Kroll Awarded Substance Abuse Testing Contract by Building and Construction Trades Department.

NEW YORK -- The Substance Abuse Testing division of Kroll, the global risk consulting company, announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), AFL-CIO. As part of a newly-implemented National Drug and Alcohol Program under the BCTD, Kroll will provide drug and alcohol testing services to affiliate trade unions within Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) member facilities.

Under the terms of the three-year contract, Kroll will perform all specimen analysis and provide support services such as collection site management. Kroll could conduct a minimum of 250,000 tests annually through the program, which reaches a growing population of over three million construction union members. Midwest Toxicology Services, Inc. will provide administrative and Medical Review Officer (MRO) services.

The program will create a nationwide centralized database of workers, who are pre-qualified to work on participating CURT member job sites. The program is designed to ensure a drug-free workforce in the construction industry, while eliminating duplicate testing and thereby saving time and reducing costs for the benefit of contractors, unions and CURT members.

"We are pleased to be selected by the Building and Construction Trades Department to perform substance abuse testing for its program," said John Peterson, president of Kroll's Substance Abuse Testing division. "We will leverage our expertise in developing comprehensive drug-free workplace programs and our years of experience working with the construction industry to assist BCTD in this important initiative. We look forward to working with all the contractors participating in the program."

For more information on the Building Trades National Drug & Alcohol Program, visit: http://www.safesitesforhardhats.com. To contact Kroll directly about the program, call 1-800-433-3823 ext. 415 or e-mail [e-mail].

About Kroll:

Kroll, the world's leading risk consulting company, provides a broad range of investigative, intelligence, financial, security and technology services to help clients reduce risks, solve problems and capitalize on opportunities. Headquartered in New York with offices in more than 65 cities in over 25 countries, Kroll has a multidisciplinary corps of approximately 3,900 employees and serves a global clientele of law firms, financial institutions, corporations, non-profit institutions, government agencies, and individuals. It is a subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (NYSE: MMC), the global professional services firm.

Kroll's Substance Abuse Testing division was founded in New Orleans in 1978 as Laboratory Specialists of America, Inc. In 1989, it was among the first labs in the country to be certified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institute on Drug Abuse (now known as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA). Today, it is one of the premier substance abuse testing companies in the United States, employing a combined staff of 200 from its two SAMHSA-certified laboratories located in Gretna, Louisiana, and Richmond, Virginia. Kroll's Substance Abuse Testing division provides traditional laboratory and point of collection testing (POCT). It has been an operating unit of Kroll since 1998. For more information, visit www.kroll.com.