Western Forest Products Inc. company harvests softwood timber (mostly from government-owned land), manages woodlands, and produces lumber, logs, and wood chips from about a dozen mills and plants. Lumber accounts for about three-fourths of total sales; specialty products include oversized lumber and western red cedar products. Western Forest Products primarily operates in coastal British Columbia. Its products are sold in more than 30 countries, primarily Canada, Asia, and the US. Subsidiary MacMillan Bloedel Kabushiki Kaisha sells to wholesale and manufacturing customers in Japan.

Boral Limited has a big hand in building Australia. A leading producer of building and construction materials in Australia, Boral is also a top maker of roof tiles and bricks in the US (through Boral USA) and concrete in Indonesia. Through seven divisions the company produces concrete, cement, clay products, plasterboard, windows, roof tiles, timber, and other construction-related products. Boral Limited has more than 700 locations in the US, Asia, and Australia. Construction materials sold in Australia accounts for more than half of total sales.

J.H. Findorff & Son has been building its resume since the 19th century. The company constructs commercial and institutional projects in the US Midwest. It provides general contracting, design/build, and construction management services. Projects include schools, government buildings, health care centers, hotels, condos, offices, and shopping complexes. Findorff also self-performs trade work including carpentry, concrete, masonry, drywall, and steel erection. Among its projects is Madison, Wisconsin's Overture Center for the Arts. It also is building the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery at The University of Wisconsin-Madison. John Findorff founded the company as J.H. Findorff in 1890.

Perkins Eastman Architects stands tall as one of New York City's top architecture firms. It offers urban, interior, and sustainable design and planning services not only in the Big Apple, but other parts of the US and internationally in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. Perkins Eastman specializes in buildings and facilities that serve the cultural, education, government, health care, technology, hospitality, office, retail, and senior living sectors. Notable projects include the TKTS Booth -- one of the world's most complex all-glass structures -- in New York's Times Square. The privately held firm was co-founded in 1981 by chairman Bradford Perkins and principal Mary-Jean Eastman.

Marquette Lumber Co. makes its mark in wood. The company processes American hardwoods (Northern, Southern, and Appalachian), used mostly for furniture and flooring, and wholesales it to manufacturing and construction companies. The firm operates two lumberyards and offices in Norwalk, Ohio; Sandown, New Hampshire; St. Louis; and Vero Beach, Florida. Russel H. Downey founded Marquette Lumber Co. in 1919 in South Bend, Indiana. The company moved to Vero Beach, Florida in 1972; the founding Downey family still runs it.

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.

Balfour Beatty Infrastructure is the North American heavy construction and civil engineering arm of UK-based Balfour Beatty plc. The contractor has expertise in transportation and water infrastructure projects ranging in size from about $3 million to $400 million. It specializes in constructing bridges, highways, tunnels, rail lines, and water treatment plants. The firm's primary clients are public agencies, including municipalities and state departments of transportation. In addition to taking on stand-alone projects, it is involved in multiple joint ventures, including one of the largest public works projects in the US, the design and construction of the $1.5 billion Texas State Highway 130 toll road.

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.

D. C. Taylor is one of the largest commercial and industrial roofing contractors in the US, providing roof installation, repair, and maintenance services. It has some 60 service and roofing crews that operate from offices in Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, and Iowa. Dudley C. Taylor started Taylor Tuckpointing, a tuckpointing (cosmetic brick finishing commonly found on Federation houses and Californian bungalows) and masonry repair company, in Chicago in 1949; the company's name was changed to D. C. Taylor in 1954, and the firm was formally incorporated in 1960. Chairman and CEO Bill Taylor is the company's majority shareholder.

Russell Armer turns brownfield sites into vibrant, beautifully landscaped housing developments. The builder is one of the largest independently-owned new homebuilders in the Cumbria and north Lancashire region of England, and it has been building for more than 40 years. Russell Armer designs and constructs new houses and apartments that range in price from about 170,000 to more than 400,000. Some of its developments have won "Green Leaf" awards, which recognize the importance of creating whole living environments rather than just building new homes. Russell Armer is a subsidiary of Russell Armer Holdings Limited.

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