Regional solid waste management firm Waste Services (formerly Capital Environmental Resource) has positioned itself as a solid alternative to the industry's big boys. Waste Services operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, as well as in Florida. In 2009, the company served 86,000 commercial and industrial customers, 7.2 million residential customers, owned or operated seven landfills, 21 transfer stations, 13 recycling facilities, and 34 collection companies. In 2010 the company merged with Canadian waste management firm IESI-BFC .

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.

Fluor Federal Services is not responsible for military build-up, but it does construct a lot of buildings and structures for the military to use. A subsidiary of Fluor Corporation, the company provides engineering and construction services to the US federal government in the areas of defense, energy, government facilities and homeland security. Projects include military housing, combat service support, embassy construction, and infrastructure. Fluor Federal also has contracts at nuclear facilities such as the Savannah River Nuclear Solutions site in the US, as well as other operations in more than 25 countries around the globe.

The construction operations of The Pepper Companies provide general contractor and construction management services for sectors including health care, retail, entertainment, hotels, industrial, and education. Projects include the 29,000-sq.-ft ape habitat at the Lincoln Park Zoo, 900,000 sq. ft. of new or renovated space at Central DuPage Hospital, and more than a dozen Galyan's outdoor stores throughout the Midwest. Pepper Environmental Technologies provides environmental services. Stanley F. Pepper founded the company in Chicago in 1927; the group is owned by his family and employees of the firm.

Elkay Manufacturing. Elkay makes sinks, cabinets, countertops, drinking fountains, faucets, water coolers, and water filtration products for reidential and commercial use. The family-owned company sells products such as stainless steel sinks under such names as Harmony, The Mystic, and Elite Gourmet. It also offers kitchen accessories (colanders, cutting boards, soap dispensers). Elkay's cabinet brands include Yorktowne, Medallion, Schuler, and MasterCraft. Elkay is the parent of a dozen privately held companies and one joint venture, Elkay Pacific Rim. The company was founded in 1920 by the Katz family to make sinks for butlers' pantries and sculleries.

Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp., through its subsidiary, Harbin Yifeng Eco-Environment Co., Ltd., operates as an environmental engineering company in the People’s Republic of China. It offers non-hazardous municipal solid waste processing and disposal services. The company also provides environmental engineering consulting services, including environmental project investment and operation; production site environmental protection design and construction; non-hazardous waste disposal solutions; air, water, soil, and noise-related environmental product development; and ecological and environmental project consulting services. Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp. is based in Harbin, the People’s Republic of China.

Log Cabin Homes designs and manufactures custom log homebuilding packages for customers throughout the US and in more than 50 countries worldwide. Homebuyers can choose from more than 50 floor plans which feature various styles and sizes -- from one-bedroom hideaways to two-story, five-bedroom showplaces ranging from 560 sq. ft. to more than 4,000 sq. ft. The company also designs additional structures such as barns, garages, or guesthouses. Log Cabin Homes operates a rail yard, an intermodal container facility, and a fleet of trucks to ensure delivery of its products. The company, which was started in 1987, adopted the American buffalo as its symbol and owns a herd of more than 120 of the animals.

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.

E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc. company specializes in highway construction, grading, and paving. It works on roads, bridges, culverts, and industrial and commercial structures in Georgia. The group also sells asphalt and performs asphalt paving. Its EZ Street cold asphalt mix is used by departments of transportation around the country in order to repair potholes and utility cuts to roads. The company, which operates about a dozen plants, has roots that reach back to 1923, when G. F. Snell and his son E. R. started a rock culvert and wall building business. The company incorporated in 1959 and it continues to be owned and managed by the Snell family.

Joseph R. Loring & Associates provides mechanical and electrical engineering services. Its specialties also include heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, fire protection, and telecommunications installations for commercial and institutional building projects. The company has worked on office buildings, apartments, prisons, airports, schools, research facilities, and museums. Also doing business as Loring Engineers, it operates from offices in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, DC, but has worked on projects as far away as Australia and China. Joseph R. Loring & Associates was established in 1956.

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