Johnson Contractors as well. Founded in 1918, Johnson Contractors is a general construction company that specializes in industrial plants, office buildings, apartments, commercial projects, schools, medical facilities, and water and sewage treatment plants. Its capabilities include heavy equipment installation, structural steel erection, concrete pouring, carpentry, excavation, and maintenance. The company is active throughout the Southeast. Johnson Contractors is a part of the Johnson family of companies, which also includes J. K. Johnson Mechanical Contractors and Johnson Electric Company.

Downer EDI works to keep things working. The company provides engineering and infrastructure management for public and private entities throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and the Pacific. The company strives to be a "one-stop" provider for engineering services that include design, project and facilities management, operations, consulting, and maintenance. The company is organized along five divisions representing its primary activities: infrastructure services through Downer EDI Works, Downer EDI Engineering, Downer EDI Mining, Consulting Services, and Downer EDI Rail. Although the company's footprint covers the Asia/Pacific region, Downer EDI's Australian operations account for about 70% of its revenue.

SNC-Lavalin Constructors Inc., a subsidiary of Canadian engineering and construction giant SNC-Lavalin Group, provides design, construction, and maintenance services on a variety of natural-gas-fueled and waste-fueled power generation plants. SNC-Lavalin has completed gas and steam turbine, reciprocating engine, and cooling and heating projects in North and South America, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East. The company was formed in 2002 and names Boise Cascade, Union Carbide, and Calpine Corporation among its many public and private-sector clients.

Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. company manufactures solid wood kitchen cabinets, doors, drawer fronts, mouldings, and decorative accessories (such as table legs, columns, and bun feet) at its seven plants located in Arkansas, Maryland, North Carolina, Utah, and Pennsylvania. The company offers a variety of wood species and finishes. Conestoga has an OEM/contract division to serve high-volume customers and a custom division that serves the custom kitchen and bath industry. The company sells only to woodworking professionals. Brothers Norman and Samuel Hahn founded Conestoga in 1964.

Bear Creek Lumber (BCL) provides specialty lumber products to builders throughout the world. The company buys American and Canadian softwoods, as well as exotic hardwoods, from sustainable forest land managers in North and South America. Species include western red cedar, Alaskan yellow cedar, redwood, hemlock, teak, pine, spruce, mahogany, Douglas fir, and more. Its products range from decking, siding, paneling, flooring, fencing, trim, and shingles to timbers, peeled logs, and recycled wood. The company ships its offerings throughout the US. BCL was established in 1977 and is family-owned and -operated.

Intechra LLC provides electronic recycling, refurbishment, and remarketing services. Equipment given new life by Intechra is sold through domestic and international resellers. When customers want their computers, servers, and other equipment trashed, Intechra ensures destruction of proprietary data. Intechra operates outlets nationwide. The company currently processes about 100 million pounds of electronics annually. Arrow Electronics, an upstate New York-based electronics distributor, acquired Intechra in 2010 from private equity firm Environmental Capital Partners.

Walrus Projects company takes you down to Leicestershire and the surrounding area, where its projects range from 50,000 apartments to 1,000,000 country houses. With a little help from its friends, Walrus Projects uses materials and processes that range from reclaimed timber and "distressed" finishes to underheated floors. Managing director Chris Freeman began Walrus Projects in 1994, while working out of a spare bedroom at his home -- no doubt with his headphones on. Many Walrus Projects developments, such as Pepper's Field, bear Beatles-influenced names.

Deltec Homes, Inc. company, which was founded in 1968, crafts circular houses to serve as primary or vacation homes. It offers 10 models of round homes that range in size from 300 sq. ft. to 2,500 sq. ft. per level. Each model can be built as a one-, two-, or three-story home, with added living space possible by adding wings or by connecting two or more homes. Deltec Homes designs its homes to be hurricane- and high wind-resistant. The dwellings have roofing systems built with a ring-and-collar system and there are no single, flat sections wider than 8 ft. Most Deltec circular homes are built at the company's plant and can be shipped for on-site assembly around the world.

Bilfinger Berger is the #2 German general contractor after HOCHTIEF. The company has global operations in four business segments: civil engineering (bridge building, tunnelling, environmental, and foundation engineering); building and industrial; services (facility management and repair and maintenance of industrial facilities and power plants); and concessions (private-sector concessions operations). Farflung projects include the Abuja Stadium in Nigeria (constructed by subsidiary Julius Berger Nigeria) and the Puento Centenario, a bridge spanning the Panama Canal. Bilfinger Berger has operations in Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. Europe accounts for more than half of the company's sales.

Thompson Mahogany specializes in importing more than 20 different species of tropical hardwoods, mainly from Africa, Central and South America, and Australia, for distribution to retailers and manufacturers. The company also produces hardwood lumber, decking, and flooring. Its woods can be found on the deck of Bill Gates' mansion, in Martin guitars, and in Steinway pianos. Englishman Lewis Thompson founded Thompson Mahogany in 1840 as a cabinet and furniture business that imported mahogany for its own uses. The company is owned and operated by Donald Thompson, who bought the company in 1985 (and is not related to the founder).

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