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EXHIBIT 4.57

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF E.C. DRIVER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

We, the undersigned, hereby associates ourselves together for the purpose of becoming a corporation
under the laws of the State of Florida, by and under the provisions of the statutes of the State of
Florida providing for the formation, liability, rights, privileges and immunities of a corporation
for profit.

Article I

The name of this corporation shall be E. C. DRIVER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Article II

The general purpose for which this corporation is initially organized includes the transaction of

any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the “Florida General

Corporation Act”; including particularly, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the

practice of engineering and land surveying.

Article III

The capital stock of this corporation shall consist solely of Six Hundred (600) shares of common
stock of the par value of Ten ($10.00) Dollars each. The stock shall be paid for in cash,
property, labor, or services, at a just valuation to be fixed by the Board of Directors.

Article IV

This corporation shall have a perpetual existence unless sooner terminated by and according to law.

Article V

The initial registered office of the corporation shall be at Suite 203, 547 North Monroe Street,
Tallahassee, Florida 32301. The initial registered agent at that address shall be E. C. DRIVER.

Article VI

The directors of this corporation shall be elected by a majority vote. The number of directors
shall be as fixed by the by-laws of the corporation, and shall be no less than three, nor more than
five.

 

 

Article VII

The name and post office address of the first Board of Directors of the corporation who, subject to
the provisions of such by-laws as may be adopted, shall hold office for the first year of the
corporation’s existence, or until their successors are elected and qualified, are:

	 	 	 
	Betty M. Driver

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue
	

	 	Miami, Florida 33157
	 
	 	 
	E. C. Driver

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue
	

	 	Miami, Florida 33157
	 
	 	 
	Frank G. Glenn

	 	1312 Betton Road
	

	 	Tallahassee, Florida 32312

Article VIII

The name and post office address of each subscriber and the number of shares which he agrees to
take are:

	 	 	 
	Betty M. Driver

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue
	450 Shares

	 	Miami, Florida 33157
	 
	 	 
	E. C.
Driver

150 Shares

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue

Miami, Florida 33157

Article IX

The names and addresses of the first officers of this corporation, who, subject to the provisions
of such by-laws as may be adopted, shall hold office for the first year of the corporation’s
existence, or until their successors are elected and qualified, are:

	 	 	 
	E. C. Driver

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue
	President

	 	Miami, Florida 33157
	 
	 	 
	Frank G. Glenn

	 	1312 Betton Road
	Vice President

	 	Tallahassee, Florida 32312
	 
	 	 
	Betty M. Driver

	 	15930 S. W. 79th Avenue
	Secretary/Treasurer

	 	Miami, Florida 33157

 

 

Article X

The following special provisions for the regulation of the business and for the conduct of the
affairs of the corporation and creating, dividing, limiting and regulating the powers of the
corporation, its stockholders and directors, are hereby adopted as part of these Articles of
Incorporation:

(a) All officers shall be elected by the Directors annually, at the first Director’s meeting held
each year. The corporation my have such officers, including a general manager, agents and factors,
all prescribe their duties and powers as the Directors shall fix, or the by-laws determine, from
time to time.

(b) In the election of Directors of the corporation there shall be no cumulative voting of any
stock of the corporation.

(c) Any action required or proposed to be taken by the stockholders may be validly effected in the
following manner, without notice or formal meeting, viz: Any resolution or proceeding approved in
writing by all of the stockholders by the subscription of their names in writing to the same, or to
concurrent instruments, shall be as valid and effective as if such action were adopted by the same
vote at a regular called meeting of the stockholders; and shall be effective as of the date on
which the same shall be filed and noted by the secretary, and such resolution shall thereupon be
entered in the Minutes of the corporation under such effective date.

(d) None of the shares of stock in this corporation shall be transferred, sold, assigned, pledged,
or otherwise disposed of, or encumbered (save to another shareholder in said corporation, or save
by descent, bequest, or devise), unless and until the holder thereof shall have first offered to
sell such shares at the book value thereof to each of the other stockholders. Such offer to sell
such shares shall be made in writing, and shall continue for thirty (30) days. The book value of
said shares shall be computed from the books of the corporation maintained in accordance with
generally accepted principles of accounting. If more than one of the other stockholders desire to
purchase such stock, those so desiring to purchase shall be entitled to do so in such proportions
as they hold their shares of capital stock in this corporation. All shares of stock shall have
written across the face thereof the words, “This stock is transferable only in accordance with
Section (d) of Article X of the Articles of Incorporation of E. C. Driver & Associates, Inc.”

 

 

(e) No contract or other transaction of the corporation with any other person, firm, or
corporation, or in which this corporation is interested, shall be affected or invalidated by (i)
the fact that any one or more of the Directors of this corporation is interested in, or is a
director or officer of another corporation, (ii) the fact that any Director, individually or
jointly with others, may be a party to or may be interested in any such contract or transaction,
and each and every person who may become a director of this corporation is hereby relieved from any
liability that may otherwise arise by reason of his contracting with the corporation for the
benefit of himself, or any firm or corporation in which he may anywise be interested.

(f) Any one or more, or all, of the Directors may be removed for cause at any time by vote of the
stockholders holding a majority of the stock of this corporation, at any special meeting called for
that purpose.

(g) One or more of the principal officers of the corporation, and all personnel of the corporation
who act in its behalf as land surveyors or engineers in this state, must be registered as provided
by applicable statutes of the State of Florida relating to the registration of land surveyors and
engineers.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have made and subscribed these Articles of Incorporation at
Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida, for the uses and purposes aforesaid.

/s/ Betty Driver

/s/ E. C. Driverexv4w58

 

EXHIBIT 4.58

E. C. DRIVER & ASSOCIATES, INC.

AMENDED & RESTATED BY-LAWS

* * * * *

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

     Section 1. The registered office shall be located in Plantation, Florida or at such place as
may be designated from time to time.

     Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places both within and without
the State of Florida as the board of directors may from time to time determine or the business of
the corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

     Section 1. All meetings of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held in San
Francisco, State of California, or at such place as may be fixed from time to time by the board of
directors.

     Section 2. Annual meetings of shareholders shall be held on the 2nd day of January if not a
legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following, at 10:00 a.m., at
which they shall elect by a plurality vote a board of directors, and transact such other business
as may properly be brought before the meeting.

     Section 3. Written or printed notice of the annual meeting stating the place, date and hour
of the meeting shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the
meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president, secretary, or the
officer or person calling the meeting, to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at such
meeting.

ARTICLE III

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS

     Section 1. Special meetings of shareholders for any purpose other than the election of
directors may be held at such time and place within or without the State of Florida as shall be
stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof.

     Section 2. Special meetings of shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise
prescribed by statute or by the articles of incorporation, may be called by the president, the
board of directors, or the holders of not less than one-tenth of all the shares entitled to vote at
the meeting.

 

 

     Section 3. Written or printed notice of a special meeting stating the place, day, and hour of
the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not
less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by
mail, by or at the direction of the board, president, or the holders of not less than one-tenth of
all the shares entitled to vote at the meeting to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at
such meeting.

     Section 4. The business transacted at any special meeting of shareholders shall be limited to
the purposes stated in the notice.

ARTICLE IV

QUORUM AND VOTING OF STOCK

     Section 1. The holders of a majority of the shares of stock issued and outstanding and
entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at all meetings of
the shareholders for the transaction of business except as otherwise provided by the articles of
incorporation. If, however, such quorum shall not be present or represented at any meeting of the
shareholders, the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy shall have power to
adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until
a quorum shall be present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be
present or represented any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the
meeting as originally notified.

     Section 2. If a quorum is present, the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares of stock
represented at the meeting shall be the act of the shareholders unless the vote of a greater number
or voting by classes is required by law or the articles of incorporation.

     Section 3. Each outstanding share of stock, having voting power, shall be entitled to one
vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of shareholders. A shareholder may vote either
in person or by proxy executed in writing by the shareholder or by the shareholder’s duly
authorized attorney-in-fact.

     In all elections for directors every shareholder, entitled to vote, shall have the right to
vote, in person or by proxy, the number of shares of stock owned by such shareholder, for as many
persons as there are directors to be elected, or if the articles of incorporation so provide, to
cumulate the vote of said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors
multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute the votes on the same
principle among as many candidates as the shareholder may see fit.

     Section 4. Any action required to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders may be taken
without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by
all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof.

ARTICLE V

DIRECTORS

     Section 1. The number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the
Board of Directors, provided that the Board of Directors shall consist of at least one

 

 

member. Directors need not be residents of the State of Florida nor shareholders of the
corporation. The directors, other than the first board of directors, shall be elected at the annual
meeting of the shareholders, and each director elected shall serve until the next succeeding annual
meeting and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. The first board of directors
shall hold office until the first annual meeting of shareholders.

     The number of directors may be increased or decreased by amendment to the articles of
incorporation or to these bylaws.

     Section 2. Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors may be filled by the affirmative
vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum of the board of directors,
or by the shareholders, unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise. A director elected
to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired portion of the term of his predecessor in
office. A director elected to fill a newly created directorship shall serve until the next
succeeding annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor shall have been elected and
qualified.

     Section 3. The business affairs of the corporation shall be managed by its board of directors
which may exercise all such powers of the corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are
not by statute or by the articles of incorporation or by these bylaws directed or required to be
exercised or done by the shareholders.

     Section 4. The directors may keep the books of the corporation outside of the State of
Florida, except such as are required by law to be kept within the state, at such place or places as
they may from time to time determine.

     Section 5. The board of directors, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors
then in office, and irrespective of any personal interest of any of its members, shall have
authority to establish reasonable compensation of all directors for services to the corporation as
directors, officers or otherwise.

ARTICLE VI

MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

     Section 1. Meetings of the board of directors, regular or special, may be held either within
or without the State of Florida.

     Section 2. The first meeting of each newly elected board of directors shall be held at such
time and place as shall be fixed by the vote of the shareholders at the annual meeting and no
notice of such meeting shall be necessary to the newly elected directors in order legally to
constitute the meeting, provided a quorum shall be present, or it may convene at such place and
time as shall be fixed by the consent in writing of all the directors.

     Section 3. Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held upon such notice, or
without notice, and at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the
board.

     Section 4. Meetings of the board of directors may be called by the chairman of the board

 

 

or by the president. Special meetings of the board of directors shall be preceded by no fewer than
ten days’ notice sent to directors of the date, time, and place of the meeting. Notice may be sent
in writing or orally, and communicated in person, by telephone, telegraph, teletype, electronic
communication, or by mail. The notice shall include the purpose of the meeting.

     Section 5. Attendance of a director at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting, except where a director, at the beginning of the meeting or promptly upon arrival,
objects to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

     Section 6. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business unless a different number is required by law or by the articles of incorporation. The act
of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act
of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by statute or by the
articles of incorporation. Whether or not a quorum shall be present at any meeting of directors,
the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

ARTICLE VII

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES

     Section 1. The board of directors, by resolution adopted by a majority of the full board of
directors, may designate two or more directors to constitute an executive committee, to the extent
provided in such resolution, which shall have and exercise all of the authority of the board of
directors in the management of the corporation, except as otherwise required by law. Vacancies in
the membership of the committee shall be filled by the board of directors at a regular or special
meeting of the board of directors. The executive committee shall keep regular minutes of its
proceedings and report the same to the board when required.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

NOTICES

     Section 1. Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given under the provisions of the
statutes or under the provisions of the articles of incorporation or these by-laws, a waiver
thereof in writing signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after
the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice.

ARTICLE IX

OFFICERS

     Section 1. The officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the board of directors and
shall be a president, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of directors may also choose
additional vice-presidents, and one or more assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers.

     Section 2. The board of directors at its first meeting after each annual meeting of
shareholders shall choose a president, a secretary and a treasurer, none of whom need be a member
of the board.

     Section 3. The board of directors may appoint such other officers and agents as it shall deem
necessary who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform
such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the board of directors.

     Section 4. The salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the
board of directors.

     Section 5. The officers of the corporation shall hold office until their successors are
chosen and qualify. Any officer elected or appointed by the board of directors may be removed at
any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors. Any vacancy occurring in
any office of the corporation shall be filled by the board of directors.

 

 

THE PRESIDENT

     Section 6. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, shall
preside at all meetings of the shareholders and the board of directors, shall have general and
active management of the business of the corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the board of directors are carried into effect.

     Section 7. The president shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal,
under the seal of the corporation, except where required or permitted by law to be otherwise signed
and executed and except where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the
board of directors to some other officer or agent of the corporation.

THE VICE-PRESIDENTS

     Section 8. The vice-president, or if there shall be more than one, the vice-presidents in the
order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the president,
perform the duties and exercise the powers of the president and shall perform such other duties and
have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

THE SECRETARY AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES

     Section 9. The secretary shall attend all meetings of the board of directors and all meetings
of the shareholders and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the corporation and of the
board of directors in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the
standing committees when required. The secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all
meetings of the shareholders and special meetings of the board of directors, and shall perform such
other duties as may be prescribed by the board of directors or president, under whose supervision
the secretary shall be. The secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the corporation
and he, or an assistant secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument
requiring it and when so affixed, it may be attested by the secretary’s signature or by the
signature of such assistant secretary. The board of directors may give general authority to any
other officer to affix the seal of the corporation and to attest the affixing by such officer’s
signature.

     Section 10. The assistant secretary, or if there be more than one, the assistant secretaries
in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability of the
secretary, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the secretary and shall perform such other
duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time prescribe.

 

 

THE TREASURER AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS

     Section 11. The treasurer shall have the custody of the corporate funds and securities and
shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the
corporation and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit
of the corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the board of directors.

     Section 12. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by
the board of directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the
president and the board of directors, at its regular meetings, or when the board of directors so
requires, an account of all the treasurer’s transactions as treasurer and of the financial
condition of the corporation.

     Section 13. If required by the board of directors, the treasurer shall give the corporation a
bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as shall be satisfactory to the board of
directors for the faithful performance of the duties of the treasurer’s office and for the
restoration to the corporation, in case of the treasurer’s death, resignation, retirement or
removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in
the treasurer’s possession or under the treasurer’s control belonging to the corporation.

     Section 14. The assistant treasurer, or, if there shall be more than one, the assistant
treasurers in the order determined by the board of directors, shall, in the absence or disability
of the treasurer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the treasurer and shall perform
such other duties and have such other powers as the board of directors may from time to time
prescribe.

ARTICLE X

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

     Section 1. The shares of the corporation shall be represented by a certificate or shall be
uncertificated. Certificates shall be signed by the president of the corporation, and may be sealed
with the seal of the corporation or a facsimile thereof. When the corporation is authorized to
issue shares of more than one class there shall be set forth upon the face or back of the
certificate, or the certificate shall have a statement that the corporation will furnish to any
shareholder upon request and without charge, a full or summary statement of the designations,
preferences, limitations, and relative rights of the shares of each class authorized to be issued
and, if the corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, the
variations in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each such series so far as
the same have been fixed and determined and the authority of the board of directors to fix and
determine the relative rights and preferences of subsequent series.

     Section 2. The signature of the officer of the corporation upon a certificate may be a
facsimile. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon
such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such certificate is issued, it may be
issued by the corporation with the same effect as if he were such officer at the date of its issue.

 

 

UNCERTIFICATED SHARES

     Section 3. The board of directors of the corporation may authorize the issuance of some or
all of the shares of any or all of its classes or series without certificates. Shares already
represented by certificates shall not be affected until they are surrendered to the corporation.

     Section 4. Within a reasonable amount of time after the issuance or transfer of shares
without certificates, the corporation shall send shareholders a written statement of the
information required on the certificates by F.S. section 607.0625 (2) and (3), and, if applicable,
F.S. section 607.0627.

LOST CERTIFICATES

     Section 5. The board of directors may direct a new certificate or an equivalent new
uncertificated security in place of any certificate therefore issued by the corporation alleged to
have been lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken. When authorizing such issuance of a new certificate
or an equivalent new uncertificated security, the board of directors, in its discretion and as a
condition precedent to the issuance thereof, may prescribe such terms and conditions as it deems
expedient, and may require such indemnities as it deems adequate, to protect the corporation from
any claim that may be made against it with respect to any such certificate alleged to have been
lost, destroyed, or wrongfully taken.

TRANSFERS OF SHARES

     Section 6. Upon surrender to the corporation or the transfer agent of the corporation of a
certificate representing shares duly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession,
assignment or authority to transfer, a new certificate or an equivalent new uncertificated security
shall be issued to the person entitled thereto, and the old certificate canceled and the
transaction recorded upon the books of the corporation.

LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS

     Section 8. After fixing a record date for a meeting, the officer or agent in charge of the
records for shares shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all shareholders who are
entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting, arranged by voting group, with the address of, and
the number and class and series, if any, of shares held by each. The shareholders’ list shall be
available for inspection by any shareholder for a period of 10 days prior to the meeting and shall
be kept on file at the corporation’s principal office. A shareholder or the shareholder’s agent or
attorney shall be entitled on written demand to inspect the list, subject to the requirements of
F.S. section 607.1602(3) during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the
period it shall be available for inspection. The shareholders’ list shall be made available at the
meeting, and any shareholder or the shareholder’s agent or attorney shall be entitled to inspect
the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment. The shareholders’ list shall be prima
facie evidence of the identity of shareholders entitled to examine the shareholders’ list or to
vote at a meeting of shareholders.

ARTICLE XI

 

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

DISTRIBUTIONS

     Section 1. Subject to the restrictions of the articles of incorporation relating thereto, if
any, and to limitation by statute, distributions may be declared by the board of directors at any
regular or special meeting, pursuant to law. Distributions may be made in cash, in property, or as
a dividend. Share dividends may be issued pro rata and without consideration to the corporation’s
shareholders or to the shareholders of one or more classes or series, subject to the provisions of
the articles of incorporation.

     Section 2. Before any distribution may be made, there may be set aside out of any funds of
the corporation available for distributions such sum or sums as the directors from time to time, in
their absolute discretion, think proper to meet debts of the corporation as they become due in the
usual course of business, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the
interest of the corporation.

CHECKS

     Section 3. All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by
such officer or officers or such other person or persons as the board of directors may from time to
time designate.

FISCAL YEAR

     Section 4. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be December 31.

 

 

SEAL

     Section 5. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the
year of its organization and the words “Corporate Seal, Florida”. The seal may be used by causing
it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any manner reproduced.

ARTICLE XII

AMENDMENTS

     Section 1. These bylaws may be altered, amended, or repealed or new bylaws may be adopted by
the affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors at any regular or special meeting of
the board.

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