Environmental engineering and consulting firm SC&A provides emergency response and homeland security services, environmental management, information and communication, waste remediation, and risk assessment services through its offices in New York, New Jersey, Missouri, and Virginia. The company works mainly for agencies of the US government (including the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Homeland Security); other clients have included Boeing and General Electric. Company chairman Sanford Cohen is the SC in SC&A; his associates are the A. The company was founded in 1981.

New Era Builders grew from a modest home repair firm to a leading general contracting business. Established in 1989, the company provides a wide variety of construction services and contracts with government agencies, non-profit organizations, and educational facilities, among others. New Era Builders has worked on projects for the US Coast Guard, NASA, and the Army Reserves. The company serves clients in Cleveland and the surrounding area, as well as neighboring states.

China Dredging Group isn't interested in digging up the past. It's focusing on the future as a public company and a provider of dredging contracting services designed to keep China's waterways clear and navigable. Operating through Chinese subsidiary Fujian Service, the group is a British Virgin Islands incorporated company that was formed in 2010 and subsequently filed to go public. With engineering and project management expertise, its services cover onsite inspection, cost estimation, sediment and obstruction removal, and transport and disposal of dredged material. It typically serves as a subcontractor for large, state-owned enterprises that act as general contractors on port infrastructure projects.

Cox Industries is no splinter group; its wood products are pressure-treated to stay together. The company is a manufacturer of pressure-treated wood products for such applications as outdoor furniture, playground equipment, decking, fences, arbors, gazebos, and more. Its Utility Products Division makes treated wood products used in utility poles, cross arms and brace arms, guard rails and posts, retaining walls, and marine construction. Products are distributed through building supply dealers, distributors, and specialty stores in the eastern US and internationally in Belgium and the UK. The company, founded as Wood Preserving in 1954, is still run by the Cox family.

Williams Brothers Construction Company is a Houston-based firm that was founded in 1955 by J.K. Williams, C.K. Williams and J.D. (Doug) Pitcock, Jr. In the following year, the Interstate Highway Act was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Williams brothers were bought out in 1964 and 1984, respectively, leaving Doug Pitcock as the sole shareholder. Since 1998, the company has been in the process of converting to an employee-owned corporation.

Hartzell Hardwoods, an affiliate of Hartzell Industries, produces white oak (35% of its production), red oak, walnut, cherry, and ash lumber products. The company specializes in thick-stock oak lumber and walnut lumber. It operates 34 kilns and annually produces 10 million board ft. of lumber. Hartzell Hardwoods exports roughly 35% to 40% of its production throughout 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. John T. Hartzell began the family-owned business as a wagon maker in 1876. He then started up a sawmill to supply oak and ash lumber for his products. In 1900 he sold the business to his son, George, who specialized in walnut lumber for the European market.

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is the North American heavy construction and civil engineering arm of UK-based Balfour Beatty plc. The contractor has expertise in transportation and water infrastructure projects ranging in size from about $3 million to $400 million. It specializes in constructing bridges, highways, tunnels, rail lines, and water treatment plants. The firm's primary clients are public agencies, including municipalities and state departments of transportation. In addition to taking on stand-alone projects, it is involved in multiple joint ventures, including one of the largest public works projects in the US, the design and construction of the $1.5 billion Texas State Highway 130 toll road.

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.

Time is money, but TIMEC is like money in the bank for the oil and gas industry. The company provides maintenance, turnaround, and construction services to oil and gas, industrial, and utility customers in the US. The company, which has 11 offices in the US, specializes in catalyst handling, outsourced training, safety support, small capital construction, specialized welding, supplemental maintenance, and turnkey turnaround services. TIMEC works at some 39 of the country's 150 refineries with clients such as Chevron, Shell, and Marathon Petroleum. J.G. Red" Meacham and R. Briggs Wood founded the company in 1971. Transfield Services bought TIMEC in 2007 for $100 million.

MasterBrand Cabinets stands tall in the kitchen. One of the world's largest cabinetry manufacturers (as well as one of the largest in the US, after Masco), MasterBrand makes several lines of kitchen cabinets, including custom and semi-custom products, for the remodeling and new construction markets. Its brands include Aristokraft,Diamond, Kemper, and Schrock. MasterBrand makes wooden cabinetry (including maple and oak) as well as laminate-finished products. Its cabinets are sold through home centers, lumber outlets, and specialty retailers. MasterBrand is being spun off from parent Fortune Brands, which is separating its family of home, golf, and liquor businesses.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.