Wastren Advantage's advantage is that it handles the kind of waste that others won't handle. The environmental services company provides radioactive and hazardous waste management, including packaging, transport, and disposal. Wastren Advantage also provides facilities operations and maintenance, decontamination and decommissioning, pollution prevention, site remediation, and various environmental engineering services. It manages facilities and cleanups for federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as for private companies. Based in Piketon, Ohio, the company also has offices in Grand Junction and Thornton, Colorado; Kevil, Kentucky; Chesapeake, Virginia; and Houston, Texas.

Windows of opportunity open daily for Andersen, a well-known maker of wood-clad windows and patio doors in North America. Andersen offers window designs from hinged, bay, and double-hung to skylight, gliding, and picture windows. Its Renewal by Andersen subsidiary provides start-to-finish window renewal services, including in-home consultations, in more than 100 markets in the US. Subsidiary EMCO Doors makes storm and screen doors. Through independent and company-owned distributorships (including its Andersen Logistics division), Andersen sells to homeowners, architects, builders, designers, and remodelers. Andersen Corporation is owned by the Andersen family, the Andersen Foundation, and company employees.

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) puts its stamp on buildings around the world. One of the top 10 architectural and planning firms in the US, the company offers services such as master planning, urban design, space planning, programming, building analysis, graphic and product, and interior design. It specializes in such projects as corporate headquarters, government offices, health care facilities, hotels, and educational facilities. KPF's structures range from small pavilions to entire cities. The firm operates from offices in New York, London, and Shanghai. Architects A. Eugene Kohn, William Pedersen, and Sheldon Fox founded the firm in 1976.

Harbour Contractors is no port in a storm but it could build one. One of the top construction companies in the Midwest and central US, it offers program management, design/build, and construction management services. It focuses on industrial facilities, distribution centers, transportation systems, food processing centers, and interior build-out and renovation. But it also builds shopping centers and sports facilities. Recent projects include several railway storage in transit facilities for Chevron Phillips and an upscale retail center. The family owned firm was founded in 1959 by Irving C. Harbour. The company is now owned by CEO Patrick Harbour and vice president Jonathan Harbour.

Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in the US. The company’s eight cement plants have a production capacity of approximately 8.5 million metric tons. Buzzi Unicem USA, which stems from the merger, early in 2004, of RC Cement (Buzzi Unicem SpA) and Lone Star Industries (Dyckerhoff) serves the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast sections of the country. Buzzi Unicem USA Inc. operates 29 cement terminals across the US to distribute the cement into 21 states. Buzzi Unicem USA, with over 1,400 valued employees, supplies cement and masonry cement to over 3,800 ready-mix concrete, highway and airport paving firms, concrete block companies and concrete product firms. The company’s cement manufacturing locations are as follows: Cape Girardeau, MO; Chattanooga, TN; Festus, MO; Greencastle, IN; Maryneal, TX; Oglesby, IL; Pryor, OK and Stockertown, PA.

F.J. Sciame Construction Company provides construction management and building and renovation services, primarily for commercial and institutional projects. Market sectors include education facilities, restaurants, hospitals, retail facilities, historic restorations, and museums and cultural centers. Among the group's notable projects are the restoration of Manhattan's oldest synagogue, restoration of the New Victory Theatre in Times Square, the Cooper Union academic building, and work on the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Other major projects in Times Square include megastores for Capital Music Group, Toys "R" Us, and Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.

EDGE tries to edge out the competition when bidding on civic and other contracts. Construction company EDGE Development offers general contracting, design/build, engineering, construction management, and lease/buyback services. The company specializes in such projects as public schools, parks, and civic and commercial facilities. Its portfolio includes an athletic center for the City of Highland; a library in Napa Valley; fire stations for Carlsbad and Oceanside; and numerous elementary, middle, and high schools. The company is controlled by Steve Prophet and Dayne Wagoner, who founded EDGE in 1989.

For over 60 years, Atrium has dedicated itself to building a solid company with a national presence, and with an uncontested reputation for quality, selection and service. Today, with our combined branded and private-label volume, we are a large, diverse manufacturer and distributor of residential vinyl and aluminum windows and patio doors for single and multi-family projects – even light commercial applications. We offer products to meet specific needs and preferences of our customers, which include the industry’s leading builders, distributors, dealers, lumberyards, home centers, contractors, and architects. Atrium serves both new construction and replacement/remodel markets with a product portfolio under our flagship Atrium Windows and Doors brand, as well as a host of proprietary brands we hold in select markets. Review all of our brand offerings in About Atrium section. We utilize a multi-channel distribution network, making it possible to provide quality, nationwide service to the greatest number of end-users.

Ply Gem Holdings brings out a new side of homes. A holding company, Ply Gem Holdings operates through its primary operating subsidiary, Ply Gem Industries, a manufacturer and supplier of exterior building materials used in home construction and renovation. The subsidiary supplies its products-- including vinyl siding, aluminum windows and doors, stone veneer, and fencing -- to home-center retailers, distributors, construction companies, and contractors in North America.

Shea Homes builds communities in Arizona, California, Colorado, the Carolinas, Florida, and Washington. The company builds detached and attached residences, including condominiums, townhomes, luxury estates, and active adult housing (under the Trilogy brand). Shea Homes has master-planned communities and serves entry-level and move-up buyers. Its homes range in price from the low $100,000s to more than $1 million and feature two to seven bedrooms. The company's Design Center offers individual selection of tile, carpet, countertops, and other options. Its SheaMortgage unit provides mortgage financing services. Shea Homes is a member of the J.F. Shea group.

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