alfanar Group ("al fanar" is roughly translated as "the light" in Arabic) is primarily engaged in building power plants, substations, and water treatment plants in Saudi Arabia. Other subsidiaries manufacture electrical systems and industrial equipment needed for the utility plants, while alfanar IT provides information technology services to the Saudi government and other private corporations doing business in the Middle East. The alfanar Group has locations in Egypt, India, Qatar, Syria, and the United Arab Emirates. The alfanar Group and alfanar Construction were founded in 1976; alfanar IT came along in 1995.

Cavico is a US headquartered company that conducts its construction business in Vietnam. Wholly-owned subsidiary Cavico Vietnam and its numerous operating subsidiaries make the company the largest non-state-owned heavy civil contractor in the country. It primarily serves public sector clients on large infrastructure projects, such as bridges, dams, mines, roads, tunnels, urban buildings, and water power facilities. Additionally, the company invests in hydropower electric and cement production plants, mining operations, and urban real estate developments in Laos and Vietnam. Cavico has offices throughout Vietnam, as well as a satellite location in Australia.

HITT Contracting hits the nail on the general contracting head. The group provides turnkey construction services for corporate base building, aviation, legal, hospitality, technology, research, medical, and institutional and governmental facilities. Projects have included construction and design for the Federal Reserve, DirecTV, and Greenpeace. In addition to general contracting, HITT offers design, interior, paint, preconstruction, and construction management services. The firm also handles many eco-friendly projects, historic renovations, and infrastructure refits. HITT operates in more than 30 states. The family-owned and operated firm was founded in 1937 as W.A. Hitt Decorating Co. by Warren and Myrtle Hitt.

Taylor Lumber makes a lot of good wood. The company produces hardwood lumber and flooring for the construction industry. It purchases logs (white and red oak, ash, cherry, walnut, hickory, and hard maple) from within a 300-mile radius of its southern Ohio location to produce its lumber. Taylor Lumber is capable of producing and shipping 100,000 ft. of plain sawn and rift and quartered lumber a day. Its flooring plant can manufacture 25,000 sq. ft. of hardwood plank a day, sold as Taylor Brand Solid Flooring and McDermott Series Engineered Flooring. It ships to more than 40 countries throughout the world. Founded in 1882, Taylor Lumber was acquired by Resilience Capital Partners in 2010.

RPS Group wants to make an impact on the environment as well as on safety and resource conservation through the advice it gives. The group is one of Europe's leading environmental consulting and planning firms, providing services that include air quality assessment, engineering design, impact assessment, risk management, town planning, transport planning, and waste management. RPS Group's portfolio includes planning and development, energy (through RPS Energy and RPS Scotia), and environmental management. It has operations in Australia, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland, and the UK, as well as in North America and Southeast Asia.

Ryan Consultants & Designers. The company specializes in civil works and environmental and energy projects for such government and commercial clients as the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and MACTEC. It also handles energy conservation and communications projects. The women-owned and Hispanic-owned firm and has California offices in Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco; it also has operations in Alexandria, Virginia. President and CEO Wanda M. Martinez, who named the enterprise after her nephews, owns the firm, which she launched in the 1980s.

Roy Anderson Corp. placed its bets on the casino and hospitality industry and won a position among the largest construction companies in the US. The commercial, industrial, and institutional contractor also ranks among the leading builders of sports facilities. Its projects include churches, hospitals, medical centers, schools, prisons, manufacturing plants, condos, and government buildings. Notable projects include the Grand Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi, and Harrah's Louisiana Downs in Shreveport. The family-owned company also has another Mississippi-based construction company, Harrell Contracting Group. Chairman Roy Anderson Jr. founded the company in 1955; it is now run by Roy Anderson III.

Canfor has a can-do attitude about forest products. One of Canada's largest lumber companies, Canfor mainly produces softwood lumber, but also plywood, oriented strand board (OSB), remanufactured lumber products, and specialized wood products at some 30 facilities in Canada and the US. Each year Canfor is capable of turning out five billion board feet of lumber, 270 million sq. ft of plywood, and one billion sq. ft. of OSB. It manages woodlands on public lands in British Columbia and Alberta and has annual harvesting rights on about 11 million cubic meters of timberland. The company also owns a slight majority of Canfor Pulp Limited Partnership, which produces pulp and kraft paper.

Hanson Aggregates UK, a subsidiary of Hanson, itself a subsidiary of German aggregate leader HeidelbergCement, knows this well. As one of the UK's largest construction materials companies, Hanson Aggregates UK produces crushed rock, sand and gravel, dimension stone, ready-mix concrete, and mortar. The operating company's widespread UK facilities include more than 250 concrete plants, 100 quarries, 20 wharves, 10 recycling plants, and 10 distribution depots.

Clopay knows something about doors. Subsidiary Clopay Building Products makes residential and commercial garage doors for the remodel and new-build markets. With brand names including Clopay, Ideal Door, and Holmes, its products are distributed nationwide by independent contractors, home improvement stores, and wholesalers. The Home Depot and Menard are among its largest customers. Another subsidiary, Clopay Plastic Products, makes specialty plastic films for hygenic, medical, and industrial applications.

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