Barton Malow scores by building end zones and home plates. The construction management and general contracting firm, which has built its share of sporting facilities, also makes points for its schools, hospitals, offices, and plants. The company offers design/build and program management services ranging from the pre-planning stage to completion throughout the US and Mexico. Projects have included the Detroit Institute of Arts and Cultural Center and the Baltimore Orioles stadium. Affiliate Barton Malow Design provides architecture and engineering services, while Barton Malow Rigging installs process equipment and machinery. Carl Osborn Barton founded the employee-owned firm as C.O. Barton Company in 1924.

Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects provides architectural design services to customers in California. The company's offerings include planning, implementation, renovation, urban design, site studies, interior design, and program management. The firm operates from offices in Oxnard and San Diego, California; it also has a sister office, Gelfand Partners, in San Francisco. Ralph Roesling founded the firm in 1980; Kotaro Nakamura joined the company shortly thereafter. The firm changed its name from Roesling Nakamura Architects to Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects in 2004.

Meadow Valley Corporation, the heavy construction firm specializes in highway bridges and overpasses and paving highways and airport runways. Subsidiary Meadow Valley Contractors operates as a prime contractor on public and private infrastructure projects in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Meadow Valley also offers construction materials testing. Clients have included the Arizona Department of Transportation, Nevada's Clark County, and retirement community builder Del Webb, a unit of PulteGroup. Texas-based investment firm Insight Equity bought Meadow Valley for some $61 million in 2009.

M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates (Gensler) consistently ranks among the largest architectural firms in the US. Founded as a tenant development company in 1966 by chairman and owner Art Gensler, the company has grown to include offices in more than 30 cities. Gensler offers architecture, interior design, urban design and planning, strategic consulting, and graphic services to almost every industry sector. The group also heads the ranks of interior design companies in the US, where it is a leading designer of government institutions, banks, offices, retail facilities, and schools. Projects include the 18-million sq. ft. CityCenter project in Las Vegas.

Nikken Sekkei has its origins in a building design company founded in 1900 as part of Japan's Sumitomo conglomerate. Now a private corporation partly owned by its employees, Nikken Sekkei has completed more than 20,000 projects in some 40 countries. The group provides architectural, engineering, urban planning, interior design, and consulting and management services. Among its projects is the Saitama Super Arena and Jumeira Gardens -- a master planned city in Dubai. Nikken Sekkei has also designed terminals for Tokyo International Airport and built hotels, city halls, hospitals, and office buildings throughout Japan and beyond.

Ceco Concrete Construction wants you to form a line -- straight or otherwise, just as long as it's formed in concrete. The formwork subcontractor provides specialty site-cast concrete formwork construction services throughout the US. The company designs and constructs concrete systems and completes about 200 projects each year including elevated parking garages, stadiums, multi-level building foundations, office buildings, multi-unit residential facilities, hotels, casinos, and health care and institutional structures. The company, which was founded in 1912, operates from about 20 offices across the US.

R.A. Smith National does not claim to be genteel, but it does its best to be civil. The firm provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, and construction services for the public and private sectors. It participates in a variety of municipal projects including road building and the development of water treatment plants and wastewater systems. The company also designs parking lots, parks, bike paths, bridges, and noise barriers. Its customers include state and local agencies and land developers, primarily in southern Wisconsin. Owner and president Richard A. Smith founded the company in 1978.

Acousti Engineering Company of Florida is bouncing off the walls. The commercial contractor installs acoustic ceiling systems and other interior systems that range from floors to walls. Options include soundproof ceilings; carpeted, ceramic, stone, and wood floors, as well as raised floor platforms; and demountable, drywall, and modular walls and partitions. As a dealer for certain manufacturers, Acousti Engineering uses products made by Armstrong, CertainTeed, and Hunter Douglas, among others in its custom construction projects. Clients have included AOL and Lowe's. The privately held company serves the southeast US and the Caribbean through offices in Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Petrofac provides facility design, construction, engineering, procurement, and management services for the oil and gas industry. It delivers production and processing facilities to international oil companies and other clients, primarily in the UK. Petrofac also operates in Africa, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (which includes former Soviet Republic nations), and is building its business in the Asia/Pacific. Petrofac's subsidiaries include Petrofac Facilities Management, Monsoon Shipmanagement, and Rubicon Response. The company was founded in Texas in 2003; it sold most of its US operations to Chicago Bridge & Iron Company two years later.

Lochinvar knows that being in hot water doesn't always mean trouble. The family-owned company makes commercial and residential hot water generators, pool heaters, water heaters, storage tanks, boilers, and related parts and accessories. The company also offers high-efficiency products. Lochinvar distributes its products throughout the US and Canada, and exports to Europe, Australia, the Pacific Rim, and the Middle East. Walter Vallett Sr. founded the predecessor to Lochinvar in 1919.

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