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).

Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineers (also known as SCS Engineers) doesn't waste any time when the subject is waste management. The employee-owned company, formed in 1970, provides engineering and construction services with a focus on environmental management and solid-waste projects. Solid-waste service offerings include landfill engineering, bioreactor technologies, and landfill gas energy recovery. The firm also provides environmental assessment, hazardous waste remediation, facility construction, and operations and maintenance services. SCE Engineers has some 50 offices throughout the US and a single office in Seoul; it has performed work for clients in 40 countries worldwide.

SmithGroup is the oldest continuously practicing architectural and engineering firm in the US. Founded in 1853 in Detroit by architect Sheldon Smith, the firm partnered with engineers in 1907 to become one of the first multidisciplinary firms in the country. Formerly known as Smith, Hinchman & Gryllis, it influenced the skyline of Detroit with structures like the Guardian, Penobscot, and Buhl buildings. These days the group offers architecture engineering, interiors planning, and consulting services and has about a dozen offices across the US. It targets the office, research, education, health care, technologies, and cities and communities markets.

Sadi Servizi Industriali gets in on the ground floor and goes all the way to the top. The company, Italy's leading producer of architectural accessories, specializes in false ceilings (metal and gypsum) and raised technical floors. Together, the two product divisions account for more than half of Sadi's sales. The company's marine division makes related products for nautical applications, especially cruise ship interiors. Sadi's environmental division deals in environmental remediation, industrial waste treatment and disposal, production of electricity from renewable sources, and environmental engineering. Sadi is an acronym for Societ� Arti Decorative Interne, or Society of Interior Decorative Arts.

Grasim is in touch with its soft side and its tough side. Once primarily a textile manufacturer, Grasim Industries Limited is also engaged in the production of cement and chemicals. Grasim makes 18 million meters of textiles a year in its Haryana and Madhya Pradesh plants in India; its synthetic suiting (sold under the Grasim and Graviera brand names) is sold in a network of more than 250 showrooms and wholesalers. Grasim Industries Limited also produces viscose staple fiber (VSF). Grasim is a major producer of cement; it ventured into cement production in the 1980s and now operates about two dozen plants throughout India. A subsidiary of Aditya Birla, Grasim was established in 1948.

Global Performance builds things so its customers can build things. The company designs and manages major industrial construction projects primarily for the automotive, chemicals, manufacturing, oil refining, and process sectors. Clients include big names such as BMW, Koch, Kia, General Electric, Honda, and Procter & Gamble, as well as school districts across the country. Global Performance manages more than $1.6 billion in capital projects. It operates domestic offices in Delaware, South Carolina, and Texas, and international offices in Brazil and Germany. The company was established in 1999 by president Dennis Braasch and three other co-founders. Mustang Engineering owns Global Performance.

Roebbelen Contracting provides commercial, industrial, and institutional general contracting and construction management services in California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. The company tackles such projects as schools, offices, hospitals, retail facilities, performing arts centers, and power plants. Roebbelen is also known for its telecommunications work throughout the western US -- the company has been involved in more than 6,000 telecom projects including the construction of call centers, switching facilities, and cellular facilities. Roebbelen Contracting was founded as a government contractor in 1959 by Hans and Anna Roebbelen.

Parsons Electric empowers its customers by providing electrical and voice and data communications installation for commercial, health care, hospitality industrial, and other facilities. Founded in 1927, Parsons operates through three divisions. Its electrical division designs and builds systems while the technologies division handles voice and data communications design, installation, service, and maintenance. The technical service unit installs, repairs, and tests systems, with a specialty in servicing printing equipment. Parsons' clients have included 3M, Boise Cascade, Iron Mountain, and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The company has offices in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Arizona.

Plasti-Fab’s mission is to provide EPS Product Solutions for constructing energy-efficient buildings, floatation for marine construction, lightweight fill and compressible fill for geotechnical construction projects, and component solutions for Original Equipment Manufacturers. Advantage ICF is a one-piece, stay-in-place, insulating concrete form made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation. A series of strong plastic web connectors are permanently molded into two EPS panels to create a building block. Advantage ICFs have a patented interlocking system along the top and bottom edges. Reinforcing steel is placed on the plastic web connectors inside the block cavity which is then filled with concrete, providing a highly energy-efficient building envelope.

Kimmins Contracting provides contract construction services to public- and private-sector clients. The company's offerings include earthmoving, mining, demolition, and underground utility construction services. Kimmins Contracting also operates a stone and aggregate crushing and recycling unit. The firm has worked on projects such as land clearing, paving, landfill construction, and material recycling. Clients (who are mostly located in Central Florida) include the Florida Department of Transportation, the City of Tampa, and Disney. William Kimmins founded the company as a specialty contracting firm in western New York in 1923.

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