Carpenter Contractors Of America is a full-service carpenter contractor, material supplier and housing component manufacturer in the United States. The company s suppliers and industry sources include Alpine Engineered Products, Autodesk, The Electronic Blue Book, International Paper, Truss Joist Macmillan, Trussnet, Weyerhaeuser Company and Wood Truss Council of America. It operates a branch location in Fayetteville, N.C. In 1955, Robert and Donald Thiel opened its doors for business as R&D Thiel and were soon joined by their brothers Thomas, Gerald, Allan and Harry. From the start, R&D Thiel was a thriving family business with a heritage of working with wood. R&D Thiel, which was headquartered in Belvidere, Ill., started in the suburbs of Chicago and has continued to expand under the name Carpenter Contractors of America into the Southeast United States. The company serves all the major metropolitan areas of Florida and the Carolinas.