California Top Design Firms by Market Sector 2012


June 4, 2012

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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Hazardous Waste
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 ARCADIS U.S.  110.03
2 CH2M HILL  68.39
3 AECOM Technology Corp.  19.29
4 Ninyo & Moore  6.00
5 HDR  4.37

Industrial Process
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 CH2M HILL 55.42
2 Processes Unlimited International Inc.  4.53
3 Stantec  1.99
4 Arup  1.13
5 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.  1.04

Environmental/Geotechnical Engineering
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 CH2M HILL 142.76
2 HDR  90.20
3 AECOM Technology Corp.  66.36
4 Stantec  56.46
5 Ninyo & Moore  38.50
6 Parsons Brinckerhoff  33.33
7 Michael Baker Corp.  20.30
8 Atkins  18.82
9 GEI Consultants Inc.  8.80
10 SWCA Environmental Consultants  7.71

Civil Engineering
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 134.25
2 HNTB Corp.  120.58
3 CH2M HILL  107.05
4 Parsons Brinckerhoff  77.77
5 Michael Baker Corp.  60.00
6 Carollo Engineers Inc.  53.06
7 Stantec  46.72
8 Hatch Mott MacDonald  39.52
9 BKF Engineers  36.03
10 Psomas  35.73
11 T.Y. Lin International  21.62
12 Arup  17.76
13 Atkins  16.34
14 David Evans and Associates Inc.  12.44
15 Penfield & Smith  10.42
16 LEE & RO Inc.  4.50
17 GEI Consultants Inc.  4.40
18 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  4.05
19 aQuad Knopf Inc.  3.60
20 HMC Architects  3.39

Petroleum
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Stantec  40.03
2 Processes Unlimited International Inc.  31.08
3 TJ Cross Engineers Inc.  29.88
4 CH2M HILL  10.35
5 Ninyo & Moore  1.50

Master-Planned Development/site Infrastructure
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Michael Baker Corp. 14.00
2 Penfield & Smith  4.20
3 Gensler  2.37
4 Psomas  1.69
5 Ninyo & Moore  1.50

Architecture
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 140.57
2 Gensler  63.87
3 HMC Architects  50.38
4 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  43.82
5 Fentress Architects  36.47
6 KMD Architects  34.69
7 Cannon Design  33.17
8 SmithGroupJJR  30.50
9 DLR Group  29.35
10 LPA Inc.  29.31
11 Stantec  29.17
12 Perkins+Will  28.51
13 HDR  26.46
14 RBB Architects Inc.  26.20
14 ZGF Architects LLP  26.20
16 Lionakis  25.63
17 WLC Architects Inc.  24.00
18 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects  20.85
19 HNTB Corp.  20.52
20 MVE Group of Cos.  20.44
21 HGA Architects and Engineers  20.13
22 Langdon Wilson International  19.25
23 Lee, Burkhart, Liu Inc.  17.20
24 CO Architects  16.72
25 gkkworks  11.57
26 Carrier Johnson + CULTURE  10.53
27 TAYLOR  10.50
28 DES Architects + Engineers  9.48
29 RMW architecture & interiors  9.25
30 Ratcliff  7.92

MEP Engineering
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 38.83
2 TTG (TMAD Taylor & Gaines)  29.74
3 Arup  26.32
4 Syska Hennnessy Group  22.47
5 Glumac  21.79
6 Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch  20.41
7 CH2M HILL  17.75
8 exp Global Inc.  17.25
9 HDR  12.83
10 Stantec  11.84
11 HMC Architects  11.71
12 SmithGroupJJR  11.50
13 Parsons Brinckerhoff  11.11
14 Harley Ellis Devereaux  3.29
15 LPA Inc.  2.93

Interior Design
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Gensler 44.94
2 Rapt Studio  10.86
3 ZGF Architects LLP  8.00
4 RMW architecture & interiors  6.78
5 Langdon Wilson International  6.42
6 LPA Inc.  5.78
7 Stantec  5.47
8 Wolcott Architecture | Interiors  5.29
9 Ratcliff  5.28
10 HDR  4.81
11 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  4.55
12 Cannon Design  4.52
13 HMC Architects  4.45
14 DES Architects + Engineers  3.79
15 RBB Architects Inc.  2.90

Health Care
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 SmithGroupJJR 48.00
2 HMC Architects  41.23
3 HGA Architects and Engineers  34.53
4 RBB Architects Inc.  28.53
5 HDR  26.72
6 Cannon Design  25.85
7 AECOM Technology Corp.  25.14
8 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  21.10
9 Degenkolb Engineers  20.90
10 KMD Architects  20.16
11 Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch  18.64
12 Lionakis  16.33
13 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  15.06
14 Stantec  15.02
15 TAYLOR  12.21
16 Langdon Wilson International  12.07
17 CO Architects  11.35
18 ZGF Architects LLP  10.00
19 Perkins+Will  8.71
20 Ratcliff  8.58

Transportation
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 229.06
2 Parsons Brinckerhoff  197.64
3 HNTB Corp.  134.11
4 HDR  68.11
5 CH2M HILL  48.11
6 Hatch Mott MacDonald  41.64
7 T.Y. Lin International  35.89
8 Michael Baker Corp.  25.20
9 Fentress Architects  24.66
10 Stantec  22.72
11 Psomas  18.73
12 BKF Engineers  15.42
13 Atkins  12.87
14 Gensler  10.64
15 David Evans and Associates Inc.  9.60
16 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  7.75
17 Ninyo & Moore  5.00
18 MWA Architects  4.28
19 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.  3.88
20 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  3.64

General Building
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 160.74
2 Gensler  105.26
3 HMC Architects  84.91
4 SmithGroupJJR  62.00
5 Arup  50.10
6 LPA Inc.  48.19
7 HDR  48.11
8 Stantec  46.05
9 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  42.60
10 HGA Architects and Engineers  41.69
11 TTG (TMAD Taylor & Gaines)  41.41
12 Cannon Design  37.12
13 KMD Architects  35.14
14 ZGF Architects LLP  34.20
15 Perkins+Will  31.89
16 Lionakis  30.71
17 DLR Group  30.68
18 RBB Architects Inc.  29.10
19 Degenkolb Engineers  25.63
20 Langdon Wilson International  24.43
21 WLC Architects Inc.  24.00
22 Michael Baker Corp.  21.00
23 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects  20.85
24 MVE Group of Cos.  20.59
25 Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch  20.28
26 BKF Engineers  19.78
27 gkkworks  19.13
28 Glumac  19.02
29 Psomas  18.02
30 exp Global Inc.  17.68
31 HNTB Corp.  17.46
32 CO Architects  16.72
33 RMW architecture & interiors  16.03
34 DES Architects + Engineers  15.80
35 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.  15.79
36 Syska Hennnessy Group  13.99
37 Ratcliff  13.20
38 TAYLOR  12.21
39 Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto Architects and Engineers  12.00
40 Parsons Brinckerhoff  11.91
41 Carrier Johnson + CULTURE  11.28
42 Harley Ellis Devereaux  10.99
43 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.  10.84
44 Fentress Architects  10.35
45 BAR Architects  8.09
46 RJC Architects Inc.  7.78
47 Ninyo & Moore  7.00
48 Crosby Group  6.49
49 CH2M HILL  6.17
50 Atkins  5.84

Correctional
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 23.12
2 HDR  13.71
3 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  11.61
4 KMD Architects  4.96
5 DLR Group  4.58

Multi-Unit Residential
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 MVE Group of Cos. 13.42
2 BKF Engineers  6.88
3 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.  3.51
4 Carrier Johnson + CULTURE  3.32
5 BAR Architects  2.31

Government/Public Service
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 AECOM Technology Corp. 65.67
2 Gensler  11.83
3 RJC Architects Inc.  7.78
4 HDR  7.20
4 ZGF Architects LLP  7.20
6 Parsons Brinckerhoff  6.58
7 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  6.32
8 CH2M HILL  6.17
9 KMD Architects  6.13
10 Perkins+Will  6.09

Commercial
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Gensler 26.02
2 AECOM Technology Corp.  20.93
3 LPA Inc.  10.92
4 Arup  10.51
5 DES Architects + Engineers  9.64
6 Stantec  8.91
7 Glumac  7.75
8 DLR Group  6.72
9 Perkins+Will  5.25
10 Wolcott Architecture | Interiors  5.23

Education/Research
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 HMC Architects 39.85
2 LPA Inc.  30.10
3 AECOM Technology Corp.  19.44
4 WLC Architects Inc.  16.80
5 Gensler  15.38
6 DLR Group  11.88
7 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  10.69
8 Langdon Wilson International  10.50
9 Harley Ellis Devereaux  8.17
10 Lionakis  7.81

Religious & Cultural
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Arup 12.83
2 WLC Architects Inc.  2.40
3 ZGF Architects LLP  1.80
4 CO Architects  1.54
5 Gensler  1.18
R&D Facilities
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 RMW architecture & interiors 10.02
2 ZGF Architects LLP  8.00
3 SmithGroupJJR  7.80
4 Cannon Design  4.97
5 Perkins+Will  4.66

Water Supply
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 CH2M HILL  nbsp;57.04
2 HDR  46.54
3 AECOM Technology Corp.  41.37
4 GEI Consultants Inc.  21.47
5 Michael Baker Corp.  19.30
6 Carollo Engineers Inc.  18.51
7 Atkins  11.19
8 Psomas  9.17
9 Stantec  6.85
10 ARCADIS U.S.  6.38

Power
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 HDR 28.93
2 AECOM Technology Corp.  14.95
3 Stantec  13.07
4 Parsons Brinckerhoff  7.31
5 CH2M HILL  7.30
6 Michael Baker Corp.  5.90
7 Processes Unlimited International Inc.  5.83
8 Psomas  4.84
9 Ninyo & Moore  4.00
10 SWCA Environmental Consultants  2.81

Sewerage/Solid Waste
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Carollo Engineers Inc. 34.55
2 HDR  24.53
3 Michael Baker Corp.  16.40
4 CH2M HILL  14.78
5 Stantec  13.40
6 ARCADIS U.S.  10.08
7 LEE & RO Inc.  5.85
8 Psomas  5.84
9 Ninyo & Moore  5.00
10 Atkins  2.28

Sports/Recreation
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 HNTB Corp. 15.68
2 Gensler  5.91
3 Cannon Design  3.81
4 Syska Hennnessy Group  2.10
5 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.  1.44

Retail
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects 15.85
2 Stantec  12.52
3 Gensler  10.64
4 MulvannyG2 Architecture  4.99
5 Arup  3.93

Telecommunications
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Arup 39.57
2 Syska Hennessy Group  6.68
3 Glumac  2.77
4 Stantec  2.05
5 Ninyo & Moore  2.00

Structural Engineering
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 HDR 78.81
2 AECOM Technology Corp.  74.61
3 Parsons Brinckerhoff  55.55
4 Degenkolb Engineers  27.86
5 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.  14.83
6 Arup  14.27
7 T.Y. Lin International  14.05
8 TTG (TMAD Taylor & Gaines)  11.16
9 HNTB Corp.  10.53
10 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.  8.43
11 HMC Architects  7.99
12 Crosby Group  7.12
13 SmithGroupJJR  5.50
14 Lionakis  3.43
15 Michael Baker Corp.  3.30

Surveying & Mapping
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 Psomas 23.18
2 AECOM Technology Corp.  11.03
3 Michael Baker Corp.  7.70
4 Parsons Brinckerhoff  4.44
5 Quad Knopf Inc.  2.96

Green
Rank Firm ($Mil)
1 SmithGroupJJR  43.92
2 LPA Inc.  43.37
3 Fentress Architects  34.84
4 Arup  34.23
5 Cannon Design  25.50
5 Hatch Mott MacDonald  25.50
7 HDR  25.10
8 HNTB Corp.  24.78
9 AECOM Technology Corp.  24.50
10 Stantec  23.39
11 HMC Architects  21.69
12 Glumac  20.00
13 Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.  19.58
14 gkkworks  19.12
15 Perkins+Will  13.21
16 BKF Engineers  13.00
17 HGA Architects and Engineers  12.88
18 Syska Hennnessy Group  12.52
19 ZGF Architects LLP  12.26
20 Rapt Studio  10.86
21 RMW architecture & interiors  10.43
22 Carrier Johnson + CULTURE  9.29
23 DLR Group  9.21
24 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.  7.21
25 Langdon Wilson International  7.00
26 Lionakis  6.96
27 Harley Ellis Devereaux  6.95
28 MVE Group of Cos.  6.16
29 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects  5.28
30 Ratcliff  4.60
31 Michael Baker Corp.  4.53
32 CO Architects  3.79
33 EwingCole  3.08
34 TTG (TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES)  2.48
35 RBB Architects Inc  2.36
36 Crosby Group  2.28
37 Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Inc. (RNT)  2.26
38 RNL  2.00
39 DES Architects + Engineers  1.60
40 Sugimura Finney Architects  1.50

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