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Rank 2012/2011
|
Company / Location / Website
Top Officer |
Market Sectors
By % of Revenue** |
Regional Rev.
2011 ($ Mil) |
---|---|---|---|
1/6 |
HDR Dallas | www.hdrinc.com Vince Elwood, Senior Vice President |
34 Transportation 25 General Building 17 Water Supply |
184.52 |
2/1 |
AECOM Technology Corp. Houston | www.aecom.com Gary Hullfish, Senior Vice President |
49 Transportation 29 Water Supply 22 Hazardous Waste |
172.83 |
3/3 |
CH2M HILL Houston | www.ch2mhill.com Mike Lucchesi, Area Manager |
28 Transportation 23 Hazardous Waste 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
158.73 |
4/5 |
HNTB Corp. Dallas | www.hntb.com Tom O’Grady, Central Division President |
77 Transportation 15 Sewerage/Solid Waste 6 Water Supply /td> |
136.39 |
5/4 |
Parsons Brinckerhoff Austin | www.pbworld.com John Trotta, Senior Vice President |
76 Other 22 Transportation 1 Water Supply |
130.18 |
6/7 |
Gensler Houston | www.gensler.com James E. Furr, Regional Managing Principal |
100 General Building | 104.45 |
7/9 |
Atkins Austin | northamerica.atkinsglobal.com Mark A. Isaak, Sr Vice President, Transportation |
48 Transportation 22 Petroleum 9 Water Supply |
102.96 |
8/10 |
Freese and Nichols Inc. Fort Worth | www.freese.com Robert F. Pence, CEO |
49 Water Supply 17 Sewerage/Solid Waste 14 Transportation |
92.93 |
9/8 |
ARCADIS U.S. Highlands Ranch, Colo. | www.arcadis-us.com Robert Stevens, Market Sector Leader |
42 Water Supply 42 Hazardous Waste 9 Transportation |
88.26 |
10/11 |
Terracon Consultants Inc. Olathe, Kan. | www.terracon.com Jamal Najm, Eastern Operating Group Manager |
53 General Building 14 Transportation 10 Other |
76.01 |
11/— |
Halff Associates Inc. Richardson, Texas | www.halff.com Martin Molloy, President |
27 Sewerage/Solid Waste 25 Water Supply 18 Transportation |
66.12 |
12/13 |
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. Houston | www.lan-inc.com Dennis W. Petersen, President |
69 General Building 30 Other 1 Industrial Process |
52.60 |
13/15 |
PageSoutherlandPage Houston | www.pspaec.com John Cryer III, Principal & CEO |
85 General Building 15 Telecommunications |
52.05 |
14/25 |
HKS Inc. Dallas | www.hksinc.com H. Ralph Hawkins, Chairman & CEO |
100 General Building | 45.56 |
15/18 |
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Lubbock, Texas | www.team-psc.com Joe Rapier, PE, President & CEO |
48 General Building 22 Water Supply 17 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
45.07 |
16/22 |
Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. San Antonio | www.pape-dawson.com Gene Dawson/Sam Dawson, President & CEO |
74 General Building 18 Transportation 4 Water Supply |
42.70 |
17/16 |
Fugro Consultants Inc. Houston | www.fugroconsultants.com Joseph M. Cibor, President |
100 General Building | 42.32 |
18/23 |
Brown & Gay Engineers Inc. Houston | www.browngay.com Ronald L. Mullinax, President |
38 Water Supply 38 Sewerage/Solid Waste 24 Transportation |
42.16 |
19/17 |
Huitt-Zollars Inc. Dallas | www.huitt-zollars.com Robert J. McDermott, Executive Vice President |
48 Transportation 33 General Building 11 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
41.79 |
20/12 |
Zachry Holdings Inc. San Antonio | www.zhi.com John Zachry, CEO |
93 Power 3 Industrial Process 2 Petroleum |
41.37 |
21/19 |
Corgan Associates Inc. Dallas | www.corgan.com Robert K. Morris, President and CEO |
61 General Building 29 Transportation 8 Telecommunications |
39.07 |
22/14 |
PBK Houston | www.pbk.com Dan Boggio, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 37.70 |
23/50 |
Hatch Mott MacDonald Pearland, Texas | www.hatchmott.com Eric A. Kleinhenz, Senior Vice President |
99 Petroleum 1 Transportation |
37.64 |
24/24 |
Raba Kistner Inc. San Antonio | www.rkci.com Carl F. Raba, Jr., Chairman & CEO |
43 Transportation 42 General Building 4 Water Supply |
34.53 |
25/27 |
LJA Engineering Inc. Houston | www.ljaengineering.com Calvin T. Ladner, President & CEO |
28 Master Plan/Site 25 Sewerage/Solid Waste 25 Transportation |
32.70 |
26/21 |
Dannenbaum Engineering Corp Houston | www.dannenbaum.com James D. Dannenbaum, Chairman of the Board |
44 Transportation 25 Water Supply 18 Other |
30.52 |
27/28 |
Jones & Carter Inc. Houston | www.jonescarter.com J. Bryan Jordan, President & CEO |
30 Other 30 13 Transportation |
30.09 |
28/— |
Walter P Moore Houston | www.walterpmoore.com Ray Messer, CEO & Chairman |
68 General Building 30 Transportation 1 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
29.71 |
29/20 |
SHW Group Plano, Texas | www.shwgroup.com Kyle Bacon, COO & Chairman of the Board |
100 General Building | 29.50 |
30/29 |
CP&Y Inc. Dallas | www.cpyi.com Pete K. Patel, President & CEO |
48 Transportation 23 Sewerage/Solid Waste 20 Water Supply |
24.91 |
31/32 |
Cobb Fendley Houston | www.cobbfendley.com sAllen D. Watson, President |
80 Other 6 Water Supply 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
24.80 |
32/— |
Klotz Associates Inc. Houston | www.klotz.com D. Wayne Klotz, President |
51 Transportation 25 Water Supply 21 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
23.70 |
33/33 |
Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum, LP Houston | www.hok.com Thomas Robson, Regional Manager |
92 General Building 6 Transportation 2 Master Plan/Site |
22.84 |
34/31 |
Perkins+Will Dallas | www.perkinswill.com Tom Reisenbichler, Managing Director |
100 General Building | 20.80 |
35/38 |
Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. New Orleans | www.bkiusa.com George C. Kleinpeter, Jr., President |
91 Transportation 9 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
19.77 |
36/36 |
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc Houston | www.ssr-inc.com sRichard Morris, Executive Vice President |
100 General Building | 18.39 |
37/— |
Carollo Engineers Inc. Dallas | www.carollo.com Russ Wachter, Client Services Director |
66 Water Supply 34 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
17.26 |
38/56 |
Ziegler Cooper Architects Houston | www.zieglercooper.com R. Scott Ziegler, Senior Principal |
50 General Building 50 Other |
17.05 |
39/44 |
JQ Austin | www.jqeng.com Gary Jaster, Principal |
66 General Building 14 Sewerage/Solid Waste 9 Power |
16.80 |
40/40 |
ccrd partners Houston | www.ccrd.com Rick Rome, President |
100 General Building | 16.60 |
41/39 |
Kirksey Architecture Houston | www.kirksey.com John Kirksey, President |
100 General Building | 16.22 |
42/53 |
Haynes Whaley Associates Houston | www.hayneswhaley.com Larry Whaley, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 15.00 |
43/45 |
Good Fulton & Farrell Dallas | www.gff.com Duncan T. Fulton, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 13.88 |
44/46 |
Teague Nall and Perkins Inc. Fort Worth | www.tnp-online.com Mark R. Berry, CEO |
40 Transportation 25 Other 15 General Building |
13.78 |
45/49 |
Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. Houston | www.rsandh.com Donald R. Glenn, Vice President |
62 Transportation 38 General Building |
13.17 |
46/— |
SWCA Environmental Consultants Phoenix, Ariz. | www.swca.com Joseph Fluder III, Regional Manager |
53 Petroleum 19 Power 9 Transportation |
12.79 |
47/30 |
Binkley & Barfield Inc. Houston | www.binkleybarfield.com Larry M. Barfield, President |
38 Transportation 29 Power 12 Water Supply |
12.35 |
48/48 |
Othon Inc. Houston | www.othon.com F. William Othon, President |
40 Transportation 20 Other 18 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
12.10 |
49/41 |
The Beck Group Dallas | www.beckgroup.com Rick del Monte, Managing Director |
100 General Building | 11.65 |
50/37 |
FKP Architects Inc. Houston | www.fkp.com Richard M Harris, Managing Principal |
100 General Building | 10.70 |
51/43 |
Stantec Dallas | www.stantec.com Tim Lines, Managing Vice President |
39 Transportation 37 Petroleum 17 Water Supply |
10.56 |
52/52 |
Stanley Consultants Austin | www.stanleyconsultants.com Tom Morgan, Vice President |
69 Power 18 Water Supply 10 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
9.46 |
53/— |
H.W. Lochner Inc. Dallas | www.hwlochner.com Kevin Newman, Sr VP-Southwest Manager |
100 Transportation | 9.29 |
54/59 |
O’Connell Robertson Inc. Austin | www.oconnellrobertson.com Richard Burnight, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 8.40 |
55/— |
Manning Architects New Orleans | manningarchitects.com Wm. Raymond Manning, President & CEO |
81 General Building 11 Transportation 7 Other |
8.30 |
56/54 |
CMA Fort Worth | www.cmarch.com Bruce M. Carlson, CEO |
100 General Building | 8.18 |
57/— |
Perez, APC New Orleans | www.e-perez.com Angela O’Byrne, President |
93 General Building 7 Transportation |
7.56 |
58/57 |
Blitch Knevel Architects LLC New Orleans | www.blitchknevel,com Ronald B. Blitch, President |
100 General Building | 7.50 |
59/26 |
WHR Architects Inc Houston | www.whrarchitects.com David H Watkins, Chairman and President |
92 General Building 8 Master Plan/Site |
6.79 |
60/72 |
Philo Wilke Partnership Houston | www.pwarch.com Dana Wilke, Managing Partner |
100 General Building | 6.62 |
61/62 |
Baird, Hampton & Brown Inc. Fort Worth | www.bhbinc.com John W. (Bill) Baird, President, Sr Civil Eng. |
54 Master Plan/Site 38 General Building 5 Manufacturing |
6.40 |
62/67 |
GSR Andrade Architects Inc. Dallas | www.gsr-andrade.com Fernando J. Andrade, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 6.30 |
63/61 |
Aguirre Roden Inc. Dallas | www.AguirreRoden.com Pedro Aguirre, President & CEO |
59 Transportation 38 General Building 3 Other |
6.15 |
64/71 |
Structural Engineering Associates Inc. San Antonio | www.seatx.com Jesse S. Covarrubias, President |
92 Transportation 3 Hazardous Waste 2 General Building /td> |
5.39 |
65/75 |
Redding Linden Burr Inc. Houston | www.rlbengineers.com Stephen M. Redding, President |
100 General Building | 4.98 |
66/— |
Datum Engineers Inc. Dallas | www.datumengineers.com Thomas W. Taylor, Sr. Vice President |
100 General Building | 4.49 |
67/— |
Grace & Hebert Architects, APAC Baton Rouge | www.graceandhebert.com Gerald D. “Jerry” Hebert, II, President |
98 General Building 1 Transportation 1 Industrial Process |
4.48 |
68/86 |
Garver LLC Frisco, Texas | www.GarverUSA.com Frank McIllwain, Senior Project Manager |
79 Transportation 17 General Building 4 Industrial Process |
4.31 |
69/73 |
Powers Brown Architecture Houston | www.powersbrown.com Joe Powers, Principal |
77 General Building 13 Industrial Process 6 Manufacturing |
3.88 |
70/— |
Schneider Halls Design Austin | www.schneiderhalls.com Kelly Halls, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 2.58 |
71/79 |
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch Baton Rouge | www.mazzetti.com E. Spivey Lipsey, Jr., Principal |
100 General Building | 2.50 |
72/85 |
English + Associates Architects Inc. Houston | www.english-architects.com Kathleen English, President |
94 General Building 3 Petroleum 2 Transportation |
2.48 |
73/— |
Woodward Design+Build New Orleans | woodwarddesignbuild.com Paul H. Flower, President/CEO |
100 General Building | 2.11 |
74/76 |
Durand-Hollis Rupe Inc. San Antonio | www.dhrarchitects.com Gabriel Durand-Hollis, President |
100 General Building | 1.99 |
75/81 |
TLC Engineering for Architecture Dallas | www.tlc-engineers.com Ben Cole, Division Director |
76 General Building 15 Transportation 9 Other |
1.74 |
76/— |
Merrick & Co. San Antonio | www.merrick.com Tammy Johnson, Office Director |
100 General Building | 1.73 |
77/82 |
Mayse & Associates Inc. Dallas | www.mayseassociates.com Michael R. Mayse, President |
100 General Building | 1.72 |
78/— |
Walker Parking Consultants Houston | www.walkerparking.com Kenneth C. Wagner, Vice President |
100 General Building | 1.67 |
79/— |
Big Red Dog Engineering and Consulting Austin | www.bigreddog.com Will Schnier, President |
82 General Building 18 Petroleum |
1.33 |
80/84 |
Turner Duran Architects LP Houston | www.turnerduran.com R. Gregory Turner, President |
100 General Building | 1.29 |
81/89 |
Architectural Alliance Inc. Beaumont, Texas | www.architectall.com Ronald M. Jones, President |
100 General Building | 1.21 |
82/91 |
Fromberg Associates, Ltd Austin | www.fromberg.com Randall E. Fromberg, CXO |
100 General Building | 1.20 |
82/— |
Somdal Associates-Architects & Interior Designers Shreveport, La. | www.somdal.com Ed Elberson, Partner |
100 General Building | 1.20 |
84/— |
MulvannyG2 Architecture Bellevue, Wash. | www.mulvannyg2.com Mitchell C. Smith, CEO |
100 General Building | 1.12 |
85/— |
AMB Architects Houston | www.ambarchitects.com Alyssia Makarewicz, President |
100 General Building | 0.96 |
86/92 |
api(+) [ArchitecturePlus International Inc.] Tampa, Fla. | www.apiplus.com Juan F. Romero, President & CEO |
100 General Building | 0.42 |
87/— |
Plus One, LLC Baton Rouge | www.plus1dc.com Fritz Embaugh, CEO & Director of Operations |
100 General Building | 0.27 |
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