LOCAL GOVERNMENT GIANTS: A ranking of the nation’s top design and construction firms in local sector work

TOP 80 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	HOK	$68,768,000
2	Stantec	$64,900,215
3	Heery International	$51,631,133
4	Perkins+Will	$38,780,000
5	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$25,350,502
6	Gensler	$24,798,766
7	CannonDesign	$13,700,000
8	RS&H	$13,500,000
9	SmithGroupJJR	$12,535,000
10	BLDD Architects	$12,200,000
11	HNTB Corporation	$11,751,594
12	HMFH Architects	$11,528,832
13	LMN Architects	$10,888,000
14	DLR Group	$10,000,000
15	Moseley Architects	$9,919,709
16	Sink Combs Dethlefs	$9,917,748
17	NORR	$9,571,784
18	Diamond Schmitt Architects	$9,381,000
19	JLG Architects	$9,234,595
20	Schenkel & Shultz	$8,718,164
21	HGA	$8,662,000
22	Ballinger	$7,661,000
23	Rosser International	$7,536,759
24	RNL Design	$7,361,100
25	John Ciardullo Associates	$6,526,357
26	Leo A Daly	$5,715,903
27	Dattner Architects	$5,466,682
28	Page	$5,227,000
29	Grimm + Parker Architects	$4,740,481
30	HDR	$4,031,437
31	LPA	$3,819,537
32	Guernsey	$3,772,316
33	ZGF Architects	$3,522,970
34	Architects Hawaii Ltd.	$3,383,000
35	Morris Architects	$3,357,000
36	ACAI Associates	$3,240,963
37	Perkins Eastman	$3,225,000
38	HMC Architects	$2,904,546
39	tvsdesign	$2,660,000
40	Becker Morgan Group	$2,579,437
41	Parkhill, Smith & Cooper	$2,498,471
42	Flad Architects	$2,096,000
43	NBBJ	$2,000,000
44	HKS	$1,877,854
45	GWWO	$1,861,228
46	Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood	$1,860,135
47	Legat Architects	$1,770,000
48	Gresham, Smith and Partners	$1,718,000
49	Urbahn Architects	$1,690,000
50	FXFOWLE	$1,657,314
51	Clark Nexsen	$1,618,064
52	Integrus Architecture	$1,507,417
53	Epstein	$1,505,000
54	Westlake Reed Leskosky	$1,454,671
55	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	$1,403,329
56	CallisonRTKL	$1,379,000
57	Eppstein Uhen Architects	$1,372,724
58	Lawrence Group	$1,267,000
59	Convergence Design	$1,226,000
60	Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners	$1,206,084
61	Wold Architects and Engineers	$1,200,000
62	Alliiance	$1,168,050
63	Bergmann Associates	$1,157,732
64	NAC Architecture	$1,117,341
65	Cooper Carry	$1,100,530
66	BWBR	$1,085,989
67	LS3P	$1,054,249
68	Harvard Jolly	$1,026,367
69	Schrader Group Architecture	$1,008,025
70	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	$942,904
71	Studios Architecture	$871,219
72	CTA Architects Engineers	$841,992
73	OZ Architecture	$770,003
74	EYP	$759,633
75	Cambridge Seven Associates	$752,000
76	Kirksey Architecture	$714,959
77	BBS Architects and Engineers	$679,000
78	GSB	$635,920
79	Zyscovich Architects	$586,329
80	Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor	$570,000
81	Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon	$500,000


TOP 60 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	Turner Construction Co.	$1,266,263,257
2	Clark Group	$1,002,321,680
3	Hensel Phelps	$463,950,000
4	PCL Construction Enterprises	$404,600,226
5	Skanska USA	$340,388,604
6	Manhattan Construction Group	$322,380,000
7	Balfour Beatty US	$260,586,062
8	McCarthy Holdings	$236,665,269
9	Mortenson Construction	$157,543,000
10	Brasfield & Gorrie	$144,038,517
11	Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The	$122,577,190
12	Gilbane Building Co.	$115,345,000
13	Kraus-Anderson	$98,000,000
14	Walsh Group, The	$83,936,815
15	JE Dunn Construction	$78,400,248
16	W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.	$73,558,012
17	Messer Construction Co.	$65,028,115
18	Walbridge	$64,076,000
19	Adolfson & Peterson Construction	$54,930,000
20	AECOM	$50,000,000
21	Core Construction Group	$41,022,613
22	Bernards	$32,000,000
23	Yates Companies, The	$28,300,000
24	C.W. Driver Companies	$26,746,865
25	HITT Contracting	$25,390,000
26	S. M. Wilson & Co.	$22,984,994
27	STV	$22,475,331
28	Bette Companies, The	$22,468,808
29	Kitchell Corp.	$22,202,539
30	Rodgers Builders	$22,112,000
31	Lendlease	$16,901,000
32	New South Construction Co.	$15,148,000
33	Ryan Companies US	$14,521,127
34	Alberici-Flintco	$13,146,764
35	Holder Construction Co.	$11,000,000
36	Level 10 Construction	$9,430,873
37	Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors	$8,800,000
38	Hoffman Construction	$7,948,038
39	Wendel	$7,619,353
40	Shawmut Design and Construction	$7,000,000
41	Choate Construction Co.	$6,798,804
42	Stalco Construction	$6,550,000
43	KBE Building Corp.	$6,278,172
44	Coakley & Williams Construction	$5,748,175
45	Layton Construction Co.	$5,600,000
46	Power Construction Co.	$5,000,000
47	BlueScope Construction	$4,172,513
48	Paric Corporation	$4,000,000
49	Hunter Roberts Construction Group	$3,559,508
50	Bomel Construction Co.	$3,400,000
51	W.M. Jordan Company	$3,082,477
52	Jordan Foster Construction	$3,000,000
53	dck worldwide	$2,795,000
54	Consigli Building Group	$2,436,459
55	Webcor Builders	$1,720,978
56	LeChase Construction	$1,500,000
57	Hoar Construction	$1,283,000
58	Fortis Construction	$1,271,926
59	Cumming	$1,027,000
60	Hagerman Group, The	$1,000,000
61	James McHugh Construction Co.	$951,019
62	Suffolk Construction Co.	$903,458
63	Branch & Associates	$783,891
64	JLL	$659,743
65	Haselden Construction	$572,695


TOP 40 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING FIRMS
Rank	Firm	2015 Revenue
1	AECOM	$50,000,000
2	STV	$26,297,889
3	Arup	$19,365,213
4	Wendel	$15,121,019
5	Dewberry	$14,721,220
6	Walker Parking Consultants	$9,277,748
7	Syska Hennessy Group	$6,923,083
8	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger	$6,683,000
9	Leidos	$5,707,000
10	Loring Consulting Engineers	$5,200,000
11	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	$4,970,000
12	Jensen Hughes	$4,315,532
13	RMF Engineering	$4,190,000
14	Smith Seckman Reid	$3,663,165
15	Thornton Tomasetti	$3,374,412
16	Ghafari Associates	$2,800,000
17	Affiliated Engineers	$2,416,000
18	M/E Engineering	$2,344,177
19	Heapy Engineering	$1,745,484
20	I. C. Thomasson Associates	$1,500,000
21	Burns & McDonnell	$1,500,000
22	KZF Design	$1,478,824
23	Baird, Hampton & Brown	$1,409,690
24	Ross & Baruzzini	$1,317,190
25	KCI Technologies	$1,250,000
26	Henderson Engineers	$1,239,725
27	Graef	$1,137,527
28	Primera Engineers	$1,129,910
29	Interface Engineering	$1,123,874
30	dbHMS	$1,100,000
31	JQ Engineering	$1,002,800
32	TLC Engineering for Architecture	$938,459
33	RDK Engineers	$819,835
34	Newcomb & Boyd	$745,772
35	Davis, Bowen & Friedel	$732,024
36	KLH Engineers	$722,102
37	Architectural Engineers	$686,649
38	Global Engineering Solutions	$600,000
39	ThermalTech Engineering	$600,000
40	ME Engineers	$600,000
41	G & W Engineering Corp.	$500,129
42	BR+A Consulting Engineers	$500,000

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