Thank you for the performance of your associate Aaron Devlon and his management of the work/renovations being done at St. Malachy Catholic Church. He is always prompt, courteous and very concerned as to meeting our needs. Please thank him for being a fine representation of your company.

I'm so grateful for the beautiful new custom handicap accessible kitchen! Thank you for making a difference in my life and helping me. You have a big heart and I really appreciate your kindness and generosity.

The house looks great! I'm very impressed with your work, having your company handle the work on this structural damage has been the only good thing to come out of this mess. I was particularly impressed with the floors. I was so worried that the new hardwood floors would never match up properly with the old hardwood floors that have been in place since 1926. The match is stunning! In addition, your professionalism and that of your crew, especially Jesse, was an absolute pleasure and refreshing change. Your staff at the office, although I never met them in person, always knew who I was when I called and they were prompt and polite in dealing with my questions. I appreciated their sense of humor through this experience. Thank you so much for alerting me to problems, explaining the procedure in rebuilding, running around to help me select tile for a house that I lost patience with and simply being an exceptionally helpful and supportive person in this process. Your kindness, patience and concern for my well-being really meant a lot to me.

Recently, your company completed work for my mother, Sara Musiker, in her condo in Deerfield Beach. This was, in fact, the second "restoration" project your company completed in the past two years. Both of these projects were results of water damage caused by broken water heaters in my mother's building. The first time, Hammer Construction was recommended to be the contractor by my mother's insurance company. The second time, I was 100% sure that your company was the only I would call to make necessary repairs. This is all because of the positive experience both my mother and I had with Ray Vandenburg as well as Amanda and your capable crews who completed the work. Please let me back up a bit. My mother is 94 and, by choice, lives by herself in Deerfield Beach, I live in Los Angeles. She has a vision and mobility issues. So most of the decisions to be made fell on me. Ray was constantly in contact with me throughout the entire process both times. When he promised something was going to happen -- whether it was your crew showing up, emailing me photos of samples, checking in with my mother, or Amanda emailing copies of permits and plans -- it happened. Additionally, in daily conversations with my mother, she was always complimentary of everyone from Hammer who worked on her condo. I would like you to know how thankful both my mother and I are for all Ray has done helping my mother over the past two years. I am sure you know how valuable Ray is to your company and just want to acknowledge all he has done. You are lucky to have Ray as an employee and we are even luckier to have worked with him both times.

Please accept this letter as my enthusiastic of Norman Newell, president of Hammer Construction Corp. I first became associated with Mr. Newell and his company following the devastating landfalls of hurricanes Jeanne and Frances. Upon being introduced and recommended to me by Ross Fury of Public Risk Management, the insurance provider for Okeechobee County, I was impressed with his professionalism and apparent competence with disaster restoration. Shortly thereafter, Hammer Construction was authorized to commence repair and restoration of most of the county's damaged facilities covered by PRM. Being a fiscally constrained rural county, the willingness of Hammer Construction to interface with our insurance provider as well as adjusters and underwriters to immediately commence critical repairs while at the same time ensuring the county's financial participation was limited to contractual deductibles, was a significant factor in the county's selection of this company. Throughout the entire restoration process, I, along with other county officials, observed Mr. Newell's company competently implement and successfully complete a logistically complex large-scale insurance claim. Further, Hammer Construction was both willing and capable of financing this extensive work pending receipt of insurance reimbursement - which we all know is an increasingly time consuming and burdensome process. Mr. Newell and his entire staff continuously worked closely with representatives from all parties involved in the recovery. Whether it was our county's officials, insurance adjusters or tenants of our properties, Hammer always maintained direct lines of communication that allowed for efficient and satisfactory issue resolution. Naturally, the most valuable advantage to our county's relationship with Mr. Newell was his understanding of the insurance-restoration practice. Mr. Newell was adept at obtaining PRM's approval for coverage issues and proper upgrades on behalf of Okeechobee County. In summary, Mr. Newell and Hammer Construction Corp. competently undertook and completed a significant disaster restoration for Okeechobee County and would certainly be considered should services of this nature again be required. As such, without hesitation, I would recommend this contractor to others requiring similar services.

Now that I have a moment in what is usually a whirlwind of teacher and student orientations, I wanted to briefly thank you for the employees and work of Hammer Construction. In the almost three weeks they have been diligently working on our buildings, they have kept their efforts running smoothly. This has been no easy task, since they are fixing past problems that were just covered up. At the moment I am glad to say the front part of the school looks freshm and I imagine our school will look even better when fully completed. Hammer construction has met all the demands of their task and my additional requests with the utmost sensitivity and professionalism.