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.

The Berlin Steel Construction Company had nothing to do with a falling wall, but it does know how to erect metal. The specialty contractor fabricates and erects structural steel for all types of buildings, as well as staircases, handrails, and grating. It also erects precast concrete, precast garages, metal roofs and floor decks, and steel joists and girders. In addition to fabrication and site erection, Berlin Steel offers project management services. Key projects include a new terminal addition at the Bradley International Airport and structural steel work for a University of Connecticut stadium and a Rhode Island convention center. Berlin Steel serves the New England and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US.

Perkowitz + Ruth provides design, consultation, and construction administration services for commercial and retail projects including renovations, tenant-move repositionings, urban infill and revitalization projects, and ground-up developments. The firm's capabilities include conceptual design and sustainability and accessibility studies. Perkowitz + Ruth has a half-dozen offices with some 180 architects serving customers around the world. CEO Sy Perkowitz and principal Steve Ruth co-founded the company in 1979.

Charles Pankow Builders has some pretty concrete ideas on how to build high-rises. The design/build general contractor specializes in quake-resistant concrete frames for structures including department stores, hotels, condominiums, medical facilities, and office buildings. The firm is primarily active in California and Hawaii. Affiliate Pankow Special Projects focuses on small-scale projects including renovations, interior build-outs, and seismic upgrades. Unit Mid-State Precast provides structural and architectural precast concrete components for Pankow-managed projects. Employee-owned Charles Pankow Builders was founded in 1963 by the late Charles Pankow, who helped pioneer the design/build delivery system.

Ambuja Cements even sells its excess power capacity to the local government. All that energy goes to its five plants that produce some 19 million tons of cement per year. Ambuja operates three cement terminals and, with a fleet of about 10 ships, is India's largest cement exporter. Holcim owns some 48% of Ambuja Cements, which was founded as Gujarat Ambuja Cements in 1983. Ambuja Cements sits on a solid foundation of cost control. Ambuja Cements Limited, which claims energy efficiency as its competitive edge in a power-hungry industry, generates its own electricity from bio-waste (rice husks, wood chips, sugarcane waste) and purchases inexpensive coal and fuel oil from overseas.

Barrett Paving Materials, Inc. has offices in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maine, and Maryland. The folks at Barrett Paving Materials want the road to road construction to begin with them. The company, which works primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, manufactures asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and other paving materials. It also works as a road construction and paving contractor. Barrett Paving Materials produces its own raw materials at sand and stone quarries and gravel pits. Its projects have included highways, parking lots, airport runways, sports facilities, and bike paths. Barrett Paving Materials is owned by French construction firm Colas.

Weis Builders is a commercial and institutional builder with a portfolio that includes industrial, health care, hospitality, multi-unit residential, retail (some 35 million sq. ft.) military, mixed-use, and senior living facilities. The company offers build-to-suit, construction management, design/build, general contracting, and turnkey delivery methods to provide its range of services from planning and site analysis, due diligence and entitlement, and engineering to preconstruction and construction. John Weis founded the company as a small cabinetmaking firm in 1939; Weis Builders continues to be owned and operated by the Weis family, including chairman and CEO Jay Weis and president and COO Erik Weis.

Design Components, Inc. (DCI) designs, manufactures, and distributes metal building and metal roofing products, including doors and windows, rooftop walk systems, flashings, skylights, vents and fans, louvers, curbs, and related items. DCI sells its products to architects, engineers, contractors, and manufacturers. The company was established in the early 1970s.

Ryan Companies US is a commercial real estate development and property management company that offers design/build construction, architectural, and engineering services and facilities management services for office, industrial, retail, hospitality, health care, multifamily residential, public sector, mission-critical, and mixed-use projects nationwide. Its real estate management division oversees more than 10 million sq. ft. of office, industrial, and retail space. Clients have included Ford, Heinz, Isle of Capri, John Deere, Target, and Verizon . Ryan Companies has nearly 10 offices throughout the US.

McPhee Electric is energized about its work. The company, which is a unit of Phalcon, provides electrical construction and data and communications installation services (including cellular towers) throughout New England. Services include conceptual planning, feasibility studies, budgeting, design development, installation, maintenance, and service. McPhee Electric's clients come from a wide variety of industries including education, financial services, government, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, and utilities. The company's projects include utility substations, Foxwoods Resort Casino, a Bristol-Myers Squibb research facility, and Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute.

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