2021 University Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector

Gensler, AECOM, Turner Construction, and CannonDesign head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest university sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

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• Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021
• Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021
• Top 85 University Sector Contractors and CM Firms for 2021

Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021
	FIRM	2020 REVENUE
1	Gensler	$73,908,414
2	CannonDesign	$63,000,000
3	Smithgroup	$54,253,141
4	Kohn Pedersen Fox	$34,348,492
5	Perkins and Will	$33,000,000
6	HMC Architects	$27,957,447
7	Mithun	$25,543,367
8	DLR Group	$25,250,000
9	Stantec	$24,977,507
10	Ayers Saint Gross	$24,469,216
11	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	$22,743,412
12	Perkins Eastman	$22,405,259
13	Flad Architects	$21,520,000
14	Page	$21,512,816
15	HKS	$20,698,923
16	EYP	$17,193,018
17	HED	$16,900,000
18	SLAM	$16,555,223
19	Shepley Bulfinch	$16,541,130
20	HDR	$16,312,748
21	Huckabee	$14,919,023
22	Hord Coplan Macht	$14,246,253
23	LPA	$13,690,986
24	RDG Planning & Design	$13,269,899
25	Diamond Schmitt Architects	$12,935,170
26	Clark Nexsen	$11,440,000
27	ZGF Architects	$11,010,010
28	Moseley Architects	$10,852,963
29	NBBJ	$9,900,000
30	BWBR	$9,802,541
31	RRMM Architects	$9,682,153
32	CO Architects	$8,600,828
33	Huitt-Zollars	$8,498,529
34	Davis Brody Bond	$8,252,541
35	Steinberg Hart	$7,152,348
36	Goodwyn Mills Cawood	$7,110,782
37	BSA LifeStructures	$6,784,154
38	BHDP Architecture	$6,752,462
39	PBK	$6,717,000
40	KZF Design	$6,157,184
41	Hastings+Chivetta Architects	$6,148,819
42	Kirksey Architecture	$5,832,219
43	HOK	$5,801,000
44	LS3P Associates	$5,625,447
45	HGA	$5,360,127
46	Ennead Architects	$5,302,633
47	Ratio Design	$5,256,315
48	Carrier Johnson + Culture	$5,213,779
49	Interior Architects	$5,132,148
50	Cooper Carry	$5,077,674
51	NAC Architecture	$5,052,713
52	Kahler Slater	$5,000,000
53	LaBella Associates	$4,340,000
54	LMN Architects	$4,315,629
55	FXCollaborative	$4,090,133
56	JLG Architects	$4,034,338
57	CetraRuddy Architecture	$3,945,237
58	Quinn Evans	$3,712,908
59	GMB Architecture + Engineering	$3,625,677
60	GBBN	$3,575,000
61	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	$3,459,759
62	JCJ Architecture	$3,441,777
63	Leo A Daly	$3,340,670
64	Woolpert	$3,103,299
65	Hanbury	$3,073,118
66	Sasaki	$2,963,592
67	PGAL	$2,836,000
68	Moody Nolan	$2,821,220
69	Baskervill	$2,749,542
70	EwingCole	$2,500,000
71	Legat Architects	$2,465,000
72	Spiezle Architectural Group	$2,408,000
73	NORR	$2,340,039
74	Champlin Architecture	$2,191,156
75	Little Diversified Architectural Consulting	$2,181,059
76	RSP Architects	$2,136,000
77	FGM Architects	$2,110,213
78	McMillan Pazdan Smith	$1,907,938
79	Ashley McGraw Architects	$1,796,974
80	Lawrence Group	$1,792,880
81	Urbahn Architects	$1,739,013
82	CPL	$1,676,100
83	Design Collaborative	$1,643,426
84	BLDD Architects	$1,559,645
85	Grimm + Parker Architects	$1,533,298
86	Wendel	$1,516,694
87	Orcutt \| Winslow	$1,512,037
88	Cooper Robertson	$1,435,332
89	Clark & Enersen	$1,326,822
90	H2M Architects + Engineers	$1,294,465
91	Hollis + Miller Architects	$1,167,433
92	AE Works Ltd.	$1,106,526
93	Fanning Howey Associates	$1,089,912
94	Taylor Design	$1,082,000
95	Corgan	$1,041,877
96	Finegold Alexander Architects	$1,025,379
97	GWWO Architects	$997,603
98	Cuningham	$995,928
99	TETER	$922,782
100	Lunz Group, The	$838,335
101	HuntonBrady Architects	$776,707
102	Populous	$754,596
103	Hafer	$752,208
104	Curtis + Ginsberg Architects	$750,000
105	SchenkelShultz Architecture	$737,974
106	DLZ Corp.	$733,083
107	PCA	$715,488
108	CSArch	$680,003
109	Elkus Manfredi Architects	$667,000
110	Miller Dunwiddie	$662,227
111	Bermello Ajamil & Partners	$634,247
112	ThenDesign Architetcure	$630,000
113	Dattner Architects	$619,784
114	Cromwell Architects Engineers	$557,832
115	HBG Design	$535,000
116	KCBA Architects	$527,000
117	SGA \| NarmourWright Design	$515,232
118	JRS Architect	$500,000
119	Eppstein Uhen Architects	$440,000
120	Think Architecture	$430,000
121	Plunkett Raysich Architects	$422,131
122	Emersion Design	$373,828
123	Performa	$346,000
124	Blair + Mui Dowd Architects	$335,979
125	BCA Architects & Engineers	$250,000
126	AHL	$248,256
127	GSB	$227,400
128	GRW	$224,009
129	SHP	$220,000
130	Dyer Brown & Associates	$217,176
131	CallisonRTKL	$206,783
132	//3877	$200,000
133	Ware Malcomb	$184,924
134	Body Lawson Associates	$177,264
135	Gresham Smith	$155,673
136	Hoefer Welker	$138,000
137	Larson Design Group	$134,574
138	Studio+	$115,797
139	REES	$113,036
140	CTA Architects	$109,393
141	Progressive AE	$86,141
142	BBS Architects	$76,750
143	SEI Design Group Architects	$73,201
144	Brownstone	$67,166
145	HMFH Architects	$64,914
146	Garmann Miller & Associates	$64,700
147	DLA Architects	$30,452
148	CBRE	$27,766
149	Becker Morgan Group	$24,235
150	NSPJ Architects	$20,000
151	Smallwood	$17,689
152	AE Design Group	$15,000
153	MKM Architecture + Design	$9,215

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report Note: GMB Architecture + Engineering was moved from Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021 on 10/27/21.

Top 85 University Sector Engineering and EA Firms for 2021
	FIRM	2020 REVENUE
1	AECOM	$95,600,000
2	Jacobs	$42,350,000
3	Arup	$27,129,939
4	RMF Engineering	$25,000,000
5	IMEG Corp.	$21,774,063
6	NV5 Global	$20,633,000
7	Affiliated Engineers Inc.	$19,810,565
8	Salas O'Brien	$17,299,900
9	Buro Happold	$17,190,000
10	WSP USA	$15,981,956
11	Thornton Tomasetti	$14,752,885
12	Vanderweil Engineers	$14,553,600
13	Burns & McDonnell	$13,762,712
14	P2S	$13,106,015
15	EXP	$12,800,170
16	Alfa Tech Consulting Engineers	$10,000,000
17	Dewberry	$9,250,871
18	KPFF Consulting Engineers	$8,979,000
19	Langan	$8,000,000
20	Walter P Moore	$7,609,172
21	CMTA	$7,188,565
22	Jensen Hughes	$6,756,405
23	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	$6,260,000
24	CDM Smith	$5,242,541
25	M/E Engineering	$5,123,700
26	Ross & Baruzzini	$5,000,000
27	HEAPY	$4,970,662
28	Syska Hennessy Group	$4,441,588
29	Newcomb & Boyd	$3,852,854
30	Spectrum Engineers	$3,576,209
31	Martin/Martin Consulting Engineers	$3,524,865
32	I.C. Thomasson Associates	$3,046,454
33	Morrison Hershfield	$2,987,085
34	H.F. Lenz	$2,603,407
35	Jaros, Baum & Bolles	$2,526,466
36	Peter Basso Associates	$2,500,000
37	JQ Engineering	$2,490,322
38	TLC Engineering Solutions	$2,479,000
39	Shive-Hattery	$2,477,320
40	Karpinski Engineering	$2,420,000
41	Kohler Ronan	$2,359,374
42	SSOE Group	$2,298,666
43	Bala Consulting Engineers	$2,214,000
44	Cushing Terrell	$2,151,782
45	Farnsworth Group	$2,102,376
46	Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers	$2,083,115
47	LBYD	$1,995,490
48	Dunham Associates	$1,750,000
49	AKF Group	$1,630,000
50	Mazzetti	$1,573,850
51	Architectural Engineers	$1,548,084
52	Olsson	$1,339,973
53	ME Engineers	$1,311,000
54	MHP Structural Engineers	$1,143,217
55	Magnusson Klemencic Associates	$1,115,467
56	RMH Group, The	$1,076,881
57	Specialized Engineering Solutions	$1,050,000
58	Osborn Engineering	$1,000,000
59	Highland Associates	$900,000
60	Primera Engineers	$884,979
61	STV	$651,291
62	TEECOM	$601,439
63	Arora Engineers	$594,291
64	raSmith	$544,388
65	GRAEF	$517,895
66	SchraderGroup	$490,475
67	Schaefer	$464,627
68	EAPC Architects Engineers	$432,157
69	Smith Seckman Reid	$431,410
70	ThermalTech Engineering	$410,000
71	DeSimone Consulting Engineers	$383,490
72	PS&S	$306,100
73	Wallace Design Collective	$300,000
74	Allen + Shariff	$295,568
75	New York Engineers	$179,421
76	KCL Engineering	$174,759
77	Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers	$171,914
78	SSC Engineering	$164,761
79	PBS Engineers	$150,000
80	McKinstry	$150,000
81	DHE Engineering	$126,861
82	French & Parrello Associates	$89,869
83	VJS Construction Services	$47,000
84	JP Harvey Engineering Solutions	$43,120
85	Paradigm Structural Engineers	$41,108
86	Davis, Bowen & Friedel	$20,984

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report Note: STV was added on 9/2/21; GMB Architecture + Engineering was moved to Top 150 University Sector Architecture and AE Firms for 2021 on 10/27/21.

Top 85 University Sector Contractors and CM Firms for 2021
	FIRM	2020 REVENUE
1	Turner Construction	$1,477,400,323
2	DPR Construction	$673,283,000
3	Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The	$402,828,659
4	Gilbane Building Company	$387,191,000
5	McCarthy Holdings	$354,591,316
6	PCL Construction	$333,048,992
7	STO Building Group	$332,250,000
8	Shawmut Design and Construction	$270,027,183
9	Messer Construction	$261,265,924
10	AECOM	$246,200,000
11	C.W. Driver Companies	$192,936,364
12	CORE Construction Group	$187,863,169
13	Hensel Phelps	$187,549,313
14	Pepper Construction	$186,059,655
15	Suffolk Construction	$163,648,068
16	Walsh Group, The	$163,607,061
17	Swinerton	$159,943,127
18	Balfour Beatty US	$156,546,453
19	Granger Construction	$151,719,221
20	Skanska USA	$139,831,582
21	BartonMalow	$126,145,496
22	Webcor	$125,497,730
23	Sundt Construction	$122,873,650
24	Hoffman Construction	$110,548,123
25	Austin Industries	$107,529,970
26	Andersen Construction	$98,000,000
27	JE Dunn	$89,338,888
28	Holder Construction	$85,000,000
29	Lease Crutcher Lewis	$84,139,532
30	LeChase Construction Services	$83,810,403
31	Rodgers Builders	$78,512,578
32	Hunter Roberts Construction	$77,633,000
33	Blach Construction	$77,000,000
34	Walbridge	$73,553,319
35	Orcutt \| Winslow	$73,453,610
36	Yates Companies, The	$73,342,000
37	W.E. O'Neil Construction	$65,202,502
38	Clark Group	$61,358,612
39	Mortenson	$58,098,000
40	Rogers-O'Brien Construction	$58,039,311
41	Manhattan Construction Group	$49,900,610
42	Haselden Construction	$49,886,355
43	Nabholz	$49,833,993
44	Brasfield & Gorrie	$47,095,130
45	Jacobs	$43,998,000
46	Saunders Construction	$42,861,590
47	Hoar Construction	$38,094,000
48	Boldt Company, The	$35,351,000
49	Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors	$33,636,709
50	Miron Construction	$29,899,083
51	McKinstry	$29,000,000
52	Robins & Morton	$24,856,876
53	New South Construction	$19,972,000
54	Doster Construction	$19,701,958
55	Weitz Company, The	$19,433,500
56	Fortis Construction	$19,147,114
57	Joeris General Contractors	$18,315,156
58	Columbia	$18,000,000
59	Kraus-Anderson Construction	$15,000,000
60	Hagerman Group, The	$15,000,000
61	McCownGordon Construction	$14,219,099
62	Juneau Construction	$13,009,497
63	Clancy & Theys Construction	$12,194,607
64	James G. Davis Construction	$11,284,736
65	Bette Companies, The	$9,949,864
66	Wendel	$9,878,230
67	JLL	$9,518,772
68	STV	$9,314,516
69	Clune Construction	$8,690,626
70	CMTA	$8,394,087
71	Hill International	$7,700,899
72	Sachse Construction	$7,000,000
73	VJS Construction Services	$6,824,000
74	Wohlsen Construction Company	$5,596,000
75	CBRE	$4,840,749
76	Paric Holdings	$4,800,870
77	BlueScope Construction	$4,566,997
78	Lendlease	$4,497,515
79	Power Construction	$4,000,000
80	Batson-Cook	$3,753,143
81	McDonough Bolyard Peck	$3,243,025
82	Executive Construction	$2,500,000
83	HITT Contracting	$2,257,018
84	KCI Technologies	$1,343,100
85	Cotter Consulting	$984,238
86	SLAM	$553,673
87	Choate Construction	$523,388
88	JLG Architects	$250,000
89	Ryan Companies US / Ryan A+E	$236,697
90	KBE Building Corp.	$115,764
91	Brownstone	$81,338

SOURCE: 2021 Giants 400 Report Note: STV was added on 9/2/21.

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