Bacon Veneer is not what happens when your breakfast meat spatters all over the kitchen. Bacon Veneer, the common name for R.S. Bacon Veneer Company, produces and imports decorative and architectural quality specialty veneer products for distribution to architectural, automotive, and other industries. The company also buys and sells logs from such species as American walnut, maple, white oak, rift red oak, birch, African cedar, aspen, and cherry. It has offices in the US (North Carolina, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, New York) and in Alberta, Canada. Robert S. Bacon and his wife Julia founded Bacon Veneer in Chicago in 1898.

LeChase Construction Services, LLC,through its divisions, the group offers general contracting, construction and facilities management, design/build, and real estate development for clients in such sectors as education, health care, manufacturing, and retail. It also contracts on cleanrooms, sports facilities, multifamily residential complexes, commercial buildings, and other projects. Clients have included Bausch & Lomb and Duke University. LeChase Construction Services has more than half a dozen offices in New York and North Carolina, serving clients mostly in the Eastern US. The family-owned company was founded in 1944 by Raymond F. LeChase.

JC General Contractors is Jose Chavez, president and founder (along with his wife, VP Hortencia Chavez) of the construction contracting firm. The company provides commercial and residential general contracting services in Texas and New Mexico, building banks, hotels, warehouses, restaurants, and retail shops. Residential work includes single and multi-unit developments. It provides design-build (site location, zoning and permitting, project management) and engineering (schematics, site development, construction documents and administration) services. JC General Contractors evolved from the operations of JC Concrete, which the Chavezes founded in 1986.

Odebrecht Construction provides contracting and construction management services, primarily for highway and other transportation projects. The company has participated in the expansion of the Miami International Airport, the construction of the Miami Performing Arts Center, and reconstruction work in New Orleans for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Established in 1990, Odebrecht Construction is a part of Odebrecht Engineering and Construction, itself a subsidiary of Brazilian construction and plastics group Odebrecht.

A scrap metal processing and recycling company, Upstate Shredding converts scrap metal from appliances, automobiles, machines, and other sources into commodities sold to mills, foundries, and manufacturers around the world. It processes both ferrous (iron) and nonferrous metals -- including 700,000 tons of iron and 21,000 tons of aluminum annually -- and sells a significant portion of its products to steel mills in India, China, and other Asian countries. Founded in 1996 by president Adam Weitsman, Upstate Shredding is today one of New York State's largest privately-owned scrap metal companies.

Ash Grove Cement is a pioneer in the US cement industry. Tracing its roots back to 1882, the company is one of the largest cement manufacturers in North America. Ash Grove Cement's products include portland and masonry cements used in roads, bridges, and buildings, as well as ready-mix concrete. The company operates nine plants with an annual capacity of some 9 million tons of cement; it also operates aggregate quarries in the US and Canada and a lime plant in Oregon. Other operations include Ash Grove Packaging, which offers packaged materials such as sealers and additives, caulks, and stucco. Lester T. Sunderland joined Ash Grove Cement in 1909; his heirs own the company.

Viceroy Homes Limited designs and manufactures modular, panelized, pre-engineered custom home packages for both owner/builder clients and professional contractors. Its packages, which include all materials needed to construct a home (doors, windows, flooring), are sold throughout North America and also are shipped around the world. Viceroy constructs what is called a "healthy house" (built with products free of formaldehyde and other solvents). The company, which was founded in the mid-1950s, operates manufacturing plants in Ontario and British Columbia. In 2008 the company was taken private by Open Investments (OPIN) of Russia.

Parsons Electric empowers its customers by providing electrical and voice and data communications installation for commercial, health care, hospitality industrial, and other facilities. Founded in 1927, Parsons operates through three divisions. Its electrical division designs and builds systems while the technologies division handles voice and data communications design, installation, service, and maintenance. The technical service unit installs, repairs, and tests systems, with a specialty in servicing printing equipment. Parsons' clients have included 3M, Boise Cascade, Iron Mountain, and the Minnesota Timberwolves. The company has offices in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Arizona.

Cornejo & Sons provides asphalt and concrete paving, demolition, road reconstruction, and paving maintenance services. Through its Concrete Materials Co., the company operates one of Wichita, Kansas' largest ready-mix concrete businesses. The firm also operates a construction and demolition landfill, and offers asphalt and scrap metal recycling. Contracts from local government agencies make up a substantial amount of the company's revenues. Founded in 1952, the formerly family-owned business and its subsidiaries serve the Midwest. In 2010 Cornejo & Sons was bought by Washington, DC-based Summit Materials, a holding of The Blackstone Group.

Petrocelli Electric keeps the city that never sleeps wired. Founded in 1933, the contractor installs and maintains electrical, communications, and lighting systems for commercial, institutional, and public sector clients in the New York City metropolitan area. Its activities include project management, electrical engineering, and design-build services such as developing electrical distribution and communications systems, installing generators and fiber-optic cables, and laying underground feeder cables. In 2009 former owner Santo Petrocelli Sr. pleaded guilty to charges that he made illegal payments to a union official.

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