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Cover Story: Giants 2003

Giants 2003

September 1, 2003

By Larry Stewart, Executive Editor

Equipment Ownership Rank	Company	Equipment Replacement Value ($ in millions)	Comments
Equipment replacement values have been compiled by Construction Equipment* magazine through information provided by the individual companies. When figures were not provided (values identified with an asterisk), Construction Equipment estimated fleet value based on past information, public sources, or other data. The Construction Equipment Giants list (a portion of which is published here) represents as closely as possible all firms that own fleets with replacement values of $25 million or more. The list is also available on Construction Equipment's website at ConstructionEquipment.com. If you feel your firm qualifies as a Giant, please write to Larry Stewart, Construction Equipment, at lstewart@reedbusiness.com or phone 314/962-0639.
*Construction Equipment estimate
1	United Rentals, Greenwich, CT	$3,700	Bought NES Trench Shoring for $110 million, raising branch total to about 780
2	U.S. Army Engineers, Ft. Leonard Wood, MO	$3,500	Value is for worldwide fleet of construction and support equipment
3	Martin Marietta Aggregates, Raleigh, NC	$2,500	Nation's second largest producer of construction aggregates
4	Lafarge North America, Reston, VA	$2,267*	The largest producer of cement and concrete in North America
5	Hanson Building Materials America, Neptune, NJ	$2,200	Operations in 27 states make HBMA the third largest aggregate producer in the U.S.
6	Vulcan Materials, Birmingham, AL	$2,200	300 aggregates production facilities in 21 states, the District of Columbia and Mexico
7	Rental Service Corp. (RSC), Houston, TX	$1,948	Value of Atlas Copco-owned company includes RSC, Prime and Prime Energy
8	Peter Kiewit Sons, Omaha, NE	$1,900	Fleet includes more than 13,000 units
9	Verizon Communications, New York, NY	$1,750	Merged Bell Atlantic and GTE, fleet includes Empire City Subway
10	Inco Ltd., Toronto, ON	$1,599	World's second largest producer of nickel; mines and refines at Copper Cliff
11	Phelps Dodge, Phoenix, AZ	$1,430	Cutting annual production of copper by 242,000 tons and carbon black by 59,000 tons
12	Hertz Equipment Rental (HERC), Park Ridge, NJ	$1,428*	Ford Motor Co. subsidiary now marketing jointly with GE Energy
13	Newmont Mining, Denver, CO	$1,425	North American operations produced 3.2 million equity ounces of gold in 2002
14	Arch Coal, St. Louis, MO	$1,300	Second largest U.S. coal producer
15	Ashland, Russell, KY	$1,100	Paving giant, APAC, centralizing equipment management and raising utilization
16	Sunbelt Rentals, Charlotte, NC	$1,100	Top-5 rental company still growing despite accounting intrigue early this year
17	USX, Pittsburgh, PA	$1,100*	Owns U.S. Steel and Marathon Oil
18	NES (National Equipment Services), Evanston, IL	$1,060*	Sold trench-shoring division but did not avoid filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy
19	Great Lakes Dredge & Dock, Oak Brook, IL	$1,000	Completes about 60% of the Corp of Engineers' new work
20	Horizon Natural Resources, Ashland, KY	$1,000	Fourth largest steam coal producer in the United States, as measured by revenues
21	NationsRent, Fort Lauderdale, FL	$960	Emerged from Chapter 11, opening in new Lowes locations every month
22	MDU Resources Group, Bismarck, ND	$952	Parent to Knife River, Montana-Dakota Utilities, Morse Brothers
23	CONSOL Energy, Pittsburgh, PA	$950*	Mines more high-btu bituminous coal than any other U.S. producer
24	Oldcastle Materials, Washington, D.C.	$947*	North America is biggest operating region for Irish owners, CRH
25	Cemex North America, Monterrey, NL	$916*	Puerto-Rican acquisition contributed to 7% increase in second-quarter sales
26	BHP Billiton, San Francisco, CA	$900*	Operates three coal mines in the Southwest and a diamond mine in the Yukon
27	Drummond, Jasper, AL	$860	Ranks in the top 25 percent of U.S.-owned coal companies
28	North Carolina Dept. of Trans., Greenville, NC	$850	State road maintenance
29	Maxim Crane Works, Pittsburgh, PA	$770	Rental fleet includes value for Anthony Crane Rental
30	Kennecott Services, Salt Lake City, UT	$750	Subsidiary of British conglomerate, Rio Tinto Plc.
31	Granite Construction, Watsonville, CA	$740	Fleet dependability built on meticulous management of dealer repairs
32	Peabody Energy, St. Louis, MO	$737*	No. Antelope Rochelle Mine set No. American record shipping 7,076,658 tons of coal in May
33	Centex, Dallas, TX	$696*	Preparing to spin off Centex Construction Products to shareholders
34	Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Fort Worth, TX	$650	Railway maintenance operation
35	Washington Group Int'l., Boise, ID	$632	Combined forces of M-K and Raytheon's Engineers & Constructors
36	Modern Continental Construction, Cambridge, MA	$600	Heavy construction and tunneling
37	North American Coal, Dallas, TX	$550	Mining fleet's value includes draglines and shovels
38	Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX	$537	State road maintenance
39	FirstEnergy, Akron, OH	$500*	Merged with GPU, collecting seven electric operating companies
40	International Mill Service, Horsham, PA	$500	Slag processing subsidiary of Envirosource Inc.; 51 sites
41	New York City Dept. of Sanitation, Woodside, NY	$500	Municipal fleet
42	New York City Transit, Iselin, NJ	$500	Subway construction subsidiary of MTA
43	Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation, Harrisburg, PA	$500	State highway maintenance
44	Qwest, Englewood, CO	$500	Macro Capacity fiber optic network spans more than 190,000 miles globally
45	Weyerhaeuser, Federal Way, WA	$500*	Forest products producer purchased Willamette
46	Pittsburgh & Midway Coal, Englewood, CO	$483	Subsidiary of Chevron operating five mines
47	All Erection & Crane Rental, Cleveland, OH	$480	Largest privately owned crane sales and rental firm in North America, 25 locations
48	Southern Co., Atlanta, GA	$466*	Operates Alabama, Georgia, Gulf, and Mississippi Power; Savannah Electric
49	Elmo Greer & Sons, London, KY	$465	Bought the Ewing Quarry in southwest Virginia from the Rogers Group in March 2002
50	Essex Crane Rental, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ	$450	Nation's largest fleet of Manitowoc crawler, lift, tower, and ringer cranes
51	H&E Equipment Services, Baton Rouge, LA	$449*	Fleet value is for merged ICM and Head & Engquist operations
52	Neff, Miami, FL	$425	Expected to go private in October
53	Colas, Morristown, NJ	$409*	Includes Barrett Paving, IA Construction, Delta Asphalt, Interstate, Sully Miller
54	CSR America, West Palm Beach, FL	$400	Includes Rinker Materials Group
55	Teck, Vancouver, BC	$400*	Second quarter net earnings increased 50% over same period in 2002
56	Ash & White Construction, Castle Rock, CO	$375	Building constructor
57	Bechtel, Louisville, KY	$375	One of the world's largest engineering-construction firms, founded in 1898
58	AMECO (American Equipment Co.), Greenvillle, SC	$361	Fluor fleet manager now supplying equipment and site services to Williams Group Intl.
59	Exelon, Chicago, IL	$360*	Integrated utility operates ComEd, PECO Utility, InfraSource, others
60	GE Capital, Stamford, CT	$350	Provides leases for commercial equipment; includes GE Energy Rentals
61	Halliburton, Dallas, TX	$350	Fleet value includes Dresser and Kellog Brown & Root
62	PSE & G, Newark, NJ	$350	Utility with aggressive global growth
63	The Vecellio Group, West Palm Beach, FL	$350	Owns Ranger Construction, PAVEX, White Rock Quarries
64	Washington Suburban Sanitary Comm., Laurel, MD	$350	Community-run water utility
65	Zachry Construction, San Antonio, TX	$350	Heavy construction, power, and process work
66	North American Construction, Spruce Grove, AB	$343	Heavy constructor with extensive mining and industrial construction experience
67	Allied Waste Industries, Scottsdale, AZ	$340*	No. 2 solid-waste handler; operates 164 landfills, 151 transfer stations
68	Cleveland-Cliffs, Ishpeming, MI	$340*	Subsidiaries manage six iron-ore mines in Michigan, Minnesota, and Canada
69	Safety-Kleen, Columbia, SC	$340	Largest industry-waste hauler in the U.S. Formerly Laidlaw Environmental
70	Tutor-Saliba, Sylmar, CA	$333*	Awarded the Van Nuys FlyAway Improvement Project by Los Angeles World Airports
71	Consolidated Edison, New York, NY	$330*	One of the nation's largest investor-owned energy companies
72	Syncrude Canada, Ft. McMurray, AB	$325	Joint venture of 9 energy firms to produce crude oil from mining/processing of oil sands
73	RJM Construction, Las Vegas, NV	$315	Mining contractor
74	Florida Rock Industries, Jacksonville, FL	$304*	Makes block, ready-mixed concrete, cement, crushed stone, gravel and sand
75	Angelo Iafrate Construction, Rochester Hills, MI	$300	Total of 4,500 units—1,000 licensed—value includes James Industrial Constructors
76	CMS Energy, Jackson, MI	$300	Utility subsidiary of CMS Energy
77	Georgia Pacific, Atlanta, GA	$300*	Integrated forest-products producer
78	Balfour Beatty, Atlanta, GA	$291*	Eastern-division suspended bidding on civil work until some nettling projects were resolved
79	Murphy Brothers, East Moline, IL	$276	Pipeline constructor's fleet includes F&M Mafco
80	Dominion Resources, Richmond, VA	$270	Power and gas utility
81	T.J. Lambrecht Construction, Joliet, IL	$266	Highway-and-heavy firm operates over 800 pieces of heavy equipment
82	Barrick Gold, Toronto, ON	$260	Expecting to take 373,000 ounces of gold from Round Mountain mine in 2003
83	A&A Ready Mixed Concrete, Newport Beach, CA	$250	Materials producer
84	Aggregate Industries, Bethesda, MD	$250*	British-owned Aggregate U.S. purchased Wakefield Materials in September 2002
85	Ahern Rentals, Las Vegas, NV	$250	Fleet value increased 25% in 2003
86	Carmeuse, Chicago Heights, IL	$250	Carmeuse/Lafarge joint venture includes 16 North American lime plants
87	Florida Power & Light, Miami, FL	$250	Utility owned by FPL Group
88	Material Service, Chicago, IL	$250	General Dynamics subsidiary ships 20 million tons of aggregates per year
89	New York Department of Transport., Albany, NY	$250	State highway department
90	Pike Electric, Mt Airy, NC	$250	Southeastern power-utility contractor
91	SMW Seiko, Northbridge, MA	$250	Specialty foundation construction
92	Traylor Brothers, Evansville, IN	$250	Massman/Traylor JV took $111 million contract for cable-stayed Mississippi River bridge
93	Willbros Group, Houston, TX	$250	Oil and gas constructor draws more than 25% of its revenues from ExxonMobil projects
94	Lane Construction, Meriden, CT	$243*	Highway-and-heavy construction
95	Prairie Group, Bridgeview, IL	$240	Materials producer to Chicagoland
96	SEPTA, Philadelphia, PA	$235	Public transportation authority
97	Jones Brothers, Mt. Juliet, TN	$232*	Largest heavy highway construction company in Tennessee
98	City of Chicago, Chicago, IL	$230	Municipal fleet
99	Kokosing Construction, Fredericktown, OH	$225	Public buildings, process and power plants, water treatment, roads and bridges
100	Tennessee Dept. of Transportation, Nashville, TN	$225	State road maintenance
101	Ameren, St. Louis, MO	$220	Distributes power to 1.4 million and natural gas to 300,000 in Missouri and Illinois
102	Minnesota Department of Transport., Duluth, MN	$220	State highway maintenance
103	Los Angeles Public Works, Los Angeles, CA	$210	City government
104	Dycom Industries, Palm Beach Gardens, FL	$210	Telecommunications
105	Sunstate Equipment, Phoenix, AZ	$210	Deere & Co. owns a minority share in this southwestern rental chain
106	Skanska USA, Greenwich, CT	$208*	Bought E.L. Yeager in September 2002
107	Morrow Equipment, Salem, OR	$207	Opened a sales, service, and parts facility in Mexico City
108	AECON Construction Group, Brampton, ON	$200	Owns Armbro Enterprises and BFC Construction
109	American Electric Power, Columbus, OH	$200	Maintains 224,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines in 11 states
110	Clyde Hanson Industries, Kensington, MD	$200	Building constructor
111	Concrete Placement, Kansas City, KS	$200	Subsidiary of Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping
112	Freeport Indonesia, New Orleans, LA	$200	Precious-metals miner (mostly copper) operates mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia
113	Hubbard Group, Orlando, FL	$200	Florida's largest, now working in the Carolinas courtesy of Blythe
114	Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, IL	$200	Highway maintenance
115	Norstar Products International, Duluth, MN	$200	Utility
116	Quanta Services, Houston, TX	$200*	Designs, installs and maintains power, telecom, cable and gas networks
117	RMC Industries, Decatur, GA	$200	Concrete producer; subsidiary of RMC Group, of the UK
118	Rogers Group, Nashville, TN	$200	Aggregates, asphalt, highway construction, masonry, and recycling in six states
119	Texas Crushed Stone, Georgetown, TX	$200	Crushed limestone supplier
120	The Walsh Group, Chicago, IL	$200	Highway-and-heavy and building construction
121	Titan America, Norfolk, VA	$200	Includes Tarmac, Roanoke Cement and Essex Cement
122	Wacker Silicones, Adrian, MI	$200	Building constructor
123	Weeks Marine, Cranford, NJ	$200	Dredging, marine construction, stevedoring specialist
124	McDermott International, New Orleans, LA	$198*	Specializes in power plants, off-shore oil and gas facilities
125	The Shaw Group, Baton Rouge, LA	$195*	Power-plant constructor; includes Stone & Webster and The IT Group
126	SBC/Ameritech, San Antonio, TX	$190	Owns Ameritech, Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell, Cingular, others
127	Los Angeles County Sanitation District, Whittier, CA	$187	County landfill operation
128	Alaska Department of Transportation, Anchorage, AK	$181	State highway maintenance
129	Manson Construction, Seattle, WA	$180	Dredging and marine construction
130	Holnam, Dundee, MI	$177*	North American operations of Swiss cement titan, Holcim
131	Arizona Department of Transportation, Phoenix, AZ	$176	State highway maintenance
132	Clark Construction, Bethesda, MD	$176*	Building firm can self-perform 40% of tradeswork
133	Herzog Contracting, St. Joseph, MO	$175*	Heavy constructor specializes in building railroads
134	Interstate Coal, London, KY	$175	Mining firm
135	James River Coal, Richmond, VA	$175	Young firm operating five coal sites in Kentucky
136	New Enterprise Stone & Lime, New Enterprise, PA	$175	Materials producer draws 80 percent of revenues from transportation business
137	South Carolina Dept. of Transport., Columbia, SC	$175	State road maintenance
138	Madonna Construction, San Luis Obispo, CA	$170	Heavy, building, and industrial constructor, and materials producer
139	Niagra Mohawk Power, Syracuse, NY	$168	Utility
140	Haines & Kibblehouse, Skippack, PA	$166	Highway-and-heavy firm focuses on quarrying operations
141	Lone Star Industries, Indianapolis, IN	$165*	Operates five cement plants in the Midwest and Southwest
142	Salt River Project, Phoenix, AZ	$165	Arizona electric utility and water provider
143	City of Dallas, Dallas, TX	$162	City government, operates more than 4,700 units
144	Rockford Blacktop Construction, Loves Park, IL	$155	Highway contractor's fleet value has grown 53 percent since 2001
145	United Contractors Midwest, Springfield, IL	$155	Merged operations of Freesen, Illinois Valley Paving, Cullinan and Rowe
146	ASARCO, New York, NY	$150	Subsidiary of worlds third largest copper producer, Grupo Mexico
147	Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bismarck, ND	$150	Utility added a truck-and-shovel system at Freedom Mine
148	City of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO	$150	Municipal utilities
149	Francis O. Day Co., Rockville, MD	$150	Highway-and-heavy constructor; materials producer
150	Indiana Dept. of Transportation, Indianapolis, IN	$150	State road maintenance
151	Kansas Department of Transportation, Topeka, KS	$150	State highway maintenance
152	Manatts, Brooklyn, IA	$150	Asphalt and concrete paving, other heavy construction
153	Northeast Utilities, Hartford, CT	$150	Furnishes electrical service in CT (and natural gas), NH, and MS
154	O&G Industries, Torrington, CT	$150	Landed $37-million contract to rebuild 5.5 miles of I-95 from Darien to Norwalk
155	PPL, Allentown, PA	$150	Controls or owns more than 10,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the U.S.
156	Suncor Energy, Calgary, AB	$150	Oil-sands producer of raw material for light crude, diesel fuel, custom blends
157	Tarco, Arvada, CO	$150	Fields 34 crews doing earthmoving, utility, and concrete work
158	TXU, Dallas, TX	$150	Ninth-largest energy services company in the world, can generate 30,000 megawatts
159	Barnhill Contracting, Tarboro, NC	$145	Highway-and-heavy construction, materials producer
160	S.T. Wooten, Wilson, NC	$145	Builds roads and bridges, buildings, makes asphalt and ready mix
161	McAninch, Des Moines, IA	$144	Forty 30-yard scrapers pulled by 400-hp crawlers move dirt on hauls 1,000 feet or less
162	Kenny Construction, Wheeling, IL	$141	Highway-and-heavy contractor celebrated 75 years in 2002
163	DuPont, Wilmington, DE	$140*	Industrial firm
164	Mann Brothers, Elkhorn, WI	$140	Highway-and-heavy construction
165	Westchester County Dept. of Trans., White Plains, NY	$140	County roads and transit-system maintainer doing a lot of contract construction
166	Laramie Crane & Equipment, Detroit, MI	$137	Rental; heavy hauling. Subsidiary of Laramie Enterprises
167	Las Vegas Paving, Las Vegas, NV	$136	Ninth largest private company in Las Vegas
168	Entergy, New Orleans, LA	$135*	Distributes power to 2.5 million in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas
169	Hydro One, Pickering, ON	$132	Wires company (electrical distribution and telecom) succeeded Ontario Hydro
170	International Paper, Stamford, CT	$131*	World's largest producer of forest products
171	American Infrastructure, Worcester, PA	$130	Subsidiary Allan A. Myers is tenth largest federal highway contractor ($121 million in revenue)
172	Clarkson Construction, Kansas City, MO	$130	Bridge builder, concrete paver, grading contractor, owns Superior Asphalt
173	New Mexico Highway Department, Santa Fe, NM	$126	State highway maintenance
174	ACI, Corona, CA	$125	Highway-and-heavy constructor
175	C.W. Matthews Contracting, Marrietta, GA	$125	Builds roads, highways, bridges with support from 12 Georgia asphalt plants
176	Ebensteiner, Agoura Hills, CA	$125	Highway-and-heavy construction
177	Michels, Brownsville, WI	$125	Utility construction specialists
178	West Virginia Division of Highways, Charleston, WV	$125	Highway maintenance
179	New Jersey Dept. of Transportation, Trenton, NJ	$124	State highway maintenance
180	Barnhart Crane & Rigging, Memphis, TN	$120	Crane and rigging services
181	Clyde Co., Brem, UT	$120	Highway-and-heavy construction
182	Kinross Gold, Toronto, ON	$120	Merged Echo Bay Mines and TVX Gold in 2002
183	Republic Services, Fort Lauderdale, FL	$120	No. 3 solid-waste handler operates 53 landfills and 80 transfer stations
184	U.S. Concrete, Houston, TX	$120*	Consolidator formed in 1999 has rolled up 29 materials companies
185	URS, San Francisco, CA	$120*	Includes Aman, Banchee, Cleveland Wrecking, EC Driver & Assoc., Thorburn Colquhoun
186	City of Houston, Houston, TX	$119	Public works and engineering
187	Patten Rental Service, Elmhurst, IL	$118	Caterpillar dealer's rental fleet
188	Ames Construction, Riverton, UT	$118*	Highway-and-heavy firm earns 20% of its revenues on industrial projects
189	Allegheny Energy, Connellsville, PA	$115	Utility owns Monongahela Power, West Penn Power, and Patomic Edison
190	PacifiCorp., Portland, OR	$115*	Owned by Scottish Power, operates Pacific Power and Utah Power
191	California Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento, CA	$114	State road maintenance
192	Mashuda, Cranberry Township, PA	$112	Highway-and-heavy fleet value grew $19 million in 36 months
193	PCL Construction Resources, Edmonton, AB	$112	Bought Fisher-Klosterman to enter oil-field service in Bakersfield, Calif.
194	Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping, Denver, CO	$110	Pumping specialist, pump dealer
195	Energy East, Albany, NY	$110*	Serves 1.4 million electricity customers and 600,000 natural gas customers
196	Houston Lighting & Power, Houston, TX	$110*	Mining-fleet value for subsidiary of Reliant Energy
197	New York City Dept. of Transport., New York, NY	$110	City street maintenance
198	Northern States Power, Minneapolis, MN	$110	Utility
199	Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I), Plainfield, IL	$106*	Company is challenging FTC order to divest acquired Pitt-Des Moines assets
200	Boh Brothers Construction, New Orleans, LA	$105	Maintains 2,000 machines ranging from welders to crawler cranes
201	De Silva Gates Construction, Dublin, CA	$105	Contractor's fleet value has grown $25 million since 2000
202	Irving Materials (IMI), Louisville, KY	$105	Ready-mix firm fields 850 trucks and 130 plants in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee
203	Ryan Central, Janesville, WI	$105	Heavy construction, site work specialists
204	W.O. Grubb Steel Erection, Richmond, VA	$105	Crane rental, steel erection, and industrial maintenance firm
205	American Bridge, Coraopolis, PA	$105*	Leading a joint venture in $186 million Woodrow-Wilson-Bridge superstructure
206	Bonneville Power Administration, Vancouver, WA	$100	Northwestern utility
207	Milwaukee Dept. of Public Works, Milwaukee, WI	$100	Municipal fleet
208	City of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX	$100	Public works department
209	Conoco-Phillips, Bartlesville, OK	$100	Borger-plant equipment operations outsourced to Ameco
210	Consumers Concrete, Kalamazoo, MI	$100	Ready-mix producer's fleet value grew $30 million in the past year
211	County of San Diego, San Diego, CA	$100	County fleet
212	DeKalb County, Decatur, GA	$100*	Paving, landfill, water and sewer service
213	Edward C. Levy Co., Detroit, MI	$100	Produces construction materials from byproducts of steel manufacturing
214	Engelhard, Iselin, NJ	$100	Mining company provides precious and base metals as raw materials
215	Engineered Products, Peachtree City, GA	$100	Design/build specialist concentrating on highways and heavy structures
216	Eureka Stone, Chalfont, PA	$100	Materials producer and highway contractor
217	Gray BEC Lime, Pleasant Gap, PA	$100	Mining subsidiary of Graymont
218	Henkels & McCoy, Blue Bell, PA	$100	Utility and industrial contractor founded in 1923
219	Hunter Industries, San Marcos, TX	$100	Highway constructor owns Colorado Materials
220	Idaho Transportation Department, Boise, ID	$100	State road maintenance
221	Imperial Crane Services, Bridgeview, IL	$100	Truck cranes to 500 tons, lattice boom and crawler cranes to 300 tons
222	Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS	$100	Industrial fleet, subsidiary of Litton Industries
223	Iowa Department of Transportation, Ames, IA	$100	State road maintenance
224	J.A. Jones Construction, Charlotte, NC	$100*	German owner, Philipp Holzmann, in bankruptcy. Construction subsidiaries are for sale
225	Kinder Morgan, Lakewood, CO	$100	Integrated natural gas collection, distribution, marketing
226	Lehman-Roberts, Memphis, TN	$100	Predominantly highway construction
227	Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, Los Angeles, CA	$100	Municipal utility provider
228	Metropolitan Trans. Authority (MTA), New York, NY	$100	North America's largest transportation network serves 14.6 million people
229	Metropolitan Washington Airport, Washington, D.C.	$100	Airport equipment fleet
230	Mid American Energy, Des Moines, IA	$100	Utility
231	Montana Department of Transportation, Helena, MT	$100	State road maintenance
232	Morrissey, Philadelphia, PA	$100	Highway construction 60%; heavy 35%
233	Nevada Department of Transportation, Carson City, NV	$100	State highway maintenance
234	New Jersey Transit, Newark, NJ	$100	New Jersey's public transportation corporation
235	Port Authority of NY & NJ, New York, NY	$100	Government fleet
236	R.E. Monks Construction, Fountain Hills, AZ	$100	Highway-and-heavy contractor's fleet value has grown $37 million in four years
237	Southeast Mining, Mansfield, OH	$100	Mining fleet recently reached $100 million fleet value
238	Syar Industries, Napa, CA	$100	Materials producer
239	Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN	$100	29,469 megawatts generating capacity serving 8 million users in seven states
240	The Doe Run Co., St. Louis, MO	$100	Lead-mining subsidiary of the Renco Group
241	TXI Operations, Dallas, TX	$100	Produces cement, concrete, aggregates and steel
242	U.S. Air Force, Randolph AFB, TX	$100	Military fleet
243	U.S. Borax, Boron, CA	$100	Mining subsidiary of British conglomerate, Rio Tinto Mining
244	U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, DC	$100	Government-owned fleet
245	U.S. Navy, Great Lakes, IL	$100	Building construction
246	Waste Management, Houston, TX	$100	Operates 284 landfills, 293 transfer stations, and 16 waste-to-energy facilities

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