Weeks Marine doesn't drag its feet when it comes to dredging. The company is one of the largest providers of dredging services in the Gulf of Mexico, where a majority of all US dredging occurs. (Dredging involves the moving of sand and sediment to maintain, and often deepen, navigation channels at shipping ports.) The family-owned company also performs construction and demolition of bridges, piers, jetties, pipelines, and offshore platforms throughout North and South America. It is also one of the largest stevedoring (cargo handling) companies on the US East Coast. Weeks Marine was originally founded in 1919 as the Weeks Stevedoring Company.

The Midwest is the best for Power Construction Company, a general contractor operating in the Chicago area for more than 80 years. The company provides preconstruction planning, construction management, and design/build services for health care, education, hotel, and corporate projects. Power Construction is engaged in new building construction as well as buildouts, expansions, and renovations. More than 90% of the firm's business comes from repeat customers, which have included Astellas Pharma US, Federal Express, and Walgreen. Jerome Goldstein founded the company, which is still owned by management, in 1926.

M.W. Kellogg Limited,the engineering and construction firm specializes in gas processing, petrochemical, and other energy plant construction. It services include design; materials and equipment procurement; electrical, civil, and structural engineering; construction management; and project management. M.W. Kellogg has worked on projects in more than 30 countries on every continent except Antarctica. The company became a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR after that firm acquired JGC Corporation's 45% stake in 2011. KBR and JGC had jointly owned M.W. Kellogg since 1992.

AC Martin Partners get a charge out of engineering projects. The design firm provides architectural and engineering services in California to clients such as corporations, developers, churches, educational institutions, and government agencies. Its portfolio includes a new 75,000 sq. ft. Segerstrom Science Building at Azuza Pacific University, Our Lady Queen of Angels church in Newport Beach, and the Merle and Melanie Fish Interfaith Center at Chapman University. AC Martin operates from offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Albert C. Martin Sr. founded the company in 1906. His grandsons, Christopher and David, co-chair the company today.

Sunland Group is hot, with projects like the Houston Texans' Reliant Stadium, the Denver International Airport, and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on its "completed" list. Sunland has expanded from a small engineering firm to a design/build firm with architectural, civil, environmental, and structural engineering services. It also offers construction management, surveying, and consulting to commercial, government, and institutional clients. Founded as Sundland Engineering in 1985 by former president and Hispanic entrepreneur Orlando Teran, the company was acquired by a woman-led group of executives in 2004. CEO R. Carla Thompson is the majority owner. Sunland has offices in Texas and Colorado.

CEMEX de Puerto Rico makes cement in Puerto Rico. Shocking, but true. Formerly Puerto Rican Cement Company (PRCC), the company operates a cement plant and about 20 ready-mix facilities, an aggregates quarry, and two land distribution centers in Puerto Rico. CEMEX de Puerto Rico serves cement customers throughout the island, but its ready-mix operations are concentrated in the eastern part of the island; it has an installed capacity of about 1.2 million tons a year. Its parent company, Mexico-based giant CEMEX, operates primarily in North America and Europe, but has customers throughout the world.

Edd Helms Group wants you to "stay cool." The contracting group provides electrical and HVAC maintenance and retrofitting services for commercial, marine (primarily private yachts), and residential customers in South Florida. It also offers temporary power and lighting installation for tradeshows and conventions; the group markets its temporary power services for emergency restoration in emergency situations such as hurricanes. Additionally, the group provides structural and radio frequency services for wireless and cellular towers. CEO and founder W. Edd Helms, Jr., owns 84% of the company.

ESTec Systems is on the job. Through its Allan R. Nelson Engineering subsidiary, the company provides mechanical engineering (including fire investigations) and forensic engineering services (failure analysis and reporting for criminal and civil investigations and court cases) to the petrochemical, manufacturing, and drilling industries. It provides mechanical design, repair, construction, measurement, and certification services to oil, gas, mining, and construction companies from North and South America to Russia. ESTec also performs billing analysis for insurance companies investigating industrial accidents. The company was formed in 1989.

Paric Corporation pairs design/build services with construction management and general contracting services. The contractor manages commercial, civic, institutional, industrial, and health care construction projects in the Midwest. Its offerings include interior design, construction management, and historic renovation services. Paric specializes in senior living, education, residential, and municipal projects. CEO Joe McKee owns Paric Corporation, which his father Paul McKee, Jr., and Richard Jordan co-founded in 1979.

U.S. GreenFiber makes cellulose building insulation from 85% recycled content including newsprint and other paper products, much of which is collected at community recycling centers. The company operates a dozen manufacturing plants; its products are sold to the US and Canadian construction industries (both residential and commercial) as well as the do-it-yourself market. Founded in 2000 and active in the US and Canada, GreenFiber is a joint venture between Louisiana-Pacific's GreenStone Industries and Casella Waste Systems' U.S. Fiber.

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