SL 2021 Q3 Newsletter

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In this Issue LOOKING AHEAD

President's Letter 1 A letter from Jason Rich, President

Lee Watkins Promoted to COO As we near the end of 2021, I look to the New
Supply Chain Challenges: SL's Take 2 Year with optimism. Most projects put on
hold in 2020 have started construction and there
Mind OC's Be Well Campus: are many new opportunities across all service
The New Face of Mental Health lines. With a strong backlog, we are now hiring and
Care 3 preparing for the future. While challenges still exist,
our teams continue to perform at the highest level
649 Lofts & Joshua House Health and find solutions to the numerous supply chain issues.
Center: Transforming Skid Row 4 I am excited that, in December, we are combining our Pasadena and El Segundo
offices into one large office in El Segundo. Our new space is modern with lots
Snyder Langston Projects Recognized of natural light and great views to the ocean. We selected a development that
by Industry Peers 5 provides a vibrant indoor environment for our people along with outdoor
amenities like ping pong, putting green and corn hole. We look forward to hosting
Subcontractor Default Insurance: industry events and SLU classes at the new office in early 2022. This new office
Get the Facts 6 sets the stage for our continued presence in LA for many years to come.
In other LA news, there has been significant growth in the media and
60 Years in the Rear View 7 entertainment markets as companies push for more content on streaming and
traditional platforms. We are proud that Snyder Langston has been selected by
2021 Project Updates 8 Hudson Pacific to build the Sunset Glenoaks Studio project. It will total 240,000
s.f. with seven state-of-the-art sound stages, production offices and support
Interns Earn OSHA 10 & See the spaces. In addition to great work by our team, we leveraged our solid history in
Sites 9 the studio market sector including past projects with NBC Universal, CBS Studios,
and Manhattan Beach Studios. This project and our previous experience puts
Team Member Promotions & 10 Snyder Langston in a great position in the LA market.
Anniversaries Orange County has been busy with new healthcare and office projects. We were
honored to work on the first Be Well OC campus in the City of Orange and have
started preconstruction on the next facility in Irvine. This will further expand the
region’s ability to provide much-needed mental health and wellness services for
local residents. We recently broke ground on the Helen Caloggero Women’s and
Family Center on the St. Joseph’s Hospital campus. The four-story facility will focus
on maternal and infant health and includes a 5-level subterranean garage that will
be the deepest excavation ever in the City of Orange.
We’re moving forward on two major office projects with Irvine Company. The
second phase of Innovation Park is seven low-rise buildings with extensive outdoor
amenities located along the 5 freeway at Sand Canyon. And we just topped out
steel on the third phase of the Spectrum Terrace project which includes three
four-story curtain wall buildings. Our teams' past performance to exceed our
client’s expectations is the reason we were awarded these great projects. We
appreciate Irvine Company’s confidence in the market and creativity in delivering
unique workplaces designed for the future.
One thing all of these projects have in common are great clients, great architects,
consultants and subcontractors who are willing to bring new and innovative
solutions to the built environment, in turn, providing Snyder Langston an
opportunity to improve our communities and create success for our clients.

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LEE WATKINS PROMOTED TO COO

Snyder Langston has appointed Lee Watkins to Chief Operating Officer. In this capacity, he
will focus on enhancing trust through a highly accountable workplace culture that breeds
enjoyment by achieving exceptional results and exceeding client expectations on all
projects, encouraging our people to learn, grow and prosper in their careers. This vision
aligns with Lee’s personal brand and the brand he has created over the past eight years in
the healthcare market for Snyder Langston and what he attributes to its success. Lee will
also oversee technology and Snyder Langston University to bring enhanced efficiency and
skill in how we execute our work.

SUPPLY CHAIN CHALLENGES: SL'S TAKE

Lee Watkins, Chief Operating Officer
The world has re-opened and as we get back on track, we are faced with new challenges. The record number of cargo ships
floating along the Southern California coastline waiting to be offloaded is evidence of the lingering effects of the past year.
The congested supply chain causing material and labor shortages and delivery delays is affecting every industry.

Over the past year, Snyder Langston has taken a proactive approach to limit impacts on project schedules and budgets. Our
teams have devised processes to support and protect our clients by reducing risk and creating certainty as much as possible
in this volatile market.

Consider a recent news story on the scarcity of paint. It’s Our teams have devised processes to support and
not about the paint itself, rather a supply chain shortage in protect our clients by reducing risk and creating
the cans/containers that hold it. Who would have thought it certainty in this volatile market.
would be difficult to get paint cans? And, I never would have
guessed that paint would be a long lead item!

Now more than ever, the task of material procurement is paramount. The process must be actively managed at an
increasingly earlier stage of the project, beginning in preconstruction. Since we can no longer rely on “typical” material
and equipment lead times, Snyder Langston incorporates the task of material procurement into our overall master project
schedule. We build-in time for the buy-out manager to verify and follow-up with suppliers on every piece of equipment and
finish, ensuring effective schedule management and mitigating the effects of rapidly changing supply chain conditions.

Early in the preconstruction process, we closely examine project specifications to better understand where every material
is sourced and how it’s getting to the job site, allowing us to build adequate procurement time into schedules. We
provide continuous feedback to the client and design team throughout design development. Early, proactive research and
conversations about available options are much better than getting excited about a project component and discovering that
it’s no longer available, backordered or going to add 12 weeks to the schedule. We are increasingly leveraging our national
peer group network to hear where they're experiencing shortages, so we can stay ahead of market volatility.

High demand for materials and labor, combined with low supply is a recipe for cost escalation. It is essential for clients to
engage a general contractor early to be their Trusted Advisor and help them along this journey to make timely, well-informed
decisions. We can keep interest high in the subcontractor community and leverage our trade resources to time the market
and contract materials and labor very early, controlling risk. We maintain subcontractor interest by effectively marketing the
project and thoughtfully engaging them throughout preconstruction to avoid “bid fatigue,” supporting ultra-competitive bid
pricing when the time is right. Our most successful projects are those where we've been engaged early, and our teams have
saved clients millions by countering some of the price escalation with our marketing and subcontractor strategy.

The supply chain issue is one we’re all managing in both work and personal life. I’m reminded of a post I read recently which I
think sums up the current state of things well, “The whole world is short staffed, be kind to those who show up.” Despite the
stresses involved, one thing we can control is how we respond. At Snyder Langston we’re committed to mitigate the effects
of market uncertainties, and as a result are delivering the highest and best value to each and every client.

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MIND OC'S BE WELL CAMPUS:
THE NEW FACE OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE

Snyder Langston recently completed Be Well's
North Orange County campus. The first-of-its-
kind model provides services ranging from crisis care
to residential care for mental health and substance
use disorders in one facility. The project is the
culmination of a public-private partnership that
began in 2015, as a vision of the Orange County Board
of Supervisors Mental Health Ad Hoc Committee.

The structure is a three-story concrete tilt-up with
concrete on metal deck for the suspended floor system.
The compact 2.5 acre property is adjacent to the
57 freeway, so the creative design and construction
team utilized vertical space to ensure all required
elements were included in the 60,000 s.f. building.

Be Well supports a unique continuum of care, improving
access to resources, providing an alternative to a hospital
emergency department or a series of disconnected
services. The facility is designed to be “therapeutic”
and looks and feels welcoming and inviting. The design
eschews all “institutional” elements to inspire clients
who receive treatment and serves to reduce the stigma
of receiving mental health care.

The facility is staffed with about 200 social workers,
physicians, nurses and others. Be Well’s Urgent Care
includes Orange County’s first sobering/recovery station
and crisis stabilization units for adults and adolescents.
The chaotic nature of emergency rooms often exacerbates
the conditions that land people with substance use
or mental illness there in the first place. Most ER
doctors aren’t trained to help with those conditions.

“Be Well is about systems transformation, and this is a
significant step forward. Hospital emergency rooms aren’t
designed to effectively address mental health crises,”
said Marshall Moncrief, CEO, Be Well OC. “So, we’re
adding the equivalent of urgent care for mental health
and substance use into a comprehensive care facility."

Snyder Langston is proud to be on the leading edge of
this exciting new model to promote mental well-being.

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649 LOFTS & JOSHUA HOUSE HEALTH CENTER:
TRANSFORMING SKID ROW

Designed to create dignified housing combined they feel loved, treated with respect and dignity in a state-of-
with health services for homeless populations the-art facility. I want the Skid Row community to know that
in Skid Row, this innovative mixed-use development they are so deserving to receive care in this type of facility.”
features 55 efficiency units combined with a 25,000
square foot flagship comprehensive health center The Six Four Nine Lofts and Joshua House Health Center
operated by Los Angeles Christian Health Centers. project is spacious and well-lit. The narrow footprint of the
site dictated the facility’s layout, resulting in health services
Joshua House Health Center will continue to target that span three levels. The ground-floor main entry connects
individuals experienceing homelessness living in the visitors to both residential and health programming, meant
Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, an area to encourage resident participation in on-site health services.
that suffers from significant gaps in access to health
services for the chronically homeless population in the According to Lee Raagas, CEO of Skid Row Housing Trust,
neighborhood. With 42.4% of the residents in this service “There are two premises that Skid Row Housing Trust
area below the poverty level, the new health center will founded themselves on: It was design equity which was the
expand LACHC’s ability to care for the most vulnerable. belief and execution of bringing real estate development
projects that were equitable and safe and worthy of living in
The new Joshua House facility offers 24 medical examination all communities; and also programs and services and medical
rooms, 8 dental chairs, 9 mental health examination rooms, support, and in partnering with LA Christian Health Center, we
13 social work offices, a health education area, a fitness did that. We brought a medical center to Skid Row Housing
center, and a foot care program. The new, larger facility Trust and to Skid Row community at large.”
allows LACHC to more than double the number of patients
it serves and increases annual visits from 19,240 to 48,726.

Bettina Lewis, Chief Operations Officer and Deputy The Six Four Nine Lofts and Joshua House Health
Director for Los Angeles Christian Health Centers says Center project earned LEED Gold certification
that her vision for the “Joshua House Health Center is for and the U.S. Green Building Council's award for
patients to receive every aspect of care from medical to Outstanding Affordable Project.
behavioral health services. It is really important that when
patients come in, they know we did this for them; that

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SNYDER LANGSTON PROJECTS RECOGNIZED BY INDUSTRY PEERS

The recently completed, AO-designed Le
Meridien Hotel in Arcadia is shortlisted for

two International Hotel & Property Awards:

Best Hotel in the Americas over 200
Rooms, and Best Hotel, Worldwide,
over 200 Rooms. Congratulations team on

completing this art-deco inspired, landmark
project!

The 649 Lofts and Joshua House Health Center project
achieved LEED Gold certification and earned the U.S. Green
Building Council's award for Outstanding Affordable
Project. We are proud to be part of this innovative and

transformative project.

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SUBCONTRACTOR DEFAULT INSURANCE

Clients often assume that payment and performance bonds are the best and only way to financially
protect their project, when in fact Subcontractor Default Insurance may be a simpler, more cost-
effective and comprehensive solution.

Subcontractor Default Insurance is coverage that replaces Performance and Payment Bonds and provides
superior protection to the project, from direct and indirect losses, incurred due to subcontractor inability to
meet its contractual commitments. Snyder Langston utilizes Cove Programs insurance, issued by Lloyds of
London, the world’s oldest recognized insurance organization, and carries an A XV Best Rating.

WHY SUBCONTRACTOR DEFAULT INSURANCE?

» CLAIM RESPONSE > SDI response is immediate
» CLAIM MANAGEMENT > Snyder Langston (not a surety-appointed attorney)
» SCHEDULE & BUDGET > Project stays ON SCHEDULE and ON BUDGET
» COVERAGE LIMITS > SDI is not limited to subcontract amount, covering up to $25M.
» POST-COMPLETION COVERAGE > Coverage for up to 10 years post completion vs. one year with P&P Bonds
» COST > Less expensive than bonding both the prime contractor and subcontractors
» SIMPLICITY > One insurance policy to cover all subcontractors on enrolled projects vs. multiple subcontractor

bonds with different carriers, costs, and dependability

WHAT IT COVERS

Subcontractor Default Insurance Payment & Performance Bonds

Defaulted Subcontractor Replacement
Collateral Trade Damages
Delay Mitigation - Acceleration/Overtime
Defective Work Remediation
Labor Compliance Issues (union dues)
Loan Extension Costs
Legal Services
Professional Services
Payment of Suppliers/Vendors/Employees
1-year Post-completion Coverage
10-year Post-completion Coverage

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OakleySNYDER LANGSTON BUILDER Her diligence resulted in only one crane incident in eight
years that produced minor property damage and no
60 YEARS IN THE REAR VIEWPelica injuries.
1990 to 2010 In 2000 Gayle’s efforts earned her the first-ever IRMI
Construction Risk Management Best Practices Award and
Our last installment remembered Snyder Langston’s landed Snyder Langston on the cutting edge of construction
growth in the tumultuous 1970s and 80s. We safety: a value that is still at the forefront of our operations
reminisced about our first large projects with Trammell today. In fact, you can still find our crane safety plan on
Crow Company and noted that at the end of 1989, we’d their website!
just completed Hazard Center, a 42-acre mixed-use office The early 2000s saw Snyder Langston creating two
complex in San Diego. Our annual volume reached $400M new service lines to address an increased need in the
and the firm employed 140 in Southern California.
Snyder Langston entered the entertainment world in 1990, marketplace. The Optym team applies Snyder Langston’s
with projects for CBS Studios, Sony Pictures and Warner trademark quality to fast-paced specialized projects,
Bros. Studios. The Irvine Company hired Snyder Langston to providing a full spectrum of construction services
build the first phase of Tustin Marketplace in a variety of sectors that include renovations,
and that experience catapulted the tenant improvements, and ground-up buildings.
two companies to collaborate The Residential service line combines the firm’s
on a unique new product: unique commercial capabilities to serve the
the Irvine Entertainment affordable and workforce housing, apartment
Center, which opened homes, condominiums, mixed-use, and senior
to major fanfare in housing sectors.
1995. Snyder Langston
would go on to build Bill Langston, Stephen Jones, John Rochford
five phases of what is
now known as Irvine 2005 marked the end of an era when Bill
Spectrum Center, Langston, highly honored for his contributions
over the next 24 years. to the industry and community, retired. Stephen
Harkening back to Jones was named Chairman & CEO and John
the 60s and 70s when Rochford became President & COO. They continue to
saweneldecatceternedtiatlalesmestethanettepodalreitmvicealol opfersH,eadquarters lead the company with the same emphasis on integrity
Snyder Langston created Rosetta and relationship-building that Bill and Don began.
to assist corporate clients in the In 2008, Snyder Langston completed Pelican Hill
development process well beyond Resort for Irvine Company. This iconic project
the contractor building scope for marked Snyder Langston’s largest project of the time.
their build-to-suit projects. Snyder The 1990s and early 2000s were a time of major growth
Langston led major projects for and change for Snyder Langston, moving the firm into the
Candlewood Hotels, PLC Commercial future while adjusting to constant market changes and
wM(mhouorlgmtia-nsiwteSetaendnleetveye,rtloaTpoineymodteana, tnadnredbtauOiill)at, klaeFnAy,A,ifcoornnHicill,Resort taking advantage of new possibilities.
Blade Runner-themed state-of-the-art corporate
headquarters in barely-developed Foothill Ranch.
With the uptick in work, came a new emphasis on Safety.
Gayle Jones, who joined the company in the 60s and wore
many hats during her tenure, was well-settled in her role as
Risk Manager and identified a need for more stringent crane
regulation. In conjunction with Bragg Crane, she clarified
and documented a set of crane safety requirements and
took a firm stance on strict adherence to these standards.

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2021 PROJECT UPDATES

Our teams are busy mobilizing and wrapping up some exciting projects. Here are just a few:

Innovation Park Phase I - Completion March 2021 Morningstar Senior Living mobilized in Mission Viejo

Samueli Academy's Gym and Field project in Santa Ana Chase Knolls Apartments in Sherman Oaks achieved Substantial Completion

Ranch Camp site work & construction is well underway in RMV Avenida Palm Desert Senior Living is complete and move-in ready

St. Edward the Confessor, Dana Point - Groundbreaking Steel flew as we celebrated Topping Out at Spectrum Terrace Phase 3

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B.R.I.D.G.E. Efforts Continue

Snyder Langston's summer community service efforts focused on families.
Employees have contributed to our fall school supplies drive supporting
the clients of United Way, along with a summer diaper drive, benefiting
Home Aid, that collected more than 5,000 diapers.

In September, Snyder Langston hosted the 5th Annual Witten Invitational.
This year we played Corn Hole! We raised $30,000 and proceeds were split
among three of our favorite charities: Crime Survivors, Big Brothers Big Sisters and Orangewood Foundation. Thank you to our
sponsors: Charles McCandless Tile, Largo Concrete, Ben's Asphalt, Best Contracting Services, Brightview, Red Pointe Roofing,
Shaw & Sons, Washington Iron Works. Thanks to Taber Company for sharing their delicious burgers.

Join us in December for the 24th Annual Build-a-Bike Drive, an event that delivers assembled bikes, helmets and locks to the
kids and teens served by Orangewood and Wooden Floor. To donate or participate, please contact Annette Clark

Interns Earn their OSHA-10 Certification & See the Sites

S nyder Langston's summer interns have been busy! Besides learning each day on their own projects, teams throughout
the company have hosted tours of their jobs, allowing the 2021 class of interns to experience various construction
methods, project sizes and team dynamics. Dylan and Rachel have also each earned their OSHA-10 certifications, which will
help them recognize safety and health hazards on the jobsite. Through it all, we have grounded our interns in our company
culture and demonstrated our Purpose and Mission to Create Success for our Clients by being Trusted Advisors and Pursuing
Excellence in all we do.

Samueli Gym & Fields The Park at Park Place Spectrum Terrace
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Promotions Anniversaries

C ongratulations to our newly promoted team members. Best wishes in (as of October 28, 2021)
your new roles, and thank you for your dedication and commitment.
Congratulations to our employees who
recently celebrated anniversaries.

Houston Agan Nicole Baeza Layth Alsaad Scott Butcher 30 Years
Sr. Project Engineer Sr. Project Engineer Project Manager Sr. Project Manager Sandy Reiter, Sr. Project Accountant

20 Years
Jesse Deyden, Project Manager
Steve Park, IT Manager
David Stelter, Vice President, Field Operations

Max Burcham Jake Colbert Kay DeGuzman Daniel Emrich 15 Years
V.P., Healthcare Asst. Superintendent Project Manager Asst. Project Manager Jo-E Lopez, Vice President Business Development
Kelly McCarty, Project Executive

Monica Fuscaldo Cristian Galvez Wesley Gemba Steve Heo 10 Years
Sr. Project Engineer Superintendent Project Manager Human Resources Mgr. Gilbert Aguilera, Assistant Superintendent
Kay DeGuzman, Project Manager
Alfonso Garcia, Superintendent
Marc Hess, General Superintendent
Sarah Hidalgo, Exec. Asst. & Office Manager
Angeles Padilla, Project Director
Daniel Sumner, Project Manager

Julian Honore Nick Hopkins Kevin Joyce Chris Langstaff 5 Years
Asst. Project Manager Asst. Project Manager Optym Operations Director Sr. Project Engineer Gary Campanaro, Chief Financial Officer
Dylan Eads, Asst. Project Manager
Yale Kim, Asst. Superintendent
Jose Lopez, Asst. Project Manager
Jake Mercado, Superintendent
Ken Schultz, Superintendent

Martina Lin Adam Lopez Jose Lopez Martha Nevarez
Marketing Coordinator Asst. Project Manager Asst. Project Manager Asst. Project Manager

Greg Sanders Dean Tuma Chris Voros Lee Watkins Tanya Zaragoza
Sr. Estimator Sr. Project Engineer Project Executive Chief Operating Officer Asst. Project Manager

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