The Kleinfelder Group isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. Since its start as a materials testing lab in 1961, the company has expanded to become one of the largest engineering consulting and design groups in the US. Kleinfelder's operating subsidiaries offer soils and materials testing, geotechnical engineering, construction management, and environmental services. With about 50 domestic offices and locations in Australia and Guam, the group targets the energy, transportation, water, commercial/industrial, government, and education markets; projects run the gamut from building underground parking garages to establishing wind farms. Jim Kleinfelder, who retired in 1993, founded the employee-owned company.

UK construction management firm Mace Limited oversees the construction of such facilities as airports, hospitals, and schools, as well as commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. It offers planning and operations services to property owners through subsidiary Mace Macro; subsidiary Mace People provides executive search and recruitment services for the construction and property sector. Mace also offers related services including legal support and management consulting. Mace's primary markets include Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Mace was founded in 1990 by a group including chairman Bob White.

Waste Industries USA, Inc.,the active consolidator has made more than 130 acquisitions since 1990. When it's not buying companies, Waste Industries USA is collecting, hauling, and disposing of solid waste for 875,000 municipal, residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the southeastern US. The company has 34 collection operations, and about 65 drop-off centers, 29 transfer stations, 12 recycling facilities and nine landfills. In 2008 Chairman Lonnie Pool Jr. led an investor group that took the company private for about $544 million.

Yantis Company has been shaping the landscape of South and Central Texas. Founded in 1965 by John Yantis, Yantis Company has grown into a cornerstone of the South & Central Texas Business Community. Yantis Company employs over 500 employees and annually performs over $110 million dollars worth of construction contracts.

Kullman Buildings Corp. traces its roots to 1927, when Sam Kullman started a modular-building business to create prefabricated diners. As the popularity of the roadside eateries waned, the company morphed into building products for new markets. Kullman now makes prefabricated housing, prisons, schools, banks, equipment enclosures, offices, bathrooms, and even US embassies in places such as Turkmenistan. Kullman Industries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2005 after a contract to build an embassy in Tajikistan went sour. The company emerged from bankruptcy as Kullman Buildings in 2006, when it was bought by entrepreneur Avi Telyas.

Kroy Building Products is the leader in vinyl and composite products, with the broadest product range, nationwide sales support, the highest commitment to service and the best people in the industry. Kroy is a wholly owned subsidiary of PlyGem Industries. Our corporate headquarters are located in Kansas City, Mo and we have manufacturing facilities in York, NE and Fair Bluff, NC.

The unit encompasses the climate solutions division of Ireland-based industrial giant Ingersoll-Rand (IR). The unit offers diverse refrigeration and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products around the world. Brands offered by the climate control division include Thermo King, which includes temperature control components used in ships, trucks, and trailers. Hussmann International provides refrigerated food-display cases found in supermarkets, restaurants, and other commercial institutions. The latest addition to the IR Climate Control lineup of brands is Trane, which serves the commercial HVAC market.

VKR Holding lets the light shine in. The parent company of skylight and roof windows manufacturer VELUX and other building components manufacturers operates in more than 40 countries. The VKR group consists of manufacturers that supply windows, skylights, thermal solar energy products, sunscreening materials, natural ventilation products, and glass roofs. Members of VKR include Velfac (window systems), Rationel Vinduer (vertical windows and external doors), Svenska, GREENoneTec (solar panels), and WindowMaster (ventilation components). The company was founded in 1941 by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen. VKR is owned by the Villum Fonden foundation.

Dooge Veneers is who you would call if you needed wood. The company manufactures more than 85 species of domestic and imported hardwood veneers. Clients include architects and designers, furniture and boat manufacturers, and plywood and door makers worldwide. From a single log, Dooge can produce between 3,000 sq. ft. and 22,000 sq. ft. of veneer. The company distributes more than 20 million sq. ft. of veneer annually. Dooge Veneers was founded in 1977 by second-generation veneer salesman Lawrence (Laurie) Dooge Jr.

Lee (LBL) makes going to the hospital a little less painful. LBL is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm that specializes in health care (hospitals, care centers, and medical centers), academic, institutional, and corporate projects. LBL's clients include universities, city and county governments, federal agencies, public and private real estate developers, nonprofit organizations, and investor-owned firms across California. The firm has designed buildings for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the University of California, Davis, and most recently, renovated Stanford University Medical Center. Principals Ken Lee, Erich Burkhart, and Ken Liu founded the firm in 1986.

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