Fieldstone Communities leaves ne'er a stone in the field unturned as it builds homes in California, Texas, and Utah. The company is part of The Fieldstone Group of Companies and operates as Fieldstone Communities. It builds homes ranging from $100,000 in San Antonio to more than $1 million in Southern California; sizes range from 1,200 sq. ft. to 4,400 sq. ft. It also offers a free Homebuyers Club in Texas and Utah to assist first-time homebuyers. The company, founded in 1981 by chairman Peter Ochs and vice chairman Keith Johnson, has built more than 23,000 attached and detached homes. Some projects have stalled due to the credit and housing crisis. However, Fieldstone is looking to expand in Texas.

Bechtel National, the government services arm of engineering giant Bechtel Group, helps the US destroy stockpiles of nuclear and chemical weapons and treat contaminated wastes. It has worked toward developing a national repository for nuclear waste in Nevada and it also helped the US defense program by managing the awarding of certain subcontracts in Iraq. Bechtel and the University of California manage and operate two to institutions for nuclear and scientific research labs -- Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. Among the other governmental agencies it works with are NASA, the EPA, and the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

The Mann and Parker Lumber Company distributes and exports treated hardwood lumber from its stock of Northern Appalachian species. The company also operates the M&P Lumber Company, which kiln-dries green-hardwood lumber in Meadville, Pennsylvania (about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh), primarily for shipment to cabinet and furniture makers on the West Coast. The Mann and Parker Lumber Company was founded in Baltimore in 1902, but relocated to central Pennsylvania (New Freedom) after fire destroyed its operations in 1970. Chairman and CEO Robert Bushman Sr. owns the company.

Mountain Lumber sells wood with a history. The company obtains historic wood from old buildings, piers, and other structures slated for demolition and then resaws, kiln-dries, mills, and grades it for further use as flooring, beams, stairs, cabinets, and other products. It also reclaims wood from several countries in Europe and from Russia and China. Mountain Lumber has provided historically accurate woods for restoration projects on US presidents' homes, including James Madison's Montpelier, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, and George Washington's Mount Vernon. Mountain Lumber was founded in 1974 by president and CEO Willie Drake to find new uses for old lumber.

Dynamic Homes makes and markets modular homes at its Midwest manufacturing facility. Founded in 1969, the company builds prefabricated single-family homes, which are sold primarily in the midwestern US through a network of about 60 authorized local builder/dealers. Dynamic Homes constructs about 500 homes a year that range in size from 560 sq. ft. cabins to 2,380 sq. ft. two-story custom homes and sell for up to $200,000. Custom options include appliances, floor coverings, lighting, roofing, and siding. The company also makes modular apartments, banks, and small office and light commercial buildings.

Everett J. Prescott helps ensure your pipes have integrity. Operating through a diverse family of companies (known collectively as The Prescott Companies), the firm manufactures, distributes, installs, maintains, and tests its lines of water, sewer, gas, and drain materials. Products include pipes, tubes, pipe fittings, valves, and fire hydrants. Red Hen Manufacturing makes brass meter adapters, compression fittings, couplings, and connectors. Meter and Backflow Services reconditions and modernizes water meters. PEP Transportation provides shipping to the continental US and part of Canada. Quality Water Products makes and distributes water, sewer, and drain utility products.

General contractor R. J. Daum Construction specializes in building commercial facilities. The firm's list of projects have included central offices and other facilities for Pacific Bell (now part of SBC), public works (City and County of Los Angeles fire stations), educational facilities, and health care facilities. The company serves Southern California and Nevada from its offices in Garden Grove and San Diego, California. Raymond J. Daum established the company in 1936.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Jurong Engineering Limited may not have a green thumb, but it is really into plants. The company is a complete one-stop shop for the planning, engineering, and construction of industrial and utility plants. The company's specialties include power plants, petrochemicals plants, pulp and paper mills, water and wastewater treatment facilities, cement plants, steel mills, and incinerators. The company can handle all aspects of a project from early feasibility studies, to construction, and just about everything in between. Jurong engineering has completed projects in 25 countries in South East Asia, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Southern Caribbean. The company was founded in 1971.

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.

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