Ozanne Construction Company, Inc., the company provides general contracting, construction management, and facilities management services for both public and private sectors. The company constructs schools, detention facilities, and commercial buildings throughout the midwestern US. Ozanne clients have included the Cleveland Browns, NASA, the US Air Force, and the University of Akron. The company also specializes in environmentally-friendly building techniques and has completed many green projects for the government and private companies. Chairman Leroy Ozanne founded Ozanne Construction in 1956; it is one of the largest minority-owned companies in the US.

Service Electric Co. Inc. provides general electrical contracting services for clients in and around Albuquerque. The company has been honored by Hispanic Business magazine in its list of "Captains of Capital" (2003) for its strong example in the area of growth financing. President Steve Alderete founded Service Electric Co. in 1971.

Hagerman Construction oversees just about everything but the kitchen sink. Along with affiliates Hagerman Inc. and Geupel DeMars Hagerman, the company is part of The Hagerman Group, which performs general contracting services for commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, and medical and life sciences clients, mainly in the Midwest. The company's design-build services include construction, architectural and engineering design, masonry, carpentry, and building maintenance. It also provides financing and property management services. The family-owned company was founded in 1908 as Buesching Hagerman Construction by brothers-in-law William Hagerman and Frederick Buesching.

Founded in 1940 by Gene Winchester, QUIKRETE is still owned and operated by the Winchester family. QUIKRETE is set in its ways. The company makes more than 200 dry-packaged cement and concrete products, including concrete mixes, mortar mixes, and stuccos, as well as sand and aggregates. The products are sold to do-it-yourself consumers and professional contractors. QUIKRETE also makes coatings and concrete repair products, including vinyl patching mixes and tubed crack sealers. the company operates about 95 manufacturing plants throughout North, South, and Central America; it also has a research and development center in Atlanta.

Robert Keller, the inventor of Kalwall®, was named a Fellow of ASES (American Solar Energy Society) during the Solar 2000 Conference in Madison, Wisconsin. For the first time in its history, the Society created this new class of membership. This was the second time in as many years that Keller had been honored by the solar industry; in 1999, he was awarded the Passive Pioneer Solar Award by the Society.Keller noted that once again he was pleased to receive recognition for the long effort he and his family have made, while achieving commercial success in the companies he founded to put his solar ideas into practice. He reiterated his pledge to the solar community that he will continue to strive to develop more ways to use solar energy to benefit humanity. He added that he "plans to continue his efforts to urge others to seek more innovative and practical ways to use the free energy from the sun to liberate our society from the bondage of fossil fuels to satisfy our energy needs."

C.W. Driver offers general contracting, construction management, and design/build services for government and commercial clients, with a focus on the education, health care, retail, and entertainment sectors. It also specializes in historical restorations of landmark buildings. Founded by Clarence Wike Driver and John MacDonald in 1919, the company is now owned by president Dana Roberts. C.W. Driver has four offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ontario, and Irvine, California.

Portage Environmental helps carry the load for customers needing environmental engineering services. The firm's offerings include environmental remediation, process and project engineering, and decontamination and decommissioning services. Portage Environmental counts US government agencies (such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy) and Native American tribes among its clients, and has conducted projects in 20 US states, as well as in Afghanistan, Guam, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Qatar, and South Korea. The firm operates from some two dozen offices throughout the US. President and CEO Michael Spry helped found Portage Environmental in 1992.

International Computer Appliances Corporation (which does business as ICA Corporation) is a contract manufacturer that makes custom metal component parts for analytical instrumentation, aerospace, medical equipment, and other products. The company provides sheet metal fabrication and laser cutting, precision machining, custom enclosures, and chassis assemblies. ICA Corporation also offers value-added services, from assembling medical diagnostic devices with multi-language software to packaging custom kits and inventory management. Its manufacturing facility takes up 60,000 sq. ft. in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. ICA Corporation, which was founded in 1970, is employee-owned.

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.

JCM Facilities Planning and Management offers design, architectural, engineering, and related services for corporate, education, government, and health care facilities. The company, a subsidiary of design and construction management firm Heery International, offers construction, move and project management, as well as interior design, and industrial services. JCM Facilities Planning and Management's clients include The Salvation Army, Los Angeles County, Northrop Grumman, Loyola Marymount University, Union Bank of California, and Nikken.

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