, Vice Chancellor of UCSF and Jesse Blount, Director of the San Francisco Mayor's Office of Economic Development. 2. Mark Schmidt, registered California Asbestos Consultant and DHS certified Lead inspector/monitor joined AllWest in January as a project manager. A 1993 graduate of Cal State - Long Beach with a Bachelor's degree in geography , Mark was previously employed by Mactec. 3. AllWest continued our management of asbestos related materials at Los Angeles Center Studios in downtown LA. The former headquarters of Union Oil the, property is comprised of a 12 story office tower, two 5 story "wing" buildings and two 20,000 sf sound stages. Facility occupants are movie and television entities. In 2005 AllWest oversaw asbestos removal activities from the 3rd and 8th floors. 4. AllWest was retained by Nu Urban Strategies (NUS) to conduct Phase I and II assessments of approximately 180 acres of land in Fresno, CA in March 2005. NUS intends to entitle the acreage for residential development. 5. CB Richard Ellis retained AllWest in April 2005 to conduct environmental assessments and asbestos reviews of 6 surplus properties containing over a million square feet of rentable space. The properties, all located in San Francisco, are owned by a major telecommunications firm and scheduled for disposition. 6. AllWest assisted Blackstone Real Estate Advisors in their purchase of the Wyndham Hotel Group by peer reviewing environmental and engineering due diligence reports for 42 properties. AllWest identified major physical and environmental issues at the hotels which were then assessed via site inspections by other members of the Blackstone team. 7. AllWest assisted Walton Street Capital in their acquisition of 4 class A office buildings in Seattle, WA from the Benaroya Company with environmental, seismic and architectural reviews. Debt for the 1.2 million square foot portfolio transaction, which closed in November 2005, was provided by Greenwich Capital. 8. Richard Garlow, a California Professional Geologist (2003), joined AllWest in November 2005. Rich received his MS from San Jose State and was previously employed by Green Environment of San Mateo, CA. 9. In December 2005 AllWest completed its 16th year providing due diligence expertise to the real estate industry. AllWest was retained for more than 400 assignments. Revenues increased 70% reflecting a robust real estate market. 2004 1. AllWest was retained by Sonnenblick - Del Rio of Los Angeles in January to conduct environmental and property condition assessments of government buildings in Minnesota, Ohio, Kansas, Missouri and Home Depot logistic facilities in Florida, Texas and California. 2. AllWest was retained by Doerken Properties of Santa Monica, CA in February to assist them understand potential soil and groundwater contamination from a dry cleaning establishment at a retail center in San Jose, CA. AllWest conduct two phases of subsurface sampling and provided cost estimates for site characterization and closure activities. Doerken completed their purchase of the property in May 2004, with financing provided by Greenwich Capital of Los Angeles, CA. 3. R. Dave Bierman of AllWest anchored the environmental panel focusing on mold at the 5th Annual Western HUD Lenders Conference held on March 29-31 in Las Vegas, Nevada. A copy of Dave's engaging and insightful presentation "Molds & Moisture" can be provided upon request. 4. Walton Street Capital of Chicago, IL retained AllWest April to provide environmental services in their acquisition of the office building at 425 Market Street, San Francisco, CA. The 39 story, 980,000 square foot structure was built in 1973. 5. ScanlanKemperBard Company of Portland, Oregon retained AllWest to review structural issues in concert with their acquisition of the Sunset Tower Building in Los Angeles, CA. The 14 story welded steel moment frame building was constructed in 1968 and performed well through both the San Fernando and Northridge earthquakes. This transaction closed in June 2004. 6. In May AllWest continued our support of the SF NAIOP's 15th Annual Cal/Stanford Real Estate Challenge held this year at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, CA. The Challenge was established in 1990 as a competition between UC and Stanford RE grad students to experience a near "hands-on" development project. The winning team takes home the Jim Brecht Memorial Shovel. AllWest has participated in and sponsored the event since 1993. 7. Ms. Perdeep Bhui joined AllWest's staff in mid June as a site manager. A 1997 graduate of Cal State - Northridge with a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health & Occupational Safety, Perdeep was previously employed by Tetra Tech and UPS. 8. During the spring and summer of 2004 AllWest was retained by the Bay Area Smart Growth Fund for physical due diligence expertise related to the acquisition and condominium conversions of apartment complexes in Lodi, Vallejo, Fremont and Sacramento, CA. 9. In May and August 2004 AllWest provided environmental assessments for 2 adaptive reuse - rehabilitation projects to the Kor Group of Los Angeles, CA. Project locations were both in LA at 808 Spring Street and 1645 Vine. 10. AllWest's registered geologist, Mike Siembieda, attended "Investigation & Remediation of Dry Cleaner Release Sites" a day long program sponsored by the CA Groundwater Resource Association in Long Beach on November 10, 2004. Jim Koniuto traveled to Las Vegas to attend "Advanced Perspectives in Mold Prevention & Control" a symposium sponsored by the university of Tulsa, Brigham Young University, AIHA & ASIAQ on November 8 & 9 while Marc Cunningham attended the CA DTSC sponsored "Successful Brownfields Redevelopment - Achieving Clarity on Regulatory Requirements, Processes and Options held at USC on November 17, 2004. 11. AllWest completed ALTA surveys of properties in Los Angeles, Campbell, Milpitas and San Jose, CA. Lenders included Woodman of the World, Thrivent Financial, Prudential Insurance and Business Partners, LLC. 2003 1. AllWest was retained by the County of Santa Clara General Services Agency, Capital Programs Group, to conduct an asbestos and lead based paint assessment of the Moorpark Avenue Santa Clara County Health Center. The facility will be demolished and rebuilt in 2004. AllWest will oversee all asbestos abatement activities on behalf of the county. 2. AllWest has been retained by Los Angeles Center Studios (www.LACENTERSTUDIOS.COM) to manage the removal of asbestos containing materials from the 9th floor at their building. The structure, a unique combination of office space and film studios, is located at 1201 Est 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA. 3. AllWest has been retained by Orange County Developer, the Hopkins Group, to assist in the redevelopment of the Redlands Town Center, a retail complex, in Redlands, CA. The center will be partially demolished and rebuilt with a mixed use facility including hotel, residential and retail space. AllWest will provide structural and architectural reviews on the Gottschalk's building. 4. Mike Siembieda, RG, recently attended a one day California Groundwater Resources Association seminar "Subsurface Vapor Intrusion to Indoor Air: When is Soil and Groundwater Contamination an Indoor Air Issue". 5. AllWest has been retained by PNC MultiFamily Capital to provide Physical Condition Needs Assessments and FEMA 310 Seismic reviews on senior living facilities in San Diego and Lemon Grove, CA. Both properties are being re-financed through HUD's Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) program. 6. AllWest has been retained by Careage Development Company of Gig Harbor, WA to provide an ALTA survey of a 20+ acre site in Bakersfield, CA. Careage develops skilled nursing and assisted living facilities throughout the west coast. 7. The second AllWest Open will be held at Sequoyah Country Club (www.sequoyahcc.com) in Oakland CA on December 9th, 2003. 8. AllWest has been retained by United Dominion Realty Trust of Dallas, Texas to conduct Property Condition and Seismic Assessments on a portfolio of 9 apartment communities containing 1700 units in Salinas, California in conjunction with their acquisition of the properties. 9. Marc Cunningham and Chris Marinescu attended the 4th Annual Western HUD Lenders Conference in Las Vegas Nevada held on May 12- 15 2003. Both received certificates of attendance for the HUD sponsored MAP training session on "PCNA Preparation for Acquisition or Acquisition with Moderate Rehabilitation" and "Architectural and Cost Activities in New Construction or Substantial Rehabilitation." 10. AllWest has been retained by Levin Menzies of Walnut Creek, CA to assist them with environmental issues in their acquisition of the former Coca Cola syrup plant at 5800 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA. The 6.5 acre site was being considered for a mixed used residential and retail development. 11. David Bierman of AllWest presented "Spore Patrol: Effective Management, Investigation and Remediation" at Novogradac & Company's workshop on "Mold: A Growing Concern", held in San Francisco on April 2, 2003. 2002 1. Marc Cunningham presented "Understanding Environmental Due Diligence and Anticipating Closing Issues Problems" at the California Mortgage Bankers first annual Closing Issues Forum. The half day seminar was presented in Santa Ana and San Francisco, CA on September 13 and 20, 2002. Other presentations addressed Legal Issues, Title, Escrow and Seismic concerns. 2. Michael Siembieda, RG, attended the fall meeting of the Northern California Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis. The half day seminar, "Challenges of Emerging Chemicals" included papers and discussions on topics such as "Naphthalene, Ethylbenzene - The Times They Are a Changin. Now What"?, and "Consumer Chemical as Indicators of Waste Water Contamination" among others. 3. AllWest was retained by Walton Street Properties of Chicago Illinois to conduct Environmental Due diligence and Mold Assessments as part of their acquisition team in the purchase of a 39 story office building at 445 S. Figueroa Street in Los Angeles, CA. The property is locally known as the Union Bank Plaza. The purchase was financed by Lehman Brothers and Capital Trust of New York City and closed in mid October 2002. 4. Michael Siembieda, RG, attended a August 2002 workshop at the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board on the development of Risk Based Screening Levels (RBSLs). The focus of the meeting was the rapid identification of potential environmental concerns at contaminated sites, preparation of environmental risk assessments, the use of RBSLs outside of the Bay Area and the upcoming state Peer Review of RBSLs. 5. AllWest was retained by F&F Partners of Larkspur CA, to provide project management services for the removal of asbestos, lead based-paint and mold impacted construction materials at the Capital Towers Apartments in Sacramento, CA. Abatement and demolition activities occurred between January and June 2002 with approximately 206 garden style apartment units prepared for a major site rehabilitation project. The complex held a grand opening open house on September 17, 2002. 6. AllWest sponsored the "closest to the hole" contest at the Rhodes Ranch golf outing at the recent "Emerging Trends" 5th Annual Western States Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference. The two day event was held at the Bellagio Hotel between September 29 and October 1, 2002. 7. In December 2002 James Koniuto attended a mold workshop, "Microbial Contamination Workshop: Sampling, Laboratory, Remediation and Health Issues." The workshop addressed the basics of fungal identification and quantification , health effects of mold, sampling equipment selection and demo, building engineering and moisture intrusion, sampling techniques, data interpretation and remediation techniques. Mr. Koniuto recently completed his yearly AHERA refresher course for Asbestos Inspectors and completed AHERA training requirements for Building Inspection and Management Planning for Asbestos.

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