School districts are demanding project-based learning environments that use a combination of extreme flexibility and the latest technology to support different styles of learning, says Daniel R. Mader, AIA, REFP, LEED AP, CEO of Fanning Howey.
“There’s a lot of pent-up need out there, but educational communities are waiting for more proof of a recovery,” says Mader. “There seems to be more optimism for being able to address capital needs in 2013.”
High on school districts’ list: energy-efficient design to lower O&M costs. +
TOP 25 K-12 SCHOOL SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 K-12 Revenue ($) |
1 | DLR Group | 38,000,000 |
2 | PBK | 31,660,000 |
3 | SHW Group | 31,417,872 |
4 | Fanning/Howey Associates | 29,170,000 |
5 | HMC Architects | 25,407,316 |
6 | LPA | 20,630,363 |
7 | Heery International | 20,499,000 |
8 | IBI Group | 20,154,278 |
9 | Perkins+Will | 16,220,132 |
10 | NAC|Architecture | 15,340,409 |
11 | Moseley Architects | 15,230,000 |
12 | NTD Architecture | 14,377,522 |
13 | Perkins Eastman | 14,300,000 |
14 | Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers | 13,200,000 |
15 | SMMA|Symmes Maini & McKee Associates | 10,395,653 |
16 | Corgan Associates | 10,177,000 |
17 | SEI Design Group | 7,836,000 |
18 | FGM Architects | 7,691,587 |
19 | Fletcher-Thompson | 7,500,000 |
20 | S/L/A/M Collaborative, The | 6,710,914 |
21 | Ashley McGraw Architects | 6,460,000 |
22 | DLA Architects | 5,240,000 |
23 | Harley Ellis Devereaux | 4,800,000 |
24 | LS3P Associates | 4,541,486 |
25 | CTA Architects Engineers | 4,155,200 |
TOP 25 K-12 SCHOOL SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 K-12 Revenue ($) |
1 | URS Corp. | 63,000,000 |
2 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 42,000,000 |
3 | Jacobs | 31,000,000 |
4 | STV | 24,338,000 |
5 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 21,900,000 |
6 | BRPH | 12,000,000 |
7 | TTG|TMAD Taylor & Gaines | 11,521,550 |
8 | Stantec | 8,460,000 |
9 | Dewberry | 8,033,356 |
10 | Shive-Hattery | 7,807,781 |
11 | KJWW Engineering Consultants | 5,289,070 |
12 | Birdsall Services Group | 4,750,000 |
13 | James Posey Associates | 4,700,000 |
14 | KCI Technologies | 4,500,000 |
15 | Aon Fire Protection Engineering | 4,000,000 |
16 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 4,000,000 |
17 | L.R. Kimball | 3,962,000 |
18 | M/E Engineering | 3,890,000 |
19 | Thornton Tomasetti | 3,229,836 |
20 | Atkins North America | 3,112,115 |
21 | Coffman Engineers | 3,000,000 |
22 | AKF Group | 2,800,000 |
23 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates | 2,708,000 |
24 | RDK Engineers | 2,550,000 |
25 | Middough | 2,500,000 |
TOP 25 K-12 SCHOOL SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank | Company | 2011 K-12 Revenue ($) |
1 | Gilbane Building Co. | 666,177,000 |
2 | Balfour Beatty US | 526,376,172 |
3 | Turner Corporation, The | 412,272,000 |
4 | McCarthy Holdings | 383,000,000 |
5 | CORE Construction | 232,866,651 |
6 | Kraus-Anderson Construction | 201,300,000 |
7 | Consigli Construction | 181,349,159 |
8 | Hensel Phelps Construction | 156,030,000 |
9 | Suffolk Construction | 148,781,095 |
10 | Skanska USA | 141,153,171 |
11 | Flintco | 130,000,000 |
12 | McShane Companies, The | 125,000,000 |
13 | Barton Malow | 121,621,680 |
14 | JE Dunn Construction | 101,004,174 |
15 | Shawmut Design and Construction | 98,300,000 |
16 | Pepper Construction Group | 95,019,000 |
17 | C.W. Driver | 93,913,000 |
18 | Sundt Construction | 80,095,300 |
19 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 75,876,100 |
20 | Doster Construction | 75,831,418 |
21 | Tutor Perini Corp. | 72,470,000 |
22 | Bernards | 70,500,000 |
23 | Walbridge | 70,500,000 |
24 | Clark Group | 69,011,298 |
25 | S. M. Wilson & Co. | 63,746,990 |
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