Process Plus provides engineering services, such as facilities design, construction, and plant automation. It also provides information systems services and construction management. The employee-owned company targets such markets as the specialty chemicals, agribusiness, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and food industries. Clients have included Procter & Gamble, Cognis, and Roxane Laboratories. The late Bryan Speicher (who had served as president), Dan Prickel (current president and CEO), and investment firm Fink, Roberts & Petrie founded Process Plus in 1996.

Smith Management Construction, Inc. (SMCI) provides general contracting and construction management services for office, retail, multifamily residential, and institutional projects ranging from commercial interiors and renovations to new construction in the Baltimore/Washington, DC corridor. Its clients have included the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Maryland, and the US government. Together, president and COO Frederick "Rick" Wrieden and company vice presidents Ann Kerns Bowley, William Kirten, Robert Pronier, and Frank Talbot own SMCI.

Bechtel National, the government services arm of engineering giant Bechtel Group, helps the US destroy stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weapons and treat contaminated wastes. It has worked toward developing a national repository for nuclear waste in Nevada and it also helped the US defense program by managing the awarding of certain subcontracts in Iraq. Bechtel and the University of California manage and operate two to institutions for nuclear and scientific research labs -- Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Among the other governmental agencies it works with are NASA, the EPA, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

Kimmins Contracting provides contract construction services to public- and private-sector clients. The company's offerings include earthmoving, mining, demolition, and underground utility construction services. Kimmins Contracting also operates a stone and aggregate crushing and recycling unit. The firm has worked on projects such as land clearing, paving, landfill construction, and material recycling. Clients (who are mostly located in Central Florida) include the Florida Department of Transportation, the City of Tampa, and Disney. William Kimmins founded the company as a specialty contracting firm in western New York in 1923.

Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. company manufactures solid wood kitchen cabinets, doors, drawer fronts, mouldings, and decorative accessories (such as table legs, columns, and bun feet) at its seven plants located in Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah, and Pennsylvania. The company offers a variety of wood species and finishes. Conestoga has an OEM/contract division to serve high-volume customers and a custom division that serves the custom kitchen and bath industry. The company sells only to woodworking professionals. Brothers Norman and Samuel Hahn founded Conestoga in 1964.

Rougier has been stacking up wood-product holdings in Europe and Central Africa for more than 70 years. It subsidiaries in Cameroon, Republic of Congo, and Gabon cut and process tropical timber into logs, sawn timber and plywood, which is shipped worldwide. Two subsidiaries in France, Rougier Sylvaco and Rougier Panneaux, import tropical timber and plywood, respectively. Europe accounts for more than half the company's revenue and Asia covers about a third. The company sells African species, including Kosipo, Kotibe, Longhi, Niove, Ozigo, Pao Rosa exclusively.

John Portman & Associates (Portman) casts a long shadow, and some of its buildings do, too. The company is the architectural arm of major private developer Portman Holdings; Portman specializes in the construction of such commercial and public projects as hotels, office buildings, mixed-use properties, and universities. Clients include Bank of China, City of Atlanta, and Daewoo. Support services include master planning, programming, and structural engineering. The company is active throughout the US and in China; it has also undertaken projects in other parts of Asia and in Europe and Africa. Portman was founded by John Portman in 1953. He and his family continue to lead the company.

Terrapin International Limited designs, manufactures, and constructs temporary and permanent prefabricated buildings throughout the UK, mainly through its Terrapin Limited subsidiary. Its buildings are used for retail space, showrooms, offices, laboratories, conference facilities, training rooms, prisons, and nurseries, in addition to apartments, social housing, army barracks, and hotels. The company serves clients in such markets as education, health care, and local government. Terrapin offers its products for sale and lease and offers financing programs, as well.

Zachry Company nearly 85 years ago with dirt-moving mules, rented equipment and a bridge project in Laredo, Texas. Founded by Texas A&M University graduate, Henry Bartell “Pat” Zachry, our company is still family-owned and privately held. Our success is based on the work ethic and integrity of our dedicated employees.

Lauren Engineers & Constructors is one of three business units of holding company The Lauren Corporation, along with Canadian-based KSI, East and KSI, West. Lauren Engineers & Constructors is a contractor that targets the power, chemical, special metals, and oil refining industries. In addition to its core engineering, procurement, and construction capabilities, the firm offers fabrication, project management, and mechanical and electrical maintenance services. With offices in Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and Calgary, Lauren operates in about 40 states and Canada. Customers include Flying J, GE, and Proctor & Gamble. The company was originally established in 1984 as a subsidiary of Comstock Mechanical.

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