NEWS

New Sales Manager Appointed at Portadam's Atlanta Office

Liz Rivera is hired to expand sales in Southeast region.

January 18, 2006 - Liz Rivera has been appointed Southeast Sales Representative Southeast Region based in Atlanta, GA, Portadam Chief Executive Officer Bob Gatta announced today. "Liz maintains an extensive and diversified background in sales and strategic distribution management on both a national and international basis," Gatta said. "We are expecting increased sales opportunities throughout the Southern Region under her direction." The Atlanta facility, opened earlier this year, supports rental sales, installation and removal of Portadam's environmentally friendly temporary membrane cofferdam system throughout the South, serving the states of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi and Florida. Nelson Brown, Portadam's Southeast Operations Manager will work with Rivera in the Atlanta office, which opened in March 2005. Brown possesses 13 years of operational experience with Portadam, and has been involved in virtually every aspect of the business throughout its growth. According to Gatta: "Nelson began his career with Portadam during its start-up period, which allowed him to play a key role in the development of the business. This experience allows him to satisfy even the most intricate and demanding water diversion or retention projects." Portadam's twenty-five year history of manufacturing, installing and removing its cofferdam system will allow the region to greatly improve construction efficiency for its customers. "The Portadam system is far more efficient than sandbags or sheet piling methods and is very competitively priced," Gatta says. "Portadam provides free site surveys to ensure a successful installation and a safe work environment." The Atlanta office is located at: 154 Falcon Drive, Suite B. Forest Park, GA 30297.

About Portadam
As the innovator of a portable membrane cofferdam system, the company maintains twenty-five years of experience in manufacturing, distributing and installing a temporary cofferdam system used for water diversion and water retention. By using a unique, proprietary free-standing steel support system and impermeable fabric membrane, the temporary cofferdam product allows many types of in-water construction to be accomplished in a dry condition. Our system also eliminates the need for environmentally harming excavation or fill, costly pile driving equipment or time consuming and unstable sandbag dikes. For more information, visit Portadam's website at www.portadam.com or contact us at our Williamstown, New Jersey Corporate Headquarters, 856.740.0606