Sekisui House could have written the book on Zen and the art of house building. One of Japan's leading homebuilders, Sekisui House designs, prefabricates, and builds steel, wooden, and concrete houses and condominiums. It is also involved in selling land, detached houses, and condominiums. Its real estate operations include leasing and managing houses, low-rise apartments, and commercial and retail buildings. Other operations include contract remodeling and landscaping. The company is also focusing on green building and sustainability in its new line of homes, and adds such features as fuel cells to its houses. Sekisui Chemical owns 15% of the company, which dates back to 1929.

Nearly as old as the aggregate it mines, Granite Rock (founded on Valentine's Day, 1900) operates four quarries, a design center, and other facilities in Northern California. The company, often referred to as Graniterock, provides materials for construction and landscaping: rock, sand, gravel, stone, concrete, asphalt, road oils and asphalt coatings, and masonry and wall-system products. The company has a fleet of railroad cars to transport rock, sand, gravel, and concrete; it also operates a fleet of delivery trucks. Its Pavex Construction unit builds roads and airports, as well as commercial and residential projects. CEO Bruce Woolpert (the grandson of founder A. R. Wilson) and his family own Granite Rock.

Sunland Group is hot, with projects like the Houston Texans' Reliant Stadium, the Denver International Airport, and the George Bush Intercontinental Airport on its "completed" list. Sunland has expanded from a small engineering firm to a design/build firm with architectural, civil, environmental, and structural engineering services. It also offers construction management, surveying, and consulting to commercial, government, and institutional clients. Founded as Sundland Engineering in 1985 by former president and Hispanic entrepreneur Orlando Teran, the company was acquired by a woman-led group of executives in 2004. CEO R. Carla Thompson is the majority owner. Sunland has offices in Texas and Colorado.

Tumac Lumber Co., Inc. company distributes wood and wood products in the US and internationally. The company and its regional subsidiaries sell products such as mouldings, hardwoods and softwoods, composite products, decking, and furniture parts to kitchen cabinet companies and furniture manufacturers, utility companies, pulp mills, RV manufacturers, and others. Tumac exports lumber (Douglas fir and southern yellow pine) to Europe, hardwood logs and lumber to Asia, and industrial and construction products to customers in the Caribbean. Paul McCracken and Bill MacPherson established Tumac Lumber in 1959.

Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C. company provides construction management, general contracting, and design/build services for commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, primarily in the Southeast. Its project porfolio ranges from high-rise offices and health care facilities to freeway bridges water and wastewater treatment plans. The company has about a dozen offices and equipment rental and sale locations. Originally founded by Thomas C. Brasfield in 1922, the company was acquired by chairman and CEO Miller Gorrie in 1964.

Delta Environmental Consultants, Inc., provides a variety of environmental services, including remediation, risk management, cost recovery, and litigation and compliance consulting. From more than 40 offices across the US, the company serves the chemical, commercial services, forest products, manufacturing, and petroleum industries. Along with companies in Asia, Europe, and South America, Delta Environmental Consultants participates in the Inogen Environmnetal Alliance network of independent environmental consulting firms. In 2008 Delta Environmental Consultants was acquired by Netherlands-based environmental services company Oranjewoud.

KSW may have a need to vent on occasion, but the company still knows how to keep its cool. Its KSW Mechanical Services subsidiary installs HVAC and process piping systems for large-scale industrial, commercial, institutional public, and residential projects. The company also provides mechanical trade management services and engineering assistance. KSW primarily works in the New York metropolitan area but hopes to expand in the Northeast. Much of KSW's business comes from repeat customers; the company is an authorized bidder for agencies including the New York City Transit Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Batenburg Beheer helps companies batten down their electrical needs with installation and automation services. The specialty contractor provides electrotechnical, mechanical, and sanitary installations to clients in the commercial building, infrastructure, and industrial sectors. It also offers related design and consulting services. Batenburg serves clients through about a dozen subsidiaries that operate primarily in Belgium and the Netherlands, but also in France, Spain, and the UK. Sales are concentrated in the Benelux countries, with minimal exports to Europe and North America. Batenburg Beheer traces its roots to 1911 when Piet Batenburg started a technical installation company in Rotterdam.

EEI Holding. The company owns Egizii Electric and other firms that provide electrical and general construction and contracting services throughout the US. It has expertise in utilities, medical facilities, infrastructure, telecommunications, data systems, and traffic control. The company also assists clients with site selection, budget development, and property lease-back transactions. EEI Holding began operations in the late 1940s. Chairman and CEO Robert Egizii is the firm's majority shareholder. The company has offices in Illinois and Florida.

Burns & McDonnell provides construction services, not legal advice. A top design/build firm in the US, the company provides engineering, architectural, construction, environmental remediation, and consulting services. It is one of the leading constructors of electric transmission and distribution infrastructure, airports, and fossil fuel and chemical plants. Burns & McDonnell also serves the government, manufacturing, health care, telecommunications, transportation, and water and wastewater sectors, among others. Burns & McDonnell has about 20 offices throughout the US.

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