Halcrow provides international management, planning, and design services for infrastructure development worldwide. It focuses on the transportation, water and power, maritime, and property sectors in more than 70 countries from its network of about 70 offices. One of Halcrow's most notable UK projects is the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, for which it helped provide design and project management. One of the UK's top engineering and consulting firms, Halcrow is also a leading international engineering and surveying firm. Originally founded in 1868 by Thomas Melk, the group was developed by notable engineer William Halcrow and became Sir William Halcrow & Partners in 1941. The name changed to Halcrow Group in 1998.

Schuff International, and its family of steel fabrication companies, comes on strong. Operating through Schuff Steel and other subsidiaries, the integrated steel fabrication and erection company is one of the leading steel erectors in the US. It mainly focuses on projects that require engineering, fabrication, and construction within a short time. Its portfolio of projects includes office buildings, sports arenas, hotels and casinos, hospitals, mines, bridges, and power plants. Subsidiary Quincy Joist makes joists, trusses, and girders. The group also fabricates water pipes, water storage tanks, and other equipment. Chairman David Schuff and son Scott (president and CEO) founded Schuff International in 1976.

Deltic Timber might beg to differ. The company annually harvests some 580,000 tons of timber from the more than 440,000 acres of timberlands that it owns, primarily in Arkansas and northern Louisiana. The company's two sawmills convert the timber (mainly southern pine) into softwood lumber products; this is then sold to wholesale distributors, lumber treaters, and truss manufacturers for use in residential construction to make roof trusses, laminated beams, and decking. In addition to its timber and lumber businesses, Deltic Timber develops real estate in central Arkansas and manufactures medium density fiberboard (MDF) through its Del-Tin Fiber joint venture.

Crescent Metal Spinning is a producer of metal components and machine parts. The company offers services including fabrication (guillotine, rolling, pressing, punching and press-brake bending), machining (lathe turning and milling), metal spinning (hand and hydraulic spinning), and welding (arc, gas, spot, and stud). The company works with aluminum, mild steel, and other materials, but specializes in stainless steel. Crescent Metal Spinning serves customers in the automotive, electronics, leisure, pharmaceutical, and textiles industries, among others.

TimberWest attempts to stay a cut above the rest. The forestland management company owns more than 320,000 hectares (796,000 acres) of forest in western Canada, making it one of the largest owners of private forestlands in the region. The company has had an annual harvest of about 2.5 million cubic meters of logs. However, harvest levels have been reduced and about 17% of TimberWest's land has become more valuable than the Douglas firs growing on it. The company's real estate arm, Couverdon, plans to make available more of its real estate for development over then next 10 to 15 years.

Commodore Builders provides project planning, pre-construction, construction, close-out, and warranty services to its clients in New England. The company focuses mainly on institutional, science and research, retail, and hospitality building and also does corporate interiors including custom millwork, audio and video installations, and complex lighting schemes. Commodore customers include MIT, Harvard University, Zoo New England, and Acadian Asset Management.

Family-owned Facemyer Lumber Co. produces and distributes high-grade wood products from its locations in Ohio and West Virginia. The company owns four facilities -- Facemyer Forest Products, Facemyer Lumber, Facemyer Resources, and Ohio Pallet Company -- that annually produces more than 30 million board feet of lumber and veneer logs, mainly from the region's Appalachian hardwood species. They also make railroad ties, timber, pallets, mulch, sawdust, and woodchips. Founded by brothers Dennis and Eugene Facemyer in 1964, Facemyer Lumber ships its products nationwide.

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.

Bowen Engineering understands the elements of earth and water. The company provides engineering and construction services for water, wastewater, earthwork, concrete, industrial, power, and underground utility projects. The company, which has offices in Crown Point, Evansville, and Fishers, Indiana as well as Tennessee and West Virginia, offers design/build, general contracting, and construction management services to public and private clients. It provides continued training for employees through its Bowen University. Bowen Engineering was founded in 1967 by Robert Bowen, who was succeeded as CEO by son Doug in 2009; the elder Bowen remained chairman.

Fagen knows what the dickens is going on in the construction industry, it should not be confused with the character in Oliver! The company offers a range of commercial and industrial contracting and engineering services, including design/build, project management, and general contracting. Affiliate Fagen Engineering performs civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical design services. The group works across a variety of heavy industries and has completed such projects as power generation plants, water- and wastewater-treatment plants, manufacturing facilities, and housing. Founded in 1988, the company is owned by the Fagen family.

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