Central Iowa Energy Update August 4, 2006

Greetings from Central Iowa Energy.

Recent pictures of the site.

Update 7/31 – 8/04
Contractors on Site    Number of Workers
Todd & Sargent  
    General		 18
Story Construction  
    Construction Company		 24
Yeager  
   Plumber		 2
Interstates Electric  
    Electricians 		8
J.B. Holland  
    Dirt Work		 6
Midwest Caulkers
    Caulkers 		1
M & W
    Contractors 		37
Continental
    Fire Sprinkler Installers 		4
Skinner Tank
    Tank Installers 		6
Total   106


Work done at the site includes:

  • Todd & Sargent
    • Weld & paint handrail
    • Installed & painted platforms for basins in tank farms
    • Bolted ends on cooling towers
    • Continued to weld vessels
    • Poured flare pad
    • Poured methylate pump pads
    • Formed & poured tank farm drains
       
  • Story Construction
    • Began sheeting pre-treat structure
    • Continued setting & pouring walls for Administration Building
    • Continued to install metal roof panels on Process Building
    • Installing roof cap, building trim & doors for Process Building
    • Continued setting girts in pre-treat area
       
  • M & W
    • Continued piping in Process Building & pipe racks
    • Set shell tube
    • Piping from process to tank farm
    • Installed metal building secondary framing
    • Began installing wall insulation & metal siding in Pre-Treat tower
       
  • Interstate Electric
    • J-Boxes & Gutters
    • Continued running conduit in the MCC room underground
    • Load-out filter room
    • Junction boxes for the tank farm
       
  • J.B. Holland
    • Working to finish rail bed from existing tracks north to the entrance road
       
  • Midwest Caulkers
    • Worked on outside stairway & utility room
       
  • Continental
    • Work on third floor and piping to roof of Process Building
       
  • Yeager
    • Set manhole in west side of the load-out road
  • Skinner
    • Began work on fire pump tank
    • Set ring on fire water tank
    • Installed floor sheets on pump house tank


Some links of interest in the renewable fuels industry:

Corn Waste May Hold Potential for Electricity Production (Soyatech)
http://www.soyatech.com/bluebook/news/...

Soybeans following similar weather market to corn (Farm & Ranch Guide)
http://www.farmandranchguide.com/articles/...

VeraSun Announces Hartley, IA as Preferred Site for 110 Million Gallon Ethanol Plant (Grainnet)
http://www.grainnet.com/articles/VeraSun...

Cat confirms 07 engines will run on ULSD, biodiesel (Trucknews.com)
http://www.trucknews.com/issues/...

New Biodiesel and E85 Outlets Open In Iowa (IRFA)
http://www.iowarfa.org/nr060803.php

 

Have a good weekend.
The next CIE update will be sent on Monday, August 14th, rather than Friday, August 11th.

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.