Therm-O-Disc Incorporated was founded in Mansfield, Ohio in 1947. Today, as a subsidiary of Emerson and a part of Emerson Appliance Solutions and Emerson Climate Technologies, the company is a recognized world leader in the design and manufacture of temperature sensors and controls for the HVAC, appliance, automotive, and electronics industries. With offices in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, South America, India and Korea.

BAM Nuttall is crazy about civil engineering and construction. The firm is involved in infrastructure and transportation projects throughout the UK, including roads, railways, marine facilities, airports, and water treatment plants. BAM Nuttall also provides specialty contracting services such as tunneling and mechanical and electrical engineering and offers rail industry training courses. Subsidiaries include marine civil engineering firm Nuttall John Martin Construction and geotechnical specialist BAM Ritchies. The company has about 20 offices throughout the country. Dutch engineering Group Royal BAM acquired BAM Nuttall (then named Edmund Nuttall) in 2002.

Case Contracting is in the race to build public buildings, retail centers, hotels, and sports facilities throughout Florida. The family-owned company has built a reputation for providing general contracting services for several "big box" retail projects, including a number of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores. Other projects include area churches, health care, and hospitality facilities. Case also is known for its ball park construction in the Sunshine State. The company has built spring training facilities for teams including the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, and Minnesota Twins. Chairman and CEO Charles Christensen founded the company in 1983. Case Contracting also sponsors a racecar team.

Weekley Homes can do it. Doing business as David Weekley Homes, the company is one of the largest privately owned homebuilders in the US. It builds single-family detached homes ranging in size from about 1,500 to 5,000 sq. ft. Prices range from the low $100,000s to some $1.2 million. In 2009 Weekley Homes closed about 2,300 homes (about half the business it did in better years). The company builds from hundreds of floor plans and offers a variety of custom options and upgrades. David Weekley homes are found in planned communities in the West, Southeast, and Mid-Atlantic. Chairman and owner David Weekley founded the company in 1976.

United Electric Company makes air conditioning and heating components bearing the Magic Aire brand. A subsidiary of Carrier Corporation (itself a division of United Technologies), its product list includes chilled water and direct expansion blower coil units, modular blower coil units, roof top air handlers, floor and ceiling fan coil units, direct drive chilled water air units, direct drive direct expansion units, water coils and direct expansion coils, and ventilators. Magic Aire has product lines designed for commercial buildings, apartments, and residential usage; unit capacities range from 1 to 20 tons.

Dean and Dyball is always up to something constructive. The company is one of the UK's largest privately owned construction companies. The company focuses on three main areas: civil engineering (water infrastructure, telecommunications, roads), building (health, education, retail, commercial, residential), and rail (stations, depots, facilities management). Dean & Dyball has worked on projects for clients such as Thames Water, Chelsea Football Club, and Kingston University. The company was borne out of the 1970 joint venture between John Dean and Peter Dyball Civil Engineering. UK construction giant Balfour Beatty acquired Dean and Dyball and 2008.

Clark Construction Group specializes in building landmarks. The general contractor has constructed iconic structures such as the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center and FedEx Field, the home of the Washington Redskins. Clark Construction serves commercial, institutional, and heavy construction customers around the US and is part of Clark Enterprises. It offers construction management, design/build, and general contracting services. Projects include convention centers, sports facilities, office complexes, hotels, airports, correctional facilities, manufacturing facilities, water treatment plants, highways and bridges, and high-rise apartments.

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., the company has a long history of converting swords into plowshares, or in this case, nuclear weapons into nuclear fuel. It converts weapons-grade highly enriched uranium to low-enriched uranium that can be used as fuel for nuclear power plants. NFS also provides decontamination, decommissioning, and remediation of nuclear sites, as well as packaging and shipping of nuclear materials. The company was acquired by Babcock & Wilcox in 2008 for almost $160 million.

Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa can help clients plan and design their future crib, haunt, habitat, or headquarters. WWCOT (Widom Wein Cohen O'Leary Terasawa) provides architectural and interior design services to clients in a variety of industries, including civic, commercial, hospitality, historic, and retail. WWCOT also has an architectural forensics group that consults for construction defects. The company has several offices in Moorpark, Palm Springs, Riverside, and Santa Monica, California and one in China.

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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