James G. Davis Construction (DAVIS) creates spaces for corporations, associations, schools, technology companies, restaurants, and other entities. Ranking among the top US general building contractors, the firm works on base building, interior, and renovation projects, primarily in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Services include preconstruction consultation, value engineering, design/build development, and project management. DAVIS has completed facilities for customers such as Capital One, PBS, MICROS Systems, and Time Life. Employees own about 69% of the company. President Jim Davis is the son of James Davis, who founded the firm in 1966.

Strata Homes Limited company, founded in 1919 and still family run, builds single-family houses, townhouses, and apartments in the northwestern UK. Strata currently has about 16 projects in various stages of development throughout South and West Yorkshire and the Midlands. The company sells more than 450 new homes annually, with an average selling price of approximately $298,000. Its goal is to sell 700 new homes in 2008. Challenges that could keep Strata from achieving this include the limited supply and subsequent rising cost of land in the UK. To address this, subsidiary Strata Regeneration identifies opportunities for land regeneration.

Enterprise Electric welcomes the power hungry. The full service electrical firms specializes in construction and design of electrical systems for institutional, commercial, industrial, and services projects from planning through construction. The company completes projects large and small and has completed design and installation of wiring and electrical systems for health care, correctional, commercial, and industrial clients. Services include temporary power installations, voice, data, and fiber optic cabling systems, emergency generator and substation installations, maintenance services. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company serves clients throughout the US.

A and L, Inc. company provides construction management, site development, and demolition services for such projects as airports, bridges, dams, roads, tunnels, manufacturing facilities, railways, toll plazas, and water treatment plants. Clients run the gamut from businesses to school districts to government agencies and include CONSOL Energy, US Steel, Volkswagen, Westinghouse, and the Pittsburgh Zoo. It largest contracts are for the construction or rehabilitation of highways and public transportation systems. A & L, which was founded in 1963 by president Louis Ruscitto, operates offices in Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Membership has its privileges -- a lower price is one of them. Through Lumbermens Merchandising Corporation (LMC) more than 350 stockholder lumber retailers throughout the US pool their buying resources to increase their purchasing power and get volume discounts from vendors. LMC's network of members includes about 1,200 building material dealer locations in 48 states and the Bahamas. The cooperative is the largest dealer-owned lumber building materials buying group in the US. It holds members to strict confidentiality, in part to safeguard vendor contracts. In addition to lumber and panel products, LMC also supplies its members with non-wood products, millwork, and hardware.

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.

Nicolet Hardwoods has been shipping ash, beech, and cherry wood in the US since Ulysses Grant was president and just about everything was made of wood. Today the company produces and supplies hardwoods and softwoods both domestically and internationally. Nicolet Hardwoods manages 40,000 acres of hardwood timberlands in the Great Lakes region to produce fresh cut and kiln-dried lumber, rough and planed lumber, and random length and dimension stock. The company is owned and operated by fifth-generation members of the founding Connor family, who started Nicolet Hardwoods in 1872.

The Korte Company provides design/build, design/build/furnish, construction management, and interior design services for a variety of commercial and industrial construction projects. The group works on projects that include warehouse/distribution centers, recreational centers, schools, office complexes, churches, and facilities for local, state, and federal government agencies, including Department of Defense. The Korte Company, which was founded in 1958, operates from offices in Las Vegas, St. Louis, and Highland, Illinois.

Pacific National Group (PNG) performs general contracting and construction management services in Arizona and Southern California. The company tackles a range of projects, including commercial and industrial complexes, medical buildings, high-tech and aerospace centers, and sports and recreation facilities. The company offers pre-construction through post construction services as well as site supervision. Its Modulex division manufactures aluminum door frames and glazing systems. PNG's client roster includes Northrop Grumman, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Universal Studios, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The company was founded in 1959 as Pacific Luminaire.

International Architectural Group is an integrated building products manufacturer of diversified lines of quality aluminum and vinyl building products. The company is headquartered in Monterey Park, California and has approximately 1,600 employees. Operations are conducted through 12 North American subsidiaries.

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