Thomas Armstrong has muscled its way into being one of the leading aggregates producers in the UK. Thomas Armstrong Holdings Ltd. also makes custom joinery, concrete blocks, and prestressed concrete (flooring, stairs, and panels) and operates a general construction business (residential, commercial, and industrial) and a timber division. Thomas Armstrong, a joiner, cabinetmaker, and wheelwright, founded the business in 1830. A century later the firm converted to a limited company. It has grown through acquisitions of companies such as ACP (Concrete) Ltd., William Rainford Holdings, Barnett's, Robinson's Concrete, and Tayban Developments. Thomas Armstrong has about 15 locations across the UK.

G.L. Homes calls Florida home, and more than 60,000 Floridians live in those homes. G.L. Homes of Florida began as a small, local builder and is now one of the nation's largest privately held builders of homes and residential communities (some active-adult), It operates in Broward, Hillsborough, Indian River, Lee, and Palm Beach counties. The company's homes range from around $160,000 to about $1 million. Preferred lender G.L. Financial offers mortgage financing on homes, while affiliate G.L. Commercial is a commercial real estate firm that develops and manages retail, mixed-use, and suburban office space throughout the Southeast. G.L. Homes was established in 1976 by founder and president Itchko Ezratti.

Harry Mathews Jr. founded the privately-held company as the Mississippi Sand Company in Alton, Illinois in 1907. If you've been looking for lime in all the wrong places, your troubles are over. Mississippi Lime Company mines and manufactures such products as high-calcium lime, limestone, and other calcium-based chemicals used in agriculture applications or food additives. The company has operations in Missouri, South Carolina, West Virginia, and in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where its Falco Lime division is headquartered. Falco Lime serves customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Another division, Reagent Technology Services, provides air pollution control products.

Terracon Consultants provides geotechnical, environmental, construction material evaluation, pavement engineering and construction management, and facilities engineering services. One of the nation's top design firms, the company serves the agriculture, energy, telecommunications, commercial development, and transportation sectors, as well as government clients. Founded in Iowa in 1965, Terracon began as a joint venture between Shive, Hall and Hattery (civil consulting), Soil Testing Services (geotechnical testing), and Gerald Olson, PE (the company's founder and a project engineer). The company now has more than 100 offices in some 40 states.

WorleyParsons Corporation puts its energy into energy and chemical plants. The US subsidiary of WorleyParsons Limited, the company is a top designer and builder of modular facilities for refineries and process plants in remote areas and harsh environments. WorleyParsons, whose services also include procurement and project management, targets the hydrocarbons, minerals and metals, infrastructure and environment, and power industries.

Chiyoda puts both brain and muscle power into the industrial plants that it designs and builds. Through a number of domestic and overseas subsidiaries and affiliates across Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, the contractor provides engineering, procurement, construction, and project and asset management services primarily to the oil, gas, and chemical industries. Internationally, it specializes in designing and building liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants, including several in Qatar that are among the largest in the world and the first LNG plant in Russia. Chiyoda, established as part of Mitsubishi Oil in 1948, was spun off from its parent and went public in 1957. Mitsubishi owns about 33% of the company.

LZT Architects provides a variety of architectural and design services and has completed more than 500 projects mainly in Austin, Texas. Its services range from site selection and master planning to project management and construction administration. The firm's projects include its award-winning green building project, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless; a 48,000 sq. foot center for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault called Safeplace; and an affordable senior housing and community center development for The Salvation Army. LZT Architects was established in 1982.

Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc. (CWCI) offers building, restoration and renovation, construction management, general contracting, and interior construction services. The firm has built and refurbished schools, churches, courthouses, parking garages, medical facilities, and government and corporate office buildings. Past clients include federal agencies, the State of Maryland, Unisys, Wal-Mart, FedEx, and Georgetown University. CWCI has served the East Coast since 1961 and has also completed projects in Alaska, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas. Chairman and CEO Terrance Coakley and president Patrick Caulfield own the company.

Kier Group focuses on construction (around 70% of revenues), building management, property development, home building, and private finance initiative (PFI) projects. Sectors served include government, health care, education, retail, energy, and transportation. Kier also builds and refurbishes schools through PFI contracts. The company's support services operations provide building and grounds maintenance for the public and private sectors. Its Partnership Homes arm builds private homes and social housing. In 2010 Kier formed a new unit to provide renewable energy installation services. Kier has more than 50 offices around the UK, and it also operates in the Middle East, Caribbean and Eastern Europe.

Conti Electric counts on commercial and industrial clients to keep it busy. The company designs, installs, and maintains electrical systems and equipment for customers throughout the Americas. The company's industrial division completes installation projects for such large-scale facilities as automobile plants, refineries, and manufacturers. Its commercial division focuses on shopping centers, casinos, and other smaller projects; the division also offers electrical maintenance services in the Midwest. Conti Electric was founded in 1969 and has operations in Delaware, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, and Nevada.

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