TOP ENGINEERING FIRMS
2012 Total Revenue ($)1 Fluor $221,231,2002 Arup $149,738,5873 Affiliated Engineers $105,503,0004 WSP USA $105,362,3525 KPFF Consulting Engineers $91,000,0006 Syska Hennessy Group $82,097,5027 Henderson Engineers $63,485,7758 Smith Seckman Reid $52,919,3129 KJWW Engineering Consultants $51,092,15410 Vanderweil Engineers $50,552,200
TOP ENGINEERING/ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
2012 Total Revenue ($)1 Jacobs Engineering Group $2,715,210,0002 AECOM Technology Corp. $1,610,390,0003 Parsons Brinckerhoff $337,900,0004 URS Corp. $314,266,7575 Buro Happold Consulting Engineers $194,220,0006 Burns & McDonnell $160,645,0007 Thornton Tomasetti $124,575,3938 Science Applications International Corp. $120,249,6869 Merrick & Co. $103,998,00010 SSOE Group $103,708,918
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