Registration:   Registered Professional Engineer in Tennessee, Arkansas,
                            and Mississippi.

1949 to 1951 - Russell & Axon, Consulting Engineers
                         St. Louis, Missouri

                          Junior Engineer designing highways, water and sewer facilities
                            and construction supervision.

1951 to 1954 - Bransford & Nichols, Consulting Engineers
                         Union City, Tennessee

                         Founding partner, project manager and field coordinator of
                            various engineering projects.

1954 to 1956 - McFarland & Nichols, Engineers
                         Union City, Tennessee

                         Partner and project engineer for engineering projects.

1956 to 1967 - Nichols Engineering Company, Consulting Engineers
                         Union City, Tennessee

                         Owner and chief engineer. Designed and supervised design of
                            drainage projects, sub-divisions, water and wastewater facilities,
                            bridges, roads and streets, airports, buildings, land surveying
                            and mapping.

1967 to 1973 - Nichols Engineering Service, Inc.
                         Consulting Engineers
                         Union City, Tennessee

                         President and Chief Engineer in charge of all company
                         operations and design of engineering projects.

1973 to 1977 - Nichols Engineering Service, Inc.
                         Consulting Engineers
                         Union City, Tennessee

                         Chairman of the Board and Secretary-Treasurer, in charge
                         of marketing and technical advisor.

1977 to 1982 - Russell & Axon, Engineers-Planners-Architects,
                         Daytona Beach, Florida

                        Vice President in charge of marketing for Nichols Engineering
                            Service, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Russell & Axon.
                            Also, technical advisor on various engineering projects.

1982 to present - Robert L. Nichols & Associates
                              Consulting Engineers
                              Union City, Tennessee

                              Part-time marketing and technical advisor.

                                Also provided construction inspection on the new runway
                                at Everett Stewart Airport in 1999.