G. A. Johnson & Son, one of the oldest privately held construction companies in the Midwest, constructs commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential buildings throughout the region. It specializes in building food and drug stores including Jewel Osco, Wal-Mart, and Walgreens, which require a contractor that can coordinate mechanical, electrical, refrigeration, and other specialized requirements. The firm provides consulting, general contracting, skilled trade, and engineering services. It also completes its own concrete and carpentry work. Gustav Augustus Johnson, a Swedish immigrant, founded the company in 1874. The company continues to be owned and operated by fifth-generation family members.

Designer Doors makes it. The company designs and builds solid wood entry doors, garage doors, shutters, and gates. It specializes in luxury doors and offers one-of-a kind handcrafted creations as well as limited editions of European-inspired and American panel designs. Its Woodscapes brand offers less expensive options. Doors are available in a variety of styles and can be made from wood, glass, or metal. Decorative steel hardware also is available. The company's network of professional design associates sell products directly to architects, builders, and homeowners throughout the US. Kent Forsland founded Designer Doors in 1987.

TimberWest attempts to stay a cut above the rest. The forestland management company owns more than 320,000 hectares (796,000 acres) of forest in western Canada, making it one of the largest owners of private forestlands in the region. The company has had an annual harvest of about 2.5 million cubic meters of logs. However, harvest levels have been reduced and about 17% of TimberWest's land has become more valuable than the Douglas firs growing on it. The company's real estate arm, Couverdon, plans to make available more of its real estate for development over then next 10 to 15 years.

International Architectural Group is an integrated building products manufacturer of diversified lines of quality aluminum and vinyl building products. The company is headquartered in Monterey Park, California and has approximately 1,600 employees. Operations are conducted through 12 North American subsidiaries.

Brandl Anderson can handle building you a home in Minnesota or Wisconsin. The homebuilder's products range from two- and three-bedroom entry-level homes all the way to custom luxury homes; Brandl Anderson builds about 100 homes each year. Floor plans include two-story homes and townhomes, multi-level residences, and split-entry homes, as well as classic ranch-style homes. Home sizes range from about 1,000 sq. ft. to more than 3,300 sq. ft. Brandl Anderson Homes also buys land for development in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Skidmore Owings & Merrill prefers a skyline view. One of the world's largest architectural and engineering firms, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (or SOM) has earned its fame with innovative modernist designs and such high-profile projects as the John Hancock Building and Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). Its portfolio of services includes graphics, interior design, and urban design and planning. Transportation planning, infrastructure planning, environmental engineering, and geotechnical engineering are part of its structural and civil engineering offerings. The firm, which has completed projects in more than 40 countries, has offices in several major metropolitan US cities and in Europe and Asia.

Avalon Holdings Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides hazardous and nonhazardous waste brokerage and management services to industrial, commercial, municipal, and governmental customers primarily in certain northeastern and mid western United States markets. It also offers captive landfill management services. In addition, the company operates golf courses and related facilities, and a travel agency. Avalon Holdings Corporation was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Warren, Ohio.

Miron Construction Co., Inc.,the general contractor provides carpentry, design/build, and construction management services throughout the region from three offices in Wisconsin and Iowa. It also provides industrial building and maintenance services, which include constructing food processing, paper/pulp processing, and public utility facilities. Miron serves customers in the retail, environmental, healthcare, and industrial industries and religious, educational, and government institutions. It has completed projects for Anheuser-Busch, 3M, Kraft Foods, Ameritech, Weyerhaeuser, and Georgia-Pacific. Canadian immigrant Patrick Miron founded the company in 1918.

W.G. Mills has been going to school. The construction management and general contracting company is one of Florida's top school builders, tackling some 200 education facility projects. Operating as Mills Gilbane, the company also builds industrial, commercial/retail, residential (such as clubhouses and golf-course homes), and health care facilities. Its public facility projects include libraries and police stations. One of the top contractors in the US, Mills Gilbane is also a leading construction management at-risk firm. CEO Walter G. Mills founded his namesake business in 1972. Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building bought the company in 2010.

Ballast Nedam is definitely not dead weight in the Dutch construction industry. One of the largest firms of its kind in the Netherlands, it provides development, engineering, construction, maintenance, and management services. Its building and development division is involved in construction of homes, apartments, commercial and industrial buildings, schools, and car parks. Its infrastructure division performs road construction, earth moving, drilling and anchoring, landscaping, environmental consulting services. The unit also operates prefabricated concrete factories and other raw materials providers.

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