Founded in 1819 in Vienna and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition. Only in 1986 the company started its dynamic expansion, which has focused on building materials since the introduction of Value Management in 1997. This transformed Wienerberger from a local Austrian brick-maker into the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years. During this time the number of production facilities rose from 11 to a level of 229 plants in 27 countries.The construction industry was hard hit by the worldwide recession in 2009, which triggered a sharp drop in the demand for building materials. On the one hand, new residential construction is heavily dependent on bank financing and, on the other hand, consumers tend to postpone investment decisions as a reaction to the weak economy and uncertain expectations for the future. Wienerberger implemented a wide-ranging action plan to adjust capacity to reflect these developments, which also included active working capital management to reduce inventories, a decrease in administrative and selling costs and a cutback in investments to the necessary minimum.

Kentucky-Indiana Lumber, which does business as K-I Lumber & Building Materials, offers cabinets, decking, doors, lumber, millwork, plywood, roofing, siding, stairways, trusses, windows, and other building materials to dealers, builders, remodelers, do-it-yourselfers, and general contractors. The company's market area primarily consists of the seven-state area surrounding its four distribution yards in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky and Clarksville and Evansville, Indiana, though the company does distribute its products nationally and internationally. It also installs cabinets, custom millwork, carpeting, and tile. Kentucky-Indiana Lumber was founded in 1932.

Simons Group says it designs and builds industrial and commercial buildings in the UK. Its Simons Construction unit, along with subsidiary Wrights Construction, builds distribution centers, hospitals, schools, retail and leisure spaces, and offices, as well as providing engineering services to customers. The group handles its property investment business through Simons Estates. Simons Design operates as its architecture and design division. Chairman and CEO Paul Hodgkinson and his brother, Philip, own the group.

Glasgow, Inc. has been staking a reputation for its highway construction work throughout Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, but it also helps build airports, dams, nuclear power plants, parking lots, and utilities. The firm's other two divisions focus on construction materials supply and reclamation. The company owns and operates more than a half dozen asphalt plants and crushed stone quarries, as well as two clean fill reclamation facilities that accept uncontaminated soil, unpainted brick, block, stone, concrete, and used asphalt. Glasgow is privately owned.

GeoTrans performs environmental engineering and consulting services, specializing in water and groundwater issues. A subsidiary of Tetra Tech, GeoTrans' helps businesses and government entities maintain the environment while taking care of business. Areas of expertise include environmental regulation compliance; water resource evaluation, planning, and development; solar energy consulting and services; resource optimization; remediation design and optimization; and sustainability strategy and analysis. GeoTrans has clients in the aerospace, automotive, energy, manufacturing, mining, and petrochemicals industries, among others.

Psomas, the engineering firm offers construction management, land surveying, water resource planning, environmental, and civil engineering services mainly to the water, transportation, and land development markets in the Western US. The company has both public and private sector clients. Among the projects it has had a hand in developing are the Los Angeles International Airport, Port of Los Angeles, University of California, Los Angeles, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Psomas has offices throughout California, as well as in Arizona an Utah. The family-owned firm was founded in 1946 by George Psomas.

MACTEC provides a full range of infrastructure and environmental engineering services to federal agencies, municipalities, transportation, energy, and industrial customers, including construction management and facilities operation and management. A specialist in hazardous waste cleanups, the group provides decommissioning and demolition of nuclear facilities and remediation of brownfield sites. MACTEC, which has grown dramatically through acquisitions, operates 80 locations throughout the US. Founded in 1975 as Management Analysis Company (MAC), MACTEC is majority-owned by private equity firm Nautic Partners.

Rudolph and Sletten, Inc., is a mainstay of the California construction scene, especially Silicon Valley. It has built corporate campuses for Apple, Microsoft, and Sun Microsystems, as well as Lucasfilm's Skywalker Ranch production facility. Rudolph and Sletten is one of the US' largest general building contractors, with site selection, design/build, and construction management capabilities. Key projects also include biotech labs, hospitals, and schools. Onslow "Rudy" Rudolph founded the company in 1959 and was joined by partner Kenneth Sletten in 1962. Rudolph and Sletten is a subsidiary of Tutor Perini Corporation.

Cajun Industries builds oil refineries, power plants, process plants, water-treatment plants, and other industrial and infrastructure projects, primarily in Louisiana and Texas. Subsidiary Cajun Constructors provides a full range of services from design/build to maintenance; Cajun Deep Foundations offers drilling, piles installation, and related services. Cajun Maritime focuses on marine, coastal, and oilfield services including construction, repair, and power distribution. Cajun Equipment Services manages a fleet of trucks and trailers that transport heavy and specialized loads. Chairman and owner Lane Grigsby founded the company as Cajun Contractors and Engineers in 1973.

Calvert manufactures and supplies glulams, or pre-shaped glued-laminated lumber products, for use in decorative construction work, including arches, beams, bridges, domes, trusses, s-curves, columns, and even playground equipment. It uses species such as Douglas fir, Alaska yellow cedar, redwood, western red cedar, spruce pine fir, and more. The company manufactures glulams for export to Asia, Canada, and the Middle East, and provides container loading at its plants in Vancouver and Washougal, Washington. Calvert Company was founded by Ray Calvert and others in 1947.

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