Harris Group, Inc.

www.harrisgroup.com Corporate Office 200 West Thomas Street Seattle, WA 98119 (206) 494-4900 (206) 494-9500 fax Mailing Address P.O. Box 3855 Seattle, WA 98119-3855 Contact Ken Wenninger Director of Marketing ken.wenninger@harrisgroup.com (206) 494-9422

Company Profile
For over 30 years, Harris Group Inc., a multidiscipline consulting engineering firm, has served a growing international and domestic customer base, helping them become more successful. Their customers are in industries which include pulp and paper, Energy (Power and Oil & Gas), transportation, pharmaceuticals & biopharmaceuticals, and biofuels.

For over 50 years, Harris Group’s Forest Industries Business Unit, has served the pulp and paper industry. Over that time, they have developed the process expertise and discipline experts to address the challenges production facilities face every day.

Many of their customers tell them that one of their primary challenges today is the rising cost of energy. For years, Harris Group has been focusing on ways to improve their customers' competitive positions relative to this issue.

Few firms offer the energy mix expertise provided by Harris Group Inc. In addition to energy reduction programs in the pulp & paper industry, Harris Group is uniquely positioned through related business units.

For example, they provide full-service engineering and consulting services to the power and gas & oil industries through their Energy Business Unit. Their Process Solutions Unit provides engineering assistance through owner's engineering and detail design in the production of energy and chemicals from renewable feedstocks through sustainable technologies. Harris Group’s experience encompasses developing biomass processes, including cellulosics, that convert industrial, agricultural and municipal feedstocks into ethanol, biodiesel, biogas (methane), commodity chemicals, and other saleable products and byproducts.

Harris Group provides complete due diligence and independent engineering reviews, through their Financial Consulting Unit, providing lenders, investors, developers, and owners' assistance with the development, financing, acquisition, divestiture, and monitoring of industrial facilities. A recent example is the 180-MGY Hawkeye Ethanol Project Financing Project, a Project Finance Magazine North America Renewables Deal of the year in 2005.

HGI's Systems Integration Team understands real world production and operating criteria, enhancing this capability by providing expertise in the upgrade, modification or replacement of complex control systems, maximizing the efficiency and operation of critical continuous processes.

Their Industrial Manufacturing Business Unit has successfully completed numerous energy savings studies, including their implementation, for a wide variety of firms and industries.

Health, Safety, and the Environment
Environmental Health and Safety (EH & S) is an integral part of every work process employed at Harris Group. Each person who works with HGI is involved in making safety part of their culture.

Their superior EH & S performance adds value to the work they do for their customers on a daily basis by increasing productivity, improving schedule performance and reducing overall project cost.


Harris Group's Use of ISNetworld
Harris Group joined ISNetworld in early 2007, and benefits tremendously from the strength provided by ISNetworld as a central repository for their customers' safety manual, training, and insurance certificate requirements. Several of their customers, including Georgia-Pacific, Kinder Morgan, and Amgen, participate in ISNetworld's programs, recognizing its brand and strength.

By indexing each customer requirement and providing review and verification of each applicable safety area (RAVS), ISNetworld allows Harris Group to target its additional safety program efforts in a defined, standardized manner, eliminating potential wasted dollars. ISNetworld provides a useful and durable tool by which Harris Group and their customers can save hours of data entry into separate systems by having their safety data online in one place with ISNetworld. ISNetworld ensures regulatory compliance, helping Harris Group’s business and their Owner Clients’ business run more smoothly.

Harris Group’s overarching Mission is "Making our Customers More Successful." By providing an efficient means to accomplish their end goal, ISNetworld provides more than a helpful service. It is a catalyst for safety and health program optimization, and Harris Group is looking forward to the requisite financial and operational benefits.