Ryan Companies US is a commercial real estate development and property management company that offers design/build construction, architectural, and engineering services and facilities management services for office, industrial, retail, hospitality, health care, multifamily residential, public sector, mission-critical, and mixed-use projects nationwide. Its real estate management division oversees more than 10 million sq. ft. of office, industrial, and retail space. Clients have included Ford, Heinz, Isle of Capri, John Deere, Target, and Verizon . Ryan Companies has nearly 10 offices throughout the US.

Ground Construction Ltd. (GCL) isn't afraid to get a little dirty on the job. GCL subcontracts with UK property developers to ready land sites and construct building foundations. The firm handles site preparation from demolition, excavation, and groundworks to drainage and concrete frames, primarily in London and the home counties. It has completed more than 200 industrial, office, academic, and residential projects. Founded in 1997, the company has been in on the ground floor (so to speak) of such projects as Gainsborough Studios, London; Lambeth College, London; and Broadway House, Wimbledon.

Freese and Nichols (FNI) keeps water in the Lone Star State flowing in the right direction. The consulting firm specializes in water management engineering but offers other services including architecture, environmental science, and construction management to clients in the Southwest, primarily Texas. The company has designed more than 150 dams and reservoirs and also works on such projects as municipal waterworks, water treatment facilities, and highways. Freese and Nichols serves the private and public sectors including clients from all levels of government. The company has offices in about a dozen Texas cities and traces its roots to a Ft. Worth firm founded in 1894 by John B. Hawley.

Choate Construction provides design/build, preconstruction, and management services for the construction of commercial and public facilities. It has experience in a wide range of projects including automotive showrooms, manufacturing plants, office buildings, schools, and condominiums. Completed projects include a dormitory on The University of Georgia-East campus, golf clubhouses, and a distribution warehouse for Crate & Barrel. The company has offices in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina and is licensed to build throughout the US.

Coleman Floor doesn't mind if you walk all over it. The company sells and installs a variety of flooring products, including carpet, ceramic tile, vinyl, stone, and hardwood. It has expertise in classic and exotic hardwoods and sources its materials from companies including Anderson Hardwood, Armstrong, and Mannington. The company serves residential builders and homeowners in the Midwest and Southeast; services include consultation and design. Coleman Floor was established in 1947 and acquired by national materials supplier Stock Building Supply in 2006.

Sierra Pacific Industries company owns and manages about 2 million acres of timberland in California and Washington. With a network of sawmills, it is among the top lumber producers in the US. SPI's manufacturing plants also produce mouldings and millwork, windows and doors, fencing, and wood fiber by-products, such as chips, bark, and shavings. Several of its sawmills also house cogeneration facilities that recycle wood waste into power for its plants; excess electricity is sold to local public utilities. Additionally, SPI is involved in residential and commercial real estate. The company traces its roots to the 1920s when it was founded by R. H. "Curly" Emmerson.

Meruelo Enterprises (dba The Meruelo Group) takes a diverse interest in California businesses. A holding company, the Meruelo Group owns five construction and engineering firms that specialize in utility and telecom construction in the southwestern US. The minority-owned group also owns interests in a handful southern California restaurants, including pizza chain La Pizzeria Loca, an operator of 50 franchised and Meruelo-owned stores in Los Angeles, and Pacific Whey Café, an upscale cafe and bakery chain. In addition, Meruelo also actively invests in commercial and residential properties and middle-market companies through affiliates. Founded by CEO Alex Meruelo, the group traces its roots back to the 1980s.

Danze & Davis Architects provides residential design and architectural services. The firm specializes in custom designing detached and attached homes. It offers about a dozen different collections of architectural plans for its home designs in book and CD formats. Danze & Davis also provides architectural services for light commercial and industrial projects. Leo P. Danze and H. Ross Davis founded the firm in 1960.

Rothenberg Sawasy Architects provides architectural and interior design services through its offices in Los Angeles and San Diego and in Beijing. The company's clients include The Allstate Corporation, Bank of America, Brinks International, and MetLife. Managing principal Mark Rothenberg and design principal Mitchell Sawasy founded the firm in 1979.

Weaber manufactures rough and finished hardwood lumber, flooring, moulding, surfaced oak boards, and custom-cut wood products. Utilizing local species such as red oak, white oak, and poplar, the company also makes stair parts, logs, and secondary hardwood products such as wood chips, shredded bark mulch, dry planer shavings, and sawdust. Weaber processes some 50 million feet of hardwood logs annually. Walter H. Weaber established the plant in Pennsylvania's Appalachian forest in the 1950s. President and CEO Galen Weaber assumed ownership of the company in 1971 and has run it ever since.

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