Alion creates alliances between science and big government. Alion Science and Technology is a development and research company that provides consulting and technology services, primarily to federal agencies. Most of its revenues come from contracts with the US Department of Defense (DOD), especially the Navy. Alion specializes in areas including naval architecture and marine engineering, manufacturing engineering services, wargaming, lab support and chemical decontamination, military transformation analysis, and wireless communications engineering. The employee-owned firm has offices and facilities throughout the US, generally near government military bases and other installations. Alion was founded in 2002.

E.W. Howell is a midsized New York general contractor and construction management firm that is a regional leader in retail construction. With offices in Manhattan and Long Island, E.W. Howell also builds hospitals, labs, libraries, office interiors, schools, and restaurants. Clients have included Bergdorf Goodman, Target, and Columbia University. It typically bids on projects in the private sector, but it also selectively competes within the public sector. Established in 1891, E.W. Howell began as a builder of homes for such well-heeled East Coast families as the Huttons and the Guggenheims. The Howells left the firm in the 1980s, and Japanese construction group Obayashi acquired the company in 1989.

Lee (LBL) makes going to the hospital a little less painful. LBL is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm that specializes in health care (hospitals, care centers, and medical centers), academic, institutional, and corporate projects. LBL's clients include universities, city and county governments, federal agencies, public and private real estate developers, nonprofit organizations, and investor-owned firms across California. The firm has designed buildings for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the University of California, Davis, and most recently, renovated Stanford University Medical Center. Principals Ken Lee, Erich Burkhart, and Ken Liu founded the firm in 1986.

Yazaki absorption chiller-heater, using water as the refrigerant, is today’s best choice in air conditioning for protecting the environment and reducing the cost of energy. Double-effect cycles and advanced technology ensure high performance and long term reliability. With over 100,000 units operating worldwide, Yazaki is a leading supplier of non-CFC based space cooling. Capacities of 30 through 200 RT are available to either cool or heat installations such as schools, offices, hospitals, industrial facilities, and hotels.

Italian-Thai Development Public Limited company ain't heavy, but its construction projects are. Italian-Thai Development (Italthai) builds some of the largest infrastructure and civil projects in Thailand and across Asia. Its project portfolio includes work on Thailand's rail system, Bangkok's mass transit development plan, and deep-sea port developments at Pak Bara and Pattani ports. The company has branched out across Asia, specializing in industrial, utility, transportation, and telecommunications projects. Italthai has also invested in energy and mining projects. Chaijudh Karnasuta (from Thailand) and Giorgio Berlingieri (from Italy) co-founded the company in 1958.

American Infrastructure provides balance and structure. Through subsidiaries Allan A. Myers and American Infrastructure-Virginia, the firm provides heavy civil construction services for projects in the Mid-Atlantic. It builds and reconstructs highways, water treatment plants, medical facilities, and shopping centers, and offers site development for homebuilders. Its Independence Construction Materials (ICM) subsidiary supplies aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mixed concrete to its construction companies. The family-run business was established in 1939 as Allan A. Myers and Son, a local hauling company in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

TimberWest attempts to stay a cut above the rest. The forestland management company owns more than 320,000 hectares (796,000 acres) of forest in western Canada, making it one of the largest owners of private forestlands in the region. The company has had an annual harvest of about 2.5 million cubic meters of logs. However, harvest levels have been reduced and about 17% of TimberWest's land has become more valuable than the Douglas firs growing on it. The company's real estate arm, Couverdon, plans to make available more of its real estate for development over then next 10 to 15 years.

Homasote Company sees green when it comes to building materials. It manufactures environmentally-friendly fiberboard for use in residential and commercial construction. The fiberboard is made from recycled paper and contains no asbestos or formaldehyde. Applications include roof decking, concrete forming, paneling, insulating, sound proofing, and industrial packaging purposes. Its Pak-Line division creates packaging materials for electronics. Homasote processes up to 250 tons of post-consumer paper daily, helping to conserve 1.4 million trees and eliminate 65 million pounds of waste per year.

Atlas Industrial Holdings provides such specialty contracting services as machinery and equipment rigging and steel fabricating, as well as piping, transportation, and electrical services. It also offers plant relocation and maintenance services. The company, which serves clients throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada, has performed such projects as rigging work for a Valero oil refinery and an electrical furnace upgrade for Owens Corning. Clients, which are mostly in the automotive, cement, power, and food and beverage industries, have included Anheuser-Busch, Holcim, and Honda of America.

Sunland Group is hot, with projects like the Houston Texans' Reliant Stadium, the Denver International Airport, and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on its "completed" list. Sunland has expanded from a small engineering firm to a design/build firm with architectural, civil, environmental, and structural engineering services. It also offers construction management, surveying, and consulting to commercial, government, and institutional clients. Founded as Sundland Engineering in 1985 by former president and Hispanic entrepreneur Orlando Teran, the company was acquired by a woman-led group of executives in 2004. CEO R. Carla Thompson is the majority owner. Sunland has offices in Texas and Colorado.

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