California Top Design Firms 2010
2010
Having the ability to offer clients a complete menu of services is a major reason why this year’s top design firm AECOM has consistently outperformed other design firms in terms of revenue. In fact, all of the executives California Construction interviewed for this article on the state’s top design firms for 2010 cited service diversity as a key factor in their success.
Current Top Design Firms Story:
Top Design Firms 2010
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2009 | 2008 | 2007
California Construction 2010 Top Design Firms
|
Rank 2010/2009
|
Firm Phone /Company /
Location / Website |
Market Sector
|
Regional Revenue
($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1 |
AECOM Technology Corporation * 213-593-8000 | Los Angeles, CA www.aecom.com |
General Building: 53% Transportation: 26% Hazardous Waste: 8% | 540.00 |
| 2/2 |
CH2M HILL 714-429-2000 | Santa Ana, CA www.ch2mhill.com |
Hazardous Waste: 27.78% Water Supply: 20.02% Transportation: 18.02% | 245.55 |
| 3/3 |
HDR 402-399-1000 | Omaha, NE www.hdrinc.com |
Transportation: 35.28% General Building: 25.37% Water Supply: 19.92% | 190.76 |
| 4/6 |
Parsons Brinckerhoff * 415-243-4600 | San Francisco, CA www.pbworld.com |
Transportation: 80.5% General Building: 5.81% Water Supply: 7.31% | 153.30 |
| 5/4 |
Stantec 949-923-6940 | Irvine, CA www.stantec.com |
Petroleum: 42.22% General Building: 29.01% Transportation: 7.61% | 129.19 |
| 6/5 |
Gensler 415-433-3700 |San Francisco, CA www.gensler.com |
Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 2.48% | 125.55 |
| 7/** |
RBF Consulting 949-472-3505 | Irvine, CA www.rbf.com |
General Building: 33.39% Transportation: 25.22% Water Supply: 20.48% | 114.25 |
| 8/** |
Arup 415-957-9445 | San Francisco, CA www.arup.com |
General Building: 76.99% Transportation: 20.12% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 2.48% | 96.90 |
| 9/8 |
Jacobs * 714-327-1600 | Santa Ana, CA www.jacobs.com |
General Building: 55% Power: 10% |
89.00 |
| 10/7 |
HMC Architects 213-542-8300 | Los Angeles, CA www.hmcarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 79.70 |
| 11/9 |
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (HOK) 310-838-9555 | Culver City, CA www.hok.com |
General Building: 51.54% Transportation: 46.51% Other: 1.95% | 66.40 |
| 12/34 |
Fentress Architects 213-250-6600 | Santa Monica, CA www.fentressarchitects.com |
Transportation: 94.44% General Building: 5.56% | 66.20 |
| 13/15 |
SmithGroup 415-227-0100 |San Francisco, CA www.smithgroup.com |
General Building: 100% | 62.00 |
| 14/19 |
KMD Architects * 415-398-5191 | San Francisco, CA www.kmdarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 50.52 |
| 15/11 |
LPA, Inc. 949-261-1001 |Irvine, CA www.lpainc.com |
General Building: 99.4% Power: 0.6% | 50.31 |
| 16/30 |
KTGY Group, Inc. 949-851-2133 | Irvine, CA www.ktgy.com |
General Building: 88.97% Transportation: 1.1% | 48.00 |
| 17/** |
TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES 626-351-8881 | Pasadena, CA www.ttgcorp.com |
General Building: 78.33% Transportation: 13.54% Water Supply: 2.88% | 47.26 |
| 18/10 |
Anshen+Allen 415-882-9500 |San Francisco, CA www.anshen.com |
General Building: 99.37% Other: 0.63% | 43.76 |
| 19/16 |
BKF Engineers 650-482-6300 | Redwood City, CA |
General Building: 40.29% Other: 59.71% | 43.46 |
| 20/54 |
Hatch Mott MacDonald 925-469-8010 | Pleasanton, CA www.hatchmott.com |
Transportation: 80.56% Water Supply: 13.35% Sewerage/Solid Waste: 6.08% | 39.32 |
| 21/22 |
Lionakis 916-558-1900 | Sacramento, CA www.lionakis.com |
General Building: 99.44% Transportation: 0.31% General Building: 100% | 37.75 |
| 22/28 |
HGA Architects and Engineers 916-787-5100 | Sacramento, CA www.hga.com |
General Building: 100% | 36.40 |
| 23/39 |
Cannon Design 310-229-2700 | Los Angeles, CA www.cannondesign.com |
Manufacturing: 0.26% | 35.58 |
| 24/17 |
ZGF Architects 213-617-1901 |Los Angeles, CA www.zgf.com |
General Building: 98.59% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 1.41% | 35.50 |
| 25/29 |
T.Y. Lin International 415-291-3700 | San Francisco, CA www.tylin.com |
Transportation: 100% | 32.45 |
| 26/20 |
Processes Unlimited International Inc. 661-396-3770 | Bakersfield, CA www.prou.com |
Petroleum: 69.24% Industrial Process: 18.76% Power: 12% | 32.28 |
| 27/21 |
Nolte Associates, Inc. * 916-641-9100 |Sacramento, CA www.nolte.com |
General Building: 29.3% Transportation: 27.27% Water Supply: 25.25% | 31.90 |
| 28/27 |
David Evans and Associates, Inc. * 909-481-5750 | Ontario, CA www.deainc.com |
Transportation: 70.3% Power: 3% Sewerage/Solid Waste: 1.7% | 30.47 |
| 29/23 |
NTD Architecture 858-565-4440 | San Diego, CA www.ntd.com |
General Building: 100% | 30.24 |
| 30/26 |
gkkworks * 949-250-1500 | Irvine, CA www.gkkworks.com |
General Building: 100% | 27.55 |
| 31/38 |
Degenkolb Engineers 415-392-6952 | San Francisco, CA www.degenkolb.com |
General Building: 81.3% Manufacturing: 11.42% Power: 7.28% | 26.67 |
| 32/13 |
Perkins+Will 415-856-3000 | San Francisco, CA www.perkinswill.com |
General Building: 90.19% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 9.81% | 24.86 |
| 33/31 |
DLR Group WWCOT * 310-828-0040 | Santa Monica, CA www.dlrgroup.com |
General Building: 100% | 24.84 |
| 34/31 |
Leighton Group, Inc. 949-477-4040 | Irvine, CA www.leightongroup.com |
General Building: 34.27% Transportation: 15.32% Water Supply: 12.5% | 24.80 |
| 35/25 |
MVE & Partners, Inc. / MVE Institutional, Inc. 949-809-3388 | Irvine, CA www.mve-architects.com |
General Building: 100% | 23.44 |
| 36/35 |
Steinberg Architects * 408-295-5446 | San Jose, CA www.steinbergarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 23.11 |
| 37/24 |
Syska Hennessy Group 310-312-0200 | Los Angeles, CA www.syska.com |
General Building: 51.11% Transportation: 21.79% Telecommunications: 20.04% | 22.95 |
| 38/37 |
CO Architects 323-525-0500 | Los Angeles, CA www.coarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 22.66 |
| 39/40 |
Ratcliff 510-899-6400 | Emeryville, CA www.ratcliffarch.com |
General Building: 100% | 21.80 |
| 40/45 |
HKS Architects, Inc. 310-788-7700 | Beverly Hills, CA www.hksinc.com |
General Building: 100% | 20.70 |
| 41/65 |
Perkowitz+Ruth Architects * 562-628-8000 | Long Beach, CA www.prarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 20.50 |
| 42/33 |
RBB Architects Inc. 310-473-3555 | Los Angeles, CA www.rbbinc.com |
General Building: 100% | 20.45 |
| 43/** |
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch 415-362-3266 | San Francisco, CA www.mazzetti.com |
General Building: 97.33% Telecommunications: 2.67% | 20.01 |
| 44/44 |
Lee, Burkhart, Liu, Inc. 310-829-2249 | Marina del Rey, CA www.lblarch.com |
General Building: 100% | 18.20 |
| 45/41 |
Penfield & Smith 805-963-9532 | Santa Barbara, CA www.penfieldsmith.com |
General Building: 100% | 18.15 |
| 46/62 |
International Parking Design * 818-986-1494 | Sherman Oaks, CA www.ipd-global.com |
General Building: 100% | 18.00 |
| 47/55 |
Leo A Daly * 213-629-0100 | Los Angeles, CA www.leoadaly.com |
General Building: 64.23% Transportation: 35.45% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 0.32% | 17.02 |
| 48/53 |
TAYLOR 949-574-1325 | Newport Beach, CA www.taa1.com |
General Building: 100% | 16.10 |
| 49/12 |
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 415-981-1555 | San Francisco, CA www.som.com |
General Building: 96.88% Transportation: 3.13% | 16.00 |
| 50/** |
DES Architects + Engineers 650-364-6453 | Redwood City, CA www.des-ae.com |
General Building: 100% | 15.41 |
| 51/49 |
Callison * 310-394-8460 | Santa Monica, CA www.callison.com |
General Building: 85% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 15% | 14.50 |
| 52/42 |
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE 619-239-2353 | San Diego, CA www.carrierjohnson.com |
General Building: 100% | 14.19 |
| 53/32 |
Ware Malcomb 949-660-9128 | Irvine, CA www.waremalcomb.com |
General Building: 82.35% Manufacturing: 8.01% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 6.83% | 13.34 |
| 54/** |
Nadel, Inc. 310-826-2100 | Los Angeles, CA www.nadelarc.com |
General Building: 100% | 13.00 |
| 55/50 |
DGA planning | architecture I interiors architecture I interiors 650-943-1660 | Mountain View, CA www.dgaonline.com |
General Building: 50.15% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 33.52% Industrial Process: 12.35% | 12.94 |
| 56/48 |
Harley Ellis Devereaux 213-542-4500 | Los Angeles, CA www.harleyellisdevereaux.com |
General Building: 100% | 12.80 |
| 57/** |
WRNS Studio 415-489-2224 | San Francisco, CA www.wrnsstudio.com |
General Building: 89.48% Transportation: 4.11% Other: 6.42% | 12.75 |
| 58/57 |
LEE & RO, Inc. * 626-912-3391 | City of Industry, CA www.lee-ro.com |
Sewerage/Solid Waste: 65% Water Supply: 35% | 12.66 |
| 59/54 |
STUDIOS Architecture 415-398-7575 | San Francisco, CA www.studiosarchitecture.com |
General Building: 92.21% Manufacturing: 7.79% | 11.55 |
| 60/59 |
Nichols, Melburg and Rossetto Architects 530-222-3300 | Redding, CA www.nmrdesign.com |
General Building: 100% | 11.00 |
| 61/51 |
X-nth 858-597-0555 | San Diego, CA www.x-nth.com |
General Building: 42.1% Other: 57.9% | 10.63 |
| 62/43 |
Langdon Wilson International 213-250-1186 | Los Angeles, CA www.langdonwilson.com |
General Building: 100% | 10.57 |
| 63/72 |
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 510-428-2907 | Emeryville, CA www.wje.com |
General Building: 72.46% Transportation: 13% Petroleum: 0.72% | 10.48 |
| 64/** |
Boulder Associates Architects 916-492-8796 |Sacramento, CA www.boulderassociates.com |
General Building: 100% | 8.91 |
| 65/80 |
Dreyfuss & Blackford 916-453-1234 | Sacramento, CA www.dreyfussblackford.com |
General Building: 90.24% Transportation: 9.76% | 8.20 |
| 66/67 |
Watry Design, Inc. 650-298-8150 | Redwood City, CA www.watrydesign.com |
Other: 100% | 8.09 |
| 67/** |
ANOVA Architects, Inc. 530-626-1810 | Placerville, CA www.anovaarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 7.70 |
| 67/70 |
Flad Architects 415-398-1600 | San Francisco, CA www.flad.com |
General Building: 100% | 7.70 |
| 69/69 |
Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects, Inc. 619-233-1023 | San Diego , CA www.rntarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 7.25 |
| 70/74 |
Childs Mascari Warner Architects * 619-814-0080 | San Diego, CA www.childsmascariwarner.com |
General Building: 100% | 7.00 |
| 71/75 |
Hornberger + Worstell 415-391-1080 | San Francisco, CA www.hornbergerworstell.com |
General Building: 100% | 7.00 |
| 72/79 |
Perkins Eastman 510-601-5200 | Oakland, CA www.perkinseastman.com |
General Building: 100% | 6.77 |
| 73/61 |
Darden Architects, Inc. 559-448-8051 | Fresno, CA |
General Building: 98.17% Transportation: 1.71% Other: 0.12% | 6.71 |
| 74/73 |
Williams + Paddon Architects + Planners, Inc. 916-786-8178 | Roseville, CA www.williamspluspaddon.com |
General Building: 100% | 6.50 |
| 75/52 |
Hall & Foreman, Inc. * 714-665-4500 | Tustin, CA www.hfinc.com |
General Building: 73.17% Sewerage/Solid Waste:16.67% Transportation: 5.1% |
6.00 |
| 76/** |
POLLACK architecture 415-788-4400 | San Francisco, CA www.pollackarch.com |
General Building: 100% | 5.64 |
| 77/64 |
BAR Architects 415-293-5700 | San Francisco, CA www.bararch.com |
General Building: 100% | 5.64 |
| 78/69 |
BSA Architects - Bull Stockwell Allen 415-281-4720 | San Francisco, CA www.bsaarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 5.60 |
| 79/** |
Beverly Prior Architects, Inc. 415-777-9422 | San Francisco, CA www.bparch.com |
General Building: 100% | 5.43 |
| 80/71 |
Wolcott Architecture Interiors * 310-204-2290 | Culver City, CA www.wolcottai.com |
General Building: 100% | 5.00 |
| 81/** |
Kwan Henmi Architecture / Planning Inc. 415-777-4770 | San Francisco, CA www.kwanhenmi.com |
General Building: 90.25% Transportation: 5.18% Other: 4.57% | 4.84 |
| 82/81 |
Sasaki Associates, Inc. 415-776-7272 | San Francisco, CA www.sasaki.com |
General Building: 81.11% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 11.11% Transportation: 4.44% | 4.50 |
| 83/76 |
GreenbergFarrow 949-296-0450 | Irvine, CA www.greenbergfarrow.com |
General Building: 50.06% Other: 49.94% | 4.34 |
| 84/66 |
RNL 213-955-9775 | Los Angeles, CA www.rnldesign.com |
Transportation: 78.47% General Building: 21.53% | 4.27 |
| 85/77 |
Rauschenbach Marvelli Becker, Architects 916-488-8500 | Sacramento, CA www.rmbarchitects.com |
General Building: 100% | 4.01 |
| 86/** |
Shubin and Donaldson Architects, Inc. 805-966-2802 | Santa Barbara, CA www.shubinanddonaldson.com |
General Building: 97.86% Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure: 2.14% | 3.50 |
| 87/** |
DeSimone Consulting Engineers 415-398-5740 | San Francisco, CA www.de-simone.com |
General Building: 100% | 3.28 |
| 88/84 |
Roshanian and Associates, Inc. 323-933-5252 | Los Angeles, CA www.roshanian.com |
General Building: 100% | 3.00 |
| 89/83 |
CCS ARCHITECTURE 415-864-2800 | San Francisco, CA www.ccs-architecture.com |
General Building: 38.03% Other: 61.97% | 1.88 |
| 90/85 |
Costa Engineers, Inc. 707-252-9177 | Napa, CA www.costaengineers.com |
General Building: 95% Industrial Process: 5% | 1.84 |