Trandes is right there in the trenches with the US government. The contractor provides engineering services for the Department of Defense (primarily the US Navy) and other federal agencies. Its offerings range from the repair of advanced communications equipment and systems engineering to acquisitions support and field services. Trandes also provides IT services including systems design, technical support, and training. The company has about a half-dozen offices strategically located near military locations in Florida, California, and near Washington, DC. CEO James Brusse founded Trandes in 1972 to provide the public transportation sector with software design and support services.

Tulloch is one of the largest homebuilders in Scotland. It sells its houses, which range from the luxurious to the affordable, through three brands: Tulloch Homes, Tulloch Homes Express, and Argyll Homes. Founded in 1925 as a joinery and contractor, the firm's client base includes the Scottish Highlands to the English border and beyond. Its leisure division operates hotels, lodges, and the Brucefields Family Golf Centre in Bannockburn, Scotland. In 2006 the company sold its construction and civil engineering business to rival Rok. The Bank of Scotland has a 40% stake in the company.

WaterFurnace Renewable Energy, Inc. Company Profile WaterFurnace Renewable Energy makes and sells geothermal HVAC systems that utilize heat stored in the ground for residential, commercial, and institutional applications. Its cooling systems work in reverse, extracting heat from indoors. Touting its systems as more efficient, safer, and more environmentally friendly than HVAC systems that use fossil fuels, the company has installed more than 300,000 units.

B. L. Harbert International Group provides highway and heavy construction services for commercial, industrial, and public projects throughout the world, primarily in the Southeast US. The design/build company's portfolio includes commercial and institutional buildings, research facilities, hotels and condominiums, water and wastewater treatment plants, dams and highways, and pipelines. B. L. Harbert International has offices in the US and Dubai. CEO Billy Harbert, Jr., leads the family-owned company, which traces its roots to the 1949 founding of Harbert Construction by brothers Bill and John Harbert.

M+W U.S. knows the A+B+Cs of specialized architecture and engineering services. A US subsidiary of Germany's M+W Group, the company provides engineering, architecture and construction, and facilities engineering. The US arm focuses on technology-driven facilities such as clean rooms and semiconductor production plants. The firm's clients include governments, universities, and electronics and industrial companies. Until 2006, parent company (formerly M+W Zander) was a subsidiary of German technology group Jenoptik; that company sold M+W Zander to UK-based Springwater Capital, which in turn sold it to European investor VICTORY Industriebeteiligung in 2007.

Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corporation. The company, created through the 1996 union of industry leaders Anthony Pools and Sylvan Pools, installs custom in-ground concrete swimming pools for private residences. The company has roots dating back to 1946 and has installed more than 360,000 pools during its history. It operates a network of more than 35 company-owned locations, consisting of sales and design centers, pool and spa renovation centers, and retail service centers that sell pool accessories such as chemicals, heaters, filters, pumps, and pool toys. The company is active in Texas, Nevada, and 10 East Coast states.

Calder Peel provides architectural design and engineering services. Its projects range from smaller renovation jobs to mixed-use commercial and residential buildings to large commercial office buildings. Calder Peel works primarily in North West UK (through offices in South Manchester, Deeside Wales, and Poole), but has completed buildings all around the UK. Calder Peel has also expanded it repertoire with a growing body of work in the urban design and conservation sectors. Customers include the Bury Times headquarters (owned by Newsquest) and an apartment complex for Wesbury Homes.

Velosi keeps quality in check for oil and gas companies around the globe. The company provides quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and certification services to such multinational bigwigs as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. It has also served public utilities, engineering contractors, manufacturing facilities, and small fabrication workshops. Services range from equipment testing to vendor audits to engineering and construction management. Velosi has regional offices in the US, the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia, as well as local offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. The Carlyle Group is buying the company for some 88 million (about $140 million).

Portage Environmental helps carry the load for customers needing environmental engineering services. The firm's offerings include environmental remediation, process and project engineering, and decontamination and decommissioning services. Portage Environmental counts US government agencies (such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy) and Native American tribes among its clients, and has conducted projects in 20 US states, as well as in Afghanistan, Guam, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Qatar, and South Korea. The firm operates from some two dozen offices throughout the US. President and CEO Michael Spry helped found Portage Environmental in 1992.

Joseph Wong Design Associates (JWDA) provides architectural, master planning, interior design, project management, and programming services for public and private sector clients in China and the western US. Its portfolio of completed and in-progress projects includes the mixed-use residential and corporate Deep Blue Plaza towers and the Lotus Creative Center industrial complex (in China) and the San Diego Convention Center and the San Diego Marriott Del Mar Hotel (in the US). China-born architect Joseph Wong established JWDA in San Diego in 1977.

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