Gehan Homes builds single-family houses in about 60 communities in and around Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. Its houses range in price from the low $100,000s to the low $300,000s. Gehan Homes owns the land it builds on and provides mortgage brokerage through majority-owned Suburban Mortgage. Through cutting costs and slowing down production, the homebuilder is working to stay afloat in a market that has caused several competitors to file for bankruptcy or shut down operations. John Gehan founded the family-owned company in the 1960s.

Dudek, where's my environmental consultant? California, apparently. The environmental firm , Dudek, works with private companies and municipalities to provide engineering, environmental consulting, construction, design, and project management services. The firm has overseen projects that involve natural resource management, infrastructure development, and regulatory compliance. Dudek specializes in water infrastructure, wastewater engineering, energy, transportation, urban forestry, education, and real estate development projects. Founded in 1980 by president Frank Dudek, the employee-owned company has seven offices in California.

Hardaway Construction is paying off all over the Southeast. The firm offers general contracting, construction management, and design/build services on both large and small projects. Known for the diversity of work it takes on, Hardaway has built everything from offices and schools to hospitals and industrial plants, among other commercial structures. Its Cumberland Builders unit focuses on the residential sector, building and remodeling condominiums and retirement facilities. The company's portfolio includes work on Vanderbilt University, the Gaylord Opryland Resort Hotel, and the Nashville International Airport. The family-owned company was founded in 1924 by the late L.H. Hardaway, Sr.

Sargent Corporation provides civil engineering and construction services for customers operating throughout the northeastern US. The company's projects include construction of airports, landfills, wind power sites, malls, sports fields, highways, transfer stations, and hatcheries. Projects have included an airplane hanger for the Air National Guard, upgrading a highway bridge interchange, and converting a limestone rock quarry into a solid waste landfill. Sargent Corporation was formed in 2005 when Sargent & Sargent acquired H.E. Sargent from Fru-Con Construction. The acquisition returned ownership of the company founded by Herb Sargent in 1926 to the Sargent family.

HMC Architects provides architectural planning, master planning, graphic design, and interior design services through 10 offices in California and Nevada. The company specializes in institutional projects, designing education, health care, and government facilities for public and private clients such as Kaiser Permanente, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Mt. San Antonio College, and California State University. HMC is focused on expanding services in key areas, including planning, design integration, research, and sustainable design. The company was founded in 1940 by Jay Harnish. Harnish was later joined by Jack Causey and Mel Morgan. The firm became HMC Architects in 1978.

Herbeau Creations of America, cleanliness is next to elegance and luxury. The company specializes in decorative plumbing fixtures, tiles, and furniture for kitchens and bathrooms. Products include faucets, washbasins, tubs, and sinks. Formed in 1991, the company operates as the US and Canada distributor of items handcrafted from copper, brass, vitreous china, wood, and ceramics. Hearbeau Creations of America also offers select items painted by hand.

EMLab P&K, LLC, the company, an affilate of TestAmerica Laboratories, offers a full array of indoor air quality (IAQ) testing services to analyze allergens, bacteria, chemicals, and mold. The group even screens nasal swabs for the microbial agent that causes anthrax. EMLab P&K also offers industrial hygiene, consumer product and food safety, water/wastewater, and hazardous waste services to ensure that work and consumer environments remain desirable levels of hygiene and cleanliness. EMLab P&K is TestAmerica Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Inc., Aerotech Laboratories, Inc., and P&K Microbiology Services, Inc., operating under consolidated management.

General contractor R. J. Daum Construction specializes in building commercial facilities. The firm's list of projects have included central offices and other facilities for Pacific Bell (now part of SBC), public works (City and County of Los Angeles fire stations), educational facilities, and health care facilities. The company serves Southern California and Nevada from its offices in Garden Grove and San Diego, California. Raymond J. Daum established the company in 1936.

AHI Linden Lumber has the goods for your sweet home Alabama. Also known as Linden Lumber, the company specializes in southern hardwood lumber, namely red oak, white oak, and ash. It can produce as much as 80 million board ft. of these species annually, placing Linden Lumber among the top producers in the South. However, the housing downturn and subsequent financial crisis hurt the company hard with a decrease in demand and lowered sales. Private equity firm H.I.G. Investments recapitalized Linden in 2008, but by the end of the year the lumber company had laid off most of its workforce. The company is undergoing a restructuring of its product line and operations to keep afloat.

E.R. Snell Contractor, Inc. company specializes in highway construction, grading, and paving. It works on roads, bridges, culverts, and industrial and commercial structures in Georgia. The group also sells asphalt and performs asphalt paving. Its EZ Street cold asphalt mix is used by departments of transportation around the country in order to repair potholes and utility cuts to roads. The company, which operates about a dozen plants, has roots that reach back to 1923, when G. F. Snell and his son E. R. started a rock culvert and wall building business. The company incorporated in 1959 and it continues to be owned and managed by the Snell family.

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