CORPORATE REPORT 100

91

Putman, Inc., DBA A-1 Staffing

Gross Revenue:     2006: $6,455,000.00 2003: $3,553,000.00 Growth: 81.68% Full-time employees: 20

Supplying the local manufacturing, distribution and service marketplaces with temporary, temp-to-hire and direct hire placement services, Putman Inc. operates from offices in Overland Park. Acquisitions and upgrades have propelled profits, reports president Bruce J. Putman. The firm will celebrate ten years in 2008.

92

AmeriCast Technologies, Inc. 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $195,498,000.00 2003: $109,063,000.00 Growth: 79.25% Full-time employees: 1350

Thomas K. Armstrong, Jr. is CEO of AmeriCast Technologies, which offers design, tooling, casting, finish machining, assembly and testing in a broad range of configurations. The manufacturer of castings in Atchison reports that “strengthening market conditions” have furthered its position.

93

OCCU-TEC, Inc. 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $4,098,059.00 2003: $2,291,909.00 Growth: 78.81% Full-time employees: 18

OCCU-TEC, Inc. provides environmental consulting services, as well as environmental management, loss prevention and safety consulting, learning solutions and energy systems services. President & CEO Skuli Gudmundsson leads the Kansas City, MO firm, which has been in business since 1983.

94

TK Architects, Inc.

Gross Revenue:     2006: $3,879,317.00 2003: $2,170,142.00 Growth: 78.76% Full-time employees: 22

TK Architects offers architecture and interior design on commercial projects where public image is important: entertainment, food service and hospitality venues, and cinemas—one well-known project is the Cinemark on the Plaza. Established in 1981, the firm attributes growth to “providing great services to clients in ways that are unique to them.”

95

Garney Holding Company 

Gross Revenue: 2006: $312,943,455.00 2003: $177,924,582.00 Growth: 75.89% Full-time employees: 700

A builder of treatment plants and water and wastewater piping systems, Garney Holding Company, with locations in Denver, Phoenix, Orlando, Nashville and Atlanta, has added locations and expanded services in established locations in the last four years. Robert Millwee is CEO of the Kansas City-based company founded in 1924.

96

Trozzolo Communications Group

Gross Revenue:     2006: $6,048,000.00 2003: $3,450,000.00 Growth: 75.30% Full-time employees: 34

Trozzolo Communications Group of Kansas City began in 1989 as a target newsletter publisher, and has matured into a fully integrated advertising, custom publishing and public relations firm. “Great work by smart people” is responsible for the progress of the company, maintains CEO and President Pasquale Trozzolo.

97

Hawthorn Bank 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $81,032,000.00 2003: $46,305,000.00 Growth: 75.00% Full-time employees: 350

Under the leadership of Chairman & CEO James E. Smith, Hawthorn Bank of Lee’s Summit, formerly Citizens Union State Bank, has enjoyed recent success due to consolidation of business in high growth areas, as well as mergers and acquisitions. Earlier in 2007, the institution unveiled its new name “Hawthorne Bank” for its subsidiaries.

98

Midland Marble & Granite 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $18,984,877.00 2003: $10,870,880.00 Growth: 74.64% Full-time employees: 125

Since 1996, Midland Marble & Granite has specialized in natural stone floors and countertops. Bryan Caton, CEO, credits recent success to planned growth and the opening of new locations. The company of 125 employees has headquarters in the Space Center underground complex in Independence.

99

Larson Binkley, Inc. 

Gross Revenue:     2006: $8,970,102.00 2003: $5,161,777.00 Growth: 73.78% Full-time employees: 75

Christopher R. Larson heads Larson Binkley, Inc., a mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineering services firm serving retail establishments, restaurants, schools, offices and laboratories nationwide. After changing its structure from a technical to a business model, the Overland Park company enjoys increased revenues as it approaches the 20 year mark.

100

J.E. Dunn Construction Group, Inc.

Gross Revenue:     2006: $2,574,122,483 2003: $1,484,290,934 Growth: 73.42% Full-time employees: 4,000

And last but certainly not least, J.E. Dunn Construction Group rounds out KC’s 100 fastest-growing businesses. In the mid 90’s JE Dunn billed less than $400 million in the KC region. Today, J.E. Dunn has grown to 17 offices throughout the US with revenues that will exceecd $3 billion in ‘07 and has become the 5th largest domestic general contractor in America.