W.G. Mills has been going to school. The construction management and general contracting company is one of Florida's top school builders, tackling some 200 education facility projects. Operating as Mills Gilbane, the company also builds industrial, commercial/retail, residential (such as clubhouses and golf-course homes), and health care facilities. Its public facility projects include libraries and police stations. One of the top contractors in the US, Mills Gilbane is also a leading construction management at-risk firm. CEO Walter G. Mills founded his namesake business in 1972. Rhode Island-based Gilbane Building bought the company in 2010.

Butler Manufacturing, maker of pre-engineered buildings, structural systems, and roof and wall systems for nonresidential construction. A subsidiary of Australia-based BlueScope Steel, Butler produces pre-engineered and custom-designed steel structures used in a range of projects, from offices to schools to shopping centers. Through its BUCON and Butler Heavy Structures units, the company provides general contracting services for large-scale projects. Butler also offers real estate development services. It distributes its products throughout North America.

Huurre Group's industrial sector attends to the supply of refrigeration solutions and maintenance services to industrial clients. In addition to cold rooms, typical projects include panel-structured warehouses and production facilities. The scale of deliveries ranges from panel installations to turn key solutions. We also supply clean rooms for companies operating in the pharmaceutical industry and are the world leader of cruiser cold rooms.

Samuel Heath & Sons makes solid brass decorative bathroom and shower fittings and accessories; door and window fittings; and hardware products that include fasteners, concealed door closers (Perko Powermatic, Perko, and Perkomatic brands), and hinges for use in bath and dressing areas. The company was founded in 1820 as a manufacturer of brass bedstead ornaments and candlesticks.

Workman Commercial is always on the job, particularly if the job has anything to do with commercial construction projects in the Lone Star State. Paul Workman established the family-owned enterprise in 1971 and incorporated the company in 1991. The commercial builder focuses on health care, office, recreational, and retail projects (including more than 80 store locations for Walgreen Co.) throughout Texas. It also builds government and religious facilities. CEO Paul Workman owns a majority stake in the company, which has offices in the Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston metro areas.

Bowman Consulting Group is in tune with its land development customers and tries to prevent foul notes. The company provides civil engineering, environmental assessment, land planning, and surveying services to businesses and government agencies interested in land development. Projects include residential communities, hotels, retail centers, industrial parks, recreational facilities, and schools. Bowman Consulting also provides environmental services that range from asbestos surveys to wetland delineation. Operating primarily in the Washington, DC, area, the company was formed in 1995 by president Gary Bowman.

Cobra Products is America's leading manufacturer of drain-cleaning tools and machines for the "do-it-yourself" retail market.Distributed through more than 25,000 home centers, mass merchandisers and hardware stores, the product line includes a complete array of hand tools for cleaning sinks, toilets and drains. Cobra's power-operated drain-cleaning machines are also gaining wide acceptance throughout the U.S.

Ajax United Patterns and Molds works to avoid an Achilles heel. The company, doing business as Ajax Custom Plastics and Ajax Custom Manufacturing, builds plastic and metal components for the medical, semiconductor, communications, and food processing industries. Services offered by the company include design and engineering, thermoforming, tooling and machining, welding, and assembly. The company has manufacturing facilities in the US (California and Texas), as well as China and Singapore. Ajax United Patterns, which was established in 1945, is noted for designing and building fresh pineapple peelers for Dole.

The company provides metrology, milling, and finishing services for a variety of industrial parts in need of precision work. The company also offers programming services for computer assisted design/computer assisted manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and milling software systems. Customers have included Agilent Technologies and Teledyne Electronic Technologies. Master Precision Machining was founded in 1969 by president Richard Rossi, who is the majority shareholder.

The Collins Companies makes its money by lumbering around and gathering dust -- sawdust, that is. The company operates a group of forest product divisions that include four sawmills capable of producing more than 250 million board feet of lumber annually. The group manufactures lumber, veneer logs and flooring, pine particleboard, and TruWood brand siding and trim. It harvests wood from forests in California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, using hardwood species such as ash, oak, maple, black cherry, poplar, and basswood, and softwood species including white fir, incense cedar, and three varieties of pine. The business has been family-owned since its inception in 1855.

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