North Midland Construction provides civil engineering and building contracting services. The company has two major subsidiaries: North Midland Building (formed in 1995), which provides construction services to blue-chip companies, and Nomenca (formed in 1998), a provider of mechanical and electrical contracting services to the water and waste industries. North Midland Construction was established in 1946 as a partnership between William Morris and Major Terence Moyle (whose job it was to lay ducts for the Derbyshire Post Office); today the company operates four locations throughout the UK.

Royal Boon Edam has an open-door policy -- especially if you're in the market for a securely closed door. The company has been making revolving doors and security barriers for more than 100 years. It offers a wide range of customizable products including manual and automated revolving doors, specialty slide doors, and high-capacity turnstiles. Boon Edam also provides handicap access gates and high-impact-resistant vehicle barriers.

Black & Veatch (BV) provides the ABCs of construction, engineering, and consulting. The international group is one of the largest private companies in the US. It specializes in infrastructure development for the energy, water, environmental, federal, and telecommunications markets. BV engages in all phases of building projects, from design and engineering to financing and construction. The company offers environmental consulting, operations and maintenance, security design and consulting, management consulting, and IT services. The employee-owned firm has worked on coal, nuclear, and combustion turbine plants; drinking water and coastal water operations; and wireless and broadband installation.

Intercap eCommerce wants to provide a window (and door) to the world. Though it is headquartered in Alberta, Canada, Intercap eCommerce operates mainly through an 83%-ownership in China's Shanghai AL Door & Window Manufacture Co., which designs, makes, and installs aluminum alloy and PVC windows and doors. The manufacturer makes its products in a Shanghai factory and sells to the residential and commercial construction industries worldwide. At one point in the recent past, Intercap eCommerce lived up to its name -- it dabbled in eCommerce and operated a Web site designed to facilitate business ties between China and Canada.

Telford Homes builds new and converted apartments in and around London. The company's annual mix of contracts includes about 225 open-market private homes, more than 145 affordable homes produced for housing associations, and a commercial unit. Its private homes sell at an average price of 245,000. The company split its operations into two segments in 2004 -- Telford Homes Alto (larger flagship developments) and Telford Homes Metro (infill sites with shorter construction periods). The company was formed in December 2000.

Baillie Lumber Co. company produces and distributes nearly 200 million board ft. of American hardwood products annually. Baillie Lumber offers species that include cherry, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, poplar, beech, and ash, in addition to exotic species such as mahogany and teak. It operates five production facilities, three sawmills, and warehouses in the US and overseas and exports its products to more than 60 countries. Baillie's customers include window manufactures and furniture and molding makers. James Baillie founded the company as a lumber brokerage firm in Hamburg, New York in 1923.

MACTEC provides a full range of infrastructure and environmental engineering services to federal agencies, municipalities, transportation, energy, and industrial customers, including construction management and facilities operation and management. A specialist in hazardous waste cleanups, the group provides decommissioning and demolition of nuclear facilities and remediation of brownfield sites. MACTEC, which has grown dramatically through acquisitions, operates 80 locations throughout the US. Founded in 1975 as Management Analysis Company (MAC), MACTEC is majority-owned by private equity firm Nautic Partners.

Seddon Homes, a speculative housing subsidiary of privately held construction group Seddon Group Limited, builds residences from one and two-bedroom apartments to three-story luxury homes primarily in the Cheshire area of England. The company develops brownfield and greenfield real estate and also refurbishes homes. Seddon Homes delivers about 100 homes annually. The homes generally cost from 135,000 to more than 450,000. The company got its start back in 1897 when brothers George and John Seddon established a building firm in Little Hulton, Manchester.

Rust Constructors Inc.,the general contractor offers construction, management, and consulting services to clients in the mining, power, and infrastructure markets. It has particular expertise in plant maintenance, production support, shutdowns, and turnarounds. It serves government agencies, such as the US Army and NASA, on everything from highways and bridges to wastewater and nuclear power plants. Other industries Rust serves include chemical, food and beverage, life sciences, manufacturing, oil and gas, and pulp and paper. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the URS Corporation.

Aldridge Electric powers up the Windy City and other parts of the Midwest. The electrical contractor divides its business into six main areas: airport, industrial, power, drilling, highway, and transit. It works on projects ranging from Chicago's subway system to its airport runways. Additional activities include services for street lighting, traffic signals, high-voltage cabling and splicing, and foundation drilling. Aldridge Electric has worked for clients such as Commonwealth Edison Company and Exelon Corporation. The company is owned by CEO Ken Aldridge, grandson of company founder Leonard "Len" Aldridge, who started the business in the 1930s and incorporated it in 1952.

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