The signs of the recession’s end can be seen in ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list. The Top 500, taken as a group, had overall design revenue of $85.06 billion in 2011, up 6.6%, from $79.82 billion in 2010. This marks the first time in three years the Top 500 experienced revenue growth for the year.
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| RANK | FIRM | FIRM TYPE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | ||
| 201 | 215 | Wade Trim, Detroit, Mich.† | E |
| 202 | 202 | Sasaki Associates Inc., Watertown, Mass. | A |
| 203 | 223 | LPA Inc., Irvine, Calif. | A |
| 204 | 209 | Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber, Grand Rapids, Mich. | AE |
| 205 | 213 | EFI Global Inc., Humble, Texas† | E |
| 206 | ** | Ballinger, Philadelphia, Pa. | AE |
| 207 | 207 | Ulteig Engineers Inc., Fargo, N.D. | E |
| 208 | 268 | Processes Unlimited International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif.† | E |
| 209 | 217 | Ammann & Whitney, New York, N.Y. | EA |
| 210 | 253 | Electrical Consultants Inc., Billings, Mont.† | E |
| 211 | 212 | Neel-Schaffer Inc., Jackson, Miss.† | E |
| 212 | 199 | Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc., Lubbock, Texas | EA |
| 213 | 179 | SHW Group, Plano, Texas† | AE |
| 214 | 315 | IPS - Integrated Project Services, Lafayette Hill, Pa.† | EA |
| 215 | 242 | CTA Architects Engineers, Billings, Mont.† | AE |
| 216 | 235 | BSA LifeStructures, Indianapolis, Ind.† | AE |
| 217 | 210 | VOA Associates Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | A |
| 218 | 230 | McKim & Creed Inc., Raleigh, N.C. | E |
| 219 | 248 | Bartlett & West Inc., Topeka, Kan. | E |
| 220 | 222 | Fuss & O’Neill Inc., Manchester, Conn.† | E |
| 221 | 208 | Boswell Engineering, S. Hackensack, N.J.† | E |
| 222 | 236 | Orbital Engineering Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa. | E |
| 223 | 214 | Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc., Springfield, Ill. | E |
| 224 | 234 | T&M Associates, Middletown, N.J.† | E |
| 225 | 307 | Cuningham Group Architecture PA, Minneapolis, Minn. | A |
| 226 | 224 | Garver LLC, North Little Rock, Ark. | E |
| 227 | 218 | KJWW Engineering Consultants, Rock Island, Ill. | E |
| 228 | ** | Thompson Engineering, Mobile, Ala. | EA |
| 229 | 256 | Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc., San Antonio, Texas | E |
| 230 | 226 | PGAL, Houston, Texas | AE |
| 231 | 200 | FKP Architects Inc., Houston, Texas† | A |
| 232 | 257 | Shive-Hattery Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa | EA |
| 233 | 241 | LS3P Associates Ltd., Charleston, S.C. | A |
| 234 | 266 | Brown & Gay Engineers Inc., Houston, Texas | E |
| 235 | 259 | ATCS PLC, Herndon, Va. | E |
| 236 | ** | Studios Architecture, Washington, D.C. | A |
| 237 | 359 | A. Morton Thomas and Associates Inc., Rockville, Md. | E |
| 238 | 249 | SRF Consulting Group Inc., Plymouth, Minn. | E |
| 239 | 239 | Century Engineering Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. | E |
| 240 | 274 | Bard Rao+Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC, Watertown, Mass.† | E |
| 241 | 263 | Rolf Jensen & Associates Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | E |
| 242 | 269 | Bolton & Menk Inc., Mankato, Minn. | E |
| 243 | 305 | H&A Architects & Engineeers, Glen Allen, Va. | AE |
| 244 | 314 | The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury, Conn.† | A |
| 245 | 243 | Fay Spofford & Thorndike, Burlington, Mass.† | E |
| 246 | 306 | Bowman Consulting, Chantilly, Va.† | E |
| 247 | 244 | Perkowitz+Ruth Architects, Long Beach, Calif. | A |
| 248 | 435 | Jacobs Associates, San Francisco, Calif. | E |
| 249 | 364 | Florence & Hutcheson Inc., Columbia, S.C. | E |
| 250 | 251 | Ayres Associates, Eau Claire, Wis. | EA |
| 251 | 258 | Mark Thomas & Co. Inc., San Jose, Calif. | E |
| 252 | 290 | Moseley Architects, Richmond, Va.† | AE |
| 253 | 282 | Goodwyn Mills & Cawood Inc., Montgomery, Ala. | AE |
| 254 | 287 | WD Partners, Dublin, Ohio | AE |
| 255 | 292 | Froehling & Robertson Inc., Richmond, Va. | GE |
| 256 | 238 | J-U-B Engineers Inc., Boise, Idaho | E |
| 257 | 181 | PBK Architects, Houston, Texas | AE |
| 258 | 473 | Cooper Carry Inc., Atlanta, Ga. | A |
| 259 | 255 | H2M/Holzmacher McLendon & Murrell, Melville, N.Y.† | EA |
| 260 | 240 | Farnsworth Group Inc., Bloomington, Ill. | EA |
| 261 | 278 | Maser Consulting PA, Red Bank, N.J. | E |
| 262 | 360 | Coffman Engineers Inc., Seattle, Wash. | E |
| 263 | 329 | GBA, Lenexa, Kan.† | EA |
| 264 | 283 | Walker Parking Consultants, Chicago, Ill.† | EA |
| 265 | 229 | BKF Engineers, Redwood City, Calif. | E |
| 266 | 247 | TLC Engineering for Architecture, Orlando, Fla. | E |
| 267 | 275 | Universal Engineering Sciences Inc., Orlando, Fla. | GE |
| 268 | 286 | Paulus Sokolowski & Sartor LLC, Warren, N.J.† | EA |
| 269 | 279 | Remington & Vernick Engineers Inc., Haddonfield, N.J.† | E |
| 270 | 293 | T. Baker Smith LLC, Houma, La. | E |
| 271 | ** | HLW International LLP, New York, N.Y.† | AE |
| 272 | 309 | Tighe & Bond Inc., Westfield, Mass. | E |
| 273 | 261 | Urban Engineers Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.† | E |
| 274 | 298 | Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, Calif.EC | EC |
| 275 | 328 | TCSDesign, Atlanta, Ga.† | A |
| 276 | ** | Langdon Wilson International, Los Angeles, Calif. | A |
| 277 | 319 | Sebesta Blomberg, Roseville, Minn. | E |
| 278 | 277 | Buchart-Horn Inc./BASCO Associates, York, Pa.† | EA |
| 279 | 303 | TKDA, St. Paul, Minn.; | EA |
| 280 | 288 | GRW, Lexington, Ky.† | EA |
| 281 | 295 | Paul C. Rizzo Associates Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa.† | E |
| 282 | 302 | ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.), Chicago, Ill. | E |
| 283 | 388 | Altran Solutions Corp., Cranbury, N.J.† | EA |
| 284 | 182 | Otak Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore.† | EA |
| 285 | 310 | AKRF Inc., New York, N.Y. | ENV |
| 286 | 267 | Harley Ellis Devereaux, Southfield, Mich.† | AE |
| 287 | 317 | EMH&T, Columbus, Ohio | E |
| 288 | ** | RMF Engineering Inc., Baltimore, Md. | E |
| 289 | ** | ECC, Burlingame, Calif.† | E |
| 290 | 245 | Erdman Anthony, Rochester, N.Y. | E |
| 291 | 273 | Lionakis, Sacramento, Calif. | AE |
| 292 | 321 | Fehr & Peers, Walnut Creek, Calif. | E |
| 293 | 260 | Payette, Boston, Mass. | A |
| 294 | 336 | Jones & Carter Inc., Houston, Texas† | E |
| 295 | 368 | SPEC Services Inc., Fountain Valley, Calif. | E |
| 296 | 280 | MSA Professional Services Inc., Baraboo, Wis. | AE |
| 297 | 311 | Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New York, N.Y.† | A |
| 298 | ** | MBH Architects, Alameda, Calif. | A |
| 299 | 276 | C. H. Guernsey & Co., Oklahoma City, Okla. | EA |
| 300 | 246 | MS Consultants Inc., Columbus, Ohio | EA |
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