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

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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.

By BD+C Staff | August 26, 2021
2021 University Giants - Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the higher education sector Photo 2021 Feinknopf Photography Brad Feinknopf, courtesy Flad Architects

Pictured: Engineering lab space at Purdue University’s newly renovated and expanded Agricultural and Biological Engineering Building. The project, which includes 125,000 sf of new construction and 37,000 sf of renovated space, serves as the new home for Purdue’s College of Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The project team included Flad Architects, MSKTD and Associates, and Pepper Construction. Photo © 2021 Feinknopf Photography/Brad Feinknopf, courtesy Flad Architects 

  

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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.

 

Big thanks to our 2021 Giants 400 Report Sponsor: Viracon


• 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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