Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering keeps dredging work from being anything but drudgery. Also known as DEME, it is one of the largest marine engineering companies in the world. Through its subsidiaries, the group is involved in dredging and land reclamation, hydraulic engineering, environmental remediation, offshore oil and gas services, and marine aggregates. Its fleet of 80 main vessels includes the world's largest cutter suction dredger, the 38,000 hp D'Artagnan. DEME also has been instrumental in building many of Northern Europe's offshore wind farms. DEME has operations in 27 countries; it's equally owned by Ackermans & Van Haaren and Compagnie d'Enteprises.

Varco Pruden proves its mettle through buildings. Doing business as VP Buildings, the company makes metal building components for a variety of nonresidential facilities. Its products are distributed throughout the US and Canada through a network of about 1,000 contractors. The company's systems are used to build facilities ranging from churches and schools to office buildings and warehouses. Metal buildings can cost up to 30% less to build than more traditional fare; glass, brick, stone, and concrete elements can be incorporated. VP Buildings also provides design and engineering services throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Australia's BlueScope Steel bought VP Buildings from Ternium in 2008.

G.L. Homes calls Florida home, and more than 60,000 Floridians live in those homes. G.L. Homes of Florida began as a small, local builder and is now one of the nation's largest privately held builders of homes and residential communities (some active-adult), It operates in Broward, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, and Palm Beach counties. The company's homes range from around $160,000 to about $1 million. Preferred lender G.L. Financial offers mortgage financing on homes, while affiliate G.L. Commercial is a commercial real estate firm that develops and manages retail, mixed-use, and suburban office space throughout the Southeast. G.L. Homes was established in 1976 by founder and president Itchko Ezratti.

UK construction management firm Mace Limited oversees the construction of such facilities as airports, hospitals, and schools, as well as commercial, industrial, and residential buildings. It offers planning and operations services to property owners through subsidiary Mace Macro; subsidiary Mace People provides executive search and recruitment services for the construction and property sector. Mace also offers related services including legal support and management consulting. Mace's primary markets include Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Mace was founded in 1990 by a group including chairman Bob White.

Border Construction won't be fenced in by a limited palette of products. The company offers a range of building services, including residential construction, civil engineering, and commercial construction. Border Construction's offerings include painting, roofing, building maintenance, residential development, pipeline installation, and joinery manufacturing. Border operates through a handful of offices throughout throughout northern England and southern Scotland. Border Construction was created in 1998 with the merger of Border Engineering Contractors and Crombie Construction Limited.

Weston Homes builds apartments and houses in the UK. The company focuses its efforts on brownfield development and urban regeneration projects throughout the country. It has about a dozen projects scattered throughout England, either currently in operation (with rented or sold units) or under development. Building industry expert Bob Weston formed Weston Homes' parent company, Weston Group Plc, in 1987. Its first development was a four-bedroom, detached house in Essex; today its building portfolio features large high-rise developments in London's Docklands region.

MARCOR Remediation provides industrial, environmental, and construction site remediation. Its services include asbestos abatement, wastewater treatment, emergency spill response, disaster recovery, and storage tank management. It also provides decommissioning and demolition, duct cleaning services, and geotechnical and environmental drilling and sampling. Projects have ranged from mold remediation in a California hotel to clean-up operations in hurricane-battered Florida and Louisiana, to the decommissioning of contaminated gun ranges for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. In 2009 the company became a subsidiary of demolition and remediation firm Nuprecon/CST.

Baxall Construction looks outside the box for its building projects. The company is involved in all areas of high-end construction -- residential, industrial, commercial, historic renovation, and design-and-build. Baxall's projects are primarily around the London area and southeast England. Some of its notable jobs include a 7.6 million home renovation in Kensington, the 5.8 million Hampstead Town Hall, and the 1.9 million new construction of St. John's Church Centre in Tunbridge Wells. The company maintains an annual turnover of 12 million to 15 million.

Vent Products directs its energy into manufacturing air-control products and accessories for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment. The company's offerings, which it creates with energy-saving purposes in mind, include standard and custom-designed dampers, shutters, louvers, and roof ventilators. Accessories include actuators, adapters, access doors, fan blades, jackshafts, roof curbs, and equipment supports.

Pangea Group is a titan when it comes to civil and industrial engineering and construction services. The company provides renovation, demolition, and maintenance, as well as technical and environmental services that include waste disposal, remediation, and surveying. Pangea's civil construction team builds concrete foundations and structures, in addition to grading, excavation, and storm sewer work. The firm has completed more than 500 projects over the years for clients such as Ameren and government agencies including the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Energy, and military installations. The Hispanic-owned Pangea Group was founded as a clean-up enterprise for radioactive waste materials in 1994.

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