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[ TOP 500 ] HOW TO USE THE TABLES Companies are ranked according to revenue for design services performed in 2009 in $ millions (*). Those with subsidiaries are indicated by ( ). For information on subsidiaries and where each firm worked outside of the U.S., see www.enr.com. **Firms not ranked last year. Some markets may not add up to 100% due to omission of an other miscellaneous market category and rounding. NA-Not available. KEY TO TYPE OF FIRM A architect, E engineer, EC engineer-contractor, AE architect-engineer, EA engineer-architect, ENV environmental, GE geotechnical engineer, L landscape architect, P planner and O other. Other combinations are possible. Firms classified themselves. GENERAL BUILDING as a category includes commercial buildings, offices, stores, educational facilities, government buildings, hospitals, medical facilities, hotels, apartments, housing, etc. MANUFACTURING includes auto, electronic assembly, textile plants, etc. POWER comprises thermal and hydroelectric powerplants, waste-to-energy plants, transmission lines, substations, cogeneration plants, etc. WATER SUPPLY includes dams, reservoirs, transmission pipelines, distribution mains, irrigation canals, desalination and potability treatment plants, pumping stations, etc. SEWERAGE/SOLID WASTE includes sanitary and storm sewers, treatment plants, pumping plants, incinerators, industrial waste facilities, etc. INDUSTRIAL PROCess comprises pulp and paper mills, steel mills, nonferrous metal refineries, pharmaceutical plants, chemical plants, food and other processing plants, etc. PETROLEUM includes refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore facilities, pipelines, etc. TRANSPORTATion includes airports, bridges, roads, canals, locks, dredging, marine facilities, piers, railroads, tunnels, etc. HAZARDOUS WASTe includes chemical and nuclear waste treatment, asbestos and lead abatement, etc. Telecommunications comprises transmission lines and cabling, towers and antennae, data centers, etc. The Top 500 Design Firms Markets (% of 2009 revenue) Rank Type of 2009 Revenue Gen. Water Sewer/ Indus./ Haz. Tele- 2010 2009 firm firm Total Int l Bldg. Mfg. Power Supply WASTe Petro. Transp. WASTe Com 1 2 AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif. ea 5,113.5 2,388.5 24 0 8 9 8 0 34 16 0 2 3 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif. eac 4,847.6 685.5 13 2 11 5 4 16 29 18 0 3 1 Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif. eac 4,282.5 1,875.8 11 11 0 2 1 53 18 2 1 4 4 Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas ec 4,092.2 2,115.6 0 0 7 0 0 87 0 4 1 5 5 CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo. ec 3,575.8 904.8 5 5 9 11 17 23 16 14 0 Transportation The Top 25 In transportation 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 1,726.5 2 URS Corp. 1,383.0 3 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. 901.2 4 Louis Berger Group 808.7 5 Jacobs 775.9 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from transportation as reported in enr s survey of The Top 10 In marine & port facilities 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 110.0 2 Moffatt & Nichol 86.4 3 CH2M HILL 63.1 4 URS Corp. 58.8 5 Halcrow Inc. 55.7 The Top 25 In highways 1 URS Corp. 606.6 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 571.1 3 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. 463.9 4 HNTB Cos. 458.9 5 Louis Berger Group 414.0 The Top 10 In mass transit and rail 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 493.9 2 Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. 351.3 3 Jacobs 242.1 4 URS Corp. 201.8 5 Louis Berger Group 163.7 The Top 10 In airports 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 335.3 2 URS Corp. 223.3 3 Louis Berger Group 96.7 4 HNTB Cos. 77.9 5 Jacobs 76.0 The Top 10 In bridges 1 URS Corp. 291.2 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 216.2 3 HNTB Cos. 105.3 4 CH2M HILL 93.7 5 HDR 90.3
Environmental The Top 5 In sanitary and storm sewers 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 194.0 2 MWH Global 131.2 3 CDM 96.0 4 URS Corp. 87.5 5 Tetra Tech Inc. 71.0 The Top 10 In sewerage and solid waste 1 CH2M HILL 620.0 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 418.5 3 MWH Global 384.6 4 CDM 300.0 5 Arcadis/Malcolm Pirnie 286.0 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from sewerage and solid waste as reported in enr s survey of leading contractors and design firms. SEE ENR.COM FOR expanded LISTINGs TOP 5 In site assessment and compliance 1 CH2M HILL 321.2 2 Tetra Tech Inc. 310.0 3 AECOM Technology Corp. 280.0 4 URS Corp. 224.6 5 TRC Cos. Inc. 56.7 The Top 10 In water supply 1 Tetra Tech Inc. 807.0 2 MWH Global 479.3 3 AECOM Technology Corp. 472.0 4 CH2M HILL 402.0 5 URS Corp. 238.2 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from water supply as reported in enr s survey of leading contractors and design firms. SEE ENR.COM FOR expanded LISTINGs. The Top 10 In hazardous waste 1 URS Corp. 890.7 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 839.0 3 Arcadis/Malcolm Pirnie 700.0 4 Tetra Tech Inc. 536.0 5 CH2M HILL 504.0 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from hazardous waste as reported in enr s survey of The Top 5 In chemical & soil remediation 1 URS Corp. 523.2 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 515.0 3 The Shaw Group Inc. 142.2 4 Parsons 130.1 5 CH2M HILL 129.1 The Top 5 transmission lines and aqueducts 1 Tetra Tech Inc. 170.0 2 MWH Global 121.5 3 AECOM Technology Corp. 111.4 4 URS Corp. 85.2 5 Parsons 72.2 The Top 5 In treatment & desalination 1 Tetra Tech Inc. 610.0 2 CH2M HILL 402.0 3 MWH Global 276.4 4 AECOM Technology Corp. 197.9 5 CDM 131.0 Top 25 Architecture Firms 2010 Rank 2009 Rank Firms listed by 2009 architecture revenue as reported to ENR in its Top 500 Design Firms Survey Type of firm Total Domestic International architecture architectural architectural revenue revenue revenue Percentage Total of design design revenue from revenue architecture 1 1 AECOM Technology, Technologies, Los Los Angeles, Calif. EA 695.10 278.00 417.10 14% 5113.50 2 2 Gensler, San Francisco, Calif. A 549.95 417.73 132.22 100% 549.95 3 4 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif. AEC 424.10 356.10 68.00 9% 4847.60 4 6 Perkins+Will, Chicago, Ill. A 406.90 291.20 115.70 100% 406.90 5 7 HDR Architecture, Omaha, Neb. AE 348.70 290.70 58.00 24% 1456.50 Key to firm types A Architect AE Architect Engineer AP Architect Planner EA Engineer Architect AEC Architect Engineer Contractor (not all combinations listed) Companies are ranked according to revenue for architec tural services performed in 2009 in $ millions. Firms engaged in the business of architectural design that responded to Engineering News-Record s annual Top 500 Design Firms survey submitted these revenue figures. The McGraw-Hill Companies publishes both ARCHITECTural Record and ENR.
General Building The Top 25 In general building 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 1,246.7 2 URS Corp. 649.1 3 Gensler 492.2 4 Jacobs 475.1 5 Perkins+Will 406.4 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from general building as reported in enr s survey of The Top 5 In government offices 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 293.4 2 Jacobs 251.7 3 CH2M HILL 171.9 4 URS Corp. 151.3 5 The PBSJ Corp. 103.7 The Top 5 In correctional facilities 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 97.9 2 HOK 26.0 3 URS Corp. 25.5 4 HDR 25.1 5 DLR Group 22.4 The Top 5 In education 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 249.2 2 URS Corp. 156.8 3 Parsons 131.9 4 Perkins+Will 110.5 5 Tetra Tech Inc. 75.0 The Top 5 In commercial offices 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 404.0 2 HOK 107.0 3 Perkins+Will 82.4 4 Tetra Tech Inc. 60.0 5 HDR 41.9 In THE TOP 10 IN hotels, motels & convention centers 1 AECOM Technology Corp. 90.0 2 HKS Inc. 59.0 3 WATG (Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo) 39.6 4 tvsdesign 28.4 5 URS Corp. 23.0 Power The Top 15 In transmission and distribution 1 Burns & McDonnell 179.9 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 168.5 3 POWER Engineers Inc. 146.3 4 Black & Veatch 115.0 5 TRC Cos. Inc. 67.4 The Top 5 In COGeneRATion 1 CH2M HILL 44.0 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 36.6 3 Burns & McDonnell 19.4 4 Fluor Corp. 18.9 5 ENGlobal Corp. 17.2 THE TOP 5 In HYDRoplants 1 MWH Global 85.6 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 73.9 3 Tetra Tech Inc. 46.0 4 HDR 45.1 5 Louis Berger Group 36.9 The Top 25 In power 6 AECOM Technology Corp. 410.8 7 CH2M HILL 325.0 8 Burns & McDonnell 313.7 9 Fluor Corp. 292.1 10 Tetra Tech Inc. 274.0 *based on 2009 contracting revenue from power as reported in enr s survey of
[ TOP 500 ] Program and Construction Management The Top 50 Program-Management Firms 2009 Revenue in $ mil. Rank firm domestic InternATIonal Total 1 CH2M hill, Englewood, Colo. 1,479.7 231.5 1,711.3 2 Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif. 1,285.0 34.0 1,319.0 3 Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif. 1,238.5 0.0 1,238.5 4 AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif. 561.7 498.1 1,059.8 5 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif. 678.6 66.6 745.2 Construction Management-for-fee firms (Includes program-management Revenue) Rank Total INTER- 2010 2009 FIRM Type ($ Mil.) NATIONAL 1 1 Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif. ec 3,707.0 490.0 2 2 CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo. eac 1,711.3 231.5 3 4 Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif. eac 1,626.6 112.5 4 5 AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif. d 1,059.8 498.1 5 7 URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif. eac 1,030.3 76.5 Green Design The Top 100 GReen DesIGn FIRms (Based on design revenue from registered sustainable projects) 2009 green revenue markets (% of 2009 green revenue) rank accredited in % of retail/ govt. HealtH multi- enter./ other other 2010 firm staff $ mil. total rev. office office educ. care Hotel resd. civic Bldg. mkts. 6 HKS INc., dallas, texas 344 124.73 48 6 22 1 33 23 1 13 0 0 7 AEcOM TEcHNOlOgy corp., los angeles, calif. 748 121.25 2 22 32 25 7 3 0 0 10 1 8 NBBJ, seattle, Wash. 194 106.82 53 27 21 2 46 0 0 3 0 0 9 FENTRESS ARcHITEcTS, denver, colo. 51 81.57 78 0 26 3 0 0 0 1 70 0 10 BuRNS & McDONNEll, kansas city, mo. 214 64.10 10 0 19 16 7 17 0 23 17 0 The Top 5 Government offices revenue in $ Mil. 1 URS Corp. 88.0 2 AECOM Technology Corp. 39.0 30.6 3 HKS Inc. 27.4 4 HOK 25.6 5 NBBJ 22.8 The Top 5 education revenue in $ Mil. 1 URS Corp. 76.0 2 Perkins+Will 55.6 3 HOK 37.7 4 AECOM Technology Corp. 30.6 30.6 5 LPA Inc. 23.1 International Design Firms ThE Top 150 Global DESiGn FirMS (Based on ToTal Firm design revenue) 2009 Intl. revenue Markets (% of 2009 revenue) rank type of total Intl. Gen. Water sewer/ Indus./ Haz. tele- 2010 2009 firm firm ($ MIl.) ($ MIl.) BldG. MfG. power supply Waste petro. transp. Waste CoM 1 2 AECOM TEChNOlOgy CORp., los angeles, Calif., u.s.a. ea 5,113.5 2,388.5 24 0 8 9 8 0 34 16 0 2 3 URS CORp., san francisco, Calif., u.s.a. eac 4,847.6 685.5 13 2 11 5 4 16 29 18 0 3 1 JACObS, pasadena, Calif., u.s.a. eac 4,282.5 1,875.8 11 11 0 2 1 53 18 2 1 4 4 FlUOR CORp., Irving, texas, u.s.a. ec 4,092.2 2,115.6 0 0 7 0 0 87 0 4 1 5 6 Ch2M hill, englewood, Colo., u.s.a. ec 3,575.8 904.8 5 5 9 11 17 23 16 14 0 Top 10 by MarkeT TRANSPORTATION TOP 10 WITH REVENUE OF $4,174.6 MIL. OF $8,985.5 MIL. TOTAL 1 AECOM TEChnOlOgy COrp. 2 louis BErgEr group 3 DAr Al-hAnDAsAh COnsulTAnTs (shair & partners) 4 Egis 5 MOTT MACDOnAlD group ltd. 6 parsons BrinCkErhOff inc. 7 JACOBs 8 systra 9 Arup group ltd. 10 COWi A/s WATER TOP 10 WITH REVENUE OF $1,377.5 MIL. OF $2,755.7 MIL. TOTAL 1 AECOM TEChnOlOgy COrp. 2 ArCADis nv 3 MWh global 4 snc-lavalin international inc. 5 MOTT MACDOnAlD group ltd. 6 BlACk & VEATCh 7 stantec inc. 8 grontmij n.v. 9 louis BErgEr group 10 hydrochina COrp. building TOP 10 WITH REVENUE OF $4,483.4 MIL. OF $8,504.6 MIL. TOTAL 1 DAr Al-hAnDAsAh COnsulTAnTs (shair & partners) 2 AECOM TEChnOlOgy COrp. 3 hochtief Ag 4 Arup group ltd. 5 Wsp group plc 6 ArCADis nv 7 fugro nv 8 ramboll group A/s 9 ATkins 10 JACOBs HAZARdOuS WASTE TOP 10 WITH REVENUE OF $1,931.7 MIL. OF $2,090.4 MIL. TOTAL 1 ArCADis nv 2 AECOM TEChnOlOgy COrp. 3 EnVirOnMEnTAl resources MAnAgEMEnT (ErM) 4 urs COrp. 5 stantec inc. 6 EnVirOn holdings inc. 7 Ch2M hill 8 TETrA TECh inc. 9 COnEsTOgA-rOVErs & AssOC. 10 ATkins
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