F.A. Wilhelm Construction Company, Inc. provides construction and construction management in the Midwest, particularly in its home state of Indiana. The firm focuses on commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings for the health care, research, and education sectors. It also owns fabrication facilties that produce concrete formwork, process piping, sheet metal, and structural steel. F.A. Wilhelm is a subsidiary of Wilhelm Construction, which also operates mechanical contractor Freitag-Weinhardt and sheet metal contractor Poynter Sheet Metal. The group began in 1923 as a masonry contractor.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Toll Brothers builds luxury homes in the US, targeting move-up, second-home, and retired buyers. Its single-family detached houses and apartments range in price from about $230,000 to some $2 million. The company also develops communities for active adults and operates country club communities. Subsidiaries offer related services and products including insurance coverage, title and mortgage services, and landscaping. Like its peers, Toll Brothers closed on fewer homes with the housing downturn and financial crisis: It went from delivering nearly 8,600 homes in fiscal 2006 to fewer than 3,000 in fiscal 2009.

General Hardwoods & Millwork (GHM) produces a broad selection of hardwood lumber and milled products such as mouldings, doors, decking, handrails, cabinetry, stairs, and tables. Species used include maple, mahogany, red oak, poplar, teak, and cherry. The company also offers softwood lumber (Douglas fir, cypress, and cedar), veneers, and carpentry supplies. In addition, GHM performs custom woodwork and fabrication services for such applications as yacht interiors and office furniture. Family-owned and operated GHM was established in 1987.

The Viessmann Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of heating and renewable energy systems. Family-owned since 1917, Dr. Martin Viessmann leads the company in its third generation. The group today employs over 8,600 employees worldwide and has a turnover of approx. 1.7 billion Euros. 16 manufacturing facilities in Germany, France, Canada, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Austria and China, sales & distribution facilities in Germany and 37 other countries, and 120 sales centers worldwide provide customer proximity and a strong global presence. Exports account for 60% of sales.

Aker Construction is part of the North American union construction and maintenance division of Norway-based Aker Solutions. Active in the US and Canada, the company provides heavy and civil construction and renovation services for power generation plants and other industrial projects. Aker Construction offers services such as prime contracting, electrical work, equipment setting, heavy mechanical contracting, steel erection, piping, and construction management. After Aker Solutions sold most of its process and construction operations (including non-union businesses) to Jacobs in 2011, its union construction division, including Aker Construction, was transferred to the newly formed Aker Contractors segment.

Lewis Tree Service really keeps trees in line with its vegetation management services. The employee-owned company helps utilities and government agencies throughout the eastern US distribute, remove, and maintain vegetation near construction sites, pipelines, substations, and billboards. It also provides storm emergency response services to clear fallen vegetation from roads and right-of-ways so that power can be restored. In addition, Lewis Tree Service sells its retired automotive equipment, including both gas and diesel pick-up trucks, lift trucks, and chip trucks. Connecticut Light and Power is among the company's customers.

The Westervelt Company has turned over a new leaf -- several, actually -- since its inception in 1884. A paper and paperboard packaging manufacturer for many years, Westervelt now operates several distinct businesses related to land resource management. Besides owning and managing 500,000 acres of timberlands, the company operates sporting lodges around the world, offers wildlife gaming and recreational property management, develops masterplanned residential communities in Alabama, and is involved in creating renewable energy. The company is privately owned by the Westervelt and Warner families.

Rex Moore Electrical Contractors & Engineers provides electrical contracting, engineering, telecommunications installation, and other services throughout California, Nevada, and five other western states. It also has a full service maintenance department, complete with a van fleet, which available 24-hours a day. Other services include solar power system consultation and installation. Rex Moore has worked on retail projects, hospitals, schools, and factories. Benjamin "Rex" Moore founded the firm in 1922, and it continues to be led by members of the Moore family. The enterprise is a partnership between Rex Moore Electrical Contractors & Engineers, Inc., and Rex Moore Group, Inc.

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.

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