Fastenal Company, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a wholesaler and retailer of industrial and construction supplies. It offers fastener product line under two categories, which include threaded fasteners, such as bolts, nuts, screws, studs, and related washers that are used in manufactured products and building projects, as well as in the maintenance and repair of machines and structures; and miscellaneous supplies, including paints, various pins and machinery keys, concrete anchors, batteries, sealants, metal framing systems, wire rope, strut, private-label stud anchors, rivets, and related accessories.

Roseburg Forest Products has branched out as a diverse producer of wood products. Formed in 1936, the company produces specialty panels (melamine, particleboard, and vinyl laminates), engineered wood products (joists, beams, and rimboards), and plywood products such as siding and concrete forming. Its products are available through dealers, home centers, and wholesale distributors. Roseburg manages more than 700,000 acres of timberland in California and southern Oregon. The company has more than a dozen manufacturing facilities in the Northwest and Southeast. Heirs of philanthropist Kenneth Ford, who established the Ford Family Foundation, own and lead the company.

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.

Edd Helms Group wants you to "stay cool." The contracting group provides electrical and HVAC maintenance and retrofitting services for commercial, marine (primarily private yachts), and residential customers in South Florida. It also offers temporary power and lighting installation for tradeshows and conventions; the group markets its temporary power services for emergency restoration in emergency situations such as hurricanes. Additionally, the group provides structural and radio frequency services for wireless and cellular towers. CEO and founder W. Edd Helms, Jr., owns 84% of the company.

Stearns, Conrad and Schmidt Consulting Engineers (also known as SCS Engineers) doesn't waste any time when the subject is waste management. The employee-owned company, formed in 1970, provides engineering and construction services with a focus on environmental management and solid-waste projects. Solid-waste service offerings include landfill engineering, bioreactor technologies, and landfill gas energy recovery. The firm also provides environmental assessment, hazardous waste remediation, facility construction, and operations and maintenance services. SCE Engineers has some 50 offices throughout the US and a single office in Seoul; it has performed work for clients in 40 countries worldwide.

Argan makes sure its customers stay all juiced up. The holding company includes subsidiaries that provide services and products for the government, telecommunications, power, and personal health care industries. Its main subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems, designs and builds power plants including traditional and alternate fuel plants. Argan's Southern Maryland Cable unit provides inside premise wiring and also performs splicing and underground and aerial telecom infrastructure construction services to carriers, government entities, service providers, and electric utilities. Argan's Vitarich Laboratories arm makes and distributes private-label dietary supplements and other nutraceuticals and health care products.

GSE Construction Company provides heavy construction for government agencies, public utilities, and the private sector. The general engineering contractor specializes in building water and wastewater infrastructure. GSE provides services such as new construction, renovation work and upgrades, and construction labor. Projects range from retrofitting old systems and expanding capacity, to constructing storage tanks, treatment facilities, and pump stations. The company also often teams with fellow engineering firm Applied Technologies to complete waste-to-energy conversion projects. GSE performs most of its work in California and Nevada.President and CEO Orlando Gutierrez founded GSE Construction in 1980.

NCC AB,the company is the Nordic region's second-largest construction company (behind Skanska). The company operates through three divisions: NCC Construction builds highways and other civil engineering facilities, residential developments, and office and retail space. NCC Property Development develops commercial properties. NCC Roads produces aggregates, operates asphalt plants and gravel and rock pits, and provides paving and road services. Although it primarily operates in Scandinavia, the company also builds houses in Germany and the Baltic region. Swedish firm Nordstjernan controls nearly 55% of NCC.

Cementos Portland Valderrivas is 67%-owned by construction firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. Cementos Portland Valderrivas has built a business on a strong foundation. The company, founded in 1903, produces some 18 million tons of cement and clinker (an intermediate product used to make portland cement) annually at 15 plants in Spain, the US, South America, Africa, and Europe. Its acquisition of 64% of Corporacion Uniland cemented its position as the #1 cement producer in Spain. In the eastern US, the company makes and distributes cement, gravel, and sand through Giant Cement Holding. It also produces concrete, operates lime factories, and has transportation companies.

Ortiz Enterprises is a full-service construction company that provides services for a variety of freeway, flood control, and commercial projects. The company owns and operates specialty recycling equipment that crushes old cement from roads, bridges, air bases, and other sources to recycle into road-base materials for its own jobs and for those of others. President Patrick "Pat" Ortiz founded Ortiz Enterprises in 1984.

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