StressCrete was founded in 1953 as a concrete utility pole manufacturer. Although StressCrete Group makes poles for myriad purposes, you won't find any firefighters sliding down its products. StressCrete makes a wide variety of spun concrete poles for street lighting, utility, and ornamental applications. The company's special use products include flag poles, camera surveillance poles, traffic sign and signal poles, sports lighting poles, closed circuit television poles, and microwave towers. The group's King Luminaire unit, which was acquired in 1985, makes decorative outdoor lighting products. King Luminaire also offers site amenities, such as benches, trash receptacles, bicycle racks, and tree guards/grates.

Founded in 1990 as DGH Systems, the company was bought by Italy-based Carel SpA in 2000 and adopted its current name. Carel USA doesn't want you to sweat the small stuff -- or the big stuff either, for that matter. The company manufactures and distributes industrial and commercial humidifiers; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) controls and sensors; and monitoring and remote management systems for industrial, commercial, and clean room applications. Carel USA markets its products to HVAC/R market manufacturers, installers, and designers.

Precision Boilers entered the hydronic heating and plumbing industry in 1946, when the Precision Sump Pump was engineered, developed and put into production. A year later, the first Precision electric boiler was designed and fabricated. The company continued to grow, and its reputation and capabilities kept expanding.

Barnhill Contracting Company provides general construction, site development, and heavy highway construction services throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. Barnhill's building division provides construction services in the industrial, biotech, office, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, correctional, and institutional markets. The unit offers general construction, construction management, design/build, and fast-track services. Barnhill Contracting also operates asphalt plants and has one of the largest construction equipment divisions in the US Southeast. The family-owned firm was founded in 1949 by Robert E. Barnhill Sr; it is headed by his son, Robert Barnhill Jr.

Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) is not going to split anytime soon. Known for designing and developing the CANDU nuclear power reactor, the company designs and builds nuclear reactors and provides services such as construction management, waste management, decommissioning, and life-extension projects related to CANDU reactors worldwide. It also operates two laboratories for nuclear technology research and development, thanks to partial funding from the Canadian government, which is looking to sell its interest in AECL.

Lee (LBL) makes going to the hospital a little less painful. LBL is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm that specializes in health care (hospitals, care centers, and medical centers), academic, institutional, and corporate projects. LBL's clients include universities, city and county governments, federal agencies, public and private real estate developers, nonprofit organizations, and investor-owned firms across California. The firm has designed buildings for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the University of California, Davis, and most recently, renovated Stanford University Medical Center. Principals Ken Lee, Erich Burkhart, and Ken Liu founded the firm in 1986.

Danze & Davis Architects provides residential design and architectural services. The firm specializes in custom designing detached and attached homes. It offers about a dozen different collections of architectural plans for its home designs in book and CD formats. Danze & Davis also provides architectural services for light commercial and industrial projects. Leo P. Danze and H. Ross Davis founded the firm in 1960.

PYI Corporation invests in infrastructure and cargo port operations on China's Yangtze River. The company also provides commercial development related to its port facilities and owns a majority stake in Paul Y. Engineering Group. PYI's projects, including joint ventures, include the maritime rescue, bridge decking, railway, and surrounding development at Yangkou Port, located at the north end of the Yangtze River Delta. Paul Y. Engineering invests in, develops, and manages the construction of commercial, residential, hospitality, and institutional properties, primarily in Hong Kong.

Hardin Construction private contractor offers design-build services, construction management, general and interior construction, and renovation for commercial projects including shopping malls, office complexes, multifamily residences, and hotels. The company also manages education, government, and health care projects. Hardin has completed projects in nearly 30 states, as well as in Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Repeat clients have included Chelsea Property Group, Georgia Institute of Technology, Cousins Properties, and Simon Property Group. Founded in 1946 by Ira Hardin, the firm was acquired by employees in 1993.

The primary asset of Kaiser Group Holdings is its 50% stake in Kaiser-Hill Company, a joint venture with CH2M HILL that was formed to clean up the US Department of Energy's Rocky Flats site, a former nuclear weapons production facility in Colorado (completed ahead of schedule in 2005). Subsidiary Kaiser Analytical Management Services provides analytical management services in areas such as health and safety and environmental and waste management and accounted for all of the company's revenue in 2006, but the company expects no future revenues from this unit. Kaiser Group also has an insurance unit (MS Builders Insurance Company), but it has not written any policies.

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