The Faust Corporation has always held safety, quality and environmental impact as its first concern in the designing and construction of projects.

The Faust Corporation is a full service Marine

Construction company providing dredging services

to our private and public sector clients. Our services

range from simple dredging projects providing

additional draft in small marinas and harbors to

conceptual design and implementation of multi

million dollar restoration of contaminated sediments

in lakes, streams and rivers.

Our projects have ranged from

repairing buoys for the US Coast

Guard to design and implementation of the St. Lawrence River

Remediation Project for the EPA in Massena, New York. The majority of

our projects have been located in the Great Lakes Region, but we are

able to perform work along the Mississippi River, East Coast, Florida

and Louisiana. We have all types of marine construction equipment

available for bare or fully found charter. Our list of equipment includes

tugs, barges, dredging equipment, backhoes, derricks, pile driving

equipment, compressors and generators. We design and build all phases

of marine construction, from both land and water. We are proud of our long history of

developing new and innovative solutions to marine construction problems.

The Faust Corporation has always held safety, quality and

environmental impact as its first concern in the designing

and construction of projects.

The Faust Corporation is a marine and dredging

construction company actively involved in environmental

cleanup. We have successfully completed environmental

clean-up projects for the EPA in several locations

throughout Michigan and New York.

The Faust Corporation is known for its highly innovative and cost

effective approaches on difficult construction sites. Our expertise and

years of experience as well as our honest and straightforward approach

to business make Faust Corporation the type of construction team you

want working on your project

The Faust Corporation is a full service Marine Construction company providing dredging services to our private and public sector clients. Our services range from simple dredging projects providing additional draft in small marinas and harbors to conceptual design and implementation of multi million dollar restoration of contaminated sediments in lakes, streams and rivers.

With our fleet of multiple crane barges, tugs and sediment scows Faust Corporation can rapidly mobilize to a project site and is capable of working on multiple projects. With our ability to respond quickly Faust Corporation has deployed dredging crews to perform emergency dredging services in both the Rouge River and Old Rouge River in response to bank failures that effectively closed the river channels to navigation.

ROUGE RIVER EMERGENCY SERVICES WHITE LAKE MICHIGAN

F a u s t C o r p o r a t i o n p r o v i d e s b o t h

ENVIRONMENTAL and NAVIGATIONAL dredging services and can assist with the design, permitting, sediment characterization, implementation and disposal needs of our clients

ST LAWRENCE RIVER MASSENA NY

Faust Corporation is a leader i n t h e E n v i r o n m e n t a l Dredging industry. Our Engineering and Science staff have designed, implemented and completed numerous environmental projects. Faust Corporation has successfully completed projects requiring the removal of PCBs, Heavy Metals (including Mercury) P A H s a n d o i l l a d e n sediments.

These projects are completed well within the time and budget constraints of the project requirements. Our fleet of derrick barges, excavators, survey boats and equipment allow us to rapidly deploy and effectively perform dredging operations.

Faust Corporation designed and built special sediment containment scows equipped with filter pens to allow interstitial water to drain from sediments reducing the cost of water treatment facilities at the unloading site.

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To the right is a partial list of Environmental Dredging Projects that Faust Corporation has successfully completed. Individual project details follow.

RIVERVIEW SEDIMENT REMEDIATION PROJECT

ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SEDIMENT REMEDIATION

RETENTION BASIN CLEANOUT – ECORSE MICHIGAN

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BASF

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MIKE DELACY

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CH2M HILL

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FAUST CORPORATION

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MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

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6 MONTHS

SCOPE OF WORK

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Faust Corporation was contracted to remove approximately 30,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediments from the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River at Riverview, Michigan. The project included removal of oversized con-struction debris that had been deposited along the shoreline. Turbidity containment was required to prevent the downstream movement of re-suspended sediments from the dredging operation. Due to the flow velocities a sheet pile flow deflection wall was installed at the upper end of the project site to protect the silt curtain contain-ment system. Monitoring of turbidity levels outside the dredge area was conducted to ensure that re-suspended material was not being transported downstream.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

Oversized Debris: The water front had been previously expanded by disposal of construction debris along the shoreline. In part of the dredging area the debris was large and posed a problem for the operator trying to grab the large pieces. To solve the problem a Side Scan Sonar unit was installed on the barge and the data from the unit was sent directly to the operator’s view screen in Clam Vision. The operator could then see the location and orientation of large debris allowing the operator to precisely grab the object with as little disturbance of the surrounding material as possible.

Turbidity Monitoring: Turbidity Monitoring outside the dredge area was required to ensure that re-suspended sedi-ments from dredging were not being transported downstream. To ensure that dredging operations were not ex-ceeding the required action levels, real time turbidity monitoring was performed and the data were transmitted to the dredge and field office to alert the dredge operator and field supervision of any possible measurements that exceed the action levels set for the project. Turbidity reading outside the dredge area did not exceed the turbidity action levels set for the project.

Prepare Dredge Material Offloading Area Install Sheet Pile Deflection Wall

Install Silt Curtain Turbidity Control System Install Turbidity Monitoring System Removal of Oversized Debris Removal of 30,000 Yards Contaminated Sediments Shoreline Excavation for Slope Stability Install and Operate Turbidity Monitoring Stations

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REYNOLDS ALUMINUN

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ALCOA - MASSENA NY

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METCALF & EDDY

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BILL PRIORE

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FAUST CORPORATION

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MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

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8 MONTHS

Install Sheet Pile to Enclose Dredge Area Install Silt Curtains to segregate “Hot” Areas Install Air Curtain Gates Construct Offloading Dock Dredge Contaminated Sediments Transport Sediments To Off Loading Dock Design & Install Barge Dewatering System

SCOPE OF WORK

PROJECT OVERVIEW

A portion of the shoreline and river adjacent to Reynolds Aluminum (now Alcoa) was contaminated with high levels of PCBs and PAHs. Faust Corporation was contracted as the Prime Dredging Contractor as part of the sediment remediation project. To prevent possible downstream transportation of re-suspended sediment the entire dredge area was enclosed within a steel sheet pile wall. The dredge area was divided into areas of high and low PCB concentrations. The high concentration areas were enclosed with silt curtains and air curtain gates were installed to allow for the movement of marine equipment. Sediments were removed from the river using an environmental level cut clamshell bucket, placed into sediment scows and transported to the unloading dock. At this point the material was loaded into trucks and hauled to the dewatering/stabilization area before transport to the disposal facility.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

To minimize the amount of water reaching the dock a filter pen system was developed that allowed wa-ter to drain from the sediments within the sediment scow and drain through a filwa-ter system back into the dredge area. This significantly reduces the amount of Portland required to stabilize the material for ship-ment.

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U. S. Steel

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NICK DERNICK

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OVERSIGHT—URS

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FAUST CORPORATION

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MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

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3 MONTHS

Conduct Hydrographic Survey within Sediment Basins Collect Sediment Characterization Samples Determine Volume of Sediment within Basin Dredge Sediment from Basins Transport Sediment to USACE Rouge River CDF Facility

SCOPE OF WORK

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The U. S. Steel Facility in Ecorse, Michigan has three decommissioned sediment retention basins that were con-structed adjacent to the facility on the banks of the Detroit River. Material remaining in the basins was a thick oily sludge that had accumulated over several years of previous use. The oils from the sludge were found to be leaking from the basins and entering the Detroit River. U. S. Steel contracted with Faust Corporation to characterize the material for disposal, determine the volume of oily sediment within each basin and remove the material using me-chanical dredging methods.

We were required to enclose each basin with a silt curtain with oil containment curtains and absorbent oil booms inside the curtains. The sediment was removed using barge mounted crane equipped with a clamshell bucket. The material was removed from the basins and loaded directly into sediment scows for transportation downriver to the disposal facility at the western end of Lake Erie.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

To prevent potential contamination of the river with dredged sediments a drip pan system was developed to capture any sediment that spilled from the clam shell bucket as it was swung to the scow. The system consisted of two large splash pans that would capture any spilled material and redirect it either back into the basin or into the sedi-ment scows.

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Occidental Chemical

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DREDGING

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CONTRACT DETAILS

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Removal of approximately 15,000 cubic yards of lake sediments contaminated with PCB’s, asbestos, lead and chro-mium. The project area was situated in a portion of White Lake with water depths ranging from 40 to 55 feet. Ap-proximately one third of the PCB contaminated material had concentrations greater then 50 mg/kg and the asbestos was present in levels that required special attention. The PCB material was layered or sandwich between other layers of non PCB material. The sediment was mechanically dredged and transported by barge to an unloading site. The material was unloaded and placed directly into trucks for transportation to a blending / homogenizer process and then pumped into geotubes for dewatering and later disposal.

The project was completed in a safe manner with no incidents, on time and under budget.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

Faust Corporation provided an innovative design build proposal that allowed for precise (surgical) removal of the contaminated material while segregating the PCB material from the remainder of the sediments removed. In addi-tion to segregating the PCB material from the non TSCA material the PCB contaminated material was effectively separated into material with concentrations greater the 50 mg/kg and material with concentrations less than 50 mg/ kg.

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aust Corporation is equipped to provide state of the art NAVIGATIONAL DREDGING services to our public and private sector clients. With our fleet of derrick barges, sediment transport scows, tugs, survey boats and equipment, and pump off barge we are able to pro-vide reliable, cost effective dredging services.

EMERGENCY DREDGING ROUGE RIVER

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FY09 Maintenance Dredging Point Lookout Harbor — Au Gres River, Michigan

Client: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers – Detroit

Faust Corporation has been awarded the navigational dredg-ing of the Au Gres River and Point Lookout Harbor as part of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Maintenance Dredging Program/ This project will be completed during the summer of 2010 and involves the removal, transportation and disposal of 15,000 +/- cubic yards of sediments and the removal of vege-tation from the west and east breakwaters.

Faust Corporation is capable of conducting hydrographic surveys to more efficiently design the dredging needs of our clients. To ensure dredging accuracy all dredges are equipped with a

Global Positioning System (GPS) and dredging activities are tracked in real time using Clam Vision© dredging tracking soft-ware.

COMPLETED PROJECTS

PORT HURON COAT GUARD

SEVERSTAL NA

GREAT LAKES PETROLEUM—ROUGE RIVER FACILITY

MARATHON BULK TRANSFER FACILITY - ROUGE RIVER

U S COAST GUARD PORT HURON MI

FAUST CORP PUMP OFF BARGE

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Great Lakes Petroleum

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FAUST CORPORATION

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ONTACT

MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

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3 WEEKS

Conduct Pre-Dredge hydrographic survey Remove sediments to -20 LWD Transport Sediment to Rouge River CDF Pump sediment to required disposal site. Conduct Post-Dredge hydrographic survey

SCOPE OF WORK

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Great Lakes Petroleum contracted Faust Corporation to perform navigational dredging at the facility docks on the Rouge River in Dearborn, Michigan. The dock had been out of service for several years and a pre-dredge survey indicated that several feet of silt had accumulated reducing the available draft for freighters. To increase the load potential for freighters a dredging program was designed to remove sediment to a depth of 20 feet below (-20) the Low Water Datum (LWD). Based on pre-dredge data ap-proximately 5600 cubic yards of material had accumulated. The permit issued to Great Lakes Petroleum allowed for the removal of 4500 cubic yards of material requiring modification of the dredge plans. The decision was made to shorten the dredge area by approximately 100 feet to remain within the volume restrictions of the permit.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS / PROBLEMS

During the dredging operations two unexpected conditions were encountered.

First there was a large amount of debris in the sediment. The debris ranged in character from large bro-ken wood piles to large cement and brick and mortar rubble. In addition a large amount of structural lum-ber was uncovered. Based on the position of the broken wood piles and other factors this debris is be-lieved to be the remnants of an old dock that had been removed in the past and most of the debris de-posited in the water.

Second the western third (downstream) of the dredge area had apparently never been dredge in the past. Only a couple of feet of soft silty material, typical of siltation of a period of time, were encountered. The bulk of the material was native clay. This forced a change in dredging operations requiring the use a smaller, toothed digging bucket that was capable of digging the hard clay. Additionally this clay could not be unloaded by pumping and had to be unloaded into trucks and transported to the disposal area.

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SeverStal NA

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FAUST CORPORATION

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FAUST

CORPORATION-C

ONTACT

MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

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2 MONTHS

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Faust Corporation was contracted by SeverStal NA to perform navigational dredging operations at the Rouge River Plant. The SeverStal NA boat slip had silted in requiring freighters to “light load” in order to enter the slip increasing shipping costs. Dredge operations removed sediment increasing the water depth to the same level as the approach up the Rouge River. This enabled the freighters to increase load capacities thus reducing shipping costs. In addi-tion to dredging in the slip a dock face located in the Rouge River Turning basis was also dredged to allow freight-ers dock access for loading material to be transported away.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

The docks were operational during dredging activities and Faust Corporation was required to work around the ship-ping schedule to prevent production delays. Daily the silt curtains and oil booms had to be opened at the end of the shift to allow freighter traffic access to the dock.

SCOPE OF WORK

Conduct Pre Dredge Survey Determine Required Dredge Volume Dredge Sediments Transport Sediments to Rouge River CDF Conduct Post Dredge Survey Install silt curtains and oil booms

Faust Corporation is e x p e r i e n c e d i n c o l l e c t i o n a n d characterization of sediment samples for disposal and dredging

design criterion. With our environmental project experience we can help our clients design and implement their projects in compliance with current regulations. We can assist our clients with bench scale studies to evaluate the best alternatives for the solidification and stabilization of materials for transport.

Faust Corporation is experienced in providing a wide range of Environmental Services to our clients. Our Engineering and Science staff is well experienced in the design and implementation of complex Environmental Restoration Projects.

WHITE LAKE MICHIGAN

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BASF RIVERVIEW SEDIMENT REMEDIATION LAKE LANSING DRUM RECOVERY & DISPOSAL

SPRINGWELLS SEAWALL DESIGN / BUILD ST. LAWRENCE RIVER SEDIMENT REMEDIATION

WHITE LAKE SEDIMENT RESTORATION

Our dredges and excavators are equipped with GPS and all dredging and excavation activities can be recorded electroni-c all y al lo win g Faust Corporation to provide our cli-ents with concise d o c u m e n t a t i o n showing that pro-jects goals were met.

LAKE LANSING DRIM REMOVAL

 REMOVALOFSEDIMENTSCONTAMINATEDWITH PCBS, PAH, HEAVY METALS, OIL & SLUDGE.

 LOCATIONANDREMOVALOFCHEMICALDRUMSFROMSUBAQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS.

 CHARACTERIZATION, REMOVAL, STABILIZATIONANDDISPOSALOF CONTAMINATEDSEDIMENTSFROMINDUSTRIAL WWTP SETTLINGPONDS.

 INSTALLATIONOFPNEUMATICCONTAINMENTSYSTEMS. INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION

ENIRONMENTAL CLAMSHELL

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Economic Growth Corporation

City of Detroit

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WILL TAMMINGA

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NGINEER

HNTB

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FAUST CORPORATION

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MARC FAUST

CONTRACT DETAILS

DURATION

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This was a design/build project. Faust Corporation designed and constructed approximately 1425 lineal feet of seawall along the Detroit River’s edge. On completion of the project the seawall had to be capable of accommodating dockage of great lakes freighters.

SCOPE OF WORK

PROJECT OVERVIEW

The construction of this project was at the Old Coke Plant. The soils were contaminated and had to remain on site. Existing seawalls and a water intake structure were removed to allow for the installation of 90 foot long sheets with a tie-back system 110 feet back. An H-Pile concrete relieving platform was installed behind the seawall to allow for the placement and storage of 14,000 ton stone stockpiles. 100 Ton bollards and high strength plastic fenders were installed. Over 50,000 cubic yards of material was excavated, handled and reinstalled.

UNIQUE SOLUTIONS

While construction operations were proceeding, Faust Corporation had to employ unique scheduling and sequenc-ing to allow for onsite construction of a cement storage facility and the continual operation of a barge transport ter-minal. We designed and employed a unique H-Pile tieback system to allow for the installation of a “Ship Unloader” within ten feet of our seawall.

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