Culpeper Wood Preservers may sound like the name of an environmental non-profit, but this Virginia-based building materials supplier has more commercial interests in mind. The company manufactures and distributes pressure-treated lumber from plants located in the Midwestern and Northeastern US; pressure treating protects wood from damage by moisture and insects. Products include standard dimensional lumber, decking, boards, plywood, and timbers. The company also makes such specialty products as deck accessories, lattice, fencing, moulded products, and landscaping items.

Scandinavia's largest construction and property development group, Skanska provides building, financing, development, and management services for commercial, residential, and civic projects in Europe, the US, and Latin America. Its areas of expertise include office buildings, industrial plants, single- and multifamily residences, hospitals, bridges, and highways. Its US divisions include Skanska USA Civil and Skanska USA Building. The group has completed work for clients such as Boeing, IKEA, Volvo, and PETROBRAS. Skanska was founded in 1887.

The company manufactures veneers and hardwood lumber, primarily using species that include ash, cherry, hard maple, hickory, walnut, poplar, red oak, white oak, and other native American trees. NVI markets its products to manufacturers of furniture, plywood, doors, and cabinetry. The employee-owned company uses the sawdust left over from production to fuel its boiler, which produces steam energy to run production processes.

FAFCO runs hot and cold. The company makes solar swimming pool-heating systems, solar hot water heaters, and thermal energy storage systems. FAFCO's heating systems utilize solar panels to control the temperature of water. Its solar domestic hot water system, Hot2o, was developed as a result of a 10-year partnership with the Department of Energy. The company also manufactures IceStor -- a product that controls commercial cooling costs by storing energy at night during off-peak times, and then releasing it to cool buildings during the day. Customers include schools, hotels, and offices. Its solar water heaters are marketed to homeowners. FAFCO was founded in 1969 by chairman Freeman Ford and Richard Rhodes.

British Gypsum Limited has five manufacturing plants in the UK. A fitting theme song for British Gypsum might be Pink Floyd's The Wall. British Gypsum Limited company is one of the UK's leading makers of plasterboard for walls and ceilings (sold under the Gyproc and Glasroc brands). British Gypsum also makes metal studs and channels for its wall systems and produces Thistle brand plaster products. Arteco makes its performance and acoustic tiles used by hospitals, schools, and offices.

Italian-Thai Development Public Limited company ain't heavy, but its construction projects are. Italian-Thai Development (Italthai) builds some of the largest infrastructure and civil projects in Thailand and across Asia. Its project portfolio includes work on Thailand's rail system, Bangkok's mass transit development plan, and deep-sea port developments at Pak Bara and Pattani ports. The company has branched out across Asia, specializing in industrial, utility, transportation, and telecommunications projects. Italthai has also invested in energy and mining projects. Chaijudh Karnasuta (from Thailand) and Giorgio Berlingieri (from Italy) co-founded the company in 1958.

Catamount Constructors, Inc. company provides general contracting services for the construction of commercial, industrial, health care, institutional, and residential developments around the US. It offers services from conceptualization and design-build to construction management. Subsidiary CC Residential specializes in midrise multifamily residences including condominiums, apartments, and mixed-use developments. Catamount Constructors boasts a high customer return rate; it has provided services for such return clients as CarMax, Walgreen, and Chase Bank. CEO Geoff Wormer and other executives Kurt Kenchel, Jeff Sidwell, and Jeff Cochran founded the company in 1997.

Primoris Services Corporation, founded in 1946, Primoris, through various subsidiaries, has grown to become one of the largest specialty contractors and infrastructure companies in the United States. Serving diverse end markets, Primoris provides a wide range of construction, fabrication, maintenance, replacement, water and wastewater, and engineering services to major public utilities, petrochemical companies, energy companies, municipalities, and other customers. With its acquisitions of James Construction Group in December 2009 and Rockford Corporation in November 2010, Primoris has doubled its size and the Company’s national footprint now extends from Florida, along the Gulf Coast, through California, into the Pacific Northwest and Canada.

Russell Eppright Custom Homes specializes in custom residential projects in and around Austin, Texas, and on the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country. The company builds homes in the $500,000 to $2 million range. In 1996 president Russell Eppright acquired the assets of Russell Parker Homes (where he had previously served as a superintendent of custom-home construction) and renamed the company.

David Montoya Construction, a general contractor, provides civil and commercial construction services to customers in New Mexico. The company's portfolio includes such projects as site development (Big Rock Casino, Costco), bridges (High Street Bridge, Largo Bridge, Santa Fe Relief Route, Taos Bridge, and I-40 Moriarty Bridges), commercial development (Bureau of Land Management, Walgreen, and the Museum of Natural History), dams and canals (Agua Sarco Arroyo, La Cienega Dam, and Simms Reservoir), highway roads (Cerrillos Road/Santa Fe, and US Hwy. 371/Thoreau), and concrete paving work (Roswell Relief Route, Albuquerque International Airport/Cargo Parking). President David Montoya owns the company.

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