China Dredging Group isn't interested in digging up the past. It's focusing on the future as a public company and a provider of dredging contracting services designed to keep China's waterways clear and navigable. Operating through Chinese subsidiary Fujian Service, the group is a British Virgin Islands incorporated company that was formed in 2010 and subsequently filed to go public. With engineering and project management expertise, its services cover onsite inspection, cost estimation, sediment and obstruction removal, and transport and disposal of dredged material. It typically serves as a subcontractor for large, state-owned enterprises that act as general contractors on port infrastructure projects.

Chiyoda puts both brain and muscle power into the industrial plants that it designs and builds. Through a number of domestic and overseas subsidiaries and affiliates across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, the contractor provides engineering, procurement, construction, and project and asset management services primarily to the oil, gas, and chemical industries. Internationally, it specializes in designing and building liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, including several in Qatar that are among the largest in the world and the first LNG plant in Russia. Chiyoda, established as part of Mitsubishi Oil in 1948, was spun off from its parent and went public in 1957. Mitsubishi owns about 33% of the company.

Founded in 1909 by Robert Brett, the company is lead by chairman Bill Brett and privately-owned by the Brett family. Robert Brett & Sons' business is in the pits and it likes it that way. The company, known as Brett Group, is a leading aggregates producer in the UK with a total production capacity of 5 million tons of sand and gravel a year. It also holds businesses involved in concrete, earth moving, landscaping, and building products. Its Provian Construction unit offers building, civil engineering, and earthwork services. The company's clients have included Skanska and the Port of London Authority, and it to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link and the Ipswich Town Football Club facilities, among other projects.

Wood Treaters pressure treat enough wood to supply the US construction industry with marine and foundation piling, building poles, and southern yellow pine products. The company also supplies vinyl sheet piling manufactured by CMI Limited Company under the C-LOC and ShoreGuard brands, as well as natural and composite wood material made by CertainTeed and Trex used for decks, fences, docks, and other outdoor applications. Additional products offered include a protective wood coating by WoodRx and hardware such as nuts, bolts, rods, and washers. Wood Treaters was formed in 1980. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

SEMA Construction does a large amount of its business in the Mountain West. The company specializes in civil construction, including highway contracting, bridges, flyovers, tunnels, dams, spillways, and reservoirs. SEMA also works on commercial, industrial, and residential site development projects, as well as infrastructure projects (pipe, sewers, water, and drainage works). SEMA Construction, which operates primarily in Colorado and California, is part of the SEMA Companies, which includes affiliates active in golf course construction and precast concrete manufacturing.

MWH Americas knows the ABCs of industrial design. The company, the Americas arm of employee-owned consulting firm MWH Global, provides engineering design and remediation, construction, procurement, program management, and technology services for the environmental, land, water, wastewater, energy, and power markets. Like its parent, it specializes in water, wastewater, and hydropower ("wet infrastructure") projects. Subsidiary MWH Laboratories performs analysis on potable and recycled water. MWH Americas has some 90 offices in the US, Canada, and Central and South America.MWH Global traces its back to the 1850s.

Mancini Duffy does more than just push furniture around when it comes to interior design. The firm offers spatial planning and interior architecture services on retail stores, corporate offices, public offices, and manufacturing facilities. Other services include facility management support, graphics and signage, and custom design of furniture, carpeting, and lighting. Clients have included Bloomingdale's, Accenture, and various New York city and state departments. It also serves those in the accounting, advertising, financial services, high-tech, legal, not-for-profit, publishing, and real estate sectors. In the US, Mancini Duffy operates offices in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Washington, DC.

Lagan Construction is a civil engineering contracting firm operating primarily on infrastructure projects throughout the Emerald Isle. The company provides services such as commissioning, design, and construction; it has worked on projects ranging from wind farms and waste water treatment plants to airports and docks. Lagan Construction operates primarily in Ireland and Northern Ireland but also throughout the UK and in the Caribbean and Asia/Pacific. The company was formed in 2006 as part of Lagan Holdings, a family-owned construction, materials, and development group.

Hearth & Home Technologies believes home is where the hearth is. The HNI Corporation subsidiary makes and installs wood, gas, electric, and pellet fireplace and stove products under the Heat & Glo, Heatilator, and Quadra-Fire brands. The company, under the Fireside Furnishings name, also makes indoor hearth products, including mantelpieces, cabinets, shelves, and wall systems. Other products include outdoor fireplaces, barbeque grills, and electric fireplaces. The company sells its products mainly in the East and Midwest US.

Hampton Affiliates knows trees from the seedling to the stud. One of Oregon's top timber firms, Hampton produces approximately 2 billion board ft. of softwood lumber yearly through eight sawmills. The company has some 170,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and Washington and manages some 300,000 acres of publicly owned forest land in British Columbia. Through its Hampton Distribution Companies division, it distributes doors, windows, and other building materials. Hampton supplies homebuilding centers through its stud lumber and distribution operations. The company has its own railcar fleet to transport its products.

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