Blakley Corporation, getting in on the ground floor is a decidedly winning prospect. The interior and exterior finishing contractor, which is also known as Blakley's, provides design services to commercial and residential customers. The company specializes in new and replacement flooring products and services (carpet, wood, ceramic and porcelain, stone, vinyl) and architectural wall systems that include complete exterior building envelopes, aluminum curtain walls, aluminum panels, and glass and granite solutions. Blakley's also restores and repairs concrete through its F.E. Gates division. Retail showrooms are in Carmel and Indianapolis, Indiana. The family-owned Blakley Corporation was founded in 1898.

EMJ does it all for the mall. The company, which was founded in 1968, specializes in building and renovating retail outlets and shopping centers throughout the US. However, the company also is known for building other projects, including offices, warehouses, churches, hotels, multifamily residential units, and hospitals. Working from five offices across the US, EMJ provides general construction and construction management. Its pre-construction services include creating detailed budgets and construction schedules and coordinating permitting, utility companies, and municipal requirements. Quality control, safety and warranty management also is offered in order to track a project's progress and monitor costs.

Syska Hennessy Group is a smooth operator in world of engineering and consulting. With offices in the US and China, the firm tackles some of the world's most technically sophisticated buildings, including part of the Pentagon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and high-tech data centers for the likes of Oracle, SAS, and Verizon. Services consist of sustainable design consulting, architectural lighting design, security consulting, audio/visual design, facilities management, and commissioning (which ensures that a facility's performance complies with its design intent). The group serves a wide range of markets, including corporations, government facilities, hospitals, colleges, and sports venues.

Stericycle, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides regulated waste management and related services in the United States, Canada, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, and the United Kingdom. The company offers various services, which include Bio Systems sharps management services that reduce the risk of needle sticks; various products and services for infection control; Steri-Safe Occupational Safety and Health Act and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance programs; and regulated returns management services for expired or recalled products. It serves large-quantity generators of regulated waste, such as hospitals, and pharmaceutical companies and distributors, as well as small-quantity generators of regulated waste, such as doctors’ offices and retail pharmacies. Stericycle, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is based in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Carter Holt Harvey's livelihood is tucked among the trees. It is a leading forest products company in Australasia, with multiple business units that manufacture wood products, packaging, and pulp and paper. Products range from paper bags and cartons to particleboard flooring and structural plywood. Brands include Bestwood, Customwood, Ecoply, Kopine, and Pinex. It is a major supplier and exporter of products to customers in the construction and food and beverage industries worldwide. Its Fullcircle division is a paper recycler that supplies several of the company's mills in New Zealand. Carter Holt Harvey also owns and operates more than 50 branches of the Carters hardware store chain in New Zealand.

Fisk added technology contracting and services to its portfolio when high-tech telecommunications and Internet installations became as ubiquitous as electrical power. Operating as Fisk Electric, the company provides preconstruction (estimating, design/assist, and value engineering), project execution (material management, scheduling/labor analysis, and contracts administration), and closeout (training and maintenance) services. Technology services include the installation and maintenance of structured cabling, electronic security systems, audio/visual setups, wireless LAN/WAN systems, telephony, and network services. Construction giant Tutor Perini bought Fisk in 2011.

APi Group has a piece of the action in two main sectors: industrial and specialty construction services and life safety. APi has more than 30 subsidiaries, which operate as independent companies across the US, UK, and Canada. Services provided by the company's construction subsidiaries include energy conservation; electrical, industrial, and mechanical contracting; industrial insulation; and overhead door installation. Other units install fire protection, security, and alarm systems; fabricate structural steel; and distribute building materials. The family-owned company was founded in 1926 by Reuben Anderson, father of chairman Lee Anderson.

Carrier Johnson has carried out plans to be the designated designer in the western US. The company provides architecture, interior design, urban design, and brand communication services for clients in the corporate, public, residential, and mixed-used market sectors. From its offices in northern and southern California, Carrier Johnson works on projects throughout the western US, as well as on international projects. The company's client listing includes Marriott International, the University of California, Sony, the US Navy, and more. Carrier Johnson was established in 1977.

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.

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