Ares Corporation

Muniz Engineering is an innovative, certified small disadvantaged and service disabled veteran-owned business based in Houston, Texas, with satellite offices in Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo.; and Albuquerque, NM; and operations in Huntsville, Ala.; Greenbelt, Md.; Cleveland, Ohio; Stennis, Miss.; and the Los Angeles and San Jose, Calif., areas. MEI was formed in 1992, and provides high-value, technical services to its government and commercial customers in the areas of engineering services, safety and product assurance and information technology and management. Over the past five years, MEI has steadily increased sales to over $90 million for 2005. The company currently employs more than 600 personnel plus subcontractors.

Gregg Engineering, headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, offers a range of products and services for the pipeline industry. The company specializes in pipeline simulation and business solutions. It is a privately owned business that has been serving clients since 1986. The company provides gas pipeline integration and automation tools. Gregg Engineering offers software solutions for pipeline design, expansion and capacity calculations. It also provides software for long-term forecasting, as well as storage and well depletion analysis. In addition, the company offers consulting and pipeline resource management services. It conducts feasibility studies and pipeline system evaluation. Gregg Engineering organizes training sessions for dispatchers and engineers.