NEWS

Portadam Announces Addition of Southeast Operations Manager

Nelson Brown promoted to support Southeast region.

March 15, 2005 - Portadam of Williamstown, New Jersey announced the promotion of Nelson Brown as Southeast Operations Manager. In this newly created position, Mr. Brown is responsible for the operations of Portadam's Southeast satellite facility, located in Atlanta, Georgia. This facility will support rental sales and promotion of Portadam's environmentally friendly portable membrane cofferdam system throughout Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee and Florida. Mr. Brown will work with Ms. Liz Rivera, Portadam's Southeast Sales Manager and he will report to Bob Gatta, Portadam's Chief Executive Officer. In announcing the Southeast Operations Manager addition, Mr. Gatta stated, Nelson's breadth of experience which includes the manufacture of Portadam's fabric membrane as well as fabric repair, construction of frames, installation and removal of systems and surveying potential job sites provides Portadam a tremendous advantage in breaking into this new territory. Nelson can focus on expanding this region by applying the experience and success he's developed in installing and removing Portadam's portable cofferdam system on a Nationwide level. Mr. Brown stated, The ability for Portadam to focus on a specific region will enable us to significantly increase our presence in the Southeast. Taking a regional approach allows Portadam to respond quickly with free site visits, installation and removal crews and delivery of the system to each job site. Mr. Brown began his career with Portadam in its New Jersey manufacturing facility performing fabric repair, welding frames and managing the Company's assets. During this time, Mr. Brown became SCUBA certified and was later promoted to a member of a Dive team to perform the installation and removal of Portadam's unique cofferdam system. For the last three years, Mr. Brown was a supervisor of a number of various Dive teams working on a national level.