American Terrazzo's handiwork, well, that's really kind of the point. The company installs mural-like terrazzo flooring in public, commercial, and residential facilities. Terrazzo, derived from the word for terraces in Italian, is made from discarded marble remnants or cement and is used in a wide range of applications including sidewalks, plazas, terraces, and stairways. American Terrazzo does most of its business in Texas, primarily in Dallas. The company's handiwork can be found anywhere from homes, schools, and churches to offices, airports, and arenas. Mattia "Mike" Flabiano founded the family-owned firm in 1931.

Anshen+Allen Architects is a plus for clients who require interior and exterior planning services for their school or hospital. The firm provides architectural and interior design services; it specializes in education, research, and health care facilities. Projects include the Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the UK, and a research center at Harvard University. The company's Medergy venture detoxifies hospital waste, creating synthetic hydrogen gas for powering fuel cells. Canada-based construction and design firm Stantec is buying Anshen+Allen.

Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation. The company, created through the 1996 union of industry leaders Anthony Pools and Sylvan Pools, installs custom in-ground concrete swimming pools for private residences. The company has roots dating back to 1946 and has installed more than 360,000 pools during its history. It operates a network of more than 35 company-owned locations, consisting of sales and design centers, pool and spa renovation centers, and retail service centers that sell pool accessories such as chemicals, heaters, filters, pumps, and pool toys. The company is active in Texas, Nevada, and 10 East Coast states.

ARCADIS works globally but thinks locally. The company is built around an international engineering practice that works on environmental, infrastructure, construction, and communications projects with a special focus on environmental quality. (Its logo, a salamander, which is at home on land or in the water, symbolizes the company's philosophy of striving for ecological balance.) Its three service areas comprise infrastructure (public-private partnerships, water-wastewater, and rail infrastructure), facilities (asset and facilities management), and the environment (remediation and sustainability services). The company has trained its sights specifically on building its rail business, among other goals.

Architectural Group International (AGI) are drawn together. AGI provides architectural, interior design, construction, and survey services, primarily to retail companies. The firm also serves the hotel and entertainment industries, as well as corporate clients and developers. Clients have included The Home Depot, Macy's, The Body Shop, and Hilton Worldwide. AGI is registered to do business in throughout the US and in four Canadian provinces. Principal Harry M. Sparks founded the firm in 1997.

Arup Group, a global design and business consulting firm. The company provides engineering, architectural, and planning services worldwide, focusing on building, infrastructure, and consulting projects. Arup Group's service offerings range from acoustics engineering (Arup worked on the Sydney Opera House) to wind engineering (Scotland's Whitlee Windfarm, the largest planned on-shore wind farm in Europe). The company also specializes in transportation infrastructure projects. Arup Group has about 90 offices in some 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East, and North America. Engineer Ove Arup founded the employee-owned Arup Group in 1946.

Athena Engineering specializes in the installation and design of heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, building automation, and other systems services for the commercial, food processing, health, and telecommunications industries. Athena also offers general construction, energy management, and environmental systems services. The company mostly works for both public and private entities in Southern California. In addition to being privately owned, Athena Engineering is one of the top women/minority-owned companies in the region. Athena Engineering was founded in 1984.

Atlantic Plant Maintenance (APM) shoots for smooth sailing in the sea of industrial maintenance. Through three divisions, APM performs construction, maintenance, and electrical work on industrial plants around the world. Its services include construction management, engineering, installation, upgrades, equipment disassembly, pipe fabrication, rigging, and welding. Clients come from the chemical, energy, food and beverage, oil and gas, power, pulp and paper, and water industries, among others; they include Cinergy, Commonwealth Edison, and General Electric. Founded in 1977, the company has half a dozen offices throughout the US.

Atlas Industrial Holdings provides such specialty contracting services as machinery and equipment rigging and steel fabricating, as well as piping, transportation, and electrical services. It also offers plant relocation and maintenance services. The company, which serves clients throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada, has performed such projects as rigging work for a Valero oil refinery and an electrical furnace upgrade for Owens Corning. Clients, which are mostly in the automotive, cement, power, and food and beverage industries, have included Anheuser-Busch, Holcim, and Honda of America.

Atwell provides real estate and development consulting encompassing civil engineering, land planning, surveying, and environmental services. Spanning the commercial, residential, corporate real estate, and institutional development markets, the company helps clients manage real estate development projects and navigate local regulations and planning requirements. The company's consulting services include feasibility studies and economic viability analysis. Atwell's more technical services consist of surveying, civil engineering, landscape architecture as well as expertise covering environmental impact, water and wastewater systems, and water resource management.

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