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Cary D. Baetz has been our Vice President and Treasurer since we were incorporated in February 2005. Mr. Baetz served as our Secretary from June 25, 2005 through July 20, 2005 and has served as our Assistant Secretary since October 11, 2005. Mr. Baetz joined Texas Industries, Inc. in November 1996. He previously held various positions in the Texas Industries organization including Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Financial Manager and Director of Corporate Finance.

Robert E. Crawford, Jr. has been our Vice President and General Counsel since July 1, 2005 and our Secretary since July 21, 2005. Excluding a seven-month period in 2000, Mr. Crawford was employed by the law firm of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., Dallas, Texas from 1983 until he joined us. During the period including April 2000 through October 2000, Mr. Crawford was Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Digital Commerce Corporation, a Herndon, Virginia-based corporation that offered an internet based procurement portal to facilitate sales to and purchases by governmental entities. In 2001, Digital Commerce Corporation filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Elizabeth C. Williams , age 63, joined our Board of Directors on July 6, 2005. Ms. Williams serves as the Chair of our Audit Committee and as a member of our Executive Committee. Her term as a Director expires at our 2006 annual meeting of stockholders. Since 1991, Ms. Williams has been the Treasurer of Southern Methodist University. From 1989 to 1999, Ms. Williams was the Vice President for Business and Finance at Southern Methodist University.

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Since 2003 and until October 2006, Mr. Clariond was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Grupo IMSA, S.A., a manufacturer of steel, aluminum and plastic products for the construction industry. Prior to that time he was the Chief Executive Officer of Grupo IMSA, S.A. (since 1981). He also acts as Vice Chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and as Chairman of the Mexico - United States Business Committee of the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment & Technology.

Ian Wachtmeister , age 74, joined our Board of Directors on July 22, 2005. Mr. Wachtmeister serves on our Audit Committee. His term as a Director will expire at our 2008 annual meeting of stockholders. Mr. Wachtmeister is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Empire, AB (trading company) of Stockholm, Sweden. He has been Chief Executive Officer of The Empire, AB since 1983. Mr. Wachtmeister has extensive experience with steel and metals companies, including experience related to research and development, exporting and general management and was previously the Chief Executive Officer of a major steel company in Sweden. In addition, Mr. Wachtmeister holds a Master of Science degree in metallurgy.

James S. Cownie, currently a private investor, was the former Chairman of New Heritage Associates, a cable television operator with cable properties located in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota area from 1991 to 1996. Prior to that, Mr. Cownie was Co-Founder and President of Heritage Communications, Inc., a cable television operator serving 22 states, from 1971 to 1990. Mr. Cownie is a member of the Board of Directors of Da-Lite Screen Company, a manufacturer of audio-visual equipment; MARKETLINK, INC., a cable telemarketing firm; and West End Liguidation, LLC, a converter of animal by-products, to Darling International, an American Stock Exchange company. Mr. Cownie serves as President of West End Liquidation, LLC. Mr. Cownie is the Chairman and majority owner of WWL Holding, a logistics company engaged in transportation and pallet management.

Joseph D. Mahaffey , age 61, joined our Board of Directors on May 31, 2006 and serves as a member of both our Compensation Committee and our Governance Committee. His term as a Director will expire at our 2006 annual meeting of stockholders. Since 2000, Mr. Mahaffey has been engaged in consulting in the financial and private equity sectors of the economy. From 1995 to 2000, he was a Managing Director-Partner of the Fremont Group (a private equity investment firm) and served as President of Fremont Energy (a private oil and gas production company). Mr. Mahaffey earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1967. He serves as a director of Growth Capital Partners (an investment and merchant banking firm) and Southwest Mezzanine Investors (an investment firm).

Gafford's experience in the construction and real estate development businesses began in 1972. Prior to joining Austin Industries, Gafford was a development and construction partner with Trammell Crow Company and a project manager with the Henry C. Beck Company. Gafford earned an undergraduate degree in building construction from Texas A&M University and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard School of Business.