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Founded in 1971, Byers Engineering Company s mission is to be one of the premier technical services firms in the telecommunications and utility industries. The company's first client was New York Telephone Company, who remains a client. Headquartered in Atlanta, Byers Engineering has more than 500 employees combined in its two divisions, SpatialAge Solutions and Engineering Services. The SpatialAge Solutions division, formerly known as the Information Systems division, focuses on the development of leading-edge AM/FM/GIS software, data conversion, mapping and records services, consulting and implementation. The Engineering Services division provides outside-plant and inside-plant engineering, fiber, copper and coax planning and engineering, construction management and inspection, central office engineering, fiber optic, engineering, turnkey carrier network implementation services, training systems and recruitment and placement of engineering talent for CLECs, RBOCs, IXCs, utilities, cable television companies and commercial clients throughout the United States.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and consulting firm with more than 45 offices and over 1,500 professionals throughout the United States. The company provides design and business-related solutions to municipal, government and private agencies. Its environmental services include site investigation, remediation design, water and storm water quality analysis, risk assessment, information management, witness and litigation support, decommissioning and decontamination. The company s health and safety program includes job-specific training sessions, safety plans and various other activities. It serves clients in the aerospace, chemical, electronics, financial, mining, pharmaceutical, real estate, retail, petrochemical and power generation industries. Brown and Caldwell maintains a presence in Atlanta.

UCB Pharma is one of many wholly-owned subsidiaries of UCB S.A., a biopharmaceutical leader specializing in fields of central nervous system disorders, allergy and respiratory diseases, immune and inflammatory disorders and oncology. The company s main products include Keppra, Xyzal, Nootropil, Atarax, Lortab, Tussionex, Metadate CD, Equasym XL and Dipentum. The company directs profits from the sale and distribution of its products toward further research in its many fields. UCB Pharma s parent company maintains numerous additional facilities worldwide. The company recently acquired Celltech Group, helping form one of the world s largest biopharmaceutical companies. UCB was founded in 1928 by Emmanuel Janssen, a far-sighted Belgian businessman. UCB Pharma maintains its headquarters in Smyrna, Ga.