H.J. Russell & Company, one of the US's largest minority-owned enterprises, helps shape southeastern cities. The firm is a general contractor, construction manager, property manager, and developer that specializes in affordable multifamily housing and mixed-use communities. It also has expertise in building airports, hospitals, office towers, retail stores, and schools. Its development arm, Russell New Urban Development, offers such services as feasibility analysis, land development, and asset management; it has more than $500 million in development under way. H.J. Russell also manages more than 6,000 apartment and public housing units. The family-owned company was founded by chairman Herman J. Russell in 1952.

Bor-Son Construction operates mainly in Minnesota, offering design and building services for commercial, government, educational, health care, industrial, and multi-unit housing construction. Founded in 1957, Bor-son Construction also offers renovation, finish carpentry, and concrete and masonry services. Clients include Cargill, Hyatt Hotels, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Judical.

McKinstry, one of the top specialty contractors in the Pacific Northwest, provides mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services in Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington. It designs and maintains complete building systems such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), fire protection, piping, parking, and solar panel and rain collection. The company also provides design/build, facilities management, project management, and maintenance services. McKinstry works on new buildings or retrofits existing facilities. It targets the commercial, high-tech, health care, hospitality, and industrial markets. The company was in 1960 by George Allen and Merrill McKinstry.

Petrin Corporation has got you covered. The company fabricates, distributes, and installs industrial insulation. Other services include asbestos and lead abatement, scaffolding erection, marine insulation, sand blasting, and power washing, as well as the application of specialty coatings for fireproofing, noise abatement, and tank linings. The company also supplies and installs removable covers for underground piping, exhaust systems, energy conservation, and protection against freezing. Founded in 1972, Petrin Corporation serves the chemical, marine, oil, petrochemical, power, sugar, and pulp and paper industries.

Callison Architecture provides services such as architectural design, consulting, branding, graphic and interior design, and master planning for retail, mixed-use, multifamily residential, hospitality, health care, and corporate projects all over the world. The company, founded in 1975, also has a division dedicated to consulting and technical audit services for data centers and mission-critical facilities. Other offerings include real estate analysis and planning services. Callison's US clients have included Boeing, The Gap, Apple, Microsoft, NIKE, Nordstrom, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Cole Haan, and Wells Fargo.

Pike Electric helps its customers stay current. The electrical services contractor (also known as Pike Energy Solutions) provides services for more than 175 public, municipal, and cooperative utility companies, primarily in the eastern and southern US. Activities include the planning, design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and repair of electric substations and transmission lines, including renewable energy systems. Pike Electric owns a fleet of more than 5,000 pieces of motorized equipment including trucks, trailers, cranes, backhoes and generators. It is active in nearly 40 states.

Polaris Minerals Corporation is a supplier of high quality construction aggregates to major coastal city markets in California, Hawaii and British Columbia. Polaris Minerals Corporation has developed an integrated logistical chain of mineral resources, receiving port terminals and cost effective, contracted shipping that allows it to meet the need for replacement aggregate sources in markets where local resources are depleting and marine imported aggregates offer an increasingly viable alternative. Polaris Minerals Corporation operates the Orca Quarry, located on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island, BC, which is a very high quality sand and gravel resource with long life, permitted reserves. Polaris Minerals Corporation is actively engaged in the development of additional port receiving terminals, a priority that will allow sales growth through increased geographic coverage. Polaris Minerals Corporation is also the major shareholder in the Eagle Rock Quarry Project, a large permitted granite resource that is also situated on the coastline of Vancouver Island. The eventual development of the Eagle Rock Quarry will be complementary to the existing Orca Quarry operation and provide further significant growth. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Polaris Minerals Corporation is a public company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: PLS).

Koppers Holdings treats wood right. The company makes carbon compounds and treated-wood products for the chemical, railroad, aluminum, utility, construction, and steel industries around the world. Its carbon materials and chemicals unit makes materials for producing aluminum, polyester resins, plasticizers, and wood preservatives. The railroad and utility products unit supplies treated crossties and utility poles and treats wood for vineyard, construction, and other uses. Koppers Holdings owns 50% of KSA Limited -- subsidiaries of Heidelberg Cement own the other half -- which produces concrete crossties. The company's manufacturing facilities are located in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

Netherlands Engineering Consultants (better known as NEDECO) keeps things moving. The non-profit consortium of about 10 Dutch engineering and technological consulting companies and research institutes works to compete on and international scale. Member firms include Fugro, Ferendi, and others. Known for its water and wastewater projects, environmental planning, port development, and transport infrastructure, NEDECO has built projects in developing countries in Africa and Asia. The group provides geotechnical engineering and site surveys, arranges funding, and provides management services. Founded in 1951, NEDECO serves public utilities, private companies, international investors, and governments.

Amos-Hill Associates is a hardwood veneer mill. The company buys a wide range of hardwood species logs (cherry, maple, white and red oak, walnut, and birch) from merchants in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Vermont, West Virginia, and Canada to produce its veneer products. Amos-Hill also works in affiliation with Koppensteiner Veneers, which is controlled by Amos-Hill's co-owner Wolfgang Koppensteiner, to serve the German market. President Richard Wertz co-owns the company he and other investors founded in 1982.

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