CONVENTION CENTER GIANTS: A ranking of the nation's top convention center sector design and construction firms

Gensler, LMN Architects, AECOM, Turner Construction Co., and WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest convention center sector AEC firms, as reported in the 2016 Giants 300 Report.

By BD+C Staff | August 30, 2016

TOP 20 CONVENTION CENTER ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	Gensler	$19,900,000
2	LMN Architects	$16,924,000
3	Populous	$15,588,984
4	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$12,362,704
5	tvsdesign	$11,360,000
6	Diamond Schmitt Architects	$2,852,000
7	HGA	$1,924,000
8	HOK	$1,833,000
9	Cuningham Group Architecture	$1,029,733
10	FXFOWLE	$959,463
11	Rosser International	$708,234
12	HNTB Corporation	$605,842
13	Clark Nexsen	$500,000
14	ZGF Architects	$474,877
15	Albert Kahn Associates	$400,000
16	HMC Architects	$248,967
17	Nadel	$242,689
18	GSB	$195,000
19	Corgan	$150,000
20	Leo A Daly	$127,164
21	VOA Associates	$64,493
22	Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood	$40,760
23	JLG Architects	$27,270
24	HKS	$22,200
25	LS3P	$11,458
26	4240 Architecture	$10,140


TOP 10 CONVENTION CENTER CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	AECOM	$200,000,000
2	Turner Construction Co.	$57,066,603
3	PCL Construction Enterprises	$53,599,024
4	Webcor Builders	$46,743,610
5	Clark Group	$15,552,875
6	Yates Companies, The	$9,200,000
7	Manhattan Construction Group	$7,133,000
8	WSP \| Parsons Brinckerhoff	$2,003,000
9	Hill International	$2,000,000
10	Skanska USA	$1,880,221
11	Messer Construction Co.	$1,500,000
12	Jacobs	$1,410,000
13	Gilbane Building Co.	$1,019,000
14	Cumming	$513,500
15	Coakley & Williams Construction	$375,625
16	Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The	$88,495


TOP 10 CONVENTION CENTER ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	WSP \| Parsons Brinckerhoff	$21,726,000
2	AECOM	$10,000,000
3	Jacobs	$4,030,000
4	Arup	$3,756,688
5	Magnusson Klemencic Associates	$3,004,765
6	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	$2,700,000
7	Wallace Engineering	$1,900,000
8	Walter P Moore	$1,702,566
9	RMF Engineering	$1,676,000
10	Environmental Systems Design	$1,571,840
11	TLC Engineering for Architecture	$1,008,242
12	ME Engineers	$710,000
13	I. C. Thomasson Associates	$622,000
14	Jensen Hughes	$576,963
15	Dewberry	$572,120
16	Vanderweil Engineers	$413,800

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