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Earl Dudley, Inc has been serving the construction and surveying industries for over 70 years with locations throughout the Southeast United States. As one of the Topcon Authorized Dealers, the firm provides the latest technology in surveying equipment and supplies, global positioning system (GPS), machine control, laser scanners and software. It began operations in 1938 as a company that focused on repairing surveying instruments. The firm offer a services ranging from purchasing new or used equipment, accessories or field supplies, repairing optical to digital or electronic instruments or renting a piece of equipment.

Sain Associates is a civil engineering firm with branches in the Southeast United States that specialize in site planning, traffic/transportation, engineering/infrastructure and surveying services. Established in 1972, the firm has won awards for its services provided to both public and private sectors. Sain has engineered educational facilities, highways, corridor studies, traffic signal planning and design, traffic studies, office buildings, shopping centers and malls, public works, utilities, prison facilities and other developments. In 2005, the company received the annual American Engineering Companies of Alabama Honor Award for the Von Braun Complex in Huntsville, Ala., built for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The firm has won an award every year dating back to 2000. Registered in more than half of the United States, Sain Associates maintains branch offices in Anniston, Ala.; Pulaski, Tenn.; and Pensacola, Fla.

Walter Schoel Engineering, located in Birmingham, Ala., offers consulting civil engineering, hydrologic and environmental consulting, and land surveying services. Schoel Engineering has been in business since 1888 and is one of the oldest engineering firms in the state. Some of the notable projects with which Schoel recently has been involved include Liberty Park, a 3,600-acre mixed-use development; Greystone, a 3,000-acre residential development and championship golf course; the 27-acre campus of Southern Progress Corporation; the 8-acre renovation of Vulcan Park overlooking Birmingham; numerous projects on the campuses of both the University of Alabama at Birmingham and St. Vincent s hospitals; the 170-acre Summit mixed use development; and the Honda manufacturing plant in Lincoln, Ala.