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market category and rounding. NA-Not available. Power comprises thermal and hydroelectric power-
How to Read the Tables General Building as a category includes commercial plants, waste-to-energy plants, transmission lines,
KEY TO TYPE OF FIRM buildings, offices, stores, educational facilities, government substations, cogeneration plants, etc.
A architect, E engineer, EC engineer-contractor, buildings, hospitals, medical facilities, hotels, apartments, Sewerage / Solid Waste includes sanitary and storm
AE architect-engineer, EA engineer-architect, ENV housing, etc. sewers, treatment plants, pumping plants, incinerators,
environmental, GE geotechnical engineer, L landscape Hazardous Waste includes chemical and nuclear waste industrial waste facilities, etc.
architect, P planner and O other, Other combinations are
treatment, asbestos and lead abatement, etc. Telecommunications comprises transmission lines and
possible. Firms classified themselves.
Industrial Process comprises pulp and paper mills, steel cabling, towers and antennae, data centers, etc.
Companies are ranked according to revenue for
mills, nonferrous metal refineries, pharmaceutical plants, Transportation includes airports, bridges, roads, canals,
design services performed in 2014 in $ millions (*).
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chemical plants, food and other processing plants, etc. locks, dredging, marine facilities, piers, railroads,
Those with subsidiaries are indicated by (†). For
information on subsidiaries and where each firm Manufacturing includes auto, electronic assembly, tunnels, etc.
worked outside of the U.S., see www.enr.com. textile plants, etc. Water Supply includes dams, reservoirs, transmission
**Firms not ranked last year. Some markets may not add Petroleum includes refineries, petrochemical plants, pipelines, distribution mains, irrigation canals, desalination
up to 100% due to omission of “other” miscellaneous offshore facilities, pipelines, etc. and potability treatment plants, pumping stations, etc.
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101 104 HAMMEL GREEN AND ABRAHAMSON INC. (HGA), Minneapolis, Minn. AE 123.9 3.1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
102 107 KPFF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Seattle, Wash. E 123.6 4.7 68 0 0 0 14 0 18 0 0
103 121 AMBITECH ENGINEERING CORP., Downers Grove, Ill. EC 123.6 13.3 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
104 102 KADRMAS LEE & JACKSON INC. (KLJ), Bismarck, N.D. E 122.3 0.0 1 0 6 6 8 18 37 0 7
105 108 POPULOUS, Kansas City, Mo. † A 122.0 48.0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
106 128 PAGE, Washington, D.C. AE 122.0 43.8 79 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
107 122 GEI CONSULTANTS INC., Woburn, Mass. † E 121.7 0.7 14 0 3 34 4 1 6 33 0
108 105 DAVID EVANS AND ASSOCIATES INC., Portland, Ore. EA 121.1 0.0 18 0 3 3 3 0 49 0 0
109 126 HALEY & ALDRICH INC., Burlington, Mass. † E 118.6 1.4 22 0 5 0 0 0 5 67 0
110 117 GAI CONSULTANTS INC., Homestead, Pa. E 117.2 0.0 7 0 22 3 2 24 32 8 0
111 136 BRAUN INTERTEC CORP., Minneapolis, Minn. GE 115.3 0.0 27 9 13 2 1 21 22 4 0
112 114 WISS, JANNEY, ELSTNER ASSOCIATES INC., Northbrook, Ill. EA 114.7 3.0 63 4 1 1 1 0 7 0 1
113 145 EN ENGINEERING LLC, Warrenville, Ill. E 114.6 0.9 0 0 2 0 0 98 0 0 0
114 118 WHITMAN, REQUARDT & ASSOCIATES LLP, Baltimore, Md. EA 114.5 0.0 22 0 0 11 13 0 50 0 0
115 139 OLSSON ASSOCIATES, Lincoln, Neb. E 114.0 0.0 37 0 2 10 4 6 22 1 2
116 133 APEX COS. LLC, Rockville, Md. † ENV 112.9 0.0 12 13 4 3 38 12 5 5 8
117 119 CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS INC., Pittsburgh, PA. † E 112.5 0.0 16 0 6 0 26 36 2 10 0
118 ** NORR, Chicago, Ill. † AE 112.1 90.6 94 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
119 89 TRANSCORE, Nashville, Tenn. EC 112.1 6.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
120 132 CORGAN, Dallas, Texas A 111.3 3.2 47 0 0 0 0 0 32 0 21
121 124 SIMPSON GUMPERTZ & HEGER INC., Waltham, Mass. E 110.0 11.4 69 5 13 3 0 1 8 0 0
122 141 VANDERWEIL ENGINEERS, Boston, Mass. E 109.9 6.2 45 0 21 0 0 0 1 0 34
123 131 CRB, St. Louis, Mo. EA 109.1 6.3 4 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 0
124 231 NV5 HOLDINGS INC., Hollywood, Fla. † E 109.1 0.2 36 0 33 4 2 0 25 0 0
125 78 M+W U.S. INC., Watervliet, N.Y. EC 108.0 1.0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
126 116 GZA GEOENVIRONMENTAL INC., Norwood, Mass. † EC 106.9 0.6 10 0 1 9 2 0 12 64 0
127 130 ALFRED BENESCH & CO., Chicago, Ill. E 104.0 0.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 93 2 0
128 120 DLZ, Columbus, Ohio † EA 103.0 11.0 8 0 11 4 25 7 45 0 0
129 125 MIDDOUGH INC., Cleveland, Ohio EA 103.0 10.0 11 23 17 0 0 49 0 0 0
130 123 AFFILIATED ENGINEERS INC., Madison, Wis. † E 101.7 3.7 81 7 5 0 0 6 0 0 2
131 143 SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC. (SEH), St. Paul, Minn. † EA 101.3 0.3 14 0 1 4 15 3 60 2 1
132 135 HAKS, New York, N.Y. EA 100.7 1.4 27 0 0 13 7 0 49 0 0
133 134 SYSKA HENNESSY GROUP, New York, N.Y. † E 100.4 8.2 57 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 39
134 142 RCM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Pennsauken, N.J. † EA 99.9 46.0 7 27 66 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 112 WOOLPERT INC., Dayton, Ohio † AEP 97.0 0.0 20 0 0 0 11 0 17 0 0
136 140 H.W. LOCHNER INC., Chicago, Ill. E 96.9 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
137 137 EA ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECH. INC., PBC, Hunt Valley, Md. ENV 96.1 0.0 2 0 9 4 22 15 10 37 0
138 113 MERRICK & CO., Greenwood Village, Colo. EA 94.3 18.0 27 0 26 1 0 4 0 5 0
139 129 FREESE AND NICHOLS INC., Fort Worth, Texas EA 92.9 0.0 2 1 2 44 18 10 19 0 0
140 175 PSOMAS, Los Angeles, Calif. E 92.6 0.0 26 0 21 11 9 0 33 1 0
141 149 HUITT-ZOLLARS INC., Dallas, Texas EA 91.8 0.8 33 0 0 9 14 0 44 0 0
142 158 GPD GROUP, Akron, Ohio EA 91.7 0.0 29 0 6 0 0 5 26 0 34
143 ** IBI GROUP INC., Westerville, Ohio † AE 91.3 10.3 55 10 2 2 0 0 13 0 0
144 164 ANVIL CORP., Bellingham, Wash. † E 91.0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
145 187 LJA ENGINEERING INC., Houston, Texas † E 88.9 0.1 5 0 0 19 21 8 40 0 0
146 253 IPS - INTEGRATED PROJECT SERVICES INC., Blue Bell, Pa. † EA 83.5 23.4 0 1 0 0 0 99 0 0 0
147 148 MEAD & HUNT INC., Middleton, Wis. † EA 83.1 0.0 9 0 1 7 1 2 73 0 3
148 144 CLARK NEXSEN, Virginia Beach, Va. AE 82.7 1.4 63 0 4 0 1 5 16 0 4
149 166 HALFF ASSOCIATES INC., Richardson, Texas † EA 82.4 0.0 8 0 2 22 22 10 29 2 0
150 146 C&S COMPANIES, Syracuse, N.Y. EA 82.0 0.0 24 11 4 1 4 5 49 1 1
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THE TOP 500 DESIGN FIRMS #04 new brand and logo and took on a
simpler name, CH2M, as part of a
rebranding process.
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201 186 WEIDLINGER ASSOCIATES INC., New York, N.Y. † E 59.3 6.6 33 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0
202 168 THE LAUREN CORP., Irving, Texas † EC 59.0 40.0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
203 222 BOLTON & MENK INC., Mankato, Minn. E 58.7 0.0 0 0 0 8 16 0 34 0 0
204 210 KJWW ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, Rock Island, Ill. E 57.4 1.8 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
205 154 MG2 (FORMERLY MULVANNYG2), Seattle, Wash. † A 57.2 15.9 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
206 249 HARLEY ELLIS DEVEREAUX, Los Angeles, Calif. AE 56.9 0.0 91 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
207 189 AMMANN & WHITNEY, New York, N.Y. † EA 56.9 0.7 12 0 0 0 0 0 88 0 0
208 206 RETTEW ASSOCIATES INC., Lancaster, Pa. † E 56.8 0.0 6 7 1 0 0 60 4 0 7
209 204 SOLOMON CORDWELL BUENZ, Chicago, Ill. A 56.6 0.3 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
210 306 BRPH ARCHITECTS-ENGINEERS INC., Melbourne, Fla. AE 56.3 3.1 37 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
211 159 COWI NORTH AMERICA, Seattle, Wash. † E 56.3 19.5 0 0 2 1 5 4 88 0 0
212 292 MCMILLEN JACOBS ASSOCIATES, San Francisco, Calif. EC 56.0 4.0 4 0 18 29 13 0 38 0 0
213 218 NINYO & MOORE, San Diego, Calif. GE 56.0 1.0 18 4 6 12 10 5 18 17 4
214 167 EWINGCOLE, Philadelphia, Pa. AE 55.8 0.0 78 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0
215 192 CUNINGHAM GROUP ARCHITECTURE INC., Minneapolis, Minn. A 55.1 2.2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
216 219 ALTRAN, Bordentown, N.J. EC 55.0 4.0 0 15 63 0 0 10 0 1 0
217 216 BKF ENGINEERS, Redwood City, Calif. E 54.8 0.0 68 0 0 0 6 3 23 0 0
218 211 SHIVE-HATTERY INC., Cedar Rapids, Iowa † EA 54.6 0.0 63 15 0 2 1 0 8 0 5
219 207 SCHNABEL ENGINEERING INC., Glen Allen, Va. † GE 54.1 0.0 31 0 2 28 4 0 26 2 0
220 236 BARD RAO+ATHANAS CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLC, Boston, Mass. EC 54.0 2.8 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
221 200 HARDESTY & HANOVER LLC, New York, N.Y. E 53.6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
222 276 BURY, Austin, Texas E 53.5 0.0 88 0 0 2 1 1 4 0 0
223 208 PARAMETRIX, Puyallup, Wash. E 53.4 0.0 6 0 0 12 11 0 51 9 0
224 226 LS3P, Charleston, S.C. A 53.3 0.0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
225 296 COLLINS ENGINEERS INC., Chicago, Ill. † E 53.3 1.3 3 0 0 0 1 2 94 0 0
226 165 HEERY INTERNATIONAL INC., Atlanta, Ga. AE 52.5 1.7 82 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0
227 230 ENNEAD ARCHITECTS LLP, New York, N.Y. A 52.3 4.5 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
228 261 RABA KISTNER INC., San Antonio, Texas † E 52.3 1.2 53 1 1 2 1 1 40 0 0
229 255 PBK, Houston, Texas AE 52.0 1.5 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
230 321 STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE, Washington, D.C. A 52.0 10.5 98 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
231 223 FISHBECK THOMPSON CARR & HUBER, Grand Rapids, Mich. EA 51.9 0.1 37 10 0 6 14 0 21 9 0
232 ** M-E ENGINEERS INC., Wheat Ridge, Colo. E 51.6 8.5 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
233 214 CRAWFORD, MURPHY & TILLY INC., Springfield, Ill. E 51.3 0.0 0 0 0 8 14 0 75 0 0
234 229 TTG, Pasadena, Calif. † E 51.2 1.9 83 0 4 3 1 0 7 0 3
235 239 AKRF INC., New York, N.Y. ENV/E 50.7 0.0 43 0 10 7 0 0 26 15 0
236 212 MCKIM & CREED INC., Raleigh, N.C. E 50.3 0.0 10 2 13 17 22 5 21 0 0
237 215 STELLAR, Jacksonville, Fla. EA 50.1 12.2 29 0 5 0 0 66 0 0 0
238 250 FUSS & O’NEILL INC., Manchester, Conn. † E 49.7 1.6 16 7 2 11 9 11 17 13 0
239 242 PGAL, Houston, Texas AE 49.6 0.7 40 0 0 0 0 0 60 0 0
240 245 ENSAFE INC., Memphis, Tenn. † ENV 49.4 0.4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0
241 266 THOMPSON ENGINEERING, Mobile, Ala. † EA 49.4 0.0 12 10 8 4 6 16 34 3 1
242 265 HGA (HUNT, GUILLOT, & ASSOCIATES), Ruston, La. E 49.3 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 95 5 0 0
243 ** KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE, Houston, Texas A 49.3 0.0 96 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
244 297 COOPER CARRY INC., Atlanta, Ga. A 48.7 0.1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
245 287 WUNDERLICH-MALEC ENGINEERING INC., Minnetonka, Minn. E 48.3 0.9 4 80 3 0 4 8 0 0 0
246 258 WARE MALCOMB, Irvine, Calif. A 48.3 6.6 95 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
247 237 FAY SPOFFORD & THORNDIKE, Burlington, Mass. † E 48.0 0.0 13 0 0 14 15 0 55 3 0
248 235 CTA ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS, Billings, Mont. AE 47.8 2.1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
249 277 COBB, FENDLEY & ASSOCIATES INC., Houston, Texas E 47.6 0.0 9 0 1 9 5 5 42 0 11
250 252 COFFMAN ENGINEERS INC., Seattle, Wash. E 47.6 0.0 63 6 0 1 0 29 0 0 0
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* THE NO. 368 FIRM ON THE LIST WAS IMPROPERLY RANKED AND HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE LIST. SO SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN RANKED NO. 500 ON THE ORIGINAL LIST.
A Burrow Global LLC 173 EBA Engineering Inc. 411 Gulf Interstate Engineering Co. 55
Bury 222 ECC 336 GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. 126
AECOM Technology Corp. 1 BWBR 317 Ecology & Environment Inc. 96
Aegion Corp. 47 ECS 86 H
Affiliated Engineers Inc. 130 C EFI Global Inc. 269
AI Engineers Inc. 434 EMH&T 198 Hankins and Anderson Inc. 422
AKF Group LLC 181 C&I Engineering 339 EN Engineering LLC 113 H2M architects + engineers 277
AKRF Inc. 235 C&S Companies 150 Enercon Services Inc. 56 HAKS 132
Alfa Tech Consulting Enterprises Inc. 366 Cambridge Seven Associates Inc. 439 England - Thims & Miller Inc. 428 Haley & Aldrich Inc. 109
Alpha Testing Inc. 334 Cannon Design 67 ENGlobal U.S. Inc. 186 Halff Associates Inc. 149
Altran 216 Cardno 23 Ennead Architects LLP 227 Hammel Green and Abrahamson Inc. (HGA) 101
Ambitech Engineering Corp. 103 Carollo Engineers Inc. 69 EnSafe Inc. 240 Hanson Professional Services Inc. 177
Amec Foster Wheeler 6 Francis Cauffman 438 Eppstein Uhen Architects Inc. (eua) 440 Hardesty & Hanover LLC 221
American Structurepoint Inc. 175 CB&I 5 Epstein 477 Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 90
Ammann & Whitney 207 CDI Corp. 26 Erdman Anthony 344 Harley Ellis Devereaux 206
Ankrom Moisan Architects Inc. 423 CDM Smith 22 ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.) 302 Harris Group Inc. 353
Anvil Corp. 144 CDR/Maguire 473 ESP Associates PA 397 Hart Crowser Inc. 496
Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corp. 295 Century Engineering Inc. 285 David Evans and Associates Inc. 108 Hart Howerton 415
Apex Cos. LLC 116 CESO Inc. 499 EwingCole 214 Hatch Mott MacDonald 36
Arcadis U.S./RTKL/Callison 13 CH2M HILL 4 Excel Engineering Inc. 468 Hazen and Sawyer PC 76
Architects Hawaii Ltd. 395 CHA Consulting Inc. 60 exp US Services Inc. 24 HDR 9
Array Architects Inc. 427 Chester Engineers 405 EYP Inc. 84 Heapy Engineering 453
Arup 54 Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc. 117 Heery International Inc. 226
ATCS PLC 315 Clark Nexsen 148 F Henderson Engineers Inc. 158
Atkins North America 42 Clark Patterson Lee 350 Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. 435
Atwell 168 CO Architects 402 Farnsworth Group Inc. 166 Highland Associates Ltd. 387
Ausenco 174 Cobb, Fendley & Associates Inc. 249 Fay Spofford & Thorndike 247 Hillis-Carnes Engineering Associates Inc. 417
Ayers Saint Gross 279 Coffman Engineers Inc. 250 C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates 286 Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors 454
Ayres Associates 310 Collins Engineers Inc. 225 Fentress Architects 264 HKS Inc. 52
AZTEC Engineering Group Inc. 378 Commonwealth Associates Inc. 335 FGM Architects Inc. 485 HLW International LLP 322
Cooper Carry Inc. 244 Fishbeck Thompson Carr & Huber 231 HMC Architects 191
B Corgan 120 FKP Architects Inc. 354 HNTB Cos. 20
COWI North America 211 Flad Architects 163 HOK 37
The Babcock & Wilcox Co. 80 CP&Y Inc. 292 Fluor Corp. 3 Hord Coplan Macht Inc. 287
Michael Baker International 33 CPH Inc. 372 Foth Cos. 88 Horrocks Engineers 318
Ballinger 257 Crafton Tull 382 FRCH Design Worldwide 342 Hubbell, Roth & Clark Inc. 469
Shalom Baranes Associates PC 406 Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. 233 Freese and Nichols Inc. 139 Huckabee 360
Bard Rao+Athanas Consulting Engineers LLC 220 CRB 123 Froehling & Robertson Inc. 316 Huitt-Zollars Inc. 141
Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon Inc. 183 T.J. Cross Engineers Inc. 278 Fugro 29 Hull & Associates Inc. 408
Bartlett & West Inc. 169 CTA Architects Engineers 248 Fuss & O’Neill Inc. 238 Humphreys & Partners Architects LP 258
Barton & Loguidice DPC 371 CTL Engineering Inc. 358 FXFOWLE Architects 321 HGA (Hunt, Guillot, & Associates) 242
Baxter & Woodman Inc. 376 CTL/Thompson Inc. 483 Hussey Gay Bell 498
Beam, Longest and Neff LLC 491 Cuningham Group Architecture Inc. 215 G
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The Beck Group 291 D G.E.C. Inc. 492
Alfred Benesch & Co. 127 GAI Consultants Inc. 110 IBI Group Inc. 143
Louis Berger 25 D&B Engineers and Architects PC 307 Gannett Fleming 49 Integral Group 293
Bergmann Associates Inc. 199 Leo A Daly 81 Garver 192 Integrus Architecture 474
BETA Group Inc. 465 Dannenbaum Engineering Corp. 268 The Gateway Engineers Inc. 444 IPS - Integrated Project Services Inc. 146
Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP 280 Dattner Architects 500 GBA 359 I+S Group Inc 488
BHDP Architecture 404 Davis & Floyd Inc. 399 GEI Consultants Inc. 107
Binkley & Barfield Inc. 446 Davis Brody Bond 445 Gensler 18 J
BKF Engineers 217 Davis Partnership Architects 431 Geocon 379
BL Cos. Inc. 283 Dawood Engineering Inc. 352 GeoEngineers Inc. 195 Jacobs 2
Black & Veatch 15 Day & Zimmermann 151 Geosyntec Consultants 57 JBA Consulting Engineers 337
Bohannan Huston Inc. 413 DCI Engineers 401 Ghafari Associates LLC 99 JCJ Architecture 447
BOKA Powell 430 Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Ltd. 432 GHD Inc. 27 JLG Architects 386
Bolton & Menk Inc. 203 The Dennis Engineering Group LLC 266 Goettsch Partners Inc. 380 Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Inc. 75
Borton-Lawson 467 Robert Derector Associates 325 Golder Associates Inc. 58 Jones and Carter Inc. 188
Boswell Engineering Inc. 303 DeSimone Consulting Engineers 297 Good Fulton & Farrell 377 Jones Edmunds 419
Bowman Consulting 156 Dewberry 41 Goodwyn Mills and Cawood Inc. 270 J-U-B Engineers Inc. 300
Braun Intertec Corp. 111 DLR Group 94 GP Strategies 331
Bridgefarmer & Associates Inc. 464 DLZ 128 GPD Group 142 K
Brown & Gay Engineers Inc. 154 Dokken Engineering 487 GRAEF 367
Brown and Caldwell 46 DOWL 185 Greeley and Hansen LLC 164 Kadrmas Lee & Jackson Inc. (KLJ) 104
BRPH Architects-Engineers Inc. 210 Draper Aden Associates Inc. 452 HR Green Inc. 254 Kahler Slater 486
Buchart Horn Inc./BASCO Associates 349 DRMP Inc. 305 GreenbergFarrow 301 Albert Kahn Family of Cos. (Kahn) 470
Bureau Veritas 34 Greenman-Pedersen Inc. 62 Kapur & Associates Inc. 326
Burgess & Niple Inc. 159 E Gresham, Smith and Partners 97 KBR 12
The Burke Group 171 Grimm + Parker Architects 441 KCI Technologies Inc. 77
Burns & McDonnell 17 EA Engineering Science and Tech. Inc., PBC 137 GRW 362 Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc. 381
Burns Engineering Inc. 383 Earth Systems Inc. 489 Guernsey 345 Kennedy/Jenks Consultants 157
Kiewit Corp. 51 Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers 373 RMA Group Inc. 308 TKDA 253
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. 31 MWH Global 21 RMC Water and Environment 425 TLC Engineering for Architecture Inc. 309
Kirksey Architecture 243 RMF Engineering Inc. 348 Tolunay-Wong Engineers Inc. 327
Kisinger Campo & Associates Corp. 363 N Robins & Morton 476 TPG Architecture 311
KJWW Engineering Consultants 204 Ross & Baruzzini Inc. 388 TransCore 119
Kleinfelder 43 NAC|Architecture 421 RS&H Inc. 70 TranSystems Corp. 63
Klotz Associates Inc. 426 NBBJ 78 Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio LLC 480 TRC Cos. Inc. 32
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 61 Neel-Schaffer Inc. 187 Rummel Klepper & Kahl LLP 73 TTG 234
KPFF Consulting Engineers 102 Nelson Worldwide Inc. 182 Tutor Perini Corp. 92
Krazan & Associates Inc. 490 Waldemar S. Nelson and Co. Inc. 167 S tvsdesign 304
KSA Engineers Inc. 436 Newcomb & Boyd 466 Twining Inc. 284
KTGY Group Inc. 196 Niles Bolton Associates Inc. 391 S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd.
Ninyo & Moore 213 and Affiliates 28 U
L NORR 118
S&ME Inc. 89
NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC 451 The S/L/A/M Collaborative Inc. 306 Ulteig Engineers Inc. 263
LaBella Associates DPC 298 NV5 Holdings Inc. 124 SAI Consulting Engineers Inc. 394 Universal Engineering Sciences Inc. 276
Landrum & Brown Inc. 365 Salas OBrien 443 UniversalPegasus International Inc. 59
Langan Eng’g and Environmental Services Inc. 64 O Sargent & Lundy LLC 30 Urban Engineers Inc. 312
Lanier & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. 497 Saulsbury Industries 500
Larson Design Group 324 O’Brien & Gere 100 Schnabel Engineering Inc. 219 V
The Lauren Corp. 202 OHM Advisors 340 SCS Engineers 83
Lawrence Group 459 Olsson Associates 115 Sebesta Inc. 384 V3 Cos. Ltd. 385
Leidos 40 On-Board Engineering Corp. 323 Sega Inc. 429 Valdes Engineering Co. 472
Leighton Group Inc. 410 O’Neal Inc. 357 Shafer, Kline & Warren Inc. 320 Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc. (VHB) 72
H.F. Lenz Co. 457 OPN Architects 449 Shannon & Wilson Inc. 193 Vanderweil Engineers 122
LHB Inc. 328 Orbital Engineering Inc. 252 Sheladia Associates Inc. 484 VOA Associates Inc. 170
T.Y. Lin International 50 Otak Inc. 361 Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott 341 Volkert Inc. 98
Little 294 OZ Architecture 450 Shive-Hattery Inc. 218
LJA Engineering Inc. 145 Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH) 131 W
LMN Architects 456 P Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. 121
Lochmueller Group Inc. 414 Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP 44 Wade Trim 200
H.W. Lochner Inc. 136 P+R Architects 370 SLCE Architects LLP 346 Walker Parking Consultants 273
Lord Aeck Sargent 433 Page 106 Smallwood Reynolds Stewart Wallace Montgomery 479
Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc. 493 Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. 160 Stewart & Associates Inc. 463 Walter P Moore 165
LPA Inc. 251 Parametrix 223 Smith Seckman Reid Inc. 179 Wantman Group 338
LS3P 224 Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc. 194 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 153 Ware Malcomb 246
Parsons 10 T. Baker Smith LLC 299 WATG | Wimberly Interiors 172
M Partner Engineering and Science Inc. 271 SmithGroupJJR 65 WD Partners 261
Patrick Engineering Inc. 272 SMMA | Symmes Maini & McKee Associates 396 WDG Architecture 471
M+W U.S. Inc. 125 PS&S 296 SME 343 Weidlinger Associates Inc. 201
MacKay & Somps Civil Engineers Inc. 455 Payette 289 Solomon Cordwell Buenz 209 Wenck Associates Inc. 314
Magnusson Klemencic Associates Inc. 259 PBK 229 SPEC Services Inc. 265 WENDEL LLC 333
Manhard Consulting Ltd. 412 PCI Skanska 418 SRF Consulting Group Inc. 256 Westlake Reed Leskosky 356
The Mannik & Smith Group Inc. 374 Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP 409 SSOE Group 85 Weston & Sampson 178
Martin/Martin Inc. 392 Pennoni 95 Stanley Consultants Inc. 66 Whitman, Requardt & Associates LLP 114
Maser Consulting PA 161 Perkins+Will 38 Stantec Inc. 19 Whitney, Bailey, Cox & Magnani LLC 407
Matrix Technologies Inc. 282 Perkins Eastman 68 Steelman Partners 275 Wight & Co. 461
Mazzetti 416 PGAL 239 Stellar 237 Wilson & Co. Inc., Engineers & Architects 180
MBH Architects 475 Alan Plummer Associates Inc. 494 Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP (RAMSA) 190 Wilson Architects Inc. 442
McCormick Taylor Inc. 152 PND Engineers Inc. 329 Strand Associates Inc. 184 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. 112
McKim & Creed Inc. 236 Pond & Co. 274 Studios Architecture 230 Wood Group Mustang Inc. 11
McLaren Engineering Group 393 Populous 105 STV Group Inc. 39 Wood Rodgers Inc. 330
McMahon 460 POWER Engineers Inc. 45 Sunrise Engineering Inc. 482 Woodard & Curran 74
McMillan Pazdan Smith LLC 458 The Preston Partnership 495 Superior Engineering LLC 462 Woods Bagot 79
McMillen Jacobs Associates 212 Primera Engineers Ltd. 424 Surveying And Mapping LLC (SAM) 93 Woolpert Inc. 135
M-E Engineers Inc. 232 Professional Engineering Consultants PA 369 SWCA Environmental Consultants 155 WorleyParsons Group Inc. 14
Mead & Hunt Inc. 147 Professional Service Industries (PSI) 53 Syska Hennessy Group 133 Wright-Pierce 355
Merrick & Co. 138 Psomas 140 WSB & Associates Inc. 288
Mesa Associates Inc. 176 T WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff 16
MG Engineering DPC 437 R Wunderlich-Malec Engineering Inc. 245
MG2 (formerly MulvannyG2) 205 T&M Associates 197
Middough Inc. 129 R&M Consultants Inc. 478 Tectonic Engineering & Surveying Consultants PC 162 Z
The Miller Hull Partnership 481 Raba Kistner Inc. 228 Terracon Consultants Inc. 35
Mithun 448 The RBA Group 313 Testengeer Inc. 403 Zachry Group 48
Modjeski and Masters Inc. 260 RCM Technologies Inc. 134 Tetra Tech Inc. 7 ZGF Architects LLP 91
Moffatt & Nichol 87 RDG Planning & Design 398 A. Morton Thomas and Associates Inc. 189 Ziegler Cooper Architects 389
Moody Nolan Inc. 375 RDK Engineers 351 I.C. Thomasson Associates Inc. 420
Morrison Hershfield 82 Remington & Vernick Engineers Inc. 290 Thompson Engineering 241
Morrison-Maierle Inc. 347 RETTEW Associates Inc. 208 Thornton Tomasetti Inc. 71
Moseley Architects 281 River Consulting 390 The Thrasher Group Inc. 319
ms consultants Inc. 255 RIZZO Associates Inc. 364 Tighe & Bond Inc. 262
MSA Professional Services Inc. 332 RJN Group Inc. 400 Timmons Group 267
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hrough mergers and acquisitions in Arcadis’ strategy in 2014 “to invest in sus-
2014, a number of major design tainable growth.”
firms made bold moves to shore up The deal positioned the firm particu-
or expand their reach into various general larly well in the retail sector. Callison
building sectors. ranked at No. 7 in retail last year, while
By far the biggest splash of last year Arcadis was eighth, reporting revenues of
was the merger of two of the largest de- $58.3 million and $56 million, respec-
sign firms in the U.S., AECOM and URS. tively. For this year’s ranking, the com-
While AECOM was already the largest bined firms tallied $158 million in reve-
general building design firm based on nues, putting Arcadis at No. 4 on the list.
revenue going into 2014, the addition of Stantec also jumped in this year’s gen-
URS greatly expands AECOM’s capa- eral building rankings, thanks in part to
bilities, says Bob Pell, senior vice presi- acquisitions. Last year, it added 300-
dent in AECOM’s general buildings prac- person firm SHW Group, Plano, Texas;
tice. Pell notes that roughly one-third of 210-person firm ADD Inc., Boston; and
AECOM’s business is with federal clients. 130-person multidisciplinary firm
URS also banked heavily on federal USKH Inc., Anchorage. In 2013, those
work; combined, the two firms now hold three firms tallied a combined $121.7
a significant number of multiyear task- million in revenues.
order contract vehicles. “The fact is, we Through the SHW deal, Stantec
now have double the number of contract increased its presence in the education
vehicles than we previously had,” he says. GROWTH MODE Gensler-designed PNC Tower, market. SHW was ranked at No. 7 in
AECOM is positioned to capitalize in Pittsburgh, is nearing construction completion. education last year, while Stantec was at
other sectors, as well. In 2013, the last expects to leverage its in-house design and No. 18. This year, Stantec ranks at No. 5
year for which both firms reported reve- construction capabilities as well as its in education, with $73 million in revenue.
nues separately, URS ranked as a top-10 investment arm, AECOM Capital, to pur- However, not all big gains were made
firm in the government office, health care, sue design-build-finance-operate oppor- through acquisitions. Gensler, which
education and multi-unit residential cat- tunities in the vertical building market. banks entirely on organic growth, saw its
egories. AECOM was the top firm in each Although the delivery method for build- general building revenue rise to $993.6
of those categories. ings is still a nascent concept in the U.S., million in 2014 from $815.9 million in
Going forward, Pell says the URS ac- Pell says the firm currently is looking at 2013—a 22% increase.
quisition strengthens AECOM’s abilities more than 20 prospects. Andy Cohen, co-CEO of Gensler,
as an integrated full-service firm. In addi- Arcadis strengthened its presence in credits the firm’s gains, in part, to its exist-
tion to URS, AECOM acquired Hunt the U.S. buildings sector with the acquisi- ing relationships with global clients.
Construction in 2014. Pell says AECOM tion of Callison in October. Arcadis U.S. Roughly 85% of the firm’s work is with
repeat clients. “The U.S. market is finally
TOP GENERAL BUILDING DESIGN PROJECTS REPORTED BY DODGE CURRENT PROJ. TOTAL coming back, and the companies we’ve
RANK PHASE ($ BIL.)
1 ESSEX CROSSING MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT (MASTER REPORT), NEW YORK PLANNING 10.0
worked [with] for 10 to 30 years are ac-
tive,” Cohen says.
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2 GATEWAY TUNNELS PROJECT, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PLANNING 10.0
3 PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT EXP. (MASTER REPORT), PENNSYLVANIA PLANNING 7.5
Cohen also reports an “incredible
4 AMTRAK WASHINGTON, D.C., UNION STATION (MASTER REPORT) PHASE 1 PLANNING 6.5 flight to safety from emerging economies”
5 PENINSULA AT BAYONNE HARBOR (MASTER REPORT), NEW JERSEY PLANNING 6.0 as foreign investors look to develop in the
SOURCE: DODGE DATA & ANALYTICS relatively safe and stable U.S. n
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Firms To Be Versatile
Riverside County, Calif. “Clients are
looking for creativity, tenacity and
problem-solving skills. With projects be-
coming more complex, getting things
Design firms increasingly called on to show varied skill sets done is becoming trickier.”
Matt Cummings, executive vice presi-
dent for AECOM, also sees growing in-
terest in asset management, including
optimizing costs for longer life cycles. He
describes the Pennsylvania Dept. of
Transportation’s Rapid Bridge Replace-
ment Project, which will address nearly
560 structurally deficient bridges state-
wide, and the Arizona DOT’s South
Mountain Freeway, expected to be
awarded later this year, as “full life-cycle
operations and maintenance built into
design-build projects.”
So-called “soft skills” that enhance the
planning and design of both individual
projects and multifaceted programs are
also in demand, including the ability to
better engage with the public.
“Before, we just participated in pub-
lic meetings, which typically attracted
TRICKY Kimley-Horn, I-215/Van Buren Interchange designer, says projects are getting more complex. only opponents,” says Charlie O’Reilly,
S
tate and local transportation agen- from other programs to help funnel more director of transportation for Omaha-
cies have grappled with the uncer- money to address maintenance backlogs. based HDR Inc. “Now, clients have high
tainty over long-term federal trans- Major projects, especially those involv- expectations for us to support bringing
portation funding for so long, it might ing private-sector participation, continue projects to the public in ways that are
seem as if make-do, budget-stretching to move forward, ranging from the transparent and proactive, including the
tactics have become the norm rather than $2.3-billion, 21-mile I-4 Ultimate Project use of social media, video and other
simply a coping strategy. With May’s in Orlando to the $3.9-billion Tappan Zee technologies.”
stopgap funding extension—the 33rd Hudson River Crossing in New York. Though simply getting by may be the
since 2008—postponing the debate yet Transit projects are also in the mix, in- best agencies can hope for right now, they
again, the trend toward self-reliance cluding the $1.65-billion extension of the still must be aware of emerging technol-
seems destined to continue. Southwest Light Rail Transit line in sub- ogy trends, from autonomous vehicles to
Since the start of 2015, six states have urban Minneapolis. automated tolling systems.
raised their fuel taxes to funnel more Transporation design firms say they But there is a caveat that comes with
money into roads and bridges. Others are are increasingly called on to provide a more sophisticated technology, says Pat
exploring bonds and revenue transfers varied skill set. “Technical skills are a Cassity, senior vice president and highway
division manager for Pasadena, Calif.-
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he move to replace scores of older natural gas,” says Lyash. Citing U.S. renewable-generation resources.”
fossil units to comply with ever- Energy Information Administration data Because of the intermittent output of
tightening environmental rules and that “about 16 gigawatts of generating wind farms and solar projects, these
meet incrementally increasing power capacity will be retired in 2015, of which renewables need to be backed up by
demands is driving the development of nearly 13 gigawatts is coal-fired,” Lyash conventional generating capacity, which
thousands of megawatts of new, natural- continues, saying, “Replacing this capac- can ramp up and down quickly to keep
gas-fired generating capacity. ity is critical to meeting the demand for grid supply and demand in balance. Walsh
“We are seeing solid activity in the gas electricity, and owners are mobilizing says B&V recently finished building a
generation and renewables markets and quickly to address these needs.” 220-MW gas-fired reciprocating engine
targeted areas, such as the Southeast, are Lyash says the company is building project for Portland General Electric at
seeing some base-load growth,” says Jeff two big gas-fired combined-cycle proj- PGE’s Port Westward station, near
Lyash, president of CB&I’s power ects: the 760-MW York Energy Center in Clatskanie, Ore. The facility can ramp up
business unit. Peach Bottom Township, Pa., for Calpine to full capacity in only 10 minutes—
“New emissions regulations and low and a 671-MW project for Indianapolis flexibility PGE needs as it adds new wind
natural-gas prices are leading utilities to Power & Light in Martinsville, Ind. capacity to its portfolio.
commission new powerplants that burn “Many industry experts now say they At Fluor, the high level of construction
activity has made it “very challenging” to
TOP POWER DESIGN PROJECTS REPORTED BY DODGE
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Sector Strong Despite gas are not being canceled,” says Jim Brit-
tain, president of Fluor’s Energy &
D
esign and construction work in the fineries further diversifying feedstock Downstream, pipeline demand has
petroleum sector has hit a peak intake capabilities. The work is part of a stayed strong because infrastructure re-
along the Gulf Coast, but that major trend in the sector in which oil mains far behind modern shipping needs.
means activity will start to taper off in companies are optimizing their existing “That’s absolutely a fact,” Riley says. “The
petrol strongholds such as Texas and assets, he says. U.S. hasn’t invested in pipelines the way
Louisiana and throughout the rest of the Graham Hill, sales manager at KBR, that we needed to. So, new projects will
U.S. as oil companies “tighten their belts” says lowering costs and increasing profit- happen, just maybe not as quickly.”
because of crude-oil price volatility issues ability is a primary concern for clients. Additionally, low prices are not stop-
over the past 18 months, says Jeff Riley, “So, on those projects, what you have is a ping the overall evolution of an industry
business development manager for brownfield situation where the customer always looking to get an edge with the
AMEC Foster Wheeler. has live manufacturing where they want latest technology or process development.
Refineries have been “heavying-up,” minimal disruption and maximum up- “A couple of technologies out there right
or equipping, their plants with catalytic time,” he says. “Refineries are under pres- now could really be game-changers,”
crackers or other technologies that enable sure right now, and one of the ways [they] Riley says. “One allows refiners to use
heavier oil molecules to be processed. relieve pressure is to take lower-cost feed- natural gas to make higher-value products
These upgrades allow oil companies to stocks on input and diversify into petro- like liquid fuels, but, of the competing
accommodate dirtier crudes from South chemicals to enhance profitability on technologies in the space, no one really
America and Canada, and Riley sees re- output.” knows which one will break through.”
Fluor and KBR both say they have
TOP PETROLEUM DESIGN PROJECTS REPORTED BY DODGE CURRENT PROJ. TOTAL proprietary technologies that will give
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1 LIQUEFACTION PROJECT (LNG), LOUISIANA PLANNING 10.0
them an edge in the market. For instance,
KBR has a new catalytic converter tech-
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PIPELINES 7
8
FLUOR CORP.
UNIVERSALPEGASUS INTERNATIONAL INC.
45.0
43.8
REVENUE
RANK FIRM ($ MIL.) 9 ARUP 31.9
1 WOOD GROUP MUSTANG INC. 446.0 10 ATKINS NORTH AMERICA 24.3
2 AECOM 292.1 11 TETRA TECH INC. 20.0
3 TETRA TECH INC. 275.0 12 BECHTEL 15.0
4 CH2M HILL 263.0 13 HDR 9.8
5 AEGION CORP. 256.1 14 GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS 9.5
6 GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING CO. 254.0 15 LARSON DESIGN GROUP 8.5
7 UNIVERSALPEGASUS INTERNATIONAL INC. 192.3
8 CDI CORP. 137.8
9 HATCH MOTT MACDONALD 129.3 REFINERIES AND PETROCHEMICAL PLANTS
10 EN ENGINEERING LLC 96.2 REVENUE
RANK FIRM ($ MIL.)
11 SURVEYING AND MAPPING LLC (SAM) 92.7 1 FLUOR CORP. 2,642.7
12 FLUOR CORP. 87.8 2 JACOBS 1,777.1
13 JACOBS 63.5 3 BECHTEL 1,074.0
14 AMEC FOSTER WHEELER 52.2 4 KBR 782.0
15 WORLEYPARSONS GROUP INC. 50.2 5 WORLEYPARSONS GROUP INC. 763.5
16 MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL 41.6 6 AECOM 566.8
17 STANTEC INC. 39.8 7 S&B ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS LTD. AND AFFILIATES 425.9
18 TRC COS. INC. 37.4 8 WOOD GROUP MUSTANG INC. 202.6
19 BECHTEL 37.0 9 BURNS & MCDONNELL 176.6
20 HGA (HUNT, GUILLOT, & ASSOCIATES) 32.4 10 CDI CORP. 162.0
21 GAI CONSULTANTS INC. 27.1 11 AMBITECH ENGINEERING CORP. 91.5
22 ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT INC. 25.4 12 STANTEC INC. 86.4
23 CIVIL & ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS INC. 21.4 13 BLACK & VEATCH 81.3
24 TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC. 18.4 14 ZACHRY GROUP 45.7
25 HDR 12.4 15 TETRA TECH INC. 45.0
16 KIEWIT CORP. 41.6
17 CH2M HILL 37.8
18 AMEC FOSTER WHEELER 37.5
19 HARGROVE ENGINEERS + CONSTRUCTORS 26.4
20 C&I ENGINEERING 25.8
21 VALDES ENGINEERING CO. 16.8
22 LEIDOS 15.6
23 EN ENGINEERING LLC 14.3
24 TRC COS. INC. 12.5
25 RIVER CONSULTING 11.8
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ater and wastewater spending has treatment, treated wastewater effluent is
been in a modest slump for a few introduced into an environmental buffer,
years, but there are signs the such as a reservoir or aquifer] is the ac-
market is picking up. “While water and cepted norm. However, there is increased
wastewater spending has declined over interest and research now on direct po-
the past several years, we believe it is table reuse,” in which an environmental
beginning to turn around,” says B. buffer is not used.
Narayanan, CEO of Carollo Engineers. Narayanan notes, however, that the
“Pent-up demand is being released in the biggest obstacle is public squeamishness
form of new projects.” about the concept, although that discom-
“Absolutely, yes, we expect growth. fort may be diminishing as a result of the
We see it in our sales funnel,” comments severe drought affecting much of the
Jay Patil, senior vice president of client western U.S.
services at Brown and Caldwell. In Carollo currently is designing a
addition to the general recovery from the campus-style facility made up of four
recession, he sees several factors driving water treatment plants for the North
growth. One is the drought in the West- Texas Municipal Water District.
ern U.S. “San Diego, the Santa Clara The project involves converting the
Valley and now Los Angeles are looking existing granular media filtration plant to
at using recycled water.” engineered biofiltration and adding 70
Resource optimization of biosolids million gallons per day of capacity to the
from wastewater treatment is another 770-mgd plant.
growth market. “These biosolids have a Carollo also designed the $120-mil-
lot of embedded energy. Advanced diges- lion expansion of the Ocotillo Water
tion technology can extract as much PURIFICATION Reverse osmosis will be used on Reclamation facility in Chandler, Ariz.,
the new ‘Pure Water’ reuse program in San Diego.
energy out of the resource as we possibly currently being constructed by a joint-
can. Whereas, normally, a Class B solid is Brown and Caldwell to design a $200-mil- venture team of McCarthy Building Cos.
sent to a landfill, advanced digestion can lion upgrade of the digesters at its Hunts and Sundt Construction. To be com-
produce Class A solids that can be used Point wastewater treatment plant. pleted in December 2017, the new facil-
as fertilizer.” Patil sees an emerging, longer-term ity will use membrane bioreactor tech-
Brown and Caldwell is managing bio- trend, “a convergence to a one-water nology and expand its capacity to 30 mgd
solids projects in San Francisco, Wash- mind-set. Most communities used to from 10 mgd.
ington, D.C., and New York. For exam- manage their water, wastewater and San Diego has embarked on the Pure
ple, New York City’s Dept. ofEnviron- stormwater separately through siloed or- Water San Diego program, a $2.7-billion
mental Protection recently selected ganizations, but those divisions are effort to use water purification technology
to produce a third of the city’s drinking-
TOP ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PROJECTS REPORTED BY DODGE water supply locally by 2035, the largest
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Investment in Plants
TPCO America. “Now, they want the
same in construction. There’s a big em-
phasis on the use of sophisticated tech-
nologies, such as integrated 3D modeling
Firms being asked to play a bigger role in providing expertise and laser scanning.”
The dynamics of the current market
also require consultants to be well versed
in technologies and techniques outside
the traditional realms of design and con-
struction, ensuring that the facilities and
systems they create possess the versatility
to adapt quickly to new and evolving pro-
cess technologies, market shifts, and con-
sumer and workforce demographics.
“A lot of clients are looking for more
value-flexible solutions,” observes Mike
Fenske, senior vice president of the fa-
cilities unit at Burns & McDonnell, Kan-
sas City, Mo. “Because they have fewer
staff on hand to develop projects, they
want expertise in how a facility design will
play out [in the] long term and how it will
HOT MARKET Hexcel is allocating capital to expand its carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Utah. fit with future decisions.”
A
brutal winter in many parts of the carbon fiber. Among the new facilities is Consultants also are increasingly
U.S. may have temporarily chilled the 18,000-sq-ft, $17-million design- expected to assume the same risk-reward
overall economic growth, but the build expansion of Hexcel’s carbon-fiber propositions as their clients. As an incen-
market for manufacturing-related design manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City. tive to meet or exceed agreed-upon per-
services appears to have retained its “We can’t build lines for companies formance measures, a design firm may be
summer-like intensity. Taking advantage fast enough,” Hernandez says, noting a asked to risk an agreed-upon percentage
of continued low prices for raw materials strong trend toward integrated project of its fee in the form of a penalty or bo-
such as gas and oil, efficient transporta- delivery among his firm’s manufacturing nus, depending on the outcome. “Own-
tion channels and generally stable con- clients. “They like to bring in all the peo- ers want to see commitment where our
sumer spending, manufacturers continue ple and parts of project early on to com- interests are aligned with theirs,” says
to invest in both new and upgraded mit to a delivery model that’s cheaper and SSOE’s Sipes.
facilities and processes. more quality-driven.” While there is general optimism that
Juan Hernandez, president of indus- Other strong markets, including manufacturing will remain a strong mar-
trial services for Irving, Texas-based Fluor biotechnology, semiconductors and ket for the foreseeable future, some issues
Corp., says the return of automotive and petroleum-industry support components, transcend economic conditions. Among
aviation production to U.S. shores means share the same emphasis on efficiency. the most important is resource use. Fen-
growing demand for domestically made “Manufacturers have improved pro- ske says that while sustainability is as im-
components, particularly those that use ductivity in their processes,” says David portant to manufacturers as other owners,
the energy-intensive nature of many pro-
TOP MANUFACTURING-TELECOM DESIGN PROJECTS REPORTED BY DODGE
PROJ. TOTAL duction processes often means there are
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limits to how much consumption can be
trimmed. “The overall energy footprint
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18
BURNS & MCDONNELL
LEIDOS
12.6
11.8
REVENUE
RANK FIRM ($ MIL.) 19 GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC. 11.6
1 CH2M HILL 132.4 20 WORLEYPARSONS GROUP INC. 10.7
2 SSOE GROUP 45.3
3 JACOBS 39.4
4 AECOM 35.2
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Zachry Group
John B. Zachry, CEO and Chairman
P. O. Box 240130
San Antonio, Texas 78224
210-588-5346
www.zhi.com