McCloskey Mechanical knows how to duct and cover. Running duct work and laying pipe are only a couple of the tasks performed by the plumbing and HVAC contractor that works for commercial customers in seven northeastern states. Working from offices in Massachusetts and New Jersey, it does remodel and design/build work on everything from parking garages and hospitals to hotels and shopping malls. McCloskey Mechanical has worked on projects for Temple University, Gucci, Apple, the US Air Force, and Swarovski. CEO David McCloskey Sr. formed the company in New Jersey in 1985; it expanded into Maryland in 2007.

WK Dickson knows infrastructure inside and out. The firm offers consulting services in disciplines such as transportation planning and design, water resources engineering, urban development, and geomatics (which offers data that can help municipal and government agencies manage their land and environmental resources). Specific services include community master-planning, land surveying, parks and recreation design, traffic studies, and water system evaluation. Founded in 1929, WK Dickson has nine regional offices through the southeastern US, with locations in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Nuprecon. Considered one of the largest companies in its industry, Nuprecon specializes in demolition services, including total building and targeted demolition, and plant dismantlement. Nuprecon also offers environmental remediation and abatement, construction-related debris and hazardous waste recycling, and concrete sawing and drilling. Serving various industries, the company's projects have included factories, office and retail buildings, hotels, hospitals, and government buildings. Nuprecon, which is majority-owned by private equity firm Evergreen Pacific Partners, merged with competitor CST Environmental in 2008.

Cordoba is a civil engineering and construction management company that plans, designs, and builds schools, utility projects, public transit lines and roadways, wastewater treatment plants, and other public works in California, as well as internationally. CEO George Pla owns the company, which he founded in 1983 as an urban planning and consulting firm for community projects in the Los Angeles area, where it is now one of the largest minority-owned businesses. Its clients have included the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART), Long Beach Community College, Oakland Unified School District, the Southern California Metropolitan Water District, and other municipal, state, and federal entities.

D. C. Taylor is one of the largest commercial and industrial roofing contractors in the US, providing roof installation, repair, and maintenance services. It has some 60 service and roofing crews that operate from offices in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, and Iowa. Dudley C. Taylor started Taylor Tuckpointing, a tuckpointing (cosmetic brick finishing commonly found on Federation houses and Californian bungalows) and masonry repair company, in Chicago in 1949; the company's name was changed to D. C. Taylor in 1954, and the firm was formally incorporated in 1960. Chairman and CEO Bill Taylor is the company's majority shareholder.

Kelso-Burnett is keeping the city that works wired. One of the Chicago area's largest electrical contractors, Kelso-Burnett also ranks as one of the US's largest specialty contractors. Founded in 1908, the employee-owned firm provides electrical construction services to commercial, industrial, institutional, and utility customers. It also installs telecom, security, closed circuit TV, and sound systems and provides fire alarm and electrical systems testing. Customers include Abbott Laboratories, Kraft Foods, and Bass Pro Shops. Kelso-Burnett is part of the international Federated Electrical Contractors network.

Artisan (UK) is skilled at the art of real estate. Through a number of operating subsidiaries, the company builds, invests in, and manages multifamily residential and commercial properties throughout the UK. Subsidiary Rippon Homes builds three- to five-bedroom houses and bungalows, including its Living Heritage line of luxury homes in the East Midlands. Artisan (UK) Developments is engaged in the development of small business parks and light industrial properties; construction is managed by Artisan (UK) Projects. The group's property investments are held by Artisan (UK) Properties. Chairman Michael Stevens owns 30% of Artisan (UK) through Aspen Finance.

Georgia-Pacific (GP) is the world's largest tissue products producer and the force behind such household items as Brawny paper towels and Quilted Northern bath tissues. Not one to be pigeonholed, the company makes a wide variety of other products including cardboard packaging, plywood and lumber, related chemicals, fertilizers, recycled paper fibers, Dixie-brand paper cups, touchless towel dispensers, and office paper. GP is the second-largest US forest products manufacturer (behind International Paper). A subsidiary of diversified group Koch Industries, GP has more than 300 manufacturing facilities in the Americas and Europe.

cme Grinding and Manufacturing, Inc.company, which provides precision metal grinding and machining services, was founded in 1948 as a bowling pin manufacturer. Acme Grinding and Manufacturing's machines are equipped for throughfeed, infeed, bar, and crush processes, a machining diversity that allows for faster turnaround rates and lower costs. The company has more than 40 machine tools on the premises. In CNC-based machining, Acme Grinding and Manufacturing offers milling and turning services.

Nixalite of America can lend a hand. The company makes and supplies architectural bird, animal, and pest control products to customers throughout the world through its 24,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in East Moline, Illinois. Its humane products include wire netting, wire barriers, foggers, repellants, spikes, and noisemakers. Nixalite of America, which was established in 1950, is a third generation family-owned enterprise. Founder Charles Kaufmann started the business by patenting and manufacturing the first Nixalite bird control models during the1940s.

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