Ames Construction aims right for the heart of heavy construction. The company is primarily a general contractor, providing heavy civil and industrial construction services to the transportation, mining, and power industries mainly in the West and Midwest. The family-owned company works on highways, airports, bridges, rail lines, mining facilities, power plants, and other infrastructure projects. Ames also performs flood control, environmental remediation, reclamation, and landfill work. Additionally, the firm builds golf courses and undertakes commercial and residential site development projects. It typically partners with other companies to perform the engineering and design portion of construction jobs.

Motor City Electric Co. has driven outside of its home state of Michigan to spark growth of its business operations. With offices in Indiana, Nevada, Florida, Texas, and Ontario, Canada, the company has become one of the largest electrical contractors in the US. Motor City Electric provides electrical construction and its divisions specialize in automotive, industrial, emergency, public works and steel, technology, and excavation services. The company and its group of subsidiaries have installed electric systems in office complexes, correctional facilities, manufacturing plants, casinos, water treatment facilities, and data centers.

Baillie Lumber Co. company produces and distributes nearly 200 million board ft. of American hardwood products annually. Baillie Lumber offers species that include cherry, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, poplar, beech, and ash, in addition to exotic species such as mahogany and teak. It operates five production facilities, three sawmills, and warehouses in the US and overseas and exports its products to more than 60 countries. Baillie's customers include window manufactures and furniture and molding makers. James Baillie founded the company as a lumber brokerage firm in Hamburg, New York in 1923.

Leighton Holdings provides engineering and construction services for mining, infrastructure, commercial, and environmental projects in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East. Typical contracts include the maintenance and construction of pipelines, mines, highways, tunnels, and commercial buildings. The group's largest subsidiaries are mining, construction, and services firm Thiess and project management firm Leighton Contractors. The 45%-owned Al Habtoor Leighton division, formed in 2007, is one of the largest construction contractors in the booming Gulf region. Leighton also develops real estate and offers facilities management services. German construction firm HOCHTIEF owns 55% of the group.

Absher Construction staring abashed at any construction plans. The firm builds commercial and residential structures, with a focus on schools, churches, and public housing. It also constructs office buildings, retail centers, hotels, institutional facilities, and hospitals. and does work for the military, building housing and other facilities. Absher Construction primarily operates in Washington. However, the company branched out in 2010 when it acquired Kentucky-based Vanguard Contractors. Founded in 1940, the company is a family affair -- President and CEO Dan Absher is the third in his family to sit at the helm and Thomas Absher is EVP.

Community Asphalt provides paving services for the road more traveled. The company's services include grading and paving, pavement milling, surveying, excavation, on- and off-road hauling, drainage, utilities, base finishing, and highway sweeping. It also provides engineering contracting and design/build services; projects include parking lots, industrial and retail complexes, auto race tracks, and airport runways. Formed in 1980, Community Asphalt has three asphalt plants in southeastern Florida. It also operates a limestone quarry, and a fleet of dump trucks. In 2006 Community Asphalt and Spain's Huarte Lain (OHL) made a stock purchase agreement, which gave OHL a controlling interest in the company.

Interior Architects also known as IA, provides interior architectural services for public sector clients and firms in the technology, financial services, hospitality, and retail industries. Its clients have included Bank of America, BMC Software, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Merrill Lynch, PG&E, and Sony. IA completes projects around the world and has more than a dozen offices in the US, plus locations in London and New Deli. The firm also partners with more than 50 international firms that make up a global network. The company was founded by president and CEO David Mourning in 1984.

Calder Peel provides architectural design and engineering services. Its projects range from smaller renovation jobs to mixed-use commercial and residential buildings to large commercial office buildings. Calder Peel works primarily in North West UK (through offices in South Manchester, Deeside Wales, and Poole), but has completed buildings all around the UK. Calder Peel has also expanded it repertoire with a growing body of work in the urban design and conservation sectors. Customers include the Bury Times headquarters (owned by Newsquest) and an apartment complex for Wesbury Homes.

Danze & Davis Architects provides residential design and architectural services. The firm specializes in custom designing detached and attached homes. It offers about a dozen different collections of architectural plans for its home designs in book and CD formats. Danze & Davis also provides architectural services for light commercial and industrial projects. Leo P. Danze and H. Ross Davis founded the firm in 1960.

Homasote Company sees green when it comes to building materials. It manufactures environmentally-friendly fiberboard for use in residential and commercial construction. The fiberboard is made from recycled paper and contains no asbestos or formaldehyde. Applications include roof decking, concrete forming, paneling, insulating, sound proofing, and industrial packaging purposes. Its Pak-Line division creates packaging materials for electronics. Homasote processes up to 250 tons of post-consumer paper daily, helping to conserve 1.4 million trees and eliminate 65 million pounds of waste per year.

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