Central Iowa Energy Update July 28, 2006

Greetings from Central Iowa Energy.

Recent pictures of the site.

Update 7/24 – 7/28
Contractors on Site    Number of Workers
Todd & Sargent  
    General		 18
Story Construction  
    Construction Company		 23
Yeager  
   Plumber		 2
Interstates Electric  
    Electricians 		8
J.B. Holland  
    Dirt Work		 2
Midwest Caulkers
    Caulkers 		1
M & W
    Contractors 		25
Continental
    Fire Sprinkler Installers 		4
Total    83


Work done at the site includes:

  • Todd & Sargent
    • Continued to form and pour bumper posts
    • Continued on stair rail for load-out
    • Set bridge over rail
    • Continued to fabricate & install handrail & grating for cooling tower & bridge across rail
    • Began grouting base plates
    • Continued to set tanks in the pre-treat area
  • Story Construction
    • Set girts for pre-treat
    • Set basement wall forms for Administration Building
    • Continued to install metal roof panels on Process Building
    • Began installing roof cap, building trim & doors for Process Building
    • Installed metal building secondary framing in pre-treat area
    • Set stairs for FFA tower
  • M & W
    • Continued piping in Process Building & pipe racks
  • Interstate Electric
    • Continued running conduit in the MCC & cooling towers
    • Began setting control panels for MCC room & cooling towers
    • Continued running conduit to 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
    • Finished first & second floor
    • Began work on third floor and piping to roof of Process Building
  • Yeager
    • Fire loop
    • Set fire hydrants
    • Ran sewer across driveway to office


Some links of interest in the renewable fuels industry:

Latest US Drought Monitor
http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html

Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin State Stories
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/reports/... (PDF)

Jeep® to Fuel Grand Cherokee CRD with B5 Biodiesel Blend at the Factory (National Biodiesel Board)
http://nbb.grassroots.com/FY06NewsReleases/CherokeeB5/

ADM to build biodiesel plant in Brazil (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?...

Have a good 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.