Childs Mascari Warner Architects has found a healthy way to build its architecture practice. The firm provides design and planning services for commercial construction projects, focusing on the health care sector. The firm's client roster includes Kaiser Permanente, the Palomar Pomerado Health system, Saint Mary's Health Network, Scripps, and UCSD Medical Center. Childs Mascari Warner Architects has offices in the San Francisco and San Diego metro areas. James Leary founded the firm, then named James Leary Architecture and Planning, in 1989. Following Leary's retirement from the company, the three senior principals acquired ownership and changed the name.

Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc., an environmental solutions company, together with its subsidiaries, offers a range of environmental and technical services to the public and private sectors. It offers services related to environmental management for the on-site and off-site identification, investigation, remediation, and management of hazardous, and mixed and radioactive waste; and remediating contamination in soils, liquids, and other materials, as well as disposing of or reusing certain waste by-products by utilizing the company’s Solvated Electron Technology (SET). The company’s SET is non-thermal, portable, and scalable process for treating and decontaminating soils, and other materials, including sludges, sediments, oils and hydrocarbon liquids, metals, clothing, and porous and non-porous structures, as well as for destroying PCBs, pesticides, dioxins, chlorinated substances, chemical weapons and warfare agents, and other toxic contaminants. It also provides specialized technical and project management products and services primarily to government-sector customers, including the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense, as well as to private-sector domestic industrial customers, as well as sells safety, protective, and technical equipment used by its customers and hazardous material handlers. The company markets its services and technologies to governmental and industrial customers in the United States, eastern Europe, and the Middle East. Commodore Applied Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1996 and is based in Richland, Washington.

The Kleinfelder Group isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. Since its start as a materials testing lab in 1961, the company has expanded to become one of the largest engineering consulting and design groups in the US. Kleinfelder's operating subsidiaries offer soils and materials testing, geotechnical engineering, construction management, and environmental services. With about 50 domestic offices and locations in Australia and Guam, the group targets the energy, transportation, water, commercial/industrial, government, and education markets; projects run the gamut from building underground parking garages to establishing wind farms. Jim Kleinfelder, who retired in 1993, founded the employee-owned company.

Clarion Bathware is a good place to start if you want to cry, "take me away, Calgon." The company manufactures gel-coated fiberglass and acrylic products such as assisted-living shower and tub models, whirlpools, shower stalls, and soaker tubs. The company markets and sells its products through an extensive network of sales representatives to supply houses, plumbing contractors, builders, and remodeling customers. Clarion Bathware was founded in 1973.

The unit encompasses the climate solutions division of Ireland-based industrial giant Ingersoll-Rand (IR). The unit offers diverse refrigeration and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products around the world. Brands offered by the climate control division include Thermo King, which includes temperature control components used in ships, trucks, and trailers. Hussmann International provides refrigerated food-display cases found in supermarkets, restaurants, and other commercial institutions. The latest addition to the IR Climate Control lineup of brands is Trane, which serves the commercial HVAC market.

SPIE one of Europe's leading engineering groups! SPIE provides electrical, mechanical, and HVAC engineering, as well as transportation infrastructure, energy, telecom, and network services. The company operates primarily in Europe through a network of some 400 branches. Offerings include nuclear electromechanical engineering; oil and gas field services; energy, utility and process management and maintenance; pipelines; and rail services. France accounts for more than half of its sales. UK investment firm PAI Partners acquired the company in 2006.

Gohmann Asphalt & Construction is always on the road again (and making it possible for others to go there as well). The company provides construction, paving, and rehabilitation and repair services for highways, bridges, and parking surfaces in Kentucky and Indiana. It also provides grade and drain services. Gohmann Asphalt & Construction also owns and operates six asphalt plants, four concrete plants, two limestone quarries, a trucking company, and a company that specializes in commercial, residential, and industrial construction projects. Gohmann Asphalt & Construction was founded in 1950.

Mountain Lumber sells wood with a history. The company obtains historic wood from old buildings, piers, and other structures slated for demolition and then resaws, kiln-dries, mills, and grades it for further use as flooring, beams, stairs, cabinets, and other products. It also reclaims wood from several countries in Europe and from Russia and China. Mountain Lumber has provided historically accurate woods for restoration projects on US presidents' homes, including James Madison's Montpelier, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and George Washington's Mount Vernon. Mountain Lumber was founded in 1974 by president and CEO Willie Drake to find new uses for old lumber.

MASISA lets the chips fall where they may -- as long as they end up in its MDF (medium-density fiberboard) and particleboard. MASISA manufactures particleboard, fiberboard, and related products, such as doors in Latin America. The company sells its wood board products under such trade names as Placa Masisa and Facilplac. Customers include furniture makers and the construction industry; Masonite International accounts for more than 40% of its solid wood product sales. One of the largest forestry groups in the world, MASISA has more than 240,000 hectares of forestry and reserve land in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela. Subsidiary Forestal Tornagaleones manages MASISA's timberlands in Argentina and Chile.

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.

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