Western Construction Group, a specialty contractor with expertise in masonry and concrete restoration and preventive waterproofing. It also performs specialty services such as installation of commercial and industrial roofing and insulation, architectural metal restoration and fabrication, seismic upgrades, and disaster recovery. The group's eight member companies operate more than 35 offices throughout the US. Western Construction Group was founded as Western Waterproofing Co. in 1915 by George Bishop Sr. and Ben Many. It has been privately held by the Bishop family for three generations.

Charles Pankow Builders has some pretty concrete ideas on how to build high-rises. The design/build general contractor specializes in quake-resistant concrete frames for structures including department stores, hotels, condominiums, medical facilities, and office buildings. The firm is primarily active in California and Hawaii. Affiliate Pankow Special Projects focuses on small-scale projects including renovations, interior build-outs, and seismic upgrades. Unit Mid-State Precast provides structural and architectural precast concrete components for Pankow-managed projects. Employee-owned Charles Pankow Builders was founded in 1963 by the late Charles Pankow, who helped pioneer the design/build delivery system.

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.

Preformed Line Products Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs and manufactures products and systems used in the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground networks for the energy, telecommunication, cable operators, and information industries worldwide. The company offers formed wire and related hardware products to support, protect, terminate, and secure power conductor and communication cables and to control cable dynamics. These products also include hardware for supporting and protecting transmission conductors, spacers, spacer-dampers, stockbridge dampers, corona suppression devices, and various compression fittings for dead-end applications. It also provides protective closures, which include splice cases to protect fixed line communication networks, such as copper cable or fiber optic cable from moisture, environmental hazards, and other potential contaminants. In addition, the company offers data communication cabinets that are used in high-speed data systems to hold and protect electronic equipment; plastic products, including guy markers, tree guards, fiber optic cable markers, and pedestal markers to identify power conductors, communication cables, and guy wires; and other products, such as hardware assemblies, pole line hardware, resale products, underground connectors, solar hardware systems, and urethane products, which are used by energy, renewable energy, communications, cable, and special industries. Its customers include public and private energy utilities, communication companies, cable operators, financial institutions, governmental agencies, contractors and subcontractors, distributors, and value-added resellers. The company markets its products through direct sales force and manufacturing representatives. Preformed Line Products Company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Mayfield Village, Ohio.

Brownlee Lumber Company (BLC) sells lumber products and veneer logs from species that include red oak, white oak, cherry, ash, poplar, and hard maple. Its manufacturing complex is comprised of sawmills, dry kilns, and a planer mill. The company's foresters also provide services to help timber owners manage standing timber lots. The enterprise was started in 1973 by brothers Charles and Dan Brownlee, who contracted themselves as loggers to sawmills in western Pennsylvania. In 1978 they established their own mill. Dan is president of the family-owned and -operated company.

KSW may have a need to vent on occasion, but the company still knows how to keep its cool. Its KSW Mechanical Services subsidiary installs HVAC and process piping systems for large-scale industrial, commercial, institutional public, and residential projects. The company also provides mechanical trade management services and engineering assistance. KSW primarily works in the New York metropolitan area but hopes to expand in the Northeast. Much of KSW's business comes from repeat customers; the company is an authorized bidder for agencies including the New York City Transit Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Hanson Pipe & Precast is a division of Hanson Building Products North America, which is part of HeidelbergCement. Not to be confused with the kind smoked by Sherlock Holmes, Hanson Pipe & Precast makes pipes of the concrete variety. The company is the top manufacturer of concrete pipes and structural precast products in North America, with more than 150 plants in the US and Canada. Products include drainage structures, bridge arches, protective linings, ceilings and foundations, road noise barriers, and precast manholes, all of which are routinely used in the construction industry. Clients include state transportation departments, public authorities, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and private entities.

Aggregate Industries Management, which does business as Aggregate Industries US, is a rock-solid supplier of building materials and contracting services. The company produces aggregate products, such as crushed stone, sand and gravel, asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and recycled materials. It also acts as an asphalt paving contractor. The firm's products and services are used in public infrastructure and commercial and residential development projects, from highways and bridges to buildings. A subsidiary of UK-based Aggregate Industries and a part of Holcim, Aggregate Industries US operates half a dozen regional businesses throughout the country, including Hardaway Concrete and Meyer Material.

Since 1927, MMC has become an industry leader and is the largest concrete producer in our trade area. MMC and affiliate Bayou Concrete, LLC are capable of supplying ready mix concrete and related construction products from locations in the Southeastern United States. The states in which MMC and Bayou Concrete operate include Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama. Bayou Concrete, a sister company of MMC, conducts operations on the Mississippi and Alabama Gulf Coast. Our strategically located operations allow us to provide ready mix concrete on-site for large, highly technical construction projects as well as small home jobs. Service to our customers, employees, communities, and shareholders is a reason our businesses exist. In this service we deeply value: Honesty, Excellence & Continuous Improvement. We commit to work together fairly and safely, holding these values for the common good.

Toxic mold and environmental air quality are just two of the concerns of Environmental Health & Engineering. The engineering and health and safety services firm offers consulting services geared towards creating healthier work environments in buildings ranging from large office complexes to suburban schools. Its services range from studies of the effects of pollutant exposure to human health, to risk assessments, to support the commissioning of research laboratories, to advice on federal compliance requirements. In 2009 it was contracted by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to study air quality in homes built using Chinese-made drywall. The group was founded in 1988 by Harvard lecturer Jack McCarthy.

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