Central Iowa Energy Update August 25, 2006

Greetings from Central Iowa Energy.

Recent pictures of the site.

 

Update 8/21– 8/25
Contractors on Site    Number of Workers
Todd & Sargent  
    General Contactor		 13
Story Construction  
    Construction Company		 15
Interstates Electric  
    Electricians 		8
M & W
    Contractors 		45
Central Iowa Water
    Water Company 		4
Midwest Caulkers
    Caulkers 		2
Skinner Tank
    Tank Installers 		6
Jordison
    Cement Finishers 		8
Dan’s Overhead Door
    Door Installation 		2
Anderson Construction
    Drywall installation 		3
Continental
    Fire Sprinkler Installers 		2
Total   108


Work done at the site includes:

  • Todd & Sargent
    • Pour cement over conduit in tank farm
    • Backfill over conduit
    • Built stand for motor flare area
    • Set packing in FFA area
    • Poured cement over conduit in MCC room and pads in pre-treat
    • Worked on safety rails in pre-treat tower
    • Worked on packing for FFA columns
    • Placed rock in area under cooling towers
    • Began installing packing
  • Story Construction
    • Sheeting walls & roof for support building
    • Installed girts & purlins for support building
    • Continued sheeting in pre-treat tower
    • Window forms
    • Decking & purlins in support & pre-treat area
    • Poured Admin Building basement slab
    • Poured 2nd floor in centrifuge area
  • M & W
    • Continued piping in Process Building & pipe racks
  • Interstate Electric
    • Wiring for tank farm
    • Wiring for load-out
    • Working on lights for process & stairway
    • MCC Room & Control Room
    • Underground around HCL to Nitrogen
  • Midwest Caulkers
    • Worked on process area & MCC
  • Continental
    • Finished process, began pre-treat
  • Central Iowa Water
    • Installed water main, meter & pit
  • Skinner
    • Continued work on fire pump tank
    • Continued work on 52’ D tank
  • Dan’s Overhead Doors
    • Installed roll-up doors in process
  • Anderson Construction
    • Began work on drywall in load-out building


Some links of interest in the renewable fuels industry:

USDA Feed Outlook: 2006 Corn Crop Third Largest On Record (USDA)
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/FDS/FDS-08-15-2006.pdf

USDA's Weekly Drought Monitor (USDA)
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

USDA's 2007 Farm Bill Theme Paper Focuses On Energy (USDA)
http://www.usda.gov/documents/Farmbill07energy.pdf (PDF)

Michigan State Researchers Look at Growing Energy Crops on Marginal Land (Grainnet)
http://www.grainnet.com/articles/Michigan_State_Researchers...

Oil Majors Cultivate an Interest in Biofuel Industry (Financial Times)
http://www.checkbiotech.org/root/index.cfm...

Iowa State University Scientists Study Alternative Crops (Brownfield Network)
http://www.brownfieldnetwork.com/gestalt/go.cfm...

 

Have a great weekend.

Tobin Bush
Project Coordinator

Central Iowa Energy, LLC
3426 East 28th St N
Newton, IA 50208
Phone: 641-791-1010
cie@iowatelecom.net


This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities. This offering is open only to residents of Iowa. An offer is made by the prospectus only, a copy of which may be obtained from Central Iowa Energy, LLC.