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2021 K-12 School Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. K-12 school facilities sector

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2021 K-12 School Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. K-12 school facilities sector

PBK, Gilbane, AECOM, and DLR Group head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest K-12 school facilities sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.


By BD+C STAFF | November 18, 2021
Sartell High School  Photo Credit Information: Corey Gaffer
Inspired by Sartell’s historical and contextual landscape, Sartell High School tells a unique story that welcomes students, staff, and visitors to a dynamic and innovative learning environment. The Commons is a catalyst for activity, bringing people together to build a sense of community and promote collaboration. Program areas traditionally pushed to the back of the school are placed adjacent to the commons, and transparency allows students to see and be seen as they ideate, create, and learn. Bridges spanning across the commons act as a transition between general and advanced learning opportunities. Specialized spaces are outfitted with specific technology while remaining flexible for future programmatic needs. Designed in collaboration with IIW-Minnesota. Key Building Team Members: Client: Sartell - Saint Stephen Schools; Partner Design Firm: IIW, PC;; Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing: Design Tree Engineering, Inc.; Structural: IIW, PC; Civil: Design Tree Engineering, Inc. Photo Credit Information: Corey Gaffer

PBK, Gilbane, AECOM, and DLR Group head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest K-12 school facilities sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

Top 150 K-12 School Sector Architecture and AE Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 PBK $163,100,000
2 DLR Group $91,650,000
3 Huckabee $73,548,394
4 Stantec $59,467,376
5 VLK Architects $59,000,000
6 Wold Architects and Engineers $47,500,000
7 NAC Architecture $43,408,120
8 Perkins and Will $37,491,000
9 LPA $35,797,350
10 Corgan $34,249,462
11 Perkins Eastman $30,940,596
12 HMC Architects $27,074,329
13 Hord Coplan Macht $26,884,141
14 Quattrocchi Kwok Architects $25,326,715
15 Hollis + Miller Architects $23,863,094
16 HMFH Architects $21,237,990
17 Fanning Howey Associates $21,035,987
18 GMB Architecture + Engineering $20,867,038
19 Zyscovich $17,642,712
20 Cuningham $16,951,696
21 FGM Architects $16,575,557
22 Moseley Architects $16,135,287
23 SHP $16,130,000
24 CPL $15,915,736
25 LS3P Associates $15,699,594
26 Eppstein Uhen Architects $14,065,000
27 Grimm + Parker Architects $14,053,405
28 BCA Architects & Engineers $13,520,000
29 Spiezle Architectural Group $13,154,000
30 Orcutt | Winslow $12,329,648
31 H2M Architects + Engineers $11,621,684
32 BBS Architects $11,591,715
33 BLDD Architects $11,348,910
34 SchenkelShultz Architecture $11,254,199
35 HKS $11,145,574
36 STR Partners $10,550,282
37 Legat Architects $10,445,000
38 HED $10,403,000
39 SEI Design Group Architects $10,283,432
40 JCJ Architecture $10,243,654
41 RRMM Architects $10,163,438
42 DLA Architects $9,929,258
43 TETER $9,668,136
44 CO Architects $9,612,358
45 CSArch $9,385,134
46 GWWO Architects $9,313,873
47 Page $9,280,935
48 SLAM $8,939,435
49 Ratio Design $8,898,809
50 Moody Nolan $8,898,067
51 Plunkett Raysich Architects $8,832,213
52 KCBA Architects $8,335,000
53 Glenn|Partners $8,101,344
54 ThenDesign Architetcure $8,000,000
55 McMillan Pazdan Smith $7,879,721
56 TreanorHL $7,860,078
57 Gensler $7,666,127
58 Goodwyn Mills Cawood $6,995,001
59 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting $6,740,233
60 JLG Architects $6,629,295
61 LaBella Associates $6,622,000
62 GFF $5,938,264
63 Becker Morgan Group $5,577,760
64 Smallwood $5,533,334
65 Ashley McGraw Architects $5,316,367
66 Kirksey Architecture $5,162,730
67 Clark & Enersen $5,115,179
68 Urbahn Architects $4,604,244
69 NORR $4,345,786
70 KG+D Architects $4,132,192
71 Cooper Carry $3,908,906
72 Clark Nexsen $3,830,300
73 HDR $3,624,784
74 RKTB Architects $3,527,356
75 EwingCole $3,500,000
76 Ennead Architects $3,499,849
77 G70 $3,466,250
78 PGAL $3,426,000
79 Wendel $3,420,163
80 Emersion Design $3,381,330
81 RDG Planning & Design $3,363,174
82 Dattner Architects $3,205,091
83 CTA Architects $3,137,663
84 Architecture, Incorporated $3,107,000
85 SGA | NarmourWright Design $3,073,163
86 Quinn Evans $2,532,769
87 VEBH Architects $2,394,212
88 KZF Design $2,269,692
89 Cromwell Architects Engineers $2,268,891
90 Mithun $2,189,644
91 Massa Multimedia Architecture $1,656,029
92 Marmon Mok Architecture $1,552,376
93 45 Architecture $1,462,219
94 Barge Design Solutions $1,256,197
95 Hastings+Chivetta Architects $1,208,874
96 HuntonBrady Architects $1,201,261
97 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill $1,198,595
98 Woolpert $1,166,935
99 FXCollaborative $1,048,547
100 LEO A DALY $934,838
101 HGA $876,177
102 Davis Brody Bond $872,935
103 BWBR $862,431
104 Lawrence Group $718,432
105 Progressive AE $706,332
106 Diamond Schmitt Architects $678,898
107 GRW $640,027
108 MKM Architecture + Design $607,324
109 Method Architecture $589,352
110 Finegold Alexander Architects $560,221
111 Studio+ $529,713
112 CallisonRTKL $489,929
113 Miller Dunwiddie $439,528
114 Hafer $419,853
115 ZGF Architects $417,016
116 DLZ Corp. $407,894
117 Solomon Cordwell Buenz $407,856
118 Garmann Miller & Associates $407,100
119 Ware Malcomb $397,487
120 Huitt-Zollars $286,305
121 Brownstone $282,283
122 Dahlin Group Architecture Planning $225,000
123 RSP Architects $214,000
124 LMN Architects $206,694
125 GSB $205,000
126 Architectural Design Consultants $202,800
127 Eckenhoff Saunders Architects $180,000
128 DLA+ Architecture & Interior Design $166,000
129 Hoefer Welker $160,000
130 Core States Group $136,791
131 BKV Group $128,900
132 AHL $125,144
133 CESO $102,040
134 Design Collaborative $93,612
135 GreenbergFarrow $86,300
136 Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E $86,000
137 CBRE $80,358
138 REES $69,143
139 Handel Architects $51,940
140 Champlin Architecture $51,820
141 Warner Nease Bost Architects $50,000
142 Performa $39,000
143 Curtis + Ginsberg Architects $35,000
144 ATA Beilharz Architects $32,000
145 Gresham Smith $32,000
146 JRS Architect $30,000
147 Cooper Robertson $29,699
148 Hanbury $18,425
149 MBH Architects $17,000
150 RDC-S111 $16,021
151 Sasaki $11,705
152 RBB Architects $5,724
153 Weber Thompson $5,058

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

 

 

Top 80 K-12 School Sector Engineering and EA Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 AECOM $63,700,000
2 Jacobs $42,350,000
3 Salas O'Brien $23,781,630
4 CMTA $22,503,059
5 IMEG Corp. $18,548,270
6 NV5 Global $16,136,000
7 WSP USA $16,001,687
8 Henderson Engineers $15,336,886
9 Langan $12,000,000
10 KPFF Consulting Engineers $11,612,000
11 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates $9,380,000
12 Dewberry $9,074,844
13 Jensen Hughes $8,490,017
14 SchraderGroup $7,798,370
15 STV $7,782,697
16 Kimley-Horn $6,900,000
17 HEAPY $5,729,876
18 M/E Engineering $5,693,000
19 CHA Consulting $5,400,000
20 Alfa Tech Consulting Engineers $5,000,000
21 TLC Engineering Solutions $4,800,000
22 Thornton Tomasetti $4,770,801
23 Peter Basso Associates $4,700,000
24 SSOE Group $4,630,520
25 Cushing Terrell $4,508,294
26 Farnsworth Group $4,251,986
27 BRPH $3,941,520
28 P2S $3,740,383
29 Bala Consulting Engineers $3,690,000
30 ME Engineers $3,450,000
31 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $3,225,774
32 Shive-Hattery $3,010,932
33 Halff Associates $2,929,000
34 Osborn Engineering $2,750,000
35 KCL Engineering $2,582,799
36 French & Parrello Associates $2,505,862
37 Wallace Design Collective $2,500,000
38 Highland Associates $2,500,000
39 Architectural Engineers $2,039,266
40 PBS Engineers $2,000,000
41 H.F. Lenz $1,774,605
42 Olsson $1,718,156
43 Primera Engineers $1,609,103
44 Karpinski Engineering $1,430,500
45 AKF Group $1,430,000
46 GRAEF $1,368,028
47 JQ Engineering $1,247,012
48 Kohler Ronan $1,241,661
49 Vanderweil Engineers $1,231,200
50 Morrison Hershfield $1,176,014
51 PS&S $1,110,200
52 raSmith $1,058,212
53 Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers $1,031,504
54 Buro Happold $878,000
55 EAPC Architects Engineers $828,803
56 KCI Technologies $779,100
57 LBYD $772,792
58 MHP Structural Engineers $762,911
59 SSC Engineering $751,743
60 Jaros, Baum & Bolles $717,076
61 McKinstry $700,000
62 Schaefer $677,410
63 Galloway & Company $610,568
64 Walter P Moore $602,730
65 JALRW Engineering Group $580,000
66 Ross & Baruzzini $500,000
67 Newcomb & Boyd $492,244
68 G2 Consulting Group $400,000
69 I.C. Thomasson Associates $383,600
70 Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers $380,350
71 Dunham Associates $350,000
72 Davis, Bowen & Friedel $332,457
73 Stanley Consultants $332,309
74 JP Harvey Engineering Solutions $298,600
75 EXP $219,952
76 ESD $161,975
77 Allen + Shariff $104,743
78 DeSimone Consulting Engineers $82,598
79 VJS Construction Services $60,000
80 DHE Engineering $43,299
81 New York Engineers $31,700
82 Arora Engineers $23,772
83 Marque Engineering $7,750

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

 

Top 100 K-12 School Sector Contractors and CM Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Gilbane Building Company $1,080,950,000
2 Skanska USA $625,979,771
3 CORE Construction Group $589,012,798
4 Balfour Beatty US $584,477,495
5 Adolfson & Peterson Construction $581,739,463
6 Orcutt | Winslow $484,412,497
7 Turner Construction $447,560,447
8 Joeris General Contractors $356,227,443
9 McShane Companies, The $353,431,496
10 McCarthy Holdings $348,883,905
11 JE Dunn $331,440,551
12 Suffolk Construction $327,211,217
13 Kraus-Anderson Construction $301,000,000
14 Nabholz $280,124,671
15 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The $209,565,916
16 BartonMalow $198,091,909
17 McCownGordon Construction $191,093,906
18 Pepper Construction $182,574,905
19 Crossland Construction $175,513,253
20 C.W. Driver Companies $174,317,983
21 Miron Construction $166,243,816
22 Hoffman Construction $164,017,639
23 Swinerton $158,859,199
24 Fortis Construction $155,656,719
25 Hagerman Group, The $125,000,000
26 Level 10 $114,435,580
27 STO Building Group $110,750,000
28 Shawmut Design and Construction $105,837,096
29 Haselden Construction $84,073,998
30 Rogers-O'Brien Construction $78,830,332
31 Blach Construction $73,500,000
32 Bette Companies, The $71,005,816
33 VJS Construction Services $70,203,000
34 Lease Crutcher Lewis $69,596,927
35 Haskell $65,314,184
36 Messer Construction $64,299,715
37 Manhattan Construction Group $64,096,340
38 Jacobs $62,275,000
39 LeChase Construction Services $61,470,051
40 Russell Construction $58,900,000
41 Hensel Phelps $58,045,214
42 Boldt Company, The $57,722,000
43 Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E $57,119,116
44 Rodgers Builders $54,515,963
45 CBRE $50,591,687
46 STV $50,104,635
47 PCL Construction $45,415,772
48 Saunders Construction $44,399,953
49 JRM Construction Management $44,000,000
50 CMTA $43,965,571
51 Clancy & Theys Construction $43,834,566
52 James G. Davis Construction $35,795,100
53 W.E. O'Neil Construction $33,446,942
54 Wohlsen Construction Company $28,496,000
55 Sundt Construction $28,201,672
56 Walbridge $23,901,511
57 Granger Construction $23,099,175
58 Kaufman Lynn Construction $22,948,215
59 Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors $21,575,609
60 Morcon Construction $17,000,000
61 Archstone Builders $15,860,596
62 Andersen Construction $15,000,000
63 Campus Construction Management Group $14,700,000
64 Paric Holdings $13,731,971
65 Walsh Group, The $12,810,699
66 Brasfield & Gorrie $12,467,885
67 Hill International $12,464,914
68 Weitz Company, The $12,217,800
69 McKinstry $12,000,000
70 Donohoe Construction $11,498,016
71 Batson-Cook $10,232,286
72 New South Construction $9,501,000
73 Mortenson $8,921,000
74 Clune Construction $8,859,583
75 HITT Contracting $8,239,017
76 S. M. Wilson & Co. $7,222,000
77 Hunter Roberts Construction $5,007,000
78 BlueScope Construction $4,464,863
79 SLAM $4,213,798
80 EBCO General Contractor $3,896,208
81 McAlpine Contracting Co. $3,853,450
82 McDonough Bolyard Peck $3,460,911
83 Benchmark Construction $3,333,405
84 DeAngelis Diamond $3,037,000
85 Hoar Construction $2,991,000
86 CBT $2,637,975
87 KG+D Architects $2,238,602
88 Brownstone $1,848,076
89 Executive Construction $1,800,000
90 Wendel $1,507,257
91 JLG Architects $1,417,245
92 Arc Building Partners $1,365,193
93 KBE Building Corp. $1,132,916
94 Lendlease $1,078,974
95 Cotter Consulting $1,025,461
96 Progressive AE $433,510
97 CSArch $389,476
98 Yates Companies, The $315,000
99 Henderson Engineers $131,156
100 KCI Technologies $123,800
101 Robins & Morton $90,000
102 Millie and Severson General Contractors $56,303
103 Buro Happold $19,000

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

 

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