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SECTION 2 <br />COMPANY BACKGROUND AND <br />QUALIFICATIONS <br />Kokosing is proud to submit this proposal to the City of South Bend for the Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant (WWTP)/Combined Sewer Overflow 045 (CSO 045) Equalization (EQ) Basin Project. The <br />sections and pages that follow provide a concise summary of who we are and what we believe in. <br />A. PROVIDER INFORMATION <br />Kokosing was founded in 1951 in Fredericktown, Ohio and <br />was first known as the William Burgett Construction Company. <br />The early project list included small commercial and farm <br />buildings, plus residential construction projects. Success <br />fueled expansion and in 1954, a one -acre parcel of land was <br />purchased where an office and shop were built. Bill renamed the <br />company Kokosing, after the Ohio scenic river that flows past <br />the original office and is now the home of support department <br />offices, maintenance shop, equipment yard, truck and storage 0 <br />building, and supply yard. <br />I -A <br />In 1974, Kokosing built its first water treatment plant in <br />Wadsworth, Ohio. Today, Kokosing is a diversified family- kolcosing <br />owned business with facilities and affiliated companies across <br />the Midwest and Mid -Atlantic. Our work experience includes <br />work in Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants, Underground Utility Systems, Industrial Facility <br />Construction, Manufacturing, Commercial Buildings, Process Plants, Parking Garages, Roads, Bridges <br />and Marine work. Kokosing's buying power means every project gets the best equipment prices, most <br />skilled craftsmen, and industry leading project management. <br />Kokosing Industrial (,vww.kokosing.bi ) was incorporated in 2015, separating our industrial facility <br />work from our transportation work. Kokosing Industrial builds facilities regardless of what their end <br />use is or who their end Owner is including: <br />Wastewater treatment plants, pump stations, CSO facilities, collection systems, outfall pipes <br />Water treatment plants, intake systems, booster stations, storage tanks, and pipelines <br />Marine construction including subaqueous cable <br />Dam modification, rehabilitation, and construction <br />Natural gas and power generation facilities <br />Heavy industrial manufacturing facilities, industrial wastewater pre-treatment <br />Since that first water treatment plant, we have averaged a project completion rate of 25 jobs per year <br />to construct, upgrade, and expand critical infrastructure. When we step onto your job site, we bring <br />the know-how and experience of over 1,100 infrastructure projects with us. <br />SOUTH BEND, INDIANA GSC <br />