Toll Brothers builds luxury homes in the US, targeting move-up, second-home, and retired buyers. Its single-family detached houses and apartments range in price from about $230,000 to some $2 million. The company also develops communities for active adults and operates country club communities. Subsidiaries offer related services and products including insurance coverage, title and mortgage services, and landscaping. Like its peers, Toll Brothers closed on fewer homes with the housing downturn and financial crisis: It went from delivering nearly 8,600 homes in fiscal 2006 to fewer than 3,000 in fiscal 2009.

Elder Wood Preserving Co., Inc., pressure treats lumber and plywood to protect it against termites and fungi for construction purposes. Its milling facilities produce a range of wood products from dimensional lumber, timbers, boards, and plywood and plywood siding to fencing, flooring, lattice, and decking and deck accessories (spindles, balusters, hand rails, step stringers). The company has an environmental monitoring program and shares its results with scientists, universities, and government agencies. Elder Wood Preserving was founded in 1977.

Adolfson & Peterson provides general construction, construction management, design/build, and facilities maintenance services. With 10 offices scattered around the United States the company provides services for health care, multifamily residential, education, and institutional projects. Adolfson & Peterson also works on retail, office, hospitality, and manufacturing and distribution projects and offers historic renovation services. George Adolfson and Gordon Peterson established the company as a homebuilder in 1946. The Adolfson family has a majority stake in the company. David Adolfson (son of George Adolfson) continues to be active in the company and serves as chairman emeritus.

Conti Electric counts on commercial and industrial clients to keep it busy. The company designs, installs, and maintains electrical systems and equipment for customers throughout the Americas. The company's industrial division completes installation projects for such large-scale facilities as automobile plants, refineries, and manufacturers. Its commercial division focuses on shopping centers, casinos, and other smaller projects; the division also offers electrical maintenance services in the Midwest. Conti Electric was founded in 1969 and has operations in Delaware, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Nevada.

Morris Architects has designs on your next big project. With offices in Houston, Los Angeles, and Orlando, the firm offers architecture and interior design, master planning, landscape architecture, and environmental design services. The firm has about a half dozen design studios; each dedicated to business areas such as corporate, education, entertainment, hospitality, public assembly, and health care. Morris Architects' diverse portfolio includes the Houston Astrodome, a 19,000-acre eco-tourism development in the Amazon Rainforest, and Hard Rock Cafe in Moscow. Morris also gained attention for a design proposal that transforms an oil rig into a luxury resort. Seth Irvin Morris founded the company in 1938.

American Hardwood Industries (AHI) produces and exports lumber manufactured in some nine sawmills and operates sales offices in the eastern US. It markets products under the names Augusta, Blue Triangle, Graham Lumber, and Rossi American Hardwoods, as well as Montebello Flooring. Founded in 1955, the company exports Appalachian and northern hardwood logs, lumber and flooring to Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Rossi American Hardwoods and Hardwood Lumber Manufacturing merged in 2007 to create AHI. In 2009 Augusta Lumber acquired most of AHI's assets, with the new company retaining the American Hardwood name (Augusta became AHI's subsidiary). John O'Dea, former president of Augusta, is head of the new company.

Kinetic Systems stays in motion. The company (known as Kinetics) provides process and mechanical systems primarily to the microelectronics, solar energy, and biopharmaceutical industries in the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It provides installation of gas, chemical, water, and utility systems, as well as fabricated steel pipe, HVAC, and plumbing systems. While most of its work is done designing and constructing laboratories and manufacturing facilities, Kinetics also installs systems for data centers, condominiums, schools, and water treatment plants. Kinetics has served clients including AMD, Merck, and Pepsi. Founded in 1973, the firm is controlled by Ares Management.

Seddon Homes, a speculative housing subsidiary of privately held construction group Seddon Group Limited, builds residences from one and two-bedroom apartments to three-story luxury homes primarily in the Cheshire area of England. The company develops brownfield and greenfield real estate and also refurbishes homes. Seddon Homes delivers about 100 homes annually. The homes generally cost from 135,000 to more than 450,000. The company got its start back in 1897 when brothers George and John Seddon established a building firm in Little Hulton, Manchester.

Walter P. Moore and Associates has seen it all and designed it all. One of the largest structural and civil engineering firms in the Southwest, Walter P. Moore operates globally from more than a dozen US offices. The company also offers structural diagnostic assessments and historic preservation services. Walter P. Moore Sr. founded the company as a one-person structural engineering consulting practice in Houston in 1931. The company is still owned by the Moore family.

The Imperial Bathroom Company hopes to conquer the world -- one lavatory at a time. The central England company's branded bathroom suites expand yearly and include Windsor (sweeping curves and fluted detailing), Oxford Bone (off-white), and Astoria (inspired by Art Deco). Imperial's offerings encompass bathroom furniture, tubs, taps and accessories, installation, and technical specifications. It offers a lifetime guarantee against manufacturing defects for its sanitary ware.

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