Terracon Consultants provides geotechnical, environmental, construction material evaluation, pavement engineering and construction management, and facilities engineering services. One of the nation's top design firms, the company serves the agriculture, energy, telecommunications, commercial development, and transportation sectors, as well as government clients. Founded in Iowa in 1965, Terracon began as a joint venture between Shive, Hall and Hattery (civil consulting), Soil Testing Services (geotechnical testing), and Gerald Olson, PE (the company's founder and a project engineer). The company now has more than 100 offices in some 40 states.

C. Overaa & Co. has been making its mark in Northern California. Norwegian immigrant and carpenter Carl Overaa founded the company in 1907 in order to help rebuild San Francisco after a major earthquake struck. Today the family-owned company builds institutional, commercial, industrial, public, and housing projects primarily in San Francisco's East Bay. It provides preconstruction, design/build, construction, sustainable building, and contracting services. The company's customers have included Courtyard by Marriott, the John Muir Medical Center, the US Postal Service, YMCA, and the University of California, Berkeley.

Johnson Contractors as well. Founded in 1918, Johnson Contractors is a general construction company that specializes in industrial plants, office buildings, apartments, commercial projects, schools, medical facilities, and water and sewage treatment plants. Its capabilities include heavy equipment installation, structural steel erection, concrete pouring, carpentry, excavation, and maintenance. The company is active throughout the Southeast. Johnson Contractors is a part of the Johnson family of companies, which also includes J. K. Johnson Mechanical Contractors and Johnson Electric Company.

Lewis Tree Service really keeps trees in line with its vegetation management services. The employee-owned company helps utilities and government agencies throughout the eastern US distribute, remove, and maintain vegetation near construction sites, pipelines, substations, and billboards. It also provides storm emergency response services to clear fallen vegetation from roads and right-of-ways so that power can be restored. In addition, Lewis Tree Service sells its retired automotive equipment, including both gas and diesel pick-up trucks, lift trucks, and chip trucks. Connecticut Light and Power is among the company's customers.

Absher Construction staring abashed at any construction plans. The firm builds commercial and residential structures, with a focus on schools, churches, and public housing. It also constructs office buildings, retail centers, hotels, institutional facilities, and hospitals. and does work for the military, building housing and other facilities. Absher Construction primarily operates in Washington. However, the company branched out in 2010 when it acquired Kentucky-based Vanguard Contractors. Founded in 1940, the company is a family affair -- President and CEO Dan Absher is the third in his family to sit at the helm and Thomas Absher is EVP.

EDGE tries to edge out the competition when bidding on civic and other contracts. Construction company EDGE Development offers general contracting, design/build, engineering, construction management, and lease/buyback services. The company specializes in such projects as public schools, parks, and civic and commercial facilities. Its portfolio includes an athletic center for the City of Highland; a library in Napa Valley; fire stations for Carlsbad and Oceanside; and numerous elementary, middle, and high schools. The company is controlled by Steve Prophet and Dayne Wagoner, who founded EDGE in 1989.

Jelec engineers and installs safety electrical systems, instrumentation, and control systems, as well as provides facility inspection for its customers in the oil and gas industries. Specific products include basic and detail engineering, fire and gas detection systems, automation systems, telephone and talkback systems, CCTV systems, drilling instrumentation, and gauging technology. The company owns and operates facilities in Texas, Louisiana (manufacturing, operating as Jelec USA), and South Korea (Jelec Asia). Jelec was founded in 1996.

South Coast Lumber makes and distributes plywood, veneer, and related products. The company owns Douglas fir timber, timberlands and production facilities in southern Oregon's Curry County. South Coast Lumber works in affiliation with engineered wood manufacturer Pacific Wood Laminates and CLR Timber Holdings, which harvests timber and sells logs to the company. All three enterprises, which share common ownership and management, use the trade name SOCOMI, which stands for South Coast Milling. Products include plywood, laminated veneer lumber, and siding.

Hardwoods of Michigan is a sawmill and kiln-drying operation that produces some 2 million board feet of lumber per month. It utilizes such species as ash, cherry, hard and soft maple, hickory, poplar, red and white oak, and walnut. The company's products include boards ranging from 1 in. to 5 in. thick (specializing in cuts between 2 in. and 3 in.), grade lumber, timber, pallet stock, and steel mill blocking, as well as mulch, wood chips, sawdust, and shavings. Hardwoods of Michigan also owns Walker Lumber Company in Woodland, Pennsylvania. Its Tri County Logging unit purchases and harvests timber for the mill.

Manafort Brothers' manifest destiny is to tear things down and build things up. The heavy construction firm specializes in demolition, wrecking, and site excavation projects, working primarily in Connecticut and surrounding areas of New England. Manafort Brothers also does excavation and foundation work; builds roads; installs utility lines; and engages in concrete construction and waste removal. The company works in both the public and private sectors with projects ranging from university parking garages to power plant demolition. The family-owned firm was founded in 1919 by Italian immigrant James Manafort as the New Britain House Wrecking Company.

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