Galliers Homes is attached to the detached family home market. Galliers Homes Limited constructs homes from single-story two-bedroom semi-detached bungalows with an average cost of 125,000 to two-story homes with three to five bedrooms that range in cost from about 235,000 to 500,000. The specialty builder develops sites within a 30-mile radius of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. CEO Graham Galliers, a third-generation builder, founded the company in 1987.

The engineering and construction conglomerate (also known as the Ledcor Group of Companies) holds a network of firms focused on large-scale projects in Canada and the US. The group operates through divisions that specialize in commercial building, heavy civil, industrial, contract mining, and pipeline construction. Ledcor builds condos, office buildings, airports, highways, and industrial complexes; provides mining excavation; and offers network equipment installation, network site maintenance, and fiber-optic cable maintenance. Subsidiary Ledcor Properties invests in real estate. Employee-owned Ledcor was founded in 1947 by William Lede, the father of CEO Dave Lede.

P.J. Dick is the contracting arm in a family of companies that also includes Trumbull Corporation and Lindy Paving. P.J. Dick builds mostly commercial, industrial, and federal projects such as labs, parking structures, military buildings, and sports facilities. Trumbull Corporation specializes in heavy and highway construction, building roads, dams, bridges, tunnels, and transportation infrastructure. Lindy Paving offers asphalt paving contracting and manufactures asphalt mix at plants in Pennsylvania. Tracing its roots to 1955, P.J. Dick is owned by the families of CEO Clifford Rowe and the late Robert Hecht.

Tembec is the little mill that could -- and did. Rescued by workers from a shuttered mill in 1973, the forest products company today maintains significant operations in the US, Canada, and France. Through about 30 manufacturing facilities it produces pulp, paper, paperboard, lumber, and chemicals from the by-products of its pulping process; these products are marketed worldwide. Tembec's pulp unit, the company's largest group, accounts for more than half of sales. Its wood products unit sells SPF (spruce-pine-fir) lumber and hardwood flooring products primarily in North America. Tembec also manages forest land in four Canadian provinces. Outside of North America, it has sales offices in Asia.

CSI provides general contracting, design, development, and construction management services; the company focuses on retail projects, but it also takes on other types of commercial and non-commercial jobs such as industrial facilities, office buildings, and multi-family residential projects. CSI's customers have included Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Trammell Crow Company. The company operates from offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Portland, Oregon; and Irvine, California. It primarily serves customers in the western half of the US. Founded in 1978, CSI is controlled by president Tim Phelan.

Kemco Systems, Inc., the industry leader since 1969, custom designs systems that are built to the highest standards of excellence. Whatever your water handling requirements, your savings begin with low installation costs and continue with significantly lower operating costs. Kemco Systems offers outstanding quality, exceptional reliability, and top value for your energy dollar.

Minaean International Corp., through its Minaean Building Solutions Inc. and Minaean Habitat (India) Pvt. Ltd. subsidiaries, provides building construction technologies and products designed to enhance the efficiency of the structures, both residential and commercial. Minaean's Vesta and Artisan Quik-Build Systems allow a team of 10 unskilled laborers to assemble 16 homes of 250 sq. ft. each in less than a week. The lower construction costs make the company's systems suitable for regions with a shortage of housing, especially in developing nations. Minaean's structures utilize recyclable components and technology that makes them earthquake- and hurricane- resistant. President Mervyn Pinto owns 17% of the company.

The Douglas Company has built there, done that. The firm builds multifamily residential properties ranging from three to more than 300 units; retail properties including pharmacy, grocery, department, and apparel stores; and commercial locations - everything from hockey rinks and running tracks to car dealerships and a mushroom farm. It also constructs health care, rehabilitation, and living centers for seniors, and has an in-house design studio. Members of president Peter Douglas' family formed the company in 1976.

Consulting engineering firm Pennoni Associates has expertise in building systems, civil and municipal, environmental, geotechnical, inspection and testing, land surveying, site design and architecture, structural and transportation engineering, and other industry specialties. Its clients include local, state, and federal governments, as well as private commercial, construction, and industrial companies. Affiliate Pennoni Engineering and Surveying of New York offers engineering consulting and design services. It specializes in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection engineering.

Marquette Lumber Co. makes its mark in wood. The company processes American hardwoods (Northern, Southern, and Appalachian), used mostly for furniture and flooring, and wholesales it to manufacturing and construction companies. The firm operates two lumberyards and offices in Norwalk, Ohio; Sandown, New Hampshire; St. Louis; and Vero Beach, Florida. Russel H. Downey founded Marquette Lumber Co. in 1919 in South Bend, Indiana. The company moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1972; the founding Downey family still runs it.

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