AR Utility Specialists has a thing for Phoenix. The company provides engineering, design, construction, environmental, and related services primarily for utility and telecommunication infrastructure projects. Working through two divisions, AR Utility Specialists concentrates on projects in Phoenix and surrounding areas of the "Valley of the Sun." Its General Contracting unit provides construction management and environmental services while the EDM Group offers engineering and design services. The company's customer roster has included such names as Southwest Gas, Arizona Public Service, and Cox Communications. Minority-owned AR Utility Specialists was founded in 1987.

Marquette Lumber Co. makes its mark in wood. The company processes American hardwoods (Northern, Southern, and Appalachian), used mostly for furniture and flooring, and wholesales it to manufacturing and construction companies. The firm operates two lumberyards and offices in Norwalk, Ohio; Sandown, New Hampshire; St. Louis; and Vero Beach, Florida. Russel H. Downey founded Marquette Lumber Co. in 1919 in South Bend, Indiana. The company moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1972; the founding Downey family still runs it.

Laing O'Rourke has built a reputation for designing and building major commercial and industrial properties, roads, rail systems, entertainment complexes, airfields, and maritime support facilities. The group works on several of the UK's private finance initiative projects for public-sector infrastructure. Laing O'Rourke operates primarily in Europe, but also has growing operations in the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Chairman and CEO Ray O'Rourke founded the group in 1978 and acquired Laing Construction in 2001. The company is part of a consortium (including CH2M Hill and Mace) that will manage development of London's Olympic Park.

Hampton Affiliates knows trees from the seedling to the stud. One of Oregon's top timber firms, Hampton produces approximately 2 billion board ft. of softwood lumber yearly through eight sawmills. The company has some 170,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and Washington and manages some 300,000 acres of publicly owned forest land in British Columbia. Through its Hampton Distribution Companies division, it distributes doors, windows, and other building materials. Hampton supplies homebuilding centers through its stud lumber and distribution operations. The company has its own railcar fleet to transport its products.

WSP Group is no wisp of a company. The management and consultancy firm is #2 in the UK (behind WS Atkins) and has projects in more than 60 countries worldwide. WSP Group works on a variety of projects through three divisions: property (management consultancy); transport and infrastructure (bridges, roads, rail, runnel, and utility); and environmental. Current projects include structural engineering work at Dubai's Nakheel Tower (the world's tallest tower), building and managing a new rapid transit system in Trinidad, and managing the core road network in northwest and northeast London.

Cordoba is a civil engineering and construction management company that plans, designs, and builds schools, utility projects, public transit lines and roadways, wastewater treatment plants, and other public works in California, as well as internationally. CEO George Pla owns the company, which he founded in 1983 as an urban planning and consulting firm for community projects in the Los Angeles area, where it is now one of the largest minority-owned businesses. Its clients have included the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Long Beach Community College, Oakland Unified School District, the Southern California Metropolitan Water District, and other municipal, state, and federal entities.

The company makes acoustic control products and soundproof rooms and equipment to muffle the noise of industrial machinery. Its products include absorption systems, recording studios, jet-engine test cells, and sound-control doors. IAC serves the architectural, air-conditioning, industrial, power-generation, and aviation markets in more than 50 countries throughout the world. In 1998 the company, a subsidiary of IAC Holdings, went private after an unnamed European investor bought its remaining public shares. Martin Herschorn founded the company in 1949.

DAVACO helps national retailers show off their goods. Originally established as Fixture Perfect in 1990, the private company has grown from a store fixture installer to a full-service retail designer, remodeler, and logistics and merchandising specialist. DAVACO offers architectural, construction, and installation services. The company is capable of conducting both small and large-scale rollouts, from five to 5,000 stores. Clients range widely in size from big-box to convenience stores, as well as restaurants and department stores. Clients have included Blockbuster, Dunkin' Donuts, and Pier 1 Imports. Beyond its primary US client base, DAVACO has done work for retailers in Canada, Guam, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

The company is one of the largest ceramic tile makers with brands including Porcelanite, Lamosa, Firenze, and Italica. Its bathroom fixtures lines include Ambiance, Lamosa and Vortens. The group distributes its products throughout Mexico and in the US, Central America, and South America. The company is also involved in commercial and residential real estate development in metropolitan Monterrey. Grupo Lamosa was founded as a brickmaker in 2004.

Turbonics' Toester has nothing to do with warming your bread. The company manufactures compact hydronic fan coil heating units for hot water heaters and other HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) applications under the Toester brand name. Other product names include Kickster, Turbo-Toest, and Chill Chaser.

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