The Construction Industry

That’s easy – the New York-state headquartered business focuses on pools. We’re talking about the backyard variety. What’s the harder question is how the company accomplished its considerable success. But Dan Harvey places it into perspective.
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Manufacturing explosives for Brazil’s booming construction, mining and energy industries, Britanite is ‘the’ name in blast engineering. With an increasing international presence, the company is going from strength to strength. Reuben Ford braves a closer look at the forces and strategy behind Britanite.
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Construtora Ernesto Woebcke may be the oldest construction company still in operation in Rio Grande do Sul, but the medium-sized, family-owned business is firmly focused on building a lasting future. Michael Sommers discovers how recent investments in infrastructure, technology, and workers are leveraging its ability to take advantage of unprecedented growth opportunities in Brazil’s southernmost state.
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Breaker Technology Inc. has mined its market well. It breaks big rocks into little stones. The Canadian-based company is recognized as the world leader when it comes to equipment such as rock breakers and hydraulic scalers. This is one tough company that provides rugged equipment, describes Dan Harvey.
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For the past 58 years, Grupo Marhnos, a leading construction company based in Mexico City, has completed industrial, infrastructure, and real estate projects throughout Mexico. Rachel Hartman looks inside this company and the quality controls its uses to ensure clients receive the structure that best fits their needs, time and again.
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100-year-old St. Marys Cement has made major construction contributions to the great lakes region, supplying cementitious materials, concrete and aggregates. BUT it’s not just about longevity, says Dan Harvey. It’s about sustainability. Think green. Think algae.
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Brazil has no shortage of land, but it still boasts a shortage of roads. An expanding economy has only emphasized the country’s lack of infrastructure. That, coupled with an exponential increase in car ownership, has transformed road building and maintenance into a major priority for the federal government and, as Michael Sommers discovers, a major opportunity for Ciber, Brazil’s leading producer of road building equipment.
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Since 1965, Constructora VISE, a construction company based in León, Mexico, has completed significant infrastructure projects – garnering a leading position in Mexico’s central region known as El Bajio. Now the company plans to expand throughout Mexico, reports Rachel Hartman.
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For more than 50 years, Copachisa, S.A. de C.V. a Mexico-based design and construction company, has helped clients create buildings that meet their specific needs and comply with both national and international industry standards. With specialties in the industrial, institutional, and commercial segments, the company has earned a solid reputation in Mexico and carried out projects for a long list of well-known international clients. Rachel Hartman reports.
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The third largest constructor of residential and commercial buildings in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Habitare has made living – as well as buying – much easier. Its business blueprint commingles customization with new trends. Company President Sebastião Sidney Soares tells Michael Sommers how the enterprise became a top market player.
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