This letter contains brief excerpts from letters of reference and appreciation for child-care centers built by Andy Ward.

Primrose School of Cary:
Owner: Kathy Miller
“From the first day of our project, I have been impressed with how well organized was your approach to our building. Every meeting we had was another opportunity to notice you had taken care of every item from the previous meeting. We were kept abreast of each development of the process, and there were very few surprises. Your responsiveness and complete reliability in solving problems, and doing it quickly and efficiently, saved us not only money, but priceless time and grief.”

“Your work ethic is the best, That is not just our observation, but that of all those who worked on your crews.”

“I truly felt this project was a partnership, and a very successful one.”

Primrose School of West Cary:
Owners: Kathy & Stew Miller
“Andy is one of the very few people I have met that I feel has as high a standard as Stew and I do.”

“I always knew Andy was right on top of every issue and doing whatever necessary to do it right. I had such complete confidence that in every decision, Andy would make it in favor of the better way to do it.”

“Thank you or another job well done.”

Primrose School at West Lake:
Owner: Elliott Blades
“Andy Ward deserves much of the credit for helping us meet our key business goals. He was very effective at making us aware of potential problems that could arise with such projects, making suggestions on things to change based on past experience, prompting me early to work on things that were my responsibility, sending out early warning signs when something was not heading down the right path, and escalating things to me when he thought my assistance could expedite matters.”

“Regardless of what was going on, our sense of confidence in him left us knowing that everything would always be alright.”

“He not only kept us within budget, but was instrumental in getting our CO when we needed it.”

Andy Ward, D.W. Ward Construction, was awarded a contract as a General Contractor in charge of the 60,000 square foot EDS Up-Fit by Wycliff Ventures, LLC. The contract value for this work was in excess of $ 2.2 million dollars. His scope of work included coordination of a total of $ 4.8 million dollars of construction, including trades and subcontractors hired directly by EDS, which had to be completed in a three month time period.

We are very pleased with the diligence and expediency at which Mr. Ward’s team performed their work for us. They were able to meet the deadline on time, in budget, and in a very professional manner.

I have no qualms about a recommendation for Andy Ward. I am certain you will find his professionalism and construction abilities to meet all of your expectations.

Gilbert Simmers

3301 Benson Drive – Suite 401 Raleigh, NC 27609 – 919-863-1000
www.dewittcarolinas.com

Various Projects

D. W. Ward Construction Company has had a general contract first with GTE, and now with Verizon for the past twenty-five years. Most of these projects are bid, but only with contractors who also have continuous contracts with Verizon. There are two such general contractors in this area.

The following projects are our most recent:

Addition and Renovation to Existing Remote Serice Unit Building:
Clayton & Freeman Road, Durham, NC:
Scope of Work:
•Provide all labor, materials, and equipment required to provide an addition to existing remote service unit including new HVAC system. This project totaled $304,478.00 and was completed on time.

Reference: Mr. Lloyd Brown
Verizon South, Inc.
5003 S. Miami Boulevard
Durham, NC 27703
Phone: 919/941-7445

Personnel Relocations & Building Alterations:
5003 S. Miami Boulevard, Durham, NC:
Scope of Work:
•Provide all labor, materials, and equipment required to provide interior renovations for personnel relocations while Verizon employees continued to work in the building during the day and the renovations were done at night.
•Project was completed on time and totaled $670,823.19.

Reference: Dudley Parrish
Baskervill and Son, PC
101 S. 15th Street, Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804/343-1010

Verizon Building Alterations:
3007 Roxboro Road, Durham, NC:
Scope of Work:
•Interior renovations and alterations including electrical, plumbing and HVAC.
•This project ran simultaneously with the previous project listed above and totaled $65,261,30.
•Project was completed on time.

Reference: Dudley Parrish
Baskervill and Son, PC
101 S. 15th Street, Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804/343-1010

Verizon Building Maintenance and Alterations:
3632 N. Roxboro Road, Durham, NC:
Scope of Work:
•Maintenance to include re-paving of parking lot, pressure washing windows, and recaulking areas requiring it.
•Alterations included updating men’s and women’s restrooms.

Reference: Dudley Parrish
Baskervill and Son, PC
101 S. 15th Street, Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804/343-1010

D.W. Ward Construction Company was the general contractor on a project we designed and administered for a large corporation. The scope of the project was to relocate office personnel from two separate floors to different locations within the existing building on three different floors. The work involved miscellaneous selective demolition of interior partitions, new electrical work, new interior finishes, minor HVAC ductwork revisions, and interior finishes. In my opinion, D.W. Ward performed their work in a very respectful, workmanlike manner. I would not hesitate to use them again.

Dudley Parish, Jr., A.I.A. LEED A.P.
Project Architect

Baskervill
Architecture + Engineering + Interior Design

101 S. 15th Street, Suite 200
Richmond, VA 23219

Phone: 804-343-1010
Fax: 804-343-0909
Baskervill.com

Subject: Roofing/Water Intrusion – Phase II

We are pleased with the cooperation and good job provided by Don Ward and his staff during the project. The contractor did a very good job on the project. We are looking forward to working with them on future projects.

Ed McBride
Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations

Don – Thank you for your continued great work at NCSSM. Thanks, Ed

Durham County Inspections Department
101 City Hall Plaza, Durham, NC 27701
919.560.4144 – fax 919.560.4484

D.W. Ward Construction Company, a licensed building company in the State of North Carolina – has acquired permits and successfully performed work within the jurisdiction of the Durham, North Carolina, City-County Inspections Department over the course of a number of years.

There have been no noted failures to follow up inspection requirements and inspection related procedures on the permitted projects in the city or county of Durham.

Permitted projects have been completed successfully, and Certificates of Compliance have been issued.

For active permits still in the construction and pre-completion phases, D.W. Ward Construction Company has been and remains responsive to all site corrections and discrepancies identified by field ans inspections personnel with construction and Code related questions addresses in a prompt and professional matter.

D.W. Ward Construction Company has been and remains in good standing with the Durham City-County Inspections Department.

Sincerely,

David Coward
Durham City-County Inspections
Inspections Supervisor
919-560-4283