A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, Clayton Homes builds one- and two-story modular and manufactured houses and other buildings that range in price from $20,000 to more than $130,000 for upscale models and range in size from around 700 to more than 3,000 sq. ft. The homes are built at about 35 plants and distributed across the US through a network of about 1,800 mostly independent, but also company-owned retailers. Clayton's homes often contain products from fellow Berkshire Hathaway companies such as Shaw flooring, Johns Manville insulation and MiTek fasteners. Clayton Homes also offers home financing, loan-servicing, and insurance through subsidiaries.

Pavestone Company has manufactured segmental concrete products for the commercial, residential, contractor, industrial, and retail consumer markets since 1980. Dedicated to the production of concrete pave stone and retaining wall units, our business principle is to be driven not only by technology in manufacturing, but also in the development of segmental paving and retaining wall systems. Now with 20 regional manufacturing locations, distributing to over 40 states, Pavestone Company continues to set the standards for service to the buyer, specifier, and contractor. With over 250 million dollars in state-of-the-art manufacturing equipment, Pavestone Company provides the quality that sets the standard for its competitors and industry. The depth of selection in shape, color, and texture continue to place Pavestone as the leader of the industry!

C A Blackwell (Contracts) founded as an earthmoving contractor in 1956 to help carve out the UK motorway network, the group has expanded to include engineering, civil engineering, geotechnical, and remediation operations. The group wears many hats, including those of subcontractor, contractor, design-and-build contractor, and developer. The company also owns a fleet of motor scrapers, dump trucks, excavators, and more. Past projects include the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Middlehaven Docks remediation. C A Blackwell (Contracts) is a subsidiary of the C.A. Blackwell Group.

Walrus Projects company takes you down to Leicestershire and the surrounding area, where its projects range from 50,000 apartments to 1,000,000 country houses. With a little help from its friends, Walrus Projects uses materials and processes that range from reclaimed timber and "distressed" finishes to underheated floors. Managing director Chris Freeman began Walrus Projects in 1994, while working out of a spare bedroom at his home -- no doubt with his headphones on. Many Walrus Projects developments, such as Pepper's Field, bear Beatles-influenced names.

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.

Ajax United Patterns and Molds works to avoid an Achilles heel. The company, doing business as Ajax Custom Plastics and Ajax Custom Manufacturing, builds plastic and metal components for the medical, semiconductor, communications, and food processing industries. Services offered by the company include design and engineering, thermoforming, tooling and machining, welding, and assembly. The company has manufacturing facilities in the US (California and Texas), as well as China and Singapore. Ajax United Patterns, which was established in 1945, is noted for designing and building fresh pineapple peelers for Dole.

From apartment units to rails to office buildings, Royal Volker Wessels Stevin covers construction for home, transportation, and work. The group, which uses the trade name VolkerWessels, is made up of about 100 companies overseen by a board of management. The group works in all aspects of construction, mainly in five sectors including building and property development in the Netherlands, civil engineering, roads, and rail, infrastructure, technology and telecommunications, infrastructure and land development in North America, and supplies and services. The companies focus on the Dutch market but also operate in the UK, Canada, and the US. CVC Capital Partners owns about 43% of the company.

1-800-GOT-JUNK? For a fee this junk removal service will haul away any nonhazardous materials that two people can lift. It won't pick up asbestos, chemicals, oils, oil drums, oil tanks, paints, and solvents. The company picks up from homes, restaurants, and other businesses and hauls the loads to local area transfer stations or recycling centers; up to 60% of its pickups are recycled or donated to local charities. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has more than 300 local franchises, mainly in the US and Canada (but it also operates in Australia). CEO Brian Scudamore owns the company.

McPhee Electric is energized about its work. The company, which is a unit of Phalcon, provides electrical construction and data and communications installation services (including cellular towers) throughout New England. Services include conceptual planning, feasibility studies, budgeting, design development, installation, maintenance, and service. McPhee Electric's clients come from a wide variety of industries including education, financial services, government, health care, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, retail, and utilities. The company's projects include utility substations, Foxwoods Resort Casino, a Bristol-Myers Squibb research facility, and Cordon Bleu Culinary Institute.

Viceroy Homes Limited designs and manufactures modular, panelized, pre-engineered custom home packages for both owner/builder clients and professional contractors. Its packages, which include all materials needed to construct a home (doors, windows, flooring), are sold throughout North America and also are shipped around the world. Viceroy constructs what is called a "healthy house" (built with products free of formaldehyde and other solvents). The company, which was founded in the mid-1950s, operates manufacturing plants in Ontario and British Columbia. In 2008 the company was taken private by Open Investments (OPIN) of Russia.

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