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.

Jauregui, doing business as Jauregui Architect Builder, custom designs and builds luxury homes in Texas. The company offers architectural, interior design, brokerage, and construction services. Houses typically run in the multi-million dollar price range; architectural styles include contemporary, Tuscan, Mediterranean, and classical Italian. Jauregui Architect Builder operates primarily in the Austin and surrounding Hill Country area, but also has offices in Dallas and Houston.

Vent Products directs its energy into manufacturing air-control products and accessories for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The company's offerings, which it creates with energy-saving purposes in mind, include standard and custom-designed dampers, shutters, louvers, and roof ventilators. Accessories include actuators, adapters, access doors, fan blades, jackshafts, roof curbs, and equipment supports.

Walsh Brothers Incorporated, a construction management and contracting company, has worked on such iconic projects as Boston's Fenway Park and Faneuil Hall. The firm specializes in building cultural, educational, medical, and research facilities throughout New England. It also offers historic renovation services and has refurbished places such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra and New England Conservatory of Music. Clients have included Harvard University, Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Amgen, Novartis, and Proctor & Gamble. Founded in 1901 by brothers James and Thomas Walsh, the company is now owned and led by the Walsh family.

Charter Builders could write a primer on educational construction. The company -- which also works on a variety of commercial, industrial, mixed-use, retail, and other types of projects -- may be best known for its portfolio of educational and other institutional facilities, primarily in North Texas. Charter Builders provides public- and private-sector clients with construction management, design/build, and general contracting services; it also offers renovation services and building additions. The company, which was founded in 1971. In 2006 it was acquired by Heery International, itself a subsidiary of Balfour Beatty.

Founded in 1941, Eastern Industries is a division of Stabler Companies, which was purchased by New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. in 2008. Eastern Industries coaxes stone out of sylvan lands. Operating through about 30 quarries and plants in central and eastern Pennsylvania, the company provides crushed stone and gravel, hot-mix asphalt, ready-mix concrete, masonry sand and blocks, retaining walls, pavers, and road oils for a variety of construction projects, including highway renovations, municipal rehabilitation projects, and residential and commercial developments. It also distributes building materials.

Philip Services Corporation (PSC) undertakes a wide range of industrial and environmental cleanup projects throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada. Besides scrap metal recycling services, which have been the company's longtime focus, PSC provides on-site waste disposal and recycling, cleaning of industrial equipment, transportation of commercial and industrial waste, and emergency response to spills. In addition, PSC alos offers oil field services both onshore and offshore along the US Gulf Coast. Entities owned by investor Carl Icahn control PSC. The initials PSC also stand for the company's operating philosophy -- People, Safety, and Commitment.

James McHugh Construction Co. has had a steady hand in building Chicago's skyline. The company's contributions include the Civic Opera House, the Arlington Park horse-racing complex, and the historic Blackstone Hotel. The firm offers general contracting, consulting, construction and project management, design/build, and concrete services. It builds both private and public works that are complex, large-scale, and often high-rise. Clients have included American Airlines, The University of Chicago, and the US Navy. James McHugh Construction was founded in 1897 by James D. McHugh, an Irish bricklayer, and remains a family-owned business run by chairman James P. McHugh.

Chevalier International, which takes its name from the French word for "knight", is a holding company with interests in a wide range of industries including construction, engineering, real estate, hotels, travel services, insurance, asset management, and information technology. Its interests span Australasia, Southeast Asia, Europe, and North America. Sister firm Chevalier Pacific Holdings invests in restaurants and food and beverage companies. Chairman Chow Yei Ching, who founded Chevalier International in 1970, controls the company through The Chevalier Group.

One of the largest lime companies in the world, Lhoist Group of Belgium, owns Lhoist North America, which was founded in 1966. Lhoist North America (formerly Chemical Lime Company) produces lime and lime-based products derived from calcium-rich limestone. The company's primary product, quicklime (or calcium oxide) is used for steelmaking, ore processing, industrial manufacturing, and construction. The company's products also serve environmental purposes such as wastewater treatment and softening drinking water, as well as roadbed stabilization. Lhoist North America provides lime slurry (hot liquid lime) to its customers from its mobile PORTA BATCH concentrated production units.

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