J.L. Patterson & Associates has been working on the railroads. Serving public and private sector clients, transportation engineering firm J.L. Patterson & Associates specializes in rail transportation projects. The company provides engineering design, construction management, and staff augmentation services, primarily for transit authorities, commuter rail systems, and freight railroad clients throughout the US. Hispanic-owned and woman-owned J.L. Patterson & Associates was founded by president Jaqueline L. Patterson in Orange, California.

Allenbuild provides construction and management services for public, corporate, retail, residential, and industrial projects throughout the UK. Its offerings include general contracting, design/build, civil engineering, maintenance, and nuclear decommissioning services. Allenbuild targets public projects including social housing, education, and government facilities. It also participates in health care, corporate, industrial, and retail projects. Allenbuild got its start in 1946 by brothers Samuel and Thomas Allen; it was acquired by construction group Renew Holdings (then named Montpellier Group) in 2001.

NCC AB,the company is the Nordic region's second-largest construction company (behind Skanska). The company operates through three divisions: NCC Construction builds highways and other civil engineering facilities, residential developments, and office and retail space. NCC Property Development develops commercial properties. NCC Roads produces aggregates, operates asphalt plants and gravel and rock pits, and provides paving and road services. Although it primarily operates in Scandinavia, the company also builds houses in Germany and the Baltic region. Swedish firm Nordstjernan controls nearly 55% of NCC.

Infinity Contractors International provides mechanical construction and other specialty contracting services. The company offers such services as shop fabrication, plumbing, HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning), and process piping installation. Major clients include Cabela's Outdoors, Texas Women's University, US Postal Services, and Frito-Lay. Infinity Contractors International was founded by Jim Salter in 1994.

Fleetwood Industries provides specialty construction and design services to retailers. It offers design services and manufactures and installs partitions, fixtures, and other structures.

Chiles Architects provides architectural design, land planning, and landscape design services throughout the southern US. The firm's architectural services range from artistic renderings, master planning, landscape design, and site planning to project management and construction administration. Chiles Architects specializes in upscale condominiums and multi-family apartment buildings in Central Texas.

Rex Lumber is a king of the wholesale hardwood and softwood products distribution business. It sells mahogany, cypress, oak, pine, and a dozen other hardwood and softwood lumber types. Rex Lumber sells its products (mouldings, millwork, and cut lumber) to woodworkers, retailers, store fixture manufacturers, and others for use in manufacturing applications. The company's largest mill is located in South Windsor, Connecticut, and it has other facilities in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Virginia. Rex delivers lumber by truck all along the eastern seaboard and ships lumber to the Midwest and West Coast regions of the US via contract carriers; it also exports lumber overseas.

Ringway Group Limited,the company provides highway maintenance and construction services nationwide in the UK. Through its Ringway Highway Services and other subsidiaries, the company performs highway surfacing, emergency repair, materials recycling, sign and lighting installation, and winter maintenance. Customers include highway authorities, car park operators, schools, and municipalities. The company is a subsidiary of Eurovia, which is owned by construction titan VINCI.

O'Neil Industries controls a family of construction companies, which includes W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. and T.L. Roof & Associates. With operations in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Illinois, the employee-owned company provides general contracting, construction management, design/build, and structural concrete services on primarily commercial projects throughout the US. It has worked on corporate offices, manufacturing and distribution facilities, and mixed-use centers for clients in the education, gaming, health care, hospitality, and retail industries. It has also done work in the residential and senior living sectors. Clients have included Boeing, DePaul University, and The Nature Conservancy.

Koppers Holdings treats wood right. The company makes carbon compounds and treated-wood products for the chemical, railroad, aluminum, utility, construction, and steel industries around the world. Its carbon materials and chemicals unit makes materials for producing aluminum, polyester resins, plasticizers, and wood preservatives. The railroad and utility products unit supplies treated crossties and utility poles and treats wood for vineyard, construction, and other uses. Koppers Holdings owns 50% of KSA Limited -- subsidiaries of Heidelberg Cement own the other half -- which produces concrete crossties. The company's manufacturing facilities are located in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America.

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