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Smith-Midland Corporation

Smith-Midland Corporation and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture, license, sell, and install precast concrete products for the general contractors in the construction, farming, and utilities industries, as well as federal, state, and local transportation authorities in the Mid-Atlantic, northeastern, and Midwestern regions of the United States. Its products include Easi-Set Slenderwall lightweight construction panels, which are prefabricated lightweight exterior cladding systems used for constructing the exterior walls of buildings; Easi-Set Sierra Wall that provides sound and sight barrier used around residential, industrial, and commercial properties and alongside highways; and Easi-Set J-J Hooks Highway Safety Barrier, a safety barrier for use on roadways to separate lanes of traffic. Smith-Midland Corporationalso offers Easi-Span expandable precast building; Easi-Set Precast building, a transportable, prefabricated, single-story, and concrete building for use in housing communication operations, traffic control systems, mechanical and electrical stations, inventory or supply storage, and restroom facilities or kiosks; and Easi-Set Utility Vault used for house equipment, such as cable, telephone or traffic signal equipment, and for underground storage. In addition, Smith-Midland Corporation provides Softsound soundwall panels, which are used to absorb highway noise; Beach Prisms, a shoreline erosion control product; and H2Out, a secondary drainage and street level leak detection product for panelized exterior cladding. Further, licenses its proprietary products to precast concrete manufacturers in the United States, Canada, Belgium, New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Spain, and Chile. Smith-Midland Corporation was formerly known as Smith Cattleguard Company and changed its name to Smith-Midland Corporation in 1985. Smith-Midland Corporation was founded in 1960 and is based in Midland, Virginia.

Gross Veneer Sales, Inc.

Gross Veneer Sales wholesales and distributes hardwood veneer, hardwood plywood, and other related products. Its offerings include cabinet parts, drawer components, face veneer, cut stock, and cut-to-size blanks. The company uses a broad range of domestic and imported species for its products. These range from maple, oak, poplar, and ash to Brazilian rosewood, mahogany, butternut, and lauan. Company president Robert Gross owns the enterprise.

Velosi Limited

Velosi keeps quality in check for oil and gas companies around the globe. The company provides quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and certification services to such multinational bigwigs as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. It has also served public utilities, engineering contractors, manufacturing facilities, and small fabrication workshops. Services range from equipment testing to vendor audits to engineering and construction management. Velosi has regional offices in the US, the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia, as well as local offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. The Carlyle Group is buying the company for some 88 million (about $140 million).

Community Asphalt Corp.

Community Asphalt provides paving services for the road more traveled. The company's services include grading and paving, pavement milling, surveying, excavation, on- and off-road hauling, drainage, utilities, base finishing, and highway sweeping. It also provides engineering contracting and design/build services; projects include parking lots, industrial and retail complexes, auto race tracks, and airport runways. Formed in 1980, Community Asphalt has three asphalt plants in southeastern Florida. It also operates a limestone quarry, and a fleet of dump trucks. In 2006 Community Asphalt and Spain's Huarte Lain (OHL) made a stock purchase agreement, which gave OHL a controlling interest in the company.

Bowen Engineering Corporation

Bowen Engineering understands the elements of earth and water. The company provides engineering and construction services for water, wastewater, earthwork, concrete, industrial, power, and underground utility projects. The company, which has offices in Crown Point, Evansville, and Fishers, Indiana as well as Tennessee and West Virginia, offers design/build, general contracting, and construction management services to public and private clients. It provides continued training for employees through its Bowen University. Bowen Engineering was founded in 1967 by Robert Bowen, who was succeeded as CEO by son Doug in 2009; the elder Bowen remained chairman.

Superior Ready Mix Concrete, L.P.

Superior Ready Mix Concrete, with more than 20 plants throughout Southern California, traces its roots to a concrete batch plant that was incorporated by Jack Brouwer in 1959 as Escondido Ready Mix Concrete, Inc. Superior Ready Mix Concrete continues to be family owned. Superior Ready Mix Concrete's strives to make its lowly products top-of-the-heap. Superior Ready Mix Concrete provides concrete, aggregates, and asphalt products for contractors and homeowners. Superior Ready Mix Concrete's products also include block, decorative rock, sand, tools, and other building materials for small and large-scale projects. Superior also sells used paving equipment and trucks. Its paving division resurfaces roads and highways around California.

Petrocelli Electric Co. Inc.

Petrocelli Electric keeps the city that never sleeps wired. Founded in 1933, the contractor installs and maintains electrical, communications, and lighting systems for commercial, institutional, and public sector clients in the New York City metropolitan area. Its activities include project management, electrical engineering, and design-build services such as developing electrical distribution and communications systems, installing generators and fiber-optic cables, and laying underground feeder cables. In 2009 former owner Santo Petrocelli Sr. pleaded guilty to charges that he made illegal payments to a union official.

Leopardo Companies, Inc.

While Leonardo created masterpieces out of paint and canvas, Leopardo creates them from brick and mortar. One of the top contractors in Illinois, Leopardo Companies, which also has an office in South Carolina, provides an array of construction services from pre-construction and general contracting to construction management, design-build, green building, and real estate development. Projects include office buildings; health care facilities; senior housing; retail, office, and industrial space; airports; condos; and community projects, such as churches, libraries, and schools. It is also a top interiors contractor. CEO Jim Leopardo started the company in 1979.

Vicat S.A.

Joseph Vicat, whose father invented a method of creating artificial cement, founded Vicat in 1853. The Vicat family continues to lead the company. Vicat's objectives are set in stone. The company produces some 21 million tons of cement and aggregates and 10 million cubic meters of concrete per year. Vicat operates about a dozen cement plants and grinding plants, more than 200 concrete plants, and 70 quarries in Europe, Africa, the US, and the Middle East. It also has operations in specialty chemicals and paper manufacturing, transportation, and precast concrete. More than half of Vicat's revenues come from outside of France. In 2010 Vicat expanded into India with plans to acquire 51% of Bharathi Cement.

New Era Builders, Inc.

New Era Builders grew from a modest home repair firm to a leading general contracting business. Established in 1989, the company provides a wide variety of construction services and contracts with government agencies, non-profit organizations, and educational facilities, among others. New Era Builders has worked on projects for the US Coast Guard, NASA, and the Army Reserves. The company serves clients in Cleveland and the surrounding area, as well as neighboring states.