commentThe 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.
 |
More detailed information on the Top 500 Design Firms: Current Top 500 Design Firms Story: Click below for earlier editions: |
| RANK | FIRM | FIRM TYPE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2011 | ||
| 1 | 1 | AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif.† | EA |
| 2 | 2 | URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif.† | EAC |
| 3 | 3 | Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif. | AEC |
| 4 | 5 | Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas† | EC |
| 5 | 4 | CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo.† | EAC |
| 6 | 8 | Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif.† | EC |
| 7 | 6 | AMEC, Tucker, Ga.† | EC |
| 8 | 7 | Tetra Tech Inc., Pasadena, Calif.† | E |
| 9 | 9 | KBR, Houston, Texas† | EC |
| 10 | 10 | Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York, N.Y.† | EA |
| 11 | 11 | HDR, Omaha, Neb.† | EA |
| 12 | 12 | Arcadis U.S./RTKL/RISE, Highlands Ranch, Colo.† | EA |
| 13 | 13 | The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La. | EC |
| 14 | 16 | Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan.† | EC |
| 15 | 14 | Parsons, Pasadena, Calif.† | EC |
| 16 | 18 | MWH Global, Broomfield, Colo.† | EC |
| 17 | 19 | WorleyParsons Group Inc., Bellaire, Texas† | EC |
| 18 | 17 | HNTB Cos., Kansas City, Mo. | EA |
| 19 | 21 | Wood Group Mustang, Houston, Texas | EC |
| 20 | 24 | CB&I, The Woodlands, Texas† | EC |
| 21 | 22 | Gensler, San Francisco, Calif. | A |
| 22 | 23 | CDM Smith, Cambridge, Mass.† | EC |
| 23 | 20 | Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo. | EAC |
| 24 | 25 | Stantec Inc., Irvine, Calif.† | EAL |
| 25 | 15 | Louis Berger, Morristown, N.J.† | EAP |
| 26 | 31 | Michael Baker Corp., Moon Township, Pa.† | EA |
| 27 | 27 | Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago, Ill.† | E |
| 28 | 28 | CDI Corp., Philadelphia, Pa.† | EA |
| 29 | 29 | Atkins North America, Tampa, Fla.† | EA |
| 30 | 34 | Cardno USA Inc., Portland, Ore.† | ENV |
| 31 | 30 | HOK, St. Louis, Mo. | AE |
| 32 | 36 | STV Group Inc., New York, N.Y.† | EA |
| 33 | 42 | Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), McLean, Va.† | EC |
| 34 | 45 | S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd. and Affiliates, Houston, Texas† | EC |
| 35 | 39 | Hatch Mott MacDonald, Millburn, N.J.† | E |
| 36 | 37 | TRC Cos. Inc., Lowell, Mass.† | E |
| 37 | 33 | Perkins+Will, Chicago, Ill.† | A |
| 38 | 51 | Conestoga-Rovers & Assoc., Niagara Falls, N.Y.† | E |
| 39 | 38 | Terracon Consultants Inc., Olathe, Kan.† | E |
| 40 | 48 | McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas | EC |
| 41 | 40 | Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc., Raleigh, N.C. | E |
| 42 | 26 | Fugro (USA) Inc., Houston, Texas† | EC |
| 43 | 50 | Bureau Veritas, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | E |
| 44 | 46 | Dewberry, Fairfax, Va.† | EA |
| 45 | 43 | The Kleinfelder Group Inc., San Diego, Calif.† | EA |
| 46 | 52 | ENVIRON Holdings Inc., Arlington, Va.† | ENV |
| 47 | 47 | Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, Calif.† | E |
| 48 | 44 | Gannett Fleming, Harrisburg, Pa.† | EA |
| 49 | 60 | Kiewit Corp., Omaha, Neb.† | EC |
| 50 | 49 | Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP, New York, N.Y. † | AE |
| 51 | 55 | T.Y. Lin International, San Francisco, Calif.† | EA |
| 52 | 66 | Zachry Holdings Inc., San Antonio, Texas† | EA |
| 53 | 63 | Cannon Design, Grand Island, N.Y. | AE |
| 54 | 61 | POWER Engineers Inc., Hailey, Idaho† | E |
| 55 | 53 | Arup, New York, N.Y.† | E |
| 56 | 64 | HKS Inc., Dallas, Texas | AE |
| 57 | 65 | Professional Service Industries (PSI), Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. | E |
| 58 | 58 | Golder Associates Inc., Atlanta, Ga.† | EC |
| 59 | 56 | TranSystems Corp., Kansas City, Mo. | EA |
| 60 | 67 | Enercon Services Inc., Kennesaw, Ga.† | E |
| 61 | 59 | EXP, Chicago, Ill.† | EA |
| 62 | 68 | ATC Associates Inc., Lafayette, La.† | E |
| 63 | 57 | Stanley Consultants Inc., Muscatine, Iowa | E |
| 64 | 74 | Geosyntec Consultants, Atlanta, Ga.† | E |
| 65 | 62 | NBBJ, Seattle, Wash.† | A |
| 66 | 72 | Greenman-Pedersen Inc., Babylon, N.Y.† | E |
| 67 | 69 | SmithGroupJJR, Detroit, Mich.† | AE |
| 68 | 71 | Weston Solutions Inc., West Chester, Pa.† | EC |
| 69 | 78 | Ecology & Environment Inc., Lancaster, N.Y.† | ENV |
| 70 | 73 | WSP USA, New York, N.Y. | E |
| 71 | 75 | Hazen and Sawyer PC, New York, N.Y. | E |
| 72 | 106 | Gulf Interstate Engineering Co., Houston, Texas† | EA |
| 73 | 77 | Carollo Engineers Inc., Walnut Creek, Calif. | E |
| 74 | 88 | Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC, New York, N.Y.† | A |
| 75 | ** | The Babcock & Wilcox Co., Charlotte, N.C.† | EC |
| 76 | 80 | Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. (VHB), Watertown, Mass. | E |
| 77 | 84 | SSOE Group, Toledo, Ohio† | EAC |
| 78 | 79 | Reynolds Smith and Hills Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.† | EA |
| 79 | 76 | Leo A Daly, Omaha, Neb.† | AE |
| 80 | 81 | SCS Engineers, Long Beach, Calif.† | ENV |
| 81 | 85 | CHA, Albany, N.Y.† | E |
| 82 | 98 | Perkins Eastman, New York, N.Y.† | A |
| 83 | 120 | Callison, Seattle, Wash. | A |
| 84 | 97 | S&ME INC., Raleigh, N.C. | E |
| 85 | 86 | Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA), Minneapolis, Minn. | AE |
| 86 | 87 | David Evans and Associates Inc., Portland, Ore. | EA |
| 87 | 126 | Ghafari Associates LLC, Dearborn, Mich.† | EA |
| 88 | 89 | Burns and Roe Group Inc., Oradell, N.J.† | EC |
| 89 | 134 | Foth Cos., Green Bay, Wis.† | E |
| 90 | 83 | ZGF Architects LLP, Portland, Ore. | A |
| 91 | 108 | Woodard & Curran, Portland, Maine | E |
| 92 | 92 | Pennoni Associates Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.† | E |
| 93 | 95 | Rummel Klepper & Kahl LLP, Baltimore, Md. | E |
| 94 | 114 | Langan Eng’g and Environmental Services Inc., Elmwood Park, N.J. | E |
| 95 | 105 | Morrison Hershfield, Atlanta, Ga.† | E |
| 96 | 82 | KCI Technologies Inc., Sparks, Md.† | E |
| 97 | 93 | Moffatt & Nichol, Long Beach, Calif.† | E |
| 98 | 99 | Middough Inc., Cleveland, Ohio† | EA |
| 99 | 102 | H.W. Lochner Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | EA |
| 100 | 110 | O’Brien & Gere, Syracuse, N.Y.† | EA |
ENR Top Lists or selections from the directory databases are available on pressure-sensitive labels or computer printouts. Included are the principal officer's name and title, company name and address, and phone and fax numbers. Click here for information on purchasing mailing lists.
Sign in to Comment
To write a comment about this story, please sign in. If this is your first time commenting on this site, you will be required to fill out a brief registration form. Your public username will be the beginning of the email address that you enter into the form (everything before the @ symbol). Other than that, none of the information that you enter will be publically displayed.