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del.icio.usFor large architectural and engineering firms, 2008 was the last hurrah for the boom market and the beginning of recession. ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms generated design revenue of $90.58 billion in 2008, up 12.36% from 2007’s mark of $80.62 billion. But many of the Top 500 began to feel the recession’s chill early. Of the 474 firms on this year’s list that returned a survey last year, only 304 showed revenue gains over 2007, while 166 saw their revenue decline, with four firms unchanged. This compares with last year when there were 382 gainers and 77 firms with lower revenue.
The Top 500 Design Firms list, published annually in April, ranks the 500 largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.
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| RANK | FIRM NAME & LOCATION | TYPE OF FIRM |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2008 | ||
| 201 | 187 | Waldemar S. Nelson and Co. Inc., New Orleans, La. | EA |
| 202 | 259 | SWCA Inc., Phoenix, Ariz. | ENV |
| 203 | 217 | Moseley Architects, Richmond, Va. | AE |
| 204 | 209 | Hanson Professional Services Inc., Springfield, Ill.† | EA |
| 205 | ** | LPA Inc., Irvine, Calif. | A |
| 206 | 260 | EDSA, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. | L |
| 207 | 207 | Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz, San Francisco, Calif.† | A |
| 208 | 254 | Ninyo & Moore, San Diego, Calif. | GE |
| 209 | 197 | Bonestroo, St. Paul, Minn.† | EA |
| 210 | 170 | RCM Technologies Inc., Pennsauken, N.J.† | E |
| 211 | 211 | Belt Collins, Honolulu, Hawaii | EAL |
| 212 | ** | SchenkelShultz, Fort Wayne, Ind.† | A |
| 213 | 168 | Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc., San Antonio, Texas | E |
| 214 | 265 | American Structurepoint Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. | EA |
| 215 | 228 | EA Engineering Science and Tech. Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. | ENV |
| 216 | 176 | Bury+Partners Inc., Austin, Texas† | E |
| 217 | 203 | PGAL, Houston, Texas | AE |
| 218 | 255 | KJWW Engineering Consultants, Rock Island, Ill. | E |
| 219 | 229 | Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Inc., Nashville, Tenn.† | EA |
| 220 | 151 | Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Stewart & Assoc., Atlanta, Ga.† | A |
| 221 | 202 | TRO Jung|Brannen, Boston, Mass.† | AE |
| 222 | 241 | H.W. Lochner Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | E |
| 223 | 195 | McKim & Creed PA, Wilmington, N.C. | E |
| 224 | 247 | LS3P ASSOCIATES LTD., Charleston, S.C. | A |
| 225 | 156 | WilsonMiller Inc., Naples, Fla. | EP |
| 226 | 238 | PBK Architects, Houston, Texas | AE |
| 227 | 284 | Fentress Architects, Denver, Colo. | A |
| 228 | 261 | Strand Associates Inc., Madison, Wis.† | E |
| 229 | 227 | TLC Engineering for Architecture, Orlando, Fla. | E |
| 230 | ** | PegasusTSI Inc., Tampa, Fla.† | E |
| 231 | 445 | DOWL HKM, Anchorage, Alaska† | E |
| 232 | 196 | Wade Trim, Detroit, Mich.† | E |
| 233 | 234 | Dyer Riddle Mills & Precourt Inc., Orlando, Fla. | E |
| 234 | ** | BBG-BBGM, New York, N.Y. | A |
| 235 | 245 | eServ, a Perot Systems Co., Peoria, Ill.† | E |
| 236 | 275 | Schirmer Engineering Corp., Glenview, Ill.† | E |
| 237 | 155 | Paulus Sokolowski & Sartor LLC, Warren, N.J.† | EA |
| 238 | 262 | Patrick Engineering Inc., Lisle, Ill. | EC |
| 239 | 305 | Payette, Boston, Mass. | A |
| 240 | 300 | Mead & Hunt Inc., Madison, Wis. | EA |
| 241 | 269 | Neel-Schaffer Inc., Jackson, Miss.† | E |
| 242 | 422 | Murphy/Jahn, Chicago, Ill.† | A |
| 243 | 267 | VOA Associates Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | A |
| 244 | 295 | Weston & Sampson Inc., Peabody, Mass.† | E |
| 245 | 268 | BKF Engineers, Redwood City, Calif. | E |
| 246 | 271 | TMAD Taylor & Gaines, Pasadena, Calif. | E |
| 247 | 426 | Processes Unlimited International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif. | E |
| 248 | 286 | Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber, Grand Rapids, Mich. | EA |
| 249 | 235 | OWP/P, Chicago, Ill. | AE |
| 250 | 285 | Commonwealth E&C, Houston, Texas | EC |
| 251 | 346 | C&I Engineering, Louisville, Ky. | E |
| 252 | 237 | QORE Property Sciences, Duluth, Ga. | E |
| 253 | 382 | Davis Brody Bond Aedas, New York, N.Y. | A |
| 254 | 230 | Harris Group Inc., Seattle, Wash. | EA |
| 255 | 219 | Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, New York, N.Y.† | A |
| 256 | 221 | NTD Architecture, San Diego, Calif. | A |
| 257 | 289 | HLW International LLP, New York, N.Y.† | AE |
| 258 | 296 | Bergmann Associates Inc., Rochester, N.Y.† | EA |
| 259 | 226 | Universal Engineering Sciences, Orlando, Fla. | GE |
| 260 | 282 | Shannon & Wilson Inc., Seattle, Wash. | E |
| 261 | 324 | WHR Architects Inc., Houston, Texas† | AE |
| 262 | 316 | Fuss & O’Neill Inc., Manchester, Conn.† | E |
| 263 | 250 | NTH Consultants Ltd., Detroit, Mich. | E |
| 264 | 278 | Winzler & Kelly, Eureka, Calif.† | E |
| 265 | 298 | FXFOWLE, New York, N.Y. | A |
| 266 | 294 | CTA Architects Engineers, Billings, Mont. | AE |
| 267 | 291 | AKRF Inc., New York, N.Y. | ENV |
| 268 | 232 | Ayres Associates, Eau Claire, Wis. | EA |
| 269 | 263 | Epstein, Chicago, Ill.† | AE |
| 270 | 287 | Rolf Jensen & Associates Inc., Chicago, Ill.† | E |
| 271 | 253 | EFI Global Inc., Kingwood, Texas† | E |
| 272 | 387 | C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates Inc., Lafayette, La. | E |
| 273 | 345 | Dannenbaum Engineering Corp., Houston, Texas | E |
| 274 | 243 | GreenbergFarrow, Atlanta, Ga. | AEP |
| 275 | 309 | Mark Thomas & Co. Inc., San Jose, Calif. | E |
| 276 | 341 | Polshek Partnership Architects LLP, New York, N.Y.† | A |
| 277 | 274 | T&M Associates, Middletown, N.J.† | E |
| 278 | 276 | CBT Architects, Boston, Mass. | A |
| 279 | 375 | The Hagerman Group, Fort Wayne, Ind.† | EC |
| 280 | 233 | JCJ Architecture, Hartford, Conn. | A |
| 281 | 258 | Morris Architects, Houston, Texas | A |
| 282 | 293 | Albert Kahn Family of Cos. (Kahn), Detroit, Mich.† | AE |
| 283 | 311 | M-E Engineers Inc., Wheat Ridge, Colo.† | E |
| 284 | 330 | Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP, New York, N.Y. | A |
| 285 | 231 | OZ Architecture, Boulder, Colo. | A |
| 286 | 319 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates Inc., Seattle, Wash. | E |
| 287 | 279 | Cuningham Group Architecture PA, Minneapolis, Minn. | A |
| 288 | 256 | Perkowitz + Ruth Architects, Long Beach, Calif. | A |
| 289 | 236 | CPH Engineers Inc., Sanford, Fla. | E |
| 290 | 302 | Boswell Engineering, S. Hackensack, N.J.† | E |
| 291 | 326 | Ulteig Engineers Inc., Fargo, N.D. | E |
| 292 | 396 | Century Engineering Inc., Hunt Valley, Md. | E |
| 293 | 370 | Timmons Group, Richmond, Va. | E |
| 294 | 327 | Hardesty & Hanover LLP, New York, N.Y. | E |
| 295 | 301 | KKE Architects Inc., Minneapolis, Minn. | A |
| 296 | 272 | Buchart-Horn Inc./BASCO Associates, York, Pa.† | EA |
| 297 | 264 | LJA Engineering & Surveying Inc., Houston, Texas | E |
| 298 | 360 | Tsoi/Kobus & Associates Inc., Cambridge, Mass. | A |
| 299 | 366 | Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc., Lubbock, Texas | AE |
| 300 | 368 | Shafer, Kline & Warren Inc., Lenexa, Kan. | E |
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