A Beacon of Hope: Giants 300

Staff

July 1, 2006

Building Design and Construction

Last year, we noted that business was good for the great majority of firms in Building Design & Construction's Giants 300. Happily, we can report that the AEC industry outlook should remain positive through the end of the year and well into 2007.

Nowhere is this optimism more appropriately reflected than in the completion of 7 World Trade Center, a bright symbol of hope that has risen majestically from the ashes of September 11, 2001.

Get your calculator out and sharpen your pencil. Here's the latest data from BD&C's exclusive survey of the top U.S. architecture, engineering, and construction firms.

Top 20 commercial design firms
(2005 billings in $ millions)

Firm	Billings
1. Gensler	$274.68
2. HOK	$151.33
3. Callison	$114.00
4. Heery International	$107.02
5. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$106.50
6. Day & Zimmermann	$103.77
7. Carter & Burgess	$90.56
8. Fluor Corp.	$75.90
9. Stantec	$57.74
10. WD Partners	$55.70
11. URS Corp.	$55.05
12. NBBJ	$51.98
13. HKS	$48.19
14. RTKL Associates	$45.68
15. Walker Parking Consultants	$44.17
16. Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo	$44.10
17. Perkins+Will	$44.00
18. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	$42.16
19. Dewberry	$40.05
20. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	$40.04
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 20 commercial contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. The Turner Corp.	$2,467.50
2. Clark Group	$1,702.88
3. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.	$1,347.74
4. Hensel Phelps Construction	$1,177.14
5. Hunt Construction Group	$1,036.48
6. Perini Corp.	$956.27
7. PCL Construction Enterprises	$916.21
8. The Weitz Co.	$883.21
9. M.A. Mortenson	$809.90
10. Bovis Lend Lease	$796.62
11. Duke Construction	$725.00
12. Dick Corp.	$687.68
13. Swinerton	$680.35
14. Webcor Builders	$611.76
15. Holder Construction	$579.57
16. JE Dunn Construction Group	$576.25
17. Brasfield & Gorrie	$551.80
18. Manhattan Construction	$496.70
19. Ryan Companies US	$479.53
20. Skanska USA Building	$451.03
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 5 commercial CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. Heery International	$2,125.00
2. Tishman Construction	$1,597.70
3. Bovis Lend Lease	$874.48
4. Hill International	$840.00
5. Skanska USA Building	$469.20
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 20 institutional design firms
(2005 billings in $ millions)

Firm	Billings
1. Fluor Corp.	$379.50
2. URS Corp.	$275.25
3. Jacobs Engineering Group	$204.87
4. Carter & Burgess	$147.91
5. HDR	$118.44
6. HOK	$106.97
7. HNTB Architecture	$91.18
8. Leo A Daly	$90.06
9. Cannon Design	$87.01
10. SmithGroup	$86.34
11. STV Group	$84.24
12. HKS	$80.32
13. DMJM H&N	$69.00
14. RTKL Associates	$66.56
15. Perkins+Will	$63.80
16. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$62.13
17. NBBJ	$56.32
18. Gensler	$52.32
19. Lockwood Greene, a CH2M Hill Company	$52.25
20. Stantec	$46.19
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 20 institutional contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. The Turner Corp.	$3,877.50
2. Gilbane Building	$1,589.25
3. JE Dunn Construction Group	$1,290.80
4. Centex Construction	$1,168.74
5. McCarthy Building Cos.	$1,150.23
6. Skanska USA Building	$1,058.94
7. Bovis Lend Lease	$1,013.88
8. PCL Construction Enterprises	$863.85
9. Clark Group	$792.72
10. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.	$791.06
11. Brasfield & Gorrie	$715.85
12. Hensel Phelps Construction	$481.56
13. Kraus-Anderson Construction	$416.05
14. Perini Corp.	$401.02
15. Sundt Construction	$381.18
16. Fluor Corp.	$377.75
17. Dick Corp.	$374.54
18. M. A. Mortenson	$358.67
19. Manhattan Construction	$345.92
20. Pepper Construction	$315.24
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 5 institutional CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. Hill International	$1,680.00
2. 3D/International	$1,372.00
3. Gilbane Building	$1,333.60
4. Bovis Lend Lease	$1,112.97
5. Skanska USA Building	$1,101.60
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 20 K-12 design firms
(2005 billings in $ millions)

Firm	Billings
1. URS Corp.	$51.38
2. STV Group	$40.50
3. Fanning/Howey Associates	$35.76
4. Fluor Corp.	$30.36
5. Heery International	$30.22
6. NTDStichler Architects	$27.97
7. HMC Architects	$26.56
8. DLR Group	$25.92
9. The Thomas Group	$14.92
10. SchenkelShultz	$13.83
11. Moseley Architects	$13.57
12. Jacobs Engineering Group	$12.80
13. LPA	$12.27
14. DMJM H&N	$11.50
15. TMAD Taylor & Gaines	$10.19
16. Harley Ellis Devereaux	$8.37
17. Harvard Jolly	$7.92
18. Perkins+Will	$7.70
19. Parsons Brinckerhoff	$7.26
20. L. Robert Kimball & Associates	$7.05
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 20 K-12 contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. The Turner Corp.	$775.50
2. Gilbane Building	$491.91
3. Adolfson & Peterson Construction	$228.48
4. Skanska USA Building	$196.10
5. CORE Construction Group	$180.12
6. Kraus-Anderson Construction	$172.70
7. Clark Group	$146.80
8. Hunt Construction Group	$139.04
9. McCarthy Building Cos.	$133.36
10. Manhattan Construction	$133.05
11. C.W. Driver	$124.38
12. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co.	$117.19
13. Sundt Construction	$110.66
14. S.J. Amorroso Construction	$95.70
15. Alberici Corp.	$92.69
16. JE Dunn Construction Group	$92.20
17. The McShane Cos.	$80.83
18. BE&K	$77.38
19. Centex Construction	$76.89
20. Bovis Lend Lease	$72.42
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Top 5 K-12 CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)

Firm	Revenue
1. Heery International	$600.00
2. 3D/International	$560.00
3. Gilbane Building	$412.78
4. Hill International	$280.00
5. Skanska USA Building	$204.00
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Design firms doing the most international work
(2005 billings in $ millions)

Firm	Billings
1. Fluor Corp.	$1,017.06
2. Jacobs Engineering Group	$435.35
3. HOK	$96.54
4. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$71.00
5. Lockwood Greene, a CH2M Hill Company	$59.21
6. URS Corp.	$55.05
7. Ingenium Group	$53.28
8. Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	$37.40
9. Parsons Brinckerhoff	$37.35
10. Gensler	$35.97
11. Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo	$32.34
12. Callison	$28.50
13. NBBJ	$27.08
14. Stantec	$23.09
15. RTKL Associates	$22.19
16. Day & Zimmermann	$19.60
17. The Jerde Partnership	$15.00
18. Arquitectonica	$14.38
19. Swanke Hayden Connell Architects	$13.25
20. Perkins+Will	$13.20
21. CUH2A	$12.98
22. Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates	$12.00
23. Stanley Consultants	$11.86
24. DMJM H&N	$10.35
25. PageSoutherlandPage	$8.40
26. Cannon Design	$8.19
27. Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	$8.09
28. HKS	$8.03
29. BBG-BBGM	$8.00
30. Thornton-Tomasetti Group	$7.30
Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey

Who merged with whom in 2005

Firm	Merged with	Rationale
Anshen+Allen	The Rothman Partners, Boston	Establish an East Coast presence in the healthcare and academic fields
Cubellis	GBQC Architects, Philadelphia; Design Concepts Architects, Vienna, Va.; MGDF Architects, Chicago; Ecoplan, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.	GBQC Architects: strengthen academic services and presence in Philadelphia area; Design Concepts Architects: enhance multifamily services and expand into Washington, D.C., market; MGDF Architects: strengthen hospitality services and presence in Chicago area; Ecoplan: add private residential services; expand into New Jersey area
Cuningham Group Architecture	Renfro & Elliott, Bakersfield, Calif.	Strengthen presence in California education market
Edwards and Kelcey	Aquarian Engineering, Portland, Maine; Wiles Mensch Corp., Reston, Va.; KKO & Associates, Andover Mass.	Strengthen services in water and environmental engineering (Aquarian), land development (WMC), and transportation planning (KKO)
GBBN Architects	Harrell Group Architects, Cincinnati	Expand healthcare design business
GreenbergFarrow	Peter Drey + Co., Atlanta	Strengthen urban design practice
GRG	Earl Walls Associates, San Diego	Add lab planning services; expand into San Diego market.
Hill International	Arpeggio Acquisition Corp., New York	Go public
Hixson Architects	The Delta Group, Sharonville, Ohio	Add automation and controls engineering services
HKS	The Stein-Cox Group, Phoenix	Expand healthcare, corporate, hospitality, and sports design services to the Southwest
Ingenium Group	Buildings division of Arcadis in Southfield, Mich., Raleigh, N.C., and Greenville, S.C.	Expand into new markets
Jacobs Engineering	Babtie Group Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland	Add consulting services for the infrastructure, facilities, environmental, defense, and governmental outsourcing markets in the UK.
KTA Group	MECA Engineering, Kingsport, Tenn.	Expand portfolio and markets
Mazzetti & Associates	CBG Engineers, Portland, Ore.	Expand into Northwest U.S.
Nelson	Geheber Lewis & Associates, Atlanta; Griswold, Heckel & Kelly Associates, Chicago	Increase presence in Atlanta and Chicago; strengthen multifamily residential design services (GLA)
Parsons Brinckerhoff	3D/International	Enhanced design, condition assessment, and construction management services for the education and public buildings markets
Perkins+Will	MBT Architecture, San Francisco	Diversify practice in the Bay Area by adding research laboratory design services
RNL Design	BrendleAPV, Denver	Enhance national design expertise with the addition of Michael Brendle, FAIA
SEi Companies	PKP Engineers, Washington, D.C.	Grow market share in Washington, D.C., area
Smith Seckman Reid	Gordon, Gumeson and Associates, Denver	Expand into Rocky Mountain region
Sparling	Yantis Acoustical Design, Seattle	Add acoustical design services
Stanley Consultants	Cook-Steinman & Associates, Austin, Texas	Enhance land development services
Stantec	Keen Engineering, Vancouver; The Keith Cos., Irvine, Calif.; CPV Group, Calgary, Alberta	Expanded presence in Canada, Southern California, and Michigan. Strengthen green design (Keen), transportation (The Keith Cos.), and urban land planning (The Keith Cos.) services
Syska Hennessy Group	Caretsky Associates, New York	Strengthen healthcare design offerings