Griffith's gifts lie in general contracting services -- specifically road and bridge work and paving. The century-old company works mostly in Southern California and offers grading, paving, and concrete services, in addition to underground installation and material recycling. The engineering and heavy construction group specializes in transportation infrastructure and site development projects in the region. It also works on flood control and water management structures, airports, ports, and institutional, industrial, and commercial projects. The company, which was established in 1902 and held by the Griffith family for nearly a century, is now owned by its employees.

Safety-Kleen has recycled itself, successfully recovering from a bankruptcy in 2000 to become a force in today's industrial waste management field. Through its Safety-Kleen Systems subsidiary, it provides services for local auto shops, government agencies, and large corporations across North America. It is the largest recovery and recycling company for used-oil products in the US, refining more than 200 million gallons annually; it also operates more than 200 service and recycling centers serving more than 330,000 locations in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Asia. Three venture capital groups and JPMorgan Chase own a majority of the company. A planned IPO in 2008 was withdrawn due to adverse market conditions.

Manufactured housing company Giles Industries builds homes with single-wide and double-wide floorplans. The company also produces modular buildings used as garages or office space. Giles offers its products primarily in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern regions of the US. Tennessee native R. O. Giles founded the copmany in 1959. His grandson, Alan Neely, is the company's president. Giles Industries is among Berkshire Hathaway's trailer park of companies that make manufactured homes. It was bought by Southern Energy Homes in 2006 -- the same year that company was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway's Clayton Homes.

CCC Group performs a laundry list of construction services, including site development, civil engineering, construction management, marine construction, mining equipment erection and dismantling, plant expansions, and specialized equipment installation. Customers include oil and gas companies, metals and chemicals firms, utilities, and municipalities. Its home state of Texas represents its largest market; the company also has offices in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, South Carolina, and Utah. CCC Group's predecessor was founded in 1947; the company implemented a stock ownership plan in 2004.

Andrew Sykes Group serves clients in construction, retail, banking, leisure, manufacturing, and numerous other industries providing specialist heating and cooling products as well as services for planned events and emergency support. It operates through about 30 service centers throughout the UK, and it has operations elsewhere in Europe and in the Middle East. Whether you are running hot or cold Andrews Sykes Group has the equipment to even things out. Andrews Sykes Group plc designs, hires, sells, installs, and maintains of all types of air-conditioning, temperature control, ventilation, and air-filtering systems.

MJB Wood Group makes and distributes a multitude of wood products such as laminated veneer lumber, millwork and molding, paneling, fixtures, and door, window, furniture, and cabinet components. The company operates through manufacturing and distribution facilities in about a dozen states, primarily in the southern US. MJB also has operations in Mexico, Canada, China, and South America. In addition to its wood products, the company offers custom manufacturing, import/export assistance, inventory management, and supply chain management and logistics outsourcing services. MJB traces its roots to Tumac Lumber Company.

The Penrod Company imports and exports forest products for use in the hardwood plywood, flooring, and furniture industries worldwide. The company also distributes PVC products and metal door hinges and fasteners for use in the residential and commercial construction industries. Penrod operates international subsidiaries: Foresbec in Canada and the UK; Noblebois in France; Penrus in Russia; and St. Raymond Veneers in Canada. Around since 1888, Penrod has supplied materials for some iconic products such as Wurlitzer organs, Zenith television cabinets, and mahogany interiors for 1965 Cadillac and Buicks. The Penrod Company is owned by CEO Edward Heidt Jr. and President Carl Gade.

Founded in 1914, the fourth-generation family-owned company manufactures wall-mounted climate-control products and sells them through a global network of distributors. Its products include air conditioners, heat pumps, oil furnaces and electric heaters, and control and ventilation systems, including thermostats, energy monitors, and dehumidifiers. Bard's products are used in residential homes, mobile homes, offices, schools, and telecommunications facilities. With headquarters in Ohio, the company has manufacturing and production plants in Georgia and Mexico. All the world's a stage for Bard Manufacturing -- if that world revolved around heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.

Childs Mascari Warner Architects has found a healthy way to build its architecture practice. The firm provides design and planning services for commercial construction projects, focusing on the health care sector. The firm's client roster includes Kaiser Permanente, the Palomar Pomerado Health system, Saint Mary's Health Network, Scripps, and UCSD Medical Center. Childs Mascari Warner Architects has offices in the San Francisco and San Diego metro areas. James Leary founded the firm, then named James Leary Architecture and Planning, in 1989. Following Leary's retirement from the company, the three senior principals acquired ownership and changed the name.

EnergySolutions, Inc. provides technology-based nuclear services to government and commercial customers in the United States and internationally. The company operates in four segments: Federal Services; Commercial Services; Logistics, Processing, and Disposal (LP&D); and International. The Federal Services segment engages in the management and operation or clean-up of the U.S. Department of Energy facilities that are contaminated by radioactive materials. It offers onsite characterization, sorting, segregation, transportation, management, and disposal of classified and unclassified solid and liquid low-level radioactive waste, mixed low-level waste, and other special wastes. This segment also performs decontamination and decommissioning (D&D), and demolition of facilities, including the disposal of radioactive materials; and provides D&D, processing, and disposal services to the U.S. Department of Defense. The Commercial Services segment offers a range of onsite services, including project planning, site surveys, radioactive material characterization and management, liquid waste processing, spent nuclear fuel, emergency response, and other nuclear services to commercial customers comprising commercial power and utility companies that operate nuclear power plants, pharmaceutical companies, research laboratories, universities, industrial facilities, and other entities that generate radioactive materials. The LP&D segment provides various logistics, processing, and disposal services, as well as owns and operates facilities for processing and disposal of radioactive materials. The International segment operates, defuels, and decommissions 10 nuclear power sites, as well as provides services for the disposal of radioactive sources from non-nuclear power generating facilities, such as hospitals, research facilities, and other manufacturing and industrial facilities in Europe and Asia. The company was founded in 1988 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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