Nortek delivers a breath of fresh air. The company makes and distributes heating, air conditioning, ventilation (HVAC), and home technology products for the residential and commercial construction, remodeling, and renovation markets. In addition to HVAC systems, Nortek's wares include range hoods and other ventilation products, indoor air-quality systems, lighting controls, and home entertainment and security system equipment. Products, which are sold primarily in North America and Europe, bear the Nortek name, along with other brands including Broan-NuTone, as well as such licensed names as Frigidaire and Maytag.

The family-owned company was founded in 1946. Ernst Enterprises knows the value of a solid foundation. Operating as Ernst Concrete, Ernst Enterprises, Inc. makes and distributes ready-mix concrete and related products in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Ernst Enterprises, Inc. also provides concrete pumping services for residential, industrial, commercial, and government clients. Ernst Enterprises makes standard concrete mixes as well as custom and specialty products at the approximately 30 plants it operates. Other products sold include trowels, marking implements, and other finishing tools; concrete nails, cures, and stains; and general construction supplies. The firm also sells used mixers to other concrete suppliers.

Glennwood Custom Builders is a residential design and build company. The company custom builds a wide range homes from Victorian-styled homes and cottages to log homes and timber-frame homes and retreats. The Michigan builder serves the Lake Charlevoix, Walloon Lake, Bay Harbor, Harbor Springs, and surrounding areas. President Jeff Collins owns the company.

Black & Veatch Ltd. engineering firm provides consulting, refurbishment, and decommissioning services for water-related projects in Europe. A subsidiary of Black & Veatch Holding, the group provides design and management of dams, pipelines, canals, water/wastewater and industrial water treatment plants, as well as the refurbishment of water and wastewater industry structures and facilities. Black & Veatch Water Europe also provides mechanical and electrical engineering design services, building design and project management services, and IT services.

Conlon Construction performs commercial, institutional, and residential construction and development services for clients in the public and private sectors. The company also offers refurbishment services and operates its own joinery manufacturing facility. Conlon's clients include BAE Systems, Myerscough College, Torotrak, and Netto & Halfords. Five Conlon brothers founded the company in 1961 after working on what would eventually become the country's first motorway, the M6. Conlon has offices in Manchester and Preston in the UK.

Sunshine Homes Inc., makes single-section manufactured homes, which include two to three bedrooms, and multi-section manufactured homes, which feature three- to five-bedrooms, under the Brookwood, Sunshine, and Georgetown names. Homes range in size from about 1,680 sq. ft. to 2,160 sq. ft. Features may include hand-laid rock fireplaces, crown molding, cathedral ceilings, and oak cabinets and window sills. Sunshine Homes are available through dealers in 18 states in the southeastern, south-central, and midwestern US. Sunshine is owned by president John Bostick. Bostick family holdings also include pet food maker Sunshine Mills.

RBB Architects just might be the BFF for companies that need programming, planning, and design services for institutional facilities construction. Markets include the health care, laboratory, commercial, and higher education sectors. RBB Architects works primarily in California, but also been involved in projects throughout the US and overseas. Services include feasibility studies and cost control; programming; space, strategic, and master planning; architectural and interior design; and post-occupancy evaluations. RBB Architects was established in 1952.

Goodman Networks provides a variety of telecommunications services to the wireless and wireline industries. The company's services include network design, engineering, deployment, integration, and maintenance. The company also offers staffing services as well as supply chain management services, such as materials management and logistics. Goodman Networks specializes in providing equipment lifecycle services for telecom carriers and equipment manufacturers in the public and private sector. Customers include AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent. Goodman Networks was founded in 2000 by the five Goodman brothers: James, Jody, Jonathan, Jason, and CEO John.

The firm was founded by Scottish-born Henry Alexander, grandfather of chairman and CEO Patrick Alexander. Cold Spring Granite has been chipping away as a granite business since the late 1800s. The company operates about 30 granite quarries and five fabrication facilities in Canada and the US that produce 1.5 million net cube of granites per year for commercial, residential, and institutional use. Its granite products include floor tiles, countertop slabs, paving materials, and exterior building blocks; its Memorialization division makes upright monuments, bronze markers, urns, bases, and mausoleums. Cold Spring's granite can be found in national monuments, cemeteries, and the columns of Minnesota's state capitol.

Maguire Group is an architectural, engineering, planning, and construction management firm that services clients from its 12 offices throughout the northeastern US and in the US Virgin Islands. The company, which was founded in 1938, was the first to ever receive the Presidential Award for Design Excellence. However, the firm, which was part of the team that designed Boston's ill-fated Big Dig project, developed serious financial problems from the fallout from that debacle. In 2009, Carlos Duart became the new president and CEO of Maguire Group after buying a controlling interest from retiring owner and CEO Richard Repeta. Maguire Group now operates as a subsidiary of Duart's Miami-based Metric Engineering.

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