Norbord isn't bored making boards. The company is one of the world's largest producers of wooden panels, with oriented strand board (OSB), accounting for about two-thirds of the company's sales. OSB is a type of engineered wood product used in a variety of applications. Norbord also makes other wooden homebuilding products such as fiberboard, particleboard, and hardwood plywood. The company has about 14 mills in the US, Canada, UK, and Belgium. Products are sold under brand names including Trubord, Truflor, TallWall, Solarbord, Pinnacle, Rimboard, and Windstorm. Brookfield Asset Management owns more than 70% of Norbord.

Burns and Roe Group has a burning desire to design and build technically complex facilities around the world. The engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and maintenance company focuses on such worldwide industries as power, industrial, infrastructure, and government services. It has been involved with projects including nuclear and fossil fuel power plants and military bases. Burns and Roe works for private and public clients. Customers have included Calpine, Novartis, Unilever, and governmental entities from all levels, including the US Army and US Department of Energy. The company, which was founded in 1932, is headed by a third generation of the Roe family -- CEO and president Keith Roe.

Wastren Advantage's advantage is that it handles the kind of waste that others won't handle. The environmental services company provides radioactive and hazardous waste management, including packaging, transport, and disposal. Wastren Advantage also provides facilities operations and maintenance, decontamination and decommissioning, pollution prevention, site remediation, and various environmental engineering services. It manages facilities and cleanups for federal, state, and local government agencies, as well as for private companies. Based in Piketon, Ohio, the company also has offices in Grand Junction and Thornton, Colorado; Kevil, Kentucky; Chesapeake, Virginia; and Houston, Texas.

Brandl Anderson can handle building you a home in Minnesota or Wisconsin. The homebuilder's products range from two- and three-bedroom entry-level homes all the way to custom luxury homes; Brandl Anderson builds about 100 homes each year. Floor plans include two-story homes and townhomes, multi-level residences, and split-entry homes, as well as classic ranch-style homes. Home sizes range from about 1,000 sq. ft. to more than 3,300 sq. ft. Brandl Anderson Homes also buys land for development in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.

Elkay Manufacturing. Elkay makes sinks, cabinets, countertops, drinking fountains, faucets, water coolers, and water filtration products for reidential and commercial use. The family-owned company sells products such as stainless steel sinks under such names as Harmony, The Mystic, and Elite Gourmet. It also offers kitchen accessories (colanders, cutting boards, soap dispensers). Elkay's cabinet brands include Yorktowne, Medallion, Schuler, and MasterCraft. Elkay is the parent of a dozen privately held companies and one joint venture, Elkay Pacific Rim. The company was founded in 1920 by the Katz family to make sinks for butlers' pantries and sculleries.

Joseph Vicat, whose father invented a method of creating artificial cement, founded Vicat in 1853. The Vicat family continues to lead the company. Vicat's objectives are set in stone. The company produces some 21 million tons of cement and aggregates and 10 million cubic meters of concrete per year. Vicat operates about a dozen cement plants and grinding plants, more than 200 concrete plants, and 70 quarries in Europe, Africa, the US, and the Middle East. It also has operations in specialty chemicals and paper manufacturing, transportation, and precast concrete. More than half of Vicat's revenues come from outside of France. In 2010 Vicat expanded into India with plans to acquire 51% of Bharathi Cement.

Gray Construction doesn't have the blues when it comes to building projects. The firm is a top US design and construction firm. Through its subsidiaries the company works on a large array of commercial and industrial projects in the US and Japan. It ranks among the top US contractors in auto plant, distribution/warehouse, and processing plant construction. It also serves the federal government (including military projects), education, medical, and retail industries. Subsidiaries include WS Construction (heavy industrial and commercial contracting); Gray-I.C.E. Builders, Inc. (retail, commercial, industrial, and public construction); and Operations Associates (facilities, supply chain, and consulting).

Panattoni Construction, Inc. (PCI) is in the business of building businesses. The design/build general contractor specializes in commercial and industrial construction projects, which include manufacturing and distribution facilities, master-planned business parks, and office and retail buildings. The company provides construction management services for such clients as Clorox, Amazon.com, PetSmart, and Whirlpool.The company's project portfolio ranges from smaller 2,500 sq. ft offices to large warehouses spanning more than one million sq. ft. PCI operates from 20 offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.

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.

David E. Harvey Builders hammers out commercial construction services. The company provides, design/build, general contracting and construction management services for mid- and high-rise commercial buildings; it also works on some light industrial facilities and provides interior remodeling services. Projects include office buildings, condos, hotels and convention centers, retail stores, parking garages, hospitals, and research facilities. Harvey's customers have included Exxon Mobil, Igloo, Hewlett Packard and Marriott. The company was founded by David Harvey Jr. and Joseph Cleary Jr. In addition to its Houston office, the company also does business as Harvey-Cleary Builders in Austin and Washington, DC.

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