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Top 50 Data Center Engineering Firms

Top 50 Data Center Engineering Firms

Vanderweil Engineers, Jacobs, and Syska Hennessy Group top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest data center sector engineering and E/A firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.


By BD+C Staff | August 10, 2016

Facebook Data Center, Prineville, Oregon. Photo: Tom Raftery, flickr Creative Commons.

TOP 50 DATA CENTER ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank Firm 2015 Revenue
1 Vanderweil Engineers $41,247,200
2 Jacobs $40,110,000
3 Syska Hennessy Group $38,578,562
4 Environmental Systems Design $14,670,507
5 Highland Associates $9,100,000
6 Dewberry $8,997,875
7 Newcomb & Boyd $4,683,201
8 Ghafari Associates $4,000,000
9 Arup $3,727,928
10 Glumac $2,971,198
11 H.F. Lenz Company $2,728,653
12 Affiliated Engineers $2,714,000
13 Burns & McDonnell $2,500,000
14 KZF Design $2,197,624
15 Zak Companies $2,001,673
16 Bala Consulting Engineers $1,880,000
17 Ross & Baruzzini $1,831,648
18 Wick Fisher White $1,720,000
19 Core States Group $1,640,527
20 Cardno Haynes Whaley $1,357,825
21 RMF Engineering $1,257,000
22 Magnusson Klemencic Associates $1,255,913
23 WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff $1,238,000
24 Dunham Associates $1,050,000
25 KJWW / TTG $1,049,086
26 Wendel $1,005,965
27 SSOE Group $980,000
28 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $900,406
29 Thornton Tomasetti $833,542
30 JBA Consulting Engineers $816,632
31 Henderson Engineers $793,735
32 Heapy Engineering $689,595
33 RDK Engineers $646,020
34 TLC Engineering for Architecture $629,411
35 Apogee Consulting Group $592,000
36 CRB $520,000
37 William Tao & Associates $504,623
38 Jensen Hughes $393,599
39 I. C. Thomasson Associates $373,200
40 Mazzetti $346,401
41 Pedco E & A Services $317,000
42 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates $250,000
43 Karpinski Engineering $250,000
44 GHT Limited $225,000
45 Hankins and Anderson $206,415
46 Spectrum Engineers $194,055
47 Smith Seckman Reid $183,242
48 ThermalTech Engineering $150,000
49 CJL Engineering, Inc. $122,099
50 Interface Engineering $121,130
51 KCI Technologies $100,000

 

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