Butler Manufacturing, maker of pre-engineered buildings, structural systems, and roof and wall systems for nonresidential construction. A subsidiary of Australia-based BlueScope Steel, Butler produces pre-engineered and custom-designed steel structures used in a range of projects, from offices to schools to shopping centers. Through its BUCON and Butler Heavy Structures units, the company provides general contracting services for large-scale projects. Butler also offers real estate development services. It distributes its products throughout North America.

The Westervelt Company has turned over a new leaf -- several, actually -- since its inception in 1884. A paper and paperboard packaging manufacturer for many years, Westervelt now operates several distinct businesses related to land resource management. Besides owning and managing 500,000 acres of timberlands, the company operates sporting lodges around the world, offers wildlife gaming and recreational property management, develops masterplanned residential communities in Alabama, and is involved in creating renewable energy. The company is privately owned by the Westervelt and Warner families.

Exotic Hardwoods and Veneers is what its name suggests. The company offers a variety of lumber and veneers for residential and commercial applications. It also sells custom-made wall panels, ceiling panels, and doors. The company's products are made from some 30 different domestic and imported wood species, including ash, beech, birch, ebony, mahogany, maple, oak, and walnut. Exotic Hardwoods and Veneers operates a showroom in Oakland, California, but its wood comes from such far-flung locales as Brazil, Hawaii, Honduras, Switzerland, and Nigeria.

Downer EDI works to keep things working. The company provides engineering and infrastructure management for public and private entities throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the Pacific. The company strives to be a "one-stop" provider for engineering services that include design, project and facilities management, operations, consulting, and maintenance. The company is organized along five divisions representing its primary activities: infrastructure services through Downer EDI Works, Downer EDI Engineering, Downer EDI Mining, Consulting Services, and Downer EDI Rail. Although the company's footprint covers the Asia/Pacific region, Downer EDI's Australian operations account for about 70% of its revenue.

Canfor has a can-do attitude about forest products. One of Canada's largest lumber companies, Canfor mainly produces softwood lumber, but also plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), remanufactured lumber products, and specialized wood products at some 30 facilities in Canada and the US. Each year Canfor is capable of turning out five billion board feet of lumber, 270 million sq. ft of plywood, and one billion sq. ft. of OSB. It manages woodlands on public lands in British Columbia and Alberta and has annual harvesting rights on about 11 million cubic meters of timberland. The company also owns a slight majority of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, which produces pulp and kraft paper.

Halliburton Electrical keeps northwest England wired. The company -- no relation to engineering/construction giant Halliburton -- provides electrical services to commercial and industrial clients. The company's offerings include cabling systems, switchgear, fire alarm systems, heating, security lighting, and office refurbishment, among others. Halliburton Electrical serves clients mainly in the aerospace, food, manufacturing, hospital, and brewery industries, as well as local authorities and housing associations. Partner Brian Halliburton founded the company in 1963 and operates with his son and co-partner Stephen Halliburton.

Taiga distributes building products through fourteen distribution centres across Canada and a distribution centre in Northern California. Our primary customers are building supply dealers and industrial manufacturers. We distribute dimension lumber, panel products, treated wood, engineered wood, roofing materials, mouldings, composite decking, polyethylene sheeting, batt and foam insulation, siding and flooring. Taiga also produces treated wood at three facilities in Canada. Approximately 20% of our revenues are derived from sales in the United States and overseas.

MWH Americas knows the ABCs of industrial design. The company, the Americas arm of employee-owned consulting firm MWH Global, provides engineering design and remediation, construction, procurement, program management, and technology services for the environmental, land, water, wastewater, energy, and power markets. Like its parent, it specializes in water, wastewater, and hydropower ("wet infrastructure") projects. Subsidiary MWH Laboratories performs analysis on potable and recycled water. MWH Americas has some 90 offices in the US, Canada, and Central and South America.MWH Global traces its back to the 1850s.

LZT Architects provides a variety of architectural and design services and has completed more than 500 projects mainly in Austin, Texas. Its services range from site selection and master planning to project management and construction administration. The firm's projects include its award-winning green building project, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless; a 48,000 sq. foot center for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault called Safeplace; and an affordable senior housing and community center development for The Salvation Army. LZT Architects was established in 1982.

LeChase Construction Services, LLC,through its divisions, the group offers general contracting, construction and facilities management, design/build, and real estate development for clients in such sectors as education, health care, manufacturing, and retail. It also contracts on cleanrooms, sports facilities, multifamily residential complexes, commercial buildings, and other projects. Clients have included Bausch & Lomb and Duke University. LeChase Construction Services has more than half a dozen offices in New York and North Carolina, serving clients mostly in the Eastern US. The family-owned company was founded in 1944 by Raymond F. LeChase.

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