Jones Bros., Inc. company has evolved from a partnership between two brothers, Guy and Dillon Jones, with one bulldozer, to one of the largest bridge builders and heavy construction firms in the southeastern US. A transportation specialist, the company also is involved in highway construction and grading; site preparation for residential, industrial, and commercial projects; concrete paving; asphalt paving and operation of asphalt plants; and sewer rehabiliation using trenchless technologies. The company is still owned and operated by the Jones' descendants, including president and CEO M. Dale McCulloch, Guy Jones' grandson.

Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa can help clients plan and design their future crib, haunt, habitat, or headquarters. WWCOT (Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa) provides architectural and interior design services to clients in a variety of industries, including civic, commercial, hospitality, historic, and retail. WWCOT also has an architectural forensics group that consults for construction defects. The company has several offices in Moorpark, Palm Springs, Riverside, and Santa Monica, California and one in China.

Tri-City Electrical Contractors targets Florida's commercial, government, industrial, residential, and communications markets. The company designs, installs and services electrical systems in apartment buildings, courthouses, convention centers, major sports arenas, resorts, and more. The company also specializes in fire and security alarm systems. Once part of now-bankrupt Encompass Services, Tri-City Electrical Contractors was repurchased by founder and chairman Buddy Eidel in 2003. Tri-City Electrical Contractors, which traces its roots to 1958, operates from its Central Florida headquarters and three divisional offices throughout the Sunshine State.

Energy Maintenance Services Group I (EMS) is a one-stop shop for pipeline services in North America. The company's service offerings include compressor and meter station construction, corrosion surveying, environmental analysis, pipeline laying, and repair to major oil and gas producers, pipeline operators, local distribution companies, and independent power and utility operators in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It also operates and maintains about 25 pipelines and facilities throughout the US. Additionally, it supplies products such as valves and fittings and high-performance materials that help strengthen or protect pipes. Founded in 2003, EMS is one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in Houston.

Ballast Nedam is definitely not dead weight in the Dutch construction industry. One of the largest firms of its kind in the Netherlands, it provides development, engineering, construction, maintenance, and management services. Its building and development division is involved in construction of homes, apartments, commercial and industrial buildings, schools, and car parks. Its infrastructure division performs road construction, earth moving, drilling and anchoring, landscaping, environmental consulting services. The unit also operates prefabricated concrete factories and other raw materials providers.

Founded in 1990 as DGH Systems, the company was bought by Italy-based Carel SpA in 2000 and adopted its current name. Carel USA doesn't want you to sweat the small stuff -- or the big stuff either, for that matter. The company manufactures and distributes industrial and commercial humidifiers; heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC/R) controls and sensors; and monitoring and remote management systems for industrial, commercial, and clean room applications. Carel USA markets its products to HVAC/R market manufacturers, installers, and designers.

Layne Christensen Company and its subsidiaries provide drilling and construction services and related products to the water infrastructure and mineral exploration markets. The company’s Water Infrastructure division provides water and wastewater related services and products, including soil stabilization, hydrological studies, site selection, well design, drilling and well development, pump installation, and well rehabilitation. This division also designs and constructs water and wastewater treatment facilities; and provides filter media and membranes to treat volatile organics and other contaminants, such as nitrates, iron, manganese, arsenic, radium, and radon in groundwater, as well as offers environmental drilling services to assess and monitor groundwater contaminants. Layne Christensen Company’s Mineral Exploration division provides a range of drilling services for the mineral exploration industry. It offers aboveground and underground drilling services, which include various phases of core drilling, diamond, reverse circulation, dual tube, hammer, and rotary air-blast methods. The company’s Energy division focuses on the exploration and production of unconventional gas properties primarily in the mid-continent region of the United States. As of January 31, 2010, it had 586 net producing wells. Additionally, Layne Christensen Company offers specialty energy services. The company provides its services to municipalities, investor-owned water utilities, industrial companies, mining companies, consulting and engineering firms, heavy civil construction contractors, oil and gas companies, and agribusiness. It has operations in the United States, Australia, Africa, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Italy, and South America. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Mission Woods, Kansas.

Cole Hardwood processes and distributes a variety of hardwood lumber products from species that include ash, basswood, cherry, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, walnut, hickory, and poplar. Cole Hardwood operates a 32-acre facility, where it receives rough lumber at its on-premise rail spur. The company also has its own fleet of trucks for delivering hardwood orders to its Indiana customers.

George Dubya has built a reputation in the construction industry. George W. Auch, a top contractor in the US, offers general contracting, design/build, and construction management services, primarily in Southeast Michigan. The commercial and institutional builder targets the medical/health care and educational markets. George W. Auch founded the company in 1908 as a family partnership, building homes and churches in the Detroit area.

Artisan (UK) is skilled at the art of real estate. Through a number of operating subsidiaries, the company builds, invests in, and manages multifamily residential and commercial properties throughout the UK. Subsidiary Rippon Homes builds three- to five-bedroom houses and bungalows, including its Living Heritage line of luxury homes in the East Midlands. Artisan (UK) Developments is engaged in the development of small business parks and light industrial properties; construction is managed by Artisan (UK) Projects. The group's property investments are held by Artisan (UK) Properties. Chairman Michael Stevens owns 30% of Artisan (UK) through Aspen Finance.

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