Barrett Paving Materials, Inc. has offices in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maine, and Maryland. The folks at Barrett Paving Materials want the road to road construction to begin with them. The company, which works primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, manufactures asphalt, ready-mix concrete, and other paving materials. It also works as a road construction and paving contractor. Barrett Paving Materials produces its own raw materials at sand and stone quarries and gravel pits. Its projects have included highways, parking lots, airport runways, sports facilities, and bike paths. Barrett Paving Materials is owned by French construction firm Colas.

Boral Limited has a big hand in building Australia. A leading producer of building and construction materials in Australia, Boral is also a top maker of roof tiles and bricks in the US (through Boral USA) and concrete in Indonesia. Through seven divisions the company produces concrete, cement, clay products, plasterboard, windows, roof tiles, timber, and other construction-related products. Boral Limited has more than 700 locations in the US, Asia, and Australia. Construction materials sold in Australia accounts for more than half of total sales.

Founded in 1914, Boston Sand & Gravel has supplied concrete for major projects such as Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel, known as The Big Dig. Boston Sand & Gravel's shovel is full of aggregates and concrete. The company operates concrete and ready-mix cement plants in eastern Massachusetts; it also has a sand and gravel facility in New Hampshire. The construction materials business operates a fleet of more than 250 mixer trucks that deliver concrete to its customers (including home builders, developers, and contractors in the New England region) and it operates a short-line railroad that transports aggregate products from the New Hampshire facility to the greater Boston area.

Breedon Aggregates (formerly Ennstone) produces aggregates, asphalt, and ready-mix concrete at facilities in England and Scotland. Its products and contracting services are used in the construction and building sectors. Breedon includes about 30 quarries, 20 asphalt plants, and another 30 concrete plants throughout the UK. The company was created in 2010 after its predecessor Ennstone emerged from administration. The global economic downturn sunk the company as demand for its products fell. Ennstone's operations were restructured and recapitalized by Breedon Holdings, which was then acquired by investment firm Marwyn Materials and then changed to Breedon Aggregates.

The buzz on BUZZI UNICEM is that it is big in the cement and concrete industry. One of Italy's largest cement and concrete groups, BUZZI UNICEM produces expanded clay, ready-mix concrete, cement, aggregates, and other building materials in about a dozen countries; the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Slovakia, and the US are its largest markets. The group operates some 40 cement plants, 530 ready-mix concrete plants, and 35 aggregate quarries in North America and Europe, as well as Algeria and Russia. BUZZI UNICEM controls Dyckerhoff, a leading cement group and construction materials company in Germany. The Buzzi family owns a majority of BUZZI UNICEM's stock.

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