Absher Construction staring abashed at any construction plans. The firm builds commercial and residential structures, with a focus on schools, churches, and public housing. It also constructs office buildings, retail centers, hotels, institutional facilities, and hospitals. and does work for the military, building housing and other facilities. Absher Construction primarily operates in Washington. However, the company branched out in 2010 when it acquired Kentucky-based Vanguard Contractors. Founded in 1940, the company is a family affair -- President and CEO Dan Absher is the third in his family to sit at the helm and Thomas Absher is EVP.

Grunley gets it done, from the monumental to the mundane. Founded in 1955, Grunley Construction Company provides general contracting, engineering, architectural, and construction management services and specializes in the renovation, restoration, and modernization of historic buildings in the Washington, DC area. Its projects range from prestigious undertakings -- the Smithsonian Institution, the Washington Monument, and the US Treasury building -- to more pedestrian endeavors such as office buildings, apartment buildings, schools, and power plants. The company also has lent its services to the construction of embassies, airports, and military facilities.

Pacific Building Group, the general contractor provides services including pre-construction evaluation, facility design/build, tenant improvements, and facilities maintenance. It is known for its work on health care facilities, including laboratories and medical office buildings; the company also provides services for corporate, hospitality, and industrial clients. Pacific Building Group has handled major projects for such customers as IBM, Sharp HealthCare, Sony, and United Airlines. The company operates mainly in Southern California, primarily in San Diego County. CEO and owner Greg Rogers founded the group in 1984.

Baltimore may be cool, but Baltimore Aircoil Company is cooler. Baltimore Aircoil (BAC) makes, sells, and installs evaporative cooling and heat transfer equipment, with manufacturing and distribution facilities throughout North America and around the globe. Its sells its products, which include cooling towers, condensers, thermal storage systems, remote sump tanks, and related parts and controls, to customers in the HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning), refrigeration, chemical and petroleum processing markets, as well as to electric power generators, light industrial manufacturers, metal producers, and cooling plant operators.

S&A Custom Built Homes (S&A Homes) builds homes and develops residential communities in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The company offers more than 200 basic floor plans that can be customized to meet customer needs. The homes range in size from about 1,200 sq. ft. to more than 3,800 sq. ft. S&A Homes offers a variety of styles, ranging from one-story ranch, bi-level, and split-level homes to Cape Cod-style and two-story homes. The company operates from more than 15 offices in the southern half of Pennsylvania and two in West Virginia (Martinsburg and Bridgeport).

High Industries is at the top of its game, and that game is steel and construction. The company's largest division, High Steel Structures, is one of the largest steel bridge fabricators in North America. Other members of the High Industries' stable of companies include High Steel Service Center (metal processing and distribution), High Concrete Group (precast concrete components), and High Safety Consulting Services (air quality and safety). Affiliates of High Industries, such as High Hotels, are active in the real estate business. High Industries, which mostly does business along the East Coast, traces its roots to a welding shop founded by Sanford High in 1931. The company is controlled by the High family.

Ron Jones Hardwood Sales produces kiln-dried and green Northern Appalachian hardwood lumber for distribution within the US and for export container shipping. Species used to make its lumber include cherry, red and white oak, hard and soft maple, hickory, yellow birch, beech, ash, poplar, and basswood. The company operates a lumber yard with a capacity of more than 3 million board ft. in Franklin, Pennsylvania. It also has 300,000 board ft. kiln capacity there. President Ron Jones and other members of the family own and operate the business.

Dawson Construction Plant Ltd is one of the world's leading suppliers of piling equipment with over 35 years' experience of designing, developing and manufacturing in the UK. We market worldwide via a network of distributors and supply direct to UK companies in the foundation and related sectors. Our products have gained a reputation for being reliable, robust, well engineered and out perform the competition on many levels. Dawson products are used throughout the world operating in all conditions, more often than not, being the natural choice for contractors due to their reliability, performance and cost of ownership. A truly global supplier yet providing local support.

Ryan Companies US is a commercial real estate development and property management company that offers design/build construction, architectural, and engineering services and facilities management services for office, industrial, retail, hospitality, health care, multifamily residential, public sector, mission-critical, and mixed-use projects nationwide. Its real estate management division oversees more than 10 million sq. ft. of office, industrial, and retail space. Clients have included Ford, Heinz, Isle of Capri, John Deere, Target, and Verizon . Ryan Companies has nearly 10 offices throughout the US.

Bennett Environmental Inc., which operates in Canada and the US, uses a high-temperature process (thermal oxidizer) to treat contaminated soil. The group operates treatment facilities for companies requiring offsite removal and treatment of construction debris and contaminated soil before recycling or disposal. It treats such toxins as PCBs, pesticides, dioxins, creosote, and PCPs. Most of its revenues are generated from its waste remediation plant at Saint Ambroise, Quebec. The company began as a unit of oil spill equipment group Aqua-Guard Technologies, which was also founded by former chairman John Bennett.

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