Milestone Contractors, L.P.,the company is a heavy construction firm, which provides road paving, bridge construction, hot mix asphalt production, utility and excavation work, and industrial, commercial, and residential site development services in Indiana. The company operates from offices in Columbus, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Richmond, Indiana, and has more than a dozen hot mix plants. Milestone is part of the privately held Heritage Group, which is a group of companies with interests in construction, environmental and industrial services, petroleum refining, aggregate production, asphalt marketing, and safety.

Paddock Pool Construction Company designs, builds, remodels, and maintains luxury swimming pools and spas for homes in Arizona and Nevada. It also runs about half a dozen retail stores and a distribution center in the Phoenix and Las Vegas areas, as well as an online retail site, which sell barbeque grills, fountains, hot tubs, patio furniture, pool equipment and cleaning chemicals, tableware, and other outdoor products. Paddock Pool's commercial division assists architects and engineers with pool designs for hotel resorts and water parks. Started in 1958 by the late George Ghiz, the business is still owned and operated by the Ghiz family.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Jurong Engineering Limited may not have a green thumb, but it is really into plants. The company is a complete one-stop shop for the planning, engineering, and construction of industrial and utility plants. The company's specialties include power plants, petrochemicals plants, pulp and paper mills, water and wastewater treatment facilities, cement plants, steel mills, and incinerators. The company can handle all aspects of a project from early feasibility studies, to construction, and just about everything in between. Jurong engineering has completed projects in 25 countries in South East Asia, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Southern Caribbean. The company was founded in 1971.

Sekisui House could have written the book on Zen and the art of house building. One of Japan's leading homebuilders, Sekisui House designs, prefabricates, and builds steel, wooden, and concrete houses and condominiums. It is also involved in selling land, detached houses, and condominiums. Its real estate operations include leasing and managing houses, low-rise apartments, and commercial and retail buildings. Other operations include contract remodeling and landscaping. The company is also focusing on green building and sustainability in its new line of homes, and adds such features as fuel cells to its houses. Sekisui Chemical owns 15% of the company, which dates back to 1929.

Homasote Company sees green when it comes to building materials. It manufactures environmentally-friendly fiberboard for use in residential and commercial construction. The fiberboard is made from recycled paper and contains no asbestos or formaldehyde. Applications include roof decking, concrete forming, paneling, insulating, sound proofing, and industrial packaging purposes. Its Pak-Line division creates packaging materials for electronics. Homasote processes up to 250 tons of post-consumer paper daily, helping to conserve 1.4 million trees and eliminate 65 million pounds of waste per year.

Eaga plc, the environmentally friendly company provides heating services to more than 5 million homes across the UK with the aim of reducing carbon emissions, promoting energy conservation, and on a larger scale, slowing negative climate change. eaga was established in 1990 as part of a government-funded effort to help low-income and elderly residents warm their homes in a fuel-efficient way. Its Heating and Renewables segment inspects 500,00 home each year. The Carbon Service unit works with big utilities to cut carbon emissions. eaga's Managed Services unit provides outsourcing contracts, including consultation and re-engineering services.

Obayashi Corporation’s first introduction to the U.S. market was the Surfrider Hotel project in Hawaii (1967-69). In 1972 Obayashi fully expanded its horizon to the U.S. and established Obayashi America Corporation (OAC) in Los Angeles. OAC provided a wide range of services from tenant improvement, to construction of office buildings, residential condos, banks, hotels, warehouses, and large-scale industrial projects.

SEMA Construction does a large amount of its business in the Mountain West. The company specializes in civil construction, including highway contracting, bridges, flyovers, tunnels, dams, spillways, and reservoirs. SEMA also works on commercial, industrial, and residential site development projects, as well as infrastructure projects (pipe, sewers, water, and drainage works). SEMA Construction, which operates primarily in Colorado and California, is part of the SEMA Companies, which includes affiliates active in golf course construction and precast concrete manufacturing.

The flush heard around the world might be the one made by AS America. Doing business as American Standard Brands, the manufacturer of bath and kitchen products is a leader in the toilet and bathroom fixtures sectors in the US, Canada, and Mexico. Other products include faucets, sinks, bathtubs, showers, bathroom furniture, and accessories. The company targets both the residential and commercial markets; its products are found in homes, as well as airports, hotels, and stadiums, and are sold through a network of dealers, wholesale distributors, online retailers, and stores such as The Home Depot. Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners owns a majority of the company, with Bain Capital holding a minority stake.

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