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.

Hunt Construction Group specializes in fields of dreams. A subsidiary of The Hunt Corporation, it is a leading builder of sports complexes, including the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, the Great American Ballpark for The Cincinnati Reds, and Citi Field for the New York Mets. It has strategic alliances with other construction firms such as Bovis Lend Lease for sports projects. It also works on aviation facilities (a UPS service hub), high tech centers (IBM chip facility), office buildings, hospitals, hotels, industrial facilities, and universities. The company completes about $7 billion in work each year. It was founded in 1944 as Huber, Hunt & Nichols. It is under its third generation of Hunt leadership.

Ube-Mitsubishi Cement is Japan's second largest supplier of cement and a joint venture between leading Japanese materials producer Mitsubishi Materials and diversified chemical, metals, and machinery provider Ube Industries. The company markets cement and related products manufactured by its parent companies. It primarily serves customers in the construction and industrial markets. Ube-Mitsubishi also operates a cement research institute in Tokyo. In an effort to break into the potentially lucrative Russian cement market, Ube-Mitsubishi Cement began exporting cement products there in 2008 -- a first for a Japanese company.

Messer Construction Company, the company provides commercial construction services including design/build and construction management for projects in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. It completes some $700 million in construction each year. Projects have included one of the only LEED-certified research buildings in the US (at the University of Louisville) and the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky. The company boasts a return-customer rate of about 80%. Frank Messer founded the employee-owned firm in 1932.

Irving Materials, Inc. (IMI) digs deep for business. One of the largest privately held concrete suppliers, Irving Materials, Inc. produces stone, sand, gravel, and concrete materials for customers in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It operates four regional operations centers and more than 150 ready-mix plants, about 15 asphalt plants, and 10 stone quarries. IMI also sells used equipment ranging from haul trucks and fleet cars to portable crushing equipment and other heavy equipment. C. C. "Skunk" Irving founded Irving Materials, Inc. in 1946. It is employee owned.

NBBJ spends a lot of time around hospitals, but don't worry -- there's nothing wrong. The architecture and design firm designs medical facilities as well as other structures including mixed-use commecial and office buildings, arenas, courthouses, colleges, and research facilities. In addition to architecture and design, the company provides consulting, branding, lighting, and landscaping services. NBBJ works on projects (clients have included Starbucks and Microsoft) around the world. It has offices in Washington, California, New York, and Ohio and international offices in China, the UK, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. NBBJ was founded in 1943 by four Seattle-based architects (Naramore, Bain, Brady, and Johanson).

LCS Constructors helps create the space for corporations' high-tech and scientific discovery. With thousands of lab projects under its belt, LCS Constructors specializes in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of laboratories and technical facilities throughout the West, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions of the US. The firm's clients have included ARCO Aluminum, Exxon Mobile, and McDonald's. LCS Constructors was established in 1980.

O'Brien & Gere provides a range of engineering consulting and project management services throughout the US, including wastewater management and water resources, environmental compliance and remediation, civil and facilities engineering, and utility services. It also provides contract operations and maintenance. The company, which employs hundreds of scientists, engineers, construction, and other personnel, operates some 30 offices located throughout the eastern half of the US. Employee-owned O'Brien & Gere was formed by Earl O'Brien, William Gere, and Glenn Holmes as a water and wastewater engineering partnership in 1945.

Hagerman Construction oversees just about everything but the kitchen sink. Along with affiliates Hagerman Inc. and Geupel DeMars Hagerman, the company is part of The Hagerman Group, which performs general contracting services for commercial, retail, industrial, institutional, and medical and life sciences clients, mainly in the Midwest. The company's design-build services include construction, architectural and engineering design, masonry, carpentry, and building maintenance. It also provides financing and property management services. The family-owned company was founded in 1908 as Buesching Hagerman Construction by brothers-in-law William Hagerman and Frederick Buesching.

TOTO is the world’s largest plumbing products manufacturer. We offer a complete line of commercial and decorative plumbing fixtures and fittings, faucets, accessories, shower and flush valves, as well as lavatories, toilets, Air Baths and urinals. More than 1,500 TOTO engineers and their colleagues are committed to achieving the seamless integration of performance, conservation, technology, and innovation. For over 90 years, we have been producing superbly designed, high performance lifestyle enhancing plumbing products for residential bathrooms and commercial restrooms. While we understand our customers want products that have great design, we concentrate on creating a more enjoyable bathroom experience through products that infuse sophisticated style with substance, optimize water conservation and provide consistent, exceptional performance.

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