David Evans and Associates (DEA) can be classified as wind, land, and water. Consistently ranked among the leading "pure design" engineering and architectural firms, the employee-owned company serves four markets: energy, land development, transportation, and water resources. Services include marine surveying and watershed management, residential community development, heavy rail and highway design, and energy facility design. Projects include the Snohomish Cascade master planned community in Washington and the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River in Portland, Oregon. DEA maintains some 20 offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New York, Oregon, and Washington.

Avatar aspires to be the embodiment of retirement living. The company develops residential communities and builds homes in the popular retirement destinations of Central Florida and Arizona. Its master-planned communities are often located in picturesque settings and offer amenities such as golf courses, restaurants, and fitness centers. The company owns some 16,000 acres of developed and developable land as well as wetlands and other open space. Avatar also operates a title insurance agency and manages the day-to-day operations of its communities' amenities. The company's development activities have been minimal as it weathers the economic downturn.

The BSS Group. The company buys, sells, and distributes pipeline, heating, plumbing, ventilation, and other products. It serves the building services, manufacturing, maintenance, and other sectors through its industrial, domestic, and specialist divisions. The domestic division operates through about 300 PTS (Plumbing Trade Supplies) branch locations. The industrial division serves commercial and industrial customers through nearly 65 branches in the UK and Ireland. Building materials and home improvement retailer Travis Perkins bought BSS in 2010.

Michael Crews Development designs and builds single-family homes and suburban communities in Southern California, Utah, and Texas. Its Tyson-Crews Development partnership develops residential properties in and around Phoenix. Michael Crews Development also offers services that include financing, marketing, purchasing, and selling of homes. Its Emerald Crest Engineering division provides land planning and environmental assessment, project feasibility, engineering, construction management, and structural design services. Its Michael Crews Commercial Development unit manages commercial properties, from buying, building, and selling to leasing and tenant build-outs. President Michael Crews owns the company.

Knauf Insulation believes that an R rating is good for the family. (R-values are assigned by resistance to heat flow.) The company makes thermal and acoustical fiberglass insulation products for residential, commercial, industrial, marine, OEM, and metal building applications. Knauf also produces polystyrene custom shapes, insulation, panels, and other products. Established in 1978 as Knauf Fiber Glass, it is a member company of Knauf Gips KG, a multi-billion-dollar family of building materials companies owned by the Germany-based Knauf family. Knauf Insulation has operations in some 50 countries.

Veridian Homes wants to paint the town green. As an environmental steward, Veridian Homes builds communities with homes that are both Energy Star- and Green Built Home-certified. Those homes must meet strict standards set by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Veridian offers more than 40 floor plans (with such distinguished names as The Bentley, The Carter, The Everest, and The Oxford) for single-family detached homes as well as condominiums in about 20 neighborhoods in Dane County and Madison, Wisconsin. The company also supports buyers in home plan selection, interior design modifications, and financing.

Hartzell Hardwoods, an affiliate of Hartzell Industries, produces white oak (35% of its production), red oak, walnut, cherry, and ash lumber products. The company specializes in thick-stock oak lumber and walnut lumber. It operates 34 kilns and annually produces 10 million board ft. of lumber. Hartzell Hardwoods exports roughly 35% to 40% of its production throughout 10 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. John T. Hartzell began the family-owned business as a wagon maker in 1876. He then started up a sawmill to supply oak and ash lumber for his products. In 1900 he sold the business to his son, George, who specialized in walnut lumber for the European market.

KSW may have a need to vent on occasion, but the company still knows how to keep its cool. Its KSW Mechanical Services subsidiary installs HVAC and process piping systems for large-scale industrial, commercial, institutional public, and residential projects. The company also provides mechanical trade management services and engineering assistance. KSW primarily works in the New York metropolitan area but hopes to expand in the Northeast. Much of KSW's business comes from repeat customers; the company is an authorized bidder for agencies including the New York City Transit Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Founded in 1819 in Vienna and traded since 1869 on the Vienna Stock Exchange, Wienerberger can look back on a great tradition. Only in 1986 the company started its dynamic expansion, which has focused on building materials since the introduction of Value Management in 1997. This transformed Wienerberger from a local Austrian brick-maker into the world’s largest producer of bricks within a few years. During this time the number of production facilities rose from 11 to a level of 229 plants in 27 countries.The construction industry was hard hit by the worldwide recession in 2009, which triggered a sharp drop in the demand for building materials. On the one hand, new residential construction is heavily dependent on bank financing and, on the other hand, consumers tend to postpone investment decisions as a reaction to the weak economy and uncertain expectations for the future. Wienerberger implemented a wide-ranging action plan to adjust capacity to reflect these developments, which also included active working capital management to reduce inventories, a decrease in administrative and selling costs and a cutback in investments to the necessary minimum.

Brooks Manufacturing makes and distributes structural wood products for the utility industry. The company primarily manufactures braces, crossarms, and framing, as well as related hardware such as nuts, bolts, washers, plates, and brackets, for electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure. It receives, dries, treats, and processes timber from Douglas fir sawmills throughout the Pacific Northwest. Brooks Manufacturing was founded as the Ralph Turner Pipe Company in 1915. The Brooks family purchased the firm in 1935 and has owned and managed it ever since.

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