James McHugh Construction Co. has had a steady hand in building Chicago's skyline. The company's contributions include the Civic Opera House, the Arlington Park horse-racing complex, and the historic Blackstone Hotel. The firm offers general contracting, consulting, construction and project management, design/build, and concrete services. It builds both private and public works that are complex, large-scale, and often high-rise. Clients have included American Airlines, The University of Chicago, and the US Navy. James McHugh Construction was founded in 1897 by James D. McHugh, an Irish bricklayer, and remains a family-owned business run by chairman James P. McHugh.

Oran Group (formerly The Snowie Group) provides waste-treatment and a range of other disposal services in the UK, including sludge handling and transportation and spillage cleanup. Clients include Severn Trent, Scottish Water, and the UK Ministry of Defence. The company made about £40 million during the foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001, disposing of millions of livestock carcasses. Other operations include logistics, industrial cleaning, recycling, and equipment leasing. In 2005 the Snowie Group (which began operations as a family farm in the late 1950s) was acquired by the Cork, Ireland-based Oran Group.

Gorman Richardson Architects (GRA) have gone back to the drawing board for more than 30 years. The firm provides a full range of architectural and interior design services. GRA designs corporate and manufacturing facilities, retail buildings, labs and medical centers, educational and institutional structures, public and civic works, and residences. The firm also provides design services for renovating historic buildings and specializes in sustainable design. Gorman Richardson has designed projects for the Boston Public Library, Brown University, and EMC. President Mike Gorman and VP Scott Richardson started GRA in 1976.

C.R. Meyer & Sons provides construction management, consulting, and general contracting services for commercial and industrial projects, with expertise in health care facilities, office buildings, hydroelectric plants, and more. Other capabilities include demolition, pile driving, masonry, ironworking, carpentry, and millwrighting. Industries served include pulp and paper, printing and packaging, manufacturing, mining, plastics, recycling, food and beverage, and financial services. Active primarily in the eastern and midwestern US, C.R. Meyer has about 10 offices in Michigan, Minnesota, Georgia, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Global construction and engineering firm BAUER Aktiengesellschaft (BAUER Group) works from the ground up. The company is involved in excavation -- civil engineering projects that require digging to form a foundation, such as the building of tunnels, bridges, wells, wastewater treatment plants, and mining facilities. BAUER Group operates in three divisions: equipment, construction, and resources. The equipment division manufactures the anchors, drilling rigs, and heavy machinery used in excavation and mining projects, while the resources division supplies the other two divisions with materials and services. BAUER Group has operations in 60 countries.

Hull Forest Products produces softwood and hardwood lumber products from its sawmill in Pomfret, Connecticut. The mill owns more than 8,000 acres of sustainable working forest in Massachusetts and produces 10 million board ft. of lumber (kiln-dried and green lumber) annually. Products include wide plank flooring, oak timbers, wood siding, container load quantities of green and kiln dried lumber, as well as by-products such as wood chips, sawdust, and bark mulch. The family-owned and managed company also provides forestland management services and leases selected properties for recreational use through Hull Forestlands L.P. CEO Bill Hull founded Hull Forest Products in 1970.

Pella Corporation was founded in 1925 as the Rolscreen Company. Initially, the company was most widely known for its “disappearing” Rolscreen® window screen. Updated in its design and still popular today, the patented Rolscreen rolls out of sight when you don't need it. Pella patio doors and storm doors also offer our Rolscreen technology. In 1992, the company changed its name to Pella Corporation, to better reflect there entire product offering. Today, the Pella® family of brands offers a full range of quality residential and commercial products for new construction, remodeling and replacement projects. We are particularly proud that we can offer our customers windows and doors to meet virtually any style or budget.

Angelo Iafrate Construction Company spends most of its time on the road. The company specializes in highway and road construction and is qualified by the US Department of Transportation to work in more than half of the states across the country. Angelo Iafrate provides preconstruction, construction, and project management services for both the public and private sector. The heavy construction contractor targets clients in the commercial, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, health care, and education industries. Angelo Iafrate also sells used equipment. The company is owned and managed by the Iafrate family.

Kinetic Systems stays in motion. The company (known as Kinetics) provides process and mechanical systems primarily to the microelectronics, solar energy, and biopharmaceutical industries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It provides installation of gas, chemical, water, and utility systems, as well as fabricated steel pipe, HVAC, and plumbing systems. While most of its work is done designing and constructing laboratories and manufacturing facilities, Kinetics also installs systems for data centers, condominiums, schools, and water treatment plants. Kinetics has served clients including AMD, Merck, and Pepsi. Founded in 1973, the firm is controlled by Ares Management.

Black & Veatch (BV) provides the ABCs of construction, engineering, and consulting. The international group is one of the largest private companies in the US. It specializes in infrastructure development for the energy, water, environmental, federal, and telecommunications markets. BV engages in all phases of building projects, from design and engineering to financing and construction. The company offers environmental consulting, operations and maintenance, security design and consulting, management consulting, and IT services. The employee-owned firm has worked on coal, nuclear, and combustion turbine plants; drinking water and coastal water operations; and wireless and broadband installation.

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