Giants 2009 Listings

Larry Stewart, Executive Editor

September 01, 2009

Rank	Company	City		Equipment Replacement Value ($ in millions)	Comment
1	The Cat Rental Store	Peoria	IL	$6,019	Combined, global dealer-owned fleet includes $8 billion in Cat machines (average age 19 months) and about $2 billion in allied equipment
2	Lafarge North America	Reston	VA	$3,584*	$555 million raised in sale of Chilean business is significant part of the $1.43 billion divestment scheme announced in February
3	U.S. Army Engineers	Ft. Leonard Wood	MO	$3,267	Worldwide fleet of construction and support equipment
4	Kiewit Corp.	Omaha	NE	$3,000	Acquired general-industrial constractor, TIC Holdings, in December. Combined 2008 revenues for the two companies is estimated at $9 billion.
5	Martin Marietta Aggregates	Raleigh	NC	$2,861	Net Q2 2009 sales of $411.3 million were down 22% compared with Q2 2008, but cost of sales was reduced 23% and energy costs were cut 45%
6	Lehigh Heidelberg Cement Group	Allentown	PA	$2,850*	Sold its asphalt operations in Australia -- Specialised Tanker Transport and a 50% stake in Pioneer Road Services -- to Ausie contractor, Fulton Hogan
7	Hertz Equipment Rental Corp. (HERC)	Park Ridge	NJ	$2,800	Implementation of Hertz Improvement Program (H.I.P.), evaluating work processes for efficiency and safety, has had the greatest impact over the past 3 years on cost efficiency
8	United Rentals	Greenwich	CT	$2,620*	Acquired Leasco Equipment Services, a Marietta, OH, industrial rental company serving power generation, petroleum, chemical, and pulp and paper companies.
9	Rio Tinto America	Salt Lake City	UT	$2,467*	Increased global iron ore production 8% in Q2 2009, but reduced bauxite production 14%, alumina 6% and aluminium 5%.
10	Vulcan Materials Co.	Birmingham	AL	$2,397*	Closed its public offering of common stock after selling 13 million shares at $41 per share, netting $521 million the company will use for debt reduction.
11	Oldcastle Materials	Washington	DC	$2,222*	The deteriorating economy curtailed North American consolidating in the second half of 2008 by the Irish materials behemoth, CRH, to six bolt-on acquisitions at a combined cost of $49 million
12	Sunbelt Rentals	Charlotte	NC	$2,129*	Sunbelt rental revenue dropped 8 percent to $1.31 million for fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2009), according to UK parent, Ashtead
13	Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) Inc.	Phoenix	AZ	$1,850*	Operates five open-pit copper mines in North Americaa: Morenci (85% stake in the joint venture), Sierrita, Bagdad and Safford in AZ and Tyrone in NM
14	Arch Coal Inc.	St. Louis	MO	$1,730*	Agreed to purchase Rio Tinto's Jacobs Ranch mine in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming for $761 million. Company
15	RSC Equipment Rental	Houston	TX	$1,696	Acquired American Equipment Rentals in New England to enhance penetration into the Northeast
16	Cemex North America	Monterrey	NL	$1,675*	Commencing a global public offering of 1.2 billion shares to pay down debt as required by a recent agreement with creditors
17	Quanta Services	Houston	TX	$1,549	Added $200 million in services with a two-year extension of its existing contract building Northeast Utilities transmission infrastructure
18	BNSF Railway	Fort Worth	TX	$1,250	Largest intermodal carrier moved 4.7 million containers and trailers, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 7 million metric tons
19	Vale Inco	Toronto	ON	$1,210*	66% of total iron ore shipments were to China in Q2 2009, reaching an all-time high of 35.6 million metric tons
20	Drummond Co.	Jasper	AL	$1,200	Ranks in the top 25 percent of U.S.-owned coal companies
21	GE Commercial Finance	Stamford	CT	$1,200	Provides leasing, rental, financing, and fleet management services to equipment dealers, rental and leasing retailers
22	MDU Resources	Bismarck	ND	$1,200	Will help develop Green Power Express, 3,000 miles of transmission lines through ND, SD, IA, WI, MN, IL and IN
23	BHP Billiton	Houston	TX	$1,191*	Considering an $864-million merger of Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories with Rio Tinto's adjacent Diavik operation
24	Peabody Energy Corp.	St. Louis	MO	$1,103*	World's largest private-sector coal company, with 2008 sales of 256 million tons and $6.6 billion in revenues
25	Suncor Energy Inc.	Calgary	AB	$1,035*	Merged with Petro-Canada, creating Canadas largest energy company and the fifth largest North American energy company by market value
26	North American Coal	Dallas	TX	$1,004	Operates six surface coal mines and provides dragline mining services for independent FL limerock quarries
27	NES Rentals	Chicago	IL	$1,000	Reconfigured fleet to be more than 90% aerial lifts with strength supporting the MI auto industry, yet 2008 rental revenue dropped only 17.5%
28	Holcim US	Dundee	MI	$935*	Selling out in Central America and the Caribbean to Colombia's Argus group for $157 million. Says those operations not viable after Venezuela's forced nationalization of domestic cement biz.
29	North American Energy Partners	Spruce Grove	AB	$908	Signed new 3-year mining services agreement with Shell Canada, landed 3-year contract to maintain TransCanada Pipeline's mainline in BC, SK, MB and ON
30	Newmont Mining Corp.	Denver	CO	$900*	Q2 2009 costs applicable to sales for gold of $423 per ounce, down 4% from $439 per ounce in the year ago quarter
31	Granite Construction	Watsonville	CA	$875	Joins Archer Western in joint venture, Raleigh-Durham Roadbuilders, to build the first modern toll road in NC.
32	Flint Energy Services	Calgary	AB	$850	Signed contracts worth $450 million, extending through mid-2009, for construction at Suncor's oil-sands facilities near Fort McMurray, AB
33	Maxim Crane Works	Pittsburgh	PA	$840*	Invested $600 million in 230- to 300-ton sized crawler cranes, including several units from Barnhart's reconfigured fleet.
34	Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.	Oak Brook	IL	$800	Fleet includes 13 cutter suction dredges, 8 hopper dredges, 6 bucket dredges, 2 drill boats, 1 unloader, 7 booster pumps, and 184 support vessels
35	Chevron Mining Inc.	Englewood	CO	$747	Operates five coal and metal mines, including former Pittsburg & Midway Coal holdings
36	H & E Equipment Services	Baton Rouge	LA	$733*	Q2 2009 revenues decreased 36.2% to $180.2 million, but reduced debt by $23 million during the quarter
37	F & M Mafco	Harrison	OH	$700	Rental and sales organization targets rigging and fabrication contractors
38	Hochtief Americas GmbH	New York	NY	$694*	Value includes fleet of No. 1 U.S. builder, Turner Corp., heavy constructor, Flatiron (purchased November 2007), but not Hochtief do Brasil
39	Alpha Natural Resources Inc.	Abington	VA	$681*	$2 billion stock deal will add Foundation Coal, creating the country's third-largest coal company, operating 59 mines.
40	Waste Management Inc.	Houston	TX	$650	Supplying landfill gas that replaces nearly 20% of the coal burned at LaFarge's Sugar Creek, MO, cement plant.
41	Cleveland-Cliffs	Cleveland	MI	$631*	United Taconite will increase production and return to a 40-hour work week, mining operations will increase at Thunderbird
42	All Erection & Crane Rental	Cleveland	OH	$596*	Two divisions won SC&RA safety awards: Dawes took a Zero Accident Award -- no recordable accidents in 2008 -- and Sunshine Crane earned a Fleet Safety Improvement Award
43	Neff Rental	Miami	FL	$594	Shifting earthmoving-heavy fleet from hard-hit FL and CA branches to higher-demand areas.
44	Finning International	Edmonton	AB	$576*	Acquired oilfield service company, Colicott Energy Services
45	Votorantim Group U.S.A.	Bridgeview	IL	$558*	Brazilian conglomerate has acquired concrete producers, St. Marys Cement and CBM from Ontario, Prairie Group from Chicagoland and Prestige from FL
46	The Vecellio Group	West Palm Beach	FL	$508	Developed petroleum/fuel services company, Vecenergy, after integrating liquid-asphalt producer South Florida Materials
47	Fluor Corp.	Irving	TX	$500	Will book $1.5 billion in 2009 on EPC contract for Imperial Oils Kearl oil sands surface mine in AB.
48	Grupo Mexico	Colonia Roma Sur	DF	$500*	Offered $2.2 billion to recover bankrupt U.S. miner ASARCO, a company it owned since 1999, but lost control of in bankruptcy
49	North Carolina Department of Transportation	Raleigh	NC	$500	State road maintenance
50	Tube City IMS	Horsham	PA	$500	Recovers byproducts generated in steel and iron production and reprocesses them into valuable materials
51	Virginia Department of Transportation	Suffolk	VA	$495	Highway department maintains 10,000 pieces of rolling stock
52	Syncrude Canada Ltd.	Ft. McMurray	AB	$489*	Every 24 hours there is enough metal worn off Syncrude mining equipment by abrasive oil sand, to make two full-size pick-up trucks
53	Elmo Greer & Sons Inc.	London	KY	$475	Uses DTSystems dispatching system
54	Ahern Rentals Inc.	Las Vegas	NV	$474	86% of Q2 2008 revenues ($83.9 million) came from equipment rental, 68% of that attributable to rentals of high reach equipment
55	Buzzi Unicem USA	Indianapolis	IN	$469*	Subsidiary Alamo Cement bought 50% ownership in Houston's Dorsett Bros. Concrete Supply
56	Southern Company	Atlanta	GA	$463*	Contracted with Westinghouse and Shaw to construct two AP1000 nuclear generators
57	Exelon Corp.	Chicago	IL	$462*	Distributes electricity to 5.2 million customers in northern IL and PA and gas to 460,000 around Philadelphia
58	Volvo Rents Inc.	Asheville	NC	$461	Aggregte fleet value for 82 Volvo Rents North American franchises. There are also 82 Volvo Rents locations in Europe, three in India and one in Mexico
59	Republic Services Inc.	Phoenix	AZ	$460*	Acquired and merged with Allied Services, creating a $9 billion company operating in 40 states, North America's No. 2 solid-waste handler
60	Ring Power Corp.	Jacksonville	FL	$456*	Cat dealer operates 14 Cat Rental Store branches in Florida
61	Las Vegas Paving	Las Vegas	NV	$442	Pioneered asphalt recycling in the early '70s by developing special equipment and methods
62	Essex Crane Rental Corp.	Buffalo Grove	IL	$450	Replaced 9 units in the first half of 2009 with greater-capacity cranes that generate higher rental and utilization rates
63	AmQuip Crane Corp.	Bensalem	PA	$440*	Rental volume grew 15 percent in fiscal 2007. Shaughnessy purchase in March '07 has brought big growth in Boston and RI.
64	New York Department of Transport	Albany	NY	$436	State road maintenance fleet
65	Sunstate Equipment	Phoenix	AZ	$430	Locations in California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas
66	Weeks Marine	Cranford	NJ	$402	Will finish moving 5.7 million cubic yards from Baltimore's Seagirt Channel in January 2008
67	Bechtel Corp.	Louisville	KY	$400	Leading EPC on the $2.5-billion completion of Unit 2 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in TN. The unfinished plant was mothballed in 1985
68	Milton CAT	Batavia	NY	$400	Cat dealer's rental fleet grew $150 million in the last year
69	Qwest	Englewood	CO	$400*	Macro Capacity fiber optic network spans more than 190,000 miles globally
70	Skanska USA	Greenwich	CT	$400	Awarded $182 million design/build contract to reconstruct 11th Street bridges and adjacent interchanges in Washington D.C.
71	The Walsh Group	Chicago	IL	$400	Third-generation family business provides general contracting, construction management and design-build services
72	Weyerhaeuser Co.	Federal Way	WA	$400*	Sold its Containerboard Packaging and Recycling business to International Paper for $6 billion in cash
73	Florida Power & Light	Miami	FL	$398	Nation's largest renewable energy company is Investing $20 billion in wind-energy facilities through 2012
74	Georgia Pacific	Atlanta	GA	$385	Bought Brewton, AL, white top linerboard and bleached board mill from Smurfit-Stone for $355 million
75	Teck Cominco	Vancouver	BC	$376*	Acquiring Global Copper, owner of the Relincho copper project in Chile
76	T.J. Lambrecht Construction	Joliet	IL	$375	Moved 1 million cubic yards of earth for O'Hare runway expansion in four months
77	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Washington	DC	$375	The Presidents Budget for fiscal 2009 included $4.7 billion in new federal funding for Civil Works, plus $5.761 billion in an emergency request
78	Clyde Companies	Orem	UT	$373	Constructor/materials firm's fleet value has grown $49 million in the past 36 months
79	MidAmerican Energy Holding Co.	Des Moines	IA	$364*	The 2007 Platts Global Energy Awards Power Company of the Year
80	Barrick Gold	Toronto	ON	$355*	Developing Pascua Lama mine, which holds an estimated 17.8 million ounces of gold, on the Chile/Argentina border.
81	Kokosing Construction	Fredericktown	OH	$350	Regional general contractor/construction manager commits to at least 40 hours of training per year for each employee
82	New York City Department of Transportation	New York	NY	$350	City transportation maintenance and management
83	FNX Mining	Toronto	ON	$333*	When Sherritt bought Dynatec, they sold the mining operations ot FNX Mining
84	Morrow Equipment	Salem	OR	$332	Liebherr distributor owns and operates the largest fleet of tower cranes in North America
85	International Coal Group Inc.	Ashland	KY	$325*	Bought Powell Mountain mining operations in VA and KY, including 29 million tons of coal reserves and 47 million tons of deposits deposits
86	West Virginia Department of Transportation	Charleston	WV	$323	Maintains 37,000 miles of highway
87	RJM Construction	Las Vegas	NV	$320	Mining contractor
88	United Contractors Midwest	Springfield	IL	$320	After building three bridges, now building 11.5 miles of four-lane expressway near Carthage in McDonough Co. IL
89	Aggreko North America	New Iberia	LA	$318*	Expects 5% revenue growth in the first half of 2009, with strong international power activity partly offset by weaker European and North American businesses.
90	Clyde Hanson Industries	Kensington	MD	$312	Building constructor
91	Layne Christensen Co.	Mission Woods	KS	$310*	Acquired Meadors Construction Co., Jacksonville, Fla., to expand water infrastructure biz
92	Los Angeles Department of Water & Power	Los Angeles	CA	$305	Nation's largest municipal utility
93	Xstrata	Toronto	ON	$304*	Proposed a "merger of equals" with Anglo American to gain access to iron ore mines and platinum production
94	Clark Construction Group	Bethesda	MD	$303*	Landed the $134 million contract for University Gateway, a mixed-use student housing project next to USC's Los Angeles campus
95	KBR	Houston	TX	$302*	Formed a Government, Defense and Infrastructure Business Group to serve North America, the Middle East, UK and Australia
96	Pennsylvania Department of Transportation	Harrisburg	PA	$300	State highway maintenance
97	Price Gregory Services Inc.	Dallas	TX	$300	Pipeline contractor H.C. Price merged with Gregory & Cook Construction
98	South Carolina Department of Transportation	Columbia	SC	$300	State road maintenance
99	Teichert Inc.	Sacramento	CA	$300	250 Class 8 trucks, in addition to a highway-and-heavy-construction fleet
100	Tennessee Valley Authority	Knoxville	TN	$300	29,469 megawatts generating capacity serving 8 million users in seven states
101	Titan America	Norfolk	VA	$300	Spending $320 million building a 2.4-million-ton/year plant on the site of Ideal Cement's old plant at Castle Hayne, NC
102	Traylor Brothers	Evansville	IN	$300	Tom Traylor, CEO, received the 2008 Golden Beaver Management Award for 46 years of contributions to heavy construction
103	Wildish Construction Co.	Eugene	OR	$300	Preparing the northbound I-5 bridge for traffic on the 10-bridge South Medford Interchange project
104	Willbros Group Inc.	Houston	TX	$300	Acquisition of Wink Co.s' engineering business adds downstream engineering, procurement and construction capability to strong upstream EPC abilities
105	Dominion	Richmond	VA	$296*	Selling its Peoples and Hope natural-gas distribution companies to Babcock & Brown Infrastructure Fund for $910 million
106	Entergy Corp.	New Orleans	LA	$291*	Owns 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and is the second-largest nuclear generator in the U.S.
107	The Lane Construction Corp.	Meriden	CT	$282	Landed Maryland DOT I-495 design/build interchange worth $26.5 million
108	HudBay Minerals Inc.	Toronto	ON	$277*	Base-metal (nickel, zinc, copper) mining roll-up acquired Skye Resources, since renamed HMI Nickel
109	Consolidated Edison Inc.	New York	NY	$276*	Fleet of 1,700 diesel trucks is using B-20 biodiesel fuel; will replace 50 smaller vehicles with hybrids this year
110	Tutor Perini Corp.	Framingham	MA	$269*	Acquired Philadelphia-based Keating Building Corp. for more than $43 million, adding $860 million backlog
111	City of Calgary	Calgary	AB	$269	Exploring hybrid and alternative-fueled vehicles for fleet of over 4,000 units
112	PCL Construction Resources	Denver	CO	$266	Independent operating companies work from offices in twenty-nine locations across Canada, the U.S. and the Bahamas. M
113	Ames Construction	Burnsville	MN	$250	Won AGC's Construction Safety Excellence Award in 2007
114	Carmeuse North America	Pittsburgh	PA	$250*	Belgian-owned lime producer acquired Cleveland's Oglebay-Norton
115	City of Los Angeles, Public Works	Los Angeles	CA	$250	City government
116	Dycom Industries	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	$250	Installs cable systems, strings power lines, and locates underground utilities
117	McAninch	Des Moines	IA	$250	Iowa's largest earthmover/utility contractor pioneered GPS grade controls in production on its fleet of 400 Cat machines
118	New Enterprise Stone & Lime	New Enterprise	PA	$250	Awarded a contract for a mile of five-lane roadway from SR 1021 to SR 36 (Park Avenue) in Blair Co., PA
119	Tennessee Department of Transportation	Nashville	TN	$250	State road maintenance
120	Trinity Industries	Dallas	TX	$250	Industrial giant includes Transit Mix Concrete and Trinity Materials
121	Edward Kraemer & Sons	Plain	WI	$249*	New York APWA named the Frederick Douglas-Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge in Rochester its Public Works Project of the Year
122	Pike Electric Inc.	Mt Airy	NC	$248*	Revenues for fiscal 2009 (ended June 30, 2009) increased 11.1% to $613.5 million
123	Herzog Contracting	St. Joseph	MO	$235*	Heavy constructor specializes in building railroads
124	Jones Brothers Construction	Mt. Juliet	TN	$232*	Largest heavy highway construction company in Tennessee
125	Haines & Kibblehouse	Skippack	PA	$225	Highway-and-heavy firm focuses on quarrying operations
126	AECON Group	Toronto	ON	$221	Awarded $99-million contract to widen 9 miles of Highway 401 near Woodstock, ON
127	Barnhart Crane & Rigging	Memphis	TN	$220	Acquired five cranes from Eddie Johnson Crane Service, and 25-year industry veteran Keith Johnson joined Barnhart to run Oklahoma operations.
128	Grace Pacific Corp.	Honolulu	HI	$220	Repowered haul trucks and a loader in its aggregates operation with help from federal grant funds
129	Minnesota Department of Transportation	Duluth	MN	$220	State highway maintenance
130	Manson Construction Co.	Seattle	WA	$217*	100-year old, family-lead marine contractor works throughout the coastal US
131	Kinross Gold	Toronto	ON	$217*	Nine gold mines located in the US, Canada, Brazil, Chile and Russia
132	Henkels & McCoy	Blue Bell	PA	$215	Signed a three-year alliance worth $90 million with AmerenUE to put some aerial circuits underground
133	FirstEnergy Co.	Akron	OH	$214*	Invested $125 million in a joint venture with Boich to buy 80 percent of Bull Mountain Mine in MT
134	Ameren Corp.	St. Louis	MO	$209*	Provides electricity to 2.4 million and natural gas to 1 million customers across 64,000 square miles in IL and MO
135	Pulte Homes Inc.	Bloomfield Hills	MI	$209*	Merged with Centex in a massive stock swap that resulted in Pulte shareholders in control of 68% of the combined company.
136	Barnhill Contracting	Tarboro	NC	$205	Acquired grading/paving contractor, Mac Construction in Shallotte, NC
137	Kirby-Smith Machinery	Oklahoma City	OK	$205	Acquired Dallas-based Komatsu dealer, Continental Equipment, adding locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Abilene and Lubbock.
138	Battlefield Equipment Rentals	Toronto	ON	$204	Toromont Cat's rental operation operates out of 33 branches in Eastern Canada
139	AT&T	San Antonio	TX	$200	Consolidated Cingular, Bell South, Ameritech, Pacific Bell, others
140	Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping	Denver	CO	$200	Concrete pumping contractor, pump dealer
141	CONSOL Energy	Pittsburgh	PA	$200	Developing a coal gasification and liquefaction plant in WV to produce 720,000 tonnes per year of methanol
142	Dobson Brothers Const. Co.	Lincoln	NE	$200	Highway and heavy construction units, including Western Plains Construction, of Olson Enterprises
143	James River Coal	Richmond	VA	$200*	Exiting underground mining at the BL-4 Mine and Cabin Hollow Mine; accelerating development at two surface mines
144	Manatts Inc.	Brooklyn	IA	$200	Asphalt and concrete paving, water and sewer, excavation, quarries, and more
145	Michels Corp.	Brownsville	WI	$200	Joint venture with Precision Pipeline and U.S. Pipeline is building a $1.2-billion segment of the Alberta Clipper in ND and MN.
146	New Mexico Highway & Transportation Dept.	Santa Fe	NM	$200	GRIP $1.6 billion initiative finances 40 highway projects in Rio Grande corridor
147	The Hubbard Group	Orlando	FL	$200	Part of European road constructor, Eurovia, and a holding company comprised of Hubbard Construction and Blythe Construction.
148	Quadra Mining Ltd.	Vancouver	BC	$199*	Completed $190 million construction of Carlota copper mine (Globe-Miami, AZ) on schedule and on budget. Shipped first cathode copper in 2008.
149	Rogers Group	Nashville	TN	$190	Twelve RGI plants received NSSGA beautification awards in 2007
150	Lunda Construction Co.	Black River Falls	WI	$188*	Bridge division includes pile driving, railroad bridges and various concrete work
151	Rockford Blacktop Construction	Loves Park	IL	$188	Includes Rockford Sand & Gravel, Rockford Electric, and Rockford Environmental
152	McDermott International Inc.	New Orleans	LA	$185*	Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary purchased Intech to extend capabilities in serving the U.S. commercial nuclear service market
153	Alaska Department of Transportation	Anchorage	AK	$181	State highway department
154	C.W. Matthews Contracting	Marrietta	GA	$180	More than 800 major construction machines; average age less than four years; 25,000 square feet of maintenance facilities
155	Cardi Corp.	Warwick	RI	$180	Highway and heavy contractor trades on concrete, asphalt and aggregate capabilities
156	Zachry Construction Corp.	San Antonio	TX	$180	Reorganized and operating as two separate companies: Zachry Construction and Zachry Industrial
157	Insituform Technologies	Chesterfield	MO	$177	February acquisitions of The Bayou Cos. and Corrpro Cos. bouyed Q3 2009 revenue 46%, yielding 36% profit growth to $9.1 million
158	Arizona Department of Transportation	Phoenix	AZ	$176	Draft five-year plan allots $5.5 billion for state highway projects 2007 to 2011
159	PPL Corp.	Allentown	PA	$175	Sold its PPL Telcom subsidiary to Zayo Bandwidth for $60 million
160	Ready Mix USA	Birmingham	AL	$175*	Closed Columbia, AL, sand operation and brought a new Bellwood, AL, plant on line in March. Also started a new Tuscaloosa sand, mortar and gravel plant.
161	Rodman Companies	Frisco	TX	$175	Site developer is investing in fleet management after period of rapid growth
162	U.S. Air Force	Hickman AFB	HI	$175	Military construction fleet
163	U.S. Department of Energy	Washington	DC	$175	Federal fleet value on the Savannah River Site
164	Kinder Morgan Energy Partners	Lakewood	CO	$174*	KMP has increased its share distribution 33 times since current management took over in February of 1997
165	Peterson Contractors Inc.	Reinbeck	IA	$172	Fleet value grew $34 million since 2007
166	Hunt Construction Group	Scottsdale	AZ	$170*	Joint venture Hunt-Walton is construction manager for the $250 million renovation of Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City
167	URS Corp.	San Francisco	CA	$169*	One of four firms awarded indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contracts by U.S. Navy for construction at Defense sites worldwide
168	R.E. Monks Construction LLC	Fountain Hills	AZ	$167	Fleet value has grown $50 million in two years
169	ASRC Energy Service	Anchorage	AK	$165	Manages maintenance on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
170	CH2M Hill Equipment Inc.	Englewood	CO	$163	Construction management and design firm earns more than $5 billion in revenue in transportation, water, energy, environment and industrial facilities
171	O&G Industries	Torrington	CT	$162	Operates 9 asphalt plants, 7 concrete plants, 10 sand and gravel operations, and 5 mason-supply stores
172	Alcoa Sandow Mine	Rockdale	TX	$160	Sold soft-alloy extrusion facilities in Warren, OH, and Plant City, FL, to Golden Aluminum
173	Boh Brothers Construction	New Orleans	LA	$160	2,000 pieces of equipment in sizes from welding machines and air compressors to crawler cranes
174	Clarkson Construction	Kansas City	MO	$158	Working on Kansas City Triangle project, scheduled for completion 2008
175	City of Vancouver	Vancouver	BC	$157	Municipal fleet
176	The Branch Group	Roanoke	VA	$155*	Employee-owned highway, airport, site-prep contractor
177	Keller Group PLC	Odenton	MD	$152*	International ground engineer's U.S. holdings include Hayward Baker, Case Foundation, McKinney Drilling, HJ Foundation, Suncoast Post-Tension, and Anderson Drilling
178	McCarthy Holdings Inc.	Saint Louis	MO	$151*	Saint-Louis-area contracts from ConocoPhillips, Ameren and Holcim boosted 2007 revenue 24 percent
179	Basin Electric Power Cooperative	Bismarck	ND	$150	Plans to complete a new coal-based power plant near Gillette, WY, by 2011
180	David A. Bramble Inc.	Chestertown	MD	$150	Fleet includes three asphalt plants, 150 construction pieces, and 75 trucks
181	De Silva Gates Construction	Dublin	CA	$150	Over $350 million in annual revenues from a 350-piece heavy-equipment fleet
182	Edward C. Levy	Detroit	MI	$150	Produces construction materials from steel and construction waste
183	Energy Future Holdings	Dallas	TX	$150	New private-equity owners broke company into Luminant (competitive generation), Oncor (regulated distribution), and TXU Energy (competitive retail electric utility) Texas Energy Future Holdings Limited Partnership
184	Francis O. Day Co.	Rockville	MD	$150	Highway-and-heavy constructor; materials producer
185	Indiana Department of Transportation	Indianapolis	IN	$150	$3.6 billion lease of toll road will fund 10-year transportation investment plan
186	John Carlo Inc.	Mt. Clemens	MI	$150	General contractor derives nearly all of its revenues from highway construction
187	S.T. Wooten Corp.	Wilson	NC	$145	Builds roads and bridges, buildings, makes asphalt and ready mix
188	IA Construction	Concordville	PA	$144	Highway-and-heavy-construction division of Colas North America
189	Orion Marine Group	Houston	TX	$144*	Holding company for Orion Construction, King Fisher Marine, Misener Marine
190	Laramie Crane & Equipment	Detroit	MI	$141	Boom trucks to 35 tons; hydraulic rough terrains to 130 tons; hydraulic truck cranes to 500 tons Crawler Crane to 500 Tons
191	City of Houston	Houston	TX	$140	Public works and engineering
192	Fisher Industries	Dickinson	ND	$140*	Operates 40 aggregate plants and a fleet of 2,000 machines
193	General Crane USA	Pompano Beach	FL	$140	Five independent operating companies include General Crane USA, United Crane, Hunter Cranes, Merchant Transport & Cranes, and Republic Tower & Hoist
194	Penhall International	Anaheim	CA	$140	Calls itself the largest provider of concrete cutting, breaking, excavation and highway-grinding services in the U.S.
195	Westchester County Dept. of Transportation	Mount Vernon	NY	$140	County roads and transit-system maintainer
196	Williams Brothers Construction Co.	Houston	TX	$140	CEO Doug Pitcock received ARTBA's greatest recognition in the 2007 ARTBA Award
197	Sunland Construction	Eunice	LA	$139	32-year-old pipelining firm
198	Stacy and Witbeck	Alameda	CA	$137*	One of the Wests largest urban heavy civil contractors, with strength in light rail and transit construction
199	A&A Ready Mixed Concrete	Newport Beach	CA	$136	26 locations serve CA; specialize in portable batch plants
200	Mashuda Corp.	Cranberry Township	PA	$135	Highway and heavy contractor
201	Hydro One	Pickering	ON	$132	Largest electricity delivery company in Ontario
202	Ryan Inc. Central	Janesville	WI	$130	Specializing in site work and mass excavation
203	Centerpoint Energy	Houston	TX	$128*	Serves electric can natural gas to 5 million customers in AK, LA, MN, MS, OK, and TX
204	The Shaw Group	Baton Rouge	LA	$128*	Proceeding with JV partners on EPC contract for two nuclear power units for the Southern Company at the Vogtle Electric site near Augusta, GA -- the first new U.S. nuclear-power construction in more than 30 years.
205	Sterling Construction Company	Houston	TX	$127	Construction is undertaken by subsidiaries Texas Sterling Construction Co. and Road & Highway Builders LLC
206	Cianbro Corp.	Pittsfield	ME	$125	Industrial/petro contractor and highway and heavy contractor
207	City of Chicago	Chicago	IL	$125	Municipal fleet
208	ECCO Equipment	Santa Ana	CA	$125	Over 700 pieces of heavy earthmoving equipment in the Western U.S.
209	OHL USA Inc.	Davie	FL	$125	Spanish contractor's US holdings include Arellano Construction, Community Asphalt, and the Tower Group, all in FL. Community earns $350 million per year from FL DOT.
210	Salt River Project	Phoenix	AZ	$125	Utility to construct $600 million, 400-megawatt coal-fired power plant
211	Balfour Beatty	Novi	MI	$124*	Purchased the Centex commercial construction unit
212	New Jersey DOT	Trenton	NJ	$124	2007 transportation program funds $3.2 billion in construction projects
213	Syar Industries	Napa	CA	$122*	Materials producer operates seven quarries in California
214	Tarco Inc.	Arvada	CO	$121	Fields 34 crews doing earthmoving, utility, and concrete work
215	American Infrastructure	Worcester	PA	$120	Pursuing the DE market with 120-acre site-development projects in Magnolia and Christiana
216	Coast Crane Co.	Seattle	WA	$120	Consolidation of three companies raised fleet value over $100 million
217	Fred Weber Inc.	Maryland Heights	MO	$120	Integrated contractor/materials producer leads the St. Louis area in concrete and asphalt paving
218	HRI Inc.	State College	PA	$120	Highway-and-heavy contractor is a division of Colas North America
219	Illinois Department of Transportation	Springfield	IL	$120	State highway department
220	Mann Brothers	Elkhorn	WI	$120	Highway-and-heavy construction
221	Matrix Service Co.	Tulsa	OK	$120	Won $36 million contract for Chevron's terminal expansion in Port Everglades, FL
222	Scotty's Contracting & Stone	Bowling Green	KY	$120	Fleet value grew $20 million between 2007 and 2008
223	U.S. Concrete	Houston	TX	$120	Formed Superior Matierals, joint venture with Edw. C. Levy Co. that will be the largest ready mix producer in MI
224	American Bridge Co.	Coraopolis	PA	$117	Awarded a $39 million contract to reinforce cables and other components of the Bronx Whitestone Bridge in New York City
225	Wilder Construction Co.	Bellingham	WA	$115	Granite Const. owns a third of this 90-year-old heavy construction firm
226	Rohm & Haas	New Iberia	LA	$113	Morton Salt is a major North American operation of this global specialty materials producer
227	Luck Stone Corp.	Richmond	VA	$110	17 quarries, three sand and gravel operations and five architectural stone locations
228	Norfolk Dredging Co.	Chesapeake	VA	$110	Specialist in sub-aqueous trench and tunnel excavation, backfill and hydraulic landfill
229	Sherwood Construction	Wichita	KS	$110	Heavy constructor includes a family of 17 companies
230	Structural Group	Hanover	MD	$110*	Subsidiary Vstructural selected to post-tension the Gerald R. Ford International Airport terminal in Grand Rapids, MI
231	Fordyce Ltd.	Victoria	TX	$108	Sand and gravel producer
232	Rieth-Riley Construction	Gary	IN	$108*	Acquired Seng Dock & Trucking, which operates dock facilities, aggregate businesses and trucking in the northwestern MI
233	Ray Bell Construction Co.	Brentwood	TN	$106*	Blalock JV netted $104-million SmartFIX 40 contract in Knoxville
234	Iowa Department of Transportation	Ames	IA	$105	State road maintence
235	Omaha Public Power District	Elkhorn	NE	$105	Public electric utility serving eastern Nebraska
236	W.O. Grubb Steel Erection	Richmond	VA	$105	About half of the firm's 200 cranes are Manitowoc-Crane-Group machines
237	Manitoba Highways & Transportation Department	Winnipeg	MB	$105	Provincial road maintenance
238	Manitoba Hydro	Winnipeg	MB	$104	Utility
239	MacAllister Machinery	Indianapolis	IN	$104*	Eight Cat Rental Store locations in Indiana
240	Northeast Utilities	Hartford	CT	$100*	Furnishes electrical service in NH, MA, and CT, as well as natural gas in CT
241	Allegheny Energy	Hagerstown	MD	$100	Utility owns Monongahela Power, West Penn Power, and Patomic Edison
242	American Asphalt & Grading	Las Vegas	NV	$100	Grading, paving, and mine-reclamation fleet includes two Komatsu D575A dozers
243	Austin Industries	Dallas	TX	$100	Received a $433,000 grant from TX for upgrading to lower-emissions equipment
244	Bauerly Brothers	Sauk Rapids	MN	$100	Supplies aggregate, asphalt and concrete to 29 Minnesota counties
245	Briggs Equipment	Dallas	TX	$100	Case distributor with 18 locations in NC, SC, GA, and FL
246	City of Tulsa	Tulsa	OK	$100	Municipal services provider
247	Consumers Concrete	Kalamazoo	MI	$100	Ready-mix producer
248	Continental Materials Corp.	Chicago	IL	$100	Value is for subsidiary Transit Mix Concrete's extensive Colorado operations
249	EKPC	Winchester	KY	$100	Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative
250	Engelhard	Iselin	NJ	$100	Mining company acquired by chemical giant BASF and added to catalysts group
251	Gary Merlino Construction Co.	Seattle	WA	$100	Highway and heavy construction
252	Gray BEC Lime	Pleasant Gap	PA	$100	Mining subsidiary of Graymont
253	Hinkle Contracting Corp.	Paris	KY	$100	Highway construction, materials producer, environmental work
254	Hunter Industries	San Marcos	TX	$100	Highway constructor owns Colorado Materials
255	J. Fletcher Creamer & Son Inc.	Hackensack	NJ	$100	Pioneering CleanFast utility-installation equipment that simultaneously creates a mini-trench while removing debris
256	Lehman-Roberts	Memphis	TN	$100	Predominantly highway construction
257	Luhr Brothers Inc.	Columbia	IL	$100	General contractor places heavy construction through the Midwest
258	Metropolitan Washington Airport	Washington	DC	$100	Airport-maintenance equipment fleet
259	Modern Group	Bristol	PA	$100	Employee-owned equipment distributor's rental-fleet value
260	Montana Department of Transportation	Helena	MT	$100	56-mile, $150 million Peoples Way project in progress until 2009
261	Nevada Department of Transportation	Carson City	NV	$100	State highway maintenance
262	Northern Improvement	Bismarck	ND	$100	Highway and heavy construction
263	Panama Canal Authority	Miami	FL	$100	Extended the deadline to December 10 for design/build proposals for locks, part of the $5.2 billion expansion
264	Parsons Corp.	Pasadena	CA	$100	Chosen in a $4 billion, 5-year shared-capacity task order contract to support the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency
265	Sims Crane & Equipment	Tampa	FL	$100	All-terrain cranes to 550 tons, crawler cranes to 330 tons, and rough-terrain cranes to 80 tons
266	Solar Sources	Indianapolis	IN	$100	Coal producer
267	Star Industries	Seattle	WA	$100	Family-owned rental company has 16 locations in Washington and Oregon
268	Taisei Construction Corp.	Cypress	CA	$100	US opertions in California and Hawaii of Japan-based global constructor
269	The Doe Run Co.	St. Louis	MO	$100	Lead-mining subsidiary of the Renco Group
270	Veco	Anchorage	AK	$100	Highway construction, utilities and oil-field service company to the world
271	Xcel Energy	Denver	CO	$100	Part of CapX 2020 alliance to construct $1.3 billion in new transmission lines