Carlin Combustion Technology burns more than just the midnight oil. Carlin Combustion Technology, Inc. makes natural gas, propane, fuel oil, and furnace oil burners, as well as igniters, controls, and related components such as motors, oil valves, circuit interfaces, and burner cover kits, for both residential and commercial applications. It also offers one-day professional training sessions on the components, setup, and testing of its residential oil, residential gas, and commercial oil and gas burners. Carlin Combustion Technology distributes its products throughout the US, as well as in Puerto Rico and Canada.

International Computer Appliances Corporation (which does business as ICA Corporation) is a contract manufacturer that makes custom metal component parts for analytical instrumentation, aerospace, medical equipment, and other products. The company provides sheet metal fabrication and laser cutting, precision machining, custom enclosures, and chassis assemblies. ICA Corporation also offers value-added services, from assembling medical diagnostic devices with multi-language software to packaging custom kits and inventory management. Its manufacturing facility takes up 60,000 sq. ft. in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. ICA Corporation, which was founded in 1970, is employee-owned.

Anshen+Allen Architects is a plus for clients who require interior and exterior planning services for their school or hospital. The firm provides architectural and interior design services; it specializes in education, research, and health care facilities. Projects include the Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the UK, and a research center at Harvard University. The company's Medergy venture detoxifies hospital waste, creating synthetic hydrogen gas for powering fuel cells. Canada-based construction and design firm Stantec is buying Anshen+Allen.

Avatar aspires to be the embodiment of retirement living. The company develops residential communities and builds homes in the popular retirement destinations of Central Florida and Arizona. Its master-planned communities are often located in picturesque settings and offer amenities such as golf courses, restaurants, and fitness centers. The company owns some 16,000 acres of developed and developable land as well as wetlands and other open space. Avatar also operates a title insurance agency and manages the day-to-day operations of its communities' amenities. The company's development activities have been minimal as it weathers the economic downturn.

Brandl Anderson can handle building you a home in Minnesota or Wisconsin. The homebuilder's products range from two- and three-bedroom entry-level homes all the way to custom luxury homes; Brandl Anderson builds about 100 homes each year. Floor plans include two-story homes and townhomes, multi-level residences, and split-entry homes, as well as classic ranch-style homes. Home sizes range from about 1,000 sq. ft. to more than 3,300 sq. ft. Brandl Anderson Homes also buys land for development in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Heat Controller keeps things warm and cozy or cool and breezy -- whatever you're in the mood for. The company makes and distributes the Comfort-Aire and Century brands of HVAC equipment for residential and light commercial use. Its products include central air conditioning units, gas and oil furnaces, portable units, and dehumidifiers; the company also makes air coils, heat pumps, and other unit elements.

Joseph R. Loring & Associates provides mechanical and electrical engineering services. Its specialties also include heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, fire protection, and telecommunications installations for commercial and institutional building projects. The company has worked on office buildings, apartments, prisons, airports, schools, research facilities, and museums. Also doing business as Loring Engineers, it operates from offices in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC, but has worked on projects as far away as Australia and China. Joseph R. Loring & Associates was established in 1956.

NSL was founded in the early 1960s to support Singapore's nation-building efforts. Chemicals, engineering, and construction are at the heart of NSL. The company, which was formerly in the steel business, divides its operations into three units. The largest segment makes construction products including precast concrete and premix mortar. The chemicals division makes lime products and provides environmental services. NSL's engineering division is one of the largest manufacturers of container spreaders, which are used to position shipping containers. NSL is active in eight countries in Asia the Middle East and Europe. The company shifted focus after Tata Steel purchased its steel operations in 2005.

Tetra Tech NUS, Inc., provides environmental consulting, engineering, and remediation services. Its expertise extends to such areas as air quality management, compliance services, environmental analysis and planning, health sciences, homeland security, information technology, radioactive and hazardous waste investigation and protection, and water and wastewater treatment. Now part of engineering giant Tetra Tech, the company stemmed from nuclear utility consulting and engineering firm Nuclear Utility Services Corporation (NUS Corporation), which was founded in 1960. Clients, including government agencies and commercial industries, are served through 17 offices across the US.

Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd.,the contractor provides design, engineering, construction, and management services for infrastructure, commercial, residential, industrial, retail, health care, and public projects throughout the UK. Among its notable developments is the glass-roofed retail center Cabot Circus in Bristol, the renovation of HBOS' Edinburgh headquarters, and the widening of the M1 roadway from three lanes to four. Sir Robert McAlpine operates about a dozen branches in England and Scotland. The family-owned company was founded in 1869.

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