2021 University Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector

By BD+C Staff

Aug. 26, 2021
12 min read
2021 University Giants - Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector Photo 2021 Feinknopf Photography Brad Feinknopf, courtesy Flad Architects

Gensler, AECOM, Turner Construction, and CannonDesign head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest university sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

 

Big thanks to our 2021 Giants 400 Report Sponsor: Viracon


• Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021
• Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021
• Top 85 University Sector Contractors and CM Firms for 2021

Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Gensler $73,908,414
2 CannonDesign $63,000,000
3 Smithgroup $54,253,141
4 Kohn Pedersen Fox $34,348,492
5 Perkins and Will $33,000,000
6 HMC Architects $27,957,447
7 Mithun $25,543,367
8 DLR Group $25,250,000
9 Stantec $24,977,507
10 Ayers Saint Gross $24,469,216
11 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill $22,743,412
12 Perkins Eastman $22,405,259
13 Flad Architects $21,520,000
14 Page $21,512,816
15 HKS $20,698,923
16 EYP $17,193,018
17 HED $16,900,000
18 SLAM $16,555,223
19 Shepley Bulfinch $16,541,130
20 HDR $16,312,748
21 Huckabee $14,919,023
22 Hord Coplan Macht $14,246,253
23 LPA $13,690,986
24 RDG Planning & Design $13,269,899
25 Diamond Schmitt Architects $12,935,170
26 Clark Nexsen $11,440,000
27 ZGF Architects $11,010,010
28 Moseley Architects $10,852,963
29 NBBJ $9,900,000
30 BWBR $9,802,541
31 RRMM Architects $9,682,153
32 CO Architects $8,600,828
33 Huitt-Zollars $8,498,529
34 Davis Brody Bond $8,252,541
35 Steinberg Hart $7,152,348
36 Goodwyn Mills Cawood $7,110,782
37 BSA LifeStructures $6,784,154
38 BHDP Architecture $6,752,462
39 PBK $6,717,000
40 KZF Design $6,157,184
41 Hastings+Chivetta Architects $6,148,819
42 Kirksey Architecture $5,832,219
43 HOK $5,801,000
44 LS3P Associates $5,625,447
45 HGA $5,360,127
46 Ennead Architects $5,302,633
47 Ratio Design $5,256,315
48 Carrier Johnson + Culture $5,213,779
49 Interior Architects $5,132,148
50 Cooper Carry $5,077,674
51 NAC Architecture $5,052,713
52 Kahler Slater $5,000,000
53 LaBella Associates $4,340,000
54 LMN Architects $4,315,629
55 FXCollaborative $4,090,133
56 JLG Architects $4,034,338
57 CetraRuddy Architecture $3,945,237
58 Quinn Evans $3,712,908
59 GMB Architecture + Engineering $3,625,677
60 GBBN $3,575,000
61 Solomon Cordwell Buenz $3,459,759
62 JCJ Architecture $3,441,777
63 Leo A Daly $3,340,670
64 Woolpert $3,103,299
65 Hanbury $3,073,118
66 Sasaki $2,963,592
67 PGAL $2,836,000
68 Moody Nolan $2,821,220
69 Baskervill $2,749,542
70 EwingCole $2,500,000
71 Legat Architects $2,465,000
72 Spiezle Architectural Group $2,408,000
73 NORR $2,340,039
74 Champlin Architecture $2,191,156
75 Little Diversified Architectural Consulting $2,181,059
76 RSP Architects $2,136,000
77 FGM Architects $2,110,213
78 McMillan Pazdan Smith $1,907,938
79 Ashley McGraw Architects $1,796,974
80 Lawrence Group $1,792,880
81 Urbahn Architects $1,739,013
82 CPL $1,676,100
83 Design Collaborative $1,643,426
84 BLDD Architects $1,559,645
85 Grimm + Parker Architects $1,533,298
86 Wendel $1,516,694
87 Orcutt | Winslow $1,512,037
88 Cooper Robertson $1,435,332
89 Clark & Enersen $1,326,822
90 H2M Architects + Engineers $1,294,465
91 Hollis + Miller Architects $1,167,433
92 AE Works Ltd. $1,106,526
93 Fanning Howey Associates $1,089,912
94 Taylor Design $1,082,000
95 Corgan $1,041,877
96 Finegold Alexander Architects $1,025,379
97 GWWO Architects $997,603
98 Cuningham $995,928
99 TETER $922,782
100 Lunz Group, The $838,335
101 HuntonBrady Architects $776,707
102 Populous $754,596
103 Hafer $752,208
104 Curtis + Ginsberg Architects $750,000
105 SchenkelShultz Architecture $737,974
106 DLZ Corp. $733,083
107 PCA $715,488
108 CSArch $680,003
109 Elkus Manfredi Architects $667,000
110 Miller Dunwiddie $662,227
111 Bermello Ajamil & Partners $634,247
112 ThenDesign Architetcure $630,000
113 Dattner Architects $619,784
114 Cromwell Architects Engineers $557,832
115 HBG Design $535,000
116 KCBA Architects $527,000
117 SGA | NarmourWright Design $515,232
118 JRS Architect $500,000
119 Eppstein Uhen Architects $440,000
120 Think Architecture $430,000
121 Plunkett Raysich Architects $422,131
122 Emersion Design $373,828
123 Performa $346,000
124 Blair + Mui Dowd Architects $335,979
125 BCA Architects & Engineers $250,000
126 AHL $248,256
127 GSB $227,400
128 GRW $224,009
129 SHP $220,000
130 Dyer Brown & Associates $217,176
131 CallisonRTKL $206,783
132 //3877 $200,000
133 Ware Malcomb $184,924
134 Body Lawson Associates $177,264
135 Gresham Smith $155,673
136 Hoefer Welker $138,000
137 Larson Design Group $134,574
138 Studio+ $115,797
139 REES $113,036
140 CTA Architects $109,393
141 Progressive AE $86,141
142 BBS Architects $76,750
143 SEI Design Group Architects $73,201
144 Brownstone $67,166
145 HMFH Architects $64,914
146 Garmann Miller & Associates $64,700
147 DLA Architects $30,452
148 CBRE $27,766
149 Becker Morgan Group $24,235
150 NSPJ Architects $20,000
151 Smallwood $17,689
152 AE Design Group $15,000
153 MKM Architecture + Design $9,215

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report  Note: GMB Architecture + Engineering was moved from Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021 on 10/27/21.

 

 

Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 AECOM $95,600,000
2 Jacobs $42,350,000
3 Arup $27,129,939
4 RMF Engineering $25,000,000
5 IMEG Corp. $21,774,063
6 NV5 Global $20,633,000
7 Affiliated Engineers Inc. $19,810,565
8 Salas O'Brien $17,299,900
9 Buro Happold $17,190,000
10 WSP USA $15,981,956
11 Thornton Tomasetti $14,752,885
12 Vanderweil Engineers $14,553,600
13 Burns & McDonnell $13,762,712
14 P2S $13,106,015
15 EXP $12,800,170
16 Alfa Tech Consulting Engineers $10,000,000
17 Dewberry $9,250,871
18 KPFF Consulting Engineers $8,979,000
19 Langan $8,000,000
20 Walter P Moore $7,609,172
21 CMTA $7,188,565
22 Jensen Hughes $6,756,405
23 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates $6,260,000
24 CDM Smith $5,242,541
25 M/E Engineering $5,123,700
26 Ross & Baruzzini $5,000,000
27 HEAPY $4,970,662
28 Syska Hennessy Group $4,441,588
29 Newcomb & Boyd $3,852,854
30 Spectrum Engineers $3,576,209
31 Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers $3,524,865
32 I.C. Thomasson Associates $3,046,454
33 Morrison Hershfield $2,987,085
34 H.F. Lenz $2,603,407
35 Jaros, Baum & Bolles $2,526,466
36 Peter Basso Associates $2,500,000
37 JQ Engineering $2,490,322
38 TLC Engineering Solutions $2,479,000
39 Shive-Hattery $2,477,320
40 Karpinski Engineering $2,420,000
41 Kohler Ronan $2,359,374
42 SSOE Group $2,298,666
43 Bala Consulting Engineers $2,214,000
44 Cushing Terrell $2,151,782
45 Farnsworth Group $2,102,376
46 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $2,083,115
47 LBYD $1,995,490
48 Dunham Associates $1,750,000
49 AKF Group $1,630,000
50 Mazzetti $1,573,850
51 Architectural Engineers $1,548,084
52 Olsson $1,339,973
53 ME Engineers $1,311,000
54 MHP Structural Engineers $1,143,217
55 Magnusson Klemencic Associates $1,115,467
56 RMH Group, The $1,076,881
57 Specialized Engineering Solutions $1,050,000
58 Osborn Engineering $1,000,000
59 Highland Associates $900,000
60 Primera Engineers $884,979
61 STV $651,291
62 TEECOM $601,439
63 Arora Engineers $594,291
64 raSmith $544,388
65 GRAEF $517,895
66 SchraderGroup $490,475
67 Schaefer $464,627
68 EAPC Architects Engineers $432,157
69 Smith Seckman Reid $431,410
70 ThermalTech Engineering $410,000
71 DeSimone Consulting Engineers $383,490
72 PS&S $306,100
73 Wallace Design Collective $300,000
74 Allen + Shariff $295,568
75 New York Engineers $179,421
76 KCL Engineering $174,759
77 Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers $171,914
78 SSC Engineering $164,761
79 PBS Engineers $150,000
80 McKinstry $150,000
81 DHE Engineering $126,861
82 French & Parrello Associates $89,869
83 VJS Construction Services $47,000
84 JP Harvey Engineering Solutions $43,120
85 Paradigm Structural Engineers $41,108
86 Davis, Bowen & Friedel $20,984

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report  Note: STV was added on 9/2/21; GMB Architecture + Engineering was moved to Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021 on 10/27/21.

 

 

Top 85 University Sector Contractors and CM Firms for 2021
  FIRM 2020 REVENUE
1 Turner Construction $1,477,400,323
2 DPR Construction $673,283,000
3 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The $402,828,659
4 Gilbane Building Company $387,191,000
5 McCarthy Holdings $354,591,316
6 PCL Construction $333,048,992
7 STO Building Group $332,250,000
8 Shawmut Design and Construction $270,027,183
9 Messer Construction $261,265,924
10 AECOM $246,200,000
11 C.W. Driver Companies $192,936,364
12 CORE Construction Group $187,863,169
13 Hensel Phelps $187,549,313
14 Pepper Construction $186,059,655
15 Suffolk Construction $163,648,068
16 Walsh Group, The $163,607,061
17 Swinerton $159,943,127
18 Balfour Beatty US $156,546,453
19 Granger Construction $151,719,221
20 Skanska USA $139,831,582
21 BartonMalow $126,145,496
22 Webcor $125,497,730
23 Sundt Construction $122,873,650
24 Hoffman Construction $110,548,123
25 Austin Industries $107,529,970
26 Andersen Construction $98,000,000
27 JE Dunn $89,338,888
28 Holder Construction $85,000,000
29 Lease Crutcher Lewis $84,139,532
30 LeChase Construction Services $83,810,403
31 Rodgers Builders $78,512,578
32 Hunter Roberts Construction $77,633,000
33 Blach Construction $77,000,000
34 Walbridge $73,553,319
35 Orcutt | Winslow $73,453,610
36 Yates Companies, The $73,342,000
37 W.E. O'Neil Construction $65,202,502
38 Clark Group $61,358,612
39 Mortenson $58,098,000
40 Rogers-O'Brien Construction $58,039,311
41 Manhattan Construction Group $49,900,610
42 Haselden Construction $49,886,355
43 Nabholz $49,833,993
44 Brasfield & Gorrie $47,095,130
45 Jacobs $43,998,000
46 Saunders Construction $42,861,590
47 Hoar Construction $38,094,000
48 Boldt Company, The $35,351,000
49 Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors $33,636,709
50 Miron Construction $29,899,083
51 McKinstry $29,000,000
52 Robins & Morton $24,856,876
53 New South Construction $19,972,000
54 Doster Construction $19,701,958
55 Weitz Company, The $19,433,500
56 Fortis Construction $19,147,114
57 Joeris General Contractors $18,315,156
58 Columbia $18,000,000
59 Kraus-Anderson Construction $15,000,000
60 Hagerman Group, The $15,000,000
61 McCownGordon Construction $14,219,099
62 Juneau Construction $13,009,497
63 Clancy & Theys Construction $12,194,607
64 James G. Davis Construction $11,284,736
65 Bette Companies, The $9,949,864
66 Wendel $9,878,230
67 JLL $9,518,772
68 STV $9,314,516
69 Clune Construction $8,690,626
70 CMTA $8,394,087
71 Hill International $7,700,899
72 Sachse Construction $7,000,000
73 VJS Construction Services $6,824,000
74 Wohlsen Construction Company $5,596,000
75 CBRE $4,840,749
76 Paric Holdings $4,800,870
77 BlueScope Construction $4,566,997
78 Lendlease $4,497,515
79 Power Construction $4,000,000
80 Batson-Cook $3,753,143
81 McDonough Bolyard Peck $3,243,025
82 Executive Construction $2,500,000
83 HITT Contracting $2,257,018
84 KCI Technologies $1,343,100
85 Cotter Consulting $984,238
86 SLAM $553,673
87 Choate Construction $523,388
88 JLG Architects $250,000
89 Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E $236,697
90 KBE Building Corp. $115,764
91 Brownstone $81,338

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report  Note: STV was added on 9/2/21.

 

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