Trandes is right there in the trenches with the US government. The contractor provides engineering services for the Department of Defense (primarily the US Navy) and other federal agencies. Its offerings range from the repair of advanced communications equipment and systems engineering to acquisitions support and field services. Trandes also provides IT services including systems design, technical support, and training. The company has about a half-dozen offices strategically located near military locations in Florida, California, and near Washington, DC. CEO James Brusse founded Trandes in 1972 to provide the public transportation sector with software design and support services.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

HIOLLE Industries could be considered a Renaissance Man in inanimate form. Through its subsidiaries, HIOLLE offers a variety of services to industrial companies, including the design, installation, and maintenance of hydraulics, thermal treatment, plumbing, electric, and other systems. In addition, the company operates an environmental services business for improvement of water/wastewater treatment and energy plants, as well as a renewable energy business that makes solar panels and systems. HIOLLE also executes industrial transfers, a process in which it dismantles factories and moves them elsewhere. Founded in 1976, the company operates in Europe, Asia, and other countries.

Wood, Patel, & Associates will come. Also known as Wood/Patel, the firm provides civil engineering, surveying, land development, and construction management services in Arizona. Wood/Patel has extensive experience in hydrology and hydraulics, traffic engineering, and water/wastewater projects. The company has worked on such projects as Chase Field (home of the Arizona Diamondbacks) and Phoenix-area master-planned communities DC Ranch and Verrado. Wood/Patel was established in 1984 and is owned by its principals.

Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. JM serves markets that include aerospace, automotive and transportation, air handling, appliance, HVAC, pipe and equipment, filtration, waterproofing, building, flooring, interiors and wind energy. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of approximately $2 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs approximately 6,500 people and operates 41 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China.

Sellafield Ltd (formerly British Nuclear Group) is responsible for contracts on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). Its activities cover remediation, decommissioning, clean-up, and plant operations, Mox (mixed oxide) fuel fabrication, waste management, and effluent treatment at two UK sites, one in West Cumbria and one at Capenhurst in Cheshire. The unit was formed by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) in 2004. To help fund nuclear clean-up, revenue from commercial fuel recycling and manufacturing operations is managed by Nuclear Management Partners, a consortium made up of US-based URS, UK-based AMEC, and France-based AREVA.

WasteFocus offers waste management consulting services for a wide range of commercial clients. Customers outsource their solid waste disposal and recycling functions to the company, which negotiates with trash haulers and ensures regulatory compliance on their behalf. WasteFocus helps corporations fight rising solid waste collection and disposal expenses by tying together the purchasing leverage of a bulk buyer of services, the operational knowledge of waste industry insiders, and the advanced technology. By negotiating on behalf of multiple clients, WasteFocus gains favorable pricing terms from service providers.

Forest Electric focuses on electrifying the concrete jungle, not tracts of timberland. A subsidiary of engineering and construction giant EMCOR, Forest Electric is one of the largest electrical contractors in the New York metropolitan area, where it installs and maintains electrical systems and equipment, including voice and data communications systems. It also constructs on-site power generating and cogeneration plants. Forest Electric's customer list includes The New York Times, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Goldman Sachs. The company also is involved in providing electrical services for several condominium conversions in New York and New Jersey.

Sunshine Homes Inc., makes single-section manufactured homes, which include two to three bedrooms, and multi-section manufactured homes, which feature three- to five-bedrooms, under the Brookwood, Sunshine, and Georgetown names. Homes range in size from about 1,680 sq. ft. to 2,160 sq. ft. Features may include hand-laid rock fireplaces, crown molding, cathedral ceilings, and oak cabinets and window sills. Sunshine Homes are available through dealers in 18 states in the southeastern, south-central, and midwestern US. Sunshine is owned by president John Bostick. Bostick family holdings also include pet food maker Sunshine Mills.

CEMEX serves up cement with a multicultural accent. The subsidiary of Mexico-based CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. is one of the largest cement companies in the US, as well as the largest ready-mix company. In addition to cement and ready-mix, CEMEX also makes and sells concrete block and aggregates. It serves customers through nearly 15 cement plants, more than 330 ready-mix plants, about 50 cement terminals, and 95 aggregate quarries around the country. The United States accounts for about 20% of the Mexican company's revenue. The parent company operates in more than 50 countries around the world.

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