Cocoon, Inc. provides environmental services to help prevent corrosion in stored parts and equipment, inactive industrial facilities, ships and cargo, and weapons and ammunition. Cocoon's clients include the US military, utility companies, petrochemical firms, and industrial manufacturers. The company operates through partnerships with the likes of GE Energy, humidity control specialists Munters Corporation, and Rubb Building Systems. The late Leo Crotty Sr. and president Leo "Chip" Crotty established the company (then called Protec) in 1977.

Engelberth Construction has spent more than thirty years building its business, but it doesn't take nearly as long in the business of building. Specializing in commercial construction the company offers construction management, design/build, general contracting, and additional services for educational, commericial, multi-family residential, and industrial clients. Engelberth Construction works primarily in the New England region (Vermont and New Hampshire) of the US. Otto Engelberth founded Engelberth Construction as a small two-person, home-based construction business in 1972.

Faulkner is only the din of nails being pounded into buildings. FaulknerUSA provides design-build, construction, program management, and development services nationwide but primarily focuses its efforts on Texas. The company builds military housing, correctional facilities, hotels and hospitals, and retail and manufacturing sites. Services include preconstruction, design, construction, and furnishings. The company has several high-profile projects to its name, including the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio, Gucci on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the Williamson County Jail in Georgetown, Texas, and Navy housing at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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.

Primus Builders, Inc.,the design/build firm makes refrigerated, frozen, and ambient storage, processing, and distribution facilities and other industrial buildings. It offers turnkey services as well as planning and design, construction, and construction management a la carte. Primus Builders specializes in restaurants, condominiums, health clubs, office buildings, and retail centers. The company's Primus Properties leases office park space to businesses. Primus Builders shares work and officers with SubZero Constructors but the two do not share any corporate linkage.

Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork. Instead, workers are busy making wooden and aluminum-clad windows and doors in a variety of styles. The family-owned company also includes Kolbe Vinyl Windows & Doors and Pointe Five, which offer custom-made and Craftsman-style doors and garden windows. The company provides installation and maintenance through its ServicePro unit. Sales and distribution of Kolbe & Kolbe products is handled by K-K Sales and K-K Way. Kolbe & Kolbe sells its products to distributors and dealers throughout the US and in Canada, China, Ireland, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the UK. The building products company is led by CEO Judith Kolbe Gorski.

USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials primarily under SHEETROCK, DUROCK, and FIBEROCK brands worldwide. The company manufactures and markets gypsum and related products, including gypsum wallboard, joint compounds used for finishing wallboard joints, cement boards, gypsum fiber panels, poured gypsum underlayments, and various construction plaster products. Its gypsum products are used in various building applications to finish the interior walls, ceilings, and floors in residential, commercial, and institutional construction.

Charles Pankow Builders has some pretty concrete ideas on how to build high-rises. The design/build general contractor specializes in quake-resistant concrete frames for structures including department stores, hotels, condominiums, medical facilities, and office buildings. The firm is primarily active in California and Hawaii. Affiliate Pankow Special Projects focuses on small-scale projects including renovations, interior build-outs, and seismic upgrades. Unit Mid-State Precast provides structural and architectural precast concrete components for Pankow-managed projects. Employee-owned Charles Pankow Builders was founded in 1963 by the late Charles Pankow, who helped pioneer the design/build delivery system.

Tulloch is one of the largest homebuilders in Scotland. It sells its houses, which range from the luxurious to the affordable, through three brands: Tulloch Homes, Tulloch Homes Express, and Argyll Homes. Founded in 1925 as a joinery and contractor, the firm's client base includes the Scottish Highlands to the English border and beyond. Its leisure division operates hotels, lodges, and the Brucefields Family Golf Centre in Bannockburn, Scotland. In 2006 the company sold its construction and civil engineering business to rival Rok. The Bank of Scotland has a 40% stake in the company.

HDR has left its mark on the US. HDR is an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm that specializes in projects including bridges, water- and wastewater-treatment plants, and hospitals. HDR also provides mechanical and plumbing services, construction and project management, and utilities planning. The group has completed projects throughout the US and in some 60 countries abroad and has more than 185 locations around the world. The employee-owned company was founded as Henningson Engineering in 1917 to build municipal plants in the rural Midwest.

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