Cementos Portland Valderrivas is 67%-owned by construction firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. Cementos Portland Valderrivas has built a business on a strong foundation. The company, founded in 1903, produces some 18 million tons of cement and clinker (an intermediate product used to make portland cement) annually at 15 plants in Spain, the US, South America, Africa, and Europe. Its acquisition of 64% of Corporacion Uniland cemented its position as the #1 cement producer in Spain. In the eastern US, the company makes and distributes cement, gravel, and sand through Giant Cement Holding. It also produces concrete, operates lime factories, and has transportation companies.

RPS Group wants to make an impact on the environment as well as on safety and resource conservation through the advice it gives. The group is one of Europe's leading environmental consulting and planning firms, providing services that include air quality assessment, engineering design, impact assessment, risk management, town planning, transport planning, and waste management. RPS Group's portfolio includes planning and development, energy (through RPS Energy and RPS Scotia), and environmental management. It has operations in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and the UK, as well as in North America and Southeast Asia.

JURONG International has building and construction covered from beginning to end and beyond. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides engineering and facilities management services in nearly 40 countries throughout Asia and the Middle East. The company provides expert design and build project management services, in addition to consulting services that include master planning, architectural design, and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering. The company also offers facilities management and serves clients in commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional markets. JURONG International is owned by JTC Corporation, a Singapore-based industrial development company.

Sunland Group is hot, with projects like the Houston Texans' Reliant Stadium, the Denver International Airport, and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on its "completed" list. Sunland has expanded from a small engineering firm to a design/build firm with architectural, civil, environmental, and structural engineering services. It also offers construction management, surveying, and consulting to commercial, government, and institutional clients. Founded as Sundland Engineering in 1985 by former president and Hispanic entrepreneur Orlando Teran, the company was acquired by a woman-led group of executives in 2004. CEO R. Carla Thompson is the majority owner. Sunland has offices in Texas and Colorado.

JESCO, Inc. company does just about everything for commercial and industrial construction projects. Founded in 1941, JESCO offers turnkey services from design to equipment installation and maintenance. Services include engineering, construction, mechanical and electrical work, millwrighting, and steel fabrication. A unit of The Yates Companies, JESCO operates throughout the Southeast and east coast regions of the US. Customers include Caterpillar, Cooper Tire & Rubber, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Carquest, and UPS. The company has offices in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and it is owned by the Yates family.

Performance Contracting Group's (PCG) job is composing walls and ceilings. One of the nation's top specialty contractors, the employee-owned company designs and builds ceiling, wall, flooring, and lighting systems for the commercial market. It also removes asbestos and mold, installs fireproofing, and performs soft demolition of interior structures. Additional services include building facilities for cold storage, food processing, and distribution; erecting machinery and printing presses for the newspaper industry; and installing insulation on nuclear power plants. PCG has more than 50 offices scattered throughout the US.

Timber! Tolko Industries manufactures and markets specialty forest products, primarily in North America. The company, founded in 1956, produces lumber, plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), specialty kraft paper, and other wood products. It operates nearly 20 manufacturing facilities in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Tolko also markets its products overseas. Tolko was forced to shut mills during a devastating mountain pine beetle infestation. The company, along with the rest of the industry, also was struck by the global economic crisis and faced additional closures in 2008 and 2009. Tolko is owned by the founding Thorlakson family.

Carmeuse Lime & Stone is the North American subsidiary of Belgium-based Carmeuse. It supplies lime and limestone products in North America, producing some 7 million tons annually of lime products and around 25 million tons of limestone aggregates and chemical limestone from more than 30 plants. It makes quicklime (calcium oxide), dolomitic lime (a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate), milk of lime, and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide). Industrial customers use Carmeuse Lime & Stone's mineral products in steel production, water treatment, road construction, heavy construction, and other applications. Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc. primarily sells its products in the eastern US and Canada.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation company provides dredging services in addition to beach improvement or renourishment, rock dredging, harbor excavation, land reclamation, demolition, and restoration of aquatic and wetland habitats. GLDD maintains a fleet of specialty equipment and 180 vessels that typically enhance or preserve the navigability of waterways or protect shorelines. The company's projects include maintenance dredging at the Miami Harbor, nourishing San Diego beaches, and the construction of the Diyaar al Muharrq island system in Bahrain. GLDD was founded in 1890.

Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork. Instead, workers are busy making wooden and aluminum-clad windows and doors in a variety of styles. The family-owned company also includes Kolbe Vinyl Windows & Doors and Pointe Five, which offer custom-made and Craftsman-style doors and garden windows. The company provides installation and maintenance through its ServicePro unit. Sales and distribution of Kolbe & Kolbe products is handled by K-K Sales and K-K Way. Kolbe & Kolbe sells its products to distributors and dealers throughout the US and in Canada, China, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the UK. The building products company is led by CEO Judith Kolbe Gorski.

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