Charge Companies - Statement of Qualifications

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

VPC has the industry expertise and operational experience necessary to anticipate the needs of our West Coast utility partners and deliver high-value project performance confidently and consistently VPC employs a team of highly qualified gas pipeline and joint trench engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) professionals From design to execution, they stay with a project from beginning to end, ensuring our clients receive high quality work that maintains the best possible safety standards

EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES

Related Work

Mobilehome Park Utility Upgrade Program

150+ parks and 10,000+ spaces throughout Calif.

Pt Mugu Pipeline Replacement

EPC service model

46,435 LF HDPE pipeline 444 services

Colusa Utility Relocation

Joint trench UG installation

47,839 LF of conduit

7,651 LF of gas pipeline

136 enclosures/concrete pads

45 services, gas/electric

Gas Distribution/Transmission

Main and service installations

Copper service replacement

Valve replacement

Houseline plumbing

In-house operator qualified (OQ) personnel (operators/welders)

Methane capturing

Joint Trenching

Undergrounding overhead utilities

Mobile home park conversions

Conduit and vault installation

Directional Drilling

Conduit packages up to 28” diameter

Long drill shots up to 1,000'

Gas, power, water and telecommunication installations

Jack-and-bore trenchless construction

Pipesplitting

Engineering & Procurement

Joint trench, gas and electric distribution designs

Material procurement and inventory management

Vacuum Excavation

Hydro excavation

Potholing/locating

Catch basin cleanout

Environmental cleanup

Project Support

Digital as-builts

Permitting support

Cost estimating/controls

Traffic control

Paving and restoration

Safety and quality

Water Infrastructure

Telecom Infrastructure

ELECTRIC UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

VPI is a trusted contract partner for West Coast utilities, managing electrical distribution scopes for complex overhead to underground conversions, wildfire system hardening, new business, reliability projects and more Our crews leverage the latest systems and technology, resulting in safer, cost-effective, sustainable solutions From design to execution, they stay with a project from beginning to end, ensuring our clients receive high quality work that maintains the highest possible safety and quality standards

EXPERIENCE & CAPABILITIES

Related Work

Fire Hardening

Multiple ongoing projects; 38 miles completed in 2022-23

Selma High Speed Rail

35 locations crossing new HSR right away

31,813 LF of trenching

98 #7 vaults

15 Auger bores

Berkeley Cable Replacement

9,600 LF of trenching

32 #7 vaults

Four 6” ducts for future circuit replacements

Electric Infrastructure

Complex cable/vault replacements

Conduit/joint trench installations

Overhead to underground joint trench conversions (Rule20)

Horizontal directional drilling

Vacuum excavation

Rock excavation – pole holes, trenching, HDD

EV charging stations TtM/BtM

Access roads, pads, other site work

Electric Line Operations

Overhead conductors/equipment

Wildfire System Hardening

Distribution line construction

EPC pole replacements

Emergency/Storm Restoration

Fire support

Pole construction

Engineering & Procurement

Joint trench, gas and electric

distribution design

Pole design

Material procurement and inventory management

EV TTM & BTM

Maintenance/Compliance

Compliance tags

Underground service repairs

Project Support

Contract management

Program and project management

Digital as-builts

Permitting support

Cost estimating/controls

Traffic control

Paving and restoration

Safety and quality

Subcontractor management

UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Extreme Excavating specializes in underground utilities, site prep, substations and other commercial contracting services We provide complete solutions for utility providers in the most challenging environments utilizing trenching, horizontal directional drilling (HDD), hydro excavation and various other technologies to accomplish these tasks safely, efficiently and with high quality. We are a fully licensed, bonded and insured commercial and residential contractor with more than 40 years of experience in the Pacific Northwest.

Related Work

Marquam Radial Project

2800' of open trenching

(8) large underground switch vaults

140' jack and bore below Highway 99

Willbridge Substation Project

750' of open trenching and hydro-vac excavation

(1) large underground switch vault

3 open trench crossings of Highway 30

NE Hoyt and NE 52nd

200’ bore of 4-6” Certacom

Set up bore machine 40’ back from tie pit to reach depth of 8’ at 0%

Piloted through sugar sand with pockets of pea gravel 200’ to existing PGE vault

EXCAVATION & UTILITY CONTRACTOR SERVICES

Vault Installation

All vault sizes including large 10’ x 24’ vaults

Poured-in-place conduit windows and vents

Plowing

Multiple conduit Tracked/Tire

Directional Drilling

Conduit packages up to 24” diameter

Long drill shots up to 1,000 ft Power, water, telecommunication conduit installations

Trenching

Extremely large conduit packages of all sizes

Jack-and-bore trenchless construction

Conduit restoration

Substations

Civil work including excavation, concrete foundations and footings

Signal Pole Foundations

Drill shafts for signal pole foundations up to 24' depth and 52” diameter

Larger shafts upon request

Vacuum Excavation

Hydro excavation

Potholing/locating

Catch basin cleanout

Environmental cleanup

Electric Line Support Partnerships with vetted contractor

Aerial Telecom Partnerships with vetted contractor

Fiberoptic Splicing

Partnerships with vetted contractor

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accu-Bore Directional serves the underground infrastructure industry by combining engineering and directional drilling services We offer full-scale, turnkey, design-build utility and infrastructure services to solve complex utility issues from water, wastewater and natural gas to electrical and communication ABD leverages the right technology to solve today’s complex utility issues We are experts in the safe operation of specialized trenching and directional boring equipment, which minimizes our construction footprint, imposes less risk on adjacent utilities and ensures minimal disruption for customers

Equipment

Ditch Witch 4020

Ditch Witch 4020 AT (all terrain)

Ditch Witch JT30

Ditch Witch JT28

Ditch Witch JT25’s (4)

Ditch Witch 2020

Ditch Witch 922’s (4)

Ditch Witch JT5

Ditch Witch JT10

Pit Shot HDD

Experience and Capabilities

Constructability review and pre-engineering support

In-house professional engineer licensed and stamped drawings

Wire-line guidance systems

Documentation development for regulatory agencies

In-house mud tankers

Authorization for local mud spoils disposal

Self-perform capability on Ditch Witch Directional Drilling Machines

Project Highlights

Service: HDD crossing

Scope: 207' 8" and 14" steel casing

Location: U S 101, Santa Maria, CA

Customer: Vernon Edwards/Cal Trans

Service: Engineer, procure, construct

Scope: 1,387' of 1", 2" and 3" gas pipeline

Location: Avila Beach, CA

Customer: Herman Weissker/SoCalGas

Service: Granite bore

Scope: 600’ 2" gas, (6) 1" gas services Location: San Andreas, CA : PG&E

Bore profile and survey 800' of 16" gas pipeline Carpenter Canyon, CA : SoCalGas

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Service: Jack and bore

Scope: 80’ of 6” steel casing 10' below five sets of tracks | Location: Richmond, CA

Customer: MBS/PG&E

Service: Engineer, procure, construct

Scope: Parallel bore approx 700' to install (2) 8" HDPE sleeves to UG six utilities

Location: Lompoc, CA

Customer: Grassi & Associates, Inc.

Service: Engineer, construct

Scope: 775' 10” steel gas lines in two separate bores with creek crossing Location: Atascadero, CA

Customer: Herman Weissker/SoCalGas

Service: HDD

Scope: Approx 60 separate bores totaled nearly 3 5 miles for UG utility installations

Location: U S 101

Customer: Saint Francis Electric

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

Charge’s In-house designers, drafters, and professional engineers specialize in designing for utility infrastructure. The plans we create come from the practical perspective of teams with decades of experience in trenching, boring, and constructing.

Our Work

JOINT TRENCH, GAS AND ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION DESIGN

Mobile Home Park Utility

Upgrade Program

Rule 20A Overhead to Underground Fire Hardening

Applicant Installations

Pole Replacement

EV Charging Station

Infrastructure

NAVFAC SW

Bore Profiles

Experience and Capabilities

Gas and electric distribution design

Joint trench/composite design

Utility design consulting

Bore profile designs

Certified applicant designers for PG&E and SDG&E

In-house CAD drafting

Documentation development for regulatory agencies

Project Highlights

Project: Pt Mugu Pipeline Replacement (EPC)

Scope: Replace 46,435’ of gas pipe, 444 service replacements

Location: Point Mugu Naval Air Station

Customer: Pond

Project: Mobile Home Park Utility Upgrade Program (EPC)

Scope: 80 parks/7,500 spaces converted to utility gas and electric

Location: Throughout CA

Customer: PG&E, SoCalGas, SCE

Project: Pole Replacement (EPC)

Scope: 169 poles

Location: Sonoma and Tuolumne Counties, CA

Customer: PG&E

Project: North Complex Fire Rebuild (EPC)

Scope: 29,900’ of new UG distribution electric

Location: Butte County, CA

Customer: PG&E

Project: EV Charging Stations (EPC)

Scope: 16 level 2 charging ports (BtM and TtM)

Location: Concord, CA

Customer: Mt. Diablo Unified School District

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