Architects

Firms bracing for DoD cuts

July 20, 2012
2 min read

With the funding for Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) pretty much dwindling away, Giants firms that perform work for the Pentagon and the military branches can expect fairly significant cuts in project spending in the next year or so.

The proposed military construction budget for FY2013 is $11.2 billion, down 24% from the previous fiscal year. Election-year politics could also have a chilling effect on spending, adding to the uncertainty.

Nonetheless, the military remains a huge consumer of design and construction services. DoD’s portfolio of 300,000 buildings totaling 2.2 billion sf is six times larger than the General Services Administration’s. With energy costs running at $4 billion a year, the Pentagon is taking aggressive steps to cut operating costs for its facilities.

These efforts include pilot programs for net-zero energy, water, and waste in military facilities, as well as improved living facilities for bachelor personnel and military families. Construction of VA hospitals and long-term care facilities likely will also be ramped up. +

TOP 25 MILITARY SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS

 

Rank Company 2011 Military Revenue ($)
1 HDR Architecture $99,700,000
2 Heery International $43,475,000
3 RTKL Associates $17,173,273
4 Leo A Daly $14,753,871
5 RSP Architects $11,000,000
6 VOA Associates $9,590,331
7 LS3P Associates $9,224,882
8 Sherlock, Smith & Adams $8,830,000
9 HOK $8,749,412
10 Gensler $7,500,000
11 EwingCole $7,000,000
12 Reynolds, Smith and Hills $6,300,000
13 HNTB Architecture $6,059,352
14 Flad Architects $6,000,000
15 ZGF Architects $5,137,746
16 EYP Architecture & Engineering $4,764,411
17 Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers $4,525,000
18 KZF Design Inc. $3,913,026
19 PGAL $3,607,900
20 CTA Architects Engineers $3,003,900
21 Fentress Architects $2,909,000
22 RNL $2,793,000
23 Rosser International $2,592,113
24 Cooper Carry $2,140,420
25 Hammel, Green and Abrahamson $2,031,000

 

TOP 25 MILITARY SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS

Rank Company 2011 Military Revenue ($)
1 Fluor Corp. 2,123,247,000
2 URS Corp. 431,776,114
3 Science Applications International Corp. 97,512,998
4 Jacobs 91,000,000
5 Michael Baker Jr., Inc. 69,450,000
6 Burns & McDonnell 54,856,212
7 Atkins North America 48,350,538
8 Clark Nexsen 41,000,000
9 Allen & Shariff 38,323,273
10 STV 15,475,000
11 Eaton Energy Solutions 12,169,598
12 Dewberry 11,401,250
13 BRPH 10,500,000
14 Parsons Brinckerhoff 8,592,246
15 Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon 8,000,000
16 Guernsey 6,467,256
17 Smith Seckman Reid 6,400,000
18 KCI Technologies 5,795,000
19 Newcomb & Boyd 4,696,144
20 KPFF Consulting Engineers 4,000,000
21 H&A Architects & Engineers 3,906,402
22 Rolf Jensen & Associates 3,000,000
23 Coffman Engineers 2,800,000
24 TLC Engineering for Architecture 2,748,782
25 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 2,604,000

 

TOP 25 MILITARY SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS

Rank Company 2011 Military Revenue ($)
1 Clark Group 1,090,166,857
2 Balfour Beatty US 790,265,417
3 Gilbane Building 552,002,000
4 BL Harbert International 547,000,000
5 Lend Lease 515,594,471
6 URS Corp. 431,776,114
7 Hensel Phelps Construction 381,090,000
8 Walsh Group, The 371,979,780
9 Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The 346,805,961
10 Tutor Perini Corp. 292,764,000
11 Hunt Companies 263,617,817
12 Mortenson 262,560,000
13 JE Dunn Construction 245,661,074
14 Weitz Co., The 227,710,000
15 Turner Corporation, The 227,184,376
16 Manhattan Construction Group 214,768,000
17 Sundt Construction 172,519,845
18 Walbridge 134,300,000
19 Yates Co., Inc., The 133,900,000
20 CORE Construction 117,844,700
21 Coakley & Williams Construction, Inc. 103,386,324
22 Haskell 94,752,188
23 Jacobs 91,000,000
24 Suffolk Construction 85,766,599
25 McCarthy Holdings 70,000,000

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