Project: Medical Education Building, Emory School of Medicine, AtlantaArchitect: The S/L/A/M Collaborative (AE 31)Structural engineer: KSI Structural EngineersMEP engineer: Newcomb & Boyd (E 31)General contractor: The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. (C 7)Photo: Courtesy The S/L/A/M Collaborative |
University construction spending is 13% higher than a year ago—mostly for residence halls and infrastructure on public campuses—and is expected to slip less than 5% over the next two years. However, the value of starts dropped about 10% in recent months and will not return to the 2007–08 peak for about two years.
Company | Billings ($) | |
Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. For expanded university design rankings, visit: www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants | ||
1 | Burt Hill | 81,834,000 |
2 | HOK | 75,200,000 |
3 | AECOM Technology Corp. | 63,529,000 |
4 | Cannon Design | 51,084,000 |
5 | Perkins+Will | 48,000,000 |
6 | Gensler | 37,215,000 |
7 | SmithGroup | 36,948,750 |
8 | HDR Architecture | 33,940,000 |
9 | Arup | 33,000,000 |
10 | RMJM | 32,497,392 |
11 | Sasaki Associates | 30,950,000 |
12 | Ellerbe Becket | 28,299,184 |
13 | Dewberry | 28,270,000 |
14 | Jacobs | 27,144,560 |
15 | Affiliated Engineers | 27,132,120 |
16 | EYP Architecture & Engineering | 25,500,000 |
17 | Parsons Brinckerhoff | 25,098,000 |
18 | Stantec | 24,596,000 |
19 | URS Corp. | 21,000,000 |
20 | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers | 20,393,105 |
Company | Value put in place ($) | |
Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. For expanded university contractor rankings, visit: www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants | ||
1 | Turner | 1,150,600,000 |
2 | Gilbane Building Co. | 703,599,820 |
3 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. | 492,258,678 |
4 | Structure Tone | 454,141,500 |
5 | Skanska USA Building | 427,071,221 |
6 | Swinerton Inc. | 299,360,000 |
7 | Webcor Builders | 293,807,692 |
8 | PCL Construction Enterprises | 288,471,629 |
9 | McCarthy Holdings | 277,101,000 |
10 | Flintco Cos., The | 254,428,800 |
11 | JE Dunn Construction Group | 248,391,000 |
12 | Mortenson Construction | 226,008,000 |
13 | Hoffman Construction | 224,000,000 |
14 | Bovis Lend Lease | 212,903,379 |
15 | Clark Group | 210,050,000 |
16 | Austin Industries | 208,199,672 |
17 | Hensel Phelps Construction | 200,220,000 |
18 | C.W. Driver | 177,710,764 |
19 | Hunt Construction Group | 175,000,000 |
20 | DPR Construction | 165,245,490 |
2009 | 2008 | Company | 2008 Billings ($) |
Rank | |||
Source: 2009 Giants 300 survey. For expanded Engineering Firmrankings, visit: www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants | |||
1 | 4 | Syska Hennessy Group | 115,600,000 |
2 | 2 | Fluor Corp. | 114,470,000 |
3 | 3 | KPFF Consulting Engineers | 81,000,000 |
4 | 6 | Affiliated Engineers | 75,367,000 |
5 | 5 | Smith Seckman Reid | 68,260,000 |
6 | 10 | Walter P Moore | 64,572,266 |
7 | 18 | Henderson Engineers | 58,350,590 |
8 | 14 | KJWW Engineering Consultants | 58,265,636 |
9 | 8 | R.G. Vanderweil Engineers | 55,116,500 |
10 | 11 | TLC Engineering for Architecture | 54,685,784 |
11 | — | John A. Martin & Associates | 53,821,300 |
12 | 15 | Clark, Richardson & Biskup Consulting Engineers | 53,688,000 |
13 | 17 | TMAD Taylor & Gaines | 51,030,000 |
14 | 16 | Schirmer Engineering Corp. | 49,483,833 |
15 | 20 | M-E Engineers | 44,700,000 |
16 | 19 | Rolf Jensen & Associates | 44,595,000 |
17 | 23 | Environmental Systems Design | 42,000,000 |
18 | 21 | Weidlinger Associates | 41,000,000 |
19 | 22 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates | 40,000,000 |
20 | 25 | Glumac | 35,500,000 |
21 | 41 | Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch | 32,500,000 |
22 | 26 | RDK Engineers | 32,000,000 |
23 | — | Degenkolb Engineers | 31,124,000 |
24 | 33 | KCI Technologies | 28,300,000 |
25 | 12 | X-nth | 27,095,370 |
26 | 27 | Interface Engineering | 26,624,398 |
27 | 9 | Birdsall Services Group | 26,350,000 |
28 | 29 | Coffman Engineers | 26,259,000 |
29 | 28 | Sparling | 26,250,000 |
30 | 30 | M/E Engineering | 25,735,000 |
31 | 44 | Newcomb & Boyd | 25,577,207 |
32 | 32 | H.F. Lenz Co. | 24,000,000 |
33 | 42 | Heapy Engineering | 21,573,000 |
34 | 31 | Henneman Engineering | 21,083,000 |
35 | 37 | GHT Limited | 19,600,000 |
36 | 43 | Rutherford & Chekene | 17,236,000 |
37 | 38 | Joseph R. Loring & Associates | 16,800,000 |
38 | 35 | Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers | 16,000,000 |
39 | 46 | Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers | 15,341,792 |
40 | 36 | Wallace Engineering | 15,070,000 |
41 | — | Dunham Associates | 14,500,000 |
42 | 47 | Peter Basso Associates | 14,300,000 |
43 | 40 | KTA Group | 13,800,000 |
44 | — | Brinjac Engineer | 12,540,000 |
45 | 50 | James Posey Associates | 12,200,000 |
46 | 49 | CB Engineers | 10,410,000 |
47 | 45 | Bala Consulting Engineers | 10,200,000 |
48 | 48 | Wick Fisher White Engineers | 10,000,000 |
49 | 51 | RMH Group, The | 9,848,715 |
50 | — | KLH Engineers | 9,595,932 |
51 | — | Allen & Shariff Corp. | 9,500,000 |
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