KML Engineering can usually be found between Point-A and Point-B. The company is a leading provider of solutions and systems for the public transportation and utility industries. Systems designed by KML include Toll collection systems, automatic fare collection, display and queue management systems, and entrance control (turnstiles). The company's fabrication services unit provides consoles, equipment cabinets, and terminal kiosks. KML's engineering division delivers engineering expertise in fields including railway signaling, communications, and electrical power distribution. Affiliate KML Technology Limited markets KML Engineering's revenue collection and turnstile systems.

Philip Services Corporation (PSC) undertakes a wide range of industrial and environmental cleanup projects throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. Besides scrap metal recycling services, which have been the company's longtime focus, PSC provides on-site waste disposal and recycling, cleaning of industrial equipment, transportation of commercial and industrial waste, and emergency response to spills. In addition, PSC alos offers oil field services both onshore and offshore along the US Gulf Coast. Entities owned by investor Carl Icahn control PSC. The initials PSC also stand for the company's operating philosophy -- People, Safety, and Commitment.

company focuses on the construction and repair of highway, pedestrian, and railroad bridges, as well as dams, flood-control structures, and other heavy/civil, marine, and industrial structures throughout the US. Some of its notable bridge projects include the Woodrow Wilson Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, DC, and approach bridges to the Hoover Dam crossing in Nevada. Kraemer also offers other complementary services including construction management, demolition, equipment installation, foundation, steel erection, and concrete work. The family-owned firm was founded in 1911 by the grandfather of chairman David Kraemer.

Shimizu provides architectural, engineering, construction, and development services for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and residential projects around the world. One of Japan's largest general contractors, the company has worked on major projects including Tokyo's Metro subway, Singapore's Changi Airport, and the Malaysia-Singapore Bridge. Other areas of specialization range from offices and power stations to railroads and dams. Shimizu has increasingly focused on green building and urban renewal projects. Needless to say, earthquake-resistant technologies have always been a part of the company's approach. The company also provides facilities management. Shimizu was founded in 1804.

Nasland Engineering provides civil engineering, surveying, and land planning services to private land developers and government agencies in Southern California and Arizona. It offers services for developing subdivisions, commercial/industrial sites, apartments and condominiums, and streets and highways. It also offers flood-control planning, utilities system design, hydrology studies, assessment district engineering, and consulting services. Projects include work for Sea World, the San Diego River Improvement Project, and the redesign of National City, California's "Mile of Cars" auto dealer district. In 1959 Don Nasland founded the company; his two sons, Don and Steven, now own and operate Nasland Engineering.

A. G. Spanos Companies bridges many operations -- from building, managing, and selling multifamily housing units to constructing master-planned communities, as well as developing land and building commercial space. With divisions and operations in about 10 states, the firm has built about 2 million sq. ft. of office space properties, 120,000-plus apartment homes, and more than 400 developments. Other operations include mixed-use development and property management. Alex Spanos also owns the NFL's San Diego Chargers. He operates the companies with his sons Dean (president and CEO) and Michael Spanos (EVP).

Michael Crews Development designs and builds single-family homes and suburban communities in Southern California, Utah, and Texas. Its Tyson-Crews Development partnership develops residential properties in and around Phoenix. Michael Crews Development also offers services that include financing, marketing, purchasing, and selling of homes. Its Emerald Crest Engineering division provides land planning and environmental assessment, project feasibility, engineering, construction management, and structural design services. Its Michael Crews Commercial Development unit manages commercial properties, from buying, building, and selling to leasing and tenant build-outs. President Michael Crews owns the company.

Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products manufactures wooden floor plugs, pins, buttons, and pegs as well as a variety of dowels. The company's products include boat deck plugs, dowel pins, hardwood dowels, joinery biscuits, pine dowels, screwhole plugs, shaker pegs, side grain plugs, stair plugs, and table pins. Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products makes its products from a variety of Appalachian hardwoods and softwoods, including cherry, mahogany, maple, oak, poplar, and walnut. The company supplies both large and small manufacturing companies, as well as the consumer market.

N.C. Sturgeon, LP, the company provides general contracting, design/build, and construction management services for commercial and institutional projects, such as detention centers, retail stores, hospitals, schools, and churches. It is one of the top metal builders in the US, and clients have included Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Harley Davidson, and Texas Tech University. N.C. Sturgeon works in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Nevada, California, Iowa, Arkansas, and Arizona. The company was founded in 1984 by president Chuck Sturgeon.

Bechtel National, the government services arm of engineering giant Bechtel Group, helps the US destroy stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weapons and treat contaminated wastes. It has worked toward developing a national repository for nuclear waste in Nevada and it also helped the US defense program by managing the awarding of certain subcontracts in Iraq. Bechtel and the University of California manage and operate two to institutions for nuclear and scientific research labs -- Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Among the other governmental agencies it works with are NASA, the EPA, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

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