Hensel Phelps Construction builds it all, from the courthouse to the big house. The employee-owned general contractor provides a full range of development, preconstruction, and construction services for commercial, institutional, and government projects throughout the US and abroad. Its project portfolio includes prisons, airports, arenas, laboratories, government complexes, offices, and more. Major public and private clients have included the US Army Corps of Engineers, IBM, United Airlines, The University of Texas, NASA, and Whole Foods. Hensel Phelps founded the eponymous company as a homebuilder in 1937.

The company provides metrology, milling, and finishing services for a variety of industrial parts in need of precision work. The company also offers programming services for computer assisted design/computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and milling software systems. Customers have included Agilent Technologies and Teledyne Electronic Technologies. Master Precision Machining was founded in 1969 by president Richard Rossi, who is the majority shareholder.

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.

STV Group helps create the systems through which SUVs, LRVs, and 747s can travel. Its subsidiaries provide architectural, engineering, environmental, construction management, interior design, and planning services for infrastructure projects include airports, light-rail systems, ports, and railroads. Its security division, established in 2008, conducts threat assessments and mitigates safety strategies for facilities. The group serves public and private clients around the world, but primarily in the US. The employee-owned STV Group was founded in 1912 and taken private in 2001.

Cole Hardwood processes and distributes a variety of hardwood lumber products from species that include ash, basswood, cherry, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, walnut, hickory, and poplar. Cole Hardwood operates a 32-acre facility, where it receives rough lumber at its on-premise rail spur. The company also has its own fleet of trucks for delivering hardwood orders to its Indiana customers.

North American Technologies Group (NATK) made ties that bind. Its TieTek Technologies subsidiary produced composite railroad crossties made from 75% recycled materials such as plastics and rubber from old tires. It has sold its products to various transportation agencies and railway companies in the US, Australia, Asia, South America, and India. However, due to the recession, the company closed its plants and ceased production of its ties in 2009. TieTek is the worldwide leader in developing and manufacturing composite ties, an innovative product for railroad track construction, maintenance and operation. There management consists of experienced business people, railroad executives, and materials scientists who are committed to bringing the highest quality, most reliable, and cost effective product to there customers.

Renew Holdings has a fresh take on engineering and construction. The company -- through such subsidiaries as Allenbuild, Britannia Construction, VHE, Walter Lilly, Seymour, and YJL London -- offers a variety of specialized engineering and building services throughout the UK (and in the US through Lovell America). Services include land remediation and reclamation, water and rail infrastructure, and nuclear engineering. Renew's construction division builds social housing, retail, science, and education projects, as well as restorations and refurbishments. Renew is focusing growth in its specialty engineering segment and is buying engineering company Amco for nearly £20 million ($32 million).

J.F. White Contracting has been at the bedrock of heavy civil construction in New England for more than 85 years. The group has civil, design/build, mechanical, electrical, and deep foundation divisions to provide a large range of engineering, construction, infrastructure, and equipment and wiring installation services. J.F. White also has a diving division that specializes in marine construction and underwater engineering. The company has worked on projects for Harvard University and was involved in building Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project. J.F. also was tapped to rebuild the Chelsea Street Bridge -- a $125 million project funded by stimulus money. It was founded in 1924 by Joseph F. White, Sr.

United Electric Company makes air conditioning and heating components bearing the Magic Aire brand. A subsidiary of Carrier Corporation (itself a division of United Technologies), its product list includes chilled water and direct expansion blower coil units, modular blower coil units, roof top air handlers, floor and ceiling fan coil units, direct drive chilled water air units, direct drive direct expansion units, water coils and direct expansion coils, and ventilators. Magic Aire has product lines designed for commercial buildings, apartments, and residential usage; unit capacities range from 1 to 20 tons.

Evapco keeps its cool especially under pressure. The company is a manufacturer of evaporative cooling and heat transfer equipment for both the commercial and industrial refrigeration markets. Its products include condensers, coolers, cooling towers, pressure vessels, recirculator packages, thermal ice coils, and water treatment systems. Evapco's products are used by customers engaged in food and beverage and industrial processing. It has sales offices, research and development centers, and manufacturing facilities in the US, Africa, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. Evapco is an employee-owned firm founded in 1976 by William Kahlert, Wilson Bradley, and John Luetkemeyer.

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