Keepmoat Homes (formerly Haslam Homes) specializes in building houses for first- and second-time buyers throughout Yorkshire, The Midlands, North East, and North West England. Staying away from building luxury homes with fancy living rooms and chandeliers, the homebuilder's business strategy, instead, is to work with local councils, regeneration partners, and other local affiliates to build affordable homes that are in line with government policies. Keepmoat constructs about 1,000 houses each year with many developments located in older communities that have seen better days. The company is a part of the Keepmoat plc group of companies and operates from five offices throughout England.

Thornton Tomasetti has built a high profile by designing some tall towers. The structural engineering firm, which designs some of the world's highest buildings, offers is services through three main practice areas: building structure; building skin; and building performance. Services include structural engineering, design consulting, 3-D modeling, and historic preservation. Thornton Tomasetti also provides building forensics, property loss consulting, and emergency response services. The company works around the world on projects such as airports, arenas, hospitals, hotels, museums, and schools. It has offices in the US, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Founded in 1914, Boston Sand & Gravel has supplied concrete for major projects such as Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel, known as The Big Dig. Boston Sand & Gravel's shovel is full of aggregates and concrete. The company operates concrete and ready-mix cement plants in eastern Massachusetts; it also has a sand and gravel facility in New Hampshire. The construction materials business operates a fleet of more than 250 mixer trucks that deliver concrete to its customers (including home builders, developers, and contractors in the New England region) and it operates a short-line railroad that transports aggregate products from the New Hampshire facility to the greater Boston area.

Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction gilds the Golden State. The California general contractor, designer, and project manager specializes in constructing microelectronic, semiconductor, and biopharmaceutical facilities. Hathaway Dinwiddie also has experience building office buildings, entertainment centers, hotels, retail stores, and schools. Other specialties include interior improvements and seismic retrofits for the state's earthquake-prone market. The company has worked on projects for clients such as The Irvine Company, Stanford University, and Disney. Executive management owns Hathaway Dinwiddie, which has offices in San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Los Angeles.

Good & Roberts constructs, renovates, and upgrades buildings at commercial, medical, research, retail, and industrial facilities throughout San Diego, California. The company offers design, engineering, and preliminary budgeting services and manages subcontractors for electrical, flooring, and plumbing work. It has been selected to complete projects for clients including Beckman Coulter, Dexcom, Gen-Probe, and SeaWorld. The San Diego Chapter of the American Subcontractors Association has nominated Good & Roberts General Contractor of the Year for nine consecutive years. CEO Jack Good and retired executive Stan Roberts founded the firm in 1979.

Persimmon is enjoying the fruits of its hard labor. One of the UK's largest homebuilders, the company designs and constructs homes, bungalows, and apartments; its Charles Church division builds larger luxury homes. Working with the UK government, Persimmon also undertakes social housing projects through its Westbury Partnerships business and its Space4 timber-frame housing operations. Persimmon's land bank is one of the largest in the country, with some 76,000 plots. The company constructs more than 15,000 homes annually, with an average selling price of around 185,000.

The Rottlund Company (Rottlund Homes) develops the land people live on and builds the houses they live in. The company builds condominiums, townhouses, villas, and detached single-family homes in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and in Florida and Iowa. Rottlund's homes range in price from $125,000 to more than $1 million. The company targets a wide range of customers, from first-time and move-up buyers to active adults and retirees. Brothers David Rotter (the firm's chairman) and the late Bernard Rotter founded the company in 1973. The Rotter family continues to own the company.

Ivey Mechanical Company gets an "A" for its slate of mechanical services. The specialty contractor designs, fabricates, and manufactures sheet metal work, as well as air conditioning/heating, and medical gas and plumbing/piping systems. It also provides system repairs, maintenance, and emergency services. With projects covering 30 states, Ivey Mechanical drives preconstruction and construction, and prefabrication work for commercial and industrial facilities, correctional, health care, and government contracts. The company operates through service offices dotting the Southeast US. It is owned by CEO Larry Terrell along with members of Ivey Mechanical's management team.

Geo-Con one of the top geotechnical construction and environmental firms in the US. The employee-owned company works on projects in four areas: wetlands mitigation, enhancement, and restoration; environmental remediation; geotechnical construction; and general cntractor construction. Since its founding in 1979, Geo-Con has worked on more than 30 Superfund sites. The company operates in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America; it has domestic offices in Colorado, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Geo-Con was acquired by a group of long-term employees in 2004.

Baker Triangle is the contracting company specializes in installing drywall and acoustical ceilings. Its projects have included work on several of Texas' largest sports arenas (such as Ameriquest Field and Reliant Park), as well as dozens of educational, medical, commercial and other types of facilities. Baker Triangle operates from offices in the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, as well as Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Phoenix, Arizona. B. R. Baker started the business in 1974. His son, CEO Steve Baker, now controls the company.

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