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Top 55 university engineering firms

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Top 55 university engineering firms

AECOM, Affiliated Engineers, and Arup top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest university sector engineering and EA firms, as reported in the 2017 Giants 300 Report.


By BD+C Staff | September 6, 2017
The University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium

The University of Iowa’s Hancher Auditorium features a sculptural form and dramatic cantilevered overhangs. Structural design by Thornton Tomasetti for architects Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (design architect) and OPN Architects (AOR). Photo courtesy Thornton Tomasetti.

 

TOP 55 UNIVERSITY ENGINEERING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY 2016 UNIVERSITY REVENUE
1 AECOM $47,500,000
2 Affiliated Engineers $20,338,000
3 Arup $17,382,483
4 WSP $17,286,000
5 IMEG/KJWW/TTG $16,943,913
6 P2S $16,124,221
7 Vanderweil Engineers $14,748,200
8 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger $13,500,000
9 RMF Engineering $12,000,000
10 Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber $12,000,000
11 Thornton Tomasetti $11,365,463
12 Wiss, Janney, Elstner $8,210,000
13 NV5 Global $7,946,568
14 Ross & Baruzzini $6,580,000
15 Shive-Hattery $6,507,535
16 JQ Engineering $6,294,000
17 Loring Consulting Engineers $6,036,000
18 Walker Parking Consultants $5,726,947
19 Jensen Hughes $5,584,659
20 Interface Engineering $5,362,242
21 M/E Engineering $5,003,126
22 Heapy Engineering $4,967,034
23 AKF Group $4,759,976
24 Smith Seckman Reid $4,204,589
25 Burns & McDonnell $4,164,051
26 Walter P Moore $3,945,857
27 CJL Engineering $3,909,753
28 Woolpert $3,807,991
29 H.F. Lenz Co. $3,773,000
30 Glumac $3,704,343
31 ME Engineers $3,670,000
32 RDK Engineers $3,653,000
33 Peter Basso Associates $3,420,076
34 I. C. Thomasson Associates $3,390,000
35 STV $3,348,639
36 Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering $3,248,750
37 KCI Technologies $3,000,000
38 Karpinski Engineering $3,000,000
39 Spectrum Engineers $2,985,793
40 TLC Engineering for Architecture $2,916,398
41 Bala Consulting Engineers $2,860,000
42 Graef $2,775,671
43 Newcomb & Boyd $2,571,823
44 LaBella Associates $2,359,629
45 dbHMS $2,275,000
46 Primera Engineers $2,146,901
47 Henderson Engineers $2,103,008
48 Setty $2,077,291
49 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers $2,026,981
50 Martin/Martin $2,016,065
51 Dunham Associates $2,000,000
52 Kohler Ronan $1,666,318
53 Cardno $1,530,009
54 Syska Hennessy Group $1,246,055
55 Wallace Engineering $1,200,000
56 RLF $1,101,000
57 Tighe & Bond $1,000,000

 

 

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