PYI Corporation invests in infrastructure and cargo port operations on China's Yangtze River. The company also provides commercial development related to its port facilities and owns a majority stake in Paul Y. Engineering Group. PYI's projects, including joint ventures, include the maritime rescue, bridge decking, railway, and surrounding development at Yangkou Port, located at the north end of the Yangtze River Delta. Paul Y. Engineering invests in, develops, and manages the construction of commercial, residential, hospitality, and institutional properties, primarily in Hong Kong.

Nor-Dec International has a window (not to mention doors, custom millwork, cabinetry, and wall paneling) on the world. Its products are sold for use in residential and commercial applications throughout the US and the Caribbean. Nor-Dec International also offers other manufacturers' products, including flooring by Italy's Berti Pavimenti Legno, which has been used in such precision woodcutting projects as flooring for the Kremlin and Windsor Castle. Other items include Weather Shield windows, Kentucky Wood Floors products, and hardware by Omnia Industries and Rocky Mountain Hardware.

Harbour Contractors is no port in a storm but it could build one. One of the top construction companies in the Midwest and central US, it offers program management, design/build, and construction management services. It focuses on industrial facilities, distribution centers, transportation systems, food processing centers, and interior build-out and renovation. But it also builds shopping centers and sports facilities. Recent projects include several railway storage in transit facilities for Chevron Phillips and an upscale retail center. The family owned firm was founded in 1959 by Irving C. Harbour. The company is now owned by CEO Patrick Harbour and vice president Jonathan Harbour.

SNC-Lavalin believes that if you build it, they will come. The group is an international engineering and construction services provider, with operations in some 100 countries around the world. It designs and builds structures such as chemical and petroleum plants, power generation and transmission systems, bridges, highways, mass transit systems, and water treatment plants. Projects include Canada's first liquefied natural gas regassification terminal as well as agricultural land and water improvements in developing countries. It also provides operations and maintenance services, oversees management and financing, and invests in infrastructure facilities. Formed in 1911, SNC acquired rival Lavalin in 1991.

TAG International says "you're it!" to corporate and government clients. The firm (formerly known as The Austin Group Architects) provides architectural design, construction administration, project management, site location evaluations, and many other services to clients throughout the US and Latin America. The company focuses on commercial, industrial, health care, biotech, and public sector projects from conception through construction. Its extensive list of clients has included such names as Black & Decker, Golfsmith International, and the US Army Corps of Engineers. TAG International operates from facilities in Austin and McAllen, Texas.

MFM Building Products, founded in 1961 by Robert E. Simpson, offers the construction industry nearly 50 years of knowledge and expertise in providing waterproofing and weather barrier products. From humble beginnings, this family-owned company has continued to grow and foster new product development, improved product performance and help reduce overall costs with a value-based philosophy.

Everett J. Prescott helps ensure your pipes have integrity. Operating through a diverse family of companies (known collectively as The Prescott Companies), the firm manufactures, distributes, installs, maintains, and tests its lines of water, sewer, gas, and drain materials. Products include pipes, tubes, pipe fittings, valves, and fire hydrants. Red Hen Manufacturing makes brass meter adapters, compression fittings, couplings, and connectors. Meter and Backflow Services reconditions and modernizes water meters. PEP Transportation provides shipping to the continental US and part of Canada. Quality Water Products makes and distributes water, sewer, and drain utility products.

MCG Architects (which does business as MCG Architecture) specializes in designing and planning shopping centers and other retail buildings, as well as urban renewal projects and hotels. The firm provides consulting, surveying, site analysis, cost control, computer-aided design, and project management services; it also offers interior and graphic design services. Projects include the Centennial Centre in Las Vegas; Independence Corporate Center in Cleveland; and Natomas Town Center in Sacramento, California.

Oldcastle Materials, Inc. is the leading vertically integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete, and construction and paving services in the United States. Our operations span the nation from Montana to Texas and from Washington to Florida. We’re local to the customers and communities that depend on our materials, yet we deliver the best practice standards and efficiencies of a company with a national presence. Oldcastle Materials has 18,000 employees at more than 1,400 operations in 44 states and generated over $6 billion in revenues in 2009. Towns have grown up around our operations, using Oldcastle products to fuel their growth. Our expansion is steady and strategic to meet the nation’s needs for new roadways, facilities and other infrastructure.

Bechtel National, the government services arm of engineering giant Bechtel Group, helps the US destroy stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weapons and treat contaminated wastes. It has worked toward developing a national repository for nuclear waste in Nevada and it also helped the US defense program by managing the awarding of certain subcontracts in Iraq. Bechtel and the University of California manage and operate two to institutions for nuclear and scientific research labs -- Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Among the other governmental agencies it works with are NASA, the EPA, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

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