Pioneer Millworks is blazing a trail in the reclaimed-wood millworks industry. The firm reclaims or harvests a variety of wood species with a range of grades and finishes to produce timbers, flooring, and millwork. Much of the wood Pioneer Millworks reclaims comes from old barns and industrial buildings. The company has also launched a unit that manufactures engineered flooring that uses recycled material and formaldehyde-free adhesives. Sister company New Energy Works Timberframers focuses on creating timber-frame structures. Founder and president Jonathan Orpin owns Pioneer Millworks.

Darlington Veneer Company mills and distributes hardwood plywood products to boat builders, cabinet and furniture makers, millwork manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and others from its plant in Darlington, South Carolina. It sells more than 20 varieties of wood in half round, plain sliced, rotary cut, rift, and quartered cuts. Prospective customers can request price quotes through the company's Web site. Darlington Veneer, founded in 1918, is owned by the Ramsey family, including president John Ramsey and secretary Jim Ramsey. The Ramseys also own Diamond Hill Plywood.

M. Arthur Gensler Jr. & Associates (Gensler) consistently ranks among the largest architectural firms in the US. Founded as a tenant development company in 1966 by chairman and owner Art Gensler, the company has grown to include offices in more than 30 cities. Gensler offers architecture, interior design, urban design and planning, strategic consulting, and graphic services to almost every industry sector. The group also heads the ranks of interior design companies in the US, where it is a leading designer of government institutions, banks, offices, retail facilities, and schools. Projects include the 18-million sq. ft. CityCenter project in Las Vegas.

Sidney Cubbage provides a variety of building engineering services, primarily air conditioning, heating, plumbing, refrigeration, and ventilation. Subsidiary Thames Ducting makes and installs ventilation ductwork. Sidney Cubbage's handiwork is most often found in hospitals, leisure centers, schools, and office buildings. Alfred McAlpine, Krispy Kreme, University of Reading, and various county councils are counted among the firm's clients. Sidney Cubbage founded his eponymous firm in 1927; semi-retired chairman Paul Remsbury bought the company along with Rod Harris in 1971.

EllisDon is hoping to some day build its way to the very top of Canada's construction industry. One of the country's largest construction companies, EllisDon is a design/build firm that offers a range of services, including preconstruction, engineering, general contracting, and project management. Other services include arranging project financing for clients and updating and designing IT and communication systems for building infrastructures. EllisDon's major projects have included airports, hospitals, office buildings, schools, and shopping centers. The firm does most of its business in Canada, but it has also completed major projects in the US, United Arab Emirates, West Indies, Greece, and other countries.

Barnhill Contracting Company provides general construction, site development, and heavy highway construction services throughout the Carolinas and Virginia. Barnhill's building division provides construction services in the industrial, biotech, office, retail, mixed-use, hospitality, correctional, and institutional markets. The unit offers general construction, construction management, design/build, and fast-track services. Barnhill Contracting also operates asphalt plants and has one of the largest construction equipment divisions in the US Southeast. The family-owned firm was founded in 1949 by Robert E. Barnhill Sr; it is headed by his son, Robert Barnhill Jr.

A company that was in construction before Reconstruction, McCarthy Building Companies is one of the oldest privately held builders in the US. The general contractor and construction manager ranks among the top builders of health care and education facilities in the country. Contracts include heavy construction projects (bridges and water- and waste-treatment plants), commercial projects (retail and office buildings), and institutional projects (airports, schools, and prisons). Subsidiary MC Industrial handles energy, auto, and other manufacturing projects. Timothy McCarthy founded the firm in 1864. His great-grandson, Michael McCarthy, sold the firm to its employees in 2002.

Superior Ready Mix Concrete, with more than 20 plants throughout Southern California, traces its roots to a concrete batch plant that was incorporated by Jack Brouwer in 1959 as Escondido Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. Superior Ready Mix Concrete continues to be family owned. Superior Ready Mix Concrete's strives to make its lowly products top-of-the-heap. Superior Ready Mix Concrete provides concrete, aggregates, and asphalt products for contractors and homeowners. Superior Ready Mix Concrete's products also include block, decorative rock, sand, tools, and other building materials for small and large-scale projects. Superior also sells used paving equipment and trucks. Its paving division resurfaces roads and highways around California.

Servidyne turns a dime by helping its clients keep their energy costs down. The company provides commercial and industrial energy engineering and management products and services to lower energy consumption and increase environmentally sustainable practices. Offerings include energy design, energy audit, and retrofitting of mechanical and electrical systems. Servidyne's Fifth Fuel Management demand response product tracks and optimizes energy usage to prevent brownouts and blackouts that occur during peak periods. The company also owns a handful of third-party-managed commercial property and land holdings. Members of the founding Abrams family, including CEO Alan Abrams, control Servidyne.

E&M's business is set in stone (of sorts). E&M Concrete Construction produces ready-mix concrete and cement for commercial, infrastructure, and residential projects in California. Most of the company's business comes from the construction of concrete foundations for new buildings. E&M serves Ventura County and the Los Angeles area. Hispanic Business magazine has ranked the company as one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the US. President Edmundo Mendez owns the company, which he founded in 1984.

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