Beginning in 2002, the plumbing and HVAC specialty contractor MTech Mechanical has gradually but steadily diversified the range of projects it takes on.

The Phoenix-based concrete contractor has achieved big-time success with a culture focused on employees and constant development.

Harkins Builders, ENR MidAtlantic Contractor of the Year, builds its regional reputation.

Fueled by employee ownership, a strategic vision and expansive service offerings, Terracon is helping grow the Midwest, thousands of projects at a time.

It could be solar, it could be wind. It could be green roofs or clean streets. Whatever the mechanism for greening the built environment, there is one force that drives environmental justice activist Charles Callaway: community.

Forty-five years after starting out as an apprentice, Mike Greenawalt is preparing to retire as CEO of the nation's largest employee-owned electrical contracting firm.

When Ray Kowalik first interviewed with a recruiter at Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns & McDonnell after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in civil engineering, the concept of employee ownership didn’t bear all that much weight.

Nearly a dozen early-career solar panel installers are working to change the terms of their labor.

Across Buist Electric’s primary stomping grounds of western Michigan, business continues to be strong. The Byron Center, Mich.-based electrical contractor is on track to grow its regional revenue by 25% in 2023, continuing a pace set over the last several years.

Employee-owned firm finds success in doing right by its people while pursuing projects that benefit the communities it serves.