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Top 80 K-12 School Construction Firms

Top 80 K-12 School Construction Firms

Gilbane, Balfour Beatty, and Core Construction head Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest K-12 school sector construction and construction management firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.


By BD+C Staff | August 1, 2016
Charleston Catholic School, KSQ Design

Charleston (S.C.) Catholic School Upper School Addition and Sacred Heart Church Renovation, designed by KSQ Design. Photo courtesy KSQ Design

TOP 80 K-12 SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank Firm 2015 Revenue
1 Gilbane Building Co. $480,004,000
2 Balfour Beatty US $461,785,038
3 Core Construction Group $421,279,721
4 Turner Construction Co. $404,115,437
5 Skanska USA $214,070,248
6 Kraus-Anderson $203,000,000
7 Shawmut Design and Construction $191,000,000
8 Barton Malow Co. $181,481,875
9 Adolfson & Peterson Construction $168,810,000
10 JE Dunn Construction $157,937,145
11 Consigli Building Group $141,016,499
12 Bernards $129,000,000
13 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The $115,663,642
14 McCarthy Holdings $115,646,392
15 Haselden Construction $112,732,512
16 Pepper Construction Group $89,485,000
17 PCL Construction Enterprises $86,946,728
18 Suffolk Construction Co. $84,094,138
19 Alberici-Flintco $78,057,992
20 McShane Cos., The $77,044,761
21 Clark Group $68,397,965
22 Lendlease $64,814,000
23 Branch & Associates $62,163,949
24 Swinerton Inc. $60,000,000
25 Shook Construction Co. $55,022,400
26 AECOM $50,640,000
27 Walsh Group, The $50,040,016
28 Manhattan Construction Group $42,564,000
29 Beck Group, The $38,037,928
30 Sundt Construction $36,692,015
31 Ryan Companies US $27,968,044
32 LeChase Construction $26,700,000
33 Hagerman Group, The $25,000,000
34 Messer Construction Co. $24,200,000
35 C.W. Driver Companies $23,595,100
36 W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. $23,197,291
37 S. M. Wilson & Co. $21,115,696
38 Leopardo Companies $19,363,400
39 Linbeck Group $19,000,000
40 Cumming $18,486,000
41 James G. Davis Construction Corp. $18,039,504
42 Hill International $17,000,000
43 Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors $16,341,000
44 Cahill Contractors $15,930,000
45 Batson-Cook Co. $15,664,137
46 Walbridge $15,500,000
47 Fortis Construction $13,310,159
48 McGough Construction $13,000,000
49 STV $12,396,562
50 Choate Construction Co. $12,202,722
51 Coakley & Williams Construction $11,610,526
52 Boldt Company, The $10,463,542
53 Yates Companies, The $9,200,000
54 Bette Companies, The $8,993,049
55 Hoffman Construction $8,641,626
56 Kitchell Corp. $7,714,605
57 EMJ Corp. $7,494,094
58 Stalco Construction $6,700,000
59 New South Construction Co. $5,013,000
60 HITT Contracting $5,000,000
61 Clune Construction Co. $4,756,723
62 Hoar Construction $4,679,000
63 Paric Corporation $4,000,000
64 W.M. Jordan Company $3,649,589
65 Power Construction Co. $3,500,000
66 Doster Construction Co. $3,452,038
67 Donohoe Construction Co. $3,371,000
68 Graham Construction $2,800,000
69 Hawkins Construction $2,572,436
70 BlueScope Construction $2,355,207
71 Jacobs $2,228,000
72 LPCiminelli $2,170,000
73 KBE Building Corp. $1,543,869
74 Brownstone Construction Group $1,122,573
75 James McHugh Construction Co. $975,107
76 Graycor $786,821
77 JLL $744,744
78 Wendel $670,566
79 Lawrence Group $560,000
80 Ghafari Associates $450,000

 

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