The firm was founded by Scottish-born Henry Alexander, grandfather of chairman and CEO Patrick Alexander. Cold Spring Granite has been chipping away as a granite business since the late 1800s. The company operates about 30 granite quarries and five fabrication facilities in Canada and the US that produce 1.5 million net cube of granites per year for commercial, residential, and institutional use. Its granite products include floor tiles, countertop slabs, paving materials, and exterior building blocks; its Memorialization division makes upright monuments, bronze markers, urns, bases, and mausoleums. Cold Spring's granite can be found in national monuments, cemeteries, and the columns of Minnesota's state capitol.

Obayashi Corporation’s first introduction to the U.S. market was the Surfrider Hotel project in Hawaii (1967-69). In 1972 Obayashi fully expanded its horizon to the U.S. and established Obayashi America Corporation (OAC) in Los Angeles. OAC provided a wide range of services from tenant improvement, to construction of office buildings, residential condos, banks, hotels, warehouses, and large-scale industrial projects.

The buzz on BUZZI UNICEM is that it is big in the cement and concrete industry. One of Italy's largest cement and concrete groups, BUZZI UNICEM produces expanded clay, ready-mix concrete, cement, aggregates, and other building materials in about a dozen countries; the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Slovakia, and the US are its largest markets. The group operates some 40 cement plants, 530 ready-mix concrete plants, and 35 aggregate quarries in North America and Europe, as well as Algeria and Russia. BUZZI UNICEM controls Dyckerhoff, a leading cement group and construction materials company in Germany. The Buzzi family owns a majority of BUZZI UNICEM's stock.

Oltmans Construction Co. offers preconstruction, general contracting and design/build project delivery, construction management, tenant improvements, and seismic retrofits among its services for commercial and industrial buildings throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona. The company also completes its own concrete work. Oltmans is one of the top general contractors in its home state, as well as one of the top builders of distribution facilities in the US. The company was founded in 1932 and has been led by three generations of the Oltmans family.

Axis Construction revolves around building health care facilities, from operating suites and emergency rooms to outpatient treatment centers and medical imaging facilities. About 80% of the company's business comes from the health care industry, but Axis also constructs commercial and retail buildings, modular structures, and educational and intuitional facilities. The company provides general contracting, construction management, design/build, consulting, and renovation services to clients throughout New York. Its list of clients include Brookhaven National Lab, Northrop Grumman. Axis Construction was founded in 1993 by company leaders Robert Wihlborg and Roy and Ralph Lambert.

VKR Holding lets the light shine in. The parent company of skylight and roof windows manufacturer VELUX and other building components manufacturers operates in more than 40 countries. The VKR group consists of manufacturers that supply windows, skylights, thermal solar energy products, sunscreening materials, natural ventilation products, and glass roofs. Members of VKR include Velfac (window systems), Rationel Vinduer (vertical windows and external doors), Svenska, GREENoneTec (solar panels), and WindowMaster (ventilation components). The company was founded in 1941 by civil engineer Villum Kann Rasmussen. VKR is owned by the Villum Fonden foundation.

Miller Electric Company is now transmitting business beyond state lines. Florida-based Miller provides electrical services including construction, installation, renovation, and maintenance to customers across the US. The company serves many industries, including the communications, construction, health care, and transportation segments. Outside of Florida, the company has offices in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, and Washington DC. Clients have included Anheuser Busch, Bank of America , Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and the University of North Florida. Miller Electric was founded by Henry G. Miller in 1928.

Warmup plc is the UK’s leading and best selling manufacturer of electric underfloor heating products, and one of the fastest growing in the world. Established in 1994, Warmup has since been the floor heating system of choice for over 1 million installations spanning 33 countries worldwide with new countries being added very frequently.Warmup’s key operational goal is to ensure that every product it designs, manufactures and sells will give our clients and customers excellent long term product satisfaction at a competitive price.

A nonprofit organization, Land Information Access Association is on a mission to promote better and sustainable communities through land use planning, resource management, emergency management planning, and environmental protection. The organization provides technical, scientific, educational, and information services to individuals, local interest groups, local governments, and other organizations. helps communities identify and preserve cultural and natural resources by providing mapping, project management, and training services. The Land Information Access Association primarily serves communities in Michigan.

Tenon has neatly dovetailed its Kiwi and American operations in the pine-products business. The company (formerly Fletcher Challenge Forests) processes Radiata pine from New Zealand and makes such products as molding and millwork, primarily for the US market. Through subsidiaries, the group supplies finished moldings and boards to such customers as The Home Depot and Lowe's; it also provides appearance-grade lumber to other molding and millwork makers. Operating units include the Empire Company, Fletcher Wood Solutions, Ornamental Mouldings, and Southwest Mouldings. Rubicon Forests Limited controls more than 55% of Tenon.

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