Paddock Pool Construction Company designs, builds, remodels, and maintains luxury swimming pools and spas for homes in Arizona and Nevada. It also runs about half a dozen retail stores and a distribution center in the Phoenix and Las Vegas areas, as well as an online retail site, which sell barbeque grills, fountains, hot tubs, patio furniture, pool equipment and cleaning chemicals, tableware, and other outdoor products. Paddock Pool's commercial division assists architects and engineers with pool designs for hotel resorts and water parks. Started in 1958 by the late George Ghiz, the business is still owned and operated by the Ghiz family.

Acoustics Incorporated. The contractor specializes in interior installation of ceilings, floors, walls, drywall, insulation, and monitoring systems at industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. It also has expertise in interior installation for sterile cleanroom environments for the automotive, biotech, chemical, food processing, and microelectronics industries. Its INSCAPE product suite is a line of office furniture that customers can move, dismantle, and reconfigure. Acoustics, which began operating in 1946, serves the Research Triangle and other areas of the Carolinas and southern Virginia.

Pioneer General Contractors has been blazing trails for more than 75 years. The company provides design/build, general contracting, construction management, and competitive bid services for commercial, retail, hospitality, multi-unit residential, industrial, and institutional construction and renovation projects. No projects are too big or too small -- it renovated the Kent County Humane Society, for example, and also built the $32 million GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences in Grand Rapids. The company operates through offices in Grand Rapids and Traverse City, Michigan. Earl Beckering Sr. established Pioneer General Contractors in 1933.

McInerney Holdings has its grips on European real estate. Its flagship subsidiary McInerney Homes develops and builds homes in Ireland, where it is one of the largest home builders, and in the North and Midlands regions of England. The company targets first-time buyers with affordable offerings ranging from apartments to four-bedroom detached houses. In Spain, subsidiary Alanda Group develops and builds luxury residential and resort properties. The company is also engaged in commercial and public facilities through subsidiary Hillbert Developments.

Costain constructs some of the UK's major infrastructure and environmental projects. But Costain's reach goes beyond its home country. Since its founding in 1865 by Richard Costain, the civil engineering and building group has worked on a number of significant projects at home and abroad, including the Channel Tunnel and Channel Tunnel Rail Link and Hong Kong's Tsing Ma Bridge. Costain focuses on building projects in the highway, water, waste, energy, health, and education markets. Its residential property operations are based in southern Spain. Malaysian construction company UEM Builders Berhad and Kuwaiti builder Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al-Karafi & Sons each own 22% of Costain.

Delta Mutual, Inc., this development stage company has shifted its direction to being an environmental services provider. Delta Mutual offers waste processing and reclamation technology and equipment, as well as energy-efficient construction technologies to low-cost housing development projects. Its operations are concentrated in the US, the Asia/Pacific region, the Middle East, and Puerto Rico. In 2008 the company acquired American Hedge Fund LLC, a limited liability company that intends to make investments in South America.

T&S Brass and Bronze Works manufactures faucets, fittings, valves, and specialty products for customers in the foodservice, industrial, commercial plumbing, and laboratory markets throughout the world. T&S offers lead-free fixtures, as well as environmentally-friendly low-flow products that use less water. The company operates from offices in the US, Europe, and Australia. Its products also are sold by representatives in Asia and South America. T&S Brass and Bronze Works was founded in 1947 as a developer of foodservice plumbing equipment.

The Freeman Corporation produces many varieties of wood veneer. Its four slicing lines and its high-speed rotary line produce a broad range of thicknesses, dimensions, and grain patterns. The company makes veneer from more than 50 species of wood, including imported lumber such as anegre and zebrano. It processes up to 800,000 sq. ft. of veneer per day. The company's customers include furniture, flooring, and millwork manufacturers, plywood factories, and veneer resellers. Originally known as The Tomlinson Company, The Freeman Corporation was founded in 1914 by George Tomlinson; his great-grandsons Reid and George Freeman now run the family-owned firm.

John Portman & Associates (Portman) casts a long shadow, and some of its buildings do, too. The company is the architectural arm of major private developer Portman Holdings; Portman specializes in the construction of such commercial and public projects as hotels, office buildings, mixed-use properties, and universities. Clients include Bank of China, City of Atlanta, and Daewoo. Support services include master planning, programming, and structural engineering. The company is active throughout the US and in China; it has also undertaken projects in other parts of Asia and in Europe and Africa. Portman was founded by John Portman in 1953. He and his family continue to lead the company.

M. A. Mortenson Company,the general contractor performs construction, development, and design-build services for a variety of projects. Sectors served include aviation, corporate, education, electronics and semiconductors, entertainment, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail; the company also has groups devoted to federal contracting, sports venues, facilities operations, and renewable energy, including wind farms and biofuel facilities. Active throughout the US, the company also has operations in China, helping its domestic clients to expand into markets there. M.A. Mortenson has about 10 offices, including a location in Shanghai.

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