Michels Corporation is a utility, engineering, design, and construction contractor. The family-owned company links systems for energy, transportation, distribution, and communications customers. It specializes in installing fiber optic networks for telephone, broadband, and cable providers. Through more than a dozen divisions, operating in the US and Canada, Michels offers a variety of services including horizontal and directional drilling, underground pipe repair, tunneling, engineering, paving, and materials production. The company also provides wind farm construction through a wind energy division. Founded in 1959 by Dale Michels, the company initially installed and serviced gas pipelines in Wisconsin.

Bradley is the industry's leading manufacturer of commercial plumbing fixtures and washroom accessories. Headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, Bradley serves a diverse customer base ranging from small local facilities to international corporations such as WalMart, General Motors, U.S. Postal Service, W.W. Grainger, and AMC Theaters Corp. Bradley Corporation boasts the greatest depth and breadth of commercial plumbing products in the world. Architects and specifiers look to Bradley for the most innovative products in categories such as: Washfountains, Security Plumbing Fixtures, Multi-Station Lavatory Systems, Terreon® Solid Surface Products, Emergency Eyewash Fixtures and Drench Showers, Patient Care Lavatory Units, Commercial Faucets, Commercial & Group Showers, Washroom Accessories, Solid Plastic Locker Systems, Washroom Partitions. Bradley makes it easy to specify these products through a seasoned customer service staff and the best informational tools in the industry.

Entrepose Contracting has a lot in the pipeline. The company specializes in engineering, building, and selling pipelines and storage tanks for liquids and gases. Entrepose and its subsidiaries also offer commissioning, maintenance, and repairs of pipelines and other oil and gas facilities. Core markets include Africa and Europe. However, it also works in the US, Middle East, and Australasia. Entrepose has made several key acquisitions in recent years in order to reach new geographic markets and expand services. In 2010 it bought pipeline laying company Horizontal Drilling International. Entrepose, which is owned by VINCI, traces its roots to 1935.

Cleveland Construction, Inc. (CCI) has ventured beyond Cleveland to offer its services nationwide and abroad. The company offers construction management services for commercial and institutional projects. It also is a top interior contractor in the US, installing finishes such as drywall, acoustic wall panels and specialty ceilings. Projects have included hospitals, universities, correctional facilities, hotels, convention centers, sports complexes, retail outlets, and government buildings such as the Ohio State Stadium, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, and Wal-Mart superstores in Florida. Founded in 1980 by CEO Richard Small and his sons, the company remains family-owned.

Edd Helms Group wants you to "stay cool." The contracting group provides electrical and HVAC maintenance and retrofitting services for commercial, marine (primarily private yachts), and residential customers in South Florida. It also offers temporary power and lighting installation for tradeshows and conventions; the group markets its temporary power services for emergency restoration in emergency situations such as hurricanes. Additionally, the group provides structural and radio frequency services for wireless and cellular towers. CEO and founder W. Edd Helms, Jr., owns 84% of the company.

Uniboard Canada is multifaceted. The company manufactures particleboard, raw and laminated medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and thermofused melamine (TFM) panels. The engineered wood products are used to make furniture, fixtures, cabinetry, moulding, and other products. It has added green products such as environmentally friendly particleboard and melamine to its offerings. A subsidiary of German engineered-wood manufacturer Pfleiderer, Uniboard partners with sister company Pergo to produce and market laminate flooring. The partnership has made Pergo one of the leading providers of laminate flooring in North America. Uniboard operates six manufacturing plants in Quebec, Ohio, and North Carolina.

Alion creates alliances between science and big government. Alion Science and Technology is a development and research company that provides consulting and technology services, primarily to federal agencies. Most of its revenues come from contracts with the US Department of Defense (DOD), especially the Navy. Alion specializes in areas including naval architecture and marine engineering, manufacturing engineering services, wargaming, lab support and chemical decontamination, military transformation analysis, and wireless communications engineering. The employee-owned firm has offices and facilities throughout the US, generally near government military bases and other installations. Alion was founded in 2002.

Lakeside Industries is one of the largest highway contractors in the Pacific Northwest. A leading asphalt paving contractor and manufacturer, Lakeside Industries works on municipal, commercial, and industrial sites, as well as residential projects. It also sells hot-mix and cold asphalt to other paving contractors. It has about a dozen offices in western Washington, northwestern Oregon, and central Idaho. Owned by the founding Lee family, Lakeside Industries was established when the family combined their mining, sand and gravel, asphalt, and trucking businesses in 1972.

ESTec Systems is on the job. Through its Allan R. Nelson Engineering subsidiary, the company provides mechanical engineering (including fire investigations) and forensic engineering services (failure analysis and reporting for criminal and civil investigations and court cases) to the petrochemical, manufacturing, and drilling industries. It provides mechanical design, repair, construction, measurement, and certification services to oil, gas, mining, and construction companies from North and South America to Russia. ESTec also performs billing analysis for insurance companies investigating industrial accidents. The company was formed in 1989.

Family-owned Okland Construction Company is a regional general contracting, design/build, and construction management firm. The company works on projects in several construction markets: commercial, education, government, health care, infrastructure, high-tech, industrial, retail, and corporate. Okland Construction offers value engineering and phased or fast-track design and construction. It also provides pre-construction services, risk management, and partnering. Self-performed work includes concrete construction, wood framing, and carpentry. Okland has constructed projects in about 30 US states and throughout Mexico. It has offices in Salt Lake City; Durango, Colorado; Ketchum, Idaho; and Tempe, Arizona.

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