Pike Electric helps its customers stay current. The electrical services contractor (also known as Pike Energy Solutions) provides services for more than 175 public, municipal, and cooperative utility companies, primarily in the eastern and southern US. Activities include the planning, design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and repair of electric substations and transmission lines, including renewable energy systems. Pike Electric owns a fleet of more than 5,000 pieces of motorized equipment including trucks, trailers, cranes, backhoes and generators. It is active in nearly 40 states.

Gorman Richardson Architects (GRA) have gone back to the drawing board for more than 30 years. The firm provides a full range of architectural and interior design services. GRA designs corporate and manufacturing facilities, retail buildings, labs and medical centers, educational and institutional structures, public and civic works, and residences. The firm also provides design services for renovating historic buildings and specializes in sustainable design. Gorman Richardson has designed projects for the Boston Public Library, Brown University, and EMC. President Mike Gorman and VP Scott Richardson started GRA in 1976.

Danfoss Turbocor is not only cool, it's green. The company makes the world's first oil-free compressor designed for the commercial heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) industry. Using a combination of aerospace, magnetic bearing, and digital electronic technologies, its compressors are used in air- and water-cooled chillers and rooftop units; they are roughly 33% more energy efficient than conventional compressors. Hotels, hospitals, industrial facilities, office buildings, and schools are primary users of its products. The company mainly sells them to HVACR retrofit contractors and original equipment manufacturers.

GIANT CEMENT HOLDING, INC. (GCHI), headquartered in Summerville, South Carolina, produces cement, concrete and aggregate for residential, commercial, and infrastructure projects. It is also one of the largest users of waste-derived fuels in the United States. Its subsidiaries include Giant Cement Company, Inc., Keystone Cement Company, Giant Resource Recovery, Inc. (GRR!), and Dragon Products Company, LLC. These companies manufacture and sell Portland Cement and masonry products throughout the eastern United States. GCHI is the fourth largest producer of cement on the east coast. Giant Cement Company, established in Egypt, Pennsylvania in 1883, commenced production at its Harleyville, South Carolina plant in 1948 and moved its corporate Headquarters to South Carolina in 1970. In 1984, Keystone Cement Company of Bath, Pennsylvania, became part of the Giant Group. In 2006, the parent company of Dragon Products Company, LLC, and Coastal Cement Corporation was merged into GCHI.Giant Resource Recovery, established in 1987, primarily recycles industrial waste products as a fuel source for the cement kilns. Cement kiln recycling provides an environmentally safe method of disposing of unwanted wastes, realizes significant energy conservation, preserves natural resources, and reduces the amount of coal needed to manufacture cement. Cementos Portland Valderrivas, S.A., based in Madrid, Spain, purchased GCHI and all of its subsidiaries in 1999. Cementos Portland Valderrivas is the largest cement company in Spain and operates cement plants worldwide.

Facility Group wants to facilitate every phase of your construction project. The privately owned and operated group provides planning, architectural and engineering, and program and construction management services. It manages more than $700 million in projects and targets several commercial and industrial markets, including the food and beverage, distribution, justice, and education sectors. Clients have included The Coca-Cola Company, Russell Stover Candies, Bright Horizons, the US Army Corps of Engineers, Trinchero Family Estates (formerly Sutter Home Winery), and Ampacet. Facility Group, which was established in 1986, operates from offices located throughout the US.

Hyder Consulting engineers and manages infrastructure projects in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australia. The company specializes in planning and engineering design for highways, transport, property, water and environment, industrial, energy, defense, and tourism-related projects. Hyder has worked for clients such as international and national bodies, regional and local governments, and private developers. Hyder traces its roots back some 150 years and was involved in the design and construction of such icons as the Sydney Harbor Bridge. The acquisitive company is expanding geographically in high growth markets such as Asia and the Middle East. Hyder also has made several acquisitions in Germany.

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 .

American Pan & Engineering Co. has its hand firmly planted in concrete. The privately-held specialty contractor, which does business as APEC, offers concrete formwork for commercial buildings in the southeastern US. The firm is involved in such construction projects as condominiums, hotels, and hospitals (the latter brings in about half of its annual revenue), as well as parking decks, office buildings, and schools. It has done work on Florida Memorial Hospital; Rosen Hotels and Resorts' Shingle Creek resort and convention center in Orlando; and science and engineering buildings at Georgia Institute of Technology. Founded in 1995 by president BJ Jarun, APEC has offices in Florida, Georgia, and Texas.

C.W. Matthews Contracting during Sherman's march to the sea. The company provides highway and bridge construction and commercial site work. It also provides asphalt paving and is one of the largest plant-mixed asphalt producers in the Southeast. The group operates about 30 asphalt plants in Georgia and manufactures nearly 6 million tons of hot mix each year. Its projects include the transformation of an old steel plant into Atlantic Station -- a 138-acre mixed-use development in Atlanta. In 1946 C.W. Matthews and several partners founded Marietta Construction Company, which became C.W. Matthews Contracting Company in 1954; today it is led by C.W.'s son, CEO Robert Matthews.

Teng & Associates was founded by Dr. Wayne Teng in 1959 as a structural engineering firm. It provides architectural and engineering design, planning, and construction management services for several markets, including corporate, health care, and telecommunications. It operates through several subsidiaries: Teng Development provides due diligence, site and project planning, and feasibility and cost studies. Teng Construction provides design-build services. The Technology Group provides engineering and design services. Teng has offices in the Midwest, California, Colorado, New York, Texas, and Virginia.

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