Founded in 1990 as DGH Systems, the company was bought by Italy-based Carel SpA in 2000 and adopted its current name. Carel USA doesn't want you to sweat the small stuff -- or the big stuff either, for that matter. The company manufactures and distributes industrial and commercial humidifiers; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) controls and sensors; and monitoring and remote management systems for industrial, commercial, and clean room applications. Carel USA markets its products to HVAC/R market manufacturers, installers, and designers.

Skanska USA Building Inc., one of four US-based units of the Swedish construction giant Skanska AB, the company is one of the nation's top general contractors and construction groups. Offerings include pre-construction consultation, design-build, and construction management. It serves sectors ranging from infrastructure, sports and entertainment, education, and health care. The company also provides specialist validation services for pharmaceutical and biotech customers. Skanska's other US companies are Skanska USA Civil, Skanska Infrastructure Development, and Skanska Commercial Development.

O'Brien & Gere provides a range of engineering consulting and project management services throughout the US, including wastewater management and water resources, environmental compliance and remediation, civil and facilities engineering, and utility services. It also provides contract operations and maintenance. The company, which employs hundreds of scientists, engineers, construction, and other personnel, operates some 30 offices located throughout the eastern half of the US. Employee-owned O'Brien & Gere was formed by Earl O'Brien, William Gere, and Glenn Holmes as a water and wastewater engineering partnership in 1945.

SGPA Planning and Architecture (SGPA) offers design, engineering, and planning services for retail shopping and mixed-use centers, senior housing facilities, municipal projects, and such specialty projects as laboratory improvements. The designing company serves clients throughout California through its offices in San Diego and San Francisco. SGPA was established in 1970.

Johnson & Jennings General Contracting provides construction services in the San Diego area. Projects range from corporate office, health care, and retail construction to commercial and industrial facility tenant improvements. Services include project evaluation and consulting, estimating, and construction management. CEO Tom Johnson and president Jackie Jennings co-own the company they founded in 1981.

Dyckerhoff is cementing relations throughout Europe and the US. The construction materials company makes and sells cement (accounting for more than 85% of sales) mainly in Western and Central Europe. It also sells ready-mixed concrete and concrete products. Dyckerhoff has operations in about a dozen European countries as well as in the US, including subsidiaries such as Dyckerhoff Beton in Poland, Duena and Beton Union in Germany, and Ciments Luxembourgeois in Luxembourg. Germany and Western Europe account for about half of Dyckerhoff's sales. In addition to the founding Dyckerhoff family, the company's shareholders include Buzzi Unicem, which controls about 98% voting shares.

Hirschfeld Industries is into heavy metal. The company, operating through subsidiaries (Carolina Steel Group, Consteel Technical Services, and Hirschfeld Steel), fabricates and provides structural steel for transportation, infrastructure, industrial, commercial construction, and power projects. The group produces more than 10,000 tons of the alloy each year and its products include girders, trusses, beams, mill-rolled shapes, and other structural steel. Hirschfeld has provided steel for projects such as Reliant Stadium in Houston, the Anaheim Convention Center in California, McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, and the J. C. Penney corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas. Hirschfeld filed an IPO in 2009.

Athena Engineering specializes in the installation and design of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, building automation, and other systems services for the commercial, food processing, health, and telecommunications industries. Athena also offers general construction, energy management, and environmental systems services. The company mostly works for both public and private entities in Southern California. In addition to being privately owned, Athena Engineering is one of the top women/minority-owned companies in the region. Athena Engineering was founded in 1984.

Saint-Gobain Corporation will probably be involved. The holding company oversees the North American operations of French materials group Compagnie de Saint-Gobain. Its subsidiaries produce and distribute a wide range of consumer, construction, and industrial products including building materials, flat glass, abrasives, ceramics, containers, crystal-based technology, cabinets and countertops, high-performance plastics, and technical fabrics. Holdings include CertainTeed (insulation, vinyl siding, shingles), Saint-Gobain Container (glass jars and bottles), and Norandex (building materials distribution). Saint-Gobain Corporation has more than 350 locations throughout North America.

Falkenberg Construction Company provides general contracting and construction management services for commercial, light industrial, remodeling, and tenant finish-out projects. Its customers include banks, restaurants, hospitals, grocery stores, and government agencies. Projects include the Haltom City Recreation Center in Haltom City, Texas and the Kiest Athletic Complex in Dallas, as well as a variety of retail shopping complexes throughout Texas. The company was founded in 1983.

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