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Top Engineering/Architecture Firms [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Top Engineering/Architecture Firms [2013 Giants 300 Report]

Jacobs, AECOM, Parsons Brinckerhoff top Building Design+Construction's 2013 ranking of the largest engineering/architecture firms in the United States.


By BD+C Staff | July 15, 2013
This article first appeared in the BD+C July 2013 Issue issue of BD+C.
Rank Company 2012 Total Revenue ($)
1 Jacobs Engineering Group $2,715,210,000
2 AECOM Technology Corp. $1,610,390,000
3 Parsons Brinckerhoff $337,900,000
4 URS Corp. $314,266,757
5 Buro Happold Consulting Engineers $194,220,000
6 Burns & McDonnell $160,645,000
7 Thornton Tomasetti $124,575,393
8 Science Applications International Corp. $120,249,686
9 Merrick & Co. $103,998,000
10 SSOE Group $103,708,918
11 Michael Baker Jr. $88,880,000
12 Day & Zimmermann $85,898,442
13 STV $80,107,000
14 Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates $75,000,000
15 Dewberry $72,755,906
16 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger $65,200,000
17 Clark Nexsen $62,273,849
18 AKF Group $62,000,000
19 H&A Architects & Engineers $43,335,401
20 Middough $41,000,000
21 Walker Parking Consultants $36,931,722
22 Shive-Hattery $34,263,616
23 Barge, Waggoner, Sumner and Cannon $30,700,000
24 BRPH $28,890,000
25 Bergmann Associates $25,398,000
26 Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors 21,000,000
27 Guernsey 19,070,104
28 Ross & Baruzzini 16,705,127
29 Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor 15,200,000
30 GRAEF 13,964,170
31 Zak Companies 13,814,233
32 CJL Engineering 12,992,858
33 Spectrum Engineers 10,890,075
34 Davis, Bowen & Friedel 10,777,296
35 Gray 10,454,722
36 Stanley Consultants 10,151,414
37 Primera Engineers 5,398,000
39 GRW 3,552,200

 

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