A Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, Clayton Homes builds one- and two-story modular and manufactured houses and other buildings that range in price from $20,000 to more than $130,000 for upscale models and range in size from around 700 to more than 3,000 sq. ft. The homes are built at about 35 plants and distributed across the US through a network of about 1,800 mostly independent, but also company-owned retailers. Clayton's homes often contain products from fellow Berkshire Hathaway companies such as Shaw flooring, Johns Manville insulation and MiTek fasteners. Clayton Homes also offers home financing, loan-servicing, and insurance through subsidiaries.

Amedore Homes builds homes and develops residential communities in New York State's Capital District. The firm builds condominiums, townhomes, and single-family detached homes in prices ranging from about $150,000 to the low $400,000s. The company has about a dozen subdivision developments in Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren counties. in President George Amedore founded the company as Amedore & Sons Builders in 1974.

Haselden Construction eliminates some of the hassle for companies and institutions looking for full turnkey construction services. The company provides finance, design, engineering, construction, renovation, management, and maintenance services for the development of facilities, including schools, hospitals, resorts, hospitality facilities, and office buildings. The company primarily serves clients in Colorado, Wyoming, and other western states. Clients have included Isle of Capri Casinos and the University of Colorado. Family-owned Haselden Construction was founded in Denver in 1973.

Skidmore Owings & Merrill prefers a skyline view. One of the world's largest architectural and engineering firms, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (or SOM) has earned its fame with innovative modernist designs and such high-profile projects as the John Hancock Building and Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). Its portfolio of services includes graphics, interior design, and urban design and planning. Transportation planning, infrastructure planning, environmental engineering, and geotechnical engineering are part of its structural and civil engineering offerings. The firm, which has completed projects in more than 40 countries, has offices in several major metropolitan US cities and in Europe and Asia.

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.

Cape PLC has industrial facilities all over the world covered. The company provides specialty contracting services such as fire protection, insulation, protective coating, cleaning, and environmental decontamination to the energy and natural resources industries. It services are applied to sterile cleanrooms, oil and gas plants, industrial floors, and facility tanks. Cape has subcontracted on projects for customers such as ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell. With operations in some 25 countries worldwide, Cape's key markets include the UK, the Middle East, Central and Eastern Europe, and Australasia.

X-nth (say "eks' en' th"). Going to the "nth degree" for customers is what the company says it strives for. It designs, installs, and maintains mechanical, electrical, plumbing, lighting, communications, fire and safety, environmental, and specialty systems for companies in the healthcare, science and technology, entertainment and gaming, and hospitality industries. X-nth has helped create casinos, theme parks, hotels, hospitals, and labs for Discovery Communications, Time Warner, the FDA, MD Anderson, Harrah's, Walt Disney World, and others. The company works internationally from nine US offices.

Fischer is King of its subdivisions. Residential developer Fischer Homes builds single-family houses, town houses, and condominiums in communities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It also builds stand-alone patio homes, ranch homes in planned subdivisions offering landscaping services and themed streetscapes. Fischer also markets homes under the brands Maple Street Homes and Grand Estates. The company's homes range in price from $100,000 to $650,000; it targets first-time buyers, large families, and empty nesters. Fischer Homes often partners with other area builders and developers in its investments. Principal company owner Henry Fischer formed the company in 1980.

As a contractor in the oil and gas industry, Lamprell keeps the rigs drilling and the resources flowing. Through its operating subsidiaries, the company offers engineering services, new construction and fabrication, refurbishment, and upgrades of onshore and offshore oil and gas structures such as offshore jack-up rigs, land rigs, and lift boats. The company operates primarily in the Arabian Gulf region from three facilities located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Its customers have included SBM, Nabors Drilling, KCA Deutag, and Ensign. Lamprell was founded in the 1970s by the Lamprell family; it became a publically-traded company in 2006.

Bradford White Corporation was founded in 1881. Bradford White Corporation helps folks get in (and stay in) hot water. Bradford White Corporation manufactures water heaters for residential, commercial, and industrial heating applications. It makes oil-fired products, gas power burners, and indirect-fired units. Through subsidiaries Bradford White-Canada and LAARS Heating Systems, it also manufactures products such as pool heaters, oil burners, and air handlers. Bradford White Corporation wholesales its products through a network of plumbing and heating professionals. Subsidiary Niles Steel Tank produces custom steel tanks for companies in the automotive, petrol-chemical, pharmaceutical, and refrigeration industries.

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