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NorthStar Ranked First in ENR Magazine

For Immediate Release.  August 5, 2002, Birmingham, Alabama:  NorthStar Communications Group (NorthStar) has been ranked as the No. 1 firm in the design of wireline telecommunications transmission lines and cables, and No. 3 in telecommunications engineering and design, according to Engineering News-Record magazine’s prestigious annual listing of the "Top 500 Design Firms."

"On behalf of our customers and our employees, we are particularly pleased to receive this recognition," commented Bill Johnson, president and CEO of NorthStar.  "It is especially gratifying to achieve this status given the current state of the industry."

"Our continued growth reflects a strategy of doing more things for a select group of clientele," stated Tom Anderson, senior vice president of sales, marketing and business development.  "By focusing on clients that share the same corporate culture and core values of NorthStar and our parent company BE&K Inc., we have developed a client base that will be the leaders of the telecommunications industry for a long time to come."

NorthStar is listed as BE&K, Inc. in the July 2002 edition of ENR’s magazine.

NorthStar Communications Group, Inc., with corporate headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, serves as the stand-alone telecommunications subsidiary of BE&K, Inc.  NorthStar offers a full suite of wireline and wireless infrastructure services as well as network maintenance and operations solutions.  For more information regarding NorthStar's service offerings, refer to our website at www.NorthStar.net.

Birmingham-based BE&K Inc., through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, power, and telecommunications industries.

For more information contact:

Emily Holcombe
NorthStar Communications Group, Inc.
E-mail: HolcombeE@NorthStar.net

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