The Jerde Partnership is an architecture, landscape design, and urban planning firm specializing in what the firm calls "Jerde Placemaking," a concept by which it designs places where people can gather and share a sense of community, which then promotes investments in and revitalization of urban areas. The firm designs entertainment, retail, and mixed-use projects in Southern California and has developed innovative projects throughout the world. The Jerde Partnership has an office in Venice, California and international offices in Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Chairman Jon Jerde founded the enterprise in 1977.

Formica Corporation knows a thing or two about counter-culture. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes its eponymous high-pressure laminate used for countertops, tables, floors, and other surfaces. Other products include fire-rated wall panels, sinks, doors, and toilet partitions. It also makes metal, stone, and wood veneer surface materials. In addition to residential kitchens, Formica's products are used in commercial buildings, including restaurants stores, offices, and hospitals. The company sells its products in more than 100 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 1913, Formica was acquired by New Zealand materials company Fletcher Building in 2007.

BBL Construction Services provides construction management and development services for public and private projects mainly in the eastern US. Serving commercial and industrial clients, local governments, schools, hotels, and hospitals, the firm offers site selection and preparation, construction, renovation and rehabilitation, and project management services. Projects have included Six Flags Great Escape Lodge, Courtyard by Marriott hotels, and headquarters for the New York State Office of the Comptroller in Albany. BBL Construction Services is part of BBL Development Group, an ensemble of diversified real estate development firms. Founded in 1973, the company has offices in Albany, New York and Columbus, Ohio.

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.

Sloan Valve Company, headquartered in Franklin Park, Illinois, is where all of our disciplines can collaborate under one roof. From refining manufacturing processes to leading corporate initiatives, our headquarters directs and drives company-wide technological innovation and quality craftsmanship to ensure the value of excellence is passed along every step of the way.

Bowen Engineering understands the elements of earth and water. The company provides engineering and construction services for water, wastewater, earthwork, concrete, industrial, power, and underground utility projects. The company, which has offices in Crown Point, Evansville, and Fishers, Indiana as well as Tennessee and West Virginia, offers design/build, general contracting, and construction management services to public and private clients. It provides continued training for employees through its Bowen University. Bowen Engineering was founded in 1967 by Robert Bowen, who was succeeded as CEO by son Doug in 2009; the elder Bowen remained chairman.

Granite Construction is building its way from coast to coast. The holding company operates through its main subsidiary, Granite Construction Company, a transportation and heavy construction contractor that works on public infrastructure projects ranging from airports, bridges, and dams to highways, mass transit systems, and tunnels. For private-sector firms, it performs site preparation for residential and commercial development. The company is aligned geographically into two divisions: Granite West and Granite East. One of its biggest customers is the California Department of Transportation, which accounts for around 12% of revenues. Granite also is involved in real estate development and services.

Menemsha Development Group builds places to shop, eat, and bank. The firm provides pre-construction services, program management, general contracting, and remodeling services for companies that reach multiple markets around the US. Menemsha has built and remodled hundreds of structures for high-volume retailers in a variety of industries. Its porfolio of clients includes Wells Fargo, Victoria's Secret, Wal-Mart, The Home Depot, and Starbucks, among others. Menemsha, which was founded in 1992, has offices in Los Angeles and Boston.

Diffusion Heating & Cooling, formed in 1960, is recognised as one of the leading manufacturers of heating and ventilating products through quality, design and manufacture.products offered by Diffusion Heating & Cooling are designed, developed and manufactured from its factory in West Molesey, Surrey, with a view to offering the best possible product, designed specifically to meet the customers bespoke requirements.Whether you are looking for fan coil units or air handling units for an office block or over door heaters for a retail outlet, Diffusion Heating & Cooling has the experience and range of products to offer a creative, dependable solution to satisfy customers requirements.Diffusion is the recipient of H&V News award 2003 and the H&V News "Product of the Year" award 2007.

P.J. Dick is the contracting arm in a family of companies that also includes Trumbull Corporation and Lindy Paving. P.J. Dick builds mostly commercial, industrial, and federal projects such as labs, parking structures, military buildings, and sports facilities. Trumbull Corporation specializes in heavy and highway construction, building roads, dams, bridges, tunnels, and transportation infrastructure. Lindy Paving offers asphalt paving contracting and manufactures asphalt mix at plants in Pennsylvania. Tracing its roots to 1955, P.J. Dick is owned by the families of CEO Clifford Rowe and the late Robert Hecht.

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