Sure-Fire Contracting

Founded in 1981, Century Fire Sprinklers is a full-service fire protection contractor. It specializes in installing fire sprinkler systems for commercial, retail and industrial businesses. It serves various sectors, including hospitals, health centers, retail organizations and shopping centers. The company s customers include Anheuser Busch, Certainteed Corporation, Hoechst Marion Roussel and May Company. Century Fire Sprinklers offers a range of services, such as repairs and maintenance of fire sprinkler systems. In addition, it provides services for installation of underground fire lines, fire hydrants and pumps, water storage tanks and backflow preventers. The company serves the automotive, military, industrial, commercial, food service and manufacturing industries. Century Fire Sprinklers is located in Kansas City, Kan.

Butler Manufacturing Company is a leader in the marketing, design, and production of systems and components for low-rise, nonresidential structures. The company s products and services are provided to the commercial, community, industrial, and agricultural markets. Its building systems division is involved in the design, manufacture, marketing, and sale of steel frame pre-engineered building systems. The division s products consist primarily of custom designed and pre-engineered one to eight-story steel buildings for use as offices, manufacturing facilities, warehouses, schools, shopping centers, livestock, farm buildings, and more. It s real estate division provides build-to-suit-to-lease development services for major corporations who prefer to lease, rather than own their facilities. Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., the company is a subsidiary of BlueScope Steel, which purchased Butler in 2004. Butler was founded in 1901, and operates manufacturing, engineering, and service centers throughout the United States and 11 foreign countries.