Whiting-Turner, Turner, PCL, Clark Group, and Gilbane top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 65 Cultural Sector Construction Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 CULTURAL SECTOR REVENUE |
| 1 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | $787,951,439 |
| 2 | Turner Construction | $385,579,075 |
| 3 | PCL Construction Enterprises | $260,894,860 |
| 4 | Clark Group | $252,412,465 |
| 5 | Gilbane | $243,292,000 |
| 6 | Swinerton | $169,900,000 |
| 7 | Crossland Construction | $150,668,977 |
| 8 | McCarthy | $110,921,526 |
| 9 | STO Building Group (formerly Structure Tone) | $77,900,000 |
| 10 | AECOM | $73,700,000 |
| 11 | Consigli Building Group | $72,209,956 |
| 12 | DPR Construction | $71,704,000 |
| 13 | Austin Commercial | $67,023,056 |
| 14 | Graycor | $65,297,638 |
| 15 | Hoar Construction | $63,975,000 |
| 16 | VCC | $58,059,384 |
| 17 | Skanska USA | $57,307,122 |
| 18 | Balfour Beatty US | $54,934,307 |
| 19 | Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction | $53,000,000 |
| 20 | Choate Construction | $52,776,811 |
| 21 | Hoffman Construction | $42,511,316 |
| 22 | McGough Construction | $41,000,000 |
| 23 | Paric | $37,971,265 |
| 24 | Manhattan Construction Group | $36,468,529 |
| 25 | Shawmut Design and Construction | $32,000,000 |
| 26 | Hensel Phelps | $30,901,741 |
| 27 | Layton Construction | $30,499,224 |
| 28 | LeChase Construction Services | $30,447,998 |
| 29 | JE Dunn Construction | $26,802,100 |
| 30 | Holt Construction | $25,215,000 |
| 31 | Holder Construction | $25,000,000 |
| 32 | C.W. Driver Companies | $24,864,349 |
| 33 | Pepper Construction Group | $24,540,000 |
| 34 | W. M. Jordan Company | $17,030,896 |
| 35 | Bernards | $16,700,000 |
| 36 | Jacobs | $16,370,000 |
| 37 | W.E. O'Neil Construction | $14,909,035 |
| 38 | James McHugh Construction | $13,940,581 |
| 39 | Hill International | $12,840,000 |
| 40 | DeAngelis Diamond Construction | $10,524,000 |
| 41 | McCownGordon Construction | $10,487,173 |
| 42 | Nabholz | $10,161,819 |
| 43 | Kinsley Construction | $9,735,998 |
| 44 | Messer Construction | $8,000,000 |
| 45 | Cumming | $7,665,415 |
| 46 | Doster Construction | $7,543,588 |
| 47 | KBE Building Corp. | $6,984,647 |
| 48 | S. M. Wilson | $6,132,739 |
| 49 | McKinstry | $5,000,000 |
| — | Power Construction | $5,000,000 |
| 51 | Walsh Group, The | $4,941,849 |
| 52 | Progressive AE | $4,709,258 |
| 53 | Weitz Company, The | $4,343,000 |
| 54 | Stalco Construction | $3,950,000 |
| 55 | CORE Construction Group | $3,706,622 |
| 56 | JLL | $2,883,603 |
| 57 | Haselden Construction | $2,322,938 |
| 58 | CBRE | $1,600,000 |
| 59 | Wohlsen Construction | $879,000 |
| 60 | Zak Companies | $841,181 |
| 61 | Ryan Companies* | $745,791 |
| 62 | Kitchell | $639,167 |
| 63 | CNY Group | $500,000 |
| 64 | Level 10 Construction | $490,473 |
| 65 | S/L/A/M Collaborative, The | $266,000 |
| 66 | Arc Building Partners | $188,929 |
| 67 | BRPH | $167,080 |
| 68 | Brownstone | $29,332 |
| 69 | Fortis Construction | $16,000 |
| 70 | STV | $2,723 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT * EDITORS’ ESTIMATE | ||
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