Midwest Top Design Firms 2014
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ENR Midwest Top Design Firms 2014
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Rank 2014/2013
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Company / Location / Top Officer
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Market Sectors By % of
Revenue |
Regional Rev.
2013 ($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1/2 |
AECOM Technology Corp.*
Chicago | aecom.com Frank Sweet, Region Executive |
38 Transportation 24 Hazardous Waste 17 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
160.21 |
|
2/— |
ARCADIS U.S.
Highlands Ranch, Colo. | arcadis-us.com Curt Cramer, Division President |
71 Hazardous Waste 17 Sewerage/Solid Waste 8 Water Supply |
153.64 |
|
3/— |
HDR Inc. Chicago | hdrinc.com Pat Pechnick, VP, Department Manager |
50 Transportation 16 General Building 15 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
128.61 |
|
4/3 |
HNTB Corp.
Milwaukee | hntb.com Harvey Hammond, Executive Officer |
88 Transportation 10 Sewerage/Solid Waste 2 Water Supply |
127.84 |
|
5/4 |
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Chicago | pbworld.com John Trotta, Senior Vice President |
94 Transportation 4 Industrial Process 2 General Building |
121.02 |
|
6/8 |
Burns & McDonnell
Chicago | burnsmcd.com Scott Newland, VP, General Manager |
39 Power 17 Hazardous Waste 13 Industrial Process |
117.81 |
|
7/7 |
MWH Global Inc.
Broomfield, Colo. | mwhglobal.com Alan Krause, CEO |
69 Power 20 Sewerage/Solid Waste 11 Water Supply |
96.19 |
|
8/5 |
Stantec Columbus, Ohio | stantec.com Matt Tin, Vice President |
22 Petroleum 21 General Building 17 Transportation |
94.84 |
|
9/6 |
DLZ Corp.
South Bend, Ind. | dlz.com Joseph C. Zwierzynski, COO |
37 Transportation 31 Sewerage/Solid Waste 7 General Building |
93.01 |
|
10/— |
Ghafari Associates
Dearborn, Mich. | ghafari.com Yousif B. Ghafari, Chairman |
82 Manufacturing 9 General Building 5 Industrial Process |
83.90 |
|
11/— |
Gensler Chicago | gensler.com Lamar A. Johnson and Nila R. Leiserowitz, Principals, Co-Managing Directors |
90 General Building 6 Other 3 Telecommunications |
71.00 |
|
12/— |
Cardno*
Portland, Ore. | cardno.com Paul Gardiner, President |
20 Industrial Process 20 Master Plan/Site 15 Petroleum |
63.88 |
|
13/— |
TranSystems Corp.
Kansas City, Mo. | transystems.com Brian Larson, CEO |
100 Transportation |
63.21 |
|
14/11 |
American Structurepoint Inc.
Indianapolis | structurepoint.com Willis R. Conner, President & COO |
51 Transportation 21 General Building 11 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
61.56 |
|
15/12 |
Strand Associates Inc.
Madison, Wis. | strand.com Philip E. Budde, President |
39 Transportation 38 Sewerage/Solid Waste 9 Other |
55.11 |
|
16/17 |
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc.
Springfield, Ill. | cmtengr.com Daniel R. Meckes, Chairman, President & CEO |
74 Transportation 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste 9 Water Supply |
53.00 |
|
17/18 |
Alfred Benesch & Co.
Chicago | benesch.com Kevin J. Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President |
97 Transportation 2 Sewerage/Solid Waste 1 General Building |
51.76 |
|
18/9 |
Woolpert Inc.
Dayton, Ohio | woolpert.com Mike Flannery, CEO |
47 Other 38 General Building 13 Transportation |
51.01 |
|
19/— |
Cannon Design*
Chicago | cannondesign.com James M. “Sandy” Stevenson, Principal, Executive Director, Central Region |
100 General Building |
50.06 |
|
20/14 |
KJWW Engineering Consultants
Rock Island, Ill. | kjww.com Paul VanDuyne, President |
91 General Building 7 Industrial Process 1 Other |
49.97 |
|
21/15 |
Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Springfield, Ill. | hanson-inc.com Sergio Pecori, President & CEO |
76 Transportation 7 General Building 7 Power |
46.89 |
|
22/— |
SmithGroupJJR
Detroit | smithgroupjjr.com Carl Roehling, President & CEO |
85 General Building 13 Master Plan/Site 1 Other |
46.33 |
|
23/20 |
GPD Group
Akron, Ohio | GPDGroup.com Darrin Kotecki, President |
33 Transportation 28 Telecommunications 20 General Building |
45.91 |
|
24/16 |
Terracon Consultants Inc.
Olathe, Kan. | terracon.com Dan Israel, North Central Op. Group Manager |
61 General Building 9 Other 7 Power |
44.14 |
|
25/— |
CHA Consulting Inc.
Indianapolis | chacompanies.com Michael DeVoy, Vice President, Dir. of Aviation |
75 Transportation 17 General Building 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
42.20 |
|
26/21 |
Mead & Hunt Inc.*
Madison, Wis. | meadhunt.com Rajan Sheth, CEO |
75 Transportation 7 General Building 7 Industrial Process |
41.14 |
|
27/23 |
Patrick Engineering Inc.
Lisle, Ill. | patrickco.com Daniel P. Dietzler, CEO |
46 Transportation 29 Other 15 Power |
40.27 |
|
28/33 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Chicago | scb.com John C. Lahey, Chairman |
84 General Building 13 Other 2 Transportation |
39.44 |
|
29/29 |
ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.)
Chicago | esdglobal.com Raj Gupta, CEO |
78 General Building 21 Telecommunications 1 Transportation |
37.66 |
|
30/— |
ms consultants inc.
Columbus, Akron and Youngstown, Ohio | msconsultants.com Thomas E. Mosure, President & Chairman |
53 Transportation 22 General Building 13 Water Supply |
33.46 |
|
31/— |
Lawrence Group
St. Louis | thelawrencegroup.com Steve Smith, CEO |
100 General Building |
31.84 |
|
32/24 |
GRAEF Milwaukee | graef-usa.com John H. Kissinger, CEO |
36 Transportation 29 General Building 14 Master Plan/Site |
30.43 |
|
32/— |
Soil and Materials Engineers Inc.
Plymouth, Mich. | sme-usa.com Mark K. Kramer, President & CEO |
26 Hazardous Waste 25 General Building 22 Transportation |
30.43 |
|
34/27 |
Farnsworth Group Inc.
Bloomington, Ill. | f-w.com Karen M. Jensen, President & CEO |
43 General Building 17 Petroleum 13 Master Plan/Site |
30.13 |
|
35/19 |
BSA LifeStructures
Indianapolis | bsalifestructures.com Keith Smith, President |
100 General Building |
29.74 |
|
36/— |
Michael Baker International
Chicago | mbakerintl.com Jeff Campbell, Senior VP, Central Region Mngr. |
84 Transportation 8 Hazardous Waste 6 Water Supply |
27.65 |
|
37/31 |
V3 Cos.
Woodridge, Ill.| V3CO.com Robin L. Petroelje, President |
48 Transportation 38 General Building 7 Other |
27.63 |
|
38/25 |
Bernardin Lochmueller & Associates Inc.
Evansville, Ind. | blainc.com Keith Lochmueller, CEO & Chairman |
84 Transportation 6 Other 5 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
26.71 |
|
39/26 |
Perkins+Will
Chicago | perkinswill.com Gina Berndt, Principal, Managing Director |
100 General Building |
26.64 |
|
40/44 |
PCI Skanska
Evansville, Ind. | usa.skanska.com Jeffrey Deig, President |
55 Industrial Process 33 Power 12 Manufacturing |
26.48 |
|
41/50 |
Surveying and Mapping Inc. (SAM Inc.)
Westerville, Ohio | saminc.biz Kevin Richardson, Office Manager |
58 Petroleum 42 Power |
25.78 |
|
42/— |
Superior Engineering
Hammond, Ind. | superiorengineering.com Thomas J. Gyure, General Manager |
74 Petroleum 20 Industrial Process 3 Power |
25.28 |
|
43/32 |
Ayres Associates
Eau Claire, Wis. | AyresAssociates.com Thomas Pulse, President |
51 Transportation 21 Other 10 General Building |
24.86 |
|
44/43 |
FGM Architects Inc.*
Oak Brook, Ill. | fgmarchitects.com John F. Ochoa, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
23.50 |
|
45/— |
Harley Ellis Devereaux
Southfield, Mich. | harleyellisdevereaux.com Gary Skog, Chairman & CEO |
96 General Building 4 Manufacturing |
23.46 |
|
46/35 |
Heapy Engineering
Dayton, Ohio | heapy.com Richard L. Pavlak, President |
96 General Building 3 Telecommunications 1 Transportation |
23.29 |
|
47/37 |
McMahon* Neenah, Wis. | mcmgrp.com Denny Lamers, President |
48 Sewerage/Solid Waste 15 Transportation 15 General Building |
22.00 |
|
48/— |
Primera Engineers
Chicago | primeraeng.com Michael F. DeSantiago, President & CEO, Energy & Built Environment, and Pedro Cevallos-Candau, President & CEO, Transportation & Infrastructure |
44 General Building 29 Transportation 27 Power |
21.90 |
|
49/36 |
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
Northbrook, Ill. | wje.com Gary Klein, Executive VP, Senior Principal |
88 General Building 8 Transportation 3 Industrial Process |
21.83 |
|
50/81 |
Symbiont - Science, Engineering and Construction Inc. Milwaukee | symbiontonline.com Edward T. Manning Jr., President |
70 Sewerage/Solid Waste 20 General Building 10 Industrial Process |
20.30 |
|
51/34 |
Affiliated Engineers Inc.*
Madison, Wis. | aeieng.com David Odegard, Principal |
78 General Building 10 Manufacturing 5 Power |
20.25 |
|
52/22 |
Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.
St. Louis | hok.com Patrick MacLeamy, CEO |
98 General Building 1 Telecommunications 1 Manufacturing |
20.00 |
|
53/52 |
Stanley Consultants
Chicago | stanleyconsultants.com Bruce Worthington, Vice President |
52 Transportation 47 Power 1 Water Supply |
19.89 |
|
54/— |
Beam, Longest and Neff
Indianapolis | B-L-N.com James B. Longest, President |
96 Transportation 4 Water Supply |
19.43 |
|
55/47 |
Excel Engineering Inc. Fond du Lac, Wis. | excelengineer.com Jeff Quast, President |
69 General Building 31 Industrial Process |
19.30 |
|
56/62 |
Vocon Cleveland | vocon.com Debbie Donley, Principal |
100 General Building |
19.21 |
|
57/49 |
DLR Group*
Chicago | dlrgroup.com Corey Wieseman, Principal |
100 General Building |
19.07 |
|
58/38 |
Wight & Co.
Darien, Ill. | wightco.com Mark Wight, Chairman & CEO |
77 General Building 20 Transportation 2 Master Plan/Site |
18.69 |
|
59/30 |
Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Chicago | Thorntontomasetti.com Faz Ehsan, Senior Principal |
96 General Building 3 Transportation 1 Telecommunications |
17.83 |
|
60/39 |
Clark Dietz Inc.
Champaign, Ill. | clarkdietz.com John I. Boldt, CEO |
37 Transportation 25 Other 19 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
17.80 |
|
61/55 |
Process Plus
Cincinnati | processplus.com Jeffrey G. Rankin, President |
100 Industrial Process |
17.60 |
|
62/42 |
Collins Engineers Inc.
Chicago | collinsengr.com Thomas J. Collins, President |
94 Transportation 2 Petroleum 2 General Building |
17.27 |
|
63/41 |
United Consulting
Indianapolis | ucindy.com Dave Richter, President |
78 Transportation 22 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
16.50 |
|
64/61 |
Manhard Consulting
Vernon Hills, Ill. | manhard.com Donald Manhard Jr., President |
89 General Building 5 Sewerage/Solid Waste 4 Water Supply |
16.45 |
|
65/— |
Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc.
Milwaukee | zastudios.com David Stroik, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
15.99 |
|
66/46 |
H.W. Lochner Inc.
Chicago | hwlochner.com Frank Powers, Senior Vice President |
100 Transportation |
15.95 |
|
67/45 |
Donohue & Associates Inc.
Sheboygan, Wis. | donohue-associates.com Craig W. Brunner, President |
83 Sewerage/Solid Waste 8 Transportation 6 Water Supply |
15.19 |
|
68/57 |
Resource International Inc.*
Columbus, Ohio | resourceinternational.com Farah B. Majidzadeh, Chairperson & CEO |
67 Transportation 15 Sewerage/Solid Waste 14 General Building |
15.08 |
|
69/48 |
Henneman Engineering Inc.
Champaign, Ill. | henneman.com Michael J. Henneman, CEO |
76 General Building 22 Industrial Process 2 Other |
15.00 |
|
70/63 |
RATIO Architects Inc.
Indianapolis | RATIOarchitects.com William A. Browne Jr., Founding Principal & President |
98 General Building 2 Master Plan/Site |
14.90 |
|
71/— |
CSO Architects*
Indianapolis | csoinc.net Jim Schellinger, Chairman & CEO |
99 General Building 1 Industrial Process |
14.59 |
|
72/54 |
Schmidt Associates Inc.
Indianapolis | schmidt-arch.com Wayne S. Schmidt, CEO |
100 General Building |
14.50 |
|
73/58 |
Legat Architects Inc.
Chicago | legat.com Patrick Brosnan, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
14.31 |
|
74/59 |
VOA Associates Inc.*
Chicago | voa.com Michael Toolis, Chairman & CEO |
100 General Building |
14.30 |
|
75/40 |
Fanning/Howey Associates Inc.
Celina, Ohio | fhai.com Daniel R. Mader, Chairman & CEO |
89 General Building 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste 4 Transportation |
14.25 |
|
76/64 |
Westlake Reed Leskosky
Cleveland | wrldesign.com/ Paul E. Westlake Jr., Managing Prinicpal |
100 General Building |
13.63 |
|
77/60 |
Anderson Mikos Architects
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. | andersonmikos.com David E. Mikos, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
13.16 |
|
78/50 |
Geosyntec Consultants
Oak Brook, Ill. | geosyntec.com Susan Hill, Vice President |
51 Hazardous Waste 23 Power 9 Petroleum |
12.68 |
|
79/71 |
Shive-Hattery Inc.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa | shive-hattery.com James A. Lee, President |
59 General Building 16 Telecommunications 14 Industrial Process |
12.37 |
|
80/— |
SHW Group
Berkley, Mich. | shwgroup.com Marjorie K. Simmons, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
12.26 |
|
81/53 |
Greeley and Hansen
Chicago | greeley-hansen.com Andrew W. Richardson, CEO |
92 Sewerage/Solid Waste 8 Transportation |
12.24 |
|
82/65 |
Cordogan Clark & Associates Inc.
Aurora, Ill. | cordoganclark.com John Cordogan, Principal |
99 General Building 1 Master Plan/Site |
11.31 |
|
83/69 |
STV* Chicago | stvinc.com Dennis D. Ramm, Senior Vice President |
74 Transportation 20 Petroleum 6 General Building |
10.88 |
|
84/73 |
STR Partners
Chicago | strpartners.com Jan T. Taniguchi, CEO & Principal |
97 General Building 2 Manufacturing 1 Power |
10.59 |
|
85/66 |
Dewberry Peoria, Ill. | dewberry.com Donald Z. White, Principal |
96 General Building 3 Transportation 1 Manufacturing |
10.43 |
|
86/— |
Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.
Chicago | kimley-horn.com Fred Schwartz, Senior Vice President |
50 Transportation 45 General Building 5 Water Supply |
10.32 |
|
87/— |
GEI Consultants Inc.
Libertyville, Ill. | geiconsultants.com Michael Gatzow, Central Region Manager, Senior Vice President |
48 General Building 14 Industrial Process 13 Water Supply |
10.19 |
|
88/67 |
RJN Group Inc.
Wheaton, Ill. | rjn.com Alan J. Hollenbeck, President & CEO |
99 Sewerage/Solid Waste 1 Water Supply |
10.01 |
|
89/68 |
Korda/Nemeth Engineering Inc.
Columbus, Ohio | korda.com Brian Braaksma, President |
75 General Building 17 Master Plan/Site 9 Transportation |
10.00 |
|
90/— |
CTLGroup Skokie, Ill. | CTLGroup.com Wm. Brent Nixon, President & CEO |
37 General Building 28 Transportation 13 Other |
9.56 |
|
91/84 |
Hatch Mott MacDonald
Cleveland | hatchmott.com Michael G. Vitale, Senior Vice President |
39 Petroleum 32 Sewerage/Solid Waste 28 Transportation |
9.05 |
|
92/77 |
Walker Parking Consulting
Elgin, Ill. | walkerparking.com Thomas L. Hannula, Senior Vice President |
100 General Building |
8.58 |
|
93/— |
Bowman Consulting
Chicago | bowmanconsulting.com Matt Letson, Vice President, Branch Manager |
71 Petroleum 20 General Building 9 Transportation |
8.30 |
|
94/76 |
DLA Architects
Itasca, Ill. | dla-ltd.com Bruce R. Dahlquist, President |
100 General Building |
7.68 |
|
95/70 |
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Chicago | esadesign.com Gregory Trzupek, COO |
100 General Building |
7.30 |
|
96/89 |
Forum Studio Inc.
St. Louis | forumstudio.com Christopher Cedergreen, President |
100 General Building |
6.99 |
|
97/92 |
Ross & Baruzzini Inc.
St. Louis | rossbar.com Craig A. Toder, President & CEO |
90 General Building 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste 2 Transportation |
6.91 |
|
98/95 |
Bray Architects
Sheboygan, Wis. | brayarch.com Mattthew Wolfert, Principal,President |
100 General Building |
6.83 |
|
99/74 |
TMP Architecture Inc.*
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. | tmp-architecture.com Timothy A. Casai, President |
100 General Building |
6.75 |
|
100/78 |
RS&H Inc.
Chicago | rsandh.com Preston W. Keefe, Vice President |
100 Transportation |
6.56 |
|
101/97 |
KZF Design
Cincinnati | kzf.com Robert B. Steele, President & CEO |
88 General Building 8 Transportation 2 Water Supply |
6.55 |
|
102/85 |
Atkins North America*
Tampa, Fla. | northamerica.atkinsglobal.com Joe Boyer, CEO, North America |
48 Transportation 26 Water Supply 23 General Building |
6.53 |
|
103/— |
FitzGerald Associates Architects
Chicago | FitzGeraldAssociates.net Patrick FitzGerald, Chairman & Managing Principal |
100 General Building |
6.02 |
|
104/72 |
Chipman Design Architecture Inc.
Des Plaines, Ill. | chipmandesignarch.com John A Chipman, CEO & Founding Principal |
100 General Building |
5.20 |
|
105/— |
Browning Day Mullins Dierdorf Architects
Indianapolis | bdmd.com John M. Dierdorf, CEO |
100 General Building |
5.12 |
|
106/75 |
Partners by Design
Chicago | pbdinc.com Ron Carlson, Founder & Principal |
99 General Building 1 Industrial Process |
5.02 |
|
107/83 |
Potter Lawson Inc.
Madison, Wis. | potterlawson.com Eric D. Lawson, President & CEO |
99 General Building 1 Master Plan/Site |
4.94 |
|
108/91 |
Goettsch Partners Inc.
Chicago | gpchicago.com James Goettsch, Chairman & CEO |
100 General Building |
4.92 |
|
109/94 |
Zachry Holdings Inc.
Cincinnati | hi.com Steve Brauer, President |
55 Power 42 Other 3 Transportation |
4.69 |
|
110/— |
Bostwick Design Partnership
Cleveland | bostwickdesign.com Robert L. Bostwick, President & Director of Design |
100 General Building |
4.57 |
|
111/— |
TR,i Architects
St. Louis | triarchitects.com Rich Obertino, Co-President |
97 General Building 3 Other |
4.26 |
|
112/80 |
Perkins Eastman
Chicago | perkinseastman.com Jerry Walleck, Principal |
100 General Building |
4.12 |
|
113/93 |
Smith Seckman Reid Inc.*
Nashville | ssr-inc.com Laura Ludwig, Principal |
100 General Building |
3.57 |
|
114/86 |
BNIM Kansas City, Mo. | bnim.com Steve McDowell, President |
45 General Building 31 Transportation 15 Other |
3.40 |
|
115/99 |
Gray Design Group
St. Louis | graydesigngroup.com Wendy B. Gray, President |
100 General Building |
2.83 |
|
116/— |
Wilson & Co., Engineers & Architects
Albuquerque | wilsonco.com Troy Eisenbraun, Associate Vice President |
64 Transportation 28 Other 4 Water Supply |
2.62 |
|
117/98 |
CASCO Diversified Corp.
St. Louis | cascocorp.com Daniel M. Birke, Vice President |
96 General Building 4 Industrial Process |
2.55 |
|
118/— |
Austin Building and Design Inc. dba The Austin Co.
Cleveland | theaustin.com Michael G. Pierce, President, and Philip J. Todd, Senior Vice President Operations |
71 General Building 22 Industrial Process 6 Manufacturing |
2.05 |
|
119/— |
NGC Greenwood, Ind. | ngc.aero Deanne Ross, President |
100 Transportation |
2.00 |
|
120/103 |
The Korte Co.
St. Louis | korteco.com Todd Korte, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
1.96 |
|
121/102 |
M.E. GROUP Inc.
Chicago | megroup.com Ravi Maniktala, President |
99 General Building 1 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
1.38 |
|
122/— |
EWR Associates Inc.
Fairview Heights, Ill. | ewrassociates.com E. William Reichert III, President |
100 General Building |
1.33 |
|
123/104 |
4240 Architecture
Chicago | 4240architecture.com Thomas Brauer, Principal & Vice President |
92 General Building 8 Master Plan/Site |
0.79 |