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the freezer expansion has started, preparing for our folks; they’ve been able to take on some of the
freezer foundation work. Phase 5 ingredient cooler most complex projects to date, focus on developing
warehouse construction has started. We have and implementing airtight plans and do a great job
been awarded additional scope for an exterior of working hand in hand with our trade partners to
soybean oil tank farm and for a wastewater meet the requirements the customer has set for us.
treatment equalization tank system. The project AWS is all about Speed to Market…speed comes
schedule has been revised to reflect a November with a ton of risks and we’re facing issues each and
2022 completion. every day but the important thing is we’re improving
At Amazon Project Panda, interior finishes and low and continue to look for efficiencies. We continue to
voltage fire alarm, telecom and BMS wrapped up get better at delivering these jobs!
the building construction as we aimed for Temporary
Certificate of Occupancy (TCO) in May. Amazon's
deployment teams recently mobilized and started Gray Architects &
assembling their racking system. Amazon Robotics Engineers 5
has begun testing their Kiva Robots to carry these with Dowell Hoskins
President
racking/storage bins around the storage levels. In
the coming months we will work to finish strong and We are in an extremely fortunate position as a
hit TCO and work through project closeout to help company with so many quality projects in our sales
with the additional needs of the Amazon Robotics pipeline. As a result, we are continuing to seek
and Startup Teams. out talented people to join our team in Gray AE
Amazon Project Spartan in Lansing, Michigan and adding team members on (what seems like) a
has a lot of different trade work going on at this weekly basis!
time. The site has thawed and we’ve started doing We have a great mix of projects in execution with
earthwork again after the long Michigan winter. The over half of them in the Food & Beverage market –
roof will be completed this month. We’ve completed pet food projects are continuing to stack up. We are
the mezzanine slabs and started placing floor slabs. nearing the completion of design of our two largest
Site utilities are being installed and site pavement projects for Nestlé Purina Petcare and are also in the
will start soon. We achieved our first area turnover design phase for multiple other pet food projects.
in June. Our team, and our team of subcontractors, Not only are Gray AE team members stretching
are all excited that winter is behind us and there’s a themselves on large and complex projects, but we
lot of work going on inside and out. are also providing opportunities for team member’s
Overall, the big push with Amazon Web Services personal growth. One example of this is public
(AWS) is putting our currently contracted work into speaking training – our fourth group went through
place. At no point over the past three years have this training recently and the reviews continue to be
we been in the midst of so much work at one time. extremely positive.
We’ve invoiced roughly $28M per month for the past But, everything is not always about work; we have
couple months and plan to continue at that rate for so many fantastic things going on personally for our
the next few. Our teams are extremely committed Gray AE team members. Randall Vaughn, FAIA, has Company
to ensuring we come through for our customer by received several professional accolades this year, updates
providing them world class facilities safely, ON TIME, and has one more to add to the list! The Louisville continued
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