BIM adoption tops 80% among the nation's largest AEC firms, according to BD+C's Giants 300 survey

The nation's largest architecture, engineering, and construction companies are on the BIM bandwagon in a big way, according to Building Design+Construction's premier Top 50 BIM Adopters ranking, published as part of the 2009 Giants 300 survey.

Of the 320 AEC firms that participated in Giants survey, 83% report having at least one BIM seat license in house, half have more than 30 seats, and nearly a quarter (23%) have 100-plus seats. In total, the Giants hold 28,174 BIM seats, with the average firm having 106 seats.

As expected, design firms are the biggest adopters of BIM, representing 48 of the top 50. AECOM Technology Corp. and HDR Architecture hold the most BIM seats, each with 2,000, followed by Parsons Brinckerhoff (1,800), Gensler (1,320), and HOK (840). Turner (#8 with 530 seats) and Mortensen Construction (#38 with 163 seats) are the only pure contractors to make the Top 50 BIM Adopters list.

Project: Yankee StadiumArchitect: HOK Sport + Venue + EventStructural engineer: Thornton Tomasetti (EA 10)MEP engineer: M-E Engineers (E 15)General contractor: Turner (C 1, CM 17)Construction manager: Tishman Speyer PropertiesRendering: Courtesy Turner Construction Co.

BIM adoption seems to be slowing among the Giants, which is expected given the rough economic environment. Slightly more than half (51%) of the respondents have added or plan on adding BIM seat licenses in 2009, down from 63% in 2008. And the number of seats being purchased is expected to drop by 56% this year, from a total of 6,465 in 2008 to 2,837 in 2009.

Stantec and Gensler are adding the most seats this year (250 and 199) and are two of only four firms adding more than 100 seats in 2009—compared to eight firms in 2008.

Expanded Top BIM Adopter rankings are available at www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants.

	Company*	# of BIM seat licenses	# seats added in '08	# seats adding in '09
*Several firms, including Fluor Corp., report having an enterprise license for BIM-related software, and, therefore, cannot provide adoption numbers. Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. Expanded BIM rankings at: www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants.
1	AECOM Technology Corp.	2,000	—	—
1	HDR Architecture	2,000	2,000	—
3	Parsons Brinckerhoff	1,800	40	50
4	Gensler	1,320	300	199
5	HOK	840	—	—
6	Perkins+Will	800	80	—
7	HKS	650	200	—
8	Turner	530	200	100
9	SSOE	500	150	50
10	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	450	75	25
11	Arup	407	—	—
12	RTKL Associates	373	43	—
13	Cannon Design	320	—	—
14	SmithGroup	312	80	—
15	Merrick & Co.	302	15	25
16	CH2M HILL	300	40	—
17	Jacobs	280	280	15
18	Middough	270	10	20
18	TLC Engineering for Architecture	270	25	—
20	Day & Zimmermann International	265	—	—
21	Stantec	250	100	250
22	Dewberry	233	30	65
23	Perkowitz+Ruth Architects	225	—	—
23	Smith Seckman Reid	225	45	20
25	KJWW Engineering Consultants	209	35	—
26	HNTB	208	—	—
27	Burt Hill	205	25	—
28	Gresham, Smith and Partners	203	30	—
29	Bergmann Associates, Architects Engineers Planners	200	30	20
29	Syska Hennessy Group	200	—	—
31	X-nth	199	10	—
32	PageSoutherlandPage	181	36	50
33	Albert Kahn Associates	180	35	10
33	Goodwyn Mills and Cawood	180	20	—
35	Affiliated Engineers	175	13	—
36	Heery International	173	10	10
37	Fanning/Howey Associates	169	12	26
38	Mortenson Construction	163	25	—
39	Morris Architects	162	20	—
40	KMD Architects	155	20	10
41	Clark Nexsen	153	10	—
42	KlingStubbins	150	50	75
42	RNL Design	150	—	—
44	GRAEF	145	15	5
44	Leo A Daly	145	22	30
44	NTD Architecture	145	—	—
47	Arquitectonica	140	—	—
47	Corgan Associates	140	25	—
47	CTA Architects Engineers	140	115	—
47	Little	140	—	—

2009	2008	Company	2008 Billings ($)
Rank
Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. For expanded Architecture Firm rankings, visit: www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
1	1	Gensler	744,300,000
2	2	Perkins+Will	400,000,000
3	3	Callison	185,000,000
4	—	Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates	146,000,000
5	4	NBBJ	135,735,000
6	5	RMJM	129,989,567
7	9	WATG	110,889,000
8	6	Perkins Eastman	107,000,000
9	7	Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects	81,070,000
10	15	tvsdesign	71,000,000
11	13	HMC Architects	65,446,823
12	8	Arquitectonica	62,400,000
13	10	MulvannyG2 Architecture	60,000,000
14	34	VOA Associates	51,000,000
15	12	NTD Architecture	49,200,000
16	24	Corgan Associates	48,929,118
17	17	Anshen+Allen	47,394,883
18	18	OZ Architecture	44,300,000
19	14	Perkowitz+Ruth Architects	44,000,000
20	21	FXFOWLE Architects	43,700,000
21	19	Cooper Carry	42,715,000
22	11	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	42,470,000
23	23	Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott	42,081,801
24	26	Ware Malcomb	41,896,419
25	35	BBG-BBGM	41,000,000
26	27	RSP Architects	40,091,508
27	—	BLT Architects	39,500,000
28	29	FRCH Design Worldwide	39,000,000
29	—	SchenkelShultz	34,880,000
30	29	KKE Architects	33,200,000
31	37	WWCOT	32,400,000
32	33	FKP Architects	31,939,000
33	48	Fentress Architects	31,679,680
34	—	NAC Architecture	31,551,000
35	35	Jerde Partnership, The	28,700,000
36	—	SHW Group	28,000,000
37	43	Morris Architects	27,109,737
38	—	RBB Architects	27,000,000
39	28	WHR Architects	26,400,000
40	38	MBH Architects	26,294,628
41	—	Goodwyn Mills and Cawood	26,240,000
42	20	Nadel Architects	26,000,000
43	—	Polshek Partnership Architects	25,397,128
44	32	Niles Bolton Associates	25,300,000
45	22	Mithun	24,000,000
46	44	Cuningham Group Architecture	23,892,676
47	41	Harvard Jolly	23,828,636
48	45	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	23,500,000
49	42	Carrier Johnson + Culture	22,000,000
50	—	Gould Evans Associates	21,402,000
51	—	Cambridge Seven Associates	21,400,000
52	50	Kirksey	20,821,686

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