CalPortland Company is a major diversified building materials and construction solutions provider to the Western United States and Canada. Since 1891, we have reliably provided quality innovative and efficient solutions to your greatest construction challenges with our expertise in cement production and distribution, ready mixed concrete, construction aggregates, asphalt, construction services and other building materials. Our products provide solutions everywhere; in buildings for shelter; roads and bridges that transport and link us; systems that provide electricity, water, gas and waste treatment; and other necessary infrastructure like hospitals, schools, railways and airports. We are creating solid foundations through the use of sustainable materials and renewable technologies.

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) puts its stamp on buildings around the world. One of the top 10 architectural and planning firms in the US, the company offers services such as master planning, urban design, space planning, programming, building analysis, graphic and product, and interior design. It specializes in such projects as corporate headquarters, government offices, health care facilities, hotels, and educational facilities. KPF's structures range from small pavilions to entire cities. The firm operates from offices in New York, London, and Shanghai. Architects A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, and Sheldon Fox founded the firm in 1976.

Cape Environmental Management offers a number of engineering and environmental services, including facility construction and demolition, remediation, and water and wastewater utility-related services. Clients include government agencies such as the US Air Force, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, and industrial clients in the petroleum, chemical, telecommunications, and transportation sectors. Specialty areas include engineering, scientific, construction, and industrial hygiene/safety. The company operates from more than a dozen offices, located across the US. It also has two offices in Iraq. Cape Environmental Management was founded in 1965 and acquired by its executive team in 1991.

EMCOR Group is electrical and mechanical construction. One of the world's largest specialty construction firms, EMCOR designs, installs, operates, and maintains complex mechanical and electrical systems. These include systems for power generation and distribution, lighting, voice and data communications, fire protection, plumbing, and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC). It also provides facilities services, including management and maintenance support. Through about 75 subsidiaries and joint ventures, the company serves a range of commercial, industrial, institutional, and utility customers. EMCOR operates primarily in the US (some 85% of sales), Canada, and the UK.

Ground Construction Ltd. (GCL) isn't afraid to get a little dirty on the job. GCL subcontracts with UK property developers to ready land sites and construct building foundations. The firm handles site preparation from demolition, excavation, and groundworks to drainage and concrete frames, primarily in London and the home counties. It has completed more than 200 industrial, office, academic, and residential projects. Founded in 1997, the company has been in on the ground floor (so to speak) of such projects as Gainsborough Studios, London; Lambeth College, London; and Broadway House, Wimbledon.

Imperial Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials to dealers and others located primarily in Florida, as well as other states in the southeastern United States. It offers exterior and interior finishing wall coatings and mortar products for the construction industry, as well as purchases and resells building materials from other manufacturers. The company produces and distributes pool finish coatings for in-ground swimming pools; roof tile mortar to adhere cement roof tiles to the roof; stucco products that are applied as a finishing coat to exterior surfaces; and plaster products to finish interiors of structures.

Susman Tisdale Gayle Architects (STG) provides more services than it has names. The architecture, planning, and design firm offers services ranging from surveying, site analysis, and project management to ordinance evaluation, space planning, and signage. It has expertise in a variety of project types including commercial, public, educational, recreational, and health care facilities. Apple, Luminex, IBM, and Motorola are among the customers STG has worked for. The firm operates from offices in Austin, Texas; Houston; Tucson, Arizona; and Nashville, Tennessee. STG was founded in 1976.

FAFCO runs hot and cold. The company makes solar swimming pool-heating systems, solar hot water heaters, and thermal energy storage systems. FAFCO's heating systems utilize solar panels to control the temperature of water. Its solar domestic hot water system, Hot2o, was developed as a result of a 10-year partnership with the Department of Energy. The company also manufactures IceStor -- a product that controls commercial cooling costs by storing energy at night during off-peak times, and then releasing it to cool buildings during the day. Customers include schools, hotels, and offices. Its solar water heaters are marketed to homeowners. FAFCO was founded in 1969 by chairman Freeman Ford and Richard Rhodes.

R.G. Vanderweil Engineers is a consulting firm specializing in mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems for buildings and power, water, and electrical plants. Its building services include commissioning, environmental LEED consulting, and design of such systems as fire protection, HVAC, process piping, security, and telecommunications. Vanderweil's Power Group unit focuses on engineering design for utility plants, thermal distribution facilities, substations, and power transmission lines. The company targets commercial, industrial, institutional, and government clients. It was founded in 1950 by Austrian emigrant Raimund G. Vanderweil and continues to be led by his family.

I.E.-Pacific provides general construction, engineering, and landscaping services to federal, state, and local agencies in the Southwest, primarily in California. The company performs new construction, renovations, alterations, revitalization, and repairs on projects that include industrial buildings, firing ranges, wastewater pre-treatment facilities, and housing. Many of its projects are military contracts. Clients have included the Navy, the Department of Labor, and Southern California Edison. President and owner Dianne Koester- Dion founded I.E.-Pacific in 1993.

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