Deffenbaugh Industries, Inc., collects, transports, and disposes of commercial and residential waste in Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and Nebraska. It also provides industrial waste services, quarrying services, the disposal of construction waste, and commercial and residential recycling. Deffenbaugh Industries' more than 700-acre Johnson County Landfill is the largest disposal facility in Kansas. The company's Johnny on the Spot division rents portable toilets.

S.D. Deacon provides commercial construction services for primarily retail projects in California and the northwestern US. It handles general contracting duties for new and renovated shopping centers and malls, grocery stores, and outlet malls for clients including Target, Ikea, and Wal-Mart. Although the contractor focuses on retail projects, it also renovates and repairs office, residential, and other properties. The company's joint venture, Savoy/Deacon, specializes in theme projects such as casinos and restaurants. S.D. Deacon operates from four offices in Irvine and Sacramento, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle. President and CEO Steve Deacon owns the company, which he founded in 1981.

A company that was in construction before Reconstruction, McCarthy Building Companies is one of the oldest privately held builders in the US. The general contractor and construction manager ranks among the top builders of health care and education facilities in the country. Contracts include heavy construction projects (bridges and water- and waste-treatment plants), commercial projects (retail and office buildings), and institutional projects (airports, schools, and prisons). Subsidiary MC Industrial handles energy, auto, and other manufacturing projects. Timothy McCarthy founded the firm in 1864. His great-grandson, Michael McCarthy, sold the firm to its employees in 2002.

ABCO was founded in 1949 by Jules Gottleib; his son-in-law, Michael Senter, runs the company as CEO. ABCO Refrigeration Supply keeps the northeast chilled. Through about 15 locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, ABCO Refrigeration Supply Corp. distributes air-conditioning and refrigeration equipment, parts, and supplies. ABCO offers more than 250 brands of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration products including DuPont, Maytag, Mitsubishi Electric, and Honeywell. ABCO provides online ordering and tracking for its contractor customers. ABCO Refrigeration Supply Corp. also sells to home owners. About half of its proceeds come from customers in the New York metropolitan area.

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.

A and L, Inc. company provides construction management, site development, and demolition services for such projects as airports, bridges, dams, roads, tunnels, manufacturing facilities, railways, toll plazas, and water treatment plants. Clients run the gamut from businesses to school districts to government agencies and include CONSOL Energy, US Steel, Volkswagen, Westinghouse, and the Pittsburgh Zoo. It largest contracts are for the construction or rehabilitation of highways and public transportation systems. A & L, which was founded in 1963 by president Louis Ruscitto, operates offices in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Integrated Management Services, which operates as IMS Engineers, provides engineering, consulting, and construction management services. IMS offers its services to a variety of industries; projects include aviation, environmental, transportation, water, and wastewater facilities. It has offices in Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis; New Orleans (where it participates in Hurricane Katrina recovery work); and Detroit, Michigan. The city of Jackson, Mississippi and Nissan Motor are among the company's customers. The minority-owned IMS was formed in 1996 by CEO John Calhoun and President Rod Hill. It is a mainstay on Inc. magazine's list of the fastest-growing private companies in the US.

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.

LCS Constructors helps create the space for corporations' high-tech and scientific discovery. With thousands of lab projects under its belt, LCS Constructors specializes in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of laboratories and technical facilities throughout the West, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions of the US. The firm's clients have included ARCO Aluminum, Exxon Mobile, and McDonald's. LCS Constructors was established in 1980.

Harbour Contractors is no port in a storm but it could build one. One of the top construction companies in the Midwest and central US, it offers program management, design/build, and construction management services. It focuses on industrial facilities, distribution centers, transportation systems, food processing centers, and interior build-out and renovation. But it also builds shopping centers and sports facilities. Recent projects include several railway storage in transit facilities for Chevron Phillips and an upscale retail center. The family owned firm was founded in 1959 by Irving C. Harbour. The company is now owned by CEO Patrick Harbour and vice president Jonathan Harbour.

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