**EXHIBIT      99**

| 1.  | The Company’s ability to grow through the acquisition and development                of galvanizing or the acquisition of ancillary                businesses. |
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| 2.  | The Company’s ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates, to                consummate or complete construction projects, or to profitably operate                or                successfully integrate enterprises into the Company’s other                operations. |
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| 3.  | The Company’s ability to secure the capital and the related cost of                such capital necessary to fund its future growth through acquisition                and                development, as well as internal growth. |
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| 4.  | The level of competition in the Company’s industries and the possible                entry of new, well-capitalized competitors into the Company’s                markets. |
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| 5.  | Uncertainties and changes in environmental compliance costs                associated with past, present and future                operations. |
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| 6.  | Uncertainties and changes related to federal, state and local                regulatory policies, including environmental laws related to the                galvanizing. |
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| 7.  | The Company’s ability to staff its galvanizing operations                appropriately with qualified personnel, including in times of shortages                of                such personnel and to maintain a satisfactory relationship with labor                unions. |
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| 8.  | The pricing and availability of equipment, materials and inventories,                including zinc “pigs”, the major component used in the hot dip galvanizing                industry. |
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| 9.  | Uncertainties and changes in general economic                conditions. |
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| 10.  | Uncertainties and changes in several industries to which the                company’s businesses are closely tied, such as highway and transportation,                communications and energy. |
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| 11.  | Performance issues with key suppliers and                subcontractors. |
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| 12.  | Uncertainties related to the retention of key customers in each                of                the Company’s business segments. |
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