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NO TASK IS WORTH INJURY. Zero Harm. Every Task. Every Shift.

The safety of our employees, and everyone working around them, is the foundation of our culture.

SAFETY SAFETY AWARDS

Recognition and Achievements Year

Award

Year

Award

2019

Nevada Mining Association Operator Safety Award, Mustang Quarry

2016

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 250,000 Worker Hours

2019

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 1,000,000 Worker Hours

2015

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 400,000 Worker Hours

2018

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 1,000,000 Worker Hours

2014

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 400,000 Worker Hours

2017

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 1,000,000 Worker Hours

2013

Nevada Chapter AGC Safety Award for Best Safety Record Over 400,000 Worker Hours

2016

Nevada Mining Association Award for Best Contractor Safety

2010

Silver Shovel Award from USA North for Most Dig Tickets with No Utility Strikes

Q&D CULTURE

SAFETY STATISTICS

Employee-driven Safety Approach Company-wide Safety Awareness

Report

2018

2019

2020

Fatalities

0

0

0

Lost Time

3

3

2

L/T Frequency

0.47

0.52

0.37

TRIR

2.03

2.43

1.71

EMOD/EMR

0.89

0.83

0.76

Q&D employs as direct-labor workforce that ranges seasonally from 600 to 700 workers. Our record of safety and our commitment to keeping each Q&D employee safe is based on over one million worker hours per year.

1.28 1.15

1.14

1.07

0.95 0.86

Mandatory new-hire safety orientation Hazard communication training Pre-hire and random drug testing Regular safety news brief Company-wide safety meetings Employee-run Safety Review Committee Employee participation in policy updates Safety incentives, recognition, and rewards BROWZ-compliant

Whole-Project Safety Focus • • • •

Daily safety briefings Daily project walk-down Field level risk assessments (FLRAs) Daily job hazard analyses (JHAs)

Trained Field Supervision

Q&D Direct Labor Worker Hours Per Year (Millions)

1.05

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0.88

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Designated project Site Safety Officer SSO is MSHA-certified All workers are MSHA-certified MSHA-compliant reporting

Dedicated Safety Managers • • • • •

Leadership from in-house, MSHA-certified trainers Regular and frequent inspections Review with insurance risk managers OSHA Consultation and training inspections NVMA Safety Programs

Upper Management Level Safety Culture 2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

• Upper management has significant mining experience and is MSHA-trained • Jobsite inspection by firm leaders • Performance reviews include safety

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The materials provided by mining drive manufacturing, and help fuel our economy.

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Industry-Specific Service

Knowledgeable Team

To better serve our mining clients, who rely on safetyfocused, efficient companies to support them with construction services, Q&D created a mining group led by industryexperienced personnel.

The Mining Group focuses on maintaining a reliable, MSHA-trained workforce and provides management personnel, equipment and resources dedicated to mining-related construction projects.

We make a great team.

Let’s work together on your project!

Steve Spitze VP - Mining Group (775) 786-2677 sspitze@qdconstruction.com

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Doug Elder Project Manager / Estimator - Mining Group (775) 786-2677 delder@qdconstruction.com

Since 1964 Q&D Construction has grown to serve our clients, adding new capabilities and creating specialized groups to consolidate the firm’s innovative and multi-faceted expertise.

Mining-Related Services Category

Services

Mining

• Excavation, earthwork and sonic drilling • Trucking and ore haulage • Site preparation and utilities • Leach pad construction and expansion • Contract surface mining • Remediation and sloping • Rock crushing and aggregate (fixed and mobile)

Processing Above: Q&D’s crushing and aggregate operation at Maggie Creek in Elko, NV. Below: Q&D’s liner subcontractor welds HDPE liner over a buttress at Coeur’s Rochester Mine.

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Process facilities construction Underground utilities Pump stations and pipelines Dewatering systems Tailings storage facility construction and repair

Environmental

• Environmental restoration, closure and reclamation • Erosion control • HDPE liner placement and repair • Stormwater management

Structures

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Building construction Awnings Metal buildings Structural concrete

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Paving and road construction Gas pipelines Structure demolition Drilling: soil/ore samples; Bulk sample digging and delivery to labs

Other Services

EXPERIENCE

Past Mining Projects Project Name, Location

Value

Description

Client

$1,600,000

Sonic drilling, sampling, bulk sampling; 45,000 lineal feet of drilling and sampling, 30 tons of bulk sampling, mining logistical support, and project management at this copper mining project.

Elim Mining

$5,500,000

Mass grading operation that included clearing and grubbing of 45 acres and moving 300,000 cubic yards of earth. Scope also included new roadways, drainage ditches, and the installation of 800,000 square feet of geosynthetic liner.

Nevada Copper; Sedgman

$790,000

Expansion of existing leach pad including clearing, grubbing, subgrading, and clay installation. Installed geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) on slopes tying to existing pad. Also included stormwater pond with various sizes of HDPE connecting them.

Borealis Mining Company

Leach Pad Expansion, Round Mountain, NV

$2,100,000

Construction of leach pad expansion including cut-to-fill excavation, new concrete vault, and related steel and HDPE piping. GCL and liner installed on slopes tying to the existing pad.

Kinross

Coeur Rochester Buttress Stage II, Lovelock, NV

$4,200,000

Construction of leach pad expansion including placement of 700,000 cubic yards of fill material. GCL and liner installed on slopes tying to the existing pad.

Coeur Mining

LP Pipeline

$2,500,000

Construction of 3 miles of 12-inch coated steel natural gas transmission pipeline from a mine site to a neighboring facility.

Prospector Pipeline

Coeur Rochester Buttress Stage III, Lovelock, NV

$9,500,000

Leach pad expansion and placement of 600,000 cubicyards of material. GCL and liner on slopes tying to existing Coeur Mining pad and into existing headwall system. Project included all piping and concrete encasement. 2,700 yards of concrete.

Barrick Goldstrike Mine Piping Work, Carlin, NV

$7,000,000

Construction of 1 mile of 12-inch and 3 miles of 6-inch steel pipeline, 3 metering stations, various haul-road crossings, and installation of fiber conduit with the pipe.

Barrick

North Elko Pipeline, Elko County, NV

$13,300,000

Construction of 25-miles, of 12-inch coated, steel natural gas transmission pipeline from a main line valve near Willow Creek Reservoir to the mill at Barrick Goldstrike.

Prospector Pipeline

Round Mountain Gold Rapid Infiltration Basins, Round Mountain, NV

$2,100,000

Construction of rapid infiltration basis and six miles of 22� HDPE piping throughout the mine site.

Kinross

Esmeralda Mine Ditch and Roadway Realignment, Aurora, NV

$1,800,000

Scope of work includes an access roadway realignment, construction of tailings dam ditches.

Great Basin Gold

Cactus Mine Drilling / Sampling Casa Grande, AZ

Pumpkin Hollow Mine Mass Grading, Yerington, NV

Leach Pad Expansion, Hawthorne, NV

Project Name, Location

Value

Description

Client

LOMD Dewatering

$1,500,000

Construction of 3 miles of 24-inch steel piping and 30-inch HDPE inside a mine pit site.

Barrick

Clark and Hazen Pits Ore Mining, Fernley, NV

$2,000,000

Ore mining.

E.P. Minerals

Esmeralda Mine Tailings Dam, Aurora, NV

$3,600,000

Construction of stage 1 of the tailings dam facility, including all dirt work and liner installation under Q&D direction.

Great Basin Gold

Getchell-Barrick Ore Haul, Carlin, NV

$357,000

Hauled mineral ore from Barrick property to mill at Newmont in A40 trucks.

Barrick

Metal Removal System

$1,500,000

Construction of a metal recovery and removal system at a mine site. Included truck-dump hopper, apron feeder, stationary grizzly, 40-foot-tall retaining wall, extended discharge belt, magnet and metal detector.

Coeur Mining

Barren Pond Reconstruction

$1,000,000

Bird ball and existing liner removal, re-grading, relining, piping and concrete work for barren pond.

Installation of extensive overflow system.

Coeur Mining

Carson North Lift Pump Station, Carson City, NV

$1,753,000

Construction of new lift station.

City of Carson City

Yerington Water Treatment Plant, Yerrington, NV

$4,170,000

Build new community water treatment plant for arsenic removal.

Yerrington PUD

Silver Springs Arsenic Treatment Project, Silver Springs, NV

$2,090,000

Scope of work included a prefabricated metal building, six filtration pumps and tie-ins to two wells.

Silver Springs Water Co.

Fernley Sewer Lift Station Rehabilitation, Fernley, NV

$2,400,000

Sewer lift station upgrades included three new 160 hp submersible sewage lift pumps and motors, piping, valving, fittings, new 10,000-gallon wet well.

City of Fernley

Gray’s Crossing Sewer Pump Station, Truckee, CA

$890,000

Construction of a sewer pump station including earthwork, mechanical piping, structures, and utilities

Grays Crossing, LLC

Cimarron Water Tank Construction, Spanish Springs, NV

$700,000

Construction of a steel water tank in Spanish Springs, NV along with 5100-LF of 14” ductile iron water main and telemetric components

TMWA / Reynen and Bardis

The Nature Conservancy – Mustang, Sparks, NV

$1,800,000

Q&D moved approximately 250,000 cubic yards of earth to re-align the Trucker River near Mustang, NV. Q&D placed about 80,000 tons of rock for slope stabilization and building a bench for the Paiute Gas Line Relocation.

The Nature Conservancy

Ranch Restoration on Truckee River, Lockwood, NV

$1,570,000

Earthmoving work to improve habitat along Truckee River near Lockwood.

The Nature Conservancy

Rochester Buttress Construction Coeur Mining Lovelock, NV

Q&D built this 700,000-cubic-yard, keyed-in and anchored buttress for a leach pad expansion. Existing pregnant solution lines were extended beyond the proposed fill, requiring bypassing of cyanide solution during construction to maintain mining operations.

The live lines were encased with reinforced concrete to protect them from the weight of the buttress fill. Because this project was part of an ongoing mine operation, space was limited for staging. The team coordinated with mine operators daily.

Cactus Mine Sonic Drilling / Sampling Elim Mining, Inc. Casa Grande, AZ

Q&D managed and completed all sonic drilling, bulk sample collection and logistics for Elim Mining’s 75-million-ton Stockpile Project at their Cactus Mine near Casa Grande, AZ. With nearly 450 holes, 45,000 lineal feet of drilling and sampling, and over 30 tons of bulk sample material delivered to laboratories for assay and metallurgical testing, this work and time schedule were crucial for the project’s feasibility study. Q&D’s Mining Group provided the equipment, logistics support and project management to get the project done safely and on schedule.

Tailings Storage Facility No. 2 Stage 1 Great Basin Gold Aurora, NV

Located at over 7,000 feet in elevation and 25 miles up a dirt and gravel road in the hills above Hawthorne, Nevada sits the remains of Aurora, a briefly bustling mining town. Q&D was the general contractor for Great Basin Gold on this 30.5-acre tailings storage facility which required over 150,000 cubic-yards of earth-moving and nearly 750,000 square-feet of 60-mil LLDPE liner.

Mining Projects

Clark Operations Contract Mining Pumpkin Hollow Copper Mine Pad Nevada Copper / Sedgman USA Yerington, NV

Q&D was the earthwork and grading subcontractor to Sedgman USA on this 60-acre mining project to develop Nevada Copper’s Pumpkin Hollow Copper Mine and begin production. Q&D worked closely with Sedgman to evaluate the existing site to ensure accuracy and precision. Our firm provided precise grading and subcontracted liner installation for several ditches, pads and ponds. Work also included clearing and grubbing, earthen platform construction, and HDPE pipe trenching and installation.

EP Minerals Clark, NV

Moving 179,000 cubic yards of ore and 60,000 cubic yards of waste in a 3-month period, Q&D mined multiple pits and stockpiled the material for EP Minerals. This is the third time Q&D has mined for this repeat customer.

Beyond Mining Gigafactory Infrastructure and Concrete Tesla Sparks, NV

For this 250-acre campus, which houses Tesla’s 2,100,000-squarefoot Gigafactory, Q&D provided heavy/civil and structural concrete services. Q&D’s utility work at the factory included water, sewer, storm drain, fire water, industrial water, chilled water, and underground electrical and telecom conduit for the main building and the fire pump house, new well house, central utility building, hazardous waste treatment facility, and several storage yards.

Tesla also hired Q&D to construct footings and foundations for multiple phases as well as slab-on-grade and roof construction; a total of 60,000 cubic yards of concrete was placed. Q&D crews excavated 100,000 cubic yards of earth and paved approximately 2,500,000 square feet of parking for employees and storage areas.

The project began in 2015 and continues today as the plant expands and the innovative company makes changes to respond to new markets for their technology.

Tracy Pond and Inlet NV Energy McCarran, NV

For NV Energy’s Frank A. Tracy Generating Station, a natural gas facility which serves half a million households, Q&D built a new settlement filtration pond with a concrete weir and sump to serve as an inlet. It required 100,000 cubic yards of cut-to-fill material and three layers of geosynthetic liner totaling 560,000 square feet.

This Page: I-80 Carlin Tunnels Rehabilitation Courtesy of NDOT

I-80 Carlin Tunnels Project NDOT Carlin, NV

Balancing the scope and spec requirements against the budget on this CM-at-Risk project to reconstruct roadway and improve tunnels along a major east-west, transcontinental thoroughfare took teamwork, innovation, and participation from all project stakeholders.

The innovative solution with the most impact was an alternative method to reconstruct the white paving (concrete pavement) and the resulting raising of the bridge deck structure elevation to compensate. The reconstruction was a considerable portion of the overall scope, and the difficult task of “digging out� white (concrete) pavement was expected to occupy much of the critical path. In lieu of breaking up and removing all of the white paving, placing base and then repaving, the team reviewed the option to rubbilize the white pavement (break up concrete in situ to create new road base) and repave with a modified structural section that would allow the alignment to be completed at the correct grade.

Rubbilizing and repaving added 8 inches to the roadway elevation and would not match grade with the bridges.

Since the bridge repair included installation of new seismic isolators, the team strategized to raise the superstructure elevation 8 inches and redesigned the isolators to include the additional 8 inches. Between these two innovative processes, the rubbilization of existing pavement and the raising of multiple bridge deck structures, the team saved the project in excess of $2,500,000.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP It takes a lot of trust in your reputation and skill before public agencies will let you drive a backhoe into one of the most regulated bodies of water in the United States. Or install a temporary diversion in a river that supplies 85% of the drinking water to over 800,000 people. Or revise an erosion control channel at the largest alpine lake in the United States. The results of our skill meeting our clients’ and authorities’ environmental specifications is that when we are finished, it looks as though we were never there.

Truckee River Restoration Reversing well-intentioned changes to a precious environment and natural resource The Truckee River serves many communities along its 121mile route from Lake Tahoe on the Nevada-California border to Nevada’s Pyramid Lake. From recreation to farming to drinking water, it is a thriving part of the ecosystem and economy.

flood mitigation strategy for nearby towns and cities at risk.

Over the years, the Truckee has been modified with dams and diversion structures which, along with efforts to reduce flooding in the nearby Truckee Meadows basin, have negatively impacted the riparian environment.

Working in the waterway using backhoes, skilled equipment operators carefully placed 80,000 tons of rock for slope stabilization and built a bench for a major gas line relocation all with minimal disturbance to river water quality and habitat.

This is one of several restoration projects Q&D has undertaken for this client and one of many projects Q&D has completed that are connected to the region’s overall flood mitigation plan like the North Truckee Drain and The Virginia Street Bridge.

As part of a joint effort across municipalities and local, state and federal agencies, the restoration of the Truckee River to its natural course in several key areas is just one of numerous projects that together comprise a comprehensive

For the stretch of river pictured here, Q&D’s grading and trucking crews moved approximately 250,000 cubic yards of earth to realign the Truckee River with its natural path.

Background: The completed restoration of one segment of the Truckee River. Inset: Q&D crews working on the river realignment.

Large Photo: Š Simon Williams Photography

TEAM STEVE SPITZE

VP - Mining Group Past Project Experience Mining Group Management

Steve has more than 30 years of proven success managing large, complex operations, programs and organizations in military, aviation and the mining industry. He has extensive environmental, risk management and safety knowledge which complement his broad mining experience.

Education • J.D., Cum Laude, Seattle University School of Law • M.S.S., Strategic Planning and Executive Leadership, U.S. Army War College • M.A., Public Administration, University of Nevada, Reno

Work Biography • Served 20 years as a US Army Officer, retired as a Colonel (06) • 10 years of mining management at Newmont • Skilled risk management, environmental and safety leader

What Steve Does As VP of the Mining Group, Steve will work closely with mining company leaders and project leaders to not only define the scope of work and help problem solve, but also to ensure Q&D’s integration into the company’s, and the mine site’s, safety and organizational culture.

Steve understands that how work is done is as important as the quality of the end product, and he will provide active leadership to ensure we deliver both to our valued mining clients.

For example, Steve simultaneously managed three separate surface mining operations on the Carlin Trend – managing all drilling, blasting, open pit mining, pit wall “failure” remediation (including: sloping, buttressing and excavation), water monitoring and mitigation, ore transportation, large-scale stockpiling, leach pad operations (including: stacking, maintenance, construction and expansion), complex ore blending and mill feed for roaster operations, infrastructure construction (including: roads, storm water management, infiltration basins, utility work, tailings and hydrocarbon containment), tailings storage facility (TSF) maintenance and new TSF construction – where he worked closely with general contractors and third party QA/QC to ensure compliance with strict construction design and compaction requirements.

Steve also has significant experience with technical services, including geotechnical monitoring (radar, prisms and extensometers), surveying, sampling, ore control and short-term and long-term mine planning.

Environmental and Risk Management Experience

Steve is a proven leader in environmental and risk management. He established Newmont North America’s formal environmental management systems (EMS) and led the entire region to achieve its initial International Standards Organization (ISO) 14001 Certification. He is a Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) trained risk manager; he has established corporate enterprise risk management programs, and worked closely with insurance companies and corporations to identify and mitigate business risks.

Safety Leadership

Steve is also a passionate safety leader. Cutting his teeth as a helicopter pilot and aviation unit commander in the military, he learned about safety the hard way after losing a friend and classmate in a flight school helicopter accident.

He has been 100% committed to safety ever since. Throughout his career Steve has received many leadership awards including the prestigious General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. His mining operations teams received numerous safety awards from the Nevada Mining Association (NvMA), and in both 2015 and 2017 operations teams under his supervision at Carlin (the Genesis Mine) were awarded the prestigious Sentinels of Safety Award for the large open pit mine category by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).

DOUG ELDER

Project Manager/Estimator Past Project Experience Barrick Goldstrike, Barrick, Carlin, NV. Doug estimated and managed the $7,000,000 construction of the 12-inch and 6-inch natural gas pipeline project running through the Goldstrike property, linking critical equipment.

Round Mountain Gold, Kinross, Round Mtn. NV.

Education 3 Years of study, University of Nevada, Reno

Work Biography

Doug estimated and managed the construction of rapid infiltration basins and six miles of 22” HDPE piping throughout the mine site on this $2,100,000 project.

EP Minerals Mining, Clark & Hazen, Reno, NV. Doug managed the safe stripping and stockpiling waste, mining diatomaceous earth, and creation of a safe-wall for the mine face on this $700,000 project that included crushing.

• Started as a field surveyor

GBG, Tailings Dam Stage 1, Aurora, NV.

• Worked 10 years in mining

Doug oversaw the construction of this lined tailings dam for Great Basin Gold, including all of the earthwork, finish grading, coordination and direction of the liner subcontractor. The over- and under-liner piping and reclaim and distribution piping is by Q&D on this $1,800,000 project.

• Was a draftsman for an engineering firm before joining Q&D

What Doug Does Doug’s responsibilities include evaluating engineering plans, pricing project details, creating job cost estimates and formulating contracts. He also provides direction to job-site superintendents and is a liaison between owners, contractors and designers.

Prospector Pipeline, North Elko Pipeline, Elko County, NV. Doug led the team through the challenges of harsh winter conditions, a remote site, and environmental restrictions to build a 25-mile, of 12inch coated, steel natural gas transmission pipeline from a main line valve near Willow Creek Reservoir to the mill at Barrick Goldstrike.

Couer, Rochester Buttress Stage II, Lovelock, NV. Doug was the project manager/estimator on this $4,200,000 project to construct a leach pad expansion including placement of 700,000 cubic yards of fill material, as well as GCL and liner installed on slopes tying to the existing pad.

Nevada Copper / Sedgman, Pumpkin Hollow, Yerington, NV. Doug oversaw this mass grading operation that included clearing and grubbing of 45 acres and moving 300,000 cubic yards of earth. Scope also included new roadways, drainage ditches, and the installation of 800,000 square feet of geosynthetic liner.

LANCE SEMENKO

President

Past Project Experience Firm Leadership

Education BS Business Management, University of Nevada Reno

Work Biography • Started as a laborer • Cut his teeth on NDOT and RTC projects • Led much of the complex, high-dollar dirt work at Q&D • Runs a tight ship

What Lance Does As President of Q&D, Lance guides all management activities including the Mining Group. He leads the upper management team and is the liaison with the board of directors. He is responsible for client relationships and customer service for all Q&D projects.

Lance’s management style is collaborative. While projects each have clear team leaders and managers, his personnel have detailed understanding of the technical challenges facing every project on the books. This ensures that every project gets the benefit of the collective experience of Q&D, and that all team members learn and expand their construction knowledge.

Lance guides all projects and contributes his expertise to partnering, estimating, constructability, value engineering, and logistical planning.

Community Leadership Activities

Lance’s leadership activities include President (Emeritus) of the AGC Board of Directors, the Committee for Excellence in Education, the Board of Directors for the Reno-Sparks Chamber of Commerce, a Board Member Reno-Tahoe Winter Games Coalition and Board Member of the Boys and Girls Club of Truckee Meadows.

Work History and Past Projects

Lance Semenko is the President of Q&D Construction. Lance began his construction career a laborer at Helms Construction in 1983, working his way up to estimator/project manager of heavy/civil projects. At Q&D, he started as a project manager, working his way to leading the Heavy/Civil Group as Senior Vice President. Lance’s management style is collaborative.

His ability to train and inspire his team has made him successful in managing complex, diverse projects and make him and excellent leader.

No stranger to challenging schedules, Lance worked together with the developer at Legend’s at Sparks Marina to value engineer the sitework and infrastructure on the $100 million shopping destination to ensure completion of pads and roads in time for key tenants on the CM at Risk project. Most recently as Senior Vice President of Q&D’s Heavy/Civil group, he guided all the infrastructure work at Northstar for the Ritz-Carlton Highlands Lodge, a CM at Risk project that included $75 million in road construction and foundation work built at elevation, on tight timelines and under strict environmental regulation.

EQUIPMENT Q&D has the largest fleet of northern Nevada-based, privately-owned construction and trucking equipment.

Each machine is maintained and serviced on-site at our Sparks, NV shop facility by our highly-trained mechanics.

We are well-equipped to complete any project.

Below: Q&D crews complete the revisions at Wildcreek Golf Course, the site of the new Procter Hug High School in Sparks, NV.

Main Office

1050 S. 21st Street Sparks, NV 89431 (775) 786-2677 info@qdconstruction.com

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