Log Cabin Homes designs and manufactures custom log homebuilding packages for customers throughout the US and in more than 50 countries worldwide. Homebuyers can choose from more than 50 floor plans which feature various styles and sizes -- from one-bedroom hideaways to two-story, five-bedroom showplaces ranging from 560 sq. ft. to more than 4,000 sq. ft. The company also designs additional structures such as barns, garages, or guesthouses. Log Cabin Homes operates a rail yard, an intermodal container facility, and a fleet of trucks to ensure delivery of its products. The company, which was started in 1987, adopted the American buffalo as its symbol and owns a herd of more than 120 of the animals.

Carmeuse Lime & Stone is the North American subsidiary of Belgium-based Carmeuse. It supplies lime and limestone products in North America, producing some 7 million tons annually of lime products and around 25 million tons of limestone aggregates and chemical limestone from more than 30 plants. It makes quicklime (calcium oxide), dolomitic lime (a mixture of calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate), milk of lime, and hydrated lime (calcium hydroxide). Industrial customers use Carmeuse Lime & Stone's mineral products in steel production, water treatment, road construction, heavy construction, and other applications. Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc. primarily sells its products in the eastern US and Canada.

Construction aggregates supplier Luck Stone Corporation produces a wide range of crushed stone, concrete, asphalt, architectural stone, pavers, and sand and gravel products for customers throughout the mid-Atlantic US. The company has more than 15 crushed stone plants in Virginia and North Carolina, in addition to six retail architectural stone centers in those states and Maryland. It serves the construction, homebuilding, remodeling, and agricultural markets. The company also produces mulch, topsoil, and other specialty products for turf, landscaping, and sports-surfacing applications.

Holcim (Australia) produces aggregate, cement, asphalt, and concrete block and pipe. The company operates more than 240 concrete plants and about 80 hard rock, sand, and gravel quarries in Australia. Its Humes division manufactures steel-reinforced concrete pipes and other precast concrete products. Mexican cement giant CEMEX acquired Rinker Group in 2007 for more than $16 million and renamed it CEMEX Australia. The hefty price tag sent CEMEX into massive debt, though, and the parent began selling off assets. In 2009 CEMEX sold the unit to rival Holcim, which has targeted Australia as a growth market.

Forest Electric focuses on electrifying the concrete jungle, not tracts of timberland. A subsidiary of engineering and construction giant EMCOR, Forest Electric is one of the largest electrical contractors in the New York metropolitan area, where it installs and maintains electrical systems and equipment, including voice and data communications systems. It also constructs on-site power generating and cogeneration plants. Forest Electric's customer list includes The New York Times, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Goldman Sachs. The company also is involved in providing electrical services for several condominium conversions in New York and New Jersey.

Shaw Group UK Limited is probably best known for its industrial pipe fabrication operations, but it also provides design, engineering, and construction services for customers in such industry sectors as energy, chemicals, environmental, and infrastructure. Shaw Group UK (with three offices in England) is a subsidiary of US-based Shaw Group. The Shaw Group expanded operations in the UK in 2009 when it added a power group office, which is developing new coal-fired power stations. Shaw has its sights set on leading nuclear power development around the world. Shaw Group UK evolved from former Midlands-based firms Aiton & Co., Dunn International, and PE&D.

Hardaway Construction is paying off all over the Southeast. The firm offers general contracting, construction management, and design/build services on both large and small projects. Known for the diversity of work it takes on, Hardaway has built everything from offices and schools to hospitals and industrial plants, among other commercial structures. Its Cumberland Builders unit focuses on the residential sector, building and remodeling condominiums and retirement facilities. The company's portfolio includes work on Vanderbilt University, the Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel, and the Nashville International Airport. The family-owned company was founded in 1924 by the late L.H. Hardaway, Sr.

Devcon has constructed more than 35 million sq. ft. of office, industrial, and commercial space mainly in the San Francisco Bay area and Silicon Valley. Founded in 1976, Devcon specializes in high-tech projects, including industrial research and development facilities. Devcon also provides engineering, design/build, and interior design services. In addition to building company facilities and offices, Devcon works on such projects as hotels, restaurants, retail stores, and schools.

J.F. White Contracting has been at the bedrock of heavy civil construction in New England for more than 85 years. The group has civil, design/build, mechanical, electrical, and deep foundation divisions to provide a large range of engineering, construction, infrastructure, and equipment and wiring installation services. J.F. White also has a diving division that specializes in marine construction and underwater engineering. The company has worked on projects for Harvard University and was involved in building Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel project. J.F. also was tapped to rebuild the Chelsea Street Bridge -- a $125 million project funded by stimulus money. It was founded in 1924 by Joseph F. White, Sr.

Sekisui Chemical (named for a concept of power taken from Sun-Tsu's Art of War) is a central corporation of the Sekisui "keiretsu --" companies affiliated through cross-ownership. Its main segments include housing, urban infrastructure and environmental products, and high performance plastics. Prefabricated housing (detached steel-framed and wooden-framed construction), accounts for about half of its sales. Other products include plastic pipes and fittings (used in water and sewage systems), medical multifrequency body fat meters, pipe valves, foams for automotive and construction applications, and rain gutters.

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