With 48 years in construction, Torcon is a strong player in the tristate region with a track record of going after highly complex projects in R&D and health care. The family-run firm has had to square off against much larger companies to win work in its own backyard, and it has held strong through the recession. Tallying $294 million in regional revenue in 2012, Torcon expects to increase that to $360 million by year-end. The company expects its global revenue to grow to more than $500 million.
The firm owes some of its success to expanding into the public sector during the downturn. One of its major wins was a $190-million contract for the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) II project, completed last year, at the Dept. of Energy-funded Brookhaven National Laboratory complex in Upton, N.Y. In light of its achievements, the regional editors of Engineering News-Record named Torcon the tristate region's 2013 Contractor of the Year.