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Ranking Washington, Oregon & Alaska
Specialty Contractors
Specialty contractors have an enviable problem this year; how to gracefully turn down work and still maintain relationships.
By Robert Myers and Lucy Bodilly
Welcome to Northwest Construction’s ranking of the top 87 specialty contractors which offers an extensive review of the 2006 performance of subcontractors doing business in Oregon, Washington and Alaska.
The top 87 specialty contractors completed over $2 billion in work in 2006 and the top 10 specialty contractors were responsible for over $1 billion of that figure. In 2005, the top 10 specialty contractors completed $931 million out of the total.
State lists show the totals of all the companies competing in each state, not just those located there.
Revenues were significantly higher for the top two specialty contractors JH Kelly of Longview, Wash., and McKinstry Co. In the 2006 survey JH Kelly came in second at $146 million, but it reported a $247 million total for 2006. Its biggest project is a biofuel plant in Grays Harbor, Wash., owned by Imperium Biodiesel, Seattle. Scheduled to open in July 2007, it will be the largest biofuel facility in North America.
McKinstry Co. totaled $165 million in the 2006 survey and $205 million in this year’s ranking. It reported its largest project as 2200 Westlake, a mixed-use development under construction for Vulcan Real Estate.
Sequoyah Electric, Redmond darted up in the survey this year from 20th to 16th and Veca Electric, Seattle moved from 19th to 14th.
This is the first year the survey was available on line at www.northwest.construction.com.
The labor market remains tight for all subcontractors, as companies face a heavy backlog of projects.
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