A. O. Smith Water Products Company makes commercial and residential water heating equipment under such brands as Cyclone, Genesis, and Vertex. It also makes solar panel water heaters under the Cirrex name. Products include commercial boilers, commercial natural gas water heaters, residential electric and natural gas water heaters, expansion tanks, and pump tanks. Products are sold through a network of wholesale distributors, as well as through retail chains Sears and Lowes. More than 15 manufacturing plants are located in North America, Mexico, China, the Netherlands, and India. A. O. Smith Water Products Company, a division of A. O. Smith, is always in hot water -- and it works to assure that its customers are, too.

Bovis Homes builds and sells single-family houses, apartments, retirement facilities, and social housing units in England and Wales. The company also builds mixed-use projects which include residential properties in combination with retail and/or office properties. Bovis targets the middle market buyer; it completed some 1,800 homes in 2008 (down from 2,900 in 2007) with an average price of 150,800 (some $249,600). The company maintains a land bank portfolio of approximately 11,500 plots held for development.

JESCO, Inc. company does just about everything for commercial and industrial construction projects. Founded in 1941, JESCO offers turnkey services from design to equipment installation and maintenance. Services include engineering, construction, mechanical and electrical work, millwrighting, and steel fabrication. A unit of The Yates Companies, JESCO operates throughout the Southeast and east coast regions of the US. Customers include Caterpillar, Cooper Tire & Rubber, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Carquest, and UPS. The company has offices in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, and it is owned by the Yates family.

Ivey Mechanical Company gets an "A" for its slate of mechanical services. The specialty contractor designs, fabricates, and manufactures sheet metal work, as well as air conditioning/heating, and medical gas and plumbing/piping systems. It also provides system repairs, maintenance, and emergency services. With projects covering 30 states, Ivey Mechanical drives preconstruction and construction, and prefabrication work for commercial and industrial facilities, correctional, health care, and government contracts. The company operates through service offices dotting the Southeast US. It is owned by CEO Larry Terrell along with members of Ivey Mechanical's management team.

Havelock Europa designs, manufactures, and installs interiors, primarily for retail and education markets in Europe and the Middle East. The company also produces point-of-sale merchandising displays for the retail market and furniture for the health care and education markets. With its acquisitions of TeacherBoards, Clean Air Ltd., and Stage Systems, it has become a top education supplier in the UK and has begun shifting its core business from shopfitting and store refurbishing to education building projects funded through private finance initiative (PFI) schemes. Customers are local authorities and large businesses such as major retailers, banks, construction companies, and hotels.

Fortis Construction isn't afraid to get its hands dirty. The fast-growing US construction company offers general contracting, preconstruction, construction management, and environmentally-friendly green building services to customers primarily in Portland, Oregon and others in the Pacific Northwest. It specializes in remodeling and upgrading corporate offices, health care facilities, retail complexes, and schools; it also conducts seismic and structural upgrades. Customers have included Oregon State University, Portland State University, PPG Industries, and StanCorp.

MYR Group's work can be electrifying. The specialty contractor builds and maintains electric delivery infrastructure systems for electric utilities and commercial clients. It operates around the US through six subsidiaries: The L.E. Myers Co.; Harlan Electric; Hawkeye Construction; Sturgeon Electric; MYR Transmission Services; and Great Southwestern Construction. MYR Group constructs transmission and distribution lines for the oil and gas, power, and telecommunications industries; it also installs and maintains electrical wiring in commercial and industrial facilities and traffic and rail systems. MYR Group was founded in 1891 by Lewis Edward Myers, who briefly worked as a salesman with Thomas Edison.

LCS Constructors helps create the space for corporations' high-tech and scientific discovery. With thousands of lab projects under its belt, LCS Constructors specializes in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of laboratories and technical facilities throughout the West, Southeast, and Gulf Coast regions of the US. The firm's clients have included ARCO Aluminum, Exxon Mobile, and McDonald's. LCS Constructors was established in 1980.

MasTec, Inc. operates as a specialty contractor in the United States. It involves in the building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade of utility and communications infrastructure. The company builds wind farms, solar farms, and underground and overhead distribution systems, such as trenches, conduits, cable, power lines, and pipelines, which provide wireless and wireline communications, electrical power generation and delivery, and natural gas, crude oil, and refined products transport. It also installs buried and aerial fiber optic cables, coaxial cables, copper lines, electrical and other energy distribution systems, transmission systems, and satellite dishes, as well as deploys and manages network connections. In addition, MasTec offers regular maintenance of distribution facilities and networks, as well as provides emergency services for accidents or storm damage. It serves utility, communications, and government customers. The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.

Bradford White Corporation was founded in 1881. Bradford White Corporation helps folks get in (and stay in) hot water. Bradford White Corporation manufactures water heaters for residential, commercial, and industrial heating applications. It makes oil-fired products, gas power burners, and indirect-fired units. Through subsidiaries Bradford White-Canada and LAARS Heating Systems, it also manufactures products such as pool heaters, oil burners, and air handlers. Bradford White Corporation wholesales its products through a network of plumbing and heating professionals. Subsidiary Niles Steel Tank produces custom steel tanks for companies in the automotive, petrol-chemical, pharmaceutical, and refrigeration industries.

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