The US-based Granite Construction Incorporated ( GVA ), which has been around for well over a century now, currently serves as a vertically integrated civil contractor (it constructs for both the public and private sector, although the former contributesAnalyst’s Disclosure:I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, and no plans to initiate any such positions within the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not re ...