One of the largest contractors in the southeastern US, Shelco specializes in the construction of warehouse and distribution facilities; educational, manufacturing, retail, and health care facilities; and office buildings. Repeat customers account for nearly three-quarters of Shelco's business. Not content to stay in its home state of North Carolina, the company is also active in South Carolina, Georgia, and Virgina. The company was founded in 1978 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by Charles and Edwin Shelton. The Sheltons owned the company until 2003, when they sold Shelco to six senior managers.

Lafarge North America is at the foundation of buildings, roads, and bridges across US and Canada. One of North America's largest building materials manufacturers, the company operates around 600 concrete plants, aggregate plants, and cement plants in the US and Canada (through Lafarge Canada). Its products include asphalt, aggregates, gypsum wallboard, ready-mixed concrete, and concrete pipes and blocks. The products are used to build commercial, residential, transportation, public, and utilities projects. Lafarge North America is part of global building conglomerate Lafarge Group, based in France. It accounts for about 20% of its parent's sales.

Daelim Industrial is also involved in petrochemical manufacturing. The company's engineering and construction services business focuses on projects in three main areas: multi-family housing and commercial buildings, civil works (including bridges, tunnels, and marine facilities), and plants (such as petrochemical facilities). Its chemical business includes the manufacturing of basic petrochemicals and value-added products. Working on overseas projects since the mid-1960s, Daelim Industrial has developed into a worldwide company with operations in Asia, the Middle East (its most important market), and North America.

The Paloma Group features an original integrated system to accomplish all tasks from product planning to production and sales totally within the company. Affiliated companies and personnel collaborate closely to achieve a formidable consolidated force.There "customer first" policy in place since our founding enables us to communicate directly with our customers in the marketplace and to incorporate their feedback and suggestions in there planning and production.

R.A. Smith National does not claim to be genteel, but it does its best to be civil. The firm provides civil engineering, planning, surveying, and construction services for the public and private sectors. It participates in a variety of municipal projects including road building and the development of water treatment plants and wastewater systems. The company also designs parking lots, parks, bike paths, bridges, and noise barriers. Its customers include state and local agencies and land developers, primarily in southern Wisconsin. Owner and president Richard A. Smith founded the company in 1978.

Straight Line Industries (SLI) is bound to leave a mark ... with traffic paints, epoxy, preformed tapes, and raised markers. The contractor installs pavement markings on asphalt and concrete surfaces, including highways, parking lots, airports, running tracks, and playgrounds. SLI can replicate mascots and logos for schools and businesses, and strip special items such as helicopter landing pads for hospitals and safety markings for warehouses and fire houses. It also distributes solar-powered signs. SLI mainly operates in New York, but also in New Jersey and Massachusetts, providing services to heavy/highway construction contractors and paving companies. President Pilar Dexter founded SLI in 1993.

T. Clarke provides electrical engineering and contracting services in the UK. Its vast menu of services includes building management systems, data cabling, instrumentation, street lighting, and telephone systems. The firm and its 13 subsidiaries have taken on projects ranging from hospitals and sports arenas to railways and shopping centers for the likes of British Telecom, Financial Times, The British Land Company, the Metropolitan Police, and BUPA Hospitals, among a host of others. Tommy Clarke founded his namesake company in 1889. The company is known for its electrotechnical apprentice training program which supports hundreds of young electricians yearly.

TerraMai is in the business of recycling; recycling wood, that is. The company supplies flooring, siding, decking, and other products made from reclaimed wood (reused or recycled wood). TerraMai seeks out reclaimed wood from around the world; the wood can come from a variety of sources such as old buildings and structures, railroad ties, fences, or wine barrels. The company then recycles the wood and sells the finished products to commercial and residential customers in the US. TerraMai has served customers including Whole Foods, Urban Outfitters, and Jamba Juice. With roots that go back to 1991, the company was founded by Richard McFarland and Erika Carpenter and is headed by CEO Ken Westrick.

Vista Group plc originally specialized in manufacturing PVC door panels but expanded its operations to meet an increased demand in composite doors. In addition to PVC and composite doors, Vista also offers a host of products such as stained, sandblasted, etched, and bevelled glass, as well as door knockers and hinges. Founded in 1995, the group is focusing on new build, social housing, and retail markets.

Dandi Systems makes prefabricated rigid-frame buildings and offers design services for customers, mainly within a 500-mile radius of its Kentucky headquarters. The company constructs its buildings from Southern yellow pine and clads them with steel sheet metal, which it rolls at its own facility. Dandi offers delivery or on-site assembly of its buildings, which are often used as barns, churches, garages, and small commercial businesses. Various additions such as windows, trim, and doors can be selected to customize each building. The company was founded in the early 1980s and is owned by company president Robert Cook.

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