Despite some global upheavals and uncertainty, the world construction market showed surprising strength for large contractors in 2011. After being flat in 2009 and 2010, revenue for large international contractors grew last year. However, big contractors working in the international market are expressing some caution about what the future holds.
The strength of the international market in 2011 can be seen in the results of ENR’s Top 225 International Contractors list. As a group, the Top 225 generated $453.02 billion in 2011 contracting revenue from projects outside their home countries, up a healthy 18.1% from in 2010.
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| RANK | FIRM | 2011 REVENUE $ MIL. TOTAL |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | ||
| 101 | 132 | Hanwha Engineering & Construction Corp., Seoul, S. Korea† | 771.2 |
| 102 | 103 | The Arab Contractors (O.A.O. & Co.), Cairo, Egypt† | 771.0 |
| 103 | 105 | Ghella SpA, Rome, Italy† | 757.0 |
| 104 | 127 | Qingjian Group Co. Ltd., Qingdao, Shandong, China† | 744.9 |
| 105 | 104 | Soares Da Costa - Grupo SGPS, Porto, Portugal† | 744.8 |
| 106 | 114 | TAV Construction, Istanbul, Turkey | 726.2 |
| 107 | 99 | Bonatti SpA, Parma, Italy† | 721.0 |
| 108 | 121 | WorleyParsons Ltd., North Sydney, NSW, Australia† | 718.3 |
| 109 | 116 | McConnell Dowell Corp. Ltd., Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia† | 704.2 |
| 110 | 98 | ABB SpA - Process Automation Division, Sesto San Giovanni, Italy† | 681.2 |
| 111 | 94 | Orascom Construction Industries (OCI), Cairo, Egypt† | 678.4 |
| 112 | 109 | Bauer AG, Schrobenhausen, Germany† | 637.2 |
| 113 | 74 | Iberdrola IngenierIa y Construcciõn, Madrid, Spain† | 635.0 |
| 114 | 83 | Sinopec Engineering Inc., Beijing, China | 634.9 |
| 115 | 111 | Contracting & Trading Co. C.A.T. Group of Cos., Beirut, Lebanon† | 613.7 |
| 116 | 134 | CTCI Corp., Taipei, Taiwan† | 592.7 |
| 117 | 125 | China Jiangsu Int’l Econ.-Tech. Coop. Corp., Nanjing, China† | 582.5 |
| 118 | 137 | Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A.† | 573.7 |
| 119 | 81 | Trevi Finanziaria Industriale SpA, Cesena, Italy† | 571.1 |
| 120 | 122 | Yuksel Insaat Co. Inc., Ankara, Turkey† | 570.4 |
| 121 | 128 | C.M.C. di Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy† | 550.9 |
| 122 | ** | OAS SA, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil† | 542.5 |
| 123 | 89 | China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau, Langfang City, Hebei, China† | 535.4 |
| 124 | ** | Dia Holding FZCO, Dubai, U.A.E. | 521.7 |
| 125 | 176 | China Wanbao Engineering Corp., Beijing, China | 507.8 |
| 126 | 173 | Per Aarsleff A/S, Aabyhoej, Denmark† | 506.8 |
| 127 | 129 | China Geo-Engineering Corp., Beijing, China† | 504.0 |
| 128 | 182 | Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan† | 501.8 |
| 129 | ** | Calik Enerji Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 486.3 |
| 130 | 171 | Impresa Pizzarotti & C. SpA, Parma, Italy† | 481.3 |
| 131 | 145 | China Dalian Int’l Eco. & Techn. Coop. Group Co., Dalian, China† | 467.5 |
| 132 | 146 | Cengiz Construction Industry & Trade Co. Inc., Istanbul, Turkey† | 466.9 |
| 133 | 135 | E. Pihl & SØn AS, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark† | 464.4 |
| 134 | 106 | Ssangyong Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., Seoul, S. Korea† | 462.0 |
| 135 | 189 | Alarko Contracting Group, Gebze/Kocaeli, Turkey | 456.7 |
| 136 | 169 | Onur Taahhut Ticaret Ltd. Stl., Ankara, Turkey† | 451.0 |
| 137 | ** | The Babcock & Wilcox Co., Charlotte, N.C., U.S.A.† | 438.8 |
| 138 | 119 | Habtoor Leighton Group, Dubai, U.A.E.† | 434.0 |
| 139 | 164 | Bentini SpA, Faenza, Italy† | 421.3 |
| 140 | 181 | Societa Italiana Per Condotte D’Acqua SpA, Rome, Italy† | 421.1 |
| 141 | 155 | Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Co., Hefei, Anhui, China | 420.8 |
| 142 | 130 | MAPA Insaat ve Ticaret AS, Ankara, Turkey | 417.2 |
| 143 | 140 | Yapi Merkezi Insaat ve Sanayi AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 410.1 |
| 144 | 165 | ECC, Burlingame, Calif., U.S.A.† | 505.6 |
| 145 | 168 | Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Indus. Eng’g Co., Shenyang, China | 396.7 |
| 146 | 113 | Beijing Construction Eng’g Group Co. Ltd., Beijing, China† | 395.0 |
| 147 | 148 | B.L. Harbert International LLC, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.A. | 393.7 |
| 148 | 139 | Nata Construction Tourism Trade & Industry, Ankara, Turkey† | 376.0 |
| 149 | 124 | National Petroleum Construction Co. (NPCC), Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. | 375.9 |
| 150 | 152 | Ircon International Ltd., New Delhi, Delhi, India | 371.3 |
| 151 | 154 | China Henan Int’l Coop. Group Co. Ltd., Zhengzhou, Henan, China | 368.5 |
| 152 | 195 | Lakeshore TolTest Corp., Detroit, Mich., U.S.A.† | 367.5 |
| 153 | 222 | Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India† | 360.0 |
| 154 | 120 | Nurol Construction and Trading Co., Ankara, Turkey† | 353.0 |
| 155 | 177 | China Zhongyuan Engineering Corp., Beijing, China | 346.9 |
| 156 | 126 | Rizzani de Eccher SpA, Pozzuolo del Friuli (UD), Italy† | 344.5 |
| 157 | 163 | Xinjiang Beixin Construction & Eng’g Co., Urumqi, Xinjiang, China† | 340.6 |
| 158 | 159 | Petroleum Projects & Technical Consultations, Cairo, Egypt† | 339.2 |
| 159 | 183 | China Jiangxi Corp. For Int’l Eco. & Tech. Coop., Nanchang, China† | 336.4 |
| 160 | 161 | Kayi Insaat San. ve Tic. AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 335.7 |
| 161 | 136 | The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A. | 333.9 |
| 162 | 166 | Tepe Insaat Sanayi A.S., Ankara, Turkey† | 333.0 |
| 163 | ** | Doosan Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd., Seoul, S. Korea | 332.3 |
| 164 | 193 | China Wu Yi Co. Ltd., Fuzhou, Fujian, China† | 329.5 |
| 165 | 211 | GAP Insaat Yatirim ve Dis Ticaret AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 328.6 |
| 166 | 187 | Pan-China Construction Group Co. Ltd., Beijing, China† | 328.4 |
| 167 | 147 | Construcoes e Comercio Camargo Correa SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil† | 321.8 |
| 168 | 209 | IC Ibrahim Cecen Investment Holding Inc., Ankara, Turkey† | 320.9 |
| 169 | 158 | China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corp., Beijing, China† | 319.6 |
| 170 | 221 | POSCO Engineering Co., Seongnam City, S. Korea† | 317.2 |
| 171 | 170 | Anhui Construction Eng'g Group Co. Ltd., Hefei, Anhui, China† | 301.8 |
| 172 | 184 | Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan† | 301.6 |
| 173 | 194 | Metag Insaat Ticaret AS, Ankara, Turkey | 294.6 |
| 174 | 197 | SICIM SpA, Busseto (PR), Italy† | 292.3 |
| 175 | 199 | Rasen Insaat Ve Yatirim Ticaret AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 287.2 |
| 176 | 185 | AMEC plc, London, U.K.† | 276.0 |
| 177 | 186 | Grupo SANJOSE SA, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain† | 272.5 |
| 178 | 192 | Dogus Insaat ve Ticaret AS, Istanbul, Turkey† | 269.8 |
| 179 | ** | Yenigun Construction Inc., Ankara, Turkey | 264.9 |
| 180 | 144 | PJSC Stroytransgaz, Moscow, Russia† | 263.0 |
| 181 | 217 | Limak Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, Ankara, Turkey | 262.5 |
| 182 | 172 | Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA, Las Arenas (Getxo), Vizcaya, Spain† | 258.6 |
| 183 | 138 | ELLAKTOR SA, Kifissia, Greece† | 253.3 |
| 184 | ** | Zhongmei Engineering Group Ltd., Nanchang, Jiangxi, China | 250.1 |
| 185 | 156 | Kinden Corp., Tokyo, Japan† | 248.0 |
| 186 | ** | Aecon Group Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada† | 243.0 |
| 187 | 180 | Arabtec Construction LLC, Dubai, U.A.E.† | 242.6 |
| 188 | 190 | Prezioso Technilor, Vienne, France† | 240.2 |
| 189 | 188 | Graham Group Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 240.0 |
| 190 | 206 | Zhongding Int’l Engineering Co. Ltd., Nanchang, Jiangxi, China† | 239.4 |
| 191 | ** | TACA Construction Inc., Levent, Istanbul, Turkey | 238.4 |
| 192 | 160 | CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo., U.S.A.† | 238.1 |
| 193 | 210 | Summa Turizm Yatirimciligi AS, Ankara, Turkey† | 235.9 |
| 194 | 205 | URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† | 233.0 |
| 195 | 214 | Zhejiang Constr. Invest. Group Co. Ltd., Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China† | 232.9 |
| 196 | ** | Toda Corp., Tokyo, Japan† | 232.0 |
| 197 | ** | Alberici Corp., St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.† | 231.8 |
| 198 | ** | Eser Contracting and Industry Co. Inc., Ankara, Turkey† | 228.4 |
| 199 | ** | China National Electronics Imp. & Exp. Corp., Beijing, China | 227.8 |
| 200 | 175 | Willbros Group Inc., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† | 227.2 |
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