Knauf Insulation believes that an R rating is good for the family. (R-values are assigned by resistance to heat flow.) The company makes thermal and acoustical fiberglass insulation products for residential, commercial, industrial, marine, OEM, and metal building applications. Knauf also produces polystyrene custom shapes, insulation, panels, and other products. Established in 1978 as Knauf Fiber Glass, it is a member company of Knauf Gips KG, a multi-billion-dollar family of building materials companies owned by the Germany-based Knauf family. Knauf Insulation has operations in some 50 countries.

Nearly as old as the aggregate it mines, Granite Rock (founded on Valentine's Day, 1900) operates four quarries, a design center, and other facilities in Northern California. The company, often referred to as Graniterock, provides materials for construction and landscaping: rock, sand, gravel, stone, concrete, asphalt, road oils and asphalt coatings, and masonry and wall-system products. The company has a fleet of railroad cars to transport rock, sand, gravel, and concrete; it also operates a fleet of delivery trucks. Its Pavex Construction unit builds roads and airports, as well as commercial and residential projects. CEO Bruce Woolpert (the grandson of founder A. R. Wilson) and his family own Granite Rock.

Danya Cebus builds everything from homes to highways to office buildings to bridges. One of Israel's largest construction companies, it provides residential, commercial, and industrial construction services, as well as design/build, infrastructure, and engineering services. Danya Cebus, part of the Africa-Israel Investments group of companies, operates in Israel, Canada, and Russia. It is constructing the Cross-Israel Highway, the most complex infrastructure project in the country's history. The company got its start in 1934 when Africa Israel began its first building projects.

Hirschfeld Industries is into heavy metal. The company, operating through subsidiaries (Carolina Steel Group, Consteel Technical Services, and Hirschfeld Steel), fabricates and provides structural steel for transportation, infrastructure, industrial, commercial construction, and power projects. The group produces more than 10,000 tons of the alloy each year and its products include girders, trusses, beams, mill-rolled shapes, and other structural steel. Hirschfeld has provided steel for projects such as Reliant Stadium in Houston, the Anaheim Convention Center in California, McCarran Airport in Las Vegas, and the J. C. Penney corporate headquarters in Plano, Texas. Hirschfeld filed an IPO in 2009.

Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp., through its subsidiary, Harbin Yifeng Eco-Environment Co., Ltd., operates as an environmental engineering company in the People’s Republic of China. It offers non-hazardous municipal solid waste processing and disposal services. The company also provides environmental engineering consulting services, including environmental project investment and operation; production site environmental protection design and construction; non-hazardous waste disposal solutions; air, water, soil, and noise-related environmental product development; and ecological and environmental project consulting services. Eastern Environment Solutions, Corp. is based in Harbin, the People’s Republic of China.

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.

Brand Services can scale a tall building. Operating as Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, the company offers a diverse mix of specialty contract services to the North American downstream energy infrastructure market, including industrial scaffolding, abrasive blasting, insulation, corrosion protection, specialty coating, and weatherproofing. It provides concrete construction formwork and design on infrastructure projects through its global Aluma Systems division, while another division, Aluma and DCCL, offers civil and general construction services to Canada's petrochemical market. Customers include global energy companies, such as BP, Royal Dutch Shell, and ExxonMobil.

Ausenco Limited offers engineering, construction, and project management to mining, marine, and other industries. The group operates through five business units: Ausenco Minerals, Ascentis Operations, Pipeline Systems Incorporated, Sandwell, and Vector Engineering. They advise on process, mechanical, civil/structural, and electrical design of plants and pipelines for customers in the energy, oil and gas, transportation, and water and solid waste industries. Ausenco also offers geotechnical and environmental consulting. With operations in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas, the firm is able to support a global customer base, from established to start-up resource companies.

E&M's business is set in stone (of sorts). E&M Concrete Construction produces ready-mix concrete and cement for commercial, infrastructure, and residential projects in California. Most of the company's business comes from the construction of concrete foundations for new buildings. E&M serves Ventura County and the Los Angeles area. Hispanic Business magazine has ranked the company as one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the US. President Edmundo Mendez owns the company, which he founded in 1984.

Dick Clark Architecture designs residential and commercial buildings for customers in Austin, Texas, and throughout Central Texas. The design firm has created projects for such notables as Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker, as well as for customers Whole Earth Provisions, By George, Austin City Limits, Mezzaluna Restaurant, and steak house franchisor Ruth's Hospitality Group.

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