Williams Scotsman, Inc. develops, leases, sells, and manages mobile offices, storage containers, and related structures for the public and commercial markets in North America. Customers include government agencies, schools, and hospitals. The company maintains a fleet of some 100,000 offices, portable classrooms, and storage units, which it leases through a network of about 80 branch locations. Formed through the 1990 merger of Williams Mobile Offices and Scotsman Manufacturing, Williams Scotsman is part of Algeco Scotsman (along with European counterparts Algeco and Elliott). It was acquired by UK fund manager TDR Capital in 2007.

Uniboard Canada is multifaceted. The company manufactures particleboard, raw and laminated medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and thermofused melamine (TFM) panels. The engineered wood products are used to make furniture, fixtures, cabinetry, moulding, and other products. It has added green products such as environmentally friendly particleboard and melamine to its offerings. A subsidiary of German engineered-wood manufacturer Pfleiderer, Uniboard partners with sister company Pergo to produce and market laminate flooring. The partnership has made Pergo one of the leading providers of laminate flooring in North America. Uniboard operates six manufacturing plants in Quebec, Ohio, and North Carolina.

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.

Founded in 1930 by William Murphy, CPM Development is owned by Oldcastle Materials (itself a subsidiary of UK-based CRH plc), which bought the firm in 1997. CPM Development Corporation paves the way for aggregate production in the Northwest. The company produces sand and gravel, ready-mix concrete, pre-stressed concrete building components, and asphalt paving materials for the construction industry. It also builds freeways, overpasses, and airport runways. The firm has about a dozen affiliate companies and some 30 locations in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

Consolidated Contracting Services has consolidated a large offering of general contracting and specialty contracting services. Focusing on the new construction and renovation of commercial buildings in Southern California, the firm provides construction management and other construction services Consolidated Contracting has worked with a variety of clients to build cleanrooms, storage units, banks, churches, recreation areas, and restaurants. Specialty services include soft demolition, drywall framing and taping, acoustical ceiling and door installation, wood framing, and concrete work. Cuban-born cofounders Tony Elias-Calles and Joe Troya own Consolidated Contracting Services, which was incorporated in 1983.

Aker Construction is part of the North American union construction and maintenance division of Norway-based Aker Solutions. Active in the US and Canada, the company provides heavy and civil construction and renovation services for power generation plants and other industrial projects. Aker Construction offers services such as prime contracting, electrical work, equipment setting, heavy mechanical contracting, steel erection, piping, and construction management. After Aker Solutions sold most of its process and construction operations (including non-union businesses) to Jacobs in 2011, its union construction division, including Aker Construction, was transferred to the newly formed Aker Contractors segment.

Kimley-Horn and Associates offers engineering and land planning services for environmental, water resource, wireless communications, landscape, transportation, urban development, and aviation projects. It also specializes in residential, retail and mixed-use land planning. Founded by a pair of transportation engineers, the firm is a leading urban planning consultant and top intelligent transportation systems specialist. Kimley-Horn has worked on a variety of projects including parking and runway work at the nation's busiest airports. Incorporated in 1967 by Bob Kimley, Bill Horn, and Ed Vick, the firm is now employee-owned.

CEMEX de Puerto Rico makes cement in Puerto Rico. Shocking, but true. Formerly Puerto Rican Cement Company (PRCC), the company operates a cement plant and about 20 ready-mix facilities, an aggregates quarry, and two land distribution centers in Puerto Rico. CEMEX de Puerto Rico serves cement customers throughout the island, but its ready-mix operations are concentrated in the eastern part of the island; it has an installed capacity of about 1.2 million tons a year. Its parent company, Mexico-based giant CEMEX, operates primarily in North America and Europe, but has customers throughout the world.

Thomas Crapper restores antique bathrooms and continues to make the Victorian and Edwardian sanitary ware that long ago made its name. Founded in 1861 by the eponymous Thomas Crapper, this venerable plumbing-fixtures company supplied the private facilities of King Edward VII and King George V. It was acquired by a rival in 1963, but later resumed business as an independent company. Products include cistern pulls and chains, wooden toilet seats, cast-iron and copper bathtubs, sink basins, shower rails, and towel racks.

From testing for toxic mold to cleaning up oil spills, GeoTek Engineering & Testing Services offers an array of environmental engineering services. Services include site assessment, environmental consulting, and laboratory testing. The South Dakota company, which operates primarily in the midwestern US, is not affiliated with Massachusetts-based GeoTek Engineering, Inc.

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