Jacobs, MKA, Walker Consultants, ESD, and AECOM head the rankings of the nation's largest convention center sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 30 Convention Center Sector Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 CONVENTION CENTER REVENUE |
| 1 | Jacobs | $88,230,000 |
| 2 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates* | $9,147,420 |
| 3 | Walker Consultants | $5,271,349 |
| 4 | ESD | $4,755,345 |
| 5 | AECOM | $4,200,000 |
| 6 | CMTA | $2,035,716 |
| 7 | Jaros, Baum & Bolles | $1,985,315 |
| 8 | TLC Engineering Solutions | $1,750,000 |
| 9 | Walter P Moore | $1,536,177 |
| 10 | Epstein | $1,304,000 |
| 11 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $991,766 |
| 12 | NV5 Global | $950,221 |
| 13 | Dewberry | $921,721 |
| 14 | DeSimone Consulting Engineers | $832,724 |
| 15 | Jensen Hughes | $736,000 |
| 16 | Newcomb & Boyd | $501,822 |
| 17 | Dunham Associates | $500,000 |
| 18 | ME Engineers | $450,000 |
| 19 | Morrison Hershfield | $324,654 |
| 20 | McKinstry | $250,000 |
| 21 | Thornton Tomasetti | $215,436 |
| 22 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $214,892 |
| 23 | FEA Consulting Engineers | $178,000 |
| 24 | Syska Hennessy Group | $163,793 |
| 25 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $157,487 |
| 26 | GRAEF | $143,740 |
| 27 | Wallace Engineering | $100,000 |
| 28 | Teecom | $87,840 |
| 29 | RMF Engineering | $61,000 |
| 30 | Peter Basso Associates | $50,000 |
| 31 | Halff Associates | $35,000 |
| 32 | Marque Engineering | $18,000 |
| 33 | Architectural Engineers Inc. | $7,200 |
| 34 | Paradigm Structural Engineers | $2,853 |
| 35 | Schaefer | $1,212 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT * EDITORS’ ESTIMATE | ||
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