Milestone Contractors, L.P.,the company is a heavy construction firm, which provides road paving, bridge construction, hot mix asphalt production, utility and excavation work, and industrial, commercial, and residential site development services in Indiana. The company operates from offices in Columbus, Indianapolis, Lafayette, and Richmond, Indiana, and has more than a dozen hot mix plants. Milestone is part of the privately held Heritage Group, which is a group of companies with interests in construction, environmental and industrial services, petroleum refining, aggregate production, asphalt marketing, and safety.

Penta-Ocean Construction isn't all pent up along the waterfront, although it does specialize in such marine engineering projects as dredging and land reclamation, including some environmental protection (it has developed an eelgrass transplantation process). The company's civil engineering unit also constructs airports and container terminals as well as dams, bridges, and highways. Work by its architecture unit includes concert halls, aquariums, office towers, and condominiums. Its environmental technology division builds wind power stations and recycling facilities. The company also has research and development operations for all of its divisions.

Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products manufactures wooden floor plugs, pins, buttons, and pegs as well as a variety of dowels. The company's products include boat deck plugs, dowel pins, hardwood dowels, joinery biscuits, pine dowels, screwhole plugs, shaker pegs, side grain plugs, stair plugs, and table pins. Cincinnati Dowel & Wood Products makes its products from a variety of Appalachian hardwoods and softwoods, including cherry, mahogany, maple, oak, poplar, and walnut. The company supplies both large and small manufacturing companies, as well as the consumer market.

The Berkeley generation is all about urban regeneration. Berkeley Group Holdings is a major British urban regenerator and residential developer, operating through such divisions as Berkeley Homes, St. George, and St James Group. Berkeley develops residential and mixed-use projects throughout much of the UK. The group annually sells more than 3,000 units, averaging 295,000 (some $485,000). It has expanded its land bank and is taking advantage of government incentives to focus on redeveloping inner-city areas (dubbed brownfields), with projects ranging from luxury abodes to subsidized housing. The group controls land holdings of about 31,000 plots. Urban renewal sites make up more than 95% of its landholdings.

Schuff International, and its family of steel fabrication companies, comes on strong. Operating through Schuff Steel and other subsidiaries, the integrated steel fabrication and erection company is one of the leading steel erectors in the US. It mainly focuses on projects that require engineering, fabrication, and construction within a short time. Its portfolio of projects includes office buildings, sports arenas, hotels and casinos, hospitals, mines, bridges, and power plants. Subsidiary Quincy Joist makes joists, trusses, and girders. The group also fabricates water pipes, water storage tanks, and other equipment. Chairman David Schuff and son Scott (president and CEO) founded Schuff International in 1976.

Shimizu provides architectural, engineering, construction, and development services for commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and residential projects around the world. One of Japan's largest general contractors, the company has worked on major projects including Tokyo's Metro subway, Singapore's Changi Airport, and the Malaysia-Singapore Bridge. Other areas of specialization range from offices and power stations to railroads and dams. Shimizu has increasingly focused on green building and urban renewal projects. Needless to say, earthquake-resistant technologies have always been a part of the company's approach. The company also provides facilities management. Shimizu was founded in 1804.

Quanex Building Products Corporation provides engineered products and aluminum sheet products. Its Engineered Products segment produces window and door components for original equipment manufacturers that primarily serve the residential construction and remodeling markets. This segments products consist of insulating glass spacer/sealant systems, thin film solar panel sealants, window and patio door screens, aluminum cladding and other roll formed metal window components, thresholds and astragals, moldings, residential exterior products, engineered vinyl and composite patio doors, window profiles and custom window grilles, and trim and architectural moldings in various woods primarily for the home improvement and residential construction markets.

McKinstry, one of the top specialty contractors in the Pacific Northwest, provides mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services in Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington. It designs and maintains complete building systems such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), fire protection, piping, parking, and solar panel and rain collection. The company also provides design/build, facilities management, project management, and maintenance services. McKinstry works on new buildings or retrofits existing facilities. It targets the commercial, high-tech, health care, hospitality, and industrial markets. The company was in 1960 by George Allen and Merrill McKinstry.

Bor-Son Construction operates mainly in Minnesota, offering design and building services for commercial, government, educational, health care, industrial, and multi-unit housing construction. Founded in 1957, Bor-son Construction also offers renovation, finish carpentry, and concrete and masonry services. Clients include Cargill, Hyatt Hotels, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota Judical.

America Chung Nam is the largest exporter of recovered paper in the US and a leading exporter in Europe and Asia. The company exports recovered fiber sources to Chinese paper mills where they can be converted into fiberboard, cardboard, and packaging. It also collects and exports a number of grades of post-consumer plastics. The company sources its materials through exclusive relationships with recycling facilities, waste management companies, and distribution centers throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. America Chung Nam was founded in 1990 by Yan Cheung and Ming Chung Liu.

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