Carl E. Woodward LLC (dba Woodward Design+Build) has an eye for southern style. Serving retail, hospitality, and other clients in Louisiana and the Gulf States region, Woodward Design+Build offers a range of construction services, including pre-construction, general contracting, engineering, and architectural design. Projects include everything from transforming historic buildings into retail space to ground-up construction of sports facilities. The firm, founded in 1924 by New Orleans architect Carl Woodward, boasts an in-house staff of architects and engineers whose work is generally geared toward emulating southern architectural style. CEO Paul Flower has owned Woodward since the 1990s.

Bulley & Andrews is in the business of pushing brick and concrete around. The general contractor offers new construction on commercial, industrial, and residential buildings, as well as renovation, historical restoration, and design/build services primarily in the Chicago area. Its projects have included condominiums, banks, hospitals, hotels, offices, places of worship, and schools. Together with its Meyne division, the firm is involved in projects for The University of Chicago, Host Hotels & Resorts, and Countrywide. Stonemason Frederick Bulley and architect Alfred Andrews founded the company in 1891. Fred's grandson, Allan Bulley Jr., is the company's chairman and CEO.

General contractor Eby Corporation, operating primarily through its Martin K. Eby Construction subsidiary, provides design-build, construction management, general contracting, and related services on projects such as office buildings, medical facilities, athletic facilities, and historical renovations. Eby serves major corporations, universities, hospitals, and state and local governments. Clients have included Disney, The University of Texas, Wichita State University, and The Salvation Army. Martin K. Eby Construction, named after the group's founder and the father of chairman Martin K. Eby Jr., was founded in 1937.

Alberici helped shape the St. Louis skyline; it now sets its sights -- or its construction sites -- across North America. Alberici Corporation, parent of Alberici Constructors, encompasses a group of enterprises with a presence in North America, Central America, South America, and Europe. Operations include construction services, building materials, and steel fabrication and erection units. Alberici offers general contracting, design/build, construction management, demolition, and specialty contracting services. It also offers facilities management. The Alberici family still holds the largest share of the employee-owned firm, founded in 1918 by John S. Alberici.

Nobility Homes, Inc., through its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and sells a line of manufactured homes in Florida. It offers homes under the trade names of Kingswood, Springwood, Springwood Special, Tropic Isle Special, Regency Manor Special, and Special Edition. The company sells its manufactured homes through a network of its own retail sales centers; and to independent manufactured home retail dealers and manufactured home communities on a wholesale basis. It also provides retail insurance services, which involves placing various types of insurance, including property and casualty, automobile, and extended home warranty coverage, with insurance underwriters on behalf of its customers in connection with their purchase and financing of manufactured homes. As of October 31, 2009, the company operated 15 retail sales centers in north and central Florida. Nobility Homes, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Ocala, Florida.

Bayview Electric Company provides electrical contracting and construction services ranging from the installation of electrical, data, and communication systems to audio/visual interactive systems to plant renovations. The company serves industrial, commercial, service, and maintenance customers from two offices in the Detroit area. Projects have included Ford Field (home of the NFL's Detroit Lions), MotorCity Casino, the baggage handling system at Detroit Metropolitan Airport's North Terminal, and work for the Big Three automakers (Ford, GM, and Chrysler).

Asia's economic crisis rocked Japan's construction industry, and Fujita felt the aftershocks. The general contractor specializes in urban regeneration commercial projects as well as civil engineering projects including dams and bridges. Its services span a project's cycle from pre-planning and construction delivery to maintenance and repairs. The company is primarily active in Japan but has also done business in China, the Middle East, and elsewhere. Fujita is rebuilding itself after struggling during the nation's construction downturn; as part of its recovery, GS Capital Partners has invested in the group, taking a majority stake in the process. Fujita was founded in 1910.

Servidyne turns a dime by helping its clients keep their energy costs down. The company provides commercial and industrial energy engineering and management products and services to lower energy consumption and increase environmentally sustainable practices. Offerings include energy design, energy audit, and retrofitting of mechanical and electrical systems. Servidyne's Fifth Fuel Management demand response product tracks and optimizes energy usage to prevent brownouts and blackouts that occur during peak periods. The company also owns a handful of third-party-managed commercial property and land holdings. Members of the founding Abrams family, including CEO Alan Abrams, control Servidyne.

Zachry Company nearly 85 years ago with dirt-moving mules, rented equipment and a bridge project in Laredo, Texas. Founded by Texas A&M University graduate, Henry Bartell “Pat” Zachry, our company is still family-owned and privately held. Our success is based on the work ethic and integrity of our dedicated employees.

HKS is a good sport when it comes to building design. One of the largest architectural firms in the world, HKS has designed sports and entertainment, health care, hospitality, industrial, and corporate buildings in the US and across the globe. The company offers structural engineering, architecture, project management, and interior and graphic design services. Some of the firm's most notable work includes the Dallas Cowboys football stadium, the Whole Foods Market world headquarters, The Blue Man Group theater in Las Vegas, and the King Hussein Cancer Center in Jordan. HKS has more than 20 offices in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Dubai, China, and the UK. Harwood K. Smith founded the firm in 1939.

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