Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker (A|DWRB) has designs on the Southern California market. A|DWRB provides design/build architectural services that range from analysis (including due diligence, code analysis, and site analysis of existing conditions to determine specific use suitability of a site or building) to master planning and interior design services. Its portfolio includes designs for biotech and advanced technology firms, educational facilities, and hospitality projects. A|DWRB, which was founded in 1961, focuses on projects in Southern California, but has also served clients around the globe.

One of the largest suppliers of precast products in the US, the Spancrete Group is owned and operated by the third-generation of the Nagy family. The Spancrete Group spans the concrete spectrum. The company makes precast and prestressed concrete building products such as beams, risers, columns, wall panels, pipes, bridge girders, stairs, and more. Spancrete operates through its subsidiaries located in Wisconsin and Illinois as well as Florida. Its Spancrete Machinery unit manufactures equipment for producing concrete building materials, which it sells to customers throughout the world. Henry Nagy founded the enterprise as West Allis Concrete Products in 1946.

ESTec Systems is on the job. Through its Allan R. Nelson Engineering subsidiary, the company provides mechanical engineering (including fire investigations) and forensic engineering services (failure analysis and reporting for criminal and civil investigations and court cases) to the petrochemical, manufacturing, and drilling industries. It provides mechanical design, repair, construction, measurement, and certification services to oil, gas, mining, and construction companies from North and South America to Russia. ESTec also performs billing analysis for insurance companies investigating industrial accidents. The company was formed in 1989.

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.

Professional Service Industries, Inc., the company, which is known as PSI, provides testing for lead-based paint and asbestos, among other services. One of the largest engineering and environmental consulting firms in North America, PSI also is one of the leading independent testing organizations. Its services include geotechnical engineering, soil and materials testing, and facilities and roof consulting. The company provides its testing and consulting services to companies involved in site selection, design, construction, and property management. Investment firm Olympus Partners owns a controlling stake in PSI.

Hampton Affiliates knows trees from the seedling to the stud. One of Oregon's top timber firms, Hampton produces approximately 2 billion board ft. of softwood lumber yearly through eight sawmills. The company has some 170,000 acres of timberland in Oregon and Washington and manages some 300,000 acres of publicly owned forest land in British Columbia. Through its Hampton Distribution Companies division, it distributes doors, windows, and other building materials. Hampton supplies homebuilding centers through its stud lumber and distribution operations. The company has its own railcar fleet to transport its products.

Sekisui Chemical (named for a concept of power taken from Sun-Tsu's Art of War) is a central corporation of the Sekisui "keiretsu --" companies affiliated through cross-ownership. Its main segments include housing, urban infrastructure and environmental products, and high performance plastics. Prefabricated housing (detached steel-framed and wooden-framed construction), accounts for about half of its sales. Other products include plastic pipes and fittings (used in water and sewage systems), medical multifrequency body fat meters, pipe valves, foams for automotive and construction applications, and rain gutters.

Formica Corporation knows a thing or two about counter-culture. The company designs, manufactures, and distributes its eponymous high-pressure laminate used for countertops, tables, floors, and other surfaces. Other products include fire-rated wall panels, sinks, doors, and toilet partitions. It also makes metal, stone, and wood veneer surface materials. In addition to residential kitchens, Formica's products are used in commercial buildings, including restaurants stores, offices, and hospitals. The company sells its products in more than 100 countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. Founded in 1913, Formica was acquired by New Zealand materials company Fletcher Building in 2007.

Global construction and engineering firm BAUER Aktiengesellschaft (BAUER Group) works from the ground up. The company is involved in excavation -- civil engineering projects that require digging to form a foundation, such as the building of tunnels, bridges, wells, wastewater treatment plants, and mining facilities. BAUER Group operates in three divisions: equipment, construction, and resources. The equipment division manufactures the anchors, drilling rigs, and heavy machinery used in excavation and mining projects, while the resources division supplies the other two divisions with materials and services. BAUER Group has operations in 60 countries.

Patrick Industries makes and distributes building products, primarily for the manufactured home (MH) and RV industries. Products that it manufactures include cabinet, counter, furniture, and wall components, as well as adhesives, aluminum extrusions, and laminating machines. The company distributes such products as building hardware, hardboard and vinyl siding, particleboard, and wall and ceiling panels. The company was founded in 1959 by Mervin Lung and went public in 1968.

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