News RELEASE                                                  November 4, 2011

PayneCrest Electric and Communications, Inc. Earns Eighth AGC Keystone Award

     ST. LOUIS – PayneCrest Electric was twice honored at the 2011 AGC Keystone Awards, earning its eighth AGC Keystone Award. Since 2002, PayneCrest’s award winning work has benefited healthcare, industrial, energy, aerospace, communications and commercial industries. The projects recognized at the November 3, 2011 gala at the Millennium Hotel in Downtown St. Louis include:

• Thomson Reuters Data Center 

           Winner - Project of the Year - Specialty Contractor

           Building Construction - $5 Million or Less

          Working on a compressed nine-month schedule, PayneCrest

           overcame challenges presented by severe weather, lagging

           building construction and a tight jobsite to expand the

           Thomson Reuters Data Center in Hazelwood, Mo. – securing

           the global company’s intense data storage needs. PayneCrest’s

           precision planning advanced project momentum to power

           and install mission critical infrastructure with zero disruption

           to existing data center operations.

• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Modernization

           Finalist - Project of the Year - Specialty Contractor

           Building Construction – $5 Million or More

          The new LEED-certified chemical and materials science lab

           at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. highlights

           PayneCrest’s master planning and engineering capabilities

           to quickly adapt to a growing project scope and surmount

           stringent state and federal funding requirements. At the nation’s

           largest energy research facility, PayneCrest delivered a

           state-of-the-art, highly-efficient infrastructure spanning

           160,000 square feet, advancing leading-edge research.

     Founded in 1954, PayneCrest has more than 300 employees and specializes in solution-oriented industrial, commercial and telecom electrical contracting services for a local, regional and national clientele.  Clients span healthcare, technology, biotech, energy, industrial, institutional and commercial industries.  Find out more at www.paynecrest.com.

Editor's note:  PayneCrest Electric and Communications is located at 10411 Baur Blvd (63132).