LVI Services, one of the top environmental contractors in the US with more than 30 offices across the country. The company provides integrated facility services such as remediation of hazardous materials, decontamination, and demolition. It caters to clients in a wide range of business segments, from hotels and retail to commercial and industrial. It also serves government and education segments. Customers have included AT&T, IBM, Marriott, Prudential, and Raytheon. Private equity firm Code Hennessy & Simmons is LVI Services' major equity investor.

Planning, design, and management services are the fruits of The Dewberry Companies' labor. The company provides architectural and engineering services, planning, program management, and surveying services, as well as environmental compliance, and security and homeland defense services. Dewberry serves private and public-sector clients. However, government customers such as FEMA, the Pentagon, and the US Department of Labor make up a big portion of business. Dewberry also serves departments of transportation, as well as universities, real estate developers and other commercial and institutional groups. Dewberry, which was founded in 1956, operates from more than 40 offices in nearly 20 states.

Ply Gem Holdings brings out a new side of homes. A holding company, Ply Gem Holdings operates through its primary operating subsidiary, Ply Gem Industries, a manufacturer and supplier of exterior building materials used in home construction and renovation. The subsidiary supplies its products-- including vinyl siding, aluminum windows and doors, stone veneer, and fencing -- to home-center retailers, distributors, construction companies, and contractors in North America.

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.

H.J. Russell & Company, one of the US's largest minority-owned enterprises, helps shape southeastern cities. The firm is a general contractor, construction manager, property manager, and developer that specializes in affordable multifamily housing and mixed-use communities. It also has expertise in building airports, hospitals, office towers, retail stores, and schools. Its development arm, Russell New Urban Development, offers such services as feasibility analysis, land development, and asset management; it has more than $500 million in development under way. H.J. Russell also manages more than 6,000 apartment and public housing units. The family-owned company was founded by chairman Herman J. Russell in 1952.

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.

Motor City Electric Co. has driven outside of its home state of Michigan to spark growth of its business operations. With offices in Indiana, Nevada, Florida, Texas, and Ontario, Canada, the company has become one of the largest electrical contractors in the US. Motor City Electric provides electrical construction and its divisions specialize in automotive, industrial, emergency, public works and steel, technology, and excavation services. The company and its group of subsidiaries have installed electric systems in office complexes, correctional facilities, manufacturing plants, casinos, water treatment facilities, and data centers.

Loebl Schlossman & Hackl provides architecture, planning, and interior design services for commercial and institutional projects. The company operates throughout the world, with clients in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Architects Jerry Loebl and Norm Schlossman founded the firm, which became known for its high-rises, headquarters, and shopping centers, in 1925.

alfanar Group ("al fanar" is roughly translated as "the light" in Arabic) is primarily engaged in building power plants, substations, and water treatment plants in Saudi Arabia. Other subsidiaries manufacture electrical systems and industrial equipment needed for the utility plants, while alfanar IT provides information technology services to the Saudi government and other private corporations doing business in the Middle East. The alfanar Group has locations in Egypt, India, Qatar, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. The alfanar Group and alfanar Construction were founded in 1976; alfanar IT came along in 1995.

CEMEX de Puerto Rico makes cement in Puerto Rico. Shocking, but true. Formerly Puerto Rican Cement Company (PRCC), the company operates a cement plant and about 20 ready-mix facilities, an aggregates quarry, and two land distribution centers in Puerto Rico. CEMEX de Puerto Rico serves cement customers throughout the island, but its ready-mix operations are concentrated in the eastern part of the island; it has an installed capacity of about 1.2 million tons a year. Its parent company, Mexico-based giant CEMEX, operates primarily in North America and Europe, but has customers throughout the world.

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