A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, Clayton Homes builds one- and two-story modular and manufactured houses and other buildings that range in price from $20,000 to more than $130,000 for upscale models and range in size from around 700 to more than 3,000 sq. ft. The homes are built at about 35 plants and distributed across the US through a network of about 1,800 mostly independent, but also company-owned retailers. Clayton's homes often contain products from fellow Berkshire Hathaway companies such as Shaw flooring, Johns Manville insulation and MiTek fasteners. Clayton Homes also offers home financing, loan-servicing, and insurance through subsidiaries.

Bear Creek Lumber (BCL) provides specialty lumber products to builders throughout the world. The company buys American and Canadian softwoods, as well as exotic hardwoods, from sustainable forest land managers in North and South America. Species include western red cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, redwood, hemlock, teak, pine, spruce, mahogany, Douglas fir, and more. Its products range from decking, siding, paneling, flooring, fencing, trim, and shingles to timbers, peeled logs, and recycled wood. The company ships its offerings throughout the US. BCL was established in 1977 and is family-owned and -operated.

Brown and Caldwell,the employee-owned firm provides environmental consulting and engineering services to industrial, governmental, and utility clients. Brown and Caldwell designs and builds water, wastewater, and solid waste systems for clients in the paper and pulp, food processing, and chemical manufacturing industries. It offers watershed and stormwater management services, as well as pipeline engineering and repair services. The company provides soil and groundwater remediation, underground storage-tank management, risk assessment, and customized data management systems. It operates from 45 offices spread throughout the US.

A. Tenenbaum Company,doing business as Tenenbaum Recycling Group (TRG), the company is the oldest scrap metal processor in Arkansas. Established in 1890, TRG's half a dozen scrap metal recycling yards and service centers purchase and process ferrous metals (iron and steel) and nonferrous metals (aluminum, brass, copper, nickel, and stainless steel) to sell to large steel mills, brokers, and exporters across the US. It recycles more than 350,000 tons of steel and 10 million pounds of cans per year. TRG also offers scrap management programs to help both large and small companies assess and improve their disposal methods.

Burns & McDonnell provides construction services, not legal advice. A top design/build firm in the US, the company provides engineering, architectural, construction, environmental remediation, and consulting services. It is one of the leading constructors of electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, airports, and fossil fuel and chemical plants. Burns & McDonnell also serves the government, manufacturing, health care, telecommunications, transportation, and water and wastewater sectors, among others. Burns & McDonnell has about 20 offices throughout the US.

The BSS Group. The company buys, sells, and distributes pipeline, heating, plumbing, ventilation, and other products. It serves the building services, manufacturing, maintenance, and other sectors through its industrial, domestic, and specialist divisions. The domestic division operates through about 300 PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) branch locations. The industrial division serves commercial and industrial customers through nearly 65 branches in the UK and Ireland. Building materials and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins bought BSS in 2010.

RailWorks stays on track with construction services to railway and transit systems in the US and Canada. Through about a dozen operating subsidiaries, the specialty contractor builds and repairs tracks; provides installation of electrical and communications systems; and offers equipment and materials for track construction. Customers include short-line railroads, commuter railroads, transit authorities, municipalities, and power plants. Founded in 1998, RailWorks offers other services such as construction and maintenance on steel, concrete, and wooden railroad bridges. Wind Point Partners, along with company management, owns RailWorks.

Hancock Lumber Company, Inc. company manages more than 40,000 acres of timberland in the Pine Tree State and produces about 63 million board ft. of eastern white pine lumber at three sawmills. Its pine products are shipped nationwide. Hancock Lumber also operates retail and discount stores throughout Maine that sell roofing, siding, decking, windows and doors, custom kitchen products, cabinetry and millwork, and overstock building materials to both do-it-yourself homeowners and residential and commercial contractors. Founded in 1848, Hancock Lumber Company is owned and operated by sixth-generation members of the Hancock family.

George Dubya has built a reputation in the construction industry. George W. Auch, a top contractor in the US, offers general contracting, design/build, and construction management services, primarily in Southeast Michigan. The commercial and institutional builder targets the medical/health care and educational markets. George W. Auch founded the company in 1908 as a family partnership, building homes and churches in the Detroit area.

Dean Word Company, Ltd. company builds and maintains roads, bridges, parking lots, and related structures in and around San Antonio. It also produces crushed aggregates and hot-mix asphalt materials for paving applications, performs industrial sitework, and provides contract mining and bulk transport services. Dean Word handles highway construction, maintenance projects, and civil construction projects for such public agencies as the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as well as for private clients. The company was founded in 1890 and continues to be owned and run by the Word family.

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