Weeks Marine doesn't drag its feet when it comes to dredging. The company is one of the largest providers of dredging services in the Gulf of Mexico, where a majority of all US dredging occurs. (Dredging involves the moving of sand and sediment to maintain, and often deepen, navigation channels at shipping ports.) The family-owned company also performs construction and demolition of bridges, piers, jetties, pipelines, and offshore platforms throughout North and South America. It is also one of the largest stevedoring (cargo handling) companies on the US East Coast. Weeks Marine was originally founded in 1919 as the Weeks Stevedoring Company.

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) gathers used rechargeable batteries at more than 30,000 retail locations in the US and Canada and recycles them for further use. The company also recycles, refurbishes, and resells cell phones. RBRC is funded by more than 350 makers and marketers of rechargeable batteries who license the RBRC battery recycling seals to imprint on batteries and product packaging. The organization recycled 6.9 million pounds of rechargeable batteries in 2008 and has recycled about 50 million pounds of rechargeable batteries since 1996.

WasteFocus offers waste management consulting services for a wide range of commercial clients. Customers outsource their solid waste disposal and recycling functions to the company, which negotiates with trash haulers and ensures regulatory compliance on their behalf. WasteFocus helps corporations fight rising solid waste collection and disposal expenses by tying together the purchasing leverage of a bulk buyer of services, the operational knowledge of waste industry insiders, and the advanced technology. By negotiating on behalf of multiple clients, WasteFocus gains favorable pricing terms from service providers.

AMEC's got the power -- gas, oil, and nuclear. The engineering giant provides design, consulting, and project management services for the natural resources (oil sands, oil and gas, and mining), nuclear, clean energy, water, and environmental sectors. The company is active in the UK and the Americas, as well as other international locations such as Australia and the Middle East. AMEC is responsible for maintaining large, complex facilities such as nuclear power stations and oil and gas production facilities. The company also offers environmental consulting. Top clients include BP, Exxon Mobil, INPEX, Sellafield, and the US Air Force.

Henkels & McCoy (H&M),the firm provides engineering, construction, and network development services globally. H&M also installs aerial and underground electrical distribution systems, gas transmission lines, and fiber-optic networks on electric transmission towers or along railroad rights-of-way. It has some 80 offices throughout the US, as well as Canada and Mexico. John Henkels Jr. and John McCoy founded H&M in Philadelphia in 1923 as a tree-trimming and landscaping firm. Employees and the Henkels family own H&M.

Hill & Smith Holdings. The company is a manufacturer of building and construction as well as industrial products and services. Hill & Smith, which operates through a variety of subsidiaries, makes products ranging from highway crash barriers and street lighting columns to industrial flooring and access systems. Other products include fencing, plastic pipe, and roofing. It also offers such services as perforating and component manufacturing (Ash & Lacy) and steel forging and rolling (Bromford Iron & Steel). Customers include airports, construction companies, and public works operators among others.

Atlantic Plant Maintenance (APM) shoots for smooth sailing in the sea of industrial maintenance. Through three divisions, APM performs construction, maintenance, and electrical work on industrial plants around the world. Its services include construction management, engineering, installation, upgrades, equipment disassembly, pipe fabrication, rigging, and welding. Clients come from the chemical, energy, food and beverage, oil and gas, power, pulp and paper, and water industries, among others; they include Cinergy, Commonwealth Edison, and General Electric. Founded in 1977, the company has half a dozen offices throughout the US.

Maxons Restorations has truly earned its nickname of "The Masters of Disaster". The company provides residential and commercial property damage restoration services as well as consultation for minimizing economic losses after disaster strikes. Offerings include renovation and emergency construction services such as ozone decontamination, glass and window replacement, and water extraction. The company serves clients throughout the Northeast from New York offices in Manhattan, Long Island, and White Plains and an office in Wayne, New Jersey. Max Gersh founded the company as a door-to-door laundering and rug cleaning company in 1929.

Lastar is the parent company of two main operating units, Cables To Go and Quiktron, that provide cabling and connectivity products and services to computer, audio/video, electrical, and industrial distributors.

N.C. Sturgeon, LP, the company provides general contracting, design/build, and construction management services for commercial and institutional projects, such as detention centers, retail stores, hospitals, schools, and churches. It is one of the top metal builders in the US, and clients have included Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Harley Davidson, and Texas Tech University. N.C. Sturgeon works in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Iowa, Arkansas, and Arizona. The company was founded in 1984 by president Chuck Sturgeon.

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