Top 115 contractor firms

Turner, Whiting-Turner, and AECOM top Building Design+Construction’s ranking of the nation’s largest commercial construction firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.

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August 11, 2017 |

BD+C Staff

A Barton Malow construction worker installs a metal roof deck.

Photo courtesy Barton Malow

TOP 115 CONTRACTORS
RANK	COMPANY	2016 CONST REVENUE
1	Turner Construction Co.	$10,944,818,139
2	Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The	$5,386,462,297
3	AECOM	$5,235,800,000
4	Gilbane Building Co.	$4,667,044,000
5	Clark Group	$4,383,326,445
6	Skanska USA	$4,354,606,279
7	Structure Tone	$4,010,600,000
8	DPR Construction	$3,997,432,000
9	Balfour Beatty US	$3,911,615,209
10	Hensel Phelps	$3,547,060,000
11	PCL Construction Enterprises	$3,483,226,502
12	JE Dunn Construction	$3,109,231,047
13	Holder Construction	$2,940,000,000
14	Suffolk Construction	$2,903,335,337
15	McCarthy Holdings	$2,675,728,658
16	Swinerton	$2,576,000,000
17	Mortenson Construction	$2,445,931,000
18	Brasfield & Gorrie	$2,345,556,673
19	Lendlease	$2,236,898,000
20	Fluor	$2,176,530,000
21	Barton Malow	$2,169,930,000
22	Jacobs	$1,904,592,987
23	Clayco	$1,691,000,000
24	Walsh Group, The	$1,606,429,977
25	Yates Companies, The	$1,537,400,000
26	Webcor Builders	$1,529,072,934
27	Alberici/Flintco	$1,489,140,000
28	Austin Commercial	$1,422,138,621
29	Hoffman Construction	$1,418,949,581
30	Walbridge	$1,352,000,000
31	Layton Construction	$1,346,700,000
32	HITT Contracting	$1,324,400,000
33	Manhattan Construction Group	$1,323,062,000
34	Shawmut Design and Construction	$1,316,000,000
35	BL Harbert	$1,252,972,462
36	Messer Construction	$1,245,000,000
37	Plaza Construction	$1,191,616,000
38	Consigli Building Group	$1,130,267,115
39	Pepper Construction	$1,129,954,000
40	Gray Construction	$1,123,128,037
41	Hunter Roberts Construction Group	$1,102,043,827
42	EMJ Corp.	$1,081,112,218
43	Choate Construction	$1,075,093,176
44	Beck Group, The	$1,048,326,985
45	Power Construction	$1,045,000,000
46	Boldt Co., The	$1,012,532,472
47	Ryan Companies	$1,010,352,393
48	Weitz Co., The	$940,062,000
49	Clune Construction	$921,902,359
50	CORE Construction Group	$898,533,026
51	James G. Davis Construction	$896,010,279
52	McShane Companies, The	$867,045,174
53	Robins & Morton	$839,385,438
54	Level 10 Construction	$792,525,543
55	Fortis Construction	$782,468,104
56	VCC Construction	$780,000,000
57	LeChase Construction	$741,248,084
58	C.W. Driver	$718,867,655
59	Andersen Construction	$710,000,000
60	LPCiminelli	$707,408,000
61	Batson-Cook	$687,509,881
62	Adolfson & Peterson Construction	$687,415,000
63	Hoar Construction	$642,672,000
64	Sundt Construction	$636,297,000
65	Kraus-Anderson	$609,500,000
66	Nabholz Construction Corporation	$597,963,584
67	McGough	$561,000,000
68	W.E. O'Neil Construction	$559,942,926
69	GE Johnson Construction	$518,833,412
70	James McHugh Construction	$513,630,200
71	Bernards	$502,000,000
72	Joeris General Contractors	$481,525,648
73	Paric Holdings	$477,500,000
74	Leopardo Companies	$472,500,000
75	Weis Builders	$450,590,000
76	Hill & Wilkinson	$448,667,023
77	Kitchell	$443,681,691
78	Haskell	$443,120,581
79	Engineered Structures Inc. (ESI)	$442,691,287
80	Rodgers Builders	$437,662,514
81	W. M. Jordan Co.	$395,652,559
82	Haselden Construction	$371,155,114
83	Linbeck Group	$339,365,000
84	Skender Construction	$334,718,800
85	Cahill Contractors	$326,996,971
86	Wohlsen Construction	$326,160,000
87	CG Schmidt	$322,400,000
88	New South Construction	$306,342,000
89	T.G. Nickel & Associates	$303,361,897
90	CRB	$286,105,448
91	IMC Construction	$283,500,000
92	Millie and Severson	$278,952,109
93	dck worldwide	$275,648,000
94	Juneau Construction	$267,031,923
95	IPS-Integrated Project Services	$261,965,740
96	Donohoe Construction	$261,567,000
97	Jordan Foster Construction	$252,748,113
98	S. M. Wilson	$248,621,152
99	Summit Contracting Group	$240,630,660
100	Doster Construction	$236,061,870
101	Schimenti Construction	$235,000,000
102	Harkins Builders	$231,000,000
103	Graycor	$227,756,033
104	Burns & McDonnell	$216,146,504
105	KBE Building Corp.	$210,525,534
106	Sachse Construction	$200,700,000
107	Cortland Partners	$198,260,890
108	BlueScope Construction	$164,750,000
109	Epstein	$164,282,300
110	Bette Companies, The	$162,811,562
111	Hagerman Group, The	$159,000,000
112	CNY Group	$151,991,000
113	Hawkins Construction	$142,000,000
114	Coakley & Williams Construction	$136,061,889
115	Dickinson Cameron Construction	$130,000,000
116	VRH Construction	$83,259,400
117	Dewberry	$51,256,233

NOTE: Ranking includes revenue from general contracting, design-build, CM at risk, and IPD work.

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