Heavy construction firm Ranger Construction Industries builds and resurfaces roads and parking lots in the Sunshine State. It also operates asphalt plants and a large fleet of excavation, grading, and asphalt equipment. The company's Ranger Golf division provides golf course construction and renovation services, including mass excavation, shaping, and turf services, throughout the US. Ranger Construction Industries is a subsidiary of Florida-based Vecellio Group, one of the largest transportation contractors in the US.

Ballast Nedam is definitely not dead weight in the Dutch construction industry. One of the largest firms of its kind in the Netherlands, it provides development, engineering, construction, maintenance, and management services. Its building and development division is involved in construction of homes, apartments, commercial and industrial buildings, schools, and car parks. Its infrastructure division performs road construction, earth moving, drilling and anchoring, landscaping, environmental consulting services. The unit also operates prefabricated concrete factories and other raw materials providers.

Vianini Industria is controlled by the Caltagirone family, primarily through diversified holding company Caltagirone. Vianini Industria's workers could proudly proclaim "We came, we saw, we concrete." The construction company operates primarily in Italy, creating cement products including pipes and pylons for such infrastructure and public projects as railroads, utilities, and university facilities. In addition to its core Italian business, it has operations in other Europen countries and in Africa, Asia/Pacific, and the US. The group's list of clients has included rail company Ferrovie dello Stato and electric utility Enel.

Petrin Corporation has got you covered. The company fabricates, distributes, and installs industrial insulation. Other services include asbestos and lead abatement, scaffolding erection, marine insulation, sand blasting, and power washing, as well as the application of specialty coatings for fireproofing, noise abatement, and tank linings. The company also supplies and installs removable covers for underground piping, exhaust systems, energy conservation, and protection against freezing. Founded in 1972, Petrin Corporation serves the chemical, marine, oil, petrochemical, power, sugar, and pulp and paper industries.

Sekisui Chemical (named for a concept of power taken from Sun-Tsu's Art of War) is a central corporation of the Sekisui "keiretsu --" companies affiliated through cross-ownership. Its main segments include housing, urban infrastructure and environmental products, and high performance plastics. Prefabricated housing (detached steel-framed and wooden-framed construction), accounts for about half of its sales. Other products include plastic pipes and fittings (used in water and sewage systems), medical multifrequency body fat meters, pipe valves, foams for automotive and construction applications, and rain gutters.

Sadi Servizi Industriali gets in on the ground floor and goes all the way to the top. The company, Italy's leading producer of architectural accessories, specializes in false ceilings (metal and gypsum) and raised technical floors. Together, the two product divisions account for more than half of Sadi's sales. The company's marine division makes related products for nautical applications, especially cruise ship interiors. Sadi's environmental division deals in environmental remediation, industrial waste treatment and disposal, production of electricity from renewable sources, and environmental engineering. Sadi is an acronym for Societ� Arti Decorative Interne, or Society of Interior Decorative Arts.

Portage Environmental helps carry the load for customers needing environmental engineering services. The firm's offerings include environmental remediation, process and project engineering, and decontamination and decommissioning services. Portage Environmental counts US government agencies (such as the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy) and Native American tribes among its clients, and has conducted projects in 20 US states, as well as in Afghanistan, Guam, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Qatar, and South Korea. The firm operates from some two dozen offices throughout the US. President and CEO Michael Spry helped found Portage Environmental in 1992.

Kier Group focuses on construction (around 70% of revenues), building management, property development, home building, and private finance initiative (PFI) projects. Sectors served include government, health care, education, retail, energy, and transportation. Kier also builds and refurbishes schools through PFI contracts. The company's support services operations provide building and grounds maintenance for the public and private sectors. Its Partnership Homes arm builds private homes and social housing. In 2010 Kier formed a new unit to provide renewable energy installation services. Kier has more than 50 offices around the UK, and it also operates in the Middle East, Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

Howard Building provides preconstruction, design/build, engineering, construction, and management services primarily for commercial projects throughout California. The company's portfolio includes projects ranging from corporate, legal, and financial buildings to entertainment, showroom, and high-tech facilities. Clients include BAE Systems, Trammell Crow, Deutsche Bank, The Endeavor Agency, Fox Television, and Pacific Investment Management Company. Howard Building, founded in 1983, maintains offices in greater Los Angeles and Orange County, California.

Midas puts its golden touch on real estate projects throughout South West England. The group's operations include construction design/build delivery, property development, environmental services, interior refurbishing, and facilities management. The company serves the commercial, retail, industrial, leisure, affordable housing, and public-sector markets. It has worked for clients including Homebase, Marks & Spencer, and Virgin Airways. Midas was formed in 1976; chairman Steve Hindley led a management buyin of the company in 1998.

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