Smith Management Construction, Inc. (SMCI) provides general contracting and construction management services for office, retail, multifamily residential, and institutional projects ranging from commercial interiors and renovations to new construction in the Baltimore/Washington, DC corridor. Its clients have included the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Maryland, and the US government. Together, president and COO Frederick "Rick" Wrieden and company vice presidents Ann Kerns Bowley, William Kirten, Robert Pronier, and Frank Talbot own SMCI.

Cache Valley Electric (CVE) is one of the largest electrical contractors in the West. With operations in Utah, Oregon, and Idaho, CVE installs power and lighting systems in commercial, industrial, and government facilities. Other divisions provide design/build services; security and control systems, such as card access and closed-circuit TV monitoring; cable and fiber optic cabling installation for data and voice networks; cell tower construction for wireless communications; and industrial manufacturing facility construction and maintenance for the medical, mining, paper, and product container industries. Clients include American Express, Pepsi, Verizon, US Army, and Utah Department of Transportation.

Doucette began as a manufacturer of sea-water and fresh-water condensers, suction line heat exchangers and other components for air conditioning and refrigeration applications. In 1976, their SLHE line was listed by Underwriters Laboratory and the company began broadening its customer base from wholesale accounts to OEM'S. Doucette also entered the heat recovery market with a device designed to recover energy from air conditioning and refrigeration systems and used to heat potable water. This device, called a Desuperheater / Water Heater was upgraded in 1977 to include the vented double wall to preclude water contamination and refrigeration system damage. It was the first such device to win an Underwriters Laboratory listing and to meet nationwide health codes.

Samuel Heath & Sons makes solid brass decorative bathroom and shower fittings and accessories; door and window fittings; and hardware products that include fasteners, concealed door closers (Perko Powermatic, Perko, and Perkomatic brands), and hinges for use in bath and dressing areas. The company was founded in 1820 as a manufacturer of brass bedstead ornaments and candlesticks.

Abengoa has an environmental interest in engineering. The company develops environmentally sustainable projects by focusing its business on five main areas: solar energy; bioenergy; waste recycling and management; information technology; and engineering and industrial construction. It provides engineering and infrastructure services to the energy, telecommunications, transportation, water, and environmental industries in more than 70 countries worldwide. It also controls Spanish aluminum and steel-dust recycling company Befesa Medio Ambiente and US-based ethanol producer Abengoa Bioenergy Corp. The Benjumea family controls about 56% of Abengoa.

Component Assembly Systems (CAS) has assembled the components of its success as a specialty contractor. Founded in 1964, the company works on such commercial and institutional projects as hotels, offices, government facilities, apartments, hospitals, airports, and entertainment venues. It specializes in drywall construction, millwork, and carpentry, as well as niche areas such as architectural detailing, acoustical contracting, and specialty ceilings. The company primarily serves Eastern seaboard clients, but also offers its services throughout the US and internationally; in the western US, it operates as Component West. CAS operates from offices in Boston, Las Vegas, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, DC.

The Monarch Cement Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and sale of portland cement and ready-mixed concrete under the MONARCH brand name. Its products also include concrete products, and sundry building materials that are used in highway, bridge, and building construction. The company sells its products primarily to contractors, ready-mixed concrete plants, concrete products plants, building materials dealers, and governmental agencies in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The Monarch Cement Company was founded in 1908 and is based in Humboldt, Kansas.

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., the company has a long history of converting swords into plowshares, or in this case, nuclear weapons into nuclear fuel. It converts weapons-grade highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium that can be used as fuel for nuclear power plants. NFS also provides decontamination, decommissioning, and remediation of nuclear sites, as well as packaging and shipping of nuclear materials. The company was acquired by Babcock & Wilcox in 2008 for almost $160 million.

AHI Linden Lumber has the goods for your sweet home Alabama. Also known as Linden Lumber, the company specializes in southern hardwood lumber, namely red oak, white oak, and ash. It can produce as much as 80 million board ft. of these species annually, placing Linden Lumber among the top producers in the South. However, the housing downturn and subsequent financial crisis hurt the company hard with a decrease in demand and lowered sales. Private equity firm H.I.G. Investments recapitalized Linden in 2008, but by the end of the year the lumber company had laid off most of its workforce. The company is undergoing a restructuring of its product line and operations to keep afloat.

Enka focuses on building airports, bridges, industrial plants, hospitals, petrochemical plants, power plants, shopping malls, and other large structures and complexes. Enka also rents and manages office and retail buildings. The company operated hypermart shopping centers in Russia, but handed over operations of the markets by renting the spaces to Auchan in 2007. The transaction signals Enka's move away from retail management. Other operations include machinery distribution and management of natural-gas power plants. Tracing its roots back to 1957, Enka was formally established in 1967.

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