Top Specialty Contractors

Cleveland Electric Co. of Atlanta rose in the rankings, from eighth to fifth, a result of $159.3 million in revenue, on par with the firm’s year-ago income.

Sixth-ranked Tri-City Electrical Contractors of Altamonte Springs, Fla., also reported lower revenue. The firm generated $133 million in 2009 revenue, down from the $190.3 million it indicated a year earlier.

Inglett & Stubbs, in seventh place, had its annual revenue decline from last year’s $141 million to roughly $129.2 million.

The firm in eighth place this year, Precision Walls, moved up five spots on revenue that declined only slightly. The company reported $126 million in ’09 revenue, down from $130 million a year ago.

Orlando-based Acousti Engineering Co. of Florida, in ninth position, saw its revenue drop nearly $30 million from last year to total nearly $125 million.

Rounding out the top 10, Baker Roofing Co. of Raleigh, N.C., shot up 10 spots from last year’s ranking, despite a more than 13% drop in revenue. The contractor reported $ 90.2 million in 2009 revenue, down from the $104.1 million it indicated a year ago.

Survey Details

As with other contractor lists that Southeast Construction publishes, this one is based on revenue generated during the preceding calendar year. However, firms that were not able to supply information on a calendar-year basis were allowed to submit fiscal-year revenue. These firms are marked with an asterisk.

The format of our ranking is again based on regional revenue totals, meaning the volume of work collected in 2009 from projects located within the magazine’s four-state territory of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

All figures listed in both the main ranking and the breakout listings are based upon online surveys submitted by the listed company. As with all of Southeast Construction’s rankings, specialty contractors must submit a survey in order to be listed.

Firms that were not included this year, and who would like to participate in future rankings, are encouraged to send their contact information to our database manager, Richard Mui, at Richard_Mui@mcgraw-hill.com. As always, however, future online “Top” surveys will be made available to any qualifying firm via our website, www.Southeast.Construction.com, several months prior to deadline.

Scott Judy is Deputy Editor for Regions, and editor of ENR Southeast, one of Engineering News-Record's 10 Regional publications. His roughly 27 years as a construction journalist began with an 11-year stint covering Midwest construction projects. In 2000, Judy helped launch the publication now known as ENR Southeast. He often delves into controversial aspects of the construction industry such as bankruptcies and fatal accidents, and wishes he would never have to cover another accident but suspects that he might.