DEVELOPMENT TEAM
NorthWinds has assembled an exceptionally strong group of experts that will lend significantly to its success as a developer.
It is NorthWinds' objective to build a portfolio of strategically located facilities in the Northeast United States that will aggregate over 100 million gallons per year (gpy) in production at full operation. It is anticipated that these facilities will be developed, financed, constructed and operated on a stand-alone basis with certain feedstock, engineering & design and marketing applications being applied across all projects in order to achieve certain economies of scale. NorthWinds will utilize a proven process technology and develop with its engineering team a standardized process system and storage layout that can be applied to all projects. This is expected to reduce technology, operations and maintenance cost risk and will support the project-based financings. NorthWinds has assembled an extremely strong team of experts in order to execute its mission, as described below.
Safe Harbour Chartering, INC. (SHC)
Safe Harbour Chartering, Inc. and its associated companies, will be responsible
for NorthWinds’ feedstock supply strategy development and execution.
SHC’s founder and President Mr. Jim Weinberg has over twenty five
years of experience in logistics management including the international
trading of vegetable oils and animal fats. SHC is a tanker logistics company
that arranges international freight on behalf of the major vegetable oil,
tropical oil and base chemical principals; providing this service between
all international markets including North and South America, South East
Asia and Europe. Established in 1989 SHC controls over $45 million in freight
annually representing well over $1 billion in product value. SHC and Mr.
Jim Weinberg, maintain a longstanding and close relationship with the major
vegetable oil and yellow grease suppliers, which is anticipated to provide
a competitive advantage as a Northeastern biodiesel producer. These relationships
include membership in the primary vegetable oil and shipping industry associations.
Prior to Safe Harbour, Mr. Weinberg was Vice President of Chartering for
Global Tanker Services, where he was responsible for the world-wide marketing
of a fleet of parcel tankers in the vegetable oil, chemical and clean petroleum
markets. Mr. Weinberg is a graduate of the United States Merchant Marine
Academy with a Degree in Marine Transportation, licensed as a Third Mate,
Oceans any Gross Tonnage and is an honorably discharged Lt. USNR-MMR, Special
Duty.
Website | www.safeharbourllc.com
edm-Services (EDM)
EDM is responsible for all plant engineering & design (E&D) work,
excluding the process technology engineering, where EDM will work closely
with and oversee the process engineering team in order to maintain a seamless
E&D process. EDM’s responsibilities also include the overall
design and layout of the balance of plant and the reviews and investigations
required to bring the existing and new structures to current building and
fire codes. EDM is a fully integrated, multidisciplinary architectural
and engineering firm located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Incorporated
in 1988, EDM provides comprehensive management and technical services in
the areas of: architectural design, planning and programming, as well as
civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering and
provides a wealth of regional contacts extending beyond the technical sectors.
Through EDM, NorthWinds Biodiesel has been able to quickly establish
relationships with the additional technical team members required to complete
the design and construction of the NorthWinds Biodiesel facilities.
Website | www.edm-serv.com
R.C. Costello & Assoc., Inc. (“Costello”)
Costello is responsible for the process engineering & design requirements of the project with a specific emphasis on i) dry wash system, ii) improved catalyst system, iii) skid mounted process system construction, and iv) development of the facility process control systems design. Costello of Redondo Beach, California was founded in 1995 and provides engineering design and improvements for renewable energy plants, natural gas plants, biogas plants and refineries, with an emphasis on process intensification. The firm has 12 years experience in reaction engineering, distillation and process safety. The combined engineering experience of the team is over 200 years. Costello is the North American leader in the field of Process Intensification and has developed unique and proprietary waterless, catalyst and skid mounted systems for the biodiesel industry. Costello-designed systems also utilize the Shockwave Power Reactor.
Website | www.rccostello.com
Fuss & O’Neill (F&O)
Fuss & O'Neill will lead the initiatives and investigations requried
to secure all necessary permits and approvals. Fuss & O’Neill
is a full service civil and environmental engineering firm with 300 employees
and offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, North
Carolina and South Carolina. F&O was engaged by the previous potential
purchaser of the CT Biodiesel land to conduct multiple survey and
permitting tasks making the firm very familiar with the property.
Website | www.fando.com
Foresight Land Services (Foresight)
Foresight is leading the surveying and environmental investigations required
to secure all necessary permits and approvals for the Berkshire Biodiesel
facility. Foresight will also lead the rail siding layout and design initiative,
with the support of EDM. Foresight is an engineering, surveying, planning
and environmental services firm with over thirty years of experience. Foresight
offers a wide range of services, including large-scale surveys throughout
Massachusetts and Connecticut. With over thirty years of experience, its
highly skilled survey staff utilizes state of the art computer technology
throughout the surveying process to produce efficient and accurate final
survey.
Website | www.foresightland.com
THe Law Offices of Sherwood Guernsey P.C.
NorthWinds Biodiesel has retained the legal services of Sherwood Guernsey P.C. of Pittsfield,
MA to assist in the legal requirements associated with the site lease,
permitting process and other essential project initiatives.
Website | www.sglawoffice.com
Barr & Barr, Inc. (Barr & Barr), Williamstown, MA
Berkshire Biodiesel has engaged Barr & Barr as Construction Manager
(CM) who will oversee and manage all aspects of the construction process,
under a CM-At-Risk Guaranteed Maximum Price contract. Barr & Barr is
a full-service construction management firm operating eight full-service
offices located throughout the Northeast employing over 300 experienced
construction professionals, including fully staffed in-house preconstruction
and MEP departments. The company has been consistently recognized as one
of the nation's Top 100 CM-at-Risk Firms and Top 400 Contractors by ENR
(Engineering News-Record) magazine.
Website | www.barrandbarr.com
MAN Diesel
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E3 Consulting
E3 is a strategic business advisory firm that focuses on providing independent
assessments of a wide variety of projects for owners, lending institutions
and equity investors. Berkshire Biodiesel engaged E3 to undertake a limited
technical review of the SPR reactor technology to be employed by Berkshire
Biodiesel as well as to provide a limited review of the qualifications
and experience of Biodiesel Services Group which is undertaking the process
engineering & design work.
Website | www.e3co.com
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