May 2018
The ENR California Top Design Firms list, ranks the largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.
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Rank 2018/2017 |
Company Location/Website Top Officer |
Lic. Arch. Engr. Leed AP |
Largest Project to Break Ground Location Project Value ($ Mil.) |
Market Sectors By % of Revenue** |
Regional Rev. 2017 ($ Mil) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/1 |
AECOM *
Sacramento, Calif. | aecom.com Teri O. Zink, Executive Vice President |
75 565 141 |
NASA Ames 288 Biosciences Laboratory Moffett Field, Calif. 40.00 |
28 Transportation 26 Hazardous Waste 18 General Building |
780.40 |
2/5 |
HDR
San Francisco | hdrinc.com Amy Gilleran, Director of Operations, Southwest |
49 265 93 |
Not Provided |
48 Transportation 20 Water Supply 13 General Building |
358.07 |
3/2 |
Stantec
Irvine, Calif. | stantec.com Alfonso Rodriguez, Vice President, U.S. Pacific |
67 264 75 |
Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation
(HART) - Airport Guideway and Stations
Design-Build (Construction Manager for HART) Honolulu 876.00 |
31 General Building 18 Transportation 16 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
320.90 |
4/3 |
Gensler
San Francisco | gensler.com Andy Cohen, Co-CEO |
314 — 388 |
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Midfield
Satellite Concourse Los Angeles Not Provided |
84 General Building 16 Transportation |
301.55 |
5/4 |
WSP USA
Orange, Calif. | wsp.com Christopher Peters, Regional Business Manager, West Region |
8 390 205 |
Mid-Coast Corridor Transit Project San Diego 1,084.00 |
88 Transportation 7 General Building 2 Hazardous Waste |
244.73 |
6/10 |
Burns & McDonnell
Brea, Calif. | burnsmcd.com Renita Mollman, Vice President, General Manager |
— 49 3 |
Not Provided |
81 Power 8 Transportation 4 General Building |
163.36 |
7/6 |
Arcadis North America
Highlands Ranch, Colo. | arcadis.com Joachim Ebert, CEO |
3 62 — |
Not Provided |
70 Hazardous Waste 17 General Building 7 Water Supply |
158.00 |
8/9 |
Arup
San Francisco | arup.com Aidan Hughes, Principal, San Francisco Group Leader |
— 146 100 |
Loma Linda Medical Center Loma Linda, Calif. N/A |
51 General Building 44 Transportation 3 Petroleum |
138.64 |
9/7 |
HNTB Corp.
Los Angeles | hntb.com Arthur Hadnett, Senior Vice President |
14 74 11 |
BATA I-580 Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
Access Improvement Project Richmond and San Rafael, Calif. 42.00 |
86 Transportation 14 General Building |
132.14 |
10/8 |
Michael Baker International
Pittsburgh | mbakerintl.com Brian Lutes, CEO |
— 140 35 |
SR 91 Widening SR55-SR57 Orange County, Calif. 30.00 |
41 General Building 26 Transportation 20 Water Supply |
119.26 |
11/11 |
Carollo Engineers Inc.
Walnut Creek, Calif. | carollo.com Ken Wilkins, Client Services Director |
— 167 7 |
Primary Treatment Facility Sunnyvale, Calif. 1.00 |
76 Sewerage/Solid Waste 24 Water Supply |
118.75 |
12/12 |
Kimley-Horn
Orange, Calif. | kimley-horn.com Jason Matson, Regional Leader |
— 206 15 |
Meridian Business Campus South Riverside, Calif. 200.00 |
58 Transportation 40 General Building 3 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
100.95 |
13/13 |
Kleinfelder
Oakland, Calif. | kleinfelder.com Louis Armstrong, Executive VP, Division Director |
— 98 4 |
Former Tank Farm Assessment & Remediation Athens, Calif. 7.31 |
32 Transportation 22 Sewerage/Solid Waste 16 General Building |
96.20 |
14/16 |
SmithGroupJJR
San Francisco | smithgroupjjr.com Joyce Polhamus, Office Director |
70 — 43 |
Joan and Sanford I. Weill Neurosciences Building San Francisco 327.00 |
100 General Building |
93.88 |
15/14 |
BKF Engineers
Redwood CIty, Calif. | BKF.com David A. LaVelle, President & CEO |
— 129 42 |
Chase Center San Francisco 1,000.00 |
77 General Building 20 Transportation 2 Water Supply |
93.14 |
16/15 |
Psomas
Los Angeles | psomas.com Ryan McLean, CEO |
— 75 83 |
New Century Plaza Century City, Calif. 1,000.00 |
35 Transportation 34 General Building 15 Water Supply |
91.43 |
17/17 |
HMC Architects
Los Angeles | hmcarchitects.com Brian Staton, President & CEO |
85 — 29 |
Cerritos College, Health and Wellness Complex Cerritos, Calif. 51.98 |
100 General Building |
83.14 |
18/18 |
LPA INC.
Irvine, Calif. | lpainc.com Dan Heinfeld, President |
129 31 129 |
Roosevelt High School Los Angeles 135.00 |
100 General Building |
82.07 |
19/26 |
CARDNO
Huntington Beach, Calif. | cardno.com Robert Ramsey, Business Unit Manager |
— 11 — |
Not Provided |
41 General Building 32 Other Project Types 16 Petroleum |
71.42 |
20/19 |
Perkins+Will
Los Angeles | perkinswill.com Eric Van Aukee, Managing Director, Principal |
68 — 133 |
1700 Webster St. Oakland 110.00 |
88 General Building 12 Transportation |
66.45 |
21/23 |
T.Y. Lin International
San Francisco | tylin.com Alvaro J. Piedrahita, President & CEO |
2 97 — |
Interstate 5 North Coast Corridor Phase I Solana Beach, Encinitas and Carlsbad, Calif. 850.00 |
99 Transportation 1 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
57.64 |
22/20 |
HOK
San Francisco | hok.com Anton Foss, Managing Principal |
62 19 167 |
Kaiser Roseville MOB Roseville, Calif. 10.00 | 98 General Building 2 Transportation |
54.44 |
23/32 |
ZGF Architects LLP
Los Angeles | zgf.com Ted Hyman, Managing Partner |
42 — 30 |
Stanford University, Redwood City Campus,
Phase 1 Redwood City, Calif. 568.80 |
100 General Building |
54.30 |
24/21 |
Mott MacDonald
Pleasanton, Calif. | mottmac.com Anthony C. Purdon, Executive Vice President |
1 79 6 |
I-405 Improvement Project Orange County, Calif. 1,300.00 |
86 Transportation 6 Water Supply 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
52.80 |
25/29 |
GEI Consultants Inc.
Woburn, Mass. | geiconsultants.com Ron Palmieri, President |
— 72 4 |
Not Provided |
88 Water Supply 8 Power 1 Transportation |
51.08 |
26/27 |
DLR Group*
Los Angeles | dlrgroup.com Adrian Cohen, California Region Leader, Senior Principal |
60 6 52 |
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Modernization Los Angeles 270.00 |
100 General Building |
49.42 |
27/25 |
Woodard & Curran
Walnut Creek, Calif. | woodardcurran.com Alyson Watson, Senior Principal, Strategic Business Unit Leader |
— 32 2 |
rPlanet Earth El Segundo, Calif. 38.47 |
49 Sewerage/Solid Waste 29 Water Supply 21 Industrial Process |
48.89 |
28/31 |
HKS
Los Angeles | hksinc.com Scott Hunter, EVP |
42 — 26 |
San Francisco International Airport Terminal 1
Boarding Area B San Francisco 477.00 |
100 General Building |
48.67 |
29/22 |
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc.
San Francisco | kennedyjenks.com Harold Glaser, Vice President |
— 104 5 |
Monterey One Water AWT Plant Monterey, Calif. 62.00 |
42 Water Supply 41 Sewerage/Solid Waste 6 Industrial Process |
48.44 |
30/— |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP*
San Franisco | som.com Carrie Byles, Partner |
103 20 89 |
UC Merced 2020 Merced, Calif. 295.33 |
93 General Building 5 Master-Planned Development/ Site Infrastructure 2 Transportation |
44.00 |
31/33 |
Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical and
Environmental Sciences Consultants
San Diego | ninyoandmoore.com Avram Ninyo, Principal Engineer |
— 31 — |
Oroville Dam Emergency Spillway Oroville, Calif. 6.76 |
39 General Building 25 Water Supply 14 Transportation |
43.00 |
32/28 |
SPEC Services Inc.
Fountain Valley, Calif. | specservices.com Kim R. Henry, President & CEO |
— 38 — |
Petroleum Pipelines/Metering Carson, Calif. 35.00 |
96 Petroleum 3 Transportation 1 Water Supply |
40.10 |
33/— |
Steinberg Hart*
San Jose, Calif. | steinberghart.com David Hart, President & CEO |
43 — 20 |
Confidential Project Coronado, Calif. 81.67 |
100 General Building |
39.70 |
34/— |
Geocon
San Diego | geoconinc.com Joseph Vettel, CEO |
— 56 — |
Portola Northeast Lake Forest, Calif. 5.50 |
49 General Building 21 Master-Planned Development/ Site Infrastructure 15 Transportation |
37.94 |
35/34 |
Lionakis
Sacramento, Calif. | Lionakis.com Don McAllister, President |
42 13 56 |
Hayward Unified School District Harder
Elementary School Hayward, Calif. 40.00 |
100 General Building |
37.81 |
36/38 |
Langan
San Francisco | langan.com D.J. Hodson, Senior Principal |
— 56 11 |
Oceanwide Towers San Francisco 1,600.00 |
75 General Building 10 Petroleum 5 Transportation |
37.40 |
37/35 |
IMEG Corp.
Pasadena, Calif. | imegcorp.com Paul D. VanDuyne, President & CEO |
— 82 40 |
SLAC, LCLSII, CP2 Injector Sector 10 Menlo Park, Calif. 25.00 |
95 General Building 3 Transportation 1 Manufacturing |
37.09 |
38/— |
Mark Thomas & Co.
San Jose, Calif. | markthomas.com Rob Himes, President |
— 42 2 |
SR 237 Express Lanes Santa Clara County, Calif. 15.00 |
78 Transportation 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste 8 Petroleum |
36.00 |
39/46 |
Terracon Consultants Inc.
Olathe, Kan. | terracon.com Tim W. Anderson, Executive Vice President, Western Operating Group Manager |
1 20 1 |
Brasada Residential Project San Dimas, Calif. 100.00 |
44 General Building 17 Hazardous Waste 12 Manufacturing |
33.63 |
40/— |
Primoris Services Corp.
San Dimas, Calif. | prim.com Randy Kessler, President |
— — — |
Not Provided |
100 Other Project Types |
32.60 |
41/37 |
DES Architects + Engineers
Redwood City, Calif. | des-ae.com C. Thomas Gilman, President |
31 14 43 |
Sierra Point Brisbane, Calif. 220.00 |
100 General Building |
31.50 |
42/40 |
Wood Rodgers Inc.
Sacramento, Calif. | woodrodgers.com Mark Rodgers, President |
2 56 — |
Fiddyment Development Roseville, Calif. 20.00 |
35 Water Supply 21 Transportation 21 Other Project Types |
31.28 |
43/45 |
Carrier Johnson + Culture
San Diego | carrierjohnson.com Gordon R. Carrier, Chairman & CEO, Design Principal |
36 — 29 |
Legacy Center International San Diego 160.00 |
100 General Building |
29.27 |
44/43 |
Perkins Eastman
San Francisco | perkinseastman.com Erich Burkhart, Managing Principal |
56 — 51 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
29.24 |
45/39 |
TranSystems
Santa Ana, Calif. | transystems.com Ayman Salama, West Regional Vice President |
7 27 — |
Not Provided |
100 Transportation |
29.00 |
46/24 |
Corgan
Los Angeles | corgan.com Brent Kelley, Principal |
13 — 4 |
Los Angeles International Airport Midfield Satellite
Concourse Los Angeles 1,300.00 |
96 Transportation 3 General Building 1 Telecommunications |
28.09 |
47/42 |
Sandis Civil Engineers Surveyors Planners*
Campbell, Calif. | sandis.net Ken Olcott, President & CEO |
— 23 16 |
Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Mountain View, Calif. 500.00 |
82 General Building 14 Transportation 2 Manufacturing |
27.53 |
48/41 |
CRB
Carlsbad, Calif. | crbusa.com Doug Conrath, Regional Leader |
13 23 10 |
Corporate Headquarters & Clinical Manufacturing
Facility Not Provided 40.00 |
100 General Building |
26.66 |
49/49 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
San Francisco | scb.com Chris Pemberton, President |
— — — |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
26.47 |
50/— |
MacKay & Somps Civil Engineers Inc.
Pleasanton, Calif. | msce.com James C. Ray Jr., President |
— 32 1 |
Wallis Ranch Dublin, Calif. 150.00 |
100 Other Project Types |
25.94 |
51/44 |
Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Los Angeles | thorntontomasetti.com Bruce Gibbons, Managing Principal |
5 69 23 |
Perla on Broadway Los Angeles 300.00 |
96 General Building 3 Transportation 1 Industrial Process |
25.77 |
52/47 |
David Evans Enterprises Inc.*
Tustin, Calif. | deainc.com Mark Miner, California Regional Manager |
— 57 36 |
Victorville Water Service Conversion, Area 1 Victorville, Calif. 0.60 |
66 Master-Planned Development/
Site Infrastructure 25 Transportation 5 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
25.41 |
53/52 |
Syska Hennessy Group
Culver City, Calif.| syska.com Gary Brennen, Co-President |
— 25 22 |
Confidential Project San Diego 230.00 |
77 General Building 19 Transportation 2 Telecommunications |
22.63 |
54/56 |
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
Santa Rosa, Calif. | qka.com Mark Quattrocchi, President |
22 — 5 |
Lila Bringhurst Elementary School Fremont, Calif. 45.30 |
100 General Building |
22.20 |
55/— |
EXP*
San Diego | exp.com Bill McGuire, Vice President |
— 76 6 |
Confidential Main Lab/Pilot Lab Building Foster City, Calif. Not Provided |
68 General Building 32 Telecommunications |
21.75 |
56/— |
ARCHITECTS HAWAII LTD.
Honolulu | ahl.design Bettina Mehnert, President & CEO |
37 — 42 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
21.21 |
57/50 |
CO Architects
Los Angeles | coarchitects.com Scott Kelsey, Managing Principal |
25 — 32 |
Ernest E. Tschannen Science Complex Sacramento, Calif. 61.60 |
100 General Building |
20.52 |
58/48 |
Gannett Fleming
Los Angeles | gannettfleming.com John A. Derr, Executive Vice President, Regional Director |
2 15 4 |
Caltrain Electrification Project Various Locations in California 697.00 |
73 Transportation 11 Water Supply 9 General Building |
19.26 |
59/76 |
Tait
Santa Ana, Calif. | tait.com Thomas F. Tait, CEO |
1 9 2 |
Not Provided |
61 General Building 26 Telecommunications 7 Other Project Types |
18.84 |
60/59 |
Taylor Design
Irvine, Calif. | WeAreTaylor.com D. Randy Regier, Principal & President |
23 — 15 |
Emergency Department Expansion Irvine, Calif. Not Provided |
100 General Building |
18.70 |
61/— |
RMW Architecture & Interiors
San Francisco | rmw.com Russ Nichols, President |
21 — 52 |
ISI Engineering Campus Sunnyvale, Calif. Not Provided |
100 General Building |
18.68 |
62/61 |
Interface Engineering Inc.
San Francisco | interfaceengineering.com Hormoz Janssens, Managing Principal |
— 26 15 |
Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Mountain View, Calif. Not Provided |
99 General Building 1 Water Supply |
18.42 |
63/58 |
Affiliated Engineers Inc.*
San Francisco | aeieng.com Mike Bove, Principal |
— 24 20 |
Gilead Sciences, NB357 Laboratory Tower and
Pilot Plant Foster City, Calif. 338.00 |
72 General Building 21 Power 5 Manufacturing |
18.36 |
64/57 |
Integral Group Inc.
Oakland | integralgroup.com Kevin Hydes, CEO |
3 40 40 |
Confidential Technology Campus Northern California Not Provided |
94 General Building 4 Master-Planned Development/ Site Infrastructure 1 Telecommunications |
18.00 |
65/70 |
MBH Architects
Alameda, Calif. | mbharch.com John McNulty, Founding Principal |
20 — 21 |
240 Lorton Burlingame, Calif. Not Provided |
100 General Building |
17.98 |
66/60 |
SWCA Environmental Consultants
Pasadena, Calif. | swca.com Cara Corsetti, Senior Principal, California-Pacific Islands |
— — — |
Not Provided |
48 Power 22 Transportation 19 General Building |
17.64 |
67/74 |
Dewberry
Long Beach, Calif. | dewberry.com Rachel Vandenberg, Vice President |
8 14 7 |
Sutter County Main Jail Expansion Yuba City, Calif. 10.90 |
49 General Building 32 Water Supply 18 Transportation |
17.45 |
68/62 |
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates
San Francisco | wje.com Kent Sasaki, Principal, Unit Manager |
16 24 5 |
Not Provided |
89 General Building 8 Transportation 1 Power |
17.03 |
69/69 |
Mead & Hunt Inc.*
Sacramento, Calif. | meadhunt.com Jon Faucher, Vice President |
1 24 5 |
Not Provided |
80 Transportation 20 Water Supply |
16.85 |
70/54 |
BAR Architects
San Francisco | bararch.com Chris Haegglund, Principal, President & CEO |
33 — 42 |
Station 1300 Menlo Park, Calif. Not Provided |
100 General Building |
16.67 |
71/72 |
ATI Architects + Engineers
Pleasanton, Calif. | atiae.com Paul DiDonato, President |
22 11 12 |
Cool Port - Port of Oakland Oakland 65.00 |
100 General Building |
15.18 |
72/— |
Teter, LLP
Fresno, Calif. | teterae.com Glen Teter, Managing Partner |
21 18 14 |
Quail Park at Shannon Ranch Visalia, Calif. 33.00 |
89 General Building 7 Other Project Types 4 Industrial Process |
14.08 |
73/73 |
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
Pleasanton, Calif. | dahlingroup.com Nancy Keenan, President |
36 — 32 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
14.00 |
74/64 |
Ratcliff
Emeryville, Calif. | ratcliffarch.com Dan Wetherell, Principal |
27 — 20 |
NorthBay Medical Center Expansion Fairfield, Calif. 159.00 |
100 General Building |
13.50 |
75/65 |
Atkins, Member of the SNC-Lavalin Group
Tampa | atkinsglobal.com George Nash, CEO & President, Atkins North America |
2 87 8 |
Not Provided |
44 Transportation 22 Water Supply 21 General Building |
13.35 |
76/68 |
Salas O'Brien
San Jose, Calif. | salasobrien.com John Salas, Managing Principal |
1 22 12 |
SJSU - SRAC Steam Connection Design San Jose, Calif. 130.00 |
63 General Building 37 Telecommunications |
13.13 |
77/71 |
RBB Architects Inc.
Los Angeles | rbbinc.com Joseph Balbona, CEO |
15 — 15 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
13.00 |
78/— |
Walter P Moore
Houston | walterpmoore.com Dilip Choudhuri, President & CEO |
— 31 3 |
Not Provided |
83 General Building 13 Transportation 4 Water Supply |
11.34 |
79/75 |
Lee & Ro Inc.*
City of Industry, Calif. | LEE-RO.com M. Steve Ro, CEO |
— 26 — |
New Hope Placentia Trunk Sewer Fullerton - Anaheim, Calif. 82.00 |
52 Sewerage/Solid Waste 48 Water Supply |
9.67 |
80/77 |
Dreyfuss + Blackford Architecture
Sacramento, Calif.| dreyfussblackford.com John C. Webre, CEO |
13 — 6 |
Sacramento State Parking Structure 5 Sacramento, Calif. 32.00 |
100 General Building |
9.00 |
81/82 |
Project Design Consultants
San Diego | projectdesign.com Gregory Shields, CEO |
— 14 — |
Milenia - Phase 2 Chula Vista, Calif. 100.00 |
56 Master-Planned Development/
Site Infrastructure 28 General Building 6 Transportation |
8.89 |
82/79 |
PBS Engineers Inc.
Glendora, Calif. | pbsengineers.com Kunal Shah, President & CEO |
— 13 12 |
LAX Delta Airlines Renovation Los Angeles 250.00 |
68 Transportation 32 General Building |
8.72 |
83/84 |
Guttmann & Blaevoet
San Francisco | gb-eng.com Margarita Gorokhovsky, President |
— 7 9 |
UC Santa Cruz Crown College Santa Cruz, Calif. 40.00 |
100 General Building |
7.98 |
84/78 |
Hawley Peterson Snyder*
Sunnyvale, Calif. | hpsarch.com Alan E. Turner, President |
15 — 7 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
7.48 |
85/87 |
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
New York City | pcf-p.com Not Provided |
— — — |
Marion Anderson Building, UCLA Anderson
School of Management Los Angeles 80.00 |
100 General Building |
6.77 |
86/81 |
RS&H Inc.
San Francisco | rsandh.com Joseph P. Jackson, Vice President |
— 3 3 |
Burbank Runway 15-33 Reconstruction Burbank, Calif. 8.20 |
100 Transportation |
6.40 |
87/— |
PGAL
Los Angeles | www.pgal.com Jeff Gerber, CEO |
6 — 4 |
LAX Terminal 1.5 Los Angeles 493.00 |
100 Transportation |
6.34 |
88/90 |
JCJ Architecture
San Diego | JCJ.com Robert J. Gdowski, Managing Director, Design Principal |
10 — 6 |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
6.25 |
89/91 |
Architecture Design Collaborative
Laguna Hills, Calif.| adcollaborative.com Craig T. Chinn, President |
7 — 4 |
Alexan Millenia Chula Vista, Calif. 50.00 |
100 General Building |
5.89 |
90/92 |
Wilson & Co., Engineers & Architects
San Bernardino, Calif.| wilsonco.com Larry G. Long, Vice President |
— 2 — |
Not Provided |
94 Transportation 4 Other Project Types 2 General Building |
5.35 |
91/— |
Cordoba Corp.
Los Angeles | cordobacorp.com George L. Pla, CEO |
3 20 4 |
So Cal Gas - Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan So Cal Gas Service Area, California 75.00 |
80 Transportation 18 Power 2 Master-Planned Development/ Site Infrastructure |
5.15 |
92/— |
4 S.T.E.L. Engineering Inc.
Mission Viejo, Calif. | 4steleng.com Dustin Rosepink, President & CEO |
— 6 — |
Not Provided |
92 General Building 8 Manufacturing |
4.86 |
93/94 |
Electrical Consultants Inc.
San Diego | electricalconsultantsinc.com Bruce LaMeres, CEO |
— 1 — |
CNF Powerline Project Alpine, Calif. 9.83 |
100 Power |
3.70 |
94/— |
Ennead Architects
New York City | ennead.com Not Provided |
— — — |
Not Provided |
100 General Building |
3.32 |
95/— |
DeSimone Consulting Engineers
New York City | de-simone.com William O’Donnell, Partner, Managing Principal |
— 13 — |
Westfield Valley Fair Mall Expansion San Jose, Calif. 550.00 |
100 General Building |
2.87 |
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