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2020 University Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector

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2020 University Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector

Gensler, AECOM, and Turner Construction top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest university sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2020 Giants 400 Report.


By BD+C STAFF | December 2, 2020
2020 University Sector Giants, Giants 400 Report, Northeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering complex, Arup, Suffolk Construction

Arup and Suffolk Construction are part of the Building Team for Northeastern University’s Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering complex. Photo: Evan Patten

   

Gensler, AECOM, and Turner Construction top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest university sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2020 Giants 400 Report. 

Top 155 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2020
  FIRM 2019 REVENUE
1 Gensler $80,513,358
2 CannonDesign $70,000,000
3 SmithGroup $46,863,030
4 Perkins and Will $37,619,650
5 Stantec $36,028,229
6 EYP Architecture & Engineering $29,149,414
7 HMC Architects $26,412,198
8 Page $25,000,000
9 Perkins Eastman $23,314,200
10 S/L/A/M Collaborative, The $22,007,000
11 Flad Architects $20,580,000
12 DLR Group $19,570,000
13 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill $18,700,716
14 Mithun $16,244,121
15 Ballinger $15,303,355
16 Clark Nexsen $14,412,000
17 NBBJ $13,700,000
18 Moseley Architects $13,363,328
19 Ayers Saint Gross $12,531,195
20 EXP $12,522,864
21 ZGF Architects $11,421,847
22 LMN Architects $11,292,500
23 Shepley Bulfinch $11,267,230
24 LPA $9,477,852
25 RDG Planning & Design $9,298,243
26 LS3P $9,287,190
27 HED $9,000,000
28 Hord Coplan Macht $8,628,290
29 Huitt-Zollars $8,524,000
30 Kirksey Architecture $8,284,729
31 BHDP Architecture $8,277,079
32 Leo A Daly $7,875,026
33 Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) $7,828,890
34 Diamond Schmitt Architects $7,194,956
35 Davis Brody Bond $7,168,377
36 Sasaki $7,112,077
37 Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood $7,049,397
38 Hastings+Chivetta Architects $6,681,246
39 Niles Bolton Associates $6,663,255
40 HDR $6,431,488
41 Ratio Architects $6,302,350
42 Moody Nolan $6,210,700
43 HOK $6,003,000
44 PBK $5,900,000
45 HGA $5,677,017
46 Harvard Jolly Architecture $5,253,319
47 Carrier Johnson + Culture $5,213,779
48 HLW $5,100,000
49 Quinn Evans $5,059,504
50 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting $4,819,227
51 FXCollaborative $4,760,457
52 Kahler Slater $4,425,491
53 CO Architects $4,399,800
54 GBBN $4,305,000
55 TreanorHL $4,100,000
56 PGAL $4,013,000
57 CPL $4,004,401
58 Baskervill $3,932,934
59 Legat Architects $3,919,000
60 Ashley McGraw Architects $3,641,278
61 Ennead Architects $3,638,570
62 BSA LifeStructures $3,606,429
63 GWWO Architects $3,534,695
64 Champlin Architecture $3,518,354
65 Huckabee $3,388,362
66 Cooper Carry $3,337,436
67 Whitman Requardt and Associates $3,070,553
68 Nelson Worldwide $3,000,000
69 Grimm + Parker Architects $2,687,444
70 Ratcliff $2,621,000
71 NAC Architecture $2,360,146
72 JLG Architects $2,357,170
73 BWBR $2,319,000
74 EwingCole $2,300,000
75 Finegold Alexander Architects $2,235,635
76 Zyscovich Architects $2,229,543
77 Spiezle Group $2,220,000
78 SWBR Architecture, Engineering & Landscape Architecture $2,090,724
79 JCJ Architecture $2,090,568
80 Lawrence Group $2,023,300
81 FGM Architects $2,014,078
82 Corgan $1,738,150
83 TETER $1,712,262
84 Bostwick Design Partnership $1,600,000
85 Urbahn Architects $1,581,211
86 GMB Architecture + Engineering $1,576,148
87 CBT $1,504,079
88 Orcutt | Winslow $1,500,000
89 ThenDesign Architecture $1,500,000
90 Clark Enersen Partners, The $1,451,295
91 SchraderGroup $1,372,689
92 Wendel $1,336,012
93 HuntonBrady Architects $1,258,816
94 Dattner Architects $1,253,109
95 DLZ Corporation $1,236,000
96 Design Collaborative $1,204,675
97 Emersion Design $1,178,010
98 Prellwitz Chilinski Associates (PCA) $1,132,067
99 CSArch $1,117,543
100 SchenkelShultz Architecture $1,035,127
101 Progressive AE $1,014,211
102 Stevens & Wilkinson $956,000
103 ACAI Associates $952,641
104 Ayres $930,000
105 Alliiance $908,400
106 BLT Architects $889,973
107 Fennick McCredie Architecture $871,394
108 Cuningham Group Architecture $836,349
109 Miller Dunwiddie $812,600
110 RSP Architects $807,000
111 YGH Architecture $764,257
112 BLDD Architects $752,000
113 HBG Design $652,000
114 RBB Architects $600,000
115 M+A Architects $588,365
116 Holst Architecture $544,064
117 JRS Architect $500,000
118 Wold Architects and Engineers $500,000
119 Bergmann $500,000
120 SHP $500,000
121 Ware Malcomb $492,406
122 VMDO Architects $477,000
123 Caldwell Associates Architects $445,535
124 Dyer Brown Architects $406,055
125 Architectural Resources Cambridge (ARC) $374,754
126 AHL $356,359
127 Eppstein Uhen Architects (EUA) $352,000
128 Hussey Gay Bell $348,983
129 Fanning Howey Associates $323,861
130 GSB $279,100
131 G70 $261,000
132 GRW $255,175
133 BCA Architects & Engineers $250,000
134 Hoefer Wysocki $222,000
135 SGA|NarmourWright Design $211,130
136 Hollis + Miller Architects $206,960
137 Garmann/Miller Architects-Engineers $182,076
138 WLC Architects $180,496
139 HMFH Architects $160,005
140 Blair + Mui Dowd Architects $160,000
141 REES $138,230
142 GFF $130,270
143 CTA Architects $129,813
144 SEI Design Group Architects $123,466
145 H2M Architects + Engineers $106,113
146 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture $98,340
147 GreenbergFarrow $68,808
148 Crawford Architects $63,900
149 Smallwood $57,845
150 FCA $46,147
151 TEG Architects $38,793
152 Populous $12,313
153 Method Architecture $12,285
154 AE Design Group $12,250
155 RDC / Studio One Eleven $11,188
156 Line Scale Form Architects $2,850

BD+C 2020 Giants 400 Report

 

Top 80 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2020
  FIRM 2019 REVENUE
1 AECOM $129,300,000
2 Jacobs $50,820,000
3 Arup $30,293,678
4 NV5 Global $22,957,000
5 IMEG Corp. $20,418,176
6 P2S $19,764,780
7 WSP $19,570,551
8 Affiliated Engineers $18,719,922
9 RMF Engineering $16,500,000
10 Vanderweil Engineers $16,102,800
11 Dewberry $13,899,311
12 KPFF Consulting Engineers $11,877,000
13 Burns & McDonnell $9,990,039
14 Thornton Tomasetti $9,958,258
15 HEAPY $8,076,453
16 Walter P Moore $7,574,985
17 Wiley|Wilson $7,095,900
18 Bernhard $5,560,000
19 M/E Engineering $5,170,914
20 Ross & Baruzzini $4,970,000
21 Karpinski Engineering $4,930,884
22 Salas O'Brien $4,912,492
23 ME Engineers $4,580,000
24 Syska Hennessy Group $4,235,847
25 Jensen Hughes $4,005,350
26 CDM Smith $3,807,049
27 Martin/Martin $3,687,132
28 Newcomb & Boyd $3,551,394
29 Shive-Hattery $3,551,001
30 Jaros, Baum & Bolles $3,459,451
31 LaBella Associates $3,299,663
32 H.F. Lenz $3,110,250
33 TLC Engineering Solutions $3,105,229
34 Spectrum Engineers $3,076,209
35 Dunham Associates $3,000,000
36 Cushing Terrell (formerly CTA Architects Engineers) $2,799,933
37 Morrison Hershfield $2,746,826
38 Mazzetti $2,605,340
39 JQ Engineering $2,580,336
40 Peter Basso Associates $2,300,000
41 RTM Engineering Consultants $2,148,859
42 Architectural Engineers Inc. $2,119,127
43 SSOE Group $2,088,842
44 Henderson Engineers $2,085,594
45 AKF Group $2,060,000
46 Bala Consulting Engineers $1,818,000
47 Kohler Ronan $1,723,695
48 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $1,704,093
49 KZF Design $1,579,085
50 LBYD Engineers $1,570,724
51 French & Parrello Associates $1,395,576
52 RMH Group, The $1,205,511
53 Woolpert $1,118,848
54 RWB Consulting Engineers $1,104,000
55 GRAEF $1,071,182
56 Halff Associates $1,050,000
57 ThermalTech Engineering $1,000,000
58 KCI Technologies $1,000,000
59 Primera Engineers $998,099
60 Tec Inc. Engineering & Design $952,708
61 STV $809,257
62 Smith Seckman Reid $786,896
63 Allen & Shariff $650,000
64 Highland Associates $600,000
65 OLA Consulting Engineers $530,000
66 Arora Engineers $416,266
67 DeSimone Consulting Engineers $399,510
68 Schaefer $363,251
69 KLH Engineers $341,251
70 KCL Engineering $315,881
71 BRPH Architects Engineers $311,436
72 Stanley Consultants $296,930
73 Wallace Engineering $250,000
74 Pedco E & A Services $229,000
75 PS&S $201,000
76 PBS Engineers $200,000
77 ESD $155,410
78 Milhouse Engineering and Construction $130,844
79 Apogee Consulting Group $111,500
80 Davis, Bowen & Friedel $72,243
81 Paradigm Structural Engineers $15,917
82 SSC Engineering $9,630

BD+C 2020 Giants 400 Report

 

Top 80 University Sector Contractors and CM Firms for 2020
  FIRM 2019 REVENUE
1 Turner Construction Company $1,541,584,819
2 Skanska USA $746,999,591
3 McCarthy Holdings $569,632,212
4 DPR Construction $509,070,000
5 STO Building Group $499,000,000
6 Webcor $427,052,230
7 Hensel Phelps $400,251,848
8 Shawmut Design and Construction $379,395,737
9 Gilbane Building Company $358,790,000
10 Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The $316,657,986
11 Swinerton $276,600,000
12 PCL Construction Enterprises $271,407,871
13 AECOM $260,500,000
14 Sundt Construction $245,965,667
15 Messer Construction $227,389,994
16 Balfour Beatty US $226,042,141
17 CORE Construction Group $195,621,623
18 C.W. Driver Companies $190,768,284
19 JE Dunn Construction $174,995,367
20 LeChase Construction Services $162,317,365
21 Pepper Construction $156,970,847
22 Suffolk Construction $155,710,970
23 Barton Malow $143,430,531
24 Walbridge $126,749,342
25 Mortenson $124,044,000
26 Adolfson & Peterson Construction $121,728,329
27 Austin Industries $112,666,815
28 Holder Construction $110,000,000
29 Nabholz Corporation $108,888,907
30 Andersen Construction $99,800,000
31 Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction $97,402,000
32 Power Construction $97,000,000
33 Hunter Roberts Construction $95,600,000
34 Fortis Construction $84,234,878
35 Manhattan Construction Group $75,370,983
36 Brasfield & Gorrie $61,595,403
37 Clark Group $57,346,856
38 Haselden Construction $55,023,321
39 W.E. O'Neil Construction $52,862,066
40 W. M. Jordan Company $47,096,879
41 Boldt Company, The $46,039,000
42 Yates Companies, The $36,347,000
43 Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors $34,469,071
44 Hoar Construction $32,649,000
45 Choate Construction $29,501,255
46 New South Construction $28,150,000
47 Clancy & Theys Construction $27,873,564
48 Rogers-O'Brien Construction $24,430,000
49 Jacobs $23,813,000
50 Walsh Group, The $22,088,063
51 Robins & Morton $20,152,456
52 Juneau Construction Company $19,827,483
53 Kraus-Anderson Construction $19,000,000
54 Bette Companies, The $18,364,676
55 Hoffman Construction $17,787,788
56 James G. Davis Construction $16,737,402
57 HITT Contracting $15,115,259
58 Cumming $15,047,250
59 Gray Construction $14,420,540
60 Paric Holdings $13,800,000
61 Columbia $13,000,000
62 Russell Construction $12,000,000
63 McCownGordon Construction, LLC $11,645,829
64 Wohlsen Construction $11,479,000
65 Hill International $10,304,373
66 Executive Construction $10,000,000
67 S. M. Wilson $9,328,160
68 Wendel $8,683,083
69 Sachse Construction $7,000,000
70 Lendlease $5,682,260
71 STV $4,859,801
72 S/L/A/M Collaborative, The $3,908,000
73 Ryan Companies US $3,273,708
74 JLL $1,853,656
75 Cotter Consulting $1,405,501
76 Benchmark Construction $1,143,729
77 Burns & McDonnell $812,277
78 JLG Architects $647,791
79 KCI Technologies $500,000
80 BL Harbert International $497,465
81 Doster Construction $481,207
82 Brownstone $372,272
83 Progressive AE $196,612
84 KBE Building Corporation $107,782

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