W.G. Mills has been going to school. The construction management and general contracting company is one of Florida's top school builders, tackling some 200 education facility projects. Operating as Mills Gilbane, the company also builds industrial, commercial/retail, residential (such as clubhouses and golf-course homes), and health care facilities. Its public facility projects include libraries and police stations. One of the top contractors in the US, Mills Gilbane is also a leading construction management at-risk firm. CEO Walter G. Mills founded his namesake business in 1972. Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building bought the company in 2010.

Bovis Lend Lease is a key player in the global construction market. The subsidiary of Australian real estate firm Lend Lease provides management and construction services for nearly every project phase, including consultation, design/build services, and construction management. Its many projects have included the Staten Island September 11 Memorial, London's Paddington Central Station, and The Blue City development project in Oman. Bovis Lend Lease operates in more than 30 countries, offering management services for commercial, residential, government, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Its technology division provides design/build services focused on IT facilities.

One of Greece's largest construction and civil engineering companies, AEGEK specializes in public, municipal, and private construction projects and has completed bridges, dams, tunnels, hydroelectric facilities, irrigation systems, ports, and roads. The group was involved in constructing several projects for the 2004 Athens Olympics. It is also leading a railway project that will include the construction of 13 state-of-the-art stations for the Athens Metro public transportation system. With a boost from Greek post-WWII reconstruction, AEGEK was founded in 1950.

Roseburg Forest Products has branched out as a diverse producer of wood products. Formed in 1936, the company produces specialty panels (melamine, particleboard, and vinyl laminates), engineered wood products (joists, beams, and rimboards), and plywood products such as siding and concrete forming. Its products are available through dealers, home centers, and wholesale distributors. Roseburg manages more than 700,000 acres of timberland in California and southern Oregon. The company has more than a dozen manufacturing facilities in the Northwest and Southeast. Heirs of philanthropist Kenneth Ford, who established the Ford Family Foundation, own and lead the company.

Absher Construction staring abashed at any construction plans. The firm builds commercial and residential structures, with a focus on schools, churches, and public housing. It also constructs office buildings, retail centers, hotels, institutional facilities, and hospitals. and does work for the military, building housing and other facilities. Absher Construction primarily operates in Washington. However, the company branched out in 2010 when it acquired Kentucky-based Vanguard Contractors. Founded in 1940, the company is a family affair -- President and CEO Dan Absher is the third in his family to sit at the helm and Thomas Absher is EVP.

Hammerstone (formerly Birch Mountain Resources) is trying to climb to the top of the heap in the industrial minerals business. The company was exploring and developing precious metal properties, but is now concentrating on industrial mineral properties (primarily lime and concrete aggregate) in the Athabasca region of northern Alberta. Formed in 1994, the company has two major divisions: industrial minerals and mineral exploration and technology. In 2008, after defaulting on a loan with its primary banker, Birch Mountain Resources went into receivership. An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management acquired the assets of the company, including a limestone quarry in Alberta, in 2009.

Heat Pipe Technology, Inc. was founded by Mr. Khanh Dinh in 1983.With funding fromprivateinvestors and a grant from the Department of Energy, HPT began research on newuses for heat pipes, a passive heat transfer device previously used in various applications ranging from orbiting satellites to the Alaskan Pipeline ground spikes. By applying the principle of heat pipes to air conditioning systems, the dehumidification performance and efficiency was greatly enhanced,with moisture removal increased by 30 to 50%. However, to lower fabrication costs, research and development was required. This task was performed by HPT under a three-year, $500,000 contract with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The outcome of that effort is a new generation of heat pipes, costing one third the price of the aerospace heat pipes, while offering the same level of performance.

ATCO Rubber Products was founded in 1961. Even when things heat up, ATCO Rubber Products can keep its cool and remain flexible. The company makes flexible ducts used in commercial and residential heating, cooling, and ventilation systems. It operates about 15 manufacturing sites in the US and international sites in the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, and India. All of its products are created to meet specific international codes and standards. In 2008 ATCO's flexible duct products received a certification from Greenguard -- a nonprofit organization that promotes indoor air quality.

Partnering with more than 300 corporate clients and hundreds of small and medium business enterprises, The CarbonNeutral Company assists its clients in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, realizing operational efficiencies, new business revenue opportunities, and making a positive impact on climate change. It measures how much carbon dioxide a client emits, constructs a reduction plan and assists in communications to its stakeholders. The CarbonNeutral Company then creates a portfolio of renewable, clean energy carbon offset projects and manages that portfolio for its client. Customers, which come from more than 30 countries, include Tata Steel Europe, SAS, and Sky. CarbonNeutral was founded in 1997.

Maguire Group is an architectural, engineering, planning, and construction management firm that services clients from its 12 offices throughout the northeastern US and in the US Virgin Islands. The company, which was founded in 1938, was the first to ever receive the Presidential Award for Design Excellence. However, the firm, which was part of the team that designed Boston's ill-fated Big Dig project, developed serious financial problems from the fallout from that debacle. In 2009, Carlos Duart became the new president and CEO of Maguire Group after buying a controlling interest from retiring owner and CEO Richard Repeta. Maguire Group now operates as a subsidiary of Duart's Miami-based Metric Engineering.

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