David E. Harvey Builders hammers out commercial construction services. The company provides, design/build, general contracting and construction management services for mid- and high-rise commercial buildings; it also works on some light industrial facilities and provides interior remodeling services. Projects include office buildings, condos, hotels and convention centers, retail stores, parking garages, hospitals, and research facilities. Harvey's customers have included Exxon Mobil, Igloo, Hewlett Packard and Marriott. The company was founded by David Harvey Jr. and Joseph Cleary Jr. In addition to its Houston office, the company also does business as Harvey-Cleary Builders in Austin and Washington, DC.

Hickman Lumber Co. produces hardwood logs for domestic and foreign markets. Its main unit produces 10 million board feet of hardwood logs per year with an emphasis on black cherry, ash, and white hard maple. Through its Hickman Timber Management subsidiary, the company manages woodlands for private and corporate owners, trusts, and estates. Its Allegheny Mountain Hardwood Flooring company manufactures flooring, specializing in rift and quartered red and white oak. Founder Harry Hickman opened the family's first sawmill in 1938. The Hickman family continues to own and manage Hickman Lumber.

CSI provides general contracting, design, development, and construction management services; the company focuses on retail projects, but it also takes on other types of commercial and non-commercial jobs such as industrial facilities, office buildings, and multi-family residential projects. CSI's customers have included Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Trammell Crow Company. The company operates from offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Portland, Oregon; and Irvine, California. It primarily serves customers in the western half of the US. Founded in 1978, CSI is controlled by president Tim Phelan.

Costain constructs some of the UK's major infrastructure and environmental projects. But Costain's reach goes beyond its home country. Since its founding in 1865 by Richard Costain, the civil engineering and building group has worked on a number of significant projects at home and abroad, including the Channel Tunnel and Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Hong Kong's Tsing Ma Bridge. Costain focuses on building projects in the highway, water, waste, energy, health, and education markets. Its residential property operations are based in southern Spain. Malaysian construction company UEM Builders Berhad and Kuwaiti builder Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Karafi & Sons each own 22% of Costain.

Ivey Mechanical Company gets an "A" for its slate of mechanical services. The specialty contractor designs, fabricates, and manufactures sheet metal work, as well as air conditioning/heating, and medical gas and plumbing/piping systems. It also provides system repairs, maintenance, and emergency services. With projects covering 30 states, Ivey Mechanical drives preconstruction and construction, and prefabrication work for commercial and industrial facilities, correctional, health care, and government contracts. The company operates through service offices dotting the Southeast US. It is owned by CEO Larry Terrell along with members of Ivey Mechanical's management team.

WK Dickson knows infrastructure inside and out. The firm offers consulting services in disciplines such as transportation planning and design, water resources engineering, urban development, and geomatics (which offers data that can help municipal and government agencies manage their land and environmental resources). Specific services include community master-planning, land surveying, parks and recreation design, traffic studies, and water system evaluation. Founded in 1929, WK Dickson has nine regional offices through the southeastern US, with locations in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

P.J. Dick is the contracting arm in a family of companies that also includes Trumbull Corporation and Lindy Paving. P.J. Dick builds mostly commercial, industrial, and federal projects such as labs, parking structures, military buildings, and sports facilities. Trumbull Corporation specializes in heavy and highway construction, building roads, dams, bridges, tunnels, and transportation infrastructure. Lindy Paving offers asphalt paving contracting and manufactures asphalt mix at plants in Pennsylvania. Tracing its roots to 1955, P.J. Dick is owned by the families of CEO Clifford Rowe and the late Robert Hecht.

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.

Energy Maintenance Services Group I (EMS) is a one-stop shop for pipeline services in North America. The company's service offerings include compressor and meter station construction, corrosion surveying, environmental analysis, pipeline laying, and repair to major oil and gas producers, pipeline operators, local distribution companies, and independent power and utility operators in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It also operates and maintains about 25 pipelines and facilities throughout the US. Additionally, it supplies products such as valves and fittings and high-performance materials that help strengthen or protect pipes. Founded in 2003, EMS is one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in Houston.

WSP Group is no wisp of a company. The management and consultancy firm is #2 in the UK (behind WS Atkins) and has projects in more than 60 countries worldwide. WSP Group works on a variety of projects through three divisions: property (management consultancy); transport and infrastructure (bridges, roads, rail, runnel, and utility); and environmental. Current projects include structural engineering work at Dubai's Nakheel Tower (the world's tallest tower), building and managing a new rapid transit system in Trinidad, and managing the core road network in northwest and northeast London.

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