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.

GLY Construction specializes in TLC for commercial construction and sings its praises throughout Washington's Puget Sound region. The firm, which was founded in 1978, has built corporate facilities and distribution centers for the likes of Microsoft, Adobe, Nintendo, Overlake Hospital, and Boeing. The company's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) operations began in 1993 when one of its subcontractors entered into bankruptcy. GLY Construction is owned by its nine principals, including company president and CEO Lee Kilcup.

Smith Management Construction, Inc. (SMCI) provides general contracting and construction management services for office, retail, multifamily residential, and institutional projects ranging from commercial interiors and renovations to new construction in the Baltimore/Washington, DC corridor. Its clients have included the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Maryland, and the US government. Together, president and COO Frederick "Rick" Wrieden and company vice presidents Ann Kerns Bowley, William Kirten, Robert Pronier, and Frank Talbot own SMCI.

Holcim Ltd. engages in the manufacture and distribution of cement, and the production, processing, and distribution of aggregates worldwide. It offers cement comprising clinker and cement, mineral components, and other cementitious materials; aggregates, including crushed stone, gravel, and sand, which are primarily used in manufacturing ready-mix concrete, concrete products, and asphalt, as well as for road building and railway tracks; and ready-mix concrete and asphalt products. In addition, the company provides consulting, research, trading, and engineering services, as well as environmental services, including waste management. Holcim was founded in 1912 and is based in Jona, Switzerland.

Harry Mathews Jr. founded the privately-held company as the Mississippi Sand Company in Alton, Illinois in 1907. If you've been looking for lime in all the wrong places, your troubles are over. Mississippi Lime Company mines and manufactures such products as high-calcium lime, limestone, and other calcium-based chemicals used in agriculture applications or food additives. The company has operations in Missouri, South Carolina, West Virginia, and in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where its Falco Lime division is headquartered. Falco Lime serves customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Another division, Reagent Technology Services, provides air pollution control products.

Absher Construction staring abashed at any construction plans. The firm builds commercial and residential structures, with a focus on schools, churches, and public housing. It also constructs office buildings, retail centers, hotels, institutional facilities, and hospitals. and does work for the military, building housing and other facilities. Absher Construction primarily operates in Washington. However, the company branched out in 2010 when it acquired Kentucky-based Vanguard Contractors. Founded in 1940, the company is a family affair -- President and CEO Dan Absher is the third in his family to sit at the helm and Thomas Absher is EVP.

A scrap metal processing and recycling company, Upstate Shredding converts scrap metal from appliances, automobiles, machines, and other sources into commodities sold to mills, foundries, and manufacturers around the world. It processes both ferrous (iron) and nonferrous metals -- including 700,000 tons of iron and 21,000 tons of aluminum annually -- and sells a significant portion of its products to steel mills in India, China, and other Asian countries. Founded in 1996 by president Adam Weitsman, Upstate Shredding is today one of New York State's largest privately-owned scrap metal companies.

Planning, design, and management services are the fruits of The Dewberry Companies' labor. The company provides architectural and engineering services, planning, program management, and surveying services, as well as environmental compliance, and security and homeland defense services. Dewberry serves private and public-sector clients. However, government customers such as FEMA, the Pentagon, and the US Department of Labor make up a big portion of business. Dewberry also serves departments of transportation, as well as universities, real estate developers and other commercial and institutional groups. Dewberry, which was founded in 1956, operates from more than 40 offices in nearly 20 states.

Ron Jones Hardwood Sales produces kiln-dried and green Northern Appalachian hardwood lumber for distribution within the US and for export container shipping. Species used to make its lumber include cherry, red and white oak, hard and soft maple, hickory, yellow birch, beech, ash, poplar, and basswood. The company operates a lumber yard with a capacity of more than 3 million board ft. in Franklin, Pennsylvania. It also has 300,000 board ft. kiln capacity there. President Ron Jones and other members of the family own and operate the business.

The Lawrence Group is an architecture and interior design firm that offers more than just architecture and interior design services. While it undertakes traditional design development and space planning projects on multifamily residences, hospitals, museums, parks, retail stores, and schools, the group also boasts expertise in town planning and graphic design. It has master-planned neighborhood and downtown developments, while its STUDIO369 in-house graphics department provides marketing and branding for property developments through print and Web. The firm also owns a retail furniture and home accessories showroom called Niche. The Lawrence Group operates a half-dozen offices in the US and one in Beijing.

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