West Palm Beach, FL – January 17, 2020 – Universal Engineering Sciences, LLC (“Universal”) has received a growth equity investment from Palm Beach Capital and Gary Elzweig in order to facilitate its continued organic office expansions and acquisitions throughout the Southeastern United States. This is the second engineering investment made by Palm Beach Capital and Elzweig following their March of 2019 investment into GFA International based in Delray Florida. 56-year-old Universal was founded by Sy Israel in 1964, and under his and Mark Israel’s leadership has grown to be the largest and most recognized leader in Geotechnical & Environmental Engineering, Inspection Services, Construction Materials Testing, Environmental Engineering, Construction QA/QC and Building Code Compliance Services throughout the state of Florida and the Southeast, performing their service on high-quality residential, commercial, transportation and infrastructure construction projects. The firm will have 26 offices and in excess of 1,300 highly skilled professionals positioned throughout Florida, Georgia, and Washington DC with further expansion expected in the near term into markets such as North and South Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama.

Obsidian Group Holdings, through its ownership of several specialty brands in the field of construction services is one of the largest providers of Construction Materials Testing, Environmental Engineering, Construction QA/QC and Building Code Compliance Services in the Southeast United States. The firm currently has over 26 offices with over 1,200 highly skilled professionals positioned throughout Florida, Georgia, and Washington DC with further expansion expected in the very near term into markets such as Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Alabama.

About NOVA Geotechnical & Inspection Services - NOVA Geotech was established in 2001 in Las Vegas, NV to provide geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting, soils inspection and testing, construction materials testing and special inspections and has grown to be the preeminent firm of its type in the Las Vegas Valley, Northern Nevada, and Southern California.www.novageotech.com

Responsible for creating an implementing the growth strategy for the firm.

Elzweig Management and Engineering Consulting, LLC (dba: Emeco Consulting, LLC) is a unique Management Consulting firm that is headed up by an award-winning engineering entrepreneur, Gary H Elzweig, PE, SI, F.ASCE, who has built several hugely successful engineering, inspection and testing firms over the course of his forty-year plus professional career. Having achieved success, his mission now is to empower and mentor other professional service firms to unleash their company’s potential, growth and value. Gary and his team will help you assess, reconstruct and reposition your firm through the use of proven management protocols, as detailed under the “For Business Owners” tab, so as to maximize your company’s value, growth, proficiency and to make certain that your deliverables adhere to highest level of quality and the utmost standard of care.

Hob-Knob’s Smartphone application is the newest and most innovative platform for social networking and local social gaming to come along so far. It's our goal at Hob-Knob to bridge the virtual and physical worlds so people are no longer bound by the computers they sit behind, but rather unbound by the limitless interactions they may have while roaming freely on their Smartphones. What can Hob-Knobbers do that others can’t? Without having to sign or check-in, your Smartphone alerts you to the presence of other “Knobbers” (Definition: People who use, share, chat, interact, shop with and entertain themselves on Hob-Knob) located within the same Wi-Fi hotspot or deals from local retailers. You can direct text, play games, share photos, files and tunes even video chat with anyone or everyone on the list. Once entered, the Hob-Knob App turns an ordinary public Wi-Fi Hotspot into a super social Hob-Knob network. Hob-Knob finds old friends and introduces you to new ones within the same crowded hotspot. At the mall, a concert, on campus, sporting event, the airport or any other place where crowds gather Hob-Knob hooks you up instantly, without checking-in. Hob-Knob's application turns any public Wi-Fi into a Hob-Knob social and gaming network. Hob-Knob connects people instantaneously to others within the same hotspot to chat or game instantly. At malls, concerts, college campuses, sporting events, airports and all other places where crowds gather, Hob-Knob hooks you up without signing-in or checking-in. The Hob-Knob application is also a "wrapper" for social gaming companies looking for a location based twist. Gamers enjoy gaming conventions because the excitement of each of the individuals in the room is contagious. We want to provide that excitement for gamers at a moment's notice. Our users can not only play a game from their Smartphone over Wi-Fi, but they can quickly locate other available gamers and connect with them instantly.

On Temple's Executive Board of Directors, Co-Chair of its Marketing Committee and Chair of it's Fundraising Activities.

Quality Built® Two award winning engineering entrepreneurs, Gary H Elzweig and Brian C Kramer, team up to acquire substantially all of the assets of Quality Built®, pursuant to Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Quality Built®, is a 16 year old professional construction service leader and is best known for its work in Total Quality Management, servicing residential and commercial clients nationwide. The company provides third-party quality assurance services as well as a full spectrum of risk management solutions. Beth Michaelis and Stan Luhr the founders of Quality Built® will remain on with the newly restructured firm as President and Vice President, respectively. Elzweig will serve as the Chairman while Kramer will serve as its CEO", Michaelis says. Michaelis adds, “The acquisition is an extraordinary partnership and a unique opportunity to create more innovative risk management solutions for the construction industry. Mr. Elzweig’s experience and visionary leadership coupled with Mr. Kramer’s strategic plan for integrating resources for operational efficiency, positions Quality Built® to renew its place as the industry leader in third party quality assurance for the residential and commercial construction industry.” “Our goal is to create more cost effective risk management solutions for the construction industry utilizing Quality Built®'s comprehensive ISO 9001:2000 registered Quality Management Systems, as with our newest and most innovative product, QB Builder Link®. The QB Builder Link® is a powerful quality assurance data collection and reporting software solution via an interaction database system which allows builders to take control of their quality assurance efforts at a fraction of the cost while still having the benefit of independent third party oversight. As the industry makes a comeback, this type of product will make a lot of sense to builders, lenders, distressed debt turnaround specialists, and others", says Elzweig.