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&lt;div&gt;&lt;!--StartFragment--&gt; &lt;p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;NOTE 6 -COSTS IN EXCESS OF BILLINGS/ BILLINGS IN EXCESS OF COSTS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px"&gt; Information with respect to uncompleted contracts at June 30, 2013 and September 30, 2012 are as follows:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom"&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Costs in excess of billings:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;June 30, 2013&lt;br /&gt; (Unaudited)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;September 30, 2012&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(204,255,204)"&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 74%"&gt;Earnings on billings to date&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; WIDTH: 10%"&gt;-&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; WIDTH: 10%"&gt;2,059,919&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Less: Billings&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt; -&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt; (1,584,265&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(204,255,204)"&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Total costs in excess of billings&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2.5pt double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; $&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2.5pt double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt; -&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.5pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2.5pt double; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; $&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2.5pt double; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt; 475,654&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 2.5pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/table&gt; &lt;p style="FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; MARGIN: 0pt 0px"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;table style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; WIDTH: 100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom"&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Billings in excess of costs:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;June 30, 2013&lt;br /&gt; (Unaudited)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: top; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;September 30, 2012&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(204,255,204)"&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 74%"&gt;Earnings on billings to date&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; WIDTH: 10%"&gt;269,058&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;$&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; WIDTH: 10%"&gt;1,190,853&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 1%"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt; &lt;tr style="VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white"&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;Less: Billings&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right"&gt; (277,301&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt;)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left"&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; 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