Morgan Sindall, a holding company for a network of construction companies operating in the UK and the Channel Islands. The group's companies operate through five main divisions: fit out (refurbishing), construction, affordable housing, urban regeneration, and infrastructure services. It works on both public- and private-sector projects and also is involved in PPP (public/private partnerships) and joint venture arrangements. Subsidiaries include Lovell, Morgan Est, Morgan Lovell, Morgan Ashurst, and Overbury. The group also owns Backbone Furniture, a supplier for commercial interiors and Vivid Interiors, which fits out hotels, retail, and other faculties.

Holder Construction's goal is to hold onto its clients' business. Boasting an 80% repeat customer rate, the firm provides commercial construction services, including computer modeling, planning and design, commissioning, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing support, safety inspections and training, and environmental assessment. Holder Construction serves as a general contractor, construction manager, and designer/builder on a variety of projects, from corporate offices and data technology centers to hotels and schools. Clients have included Mellon Financial, UPS, Emory University, and American Cancer Society. Privately-held Holder Construction is led by chairman and CEO Thomas Holder.

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.

Columbia Forest Products is one of North America's largest manufacturers of hardwood plywood, veneer, and logs. The employee-owned company manufactures plywood used to make cabinets, architectural millwork, commercial fixtures, and other products. Its veneer is used in cabinetry, doors, furniture, decorative plywood, and other applications. Columbia specializes in Northern Appalachian hardwoods such as oak, ash, birch, maple, hickory, walnut, and pine. It also imports hardwood plywood and panels from Asia, Africa, Russia, and South America. The company sells its products to manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and mass merchandisers.

Leighton Holdings provides engineering and construction services for mining, infrastructure, commercial, and environmental projects in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East. Typical contracts include the maintenance and construction of pipelines, mines, highways, tunnels, and commercial buildings. The group's largest subsidiaries are mining, construction, and services firm Thiess and project management firm Leighton Contractors. The 45%-owned Al Habtoor Leighton division, formed in 2007, is one of the largest construction contractors in the booming Gulf region. Leighton also develops real estate and offers facilities management services. German construction firm HOCHTIEF owns 55% of the group.

Bertrandt AG provides engineering design for the global automotive and aviation industries. Its services include design, prototyping, and model construction, as well as parts processing. Bertrandt develops modules and vehicle derivatives, often collaborating with others in the industry. It develops bodywork, interiors, chassis, engines, and electronics systems, working closely with OEM customers such as AUDI, BMW, Daimler, and Ford. Founded in 2007, subsidiary Bertrandt Services provides human resources services throughout Germany. Harry Bertrandt founded the company as a one-man engineering firm in 1974. The company operates about 30 branches throughout Europe and one in Detroit.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation company provides dredging services in addition to beach improvement or renourishment, rock dredging, harbor excavation, land reclamation, demolition, and restoration of aquatic and wetland habitats. GLDD maintains a fleet of specialty equipment and 180 vessels that typically enhance or preserve the navigability of waterways or protect shorelines. The company's projects include maintenance dredging at the Miami Harbor, nourishing San Diego beaches, and the construction of the Diyaar al Muharrq island system in Bahrain. GLDD was founded in 1890.

HeidelbergCement AG has operations in 40 countries in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America. Subsidiary Hanson is a top building materials company in the UK. HeidelbergCement believes in concrete results. The company is one of the world's leading producers of cement and clinker (more than 100 million tons annually), and concrete; it is the largest cement producer in Germany. Cement, concrete, and aggregates together account for more than 90% of the company's sales. HeidelbergCement also has group services which manage fossil fuels and electricity for its operations and trade internationally in cement and clinker (an intermediate product used to make portland cement).

A leader in the recycling of stainless steel, Keywell also recycles high-temperature alloys, titanium, and other scrap metals such as nickel, molybdenum, nickel-copper alloys and carbide, and tool steel. The company uses inbound and outbound radiation monitors, as well as X-ray analyzers, to identify the metal to be processed. Keywell, which has participated in the recycling business for more than 80 years, operates seven processing facilities in California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Keywell's employees and private investors own the company.

Biffa, one of the UK's leading waste management companies, it offers collection (curbside, light commercial, hazardous/special waste), landfill, groundwater and soil treatment, and industrial cleaning services. Its operations include more than 1,500 collection and transportation vehicles to handle its curbside and manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical, petroleum, chemical, and electronics industry customers. Biffa has about 75,000 customers. It operates more than 30 landfills in the UK. It also is a provider of renewable energy with 109 MW of installed capacity. Biffa was taken private in 2008 by a group of private investors led by Global Infrastructure Partners.

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