The Top Design Firms list, published annually, ranks the largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.

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ENR Midwest Top Design Firms Rankings By Market Sectors 2014

Hospitality

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Vocon	9.61
2	Gensler	4.60
3	AECOM Technology Corp.	4.40
4	ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.)	3.34
5	American Structurepoint Inc.	1.82

Health Care

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Lawrence Group	22.14
2	BSA LifeStructures	21.57
3	Cannon Design	20.62
4	KJWW Engineering Consultants	17.37
5	Anderson Mikos Architects	13.16
6	HDR	12.76
7	Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum Inc.	12.69
8	SmithGroupJJR	11.21
9	Heapy Engineering	10.21
10	Harley Ellis Devereaux	8.48

Telecommunications

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	GPD Group	12.73
2	ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.)	7.98
3	American Structurepoint Inc.	2.17
4	Shive-Hattery Inc.	2.03
5	Gensler	1.80

R&D Facilities

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	SmithGroupJJR	8.65
2	Stantec	6.17
3	Harley Ellis Devereaux	3.37
4	Affiliated Engineers Inc.	2.79
5	Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc.	2.72

Multi-Unit Residential

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	10.87
2	FitzGerald Associates Architects	5.43
3	Harley Ellis Devereaux	4.26
4	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.	3.77
5	Manhard Consulting	3.53
6	CSO Architects	3.35
7	Excel Engineering Inc.	2.90
8	RATIO Architects Inc.	2.65
9	Lawrence Group	2.49
10	Terracon Consultants Inc.	2.32

Hazardous Waste

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	ARCADIS U.S.	109.80
2	AECOM Technology Corp.	37.79
3	Burns & McDonnell	20.16
4	Cardno	9.58
5	Soil and Materials Engineers Inc.	7.85
6	Geosyntec Consultants	6.48
7	DLZ Corp.	2.16
8	Michael Baker International	2.13
9	HDR	1.97
10	Hanson Professional Services Inc.	0.66

Retail

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Gensler	12.50
2	Terracon Consultants Inc.	11.97
3	GPD Group	6.66
4	Manhard Consulting	5.40
5	Chipman Design Architecture Inc.	5.20
6	ms consultants inc.	4.28
7	Stantec	3.65
8	V3 Cos.	3.40
9	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.	3.28
10	Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.	3.09

Master-Planned Development/Site Infrastructure

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Cardno	12.78
2	SmithGroupJJR	6.17
3	GRAEF	4.13
4	Farnsworth Group Inc.	3.88
5	Stantec	3.63

Sports/Recreation

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	AECOM Technology Corp.	9.94
2	ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.)	3.22
3	Thornton Tomasetti Inc.	2.89
4	Gensler	2.20
5	KZF Design	1.91

Manufacturing

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Ghafari Associates	69.16
2	Soil and Materials Engineers Inc.	3.50
3	American Structurepoint Inc.	3.25
4	PCI Skanska	3.07
5	Affiliated Engineers Inc.	2.00
6	GRAEF	1.80
7	Stantec	1.70
8	Burns & McDonnell	1.58
9	Terracon Consultants Inc.	1.35
10	Harley Ellis Devereaux	1.04

Petroleum

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	Stantec	20.92
2	Superior Engineering	18.70
3	Surveying and Mapping Inc. (SAM Inc.)	15.07
4	Burns & McDonnell	14.80
5	Cardno	9.58
6	Bowman Consulting	5.86
7	DLZ Corp.	5.49
8	Farnsworth Group Inc.	5.12
9	GPD Group	4.62
10	Hatch Mott MacDonald	3.53

Sewerage/Solid Waste

Rank	Firm	($ Mil)
1	DLZ Corp.	28.89
2	AECOM Technology Corp.	27.71
3	ARCADIS U.S.	26.69
4	Strand Associates Inc.	21.11
5	MWH Global Inc.	19.10
6	HDR	19.04
7	Symbiont - Science, Engineering & Construction Inc.	14.30
8	Donohue & Associates Inc.	12.55
9	HNTB Corp.	12.39
10	Greeley and Hansen	11.23
11	McMahon	10.50
12	RJN Group Inc.	9.91
13	Stantec	7.11
14	American Structurepoint Inc.	6.94
15	Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc.	6.72
16	United Consulting	3.70
17	Clark Dietz Inc.	3.44
18	Hatch Mott MacDonald	2.91
19	ms consultants inc.	2.83
20	CHA Consulting Inc.	2.50