Midwest Top Design Firms 2015
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 2015
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Rank 2015/2014
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Company / Location / Website
Top Officer |
Top Three Market Sectors
by % of Revenue** |
Regional Rev.
2014 ($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
1/1 |
AECOM*
Chicago | aecom.com Michael Just, Executive Vice President, Midwest Region |
40 Transportation 15 General Building 10 Hazardous Waste |
430.54 |
2/6 |
Burns & McDonnell
Downers Grove, Ill. | burnsmcd.com Scott Newland, VP, General Manager, Chicago Region |
42 Power 28 Hazardous Waste 11 Petroleum |
269.64 |
3/2 |
ARCADIS US/RTKL/Callison
Highlands Ranch, Colo. | arcadis-us.com John Jastrem, CEO |
67 Hazardous Waste 15 Water Supply 8 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
152.85 |
4/4 |
HNTB Corp.
Milwaukee | hntb.com Matthew T. Hintze, Senior Vice President |
91 Transportation 5 Sewerage/Solid Waste 3 Water Supply |
139.82 |
5/5 |
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
Chicago | wspgroup.com; parsonsbrinckerhoff.com John Trotta, Senior Vice President |
92 Transportation 4 General Building 1 Industrial Process |
131.08 |
6/7 |
MWH Global
Broomfield, Colo. | mwhglobal.com Alan Krause, CEO |
50 Power 30 Water Supply 20 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
119.83 |
7/8 |
Stantec
Columbus, Ohio | stantec.com Elie Sabbagh, Vice President |
29 General Building 20 Petroleum 14 Water Supply |
112.09 |
8/— |
Ambitech Engineering Corp.
Downers Grove, Ill. | ambitech.com Allan Koenig, CEO |
70 Petroleum 30 Industrial Process |
101.29 |
9/10 |
Ghafari Associates
Dearborn, Mich. | ghafari.com Yousif B. Ghafari, Chairman |
69 Manufacturing 18 General Building 11 Industrial Process |
95.30 |
10/9 |
DLZ Corp.
South Bend, Ind. | dlz.com Joseph C. Zwierzynski, COO |
42 Transportation 29 Sewerage/Solid Waste 9 General Building |
90.46 |
11/11 |
Gensler Chicago | gensler.com Lamar A. Johnson and Nila R. Leiserowitz, Principals, Co-Managing Directors |
91 General Building 8 Other 1 Transportation |
75.85 |
12/12 |
Cardno* Lone Tree, Colo. | cardno.com Paul Gardiner, President, Americas Region |
20 Industrial Process 20 Master Plan/Site 15 Petroleum |
70.24 |
13/14 |
American Structurepoint Inc.
Indianapolis | structurepoint.com Willis R. Conner, President & COO |
50 Transportation 21 General Building 12 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
68.55 |
14/19 |
CannonDesign Chicago | CannonDesign.com James M. Stevenson, Executive Dir., Central Region |
98 General Building 1 Master Plan/Site 1 Other |
66.40 |
15/15 |
Strand Associates Inc.
Madison, Wis. | strand.com Phil E. Budde, President |
45 Sewerage/Solid Waste 38 Transportation 7 Water Supply |
56.51 |
16/23 |
GPD Group
Akron, Ohio | gpdgroup.com Darrin Kotecki, President |
45 Transportation 33 General Building 9 Telecommunications |
53.32 |
17/24 |
Terracon Consultants Inc.
Olathe, Kan. | terracon.com George Cozart, Executive Vice President |
55 General Building 11 Power 8 Transportation |
49.74 |
18/16 |
Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc.
Springfield, Ill. | cmtengr.com Dan Meckes, Chairman, President & CEO |
73 Transportation 15 Sewerage/Solid Waste 9 Water Supply |
46.82 |
19/22 |
SmithGroupJJR Detroit | smithgroupjjr.com Carl Roehling, President & CEO |
94 General Building 6 Other |
46.05 |
20/17 |
Alfred Benesch & Co.
Chicago | benesch.com Kevin J. Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President |
97 Transportation 2 Sewerage/Solid Waste 1 General Building |
45.19 |
21/27 |
Patrick Engineering Inc.
Lisle, Ill. | patrickengineering.com Daniel P. Dietzler, CEO |
51 Transportation 26 Power 10 GIS, Project Controls |
43.61 |
22/— |
Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber Inc.
Grand Rapids, Mich. | ftch.com James A. Susan, President |
53 General Building 22 Transportation 10 Water Supply |
43.17 |
23/26 |
Mead & Hunt Inc.*
Middleton, Wis. | meadhunt.com Rajan Sheth, CEO |
74 Transportation 10 General Building 4 Industrial Process |
42.64 |
24/18 |
Woolpert Inc.
Dayton, Ohio | woolpert.com Paul Grodecki, CEO |
47 Geospatial Services 38 General Building 15 Transportation |
41.58 |
25/34 |
Farnsworth Group Inc.
Bloomington, Ill. | f-w.com Karen M. Jensen, President & CEO |
40 General Building 21 Master Plan/Site 15 Petroleum |
41.10 |
26/21 |
Hanson Professional Services Inc.
Springfield, Ill. | hanson-inc.com Sergio Pecori, President & CEO |
74 Transportation 15 Power 5 General Building |
40.37 |
27/20 |
KJWW Engineering Consultants
Rock Island, Ill. | kjww.com Paul VanDuyne, President |
91 General Building 7 Industrial Process 1 Transportation |
40.17 |
28/32 |
SME Plymouth, Mich. | sme-usa.com Mark K. Kramer, President & CEO |
29 Hazardous Waste 26 General Building 22 Transportation |
31.80 |
29/39 |
Perkins+Will
Chicago | perkinswill.com Gina Berndt, Managing Director |
100 General Building |
31.76 |
30/62 |
Collins Engineers Inc.
Chicago | collinsengr.com Thomas J. Collins, President |
96 Transportation 2 Petroleum 1 General Building |
31.66 |
31/29 |
ESD (Environmental Systems Design Inc.)
Chicago | esdglobal.com Raj Gupta, CEO |
80 General Building 17 Telecommunications 2 Manufacturing |
30.84 |
32/32 |
GRAEF Milwaukee | graef-usa.com John H. Kissinger, CEO |
37 Transportation 36 General Building 14 Master Plan/Site |
29.61 |
33/37 |
V3 COs. Ltd.
Woodridge, Ill. | v3co.com Robin L. Petroelje, President |
42 Transportation 40 General Building 11 Other |
29.22 |
34/48 |
Primera Engineers
Chicago | primeraeng.com Michael F. DeSantiago and Pedro J. Cevallos-Candau, Co-Presidents and CEOs |
39 Power 33 Transportation 28 General Building |
27.77 |
35/— |
Lochmueller Group Inc.
Evansville, Ind. | lochgroup.com Keith Lochmueller, Chairman & CEO |
62 Transportation 22 Master Plan/Site 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
26.85 |
36/28 |
Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Chicago | scb.com John C. Lahey, Chairman |
84 General Building 10 Planning 4 Transportation |
26.43 |
37/43 |
Ayres Associates
Eau Claire, Wis. | AyresAssociates.com Thomas Pulse, President |
49 Transportation 23 Mapping; Water Resources 10 General Building |
26.22 |
37/74 |
VOA Associates Inc.*
Chicago | voa.com Percy Roberts, President & COO |
100 General Building |
26.22 |
39/87 |
GEI Consultants Inc.
Vernon Hills, Ill. | geiconsultants.com Michael Gatzow, Senior Vice President |
35 General Building 28 Hazardous Waste 12 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
24.80 |
40/36 |
Michael Baker International
Moon Township, Pa. | mbakerintl.com Jeff Campbell, Senior Vice President, Great Lakes Reg. |
91 Transportation 4 Hazardous Waste 2 Water Supply |
24.66 |
41/76 |
Westlake Reed Leskosky
Cleveland | wrldesign.com Paul Westlake Jr., Managing Principal |
100 General Building |
24.35 |
42/49 |
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc.
Northbrook, Ill. | wje.com Gary Klein, Executive Vice President & Sr. Principal |
84 General Building 10 Transportation 5 Manufacturing |
24.28 |
43/45 |
Harley Ellis Devereaux
Southfield, Mich. | harleyellisdevereaux.com Enrique Suarez, Managing Principal |
100 General Building |
24.00 |
44/46 |
Heapy Engineering
Dayton, Ohio | heapy.com Richard L. Pavlak, President |
95 General Building 5 Telecommunications |
23.13 |
45/47 |
McMahon Associates Inc.*
Neenah, Wis.| mcmgrp.com Denny Lamers, President & CEO |
47 Sewerage/Solid Waste 14 Transportation 14 General Building |
23.00 |
46/42 |
Superior Engineering
Hammond, Ind. | superiorengineering.com Thomas J. Gyure, General Manager |
69 Petroleum 22 Industrial Process 4 Power |
22.75 |
47/55 |
Excel Engineering Inc.
Fond du Lac, Wis. | excelengineer.com Jeff Quast, President |
58 General Building 22 Industrial Process 16 Manufacturing |
22.47 |
48/— |
Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc. (SEH)*
St. Paul, Minn. | sehinc.com Sam Claassen, President & CEO |
52 Transportation 19 General Building 14 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
22.20 |
49/58 |
Wight & Co.
Darien, Ill. | wightco.com Mark Wight, Chairman & CEO |
69 General Building 28 Transportation 2 Master Plan/Site |
22.01 |
50/44 |
FGM Architects Inc.*
Oak Brook, Ill. | fgmarchitects.com John F. Ochoa, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
21.35 |
51/54 |
Beam, Longest and Neff
Indianapolis | B-L-N.com James B. Longest, President |
100 Transportation |
21.10 |
52/57 |
DLR Group*
Chicago | dlrgroup.com Andy Anderson, Senior Principal |
100 General Building |
20.21 |
53/51 |
Affiliated Engineers Inc.*
Madison, Wis. | aeieng.com David Odegard, Principal |
76 General Building 10 Manufacturing 9 Industrial Process |
19.80 |
53/63 |
United Consulting
Indianapolis | ucindy.com Dave Richter, President |
71 Transportation 15 Water Supply 14 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
19.80 |
55/33 |
Stanley Consultants
Chicago | stanleyconsultants.com Bruce Worthington, Vice President |
55 Power 41 Transportation 2 Water Supply |
19.48 |
56/31 |
Lawrence Group
St. Louis | thelawrencegroup.com Steve Smith, CEO |
100 General Building |
19.12 |
57/52 |
HOK St. Louis | hok.com Patrick MacLeamy, CEO |
99 General Building 1 Transportation |
19.03 |
58/65 |
Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc.
Milwaukee | zastudios.com Dave Stroik President & CEO |
100 General Building |
18.98 |
59/— |
Commonwealth Associates Inc.
Jackson, Mich. | cai-engr.com Dennis F. DeCosta, President |
100 Power |
18.93 |
60/— |
Albert Kahn Family of Cos. (Kahn)
Detroit | albertkahn.com Alan H. Cobb, President & CEO |
80 General Building 20 Manufacturing |
18.20 |
61/66 |
H.W. Lochner Inc.
Chicago | hwlochner.com Frank Powers, Senior Vice President |
100 Transportation |
17.94 |
62/— |
GAI Consultants Inc.
Fort Wayne, Ind. | gaiconsultants.com John W. Edwards, Vice President |
31 Power 19 Transportation 18 Petroleum |
17.79 |
63/41 |
Surveying And Mapping (SAM)
Westerville, Ohio | sam.biz Kevin Richardson, Office Manager |
78 Petroleum 19 Power 3 Transportation |
17.57 |
64/64 |
Manhard Consulting
Vernon Hills, Ill. | Manhard.com Donald Manhard Jr., President |
97 General Building 1 Transportation 1 Water Supply |
17.14 |
65/79 |
Shive-Hattery Inc.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa | shive-hattery.com James A. Lee, President |
59 General Building 16 Industrial Process 13 Telecommunications |
16.79 |
66/73 |
Legat Architects Inc.
Chicago | legat.com Patrick Brosnan, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
16.39 |
67/67 |
Donohue & Associates Inc.
Sheboygan, Wis. | donohue-associates.com Craig W. Brunner, President |
72 Sewerage/Solid Waste 13 Water Supply 11 Transportation |
16.27 |
68/59 |
Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Chicago | thorntontomasetti.com Faz Ehsan, Senior Principal |
98 General Building 1 Transportation 1 Telecommunications |
16.24 |
69/61 |
Process Plus
Cincinnati | processplus.com Grant Mitchell, President |
100 Industrial Process |
16.10 |
70/40 |
PCI Skanska
Evansville, Ind. | usa.skanska.com Jeff Deig, President |
52 Industrial Process 36 Power 7 General Building |
15.93 |
71/68 |
Resource International Inc.*
Columbus, Ohio | resourceinternational.com Farah B. Majidzadeh, Chairperson & CEO |
69 Transportation 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste 13 General Building |
15.90 |
72/83 |
STV*
Chicago | stvinc.com Dennis D. Ramm, Senior Vice President |
81 Transportation 16 Petroleum 3 General Building |
15.83 |
73/75/div> |
Fanning/Howey Associates Inc.
Celina, Ohio | fhai.com William E. Payne, CEO |
97 General Building 2 Transportation 1 Water Supply |
14.81 |
74/70 |
RATIO Architects Inc.
Indianapolis | ratiodesign.com Bill Browne, Founding Principal |
97 General Building 2 Transportation 1 Manufacturing |
14.44 |
75/81 |
Greeley and Hansen
Chicago | Greeley-Hansen.com Andrew W. Richardson, Chairman & CEO |
96 Sewerage/Solid Waste 4 Water Supply |
13.91 |
76/85 |
Dewberry
Peoria, Ill. | dewberry.com Donald Z. White, Principal |
86 General Building 7 Water Supply 4 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
13.82 |
77/108 |
Goettsch Partners Inc.
Chicago | gpchicago.com James Goettsch, Chairman & CEO |
100 General Building |
12.33 |
78/— |
BLDD Architects Inc.
Decatur, Ill. | BLDD.com Steven Oliver, President |
100 General Building |
12.30 |
79/86 |
Kimley-Horn
Chicago | kimley-horn.com Bill Dvorak, Senior Vice President |
49 General Building 48 Transportation 3 Water Supply |
12.18 |
80/77 |
Anderson Mikos Architects
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. | andersonmikos.com Dave E. Mikos, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
12.12 |
81/69 |
Henneman Engineering Inc.
Champaign, Ill. | henneman.com Michael J. Henneman, CEO |
71 General Building 13 Power 13 Industrial Process |
12.00 |
82/56 |
Vocon Cleveland | vocon.com Deborah V. Donley, Principal |
100 General Building |
11.97 |
83/91 |
Hatch Mott MacDonald
Cleveland | hatchmott.com Michael G. Vitale, Senior Vice President |
34 Sewerage/Solid Waste 33 Petroleum 30 Transportation |
11.59 |
84/99 |
TMP Architecture Inc.*
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. | tmp-architecture.com Timothy A. Casai, President |
100 General Building |
11.45 |
85/100 |
RS&H Inc.
Chicago | rsandh.com Preston W. Keefe, Vice President |
100 Transportation |
11.00 |
86/72 |
SCHMIDT Associates
Indianapolis | schmidt-arch.com Wayne Schmidt, Principal & CEO |
100 General Building |
10.82 |
87/84 |
STR Partners
Chicago | strpartners.com Jan T. Taniguchi, Principal |
96 General Building 2 Manufacturing 1 Power |
10.64 |
88/102 |
Atkins North America*
Madison, Wis. | atkinsglobal.com/en-GB/north-america Joe Boyer, CEO |
35 Transportation 30 General Building 14 Water Supply |
10.56 |
89/89 |
Korda/Nemeth Engineering Inc.
Columbus, Ohio | korda.com Brian Braaksma, President |
100 General Building |
10.15 |
90/95 |
Eckenhoff Saunders Architects
Chicago | esadesign.com Gregory Trzupek, COO |
100 General Building |
9.66 |
91/— |
Electrical Consultants Inc.
Madison, Wis. | electricalconsultantsinc.com Robert C. Delaney, Vice President, Substation Engineering |
94 Power 6 Petroleum |
8.90 |
92/94 |
DLA Architects
Itasca, Ill. | dla-ltd.com Bruce R. Dahlquist, President |
100 General Building |
8.74 |
93/90 |
CTLGroup Skokie, Ill. | ctlgroup.com Brent Nixon, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
8.39 |
94/92 |
Walker Parking Consultants
Elgin, Ill. | walkerparking.com Thomas L. Hannula, Senior Vice President |
100 General Building |
8.12 |
95/101 |
KZF Design
Cincinnati | kzf.com Robert Steele, President & CEO |
70 General Building 17 Manufacturing 13 Transportation |
7.77 |
96/97 |
Ross & Baruzzini Inc.
St. Louis | rossbar.com Craig A. Toder, President & CEO |
89 General Building 7 Sewerage/Solid Waste 3 Transportation |
7.54 |
97/— |
Hollis + Miller Architects
Overland Park, Kan. | hollisandmiller.com John Southard, President of Business Operations |
100 General Building |
7.20 |
97/— |
Chastain & Associates
Decatur, Ill. | HLCLLP.com Daniel T. Jedrzejak, Principal |
97 Transportation 3 Water Supply |
7.20 |
99/— |
Nelson Worldwide Inc.
Chicago | NELSONonline.com Mitchell Cohen, Managing Principal |
94 General Building 6 Telecommunications |
6.70 |
100/— |
MSA Architects
Cincinnati | msaarch.com Michael Schuster, President |
78 General Building 22 Transportation |
6.66 |
101/— |
Hastings+Chivetta Architects
St. Louis | hastingschivetta.com Christopher Chivetta, President |
98 General Building 2 Other |
6.64 |
102/103 |
FitzGerald Associates Architects
Chicago | fitzgeraldassociates.net Patrick FitzGerald, Chairman & Managing Principal |
99 General Building 1 Master Plan/Site |
5.70 |
103/104 |
Chipman Design Architecture Inc.
Des Plaines, Ill. | chipman-design.com John A. Chipman, CEO & Founding Officer |
100 General Building |
5.40 |
104/110 |
Bostwick Design Partnership
Cleveland | bostwickdesign.com Robert Lewis Bostwick, President & Director of Design |
95 General Building 5 Master Plan/Site |
5.02 |
105/— |
FKP Architects Inc.
Columbus, Ohio | fkp.com Mitch Levitt, Director of Business Development |
100 General Building |
4.65 |
106/— |
William Tao & Associates Inc.
St. Louis | wmtao.com Lisa J. Sombart, President & CEO |
81 General Building 13 Telecommunications 3 Manufacturing |
4.53 |
107/113 |
Smith Seckman Reid Inc.
Lisle, Ill. | ssr-inc.com Laura Ludwig, Principal |
100 General Building |
4.33 |
108/116 |
Wilson & Co., Engineers & Architects
Kansas City, Mo.| wilsonco.com Troy Eisenbraun, Senior Vice President |
41 Petroleum 29 Transportation 20 Surveying, Photogrammetry |
4.28 |
109/112 |
Perkins Eastman
Chicago | perkinseastman.com Jerry Walleck, Managing Principal |
100 General Building |
4.26 |
110/— |
COWI North America
Seattle | cowi-na.com Steve Hunt, President & CEO |
72 Transportation 28 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
4.07 |
111/115 |
Gray Design Group
St. Louis | graydesigngroup.com Wendy B. Gray, President |
95 General Building 5 Manufacturing |
3.88 |
112/— |
Fentress Architects
Denver | fentressarchitects.com Curtis W. Fentress, Founder & Principal in Charge |
100 General Building |
3.10 |
112/109 |
Zachry Group
Mt. Carmel, Ill. | zachrygroup.com Byron Johnson, Director |
79 Power 20 Industrial Process 1 Petroleum |
3.10 |
114/— |
Carollo Engineers Inc.
Kansas City, Mo. | carollo.com Russ Wachter, Client Services Director |
68 Sewerage/Solid Waste 32 Water Supply |
2.92 |
115/117 |
CASCO St. Louis | cascocorp.com Daniel E. Cutter, President |
98 General Building 2 Industrial Process |
2.48 |
116/122 |
EWR Associates Inc.
Fairview Heights, Ill. | ewrassociates.com E. William Reichert III, President |
100 General Building |
1.65 |
117/120 |
The Korte Co.
St. Louis | korteco.com Todd Korte, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
1.30 |
118/— |
Parkway Construction & Architecture
Lewisville, Texas | parkwayconstruction.com Rick Wojciechowski, President & CEO |
100 General Building |
0.27 |
119/— |
Finley Engineering Group Inc.
Tallahassee, Fla. | finleyengineeringgroup.com Craig Finley Jr., President |
100 Transportation |
0.19 |