2007

HOW TO USE THE TABLES

These rankings are based on construction in progress, the capitalized amount for construction of plant and structures not completed during the year. The information is compiled by Standard & Poor’s from the latest available audited results from 10-K and corporate annual reports. However, many corporations’ filings do not break out construction from other capital expenditures and are absent from this list. To fill this gap, ENR provides a separate ranking of firms by reported capital expenditures, also from Standard & Poor’s.

key to company type using the u.s. dept. of commerce’s standard industrial classification codes (sic): 1200=Coal mining; 1300=Oil and gas extraction; 1400=Nonmetallic minerals, except fuel; 2000=Food and kindred products; 2100=Tobacco products; 2200=Textile mill products; 2300=Apparel and other textile products; 2400=Lumber and wood products; 2500=Furniture and fixtures; 2600=Paper and allied products; 2700=Printing and publishing; 2800=Chemicals and allied products; 2900=Petroleum and coal products; 3000=Rubber and miscellaneous plastics products; 3100=Leather and leather products; 3200=Stone, clay, and glass products; 3300=Primary metal industries; 3400=Fabricated metal products; 3500=Industrial machinery and equipment; 3600=Electronic and other electric equipment; 3700=Transportation equipment; 3800=Instruments and related products; 3900=Miscellaneous manufacturing industries; 4200=Trucking and warehousing; 4400=Water transportation; 4700=Transportation services; 4800=Communications; 4900=Electric, gas, and sanitary services; 5000=Wholesale trade-durable goods; 5100=Wholesale trade-nondurable goods; 5200=Building materials and garden supplies; 5300=General merchandise stores; 5400=Food stores; 5500=Automotive dealers and service stations; 5600=Apparel and accessory stores; 5700=Furniture and home furnishing stores; 5800=Eating and drinking places; 5900=Miscellaneous retail; 6100=Nondepository institutions; 6300=Insurance carriers; 6500=Real estate; 6700=Holding and other investment offices; 7000=Hotel and other lodging places; 7300=Business services; 7500=Auto repair, services and parking; 7800=Motion pictures; 7900=Amusement and recreation services; 8000=Health services; 8200=Educational services; 8300=Social services; 8700=Engineering and management services; 9900=Nonclassifiable establishments.

Building value added=Expenditures for building construction and building acquisitions minus retirements. Building inventory=Fiscal year-end balance of the cost of buildings owned by the company on owned or leased land. nm=Not meaningful.
na=Not available.

Source=Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies.

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The Top 425 Owners for 2007