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.

Pike Electric helps its customers stay current. The electrical services contractor (also known as Pike Energy Solutions) provides services for more than 175 public, municipal, and cooperative utility companies, primarily in the eastern and southern US. Activities include the planning, design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and repair of electric substations and transmission lines, including renewable energy systems. Pike Electric owns a fleet of more than 5,000 pieces of motorized equipment including trucks, trailers, cranes, backhoes and generators. It is active in nearly 40 states.

Fagen knows what the dickens is going on in the construction industry, it should not be confused with the character in Oliver! The company offers a range of commercial and industrial contracting and engineering services, including design/build, project management, and general contracting. Affiliate Fagen Engineering performs civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical design services. The group works across a variety of heavy industries and has completed such projects as power generation plants, water- and wastewater-treatment plants, manufacturing facilities, and housing. Founded in 1988, the company is owned by the Fagen family.

Dallas Contracting Co. is demolition. The specialty contractor provides demolition of industrial and commercial facilities (including structures such as water towers, concrete silos, and steel tanks), onsite concrete crushing, and salvage and scrap metal removal and recycling. The company also provides equipment removal, interior dismantling, plant decommissioning, environmental remediation, and brownfield redevelopment. In addition, it sells used and surplus equipment, from air conditioning units to generators. Dallas Contracting Co. began operating in 1979. It serves clients throughout the US; they have included Exxon Mobil, Honeywell, and K. Hovnanian.

Energy Maintenance Services Group I (EMS) is a one-stop shop for pipeline services in North America. The company's service offerings include compressor and meter station construction, corrosion surveying, environmental analysis, pipeline laying, and repair to major oil and gas producers, pipeline operators, local distribution companies, and independent power and utility operators in the US, Canada, and Mexico. It also operates and maintains about 25 pipelines and facilities throughout the US. Additionally, it supplies products such as valves and fittings and high-performance materials that help strengthen or protect pipes. Founded in 2003, EMS is one of the fastest growing privately-held companies in Houston.

Keepmoat Homes (formerly Haslam Homes) specializes in building houses for first- and second-time buyers throughout Yorkshire, The Midlands, North East, and North West England. Staying away from building luxury homes with fancy living rooms and chandeliers, the homebuilder's business strategy, instead, is to work with local councils, regeneration partners, and other local affiliates to build affordable homes that are in line with government policies. Keepmoat constructs about 1,000 houses each year with many developments located in older communities that have seen better days. The company is a part of the Keepmoat plc group of companies and operates from five offices throughout England.

Aldridge Electric powers up the Windy City and other parts of the Midwest. The electrical contractor divides its business into six main areas: airport, industrial, power, drilling, highway, and transit. It works on projects ranging from Chicago's subway system to its airport runways. Additional activities include services for street lighting, traffic signals, high-voltage cabling and splicing, and foundation drilling. Aldridge Electric has worked for clients such as Commonwealth Edison Company and Exelon Corporation. The company is owned by CEO Ken Aldridge, grandson of company founder Leonard "Len" Aldridge, who started the business in the 1930s and incorporated it in 1952.

Cavico is a US headquartered company that conducts its construction business in Vietnam. Wholly-owned subsidiary Cavico Vietnam and its numerous operating subsidiaries make the company the largest non-state-owned heavy civil contractor in the country. It primarily serves public sector clients on large infrastructure projects, such as bridges, dams, mines, roads, tunnels, urban buildings, and water power facilities. Additionally, the company invests in hydropower electric and cement production plants, mining operations, and urban real estate developments in Laos and Vietnam. Cavico has offices throughout Vietnam, as well as a satellite location in Australia.

JTS Communities builds and sells new homes in the Sacramento, California area. It constructs about 600 homes annually and is involved in land development as well. The company offers homebuyers both standard and customized floor plan options and its JTS Design Center allows customers to personalize their homes' decor. It has also incorporated green building techniques. Home prices range in price from around $250,000 to $1.5 million and in size from 1,100 sq. ft. to nearly 5,500 sq. ft. President and CEO Jack T. Sweigart co-founded the predecessor of JTS Communities in 1971 and now owns the company.

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.

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