Last year proved transitional for regional industry members, with many of its Top Specialty Contractors mired in slow to negative growth. This year should be more telling as to how fully they are participating in a nascent Midwest recovery, as well as the extent to which labor shortages and other issues are compomising their performance.

What follows is an alphabetical listing of the region's Top 65 Specialty Contractors, as measured by firm revenues last year. Firms will be listed by rank and revenue in Midwest's Sept. 28 edition.

The issue also will feature ENR Midwest's Specialty Contractor of the Year, selected from among the firms below

A&R Mechanical Contractors Inc.

Air Masters Corp.

All-Tech Decorating Co.

American Technologies Inc.

Amex Nooter

Ardent Services

Aschinger Electric Co.

Bernhard Woodwork

BMWC Constructors Inc.

Break Thru Enterprises Inc.

Building Service Inc.

Case Foundation Co.

Charles E. Jarrell Contracting

Circle B Construction Systems

Comfort Systems USA

Concrete Strategies

Concrete Structures of the Midwest Inc.

Consolidated Electrical Contractors

Conti Corp.

Continental Electrical Construction Co.

Continental Painting and Decorating  Inc.

Dalmatian Fire Inc.

Dunbar Mechanical Inc.

EMCOR Group Inc.

ERMCO Inc.

EverGreene Architectural Arts Inc.

Faith Technologies Inc.

Fitzgerald's Electrical Contracting Inc.

G.E. Marshall Inc.

Gate Precast Co.

Gaylor Electric Inc.

GEM Inc.

Gribbins Insulation

Guarantee Electrical Co.

Hard Rock Concrete Cutters Inc.

Hester Painting & Decorating

INTREN Inc

J. F. Ahern Co.

James McHugh Construction Co.

John Keno and Co. Inc.

K&K Iron Works

Kelso-Burnett Co.

Mechanical Inc.

Midwest Asbestos Abatement Corp. (D.B.A Midwest Service Group)

MMC Contractors Inc.

Murphy Co. Mechanical Contractors and Engineers

National Coatings Inc.

National Restoration Systems Inc.

Newkirk Electric Associates Inc.

Otto Baum Co. Inc.

PayneCrest Electric Inc.

Poynter Sheet Metal

Redford Construction Inc.

RMF Nooter Inc.

Ryan Inc. Central

Sachs Electric Co.

Sharlen Electric

The Hill Group

The Morse Group Inc.

The State Group Inc

Thomas Industrial Coatings Inc.

TJ Wies Contracting Inc.

Truesdell Corp. of Wisconsin

Universal Plant Services Inc.

U.S. Engineering Co.