Companies that have trained themselves for downturns have managed to keep plugging away, pacing themselves until they can see the finish line—a strong recovery. This approach is especially true for large subcontractors and specialty-trade contractors that endured the "summer of recovery" in 2010, which never materialized, the planned rebound in 2011, which failed to gain traction, and a hoped-for election-year bounce throughout 2012, which barely registered.
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| RANK | FIRM | FIRM TYPE |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | ||
| 1 | 1 | EMCOR Group Inc., Norwalk, Conn. | M/O/E |
| 2 | 2 | Quanta Services Inc., Houston, Texas | E/U |
| 3 | 3 | MasTec Inc., Coral Gables, Fla. | O/U |
| 4 | 4 | Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services Inc., Kennesaw, Ga. | O |
| 5 | 6 | APi Group Inc., New Brighton, Minn. | O |
| 6 | 5 | The Brock Group, Houston, Texas | O |
| 7 | 7 | Comfort Systems USA Inc., Houston, Texas | M |
| 8 | 8 | Henkels & McCoy Inc., Blue Bell, Pa. | U |
| 9 | 14 | GreenStar Services Corp., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. | E/M |
| 10 | 11 | Rosendin Electric Inc., San Jose, Calif. | E |
| 11 | 13 | MYR Group Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill. | E |
| 12 | 12 | Performance Contracting Group Inc., Lenexa, Kan. | W/O |
| 13 | 9 | M.C. Dean Inc., Dulles, Va. | E |
| 14 | 16 | Pike Electric Corp., Mount Airy, N.C. | E |
| 15 | 10 | Baker Concrete Construction Inc., Monroe, Ohio | C |
| 16 | 28 | Cupertino Electric Inc., San Jose, Calif. | E |
| 17 | 17 | Acco Engineered Systems Inc., Glendale, Calif. | M |
| 18 | 18 | Integrated Electrical Services Inc., Houston, Texas | E |
| 19 | 22 | CentiMark Corp., Canonsburg, Pa. | R |
| 20 | ** | McKinstry, Seattle, Wash. | M |
| 21 | 21 | Tecta America Corp., Rosemont, Ill. | R |
| 22 | 46 | LVI Services Inc., New York, N.Y. | D/A |
| 23 | 19 | Southland Industries, Garden Grove, Calif. | M |
| 24 | 23 | Bergelectric Corp., Escondido, Calif. | E |
| 25 | 35 | Schuff International Inc., Phoenix, Ariz. | O/ST |
| 26 | 34 | Hayward Baker Inc. (a Keller Co.), Odenton, Md. | EX |
| 27 | 24 | Structural, Hanover, Md. | C |
| 28 | 65 | The State Group, Evansville, Ind. | E/M |
| 29 | 42 | John E. Green Co., Highland Park, Mich. | M |
| 30 | 27 | The Truland Group Inc., Reston, Va. | E |
| 31 | 54 | Kinetic Systems Inc., Fremont, Calif. | M |
| 32 | 36 | Furmanite Corp., Houston, Texas | O |
| 33 | 31 | TDIndustries, Dallas, Texas | M |
| 34 | 38 | Morrow-Meadows Corp., Industry, Calif. | E |
| 35 | 25 | MMR Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La. | E |
| 36 | 49 | SteelFab Inc., Charlotte, N.C. | O |
| 37 | 50 | Miller Pipeline Corp., Indianapolis, Ind. | U |
| 38 | ** | Brandt, Dallas, Texas | M |
| 39 | 48 | Limbach Facility Services LLC, Pittsburgh, Pa. | M |
| 40 | 30 | The Newtron Group LLC, Baton Rouge, La. | E |
| 41 | 37 | Wayne J. Griffin Electric Inc., Holliston, Mass. | E |
| 42 | 41 | Nooter construction co., St. Louis, Mo. | M |
| 43 | 40 | Mass. Electric Construction Co., Boston, Mass. | E |
| 44 | 44 | Aldridge Electric Inc., Libertyville, Ill. | E |
| 45 | 39 | KHS&S Contractors, Tampa, Fla. | W |
| 46 | ** | JH Kelly LLC, Longview, Wash. | M |
| 47 | 32 | Ceco Construction Group, Kansas City, Mo. | C |
| 48 | 33 | Helix Electric Inc., San Dipego, Calif. | E |
| 49 | 29 | Fisk, Houston, Texas | E |
| 50 | 66 | Parsons Electric, Minneapolis, Minn. | E |
| 51 | 80 | Redwood Electric Group Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. | E |
| 52 | 62 | Barnhart Crane & Rigging Co., Memphis, Tenn. | O |
| 53 | 51 | Faith Technologies Inc., Menasha, Wis. | E |
| 54 | 63 | Motor City Electric Co., Detroit, Mich. | E |
| 55 | 64 | Harder Mechanical Contractors Inc., Portland, Ore. | M |
| 56 | 56 | NCM, Brea, Calif. | D/A |
| 57 | 55 | ISC, Baton Rouge, La. | E |
| 58 | 60 | The Hill Group, Franklin Park, Ill. | M/SH |
| 59 | 74 | Gerdau Reinforcing Steel (Pacific Coast Steel), San Diego, Calif. | O |
| 60 | 45 | ISEC Inc., Englewood, Colo. | O |
| 61 | 76 | U.S. Engineering Co., Kansas City, Mo. | M |
| 62 | 43 | Irex Contracting Group, Lancaster, Pa. | O/A |
| 63 | 78 | E-J Electric Installation Co., Long Island City, N.Y. | E |
| 64 | 90 | Walker Engineering Inc., Irving, Texas | E |
| 65 | 91 | Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors & Engineers, St. Louis, Mo. | M |
| 66 | 72 | Harris Cos., St. Paul, Minn. | M |
| 67 | 73 | Penhall Co., Anaheim, Calif. | D |
| 68 | 89 | Davis H. Elliot Co. Inc., Roanoke, Va. | E |
| 69 | 68 | Cache Valley Electric Co., Logan, Utah | E |
| 70 | 82 | Hatzel & Buehler Inc., Wilmington, Del. | E |
| 71 | 47 | Hunt Electric Corp., St. Paul, Minn. | E |
| 72 | 61 | Miller Electric Co., Jacksonville, Fla. | E |
| 73 | 86 | Shaft Drillers International LLC, Mt. Morris, Pa. | EX/M |
| 74 | 95 | Ivey Mechanical Co., Kosciusko, Miss. | M |
| 75 | 75 | Gaylor Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. | E |
| 76 | 59 | J. F. Ahern Co., Fond du Lac, Wis. | M |
| 77 | 107 | Brandenburg Industrial Service Co., Chicago, Ill. | D |
| 78 | 112 | Team Fishel, Columbus, Ohio | U |
| 79 | ** | Quinco Electrical Inc., Orlando, Fla. | E |
| 80 | 81 | Malcolm Drilling Co. Inc., San Francisco, Calif. | EX |
| 81 | ** | McKenney’s Inc., Atlanta, Ga. | M |
| 82 | 142 | GEM Inc., Walbridge, Ohio | E/M |
| 83 | 108 | Terra Millennium Corp., Richmond, Calif. | O/M |
| 84 | 120 | Berkel & Co. Contractors Inc., Bonner Springs, Kan. | EX |
| 85 | 52 | Bigge Crane and Rigging Co., San Leandro, Calif. | O |
| 86 | 109 | Casey Industrial Inc., Westminster, Colo. | E/M |
| 87 | 84 | Critchfield Mechanical Inc., San Jose, Calif. | M |
| 88 | 79 | Enclos Corp., Eagan, Minn. | G |
| 89 | 154 | Freestate Electrical Service Co., Laurel, Md. | E |
| 90 | ** | Baker Roofing Co., Raleigh, N.C. | R |
| 91 | 71 | Sachs Electric Co., St. Louis, Mo. | E |
| 92 | ** | SME Steel Contractors Inc., West Jordan, Utah | ST/O |
| 93 | 116 | RK Mechanical Inc., Denver, Colo. | M |
| 94 | 87 | Durr Mechanical Construction Inc., New York, N.Y. | M |
| 95 | 77 | Titan Contracting/Horn Industrial Services, Owensboro, Ky. | M |
| 96 | 101 | Mechanical Inc., Hillside, Ill. | M |
| 97 | 88 | K2 Industrial Services Inc., Hammond, Ind. | O/P |
| 98 | 141 | Total Facility Solutions, Plano, Texas | M/E |
| 99 | 135 | Egan Co., Brooklyn Park, Minn. | E/M |
| 100 | ** | Harmon Inc., Bloomington, Minn. | G |
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