M. A. Mortenson Company,the general contractor performs construction, development, and design-build services for a variety of projects. Sectors served include aviation, corporate, education, electronics and semiconductors, entertainment, health care, hospitality, manufacturing, and retail; the company also has groups devoted to federal contracting, sports venues, facilities operations, and renewable energy, including wind farms and biofuel facilities. Active throughout the US, the company also has operations in China, helping its domestic clients to expand into markets there. M.A. Mortenson has about 10 offices, including a location in Shanghai.

The Kleinfelder Group isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. Since its start as a materials testing lab in 1961, the company has expanded to become one of the largest engineering consulting and design groups in the US. Kleinfelder's operating subsidiaries offer soils and materials testing, geotechnical engineering, construction management, and environmental services. With about 50 domestic offices and locations in Australia and Guam, the group targets the energy, transportation, water, commercial/industrial, government, and education markets; projects run the gamut from building underground parking garages to establishing wind farms. Jim Kleinfelder, who retired in 1993, founded the employee-owned company.

Hunt Construction Group specializes in fields of dreams. A subsidiary of The Hunt Corporation, it is a leading builder of sports complexes, including the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, the Great American Ballpark for The Cincinnati Reds, and Citi Field for the New York Mets. It has strategic alliances with other construction firms such as Bovis Lend Lease for sports projects. It also works on aviation facilities (a UPS service hub), high tech centers (IBM chip facility), office buildings, hospitals, hotels, industrial facilities, and universities. The company completes about $7 billion in work each year. It was founded in 1944 as Huber, Hunt & Nichols. It is under its third generation of Hunt leadership.

R&H Construction is a building and design firm that offers services in restoration, interior design, and construction to corporations, small businesses, developers, property managers, and private and public agencies. The firm has worked on fitness centers, restaurants, medical offices, apartments, automotive dealerships, and golf course clubhouses. R&H opened its doors in 1979 when it first cut its teeth on shopping centers. It serves the Pacific Northwest and has offices in Portland and Bend, Oregon.

X-nth (say "eks' en' th"). Going to the "nth degree" for customers is what the company says it strives for. It designs, installs, and maintains mechanical, electrical, plumbing, lighting, communications, fire and safety, environmental, and specialty systems for companies in the healthcare, science and technology, entertainment and gaming, and hospitality industries. X-nth has helped create casinos, theme parks, hotels, hospitals, and labs for Discovery Communications, Time Warner, the FDA, MD Anderson, Harrah's, Walt Disney World, and others. The company works internationally from nine US offices.

Lafarge Cement UK, a subsidiary of Paris-based Lafarge, pours it on the competition. With about 6 cement plants located throughout the UK, the company supplies about 40% of the country's market. Major products include Portland cements and Portland composite cements, high performance cements (heat resistant, sulfate resistant, rapid setting), and special cements (shrinkage compensated concrete, granulated blast furnace slag, pulverized fuel ash, and Portland-slag cement). It also produces plasterboard. Lafarge made it big in the UK when it acquired Blue Circle Industries in 2001; Lafarge Cement UK still uses the Blue Circle name to sell its cement.

Jurong Engineering Limited may not have a green thumb, but it is really into plants. The company is a complete one-stop shop for the planning, engineering, and construction of industrial and utility plants. The company's specialties include power plants, petrochemicals plants, pulp and paper mills, water and wastewater treatment facilities, cement plants, steel mills, and incinerators. The company can handle all aspects of a project from early feasibility studies, to construction, and just about everything in between. Jurong engineering has completed projects in 25 countries in South East Asia, China, India, the Middle East, Africa, and the Southern Caribbean. The company was founded in 1971.

American Homestar Corporation produces factory built homes in the United States. The company offers manufactured and modular homes. It also facilitates chattel and land-home installment financing for purchasers of manufactured homes from its retail sales centers. In addition, the company offers various insurance products, principally property and casualty insurance for retail customers. Further, American Homestar involves in community and real estate development; and the provision of consulting services. It sells its products through company-operated retail sales centers in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma, as well as through builders, developers, independent dealers, and developer-operated sales centers in manufactured housing communities. The company was founded in 1971 and is based in League City, Texas.

Construction Specialties, a member of the global C/S Group of companies, makes specialty architectural products for the new construction market including sunscreens (louvers and grilles) and entrance carpeting. Its Acrovyn line of wall panels, doors, and protection products include accent rails, corner guards, and handrails. The company also makes specialty venting products (such as explosion vents) and track and curtain systems. Its goods are featured in projects ranging from the the skyscraper Taipei 101 to the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium.

Grunley gets it done, from the monumental to the mundane. Founded in 1955, Grunley Construction Company provides general contracting, engineering, architectural, and construction management services and specializes in the renovation, restoration, and modernization of historic buildings in the Washington, DC area. Its projects range from prestigious undertakings -- the Smithsonian Institution, the Washington Monument, and the US Treasury building -- to more pedestrian endeavors such as office buildings, apartment buildings, schools, and power plants. The company also has lent its services to the construction of embassies, airports, and military facilities.

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