ARB, Inc. company has benefited from power plant construction booms in low-supply regions of the western US, particularly in California, where it maintains the majority of its offices. ARB also stays busy building underground pipelines. Other services include cable and conduit installation, structural steel fabrication and installation, water treatment plant construction, and horizontal directional drilling. Core customers include companies in the mining, oil and gas, and utilities industries. ARB is owned by holding company Primoris Services Corp., which comprises several construction and engineering subsidiaries.

Dick Clark Architecture designs residential and commercial buildings for customers in Austin, Texas, and throughout Central Texas. The design firm has created projects for such notables as Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker, as well as for customers Whole Earth Provisions, By George, Austin City Limits, Mezzaluna Restaurant, and steak house franchisor Ruth's Hospitality Group.

Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineers (also known as SCS Engineers) doesn't waste any time when the subject is waste management. The employee-owned company, formed in 1970, provides engineering and construction services with a focus on environmental management and solid-waste projects. Solid-waste service offerings include landfill engineering, bioreactor technologies, and landfill gas energy recovery. The firm also provides environmental assessment, hazardous waste remediation, facility construction, and operations and maintenance services. SCE Engineers has some 50 offices throughout the US and a single office in Seoul; it has performed work for clients in 40 countries worldwide.

Goodfellow processes and distributes lumber and wood products to customers in Canada and the US. In addition, the company makes and distributes plywood, hardwood flooring, paneling, laminated veneer, coated and stained siding, and building products. Its products are mainly used in new home construction, renovations, and industrial manufacturing. Customers include home centers and lumber dealers, contractors, and industrial customers and manufacturing firms that make such products as furniture, window frames, and doors. Canada accounts for some 85% of sales. The company's Goodfellow Distribution subsidiary sells lumber and wood products in the US.

PCL Construction Enterprises is the contractor to contact for commercial and civil construction concerns. The company, along with primary subsidiaries (PCL Construction Services, PCL Civil Constructors, PCL Construction Resources, PCL Industrial Services, Teton Industrial Construction, and Nordic PCL Construction) is the US arm of employee-owned PCL, one of the largest general contracting groups in Canada. With projects completed in nearly every state in the US, the company is active in the commercial, institutional, multi-family residential, heavy industrial, and civil construction sectors. PCL first entered the US construction market in 1975.

General Hardwoods & Millwork (GHM) produces a broad selection of hardwood lumber and milled products such as mouldings, doors, decking, handrails, cabinetry, stairs, and tables. Species used include maple, mahogany, red oak, poplar, teak, and cherry. The company also offers softwood lumber (Douglas fir, cypress, and cedar), veneers, and carpentry supplies. In addition, GHM performs custom woodwork and fabrication services for such applications as yacht interiors and office furniture. Family-owned and operated GHM was established in 1987.

Founded in 1897, the company is a subsidiary of Germany-based HeidelbergCement. Lehigh Cement Company has built a solid foundation in the cement business. One of the largest cement producers in North American, the company produces ready-mix concrete; concrete pipe and block; precast concrete; portland, blended and specialty cements; and aggregates. Other products include pre-stressed cement products, custom-color portland and masonry cement, fly ash, and other pozzolanic materials. Lehigh has about a dozen cement plants and more than 40 distribution terminals in North America. It serves customers who use its products in highway, architectural, industrial, and marine applications.

Bovis Lend Lease is a key player in the global construction market. The subsidiary of Australian real estate firm Lend Lease provides management and construction services for nearly every project phase, including consultation, design/build services, and construction management. Its many projects have included the Staten Island September 11 Memorial, London's Paddington Central Station, and The Blue City development project in Oman. Bovis Lend Lease operates in more than 30 countries, offering management services for commercial, residential, government, industrial, and infrastructure projects. Its technology division provides design/build services focused on IT facilities.

Dukane Precast makes precast and prestressed concrete building components including flat panels, structural and decorative columns, spandrels, and beams in a variety of finishes. Its wall system division makes precast concrete floor and wall panels for residential and commercial construction. Dukane's products are touted as being energy efficient and weather-proof, with its walls being able to sustain tornado-force winds. Dukane also operates a delivery fleet and offers engineering design and erection services. Customers include DeVry, Carson Pirie Scott, and Medieval Times.

Tembec is the little mill that could -- and did. Rescued by workers from a shuttered mill in 1973, the forest products company today maintains significant operations in the US, Canada, and France. Through about 30 manufacturing facilities it produces pulp, paper, paperboard, lumber, and chemicals from the by-products of its pulping process; these products are marketed worldwide. Tembec's pulp unit, the company's largest group, accounts for more than half of sales. Its wood products unit sells SPF (spruce-pine-fir) lumber and hardwood flooring products primarily in North America. Tembec also manages forest land in four Canadian provinces. Outside of North America, it has sales offices in Asia.

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