This article first appeared in the 200607
issue of BD+C.
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 |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 20 commercial contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 5
commercial CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 20 institutional design firms
(2005 billings in $ millions)
| Firm | Billings |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 20 institutional contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 5 institutional CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 20 K-12 design firms
(2005 billings in $ millions)
| Firm | Billings |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 20 K-12 contractors
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Top 5 K-12 CMs
(2005 revenue in $ millions)
| Firm | Revenue |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
Design firms doing the most international work
(2005 billings in $ millions)
| Firm | Billings |
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Source: 2006 Giants 300 survey
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| 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 |
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 |
