Raymond Construction puts it all together deep in the heart of Texas. The firm provides general contracting and construction management services, primarily in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin, Texas areas. Projects include office buildings, industrial warehouses, retail centers, schools, and healthcare facilities. Projects include the General Motors Call Center in Austin; the MCA Student Life Center for McKinney (Texas) Christian Academy; and the Active Power Production Facility in Austin. The company, formed in 1952 by Charles B. Raymond, is owned by President Charles M. Raymond and executives Lee Hall and Rusty Burnett.

Mansfield Plumbing Products, founded in 1929, is a leading producer of top quality, attractively designed, high performance plumbing fixtures and fittings for use in residential, commercial and institutional markets. Recognized for our strong commitment to service, quality and value, Mansfield is considered the "Brand of Choice" for professional plumbing contractors and consumers alike, around the country. We offer a full line of products including: vitreous china toilets, lavatories and urinals; brass and plastic plumbing fittings and parts; acrylic whirlpools, bathtubs, shower bases and sinks; enameled steel bathtubs, kitchen sinks and lavatories; and cast iron kitchen sinks.

GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C) is aiming to take a larger piece of the global construction pie. Founded in 1969, the company provides engineering and construction services to a variety of industries around the world. GS E&C's civil division builds roads, bridges, railroads, underground subways, and harbors. Its plant division undertakes work on oil and gas and petrochemical facilities. Projects include sewage system maintenance and wastewater treatment and commissioning of nuclear power plants. GS E&C also builds housing across Korea and in Vietnam. In addition to offices in South Korea, the firm has offices in China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Italy, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.

Brasfield & Gorrie, L.L.C. company provides construction management, general contracting, and design/build services for commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, primarily in the Southeast. Its project porfolio ranges from high-rise offices and health care facilities to freeway bridges water and wastewater treatment plans. The company has about a dozen offices and equipment rental and sale locations. Originally founded by Thomas C. Brasfield in 1922, the company was acquired by chairman and CEO Miller Gorrie in 1964.

Workman Commercial is always on the job, particularly if the job has anything to do with commercial construction projects in the Lone Star State. Paul Workman established the family-owned enterprise in 1971 and incorporated the company in 1991. The commercial builder focuses on health care, office, recreational, and retail projects (including more than 80 store locations for Walgreen Co.) throughout Texas. It also builds government and religious facilities. CEO Paul Workman owns a majority stake in the company, which has offices in the Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston metro areas.

Danfoss has a multitude of homes covered. A leading industrial company in Denmark, the global firm produces mechanical and electronic components for equipment in a variety of sectors. The company operates through three divisions. The climate and energy unit, which includes refrigeration and air conditioning equipment, is the company's main focus. Another segment is made up of Sauer-Danfoss, which includes its mobile hydraulics business. The third segment includes several businesses that are being restructured. Danfoss operates 70 factories in 25 countries and it has more than 100 sales companies spread throughout the world. Mads Clausen established the company in 1933.

The father of CEO John Lattimore, Jr., founded LMC in 1961. Giant aggregates supplier Holcim owns 49% of LMC through US unit Holcim Participations (US); the Lattimore family owns the rest. Lattimore Materials Company (LMC) has been mixing things up in Texas for 50 years. The company mines aggregates (gravel, sand, and limestone) and produces and delivers concrete, primarily in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area but also in Houston, San Antonio, and southern Oklahoma. LMC operates about 30 ready mix concrete plant and a handful of aggregate mines; it also maintains a fleet of more than 400 mixer and haul trucks. The company's mining operations supply aggregates to outside customers and to its own concrete plants.

HOCHTIEF is a giant in Germany and beyond. In addition to doing business throughout Europe, the construction-related services provider operates in the Americas and the Asia/Pacific region and is among the world's largest general builders. US subsidiaries Turner and Flatiron provide building and infrastructure construction. Leighton Holdings, based in Australia, provides engineering and construction services for the infrastructure and mining industries. The group also operates in European countries including the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and the UK. HOCHTIEF focuses all of its business around the world in six areas: Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, real estate, services, and concessions.

Skidmore Owings & Merrill prefers a skyline view. One of the world's largest architectural and engineering firms, Skidmore Owings & Merrill (or SOM) has earned its fame with innovative modernist designs and such high-profile projects as the John Hancock Building and Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower). Its portfolio of services includes graphics, interior design, and urban design and planning. Transportation planning, infrastructure planning, environmental engineering, and geotechnical engineering are part of its structural and civil engineering offerings. The firm, which has completed projects in more than 40 countries, has offices in several major metropolitan US cities and in Europe and Asia.

American Wood Moulding manufactures and distributes wood mouldings and other millwork products throughout the world. It offers Focal Point and FYPON brand products, as well as stair parts and boards made by Sure-Wood Forest Products. Wood is supplied by company-owned or leased plantation forests in New Zealand, and American Wood Moulding operates about a dozen manufacturing facilities in the US, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and New Zealand. American Wood Moulding is wholly owned by the family of president Matt Hagen after they bought out the 50% share in the company previously owned by Tenon Limited (formerly Fletcher Challenge Forests) in late 2006.

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