Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 70 Cultural Sector Engineering Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 CULTURAL SECTOR REVENUE |
| 1 | Jacobs | $93,520,000 |
| 2 | Arup | $24,855,685 |
| 3 | EXP | $16,503,000 |
| 4 | BRPH | $13,920,000 |
| 5 | Thornton Tomasetti | $11,624,713 |
| 6 | AECOM | $9,700,000 |
| 7 | WSP USA | $9,245,773 |
| 8 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | $7,928,463 |
| 9 | Morrison Hershfield | $7,297,486 |
| 10 | TLC Engineering Solutions | $5,762,001 |
| 11 | Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber | $4,500,000 |
| 12 | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger* | $4,128,162 |
| 13 | NV5 Global | $3,739,142 |
| 14 | Jensen Hughes | $3,696,000 |
| 15 | Kohler Ronan | $3,632,362 |
| 16 | Henderson Engineers | $3,000,000 |
| 17 | Syska Hennessy Group | $2,814,714 |
| 18 | Guernsey | $2,680,843 |
| 19 | Walter P Moore | $2,679,390 |
| 20 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates* | $2,540,950 |
| 21 | AKF Group | $2,036,360 |
| 22 | Interface Engineering | $1,985,743 |
| 23 | Jaros, Baum & Bolles | $1,985,315 |
| 24 | HEAPY | $1,753,406 |
| 25 | Ross & Baruzzini | $1,385,000 |
| 26 | FEA Consulting Engineers | $1,327,000 |
| 27 | dbHMS | $1,275,000 |
| 28 | Korda/Nemeth Engineering | $1,250,000 |
| 29 | Dewberry | $1,077,001 |
| 30 | Wallace Engineering | $900,000 |
| 31 | IMEG Corp. | $793,766 |
| 32 | Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers | $757,231 |
| 33 | Newcomb & Boyd | $746,141 |
| 34 | Smith Seckman Reid | $703,032 |
| 35 | Vanderweil Engineers | $631,300 |
| 36 | GRAEF | $523,557 |
| 37 | P2S | $511,060 |
| 38 | JQ Engineering | $501,269 |
| 39 | CMTA | $470,408 |
| 40 | Teecom | $469,460 |
| 41 | Zak Companies | $466,947 |
| 42 | OLA Consulting Engineers | $460,000 |
| 43 | DeSimone Consulting Engineers | $423,140 |
| 44 | ME Engineers | $410,000 |
| 45 | Spectrum Engineers | $380,073 |
| 46 | RMF Engineering | $366,000 |
| 47 | Peter Basso Associates | $300,000 |
| — | KCI Technologies | $300,000 |
| 49 | Mazzetti | $284,897 |
| 50 | Schaefer | $278,631 |
| 51 | Dunham Associates | $250,000 |
| — | McKinstry | $250,000 |
| 53 | ESD | $232,180 |
| 54 | Coffman Engineers | $217,536 |
| 55 | Arora Engineers | $212,147 |
| 56 | Karpinski Engineering | $200,000 |
| — | I.C. Thomasson Associates | $200,000 |
| 58 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. | $182,364 |
| 59 | ThermalTech Engineering | $170,000 |
| 60 | CTA Architects Engineers | $160,133 |
| 61 | AE Works | $158,709 |
| 62 | Global Engineering Solutions | $130,000 |
| 63 | Nitsch Engineering | $108,783 |
| 64 | Affiliated Engineers | $108,118 |
| 65 | KCL Engineering | $100,989 |
| 66 | Tighe & Bond | $100,000 |
| 67 | STV | $86,624 |
| 68 | KLH Engineers | $80,703 |
| 69 | VMDO Architects | $64,750 |
| 70 | French & Parrello Associates | $37,881 |
| 71 | EAPC Architects Engineers | $33,036 |
| 72 | Davis, Bowen & Friedel | $26,642 |
| 73 | Halff Associates | $23,000 |
| 74 | Primera Engineers | $13,933 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT * EDITORS’ ESTIMATE | ||
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