Dallas Contracting Co. is demolition. The specialty contractor provides demolition of industrial and commercial facilities (including structures such as water towers, concrete silos, and steel tanks), onsite concrete crushing, and salvage and scrap metal removal and recycling. The company also provides equipment removal, interior dismantling, plant decommissioning, environmental remediation, and brownfield redevelopment. In addition, it sells used and surplus equipment, from air conditioning units to generators. Dallas Contracting Co. began operating in 1979. It serves clients throughout the US; they have included Exxon Mobil, Honeywell, and K. Hovnanian.

Graycor translates blueprints into buildings. The company builds industrial, commercial, health care, and educational facilities in the US, Canada and Mexico. Through its four subsidiaries Graycor offers construction management, maintenance, and design/build services on projects ranging from industrial plant additions to office towers and shopping malls. It provides such trade services as carpentry and concrete and steel work. It also offers blasting, refractory relining, and other maintenance services for power utilities and automotive, food, metals, and waste management companies. Chairman and CEO Melvin Gray and his family own Graycor. Clients have included ArcelorMittal, Motorola, Toyota, and Lafarge.

Dean Word Company, Ltd. company builds and maintains roads, bridges, parking lots, and related structures in and around San Antonio. It also produces crushed aggregates and hot-mix asphalt materials for paving applications, performs industrial sitework, and provides contract mining and bulk transport services. Dean Word handles highway construction, maintenance projects, and civil construction projects for such public agencies as the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as well as for private clients. The company was founded in 1890 and continues to be owned and run by the Word family.

Nuprecon. Considered one of the largest companies in its industry, Nuprecon specializes in demolition services, including total building and targeted demolition, and plant dismantlement. Nuprecon also offers environmental remediation and abatement, construction-related debris and hazardous waste recycling, and concrete sawing and drilling. Serving various industries, the company's projects have included factories, office and retail buildings, hotels, hospitals, and government buildings. Nuprecon, which is majority-owned by private equity firm Evergreen Pacific Partners, merged with competitor CST Environmental in 2008.

1-800-GOT-JUNK? For a fee this junk removal service will haul away any nonhazardous materials that two people can lift. It won't pick up asbestos, chemicals, oils, oil drums, oil tanks, paints, and solvents. The company picks up from homes, restaurants, and other businesses and hauls the loads to local area transfer stations or recycling centers; up to 60% of its pickups are recycled or donated to local charities. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? has more than 300 local franchises, mainly in the US and Canada (but it also operates in Australia). CEO Brian Scudamore owns the company.

Bycor General Contractors provides construction services for a variety of commercial, retail, institutional, civic, and leisure facilities in the San Diego area. Its offerings include tenant improvements, shell construction, build-to-suit, and LEED-certified services, and projects range from church sanctuaries to auto dealerships. The company has served clients including Western University of Health Sciences, Northrop Grumman, and San Diego National Bank. President Rich Byer, CEO Scott Kaats, and Van Smith founded co-founded Bycor General Contractors in 1981.

ROEL Construction builds large commercial projects,the general contractor provides commercial building preconstruction, construction, and management services to private-sector customers in the western US. It offers services including construction forensics, design, and management, focusing on new construction, tenant improvements, structural concrete work, and consulting. ROEL Construction has California offices in Palm Desert, Irvine, and San Diego, and another office in Las Vegas. The family-owned company was founded in 1917 by Tom Roel, great-grandfather of president and COO Kevin Elliott. Suffolk Construction is buying ROEL to boost its presence in Southern California.

Cavalier Homes builds castles for regular Joes. Through about a half-dozen plants the company makes manufactured single- and multi-section homes for the low- to medium-priced market in the south-central and south-Atlantic US; it delivers around 4,000 homes annually. Louisiana is its largest market. Cavalier Homes also makes cabinetry and laminated wallboard. The company markets its products through a network of about 50 exclusive and about 240 non-exclusive dealers, as well as one company-owned retail center. Southern Energy Homes, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway portfolio company Clayton Homes, bought Cavalier Homes for nearly $50 million in 2009.

Uniboard Canada is multifaceted. The company manufactures particleboard, raw and laminated medium-density fiberboard (MDF), and thermofused melamine (TFM) panels. The engineered wood products are used to make furniture, fixtures, cabinetry, moulding, and other products. It has added green products such as environmentally friendly particleboard and melamine to its offerings. A subsidiary of German engineered-wood manufacturer Pfleiderer, Uniboard partners with sister company Pergo to produce and market laminate flooring. The partnership has made Pergo one of the leading providers of laminate flooring in North America. Uniboard operates six manufacturing plants in Quebec, Ohio, and North Carolina.

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of flooring products and ceiling systems in the Americas, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The company’s Resilient Flooring segment produces vinyl sheet, vinyl tile, and linoleum flooring, as well as sources and sells laminate flooring products, ceramic tile products, adhesives, installation and maintenance materials, and accessories for homes and commercial and institutional buildings. This segment sells its products to wholesalers, large home centers, retailers, and contractors, as well as to the manufactured homes industry. Its Wood Flooring segment offers pre-finished solid and engineered wood floors, and related accessories for use in new residential construction and renovation with various commercial applications in stores, restaurants, and offices. This segment sells its products to independent wholesale flooring distributors and large home centers under the brand names of Bruce, Hartco, Robbins, Timberland, Armstrong, HomerWood, and Capella. The company’s Building Products segment produces suspended mineral fiber, soft fiber, and metal ceiling systems, as well as complementary ceiling products for use in commercial, institutional, and residential settings. It sells its commercial ceiling materials and accessories to ceiling systems contractors and resale distributors; and residential ceiling products to wholesalers and retailers. Its Cabinets segment offers kitchen and bathroom cabinetry, and related products that are used in the residential new construction and renovation markets. It also provides design, fabrication, and installation services to single and multi-family homebuilders, remodelers, and consumers under the Armstrong brand name. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. was incorporated in 1891 and is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

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