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Tue, December 16, 2008
Mon, December 15, 2008 Fortress International Group Inc. : Fortress International Group Inc. Continues Strong Pace With Recent Contract Wins
COLUMBIA, MD--(Marketwire - December 15, 2008) - Fortress International Group Inc. (
Fortress subsidiary Rubicon Services signed construction management contracts to build and renovate two data center sites for a new collocation provider customer. The projects, located in Miami and North Jersey, are funded and are to begin immediately.
Separately, Rubicon was also awarded three contracts to provide mechanical and electrical upgrades to a large national telecommunications company's data center site in Northern New Jersey. The projects are valued at approximately $1.5 million and are also expected to begin immediately.
Fortress subsidiary Total Site Solutions was awarded two separate contracts totaling $2mm to provide design and construction services to upgrade various classified facilities. The contracts were awarded through the Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with a minority company teaming partner.
Total Site Solutions was also awarded an annual staffing and maintenance contract to maintain a 150,000 square foot data center in Orlando, Florida. Fortress had previously provided design and retrofit services to this customer and will now provide on site engineers to manage the facility as well as services to maintain the facility infrastructure equipment. The value of this annual contract is approximately $825,000, and the facility is currently increasing tenant occupancy and the value of this contract is anticipated to increase as the occupancy increases over time.
Fortress International's Chief Executive Officer Thomas P. Rosato said, "The ongoing success of our new business development continues despite the current market conditions. We remain cautiously optimistic that our existing and potential new customers will continue to fund their capital projects in 2009."
ABOUT FORTRESS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC.
Fortress International Group Inc. (FIGI) and its subsidiaries, Total Site Solutions, Rubicon, Vortech, and Innovative Power, plan, design, build and maintain specialized facilities such as data centers, trading floors, call centers, laboratories, medical facilities, network operation centers, communication facilities, and secure facilities. For nearly 30 years, the FIGI team has pioneered building robust and scalable infrastructure into mission-critical facilities. The firm offers unsurpassed expertise in the infrastructure systems (electrical, mechanical, telecommunications, security, fire protection and building automation) that are the critical facility's lifeblood. FIGI's comprehensive portfolio of services and multi-disciplinary expertise provide customers a highly respected single source for critical services that bridge the gap between IT and facilities.
Headquartered in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, FIGI provides complete turnkey facility services from the initial planning stages, to construction, to ongoing maintenance of the completed project. Its clients include the world's most demanding mission-critical organizations, including Fortune 500 firms and US government agencies. For more information, visit [ www.totalsitesolutions.com ] or call 888-321-4TSS (4877).
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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