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Making Futures Bright

We can’t think of a better way to launch our combined company magazine, Southland Connections, than with this issue’s incredible projects and features. All the stories you will read have one thing in common – they are “Building Great Things” for the people and communities we live and work in. It’s the Southland way. We go the extra mile; we run at problems and find a path to success.

Our path to success starts with our Protect My Family safety culture. We have celebrated some impressive safety milestones this year, including Ashbridges Bay Outfall Tunnel project achieving over one million consecutive manhours without a lost time incident. Brightline Zone 4, Phase Two project with nearly 600,000 safe manhours and the SELA 26 Canal Widening has over 1000 consecutive days without incident. These are just a few examples of how our teams ensure everyone goes home safely daily.

The Mill Creek Drainage Relief Project in Dallas, Texas, is another perfect example of how we find a path to success. Southland Contracting | Mole Constructors JV has completed the boring of this history-making tunnel project in our corporate hometown, ultimately providing a much-needed stormwater relief outlet for downtown Dallas. Read about this impressive project on page six.

Our Johnson Bros. team is at the forefront of innovation and automation with the construction completion of the SunTrax Connected/Automated Vehicle Test Facility in Polk County, Florida. This

Frank Renda Southland President & CEO

state-of-the-art facility is dedicated to the research, development, and testing of emerging transportation technologies and is the first of its kind.

Finally, I am proud to share with our readers more about Southland as a public company through a Q&A with our CFO, Cody Gallarda, and Director of Corporate Development & Investor Relations, Alex Murray.

In closing, we would like to thank the nearly 3,000 employees across North America and the Caribbean that are building some of the most critical infrastructure projects for our communities. Your dedication to constructing quality and safe projects is what makes Southland great.

We hope you enjoy learning more about our projects and people in this issue. Thank you for Protecting Our Family every day.