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Area Construction-Related Businesses Tout Employment,

Environmental Benefits of Solar Project at GSA Building

PHILADELPHIA, PA (June 19, 2010)—Ray Angelini, President of Ray Angelini, Inc.,


addressed guests Thursday, June 17, 2010, on the roof of the General Services
Administration’s (GSA) Veterans Affairs (VA) Regional Office and Information
Center at 5000 Wissahickon Ave., Philadelphia, in an event held to commemorate
and view the new energy-efficient solar project atop the five story building, one of
218 active federal building construction projects across the nation funded under the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). 

Angelini joined General Services Administrator Martha Johnson, GSA and VA


employees, roofers, electricians and the media, adjacent to the 1,937-panel array
his firm recently designed, built, and installed on the 133,000 square foot roof, to
share the story of partnering with Sharp® solar panel manufacturer, three minority
subcontractors and a local roofing company to complete the project in just nine
months, through inclement winter weather conditions, and of the benefits it brought
to his company as well as to the local, regional and national economy.

“This project alone created 35 jobs,” said Angelini. “Plus, the amount of energy
generated from the solar system, which will offset the building’s electric bill,
equates to enough to power 55 houses.”

Other speakers included Takahiko Tanimoto, Senior Executive Vice President, Sharp
Electronics Corp; David Farragut, President, US Roofing, Norristown, PA; Elaine
Prince, Manna Supply, Tabernacle, NJ; and electrician Lane Lundberg of IBEW Local
98, age 40, from Medford, NJ, a father of three who was laid off in October 2009.

Lundberg said he was called back on the job by Ray Angelini, Inc. in February and
learned the new skills involved in installing solar panels. “It was a wonderful
situation for me and my family,” said Lundberg.

Founded in 1974 by Raymond J. Angelini of Woodbury, NJ, RAI was the primary
electrical contractor on the Cobbs Creek Market Street Elevated Reconstruction
Project recently named ‘Project of the Year’ at the March of Dimes 17 th Annual
Transportation, Building & Construction Awards Luncheon.

RAI serves commercial clients in NJ, PA, DE and MD. Originally established as an
electrical contracting company, RAI formed a solar division in 2004 and has since
completed solar projects throughout NJ, PA, DE and MD.

“RAI has installed more solar capacity than any other firm in the State of NJ,” said
Sean Angelini, RAI Solar Division Manager. “Most notable being the Atlantic City
Convention Center—the largest single-roof power array installation in the country at
the time of completion in December 2008.”

Other solar projects where RAI is on site include a 1,351,000 square foot solar
rooftop array on a South Brunswick, NJ, facility owned by Williams Sonoma and the
largest privately installed solar array in Gloucester County, NJ at the headquarters
of glass manufacturer J.E. Berkowitz LP, Pedricktown, NJ.

RAI was recognized as one of the region’s 2009 Best Places to Work sponsored by
Philadelphia Business Journal. To learn more about Ray Angelini, Inc., visit
www.raiservices.com or call the Sewell, NJ-based headquarters at 856-228-5566.

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PHOTO CAPTION:  Ray Angelini, President, Ray Angelini,


Inc., addresses General Services Administrator Martha Johnson (seated,
second from right), GSA and VA employees, roofers, electricians and the
media at a gathering to commemorate the completion of the new solar
system that will generate enough energy to power 55 houses.

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