The BSS Group. The company buys, sells, and distributes pipeline, heating, plumbing, ventilation, and other products. It serves the building services, manufacturing, maintenance, and other sectors through its industrial, domestic, and specialist divisions. The domestic division operates through about 300 PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) branch locations. The industrial division serves commercial and industrial customers through nearly 65 branches in the UK and Ireland. Building materials and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins bought BSS in 2010.

Clear Lake Lumber is well known for its hardwood. Clear Lake Lumber, a family-owned business, produces hardwood lumber products from species that include white oak, red oak, hard maple, soft maple, ash, beech, hickory, black walnut, poplar, cherry, and more. Clear Lake Lumber distributes its products to clients worldwide. The company promotes sustainable forestry practices and offers logging and timberland management services. Clear Lake Lumber was founded in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania in 1973 and began the business by selling only green lumber.

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.

Hagerman Construction oversees just about everything but the kitchen sink. Along with affiliates Hagerman Inc. and Geupel DeMars Hagerman, the company is part of The Hagerman Group, which performs general contracting services for commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, and medical and life sciences clients, mainly in the Midwest. The company's design-build services include construction, architectural and engineering design, masonry, carpentry, and building maintenance. It also provides financing and property management services. The family-owned company was founded in 1908 as Buesching Hagerman Construction by brothers-in-law William Hagerman and Frederick Buesching.

General contractor Eby Corporation, operating primarily through its Martin K. Eby Construction subsidiary, provides design-build, construction management, general contracting, and related services on projects such as office buildings, medical facilities, athletic facilities, and historical renovations. Eby serves major corporations, universities, hospitals, and state and local governments. Clients have included Disney, The University of Texas, Wichita State University, and The Salvation Army. Martin K. Eby Construction, named after the group's founder and the father of chairman Martin K. Eby Jr., was founded in 1937.

Odebrecht Construction provides contracting and construction management services, primarily for highway and other transportation projects. The company has participated in the expansion of the Miami International Airport, the construction of the Miami Performing Arts Center, and reconstruction work in New Orleans for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Established in 1990, Odebrecht Construction is a part of Odebrecht Engineering and Construction, itself a subsidiary of Brazilian construction and plastics group Odebrecht.

Rugged? Good-looking? Talented? Nolte Associates is not just another pretty face. The firm provides a variety of engineering, management, and construction services. Nolte specializes in civil infrastructure, designing transportation systems (bridges, freeways, light rail) and water systems (flood control, recycling, wastewater facilities). Other specialized services include mapping, land development, surveying, and construction management. Nolte has about a dozen offices in the Southwest US and in Mexico. George Nolte Sr. established the firm in 1949. Engineering firm Vertical V acquired control of Nolte in 2010.

RMJM designs big. As one of the world's largest architecture firms, with offices in some 16 cities throughout North America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, RMJM draws blueprints for an array of projects. It serves a wide range of clients in the educational, commercial, industrial, leisure, retail, residential, scientific, health care, and public sectors. Major projects span the globe and include the Dubai Convention Centre, The Scottish Parliament, and the Synygy World Headquarters. In 2007 RMJM merged with the established US-based Hillier Group. The deal brought RMJM a well-known firm in North America, where it lacked a presence. The US arm dropped the Hillier name in 2008.

Cleveland Construction, Inc. (CCI) has ventured beyond Cleveland to offer its services nationwide and abroad. The company offers construction management services for commercial and institutional projects. It also is a top interior contractor in the US, installing finishes such as drywall, acoustic wall panels and specialty ceilings. Projects have included hospitals, universities, correctional facilities, hotels, convention centers, sports complexes, retail outlets, and government buildings such as the Ohio State Stadium, the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, and Wal-Mart superstores in Florida. Founded in 1980 by CEO Richard Small and his sons, the company remains family-owned.

Founded in 1902 by John Wainwright and John Luff, the company remains family-owned. John Wainwright and Co sticks to the surface of the road-paving business. The company supplies aggregates and asphalt to construction companies in the UK. Its three main products are roadstone (a crushed basalt mixture used as the top layer of the road surface), surface dressing chippings, and coated materials that offer skid resistance when vehicle tires come in contact with the pavement. John Wainwright extracts rocks and raw materials from the Moons Hill and Stoke quarries.

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