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Giants 300 Science & Technology Report

Giants 300 Science & Technology Report

BD+C's Giants 300 Top 25 AEC Firms in the Science & Technology sector.


By Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor | August 8, 2012
Building Team: DGA Builders (CM), Bergmann Associates (EA), Kennedy Mechanical (
Building Team: DGA Builders (CM), Bergmann Associates (EA), Kennedy Mechanical (mechanical engineer), and Billitier Electric (el
This article first appeared in the August 2012 issue of BD+C.

Students work in the undergraduate chemistry classroom, in the University of Rochester’s Hutchison Hall, a structure originally built in the 1960s.

Constructed in three months at a cost of $1.5 million, the 2,265-sf laboratory is a prototype for future development at the university. According to Joseph Dinnocenzo, professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester, the lab was designed to bring together the three phases of experimental work: design, execution, and analysis.

 

TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

Rank Company 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($)
1 HDR Architecture 60,900,000  
2 Perkins+Will 54,976,710  
3 HOK 39,049,209  
4 Flad Architects 35,280,000  
5 SmithGroupJJR 31,200,000  
6 Payette 17,207,046  
7 Ballinger 10,940,133  
8 EwingCole 10,000,000  
9 S/L/A/M Collaborative, The 7,895,193  
10 NBBJ 7,394,000  
11 PageSoutherlandPage 7,038,000  
12 BSA LifeStructures 6,339,395  
13 Ennead Architects 5,890,000  
14 Gensler 4,100,000  
15 Harley Ellis Devereaux 3,600,000  
16 OZ Architecture 3,006,974  
17 Wight & Company 2,959,100  
18 ZGF Architects 2,781,476  
19 Ware Malcomb 2,264,000  
20 Kirksey Architecture 2,108,182  
21 Reynolds, Smith and Hills 2,100,000  
22 Lord, Aeck & Sargent 1,445,819  
23 Perkins Eastman 1,300,000  
24 SMMA|Symmes Maini & McKee Associates 1,217,481  
25 IBI Group 1,206,499  

 

TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS

Rank Company 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($)
1 Jacobs 692,920,000
2 M+W U.S. 105,132,043
3 Stantec 42,300,000
4 Affiliated Engineers 14,482,000
5 Middough 12,500,000
6 URS Corp. 11,485,000
7 Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers 10,000,000
8 R.G. Vanderweil Engineers 8,231,300
9 Merrick & Co. 6,150,000
10 Bergmann Associates 5,300,000
11 RMF Engineering 4,500,000
12 WSP USA 4,200,000
13 Smith Seckman Reid 4,070,000
14 Clark Nexsen 4,046,032
15 STV 3,082,000
16 SSOE Group 3,043,000
17 Thornton Tomasetti 1,792,193
18 ccrd partners 1,250,000
19 RMH Group, Inc., The 1,192,171
20 RDK Engineers 1,092,000
21 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates 1,037,000
22 KPFF Consulting Engineers 1,000,000
23 AKF Group 1,000,000
24 Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor 1,000,000
25 Karpinski Engineering 868,947

 

TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS

Rank Company 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($)
1 Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The 704,586,928
2 Jacobs 692,920,000
3 Turner Corporation, The 270,000,000
4 DPR Construction 260,132,313
5 Manhattan Construction Group 203,632,000
6 JE Dunn Construction 147,553,307
7 Lend Lease 135,276,349
8 Structure Tone 105,970,000
9 Tutor Perini 68,084,000
10 Layton Construction 45,300,000
11 E.W. Howell Co. 43,137,000
12 McCarthy Holdings 41,000,000
13 Weitz Company, The 39,314,126
14 Messer Construction Co. 28,777,706
15 Coakley & Williams Construction 22,023,492
16 Flintco 20,800,000
17 Gilbane Building 17,822,000
18 Choate Construction 15,422,770
19 S. M. Wilson & Co. 12,268,944
20 Linbeck Group 12,000,000
21 URS Corp. 11,485,000
22 CORE Construction 8,242,587
23 McShane Companies, The 8,000,000
24 Yates Companies, Inc., The 4,000,000
25 Kraus-Anderson Construction 3,000,000

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