Antonio Ruiz has left his blood, sweat, and tears. Ruiz owns and operates A. Ruiz Construction Company & Associates (ARCCO), a firm which he founded in 1978. A general engineering and building contractor, ARCCO has expertise in civil engineering, as well as residential construction and remodeling. It has worked on everything from reservoir repair and street improvements to utilities installation and demolition in both the public and private sectors. Clients include the City of San Francisco, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Bombardier Transportation. ARCCO primarily serves the Bay Area.

Southland Industries is one of the largest construction and engineering companies in the US. The employee-owned group provides design/build, electrical and mechanical engineering, electrical maintenance, plumbing, fire protection, HVAC, and facilities management services. Southland offers custom solutions for clients in the health care, life sciences, hospitality, industrial, education, government, and telecommunication sectors. Projects include the renovation of the Pentagon following the terrorist attacks of September 11, and the M Resort in Las Vegas. Founded in 1949, Southland Industries has about a half-dozen offices in California, Maryland, Nevada, and Virginia.

Lindal Cedar Homes makes custom cedar homes and sunrooms. Customers choose from more than 3,000 floor plans and Lindal ships homebuilding packages to customers' sites. The houses have solid cedar, log, post-and-beam, or conventional framing construction and are made with western red cedar. Lindal also offers solid wood and wood clad windows. The company operates through about 150 independent dealers and sells its products worldwide. Former US President Lyndon Johnson had two Lindal homes built on his ranch near Johnson City, Texas. Sir Walter Lindal founded the company in 1945. Lindal and his family control the company, which has produced more than 50,000 homes.

Sino-Forest Corporation owns and manages some 350,000 hectares of forest plantations in China. It produces and sells logs, wood chips, engineered wood products, and standing timber. With timberland locations near major manufacturing hubs and consumer markets, the company is one of the top commercial wood fiber suppliers in the nation. Sino-Forest was founded in 1994 and was the first foreign and privately managed forest products firm to enter China.

James McHugh Construction Co. has had a steady hand in building Chicago's skyline. The company's contributions include the Civic Opera House, the Arlington Park horse-racing complex, and the historic Blackstone Hotel. The firm offers general contracting, consulting, construction and project management, design/build, and concrete services. It builds both private and public works that are complex, large-scale, and often high-rise. Clients have included American Airlines, The University of Chicago, and the US Navy. James McHugh Construction was founded in 1897 by James D. McHugh, an Irish bricklayer, and remains a family-owned business run by chairman James P. McHugh.

Pickens Roofing can help. Roofing contractor Pickens Roofing specializes in commercial roofing and metal construction. The company provides new roofing, roof repair and replacement, roof maintenance, and siding services. It operates from facilities in Belton and Anderson, South Carolina, and is a subsidiary of family-owned and operated Pickens Roofing & Sheet Metals, Inc., of Spartanburg.

Humphrey Rich Construction Group offers a wealth of services in the field of commercial construction. The general contractor is first and foremost a builder but also provides design-build and construction management services to clients throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. The firm specializes in both new construction and renovation on everything from banks to office interiors to hotels. It boasts about a 75% retention rate in terms of repeat customers, which have included SunTrust Banks, Jones Lang LaSalle, and The Blackstone Group (for which it has renovated various Hilton-branded hotels). Humphrey Rich Construction Group was founded by president Mark Humphrey and executive vice president Lawrence Rich.

Smith Management Construction, Inc. (SMCI) provides general contracting and construction management services for office, retail, multifamily residential, and institutional projects ranging from commercial interiors and renovations to new construction in the Baltimore/Washington, DC corridor. Its clients have included the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the University of Maryland, and the US government. Together, president and COO Frederick "Rick" Wrieden and company vice presidents Ann Kerns Bowley, William Kirten, Robert Pronier, and Frank Talbot own SMCI.

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.

Shawmut Woodworking & Supply, which does business as Shawmut Design and Construction, provides beginning-to-end construction services, from preconstruction planning to post-construction quality assurance checks. Shawmut Design and Construction has experience building retail, restaurants, academic, banking, health care, and science facilities; it also handles corporate interiors and high-end residential construction and has expertise in cultural and historical preservation projects. The employee-owned company serves clients nationwide and operates from offices in a half-dozen states.

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