Howard S. Wright Construction Co. got its start in the state of Washington and today offers design/build, general contracting, and construction management services across the Western US, including Alaska and Hawaii. The firm specializes in commercial, industrial, and institutional projects both small and large, ranging from $5,000 to $50 million. It has worked on Seattle's Space Needle and the Phoenix International Raceway, as well as apartments, hospitals, hotels, office buildings, parking garages, retail centers, schools, and aerospace and high-tech facilities. The management-owned company was founded in 1885 by, you guessed it, Howard S. Wright.

CONTECH Construction Products wants water, not profits, to go down the drain. The company makes and distributes site-specific civil engineering products related to storm water management, earth stabilization, erosion control, and wall and bridge structures. Products include retaining walls, precast concrete bridges, plastic and metal drainage pipes, and storm water filtration systems. CONTECH sells to builders of commercial, industrial, and public projects, as well as large-scale residential communities. It has dealers, distributors, or manufacturing plants in all 50 US states, as well as a national sales and project consultant organization. Goldman Sachs Mezzanine Partners (GSMP) took control of CONTECH in 2010.

A.L.L. Masonry Construction offers a variety of masonry construction services, including installations, pavers, and walls. The company primarily serves commercial, industrial, and institutional customers in and around Chicago. Its list of clients reads like a who's who of area institutions, including Northwestern University, The University of Chicago, Soldiers Field, the Lincoln Park Zoo, and the Chicago Public Library, as well as churches, schools, and apartment communities. Minority-owned A.L.L. Masonry Construction was founded in 1959. It is controlled by CEO Luis Puig.

Central Concrete Supermix, Inc. began operations in the US in 1989. The Dias family continues to operate more than 70 plants in South America. Florida builders know better than to build on shifting sand. Instead, they build on solid concrete. Central Concrete Supermix, also known as Supermix, provides some of that material. The company operates 10 plants and more than 130 cement trucks in South Florida. Supermix's products include various forms of concrete, grouts, and concrete blocks. It supplies concrete for residential buildings, retail centers, and hotels. Central Concrete Supermix, Inc. also supplies ready mix concrete to the Florida Department of Transportation.

E-J Electric Installation, established in 1899 by Jack Enright and Theodore Joseph, has provided electrical contracting services almost as long as the electric industry has been around. The company offers a wide range of services, from small electrical maintenance projects to the construction of power plants. It designs, installs, and maintains communications networks through E-J Communication Systems. The company's Mutual Electric division handles retail projects. E-J also has worked in the transportation, data center, and health care, industries. Chairman J. Robert Mann and his family control E-J Electric Installation, which was acquired by Mann's father, Jacques, who first joined the firm in 1912.

The war was over and the Allies had won on every front. There men and women were welcomed home by a grateful country. Years of rationing had created unsatisfied consumer demand for every product imaginable. It was a time when people with new ideas, when entrepreneurs with new vision, initiated the largest economic expansion ever known.As new homes and factories went up across the nation, new companies began to make products to keep them warm and comfortable. An idea conceived over a lobster dinner led to the founding of Sterling Radiator Company in February 1946. In July of that year, the first lengths of finned-tube radiation were manufactured by a work force of three in a rented garage in Westfield, Massachusetts. Spurred by demand for its high quality products, the company moved to larger facilities in 1947, again in 1950, and again in 1954.

Appalachian Log Homes designs and builds modern-day log structures for families and businesses. The company has more than 40 different pre-designed floor plans for log homes that range in size from about 430 sq. ft. to more than 4,000 sq. ft. and contain such modern amenities as sunrooms and skylights. The company can also custom-design homes to customer specifications. It makes log siding, railing, staircases, and wall systems as well. Commercial uses for the company's products include restaurants, office buildings, retail stores, churches, meeting halls, and lodges.

CertainTeed Corporation is a leading North American manufacturer of building materials including roofing, vinyl and fiber cement siding, trim, fence, railing, decking, foundations, insulation, gypsum, ceilings, and pipe products. Headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, CertainTeed has approximately 7,000 employees and 70 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Through its Vision, Mission, Values and Objectives (VMVO) initiative, CertainTeed strives to be the preferred choice for innovative building products and systems by delivering a superior Customer experience to a broader market through the development of exceptional team performance and world-class processes.

Angelo Iafrate Construction Company spends most of its time on the road. The company specializes in highway and road construction and is qualified by the US Department of Transportation to work in more than half of the states across the country. Angelo Iafrate provides preconstruction, construction, and project management services for both the public and private sector. The heavy construction contractor targets clients in the commercial, transportation, utilities, manufacturing, health care, and education industries. Angelo Iafrate also sells used equipment. The company is owned and managed by the Iafrate family.

sland Architects provides design services that focus on custom residential homes and estates in and around San Francisco and La Jolla, California. The firm partners with established professional consultants to create highly personalized homes mainly in Mediterranean, Spanish, or contemorary styles. Island Architects also offers alteration and addition design services (about 30% of its projects). The firm was founded in 1992.

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