InStar Services Group rebuilds. The specialty contractor offers 24/7 emergency disaster recovery services and property reconstruction in cases of catastrophe, from hurricanes and floods to fires and waterline breaks. Services include structural renovation, dehumidification, mold remediation, electronics and machinery restoration, HVAC decontamination, and pre-disaster planning for both commercial and multi-family residential properties. It has a nationwide network of about 20 regional offices mainly along the East Coast and in the South. InStar is owned by BlackEagle Partners, a private equity firm.

U.S. Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, and non-hazardous industrial waste management and recycling services in the United States. The company accepts hazardous, polychlorinated biphenyls, industrial and low-level radioactive waste, naturally occurring and accelerator produced radioactive materials, and low-activity radioactive materials, as well as provides waste treatment and disposal facility services. It offers its services to commercial and government entities, such as refineries and chemical production facilities, electric utilities, manufacturers, steel mills, and medical and academic institutions. The company was formerly known as American Ecology Corporation and changed its name to U.S. Ecology, Inc. in February 2010. U.S. Ecology, Inc. was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Hardwood Products Company manufactures woodenware items for applications in the dairy, foodservice, and crafts markets as well as for medical and industrial uses. Its food and craft products include skewers, sticks, spoons, and other items produced under the Gold Bond and Trophy brands. The company markets its single-use swabs, applicators, tongue depressors, and specialty products for medical and diagnostic applications under the Puritan brand. It also offers critical-environment cleaning applicators. Hardwood Products Company was founded in 1919.

Appalachian Log Homes designs and builds modern-day log structures for families and businesses. The company has more than 40 different pre-designed floor plans for log homes that range in size from about 430 sq. ft. to more than 4,000 sq. ft. and contain such modern amenities as sunrooms and skylights. The company can also custom-design homes to customer specifications. It makes log siding, railing, staircases, and wall systems as well. Commercial uses for the company's products include restaurants, office buildings, retail stores, churches, meeting halls, and lodges.

Soave Enterprises is suave enough to manage multiple lines of business. The company's wide-ranging interests are divided into four main industries: real estate (residential and industrial development), auto dealerships, beer distribution, and a catch-all diversified holdings group that includes businesses ranging from waste collection and transportation to scrap metals processing as well as units engaged in hydroponic tomato gardening and taxi services. The bulk of Soave's operations are in Michigan. President and CEO Anthony Soave, who founded the company in 1961, owns Soave Enterprises.

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.

Reyes Construction provides full construction contracting services for building bridges, retaining walls, and pipelines; storm drains, sewers, and water systems; and channels and flood control structures. The union contractor owns and maintains heavy equipment that includes dozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, cranes, and a range of trucks (articulated, water, and boom trucks). Its clients include the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Caltrans (the California Department of Transportation), and the US Army Corps of Engineers. CEO Joe Reyes founded the company in 1987.

Zone Mechanical is in the HVAC zone. The company offers heating, air-conditioning, refrigeration, and other services to customers in the Chicago area and in northwestern Indiana on a 24-hour-a-day basis. The company, which was formed in 2001, distributes, installs, and services products manufactured by Tyler Refrigeration Corporation and other companies. In 2004 Zone Mechanical ranked 57th in Entrepreneur magazine's "Hot 100" list of the fastest-growing new entrepreneurial businesses in America. The firm is owned by co-presidents Dan Palubiak and Frank Petrosino.

PWI Construction is a general builder and construction manager focusing on retail, hospitality, and other commercial markets around the country. PWI has built upscale shops, restaurants, hotels and other facilities for names like Escada, Rolex, and Planet Hollywood. The company's PWI Solar unit offers design, sales, and installation of solar panel power systems. The company was founded in 1988 as a partnership between current president Jeff Price and Joe E. Woods. It operated as a subsidiary of Phoenix general contractor Joe E. Woods, Inc., for its first 10 years. It got its start as a custom home builder, but branched out into commercial tenant improvements when the homebuilding market dried up.

Clark Construction Group specializes in building landmarks. The general contractor has constructed iconic structures such as the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins. Clark Construction serves commercial, institutional, and heavy construction customers around the US and is part of Clark Enterprises. It offers construction management, design/build, and general contracting services. Projects include convention centers, sports facilities, office complexes, hotels, airports, correctional facilities, manufacturing facilities, water treatment plants, highways and bridges, and high-rise apartments.

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