C.W. Driver offers general contracting, construction management, and design/build services for government and commercial clients, with a focus on the education, health care, retail, and entertainment sectors. It also specializes in historical restorations of landmark buildings. Founded by Clarence Wike Driver and John MacDonald in 1919, the company is now owned by president Dana Roberts. C.W. Driver has four offices in Los Angeles, San Diego, Ontario, and Irvine, California.

Oran Group (formerly The Snowie Group) provides waste-treatment and a range of other disposal services in the UK, including sludge handling and transportation and spillage cleanup. Clients include Severn Trent, Scottish Water, and the UK Ministry of Defence. The company made about £40 million during the foot-and-mouth crisis of 2001, disposing of millions of livestock carcasses. Other operations include logistics, industrial cleaning, recycling, and equipment leasing. In 2005 the Snowie Group (which began operations as a family farm in the late 1950s) was acquired by the Cork, Ireland-based Oran Group.

Avatar aspires to be the embodiment of retirement living. The company develops residential communities and builds homes in the popular retirement destinations of Central Florida and Arizona. Its master-planned communities are often located in picturesque settings and offer amenities such as golf courses, restaurants, and fitness centers. The company owns some 16,000 acres of developed and developable land as well as wetlands and other open space. Avatar also operates a title insurance agency and manages the day-to-day operations of its communities' amenities. The company's development activities have been minimal as it weathers the economic downturn.

Fischer is King of its subdivisions. Residential developer Fischer Homes builds single-family houses, town houses, and condominiums in communities in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. It also builds stand-alone patio homes, ranch homes in planned subdivisions offering landscaping services and themed streetscapes. Fischer also markets homes under the brands Maple Street Homes and Grand Estates. The company's homes range in price from $100,000 to $650,000; it targets first-time buyers, large families, and empty nesters. Fischer Homes often partners with other area builders and developers in its investments. Principal company owner Henry Fischer formed the company in 1980.

Messer Construction Company, the company provides commercial construction services including design/build and construction management for projects in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. It completes some $700 million in construction each year. Projects have included one of the only LEED-certified research buildings in the US (at the University of Louisville) and the Newport Aquarium in Newport, Kentucky. The company boasts a return-customer rate of about 80%. Frank Messer founded the employee-owned firm in 1932.

Argan makes sure its customers stay all juiced up. The holding company includes subsidiaries that provide services and products for the government, telecommunications, power, and personal health care industries. Its main subsidiary, Gemma Power Systems, designs and builds power plants including traditional and alternate fuel plants. Argan's Southern Maryland Cable unit provides inside premise wiring and also performs splicing and underground and aerial telecom infrastructure construction services to carriers, government entities, service providers, and electric utilities. Argan's Vitarich Laboratories arm makes and distributes private-label dietary supplements and other nutraceuticals and health care products.

Airmaster Fan Company traces its roots to the Diehl Fan Company, who patented the first practical electrical fan in 1886. A hundred years later Airmaster acquired the Chelsea, Brundage and Power Line Fan operations from Clevepak Corporation. Brundage started production in 1919, Chelsea in 1935 and Power Line in 1957. Airmaster maintained each operation independently to different market segment. Sales and marketing were consolidated by Airmaster in 2002 to improve operations and concentrate on fulfilling customer needs.Airmaster's only focus is fans. The factory is complete with engineering staff, certified laboratory for design and development, metal fabricating machinery, and tool and die facilities. Located in Jackson, Michigan, the company maintains stocking warehouses across the U.S., offering the largest line of air moving equipment in North America. Sales are made through the wholesale distributor by representative agencies. Airmaster exports throughout the world. Names may change, but the high quality standards in products and service, for which Airmaster and its predecessors were noted, remain the same: reliable products, uncompromising quality and prompt service.

RBB Architects just might be the BFF for companies that need programming, planning, and design services for institutional facilities construction. Markets include the health care, laboratory, commercial, and higher education sectors. RBB Architects works primarily in California, but also been involved in projects throughout the US and overseas. Services include feasibility studies and cost control; programming; space, strategic, and master planning; architectural and interior design; and post-occupancy evaluations. RBB Architects was established in 1952.

Carpenter Contractors of America has been working with wood for more than half of a century. The company manufactures roof trusses and wall panels and supplies building materials through its manufacturing facilities in Florida. The company also has offices in North Carolina and Illinois, where it operates under the name R&D Thiel. The company's products and services are used in both residential and commercial construction. In 1955 brothers Robert and Donald Thiel founded the company as R&D Thiel in Belvidere, Illinois. Carpenter Contractors of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010.

RECON Environmental provides environmental consulting services for project planning and land development projects, primarily in the western US. Its services include conservation planning, habitat restoration, noise analysis, and air quality assessment. It works with clients in the private sector, the federal government, and state and local agencies. The company, founded in 1972, also provides architectural investigation services used to preserve cultural and biological resources, including historic sites and endangered species.. RECON Environmental has offices in California, Arizona, and Texas.

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