KPA Associates offers consulting and services related to the design, construction, and reconstruction of buildings of all types. The firm, which traces its roots back to architecture and design firms Bayless Cobb & Associates (founded in 1976) and Klock Planning Architecture (founded in 1977), became an employee-owned company in 1996. It specializes in architectural design, construction consulting, and forensic architecture (litigation consultation and expert witness services on construction defect and personal injury cases) services.

Varco Pruden proves its mettle through buildings. Doing business as VP Buildings, the company makes metal building components for a variety of nonresidential facilities. Its products are distributed throughout the US and Canada through a network of about 1,000 contractors. The company's systems are used to build facilities ranging from churches and schools to office buildings and warehouses. Metal buildings can cost up to 30% less to build than more traditional fare; glass, brick, stone, and concrete elements can be incorporated. VP Buildings also provides design and engineering services throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Australia's BlueScope Steel bought VP Buildings from Ternium in 2008.

Walrus Projects company takes you down to Leicestershire and the surrounding area, where its projects range from 50,000 apartments to 1,000,000 country houses. With a little help from its friends, Walrus Projects uses materials and processes that range from reclaimed timber and "distressed" finishes to underheated floors. Managing director Chris Freeman began Walrus Projects in 1994, while working out of a spare bedroom at his home -- no doubt with his headphones on. Many Walrus Projects developments, such as Pepper's Field, bear Beatles-influenced names.

SWP Group makes products that take a swipe at rainwater. It supplies water drainage products to the construction and civil engineering industries through three principal subsidiaries. Its Fullflow Group, which operates in the UK, France, and Spain, makes large roof syphons and distributes pipework fittings to gas, water, and petrochemical customers. Its DRC Polymer Products unit makes polymer-based sheet materials for structural waterproofing, as well as fire and soundproofing in the UK. Its Crescent of Cambridge subsidiary is a leading UK manufacturer and installer of steel spiral staircases. The company is about one-fifth held by chairman Alan F. Walker and director Alan G. Smith.

Bilfinger Berger is the #2 German general contractor after HOCHTIEF. The company has global operations in four business segments: civil engineering (bridge building, tunnelling, environmental, and foundation engineering); building and industrial; services (facility management and repair and maintenance of industrial facilities and power plants); and concessions (private-sector concessions operations). Farflung projects include the Abuja Stadium in Nigeria (constructed by subsidiary Julius Berger Nigeria) and the Puento Centenario, a bridge spanning the Panama Canal. Bilfinger Berger has operations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Europe accounts for more than half of the company's sales.

From apartment units to rails to office buildings, Royal Volker Wessels Stevin covers construction for home, transportation, and work. The group, which uses the trade name VolkerWessels, is made up of about 100 companies overseen by a board of management. The group works in all aspects of construction, mainly in five sectors including building and property development in the Netherlands, civil engineering, roads, and rail, infrastructure, technology and telecommunications, infrastructure and land development in North America, and supplies and services. The companies focus on the Dutch market but also operate in the UK, Canada, and the US. CVC Capital Partners owns about 43% of the company.

Bovis Homes builds and sells single-family houses, apartments, retirement facilities, and social housing units in England and Wales. The company also builds mixed-use projects which include residential properties in combination with retail and/or office properties. Bovis targets the middle market buyer; it completed some 1,800 homes in 2008 (down from 2,900 in 2007) with an average price of 150,800 (some $249,600). The company maintains a land bank portfolio of approximately 11,500 plots held for development.

Goodman Networks provides a variety of telecommunications services to the wireless and wireline industries. The company's services include network design, engineering, deployment, integration, and maintenance. The company also offers staffing services as well as supply chain management services, such as materials management and logistics. Goodman Networks specializes in providing equipment lifecycle services for telecom carriers and equipment manufacturers in the public and private sector. Customers include AT&T and Alcatel-Lucent. Goodman Networks was founded in 2000 by the five Goodman brothers: James, Jody, Jonathan, Jason, and CEO John.

The unit encompasses the climate solutions division of Ireland-based industrial giant Ingersoll-Rand (IR). The unit offers diverse refrigeration and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) products around the world. Brands offered by the climate control division include Thermo King, which includes temperature control components used in ships, trucks, and trailers. Hussmann International provides refrigerated food-display cases found in supermarkets, restaurants, and other commercial institutions. The latest addition to the IR Climate Control lineup of brands is Trane, which serves the commercial HVAC market.

Ball Homes can help you get settled. The company builds about 1,000 single-family homes a year in central Kentucky, mainly in Lexington, Louisville, and surrounding towns. Its homes range in size from about 1,040 sq. ft. to 3,550 sq. ft. and in price from the low $100,000s to more than $300,000. The company's property management division manages more than 1,300 rental homes, townhouses, apartments, and duplexes. Ball Homes also has a development unit that sells land to individuals and to other builders. Ball Homes, founded in 1959, is owned and operated by the Ball family.

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