Students work in the undergraduate chemistry classroom, in the University of Rochester’s Hutchison Hall, a structure originally built in the 1960s.
Constructed in three months at a cost of $1.5 million, the 2,265-sf laboratory is a prototype for future development at the university. According to Joseph Dinnocenzo, professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester, the lab was designed to bring together the three phases of experimental work: design, execution, and analysis.
TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR ARCHITECTURE FIRMS
| Rank | Company | 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($) | |
| 1 | HDR Architecture | 60,900,000 | |
| 2 | Perkins+Will | 54,976,710 | |
| 3 | HOK | 39,049,209 | |
| 4 | Flad Architects | 35,280,000 | |
| 5 | SmithGroupJJR | 31,200,000 | |
| 6 | Payette | 17,207,046 | |
| 7 | Ballinger | 10,940,133 | |
| 8 | EwingCole | 10,000,000 | |
| 9 | S/L/A/M Collaborative, The | 7,895,193 | |
| 10 | NBBJ | 7,394,000 | |
| 11 | PageSoutherlandPage | 7,038,000 | |
| 12 | BSA LifeStructures | 6,339,395 | |
| 13 | Ennead Architects | 5,890,000 | |
| 14 | Gensler | 4,100,000 | |
| 15 | Harley Ellis Devereaux | 3,600,000 | |
| 16 | OZ Architecture | 3,006,974 | |
| 17 | Wight & Company | 2,959,100 | |
| 18 | ZGF Architects | 2,781,476 | |
| 19 | Ware Malcomb | 2,264,000 | |
| 20 | Kirksey Architecture | 2,108,182 | |
| 21 | Reynolds, Smith and Hills | 2,100,000 | |
| 22 | Lord, Aeck & Sargent | 1,445,819 | |
| 23 | Perkins Eastman | 1,300,000 | |
| 24 | SMMA|Symmes Maini & McKee Associates | 1,217,481 | |
| 25 | IBI Group | 1,206,499 | |
TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR ENGINEERING FIRMS
| Rank | Company | 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($) |
| 1 | Jacobs | 692,920,000 |
| 2 | M+W U.S. | 105,132,043 |
| 3 | Stantec | 42,300,000 |
| 4 | Affiliated Engineers | 14,482,000 |
| 5 | Middough | 12,500,000 |
| 6 | URS Corp. | 11,485,000 |
| 7 | Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers | 10,000,000 |
| 8 | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers | 8,231,300 |
| 9 | Merrick & Co. | 6,150,000 |
| 10 | Bergmann Associates | 5,300,000 |
| 11 | RMF Engineering | 4,500,000 |
| 12 | WSP USA | 4,200,000 |
| 13 | Smith Seckman Reid | 4,070,000 |
| 14 | Clark Nexsen | 4,046,032 |
| 15 | STV | 3,082,000 |
| 16 | SSOE Group | 3,043,000 |
| 17 | Thornton Tomasetti | 1,792,193 |
| 18 | ccrd partners | 1,250,000 |
| 19 | RMH Group, Inc., The | 1,192,171 |
| 20 | RDK Engineers | 1,092,000 |
| 21 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates | 1,037,000 |
| 22 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 1,000,000 |
| 23 | AKF Group | 1,000,000 |
| 24 | Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor | 1,000,000 |
| 25 | Karpinski Engineering | 868,947 |
TOP 25 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SECTOR CONSTRUCTION FIRMS
| Rank | Company | 2011 Science & Technology Revenue ($) |
| 1 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, The | 704,586,928 |
| 2 | Jacobs | 692,920,000 |
| 3 | Turner Corporation, The | 270,000,000 |
| 4 | DPR Construction | 260,132,313 |
| 5 | Manhattan Construction Group | 203,632,000 |
| 6 | JE Dunn Construction | 147,553,307 |
| 7 | Lend Lease | 135,276,349 |
| 8 | Structure Tone | 105,970,000 |
| 9 | Tutor Perini | 68,084,000 |
| 10 | Layton Construction | 45,300,000 |
| 11 | E.W. Howell Co. | 43,137,000 |
| 12 | McCarthy Holdings | 41,000,000 |
| 13 | Weitz Company, The | 39,314,126 |
| 14 | Messer Construction Co. | 28,777,706 |
| 15 | Coakley & Williams Construction | 22,023,492 |
| 16 | Flintco | 20,800,000 |
| 17 | Gilbane Building | 17,822,000 |
| 18 | Choate Construction | 15,422,770 |
| 19 | S. M. Wilson & Co. | 12,268,944 |
| 20 | Linbeck Group | 12,000,000 |
| 21 | URS Corp. | 11,485,000 |
| 22 | CORE Construction | 8,242,587 |
| 23 | McShane Companies, The | 8,000,000 |
| 24 | Yates Companies, Inc., The | 4,000,000 |
| 25 | Kraus-Anderson Construction | 3,000,000 |
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