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BIM adoption rate exceeds 80% among nation’s largest AEC firms

Dave Barista, BD+C Managing Editor -- Building Design & Construction, 7/28/2009 12:00:00 AM

The nation’s largest architecture, engineering, and construction companies are on the BIM bandwagon in a big way, according to Building Design+Construction’s first annual Top 170 BIM Adopters ranking, published as part of the 2009 Giants 300 survey.

Of the 320 AEC firms that participated in Giants survey, 83% report having at least one BIM seat license in house, half have more than 30 seats, and nearly a quarter (23%) have 100-plus seats. In total, the Giants hold 28,174 BIM seats, with the average firm having 106 seats.

As expected, design firms are the biggest adopters of BIM, representing 48 of the top 50. AECOM Technology Corp. and HDR Architecture hold the most BIM seats, each with 2,000, followed by Parsons Brinckerhoff (1,800), Gensler (1,320), and HOK (840). Editor's Note: Several firms, including Fluor Corp., report having an enterprise license for BIM-related software, and, therefore, could not provide accurate adoption numbers.

Turner (#8 with 530 seats) and Mortensen Construction (#38 with 163 seats) are the only pure contractors to make the top 50. Other contractors to make the list are DPR Construction (#61 with 121 seats), McCarthy Holdings (#62 with 120 seats), Hensel Phelps Construction (#91 with 71 seats), JE Dunn Construction Group (#102 with 62 seats), and Ryan Companies US (#106 with 60 seats).

BIM adoption seems to be slowing among the Giants, which is expected given the rough economic environment. Slightly more than half (51%) of the respondents have added or plan on adding BIM seat licenses in 2009, down from 63% in 2008. And the number of seats being purchased is expected to drop by 56% this year, from a total of 6,465 in 2008 to 2,837 in 2009.

Stantec and Gensler are adding the most seats this year (250 and 199) and are two of only four firms adding more than 100 seats in 2009—compared to eight firms in 2008. Other firms active in BIM software acquisition this year are: Turner (adding 100 seats), URS Corp. (100), DPR Construction (90), KlingStubbins (75), and Dewberry (65).

Here are the Top 170 BIM Adoptors for 2009:

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Top 170 BIM Adopters
	Company*	# of BIM seat licenses	# of BIM seats added in 2008	# of BIM seats planning to add in 2009
1	AECOM Technology Corp.	2,000
1	HDR Architecture	2,000	2,000
3	Parsons Brinckerhoff	1,800	40	50
4	Gensler	1,320	300	199
5	HOK	840
6	Perkins+Will	800	80
7	HKS	650	200
8	Turner	530	200	100
9	SSOE	500	150	50
10	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	450	75	25
11	Arup	407
12	RTKL Associates	373	43
13	Cannon Design	320
14	SmithGroup	312	80
15	Merrick & Co.	302	15	25
16	CH2M HILL	300	40
17	Jacobs	280	280	15
18	Middough	270	10	20
18	TLC Engineering for Architecture	270	25
20	Day & Zimmermann International	265
21	Stantec	250	100	250
22	Dewberry	233	30	65
23	Smith Seckman Reid	225	45	20
23	Perkowitz+Ruth Architects	225
25	KJWW Engineering Consultants	209	35
26	HNTB	208
27	Burt Hill	205	25
28	Gresham, Smith and Partners	203	30
29	Bergmann Associates, Architects Engineers Planners	200	30	20
29	Syska Hennessy Group	200
31	X-nth	199	10
32	PageSoutherlandPage	181	36	50
33	Albert Kahn Associates	180	35	10
33	Goodwyn Mills and Cawood	180	20
35	Affiliated Engineers	175	13
36	Heery International	173	10	10
37	Fanning/Howey Associates	169	12	26
38	Mortenson Construction	163	25
39	Morris Architects	162	20
40	KMD Architects	155	20	10
41	Clark Nexsen	153	10
42	KlingStubbins	150	50	75
42	RNL Design	150
44	Leo A Daly	145	22	30
44	GRAEF	145	15	5
44	NTD Architecture	145
47	Arquitectonica	140
47	Corgan Associates	140	25
47	CTA Architects Engineers	140	115
47	Little	140
51	BSA LifeStructures	139	20
51	Facility Group	139
53	Anshen+Allen	135	33	2
54	Flad Architects	131
55	RDK Engineers	130
56	TRO Jung/Brannen	127	20
57	URS Corp.	125	25	100
57	BRPH Companies	125	12
59	Shive-Hattery	124		10
60	Cogdell Spencer Erdman	123
61	DPR Construction	121	61	90
62	McCarthy Holdings	120	25	30
63	PGAL	119		5
64	EYP Architecture & Engineering	118	27	15
65	Ellerbe Becket	116
66	BBG-BBGM	113
67	DLR Group	106	58	26
68	Cubellis	105	95
69	H+L Architecture	103
70	Perkins Eastman	100	50	50
70	OWP/P	100	40	10
70	KPFF Consulting Engineers	100
73	VOA Associates	95
74	H.F. Lenz Co.	93		5
75	Kirksey	91
76	Polshek Partnership Architects	87	20	21
77	CASCO Diversified Corp.	86	36
78	LPA	85	17	20
78	Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners	85
80	PBS&J	80	15	13
80	Thornton Tomasetti	80	20
82	Walter P Moore	79	16
83	Heapy Engineering	75	15	30
83	OZ Architecture	75	40	25
83	M/E Engineering	75	5	5
83	Hammel, Green and Abrahamson	75	75
87	FKP Architects	74		10
87	Environmental Systems Design	74
89	Westlake Reed Leskosky	73	42	28
89	WWCOT	73
91	Hensel Phelps Construction	71	23	13
92	Peter Basso Associates	70	17	12
92	Gould Evans Associates	70
94	SchenkelShultz	68	7	54
94	tvsdesign	68	10
96	Teng & Associates	67	6	4
96	Fentress Architects	67	15	3
98	Fletcher-Thompson	66	4
99	Cuningham Group Architecture	65	25	10
99	Joseph R. Loring & Associates	65		3
101	Crafton Tull Sparks	64	5
102	Nadel Architects	62	20	42
102	JE Dunn Construction Group	62	3	5
102	Carrier Johnson + Culture	62	5
105	DGA planning \| architecture \| interiors	61	26
106	SHW Group	60	60	50
106	Ryan Companies US	60	15	15
106	Harley Ellis Devereaux	60	5	10
109	WHR Architects	59	5	5
110	Webcor Builders	58	21	15
111	Swinerton Inc.	57	7	15
112	Ballinger	56		20
113	BLT Architects	55
114	RBB Architects	54	7	9
115	Skanska USA Building	53	25	22
116	John A. Martin & Associates	52	14	2
116	Good Fulton & Farrell	52
118	Balfour Beatty Construction	50	35	50
118	MulvannyG2 Architecture	50	50	20
118	Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott	50
121	Barton Malow Co.	49	7
122	BEI Associates	48	2	4
123	Clark, Richardson & Biskup Consulting Engineers	46	16
124	Sparling	45	3	5
124	Clayco	45	45
124	Durrant Group, The	45	30
124	Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor	45
128	Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers	44
129	M+W Zander	43	5	10
129	Gray Construction	43	3
129	Spectrum Engineers	43
132	Gilbane Building Co.	42	10	10
133	Nelson	41	25	25
133	Henderson Engineers	41	17
135	Dunham Associates	40	20	30
135	Plunkett Raysich Architects	40	20	20
135	Holder Construction Co.	40	15	15
135	RSP Architects	40	5	15
139	Moseley Architects	39	17	30
139	Sasaki Associates	39	22	12
139	Weitz Co., The	39	10	2
139	FreemanWhite.	39
143	Omniplan	38
144	Reynolds, Smith and Hills	37	21	5
145	ADD Inc.	36		10
145	NAC Architecture	36	6	6
145	Wallace Engineering	36	11	4
148	EwingCole	35	25	30
148	L. Robert Kimball & Associates	35	25	25
148	Swanke Hayden Connell Architects	35		15
148	PCL Construction Enterprises	35	10	5
148	Wick Fisher White Engineers	35
153	Stanley Consultants	34	12
154	Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers	33	17	29
154	Magnusson Klemencic Associates	33
156	Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon	32	12	20
156	Mithun	32	5	20
156	James Posey Associates	32	32	4
159	Beck Group	31		22
159	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	31	5	10
161	Benham Companies	30	30	25
161	HMC Architects	30	10	20
161	Sundt Construction	30		5
161	Boldt Company, The	30
161	Epstein	30
161	Hoffman Construction	30
161	ka	30	25
161	TMAD Taylor & Gaines	30
161	Ware Malcomb	30
170	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger	29	16	6
*Several firms, including Fluor Corp., report having an enterprise license for BIM-related software, and, therefore, cannot provide adoption numbers. Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants

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