Chas Roberts isn't just the name on the door. Chas and Alice Roberts founded Chas Roberts Air Conditioning in 1942. The business has been family owned and operated since day one.Prior to founding the business, Chas worked as a serviceman for the local utility. In the early years, sales consisted of home appliances, coolers, furnaces, air conditioners and service. In the 50s and 60s, the company grew doing retrofits of houses with coolers to air conditioners, new installs in custom and tract homes and light commercial air conditioning. Chas Robert's son, Chuck, took over managing the company in the 60s and provided the vision for future growth.

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.

Marnell Corrao Associates, Inc.,the construction and architecture firm's resume includes such hot spots as The Mirage, Bellagio, Excalibur, Caesar's Palace, and its latest -- the Wynn Las Vegas, a $2.4 billion resort, and the $1 billion M Resort, Spa, and Casino. It also handles smaller renovation and remodeling projects for its clients, mainly in Nevada, California, and New Jersey. Founded in 1974 by Lud Corrao (retired in 1982) and current owner Anthony Marnell II, the company provides complete design/build and consulting services. It also provides land acquisition and development services from master planning through construction.

CSI provides general contracting, design, development, and construction management services; the company focuses on retail projects, but it also takes on other types of commercial and non-commercial jobs such as industrial facilities, office buildings, and multi-family residential projects. CSI's customers have included Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Trammell Crow Company. The company operates from offices in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Portland, Oregon; and Irvine, California. It primarily serves customers in the western half of the US. Founded in 1978, CSI is controlled by president Tim Phelan.

Infinity Contractors International provides mechanical construction and other specialty contracting services. The company offers such services as shop fabrication, plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning), and process piping installation. Major clients include Cabela's Outdoors, Texas Women's University, US Postal Services, and Frito-Lay. Infinity Contractors International was founded by Jim Salter in 1994.

Tulikivi might not be able to warm a cold heart, but it can warm a cold hearth. Branding itself as the largest soapstone processor in the world, this Finnish company manufactures heat-retaining fireplaces and processes architectural stone for indoor and outdoor landscaping. Tulikivi builds and sells soapstone fireplaces, bakeovens, and stoves that can be custom-made to client specifications. Its architectural stone segment produces sinks, countertops, tiles, and flooring made of soapstone, granite, marble, and limestone.

Lee (LBL) makes going to the hospital a little less painful. LBL is an architectural, planning, and interior design firm that specializes in health care (hospitals, care centers, and medical centers), academic, institutional, and corporate projects. LBL's clients include universities, city and county governments, federal agencies, public and private real estate developers, nonprofit organizations, and investor-owned firms across California. The firm has designed buildings for Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, the University of California, Davis, and most recently, renovated Stanford University Medical Center. Principals Ken Lee, Erich Burkhart, and Ken Liu founded the firm in 1986.

The Mann and Parker Lumber Company distributes and exports treated hardwood lumber from its stock of Northern Appalachian species. The company also operates the M&P Lumber Company, which kiln-dries green-hardwood lumber in Meadville, Pennsylvania (about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh), primarily for shipment to cabinet and furniture makers on the West Coast. The Mann and Parker Lumber Company was founded in Baltimore in 1902, but relocated to central Pennsylvania (New Freedom) after fire destroyed its operations in 1970. Chairman and CEO Robert Bushman Sr. owns the company.

Bache Pallets Ltd company is a UK-based manufacturer of material-handling equipment. Products include metal pallets, roll containers, and pallet converters. Customers include the automotive, construction, agriculture, foundry and forging, and retail industries, as well as the UK Ministry of Defence. Among Bache Pallets' recent clients are Land Rover, Royal Mail, and Caterpillar. The company utilizes computer-aided design to ensure its products meet specifications, and automated production lines to ensure a proper build. Bache Pallets has been in business for more than 50 years.

company specializes in heavy construction, infrastructure, transportation systems, and housing and recreation facilities in the western continental US and Hawaii. Goodfellow Bros. also offers earth moving and paving services. Its Blasting Technologies subsidiary blasts, drills, and demolishes rock and other structures. The company was founded in 1921 by brothers Jack, Bert, and Jim Sr. Their early business included the first excavation work on the Grand Coulee Dam in 1933. Now the company has a number of planned communities, public facilities, and other projects under its belt.

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