Persimmon is enjoying the fruits of its hard labor. One of the UK's largest homebuilders, the company designs and constructs homes, bungalows, and apartments; its Charles Church division builds larger luxury homes. Working with the UK government, Persimmon also undertakes social housing projects through its Westbury Partnerships business and its Space4 timber-frame housing operations. Persimmon's land bank is one of the largest in the country, with some 76,000 plots. The company constructs more than 15,000 homes annually, with an average selling price of around 185,000.

Pribuss Engineering is an air-conditioning, heating, plumbing, and fire sprinkler system contractor for both residential and commercial clients needing to build new systems or remodel, alter, or improve existing ones. The mechanical construction firm handles a large part of its work in-house, only subbing out about 5%. Stanford University engineering graduate Rudy Pribuss started the company in 1968.

Eaga plc, the environmentally friendly company provides heating services to more than 5 million homes across the UK with the aim of reducing carbon emissions, promoting energy conservation, and on a larger scale, slowing negative climate change. eaga was established in 1990 as part of a government-funded effort to help low-income and elderly residents warm their homes in a fuel-efficient way. Its Heating and Renewables segment inspects 500,00 home each year. The Carbon Service unit works with big utilities to cut carbon emissions. eaga's Managed Services unit provides outsourcing contracts, including consultation and re-engineering services.

Cementos Portland Valderrivas is 67%-owned by construction firm Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. Cementos Portland Valderrivas has built a business on a strong foundation. The company, founded in 1903, produces some 18 million tons of cement and clinker (an intermediate product used to make portland cement) annually at 15 plants in Spain, the US, South America, Africa, and Europe. Its acquisition of 64% of Corporacion Uniland cemented its position as the #1 cement producer in Spain. In the eastern US, the company makes and distributes cement, gravel, and sand through Giant Cement Holding. It also produces concrete, operates lime factories, and has transportation companies.

Mercedes Homes won't put you up in a Benz, but it can set you up in a stylish dwelling. The employee-owned company builds and sells single-family homes in 80 communities in Florida, Texas, and the Carolinas. One of its largest markets is the Orlando area. Mercedes Homes operates through three primary subsidiaries: MHi Mortgage, BDR Title, and Space Coast Truss, which offer everything from mortgage financing to truss design and building materials. Mercedes Homes' properties range in price from about $100,000 to more than $500,000. The family of founder Howard Buescher controls the company he began in 1983. Faced with mounting debt and liquidity problems, Mercedes filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2009.

Briggs & Forrester Group provides building services that include electrical and mechanical engineering, installation, and maintenance. The group also provides plumbing services and other specialty contracting services. Four operating divisions carry out Briggs & Forrester's projects: engineering services, plumbing, special projects, and combined energy solutions. Established in 1947, Briggs & Forrester undertakes projects in several market sectors, including commercial offices and health care facilities. Clients include Barclays Bank, Marriott Hotels, Unilever, and the University of Oxford.

West Coast Contractors of Nevada provides the space for you to learn, play, worship, and sleep. The company specializes in construction and renovation of public projects -- including schools, community centers, and military base dormitories -- throughout the western US. The company primarily works on state and federal government projects, and customers include the US Army Corps of Engineers, Navy, Washoe County Public Works, and the Natomas Unified School District. President Mario Ramirez co-founded the company in 1984.

Market & Johnson provides commercial construction and general contracting services in western Wisconsin. It offers a full range of services ranging from the planning and preliminary design stages through delivery and maintenance. The company operates in the industrial, commercial, government, health care, religion, and education markets. Projects range from large buildings to small remodeling jobs. Juel Market and Milt Johnson founded the company as a home builder in 1948. Today Market & Johnson is owned by a group of five principal managers including CEO Dan Market.

To TOTO, going to the restroom is not just a bodily function, it is a sublime experience. The #1 toilet brand in Japan, TOTO toilets incorporate electronic, water-saving, and grime-resistant technologies, and feature options from elevating toilet seats for the elderly to heated-seat toilets with warm-water bidet functions. The company makes plumbing and other home products and bathroom and kitchen units (about half of sales). TOTO also develops new metals, ceramics for the semiconductor industry, and photocatalyst technology used in making films, tiles, and auto body coatings. Its Hydrotect film is used to protect car mirrors.

Envoy wants to serve as an ambassador of construction management services for public- and private-sector projects in Indiana. The company's services include strategic planning, structural design, bidding, scheduling, contracting, and site management. Projects include schools, fire stations, police stations, museums, shopping centers, and other municipal, commercial, and institutional facilities.

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