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2021 Industrial Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. industrial buildings sector

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2021 Industrial Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. industrial buildings sector

Ware Malcomb, Clayco, Jacobs, and Stantec top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest industrial buildings sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.


By BD+C STAFF | October 22, 2021
2021 Industrial Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. industrial buildings sector

McShane Construction added 2.2 million sf of multi-level distribution space to Digi-Key’s existing 800,000-sf distribution center in Thief River Falls, Minn. Large enough to fit 22 football fields, the facility incorporates 17,000 tons of steel, 1,860 pieces of precast concrete and 20 miles of conveyors. Photo courtesy McShane Construction Company

Ware Malcomb, Clayco, Jacobs, and Stantec top BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest industrial buildings sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

  • Top 80 Industrial Facility Architecture and AE Firms
  • Top 95 Industrial Facility Engineering and EA Firms
  • Top 100 Industrial Facility Contractors and CM Firms

Top 80 Industrial Facility Architecture and AE Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Ware Malcomb $88,718,629
2 Stantec $72,242,355
3 RS&H $25,500,000
4 Nelson Worldwide $21,984,367
5 CESO $21,880,966
6 Page $20,895,700
7 Gresham Smith $20,134,870
8 AO $18,000,000
9 Macgregor Associates Architects $16,165,032
10 Barge Design Solutions $9,607,065
11 Bergmann $9,500,000
12 Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E $8,472,000
13 Clark Nexsen $8,400,000
14 EwingCole $8,000,000
15 Randall-Paulson Architects $7,713,960
16 RSP Architects $6,095,000
17 LEO A DALY $5,669,049
18 BHDP Architecture $5,402,560
19 McMillan Pazdan Smith $5,164,752
20 Cromwell Architects Engineers $4,767,827
21 NORR $4,350,745
22 Eppstein Uhen Architects $4,318,000
23 Method Architecture $3,826,983
24 TreanorHL $3,696,009
25 LS3P Associates $3,331,656
26 Jackson | Main Architecture $3,260,180
27 RGA Architects $3,165,000
28 Larson Design Group $2,780,216
29 Goodwyn Mills Cawood $2,770,205
30 H2M Architects + Engineers $2,265,967
31 BartonMalow $2,113,162
32 Walbridge $2,100,090
33 HGA $2,017,995
34 Baskervill $1,909,517
35 DLZ Corp. $1,854,921
36 Dattner Architects $1,766,817
37 LaBella Associates $1,725,000
38 Progressive AE $1,711,268
39 Performa $1,682,000
40 ATA Beilharz Architects $1,652,000
41 Becker Morgan Group $1,238,600
42 TETER $1,177,005
43 BWBR $1,156,478
44 Design Collaborative $989,023
45 Mithun $960,036
46 Huitt-Zollars $953,140
47 HED $755,000
48 Emersion Design $754,250
49 Urbahn Architects $662,481
50 GRW $640,027
51 CallisonRTKL $510,786
52 KZF Design $510,463
53 JLG Architects $496,686
54 Smallwood $344,572
55 45 Architecture $320,240
56 Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects $308,000
57 Handel Architects $294,462
58 Woolpert $278,046
59 Wendel $267,369
60 Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón | Architecture & Interior Design $261,039
61 JRS Architect $250,000
62 CPL $247,552
63 Core States Group $229,548
64 Crawford Architects $227,000
65 STR Partners $200,100
66 SGA | NarmourWright Design $187,398
67 Champlin Architecture $182,108
68 Architectural Design Consultants $180,000
69 Lunz Group, The $174,790
70 Warner Nease Bost Architects $157,000
71 ZGF Architects $135,333
72 FCA $91,222
73 FGM Architects $72,667
74 Hafer $66,217
75 Montroy DeMarco Architecture $50,000
76 Eckenhoff Saunders Architects $50,000
77 Moody Nolan $42,898
78 GreenbergFarrow $38,000
79 AHL $32,159
80 Plunkett Raysich Architects $29,768
81 HOK $18,000
82 RRMM Architects $8,614
83 Garmann Miller & Associates $7,100
84 GFF $7,058
85 AE Design Group $6,700
86 NSPJ Architects $4,551

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

 

Top 95 Industrial Facility Engineering and EA Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Jacobs $1,569,710,000
2 Burns & McDonnell $227,464,491
3 IPS-Integrated Project Services $156,528,985
4 SSOE Group $111,116,985
5 Fluor Corp. $85,270,000
6 Langan $83,000,000
7 Kimley-Horn $69,747,422
8 Haskell $61,984,022
9 Ghafari Associates $53,300,000
10 CHA Consulting $44,600,000
11 EXP $39,565,571
12 ThermalTech Engineering $23,000,000
13 BRPH $19,230,000
14 Salas O'Brien $17,696,187
15 Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors $17,000,000
16 IMEG Corp. $16,553,120
17 CRB $16,130,000
18 CDM Smith $13,106,352
19 NV5 Global $11,000,000
20 Henderson Engineers $10,905,048
21 Affiliated Engineers Inc. $9,840,812
22 GRAEF $9,412,710
23 WSP USA $8,747,949
24 Thornton Tomasetti $8,443,729
25 Shive-Hattery $8,382,633
26 Epstein $8,315,900
27 STV $7,372,135
28 KPFF Consulting Engineers $7,130,000
29 PS&S $6,356,485
30 Halff Associates $6,234,000
31 KCI Technologies $6,186,100
32 Vanderweil Engineers $6,033,800
33 Farnsworth Group $5,689,615
34 Smith Seckman Reid $5,664,963
35 Cushing Terrell $5,357,454
36 Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers $5,330,955
37 Jensen Hughes $5,050,864
38 RMF Engineering $5,000,000
39 Stanley Consultants $4,592,289
40 Schaefer $4,532,193
41 Buro Happold $4,431,000
42 AECOM $4,200,000
43 P2S $3,843,143
44 I.C. Thomasson Associates $3,782,863
45 Wallace Design Collective $3,600,000
46 Syska Hennessy Group $3,356,101
47 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates $3,110,000
48 Alfa Tech Consulting Engineers $3,000,000
49 Morrison Hershfield $2,894,688
50 M/E Engineering $2,846,500
51 Osborn Engineering $2,750,000
52 ESD $2,580,163
53 CMTA $2,510,356
54 G2 Consulting Group $2,500,000
55 Galloway & Company $2,442,985
56 H.F. Lenz $2,271,526
57 Dewberry $2,243,094
58 SSC Engineering $1,802,535
59 raSmith $1,794,740
60 TEECOM $1,721,581
61 Highland Associates $1,400,000
62 Structured Engineering Solutions $1,300,000
63 LBYD $1,240,971
64 Spectrum Engineers $1,235,033
65 TLC Engineering Solutions $1,196,000
66 AKF Group $1,170,000
67 HEAPY $1,153,475
68 French & Parrello Associates $1,138,690
69 Newcomb & Boyd $1,094,203
70 DHE Engineering $887,158
71 Karpinski Engineering $830,000
72 Specialized Engineering Solutions $828,750
73 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $815,806
74 Bala Consulting Engineers $738,000
75 MHP Structural Engineers $584,440
76 RMH Group, The $525,850
77 Dunham Associates $500,000
78 Arora Engineers $475,433
79 JQ Engineering $347,952
80 Walter P Moore $323,578
81 McKinstry $300,000
82 Black & Veatch Corp. $300,000
83 Allen + Shariff $268,954
84 Paradigm Structural Engineers $221,777
85 Davis, Bowen & Friedel $185,277
86 Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers $123,170
87 KCL Engineering $106,257
88 New York Engineers $91,251
89 Primera Engineers $70,280
90 Wick Fisher White $64,000
91 PBS Engineers $50,000
92 JP Harvey Engineering Solutions $48,500
93 DeSimone Consulting Engineers $43,302
94 EAPC Architects Engineers $31,783
95 VJS Construction Services $19,000
96 Marque Engineering $9,250
97 Architectural Engineers $9,200
98 Magnusson Klemencic Associates $8,125

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

 

Top 100 Industrial Facility Contractors and CM Firms
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Clayco $2,284,000,000
2 Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E $1,850,116,876
3 Hoffman Construction $1,736,246,050
4 Alston Construction $1,558,940,000
5 ARCO Construction Companies $1,539,656,206
6 STO Building Group $1,372,000,000
7 Walbridge $1,285,126,703
8 Gray Construction $1,282,154,338
9 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The $966,148,817
10 Hensel Phelps $902,690,730
11 Yates Companies, The $772,120,000
12 Turner Construction $703,073,792
13 DPR Construction $687,395,000
14 Fluor Corp. $643,480,000
15 Haskell $641,489,189
16 Burns & McDonnell $599,022,708
17 BartonMalow $474,616,616
18 IPS-Integrated Project Services $444,688,768
19 Gilbane Building Company $437,876,000
20 Millie and Severson General Contractors $390,625,925
21 Brasfield & Gorrie $387,973,029
22 Choate Construction $376,051,200
23 Boldt Company, The $370,300,000
24 Graycor Construction $336,484,173
25 Pepper Construction $308,610,242
26 Mortenson $259,766,000
27 Paric Holdings $223,979,213
28 Miron Construction $195,859,216
29 HITT Contracting $191,207,551
30 McCarthy Holdings $182,971,227
31 McShane Companies, The $165,653,965
32 PCL Construction $157,439,195
33 Jacobs $152,047,000
34 Austin Industries $144,001,798
35 Nabholz $129,328,068
36 Weitz Company, The $108,452,900
37 JE Dunn $107,026,125
38 W. M. Jordan Company $90,178,938
39 Clark Group $76,237,842
40 Epstein $73,320,000
41 Rogers-O'Brien Construction $72,492,100
42 Swinerton $70,154,795
43 Power Construction $62,000,000
44 Hagerman Group, The $60,000,000
45 CBRE $59,245,632
46 Messer Construction $59,146,971
47 Crossland Construction $50,172,684
48 Clancy & Theys Construction $49,164,374
49 AECOM $45,800,000
50 BL Harbert International $39,601,051
51 VCC $38,372,769
52 Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors $38,025,062
53 SSOE Group $37,566,568
54 W.E. O'Neil Construction $36,343,809
55 Schimenti Construction $34,000,000
56 McCownGordon Construction $32,499,532
57 Suffolk Construction $32,318,184
58 LeChase Construction Services $29,738,758
59 ThermalTech Engineering $28,000,000
60 JLL $22,640,498
61 Manhattan Construction Group $22,254,360
62 Saunders Construction $21,893,483
63 Walsh Group, The $21,867,906
64 Landry/French Construction $21,200,000
65 Doster Construction $18,529,490
66 McKinstry $18,000,000
67 DeAngelis Diamond $15,499,000
68 Skanska USA $12,140,685
69 Batson-Cook $11,394,423
70 CSI Construction $10,740,002
71 Morcon Construction $10,000,000
72 Russell Construction $8,600,000
73 Hoar Construction $8,595,000
74 Kraus-Anderson Construction $8,000,000
75 BlueScope Construction $6,418,615
76 Wohlsen Construction Company $6,286,000
77 T5 Construction Services $4,469,598
78 CORE Construction Group $4,354,707
79 Harkins Builders $4,200,000
80 Hill International $4,033,309
81 Granger Construction $3,827,972
82 VJS Construction Services $3,360,000
83 Executive Construction $2,900,000
84 Columbia $2,500,000
85 STV $2,309,655
86 S. M. Wilson & Co. $2,236,163
87 New South Construction $2,151,000
88 Benchmark Construction $1,965,251
89 BC Contracting Co. $1,785,178
90 Black & Veatch Corp. $1,670,000
91 Robins & Morton $1,186,080
92 BRPH $1,040,000
93 Joeris General Contractors $665,506
94 James McHugh Construction $597,692
95 KCI Technologies $549,000
96 McDonough Bolyard Peck $341,471
97 KBE Building Corp. $144,033
98 Balfour Beatty US $91,635
99 JLG Architects $69,627
100 Donohoe Construction $36,839
101 Montroy DeMarco Architecture $27,000

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report 

 

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