CDI Contractors means big buildings in Little Rock and beyond. The company has completed commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, including the William J. Clinton Presidential Library. Other areas of specialty include health care facilities, parking decks, condos, hotels, and educational institutions. CDI Contractors provides a range of services including pre-construction, scheduling, general contracting, and construction and project management. The company was founded in 1987 as a partnership between the late Bill Clark and Dillard's head Bill Dillard II. CDI has built several Dillard's department stores. Dillard's bought the remaining 50% of CDI it did not already own in 2008.

Roche Constructors relies on building schools, stores, retail centers, office buildings, and industrial facilities. The company builds primarily in the western US and operates from three offices in Nevada and Colorado. Roche offers feasibility studies, site acquisition, project planning, financing, and other development, preconstruction and construction services. Its projects include the Aurora Processing Center, which is a federal inmate detention facility and Freedom Park, a 68-acre ball field complex in Las Vegas. Roche also has built several stores and distribution centers for clients including Target, Safeway, and Wal-Mart. President and CEO Thomas Roche controls the company.

Rodgers Builders provides design/build, preconstruction, and construction management services, primarily for clients in the southeastern US. It has expertise in a variety of sectors including health care, education, senior living, commercial/mixed-use, and cultural institutions. Subsidiary Mid-Atlantic Construction is a concrete-forming contractor. Rodgers Builders also performs historic renovation services. Notable projects have included the Billy Graham Library, the U.S. National Whitewater Center, and several buildings for the University of North Carolina system. Chairman B. D. Rodgers founded the family-owned firm in 1963.

Velosi keeps quality in check for oil and gas companies around the globe. The company provides quality assurance, quality control, inspection, and certification services to such multinational bigwigs as BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Shell. It has also served public utilities, engineering contractors, manufacturing facilities, and small fabrication workshops. Services range from equipment testing to vendor audits to engineering and construction management. Velosi has regional offices in the US, the UK, United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia, as well as local offices in more than 25 countries worldwide. The Carlyle Group is buying the company for some 88 million (about $140 million).

Baker Triangle is the contracting company specializes in installing drywall and acoustical ceilings. Its projects have included work on several of Texas' largest sports arenas (such as Ameriquest Field and Reliant Park), as well as dozens of educational, medical, commercial and other types of facilities. Baker Triangle operates from offices in the Texas cities of Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, as well as Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Phoenix, Arizona. B. R. Baker started the business in 1974. His son, CEO Steve Baker, now controls the company.

Chas Roberts isn't just the name on the door. Chas and Alice Roberts founded Chas Roberts Air Conditioning in 1942. The business has been family owned and operated since day one.Prior to founding the business, Chas worked as a serviceman for the local utility. In the early years, sales consisted of home appliances, coolers, furnaces, air conditioners and service. In the 50s and 60s, the company grew doing retrofits of houses with coolers to air conditioners, new installs in custom and tract homes and light commercial air conditioning. Chas Robert's son, Chuck, took over managing the company in the 60s and provided the vision for future growth.

Byrne Bros. (Formwork) Limited helps to provide a solid foundation for society. The concrete frame contractor constructs reinforced concrete structures and designs associated temporary works, such as climbing formwork systems for high-rise structures. The group serves commercial, retail, residential, scientific, and public sector markets, among others. Founded in 1974 by brothers Patsy and Johnny Byrne, the company has built frames for Imperial College, the British Library, and the Unilever House in the UK. Clients include Pfizer, Nokia, and Wessex Water.

Amedore Homes builds homes and develops residential communities in New York State's Capital District. The firm builds condominiums, townhomes, and single-family detached homes in prices ranging from about $150,000 to the low $400,000s. The company has about a dozen subdivision developments in Albany, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren counties. in President George Amedore founded the company as Amedore & Sons Builders in 1974.

M. A. Mortenson Company,the general contractor performs construction, development, and design-build services for a variety of projects. Sectors served include aviation, corporate, education, electronics and semiconductors, entertainment, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail; the company also has groups devoted to federal contracting, sports venues, facilities operations, and renewable energy, including wind farms and biofuel facilities. Active throughout the US, the company also has operations in China, helping its domestic clients to expand into markets there. M.A. Mortenson has about 10 offices, including a location in Shanghai.

Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) does not tell you what not to wear, but it has fashioned a business out of providing engineering, consulting, construction, and operations services. The company provides services for public and private entities worldwide. Founded in 1947 by engineers Thomas Camp, Herman Dresser, and Jack McKee, CDM has expanded from its original role in water-treatment technologies to provide services in environmental management, transportation development, and facilities design. CDM specializes in the environmental management, water treatment and supply, energy, wastewater treatment, and hazardous waste markets. The employee-owned company operates about 120 offices around the world.

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