Government Sector Giants: Public-sector construction slow, but stirring [2014 Giants 300 Report]

Federal, state, and local government construction hasn’t exactly been a steamroller for the past few years, due to the end of stimulus availability and the ongoing effects of budget sequestration.

At press time, the most recent Commerce Department report indicated that government construction spending was up just under 1% in April, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $267 billion, despite overall economic contraction of about 1% in the first quarter. Federal construction spending was the growth leader, rising by 1.9% to a rate of $23.5 billion. State and local projects—a much larger piece of the public pie—were up just 0.7%, to $243.5 billion.

Among non-infrastructure public construction spending categories, healthcare (up 6%) and education (up 2%) appear most promising for this year, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors’ 2014 forecast.

Improving energy performance of existing properties through targeted upgrades—and, sometimes, large-scale reconstruction—continues to be a federal priority. Of 20 projects recently honored by the General Services Administration’s Design Awards program, half were reconstruction jobs, ranging from Beaux Arts courthouses to Modernist offices.

Along with the push for energy efficiency, federal agencies are increasingly exploring telework as an alternative to expanding office space. The bright side? Telecom and AV renovations will be required to help agencies keep off-site staff connected.

Many state and local governments continue to struggle with the sluggish overall economy, causing delays in needed construction. Among the discernible themes among state and local projects submitted to BD+C: new police facilities (designed to reflect changing ideas about community policing), replacement and upgraded courthouses, and mass-transit stations.

Top Government Sector Architecture Firms

Rank	Company	2013 Government Revenue
1	Stantec	$144,299,056
2	Heery International	125,058,364
3	HOK	114,753,666
4	SmithGroupJJR	83,064,158
5	HDR	81,601,164
6	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill	57,835,664
7	SHW Group	56,007,000
8	Gensler	52,272,600
9	EYP Architecture & Engineering	42,800,000
10	RS&H	39,200,000
11	Page	38,704,000
12	Moseley Architects	35,135,469
13	Leo A Daly	29,483,542
14	Perkins+will	28,975,375
15	Clark Nexsen	28,873,388
16	ZGF Architects	27,425,548
17	CannonDesign	27,000,000
18	FreemanWhite	25,941,154
19	NBBJ	19,382,000
20	DLR Group	19,300,000
21	Hammel, Green and Abrahamson	19,167,839
22	EwingCole	17,300,000
23	HKS	17,247,862
24	PGAL	16,097,917
25	HNTB Corp.	15,269,498
26	Westlake Reed Leskosky	15,049,000
27	Quattrocchi Kwok Architects	13,230,000
28	Hoefer Wysocki Architecture	12,860,000
29	Fentress Architects	12,160,971
30	BLDD Architects	11,800,000
31	RTKL Associates	11,469,000
32	SchenkelShultz Architecture	11,278,000
33	NORR	9,792,248
34	LS3P	8,882,375
35	Morris Architects	8,350,000
36	Davis Brody Bond	8,263,108
37	LaBella Associates	8,130,000
38	CTA Architects Engineers	8,014,884
39	Beyer Blinder Belle	7,947,688
40	HMC Architects	6,811,005
41	VOA Associates	6,808,200
42	Parkhill, Smith & Cooper	6,687,000
43	Rosser International	6,652,324
44	LMN Architects	6,388,100
45	Sherlock, Smith & Adams	6,388,000
46	Becker Morgan Group	6,343,277
47	Flad Architects	6,126,870
48	KZF Design	5,887,462
49	Epstein	5,402,000
50	IBI Group ? Gruzen Samton	5,000,000
51	Solomon Cordwell Buenz	4,500,000
52	Goodwyn Mills & Cawood	4,409,249
53	Wight & Company	4,402,093
54	RSP Architects	4,326,000
55	Harley Ellis Devereaux	4,310,000
56	Carrier Johnson + Culture	4,066,891
57	BRPH	3,957,000
58	FGM Architects	3,776,698
59	Ennead Architects	3,729,000
60	RNL	3,418,000
61	WDG Architecture	3,095,000
62	Perkins Eastman	3,000,000
63	GWWO	2,965,804
64	Gresham, Smith and Partners	2,787,930
65	Integrus Architecture	2,705,119
66	Hoffmann Architects	2,654,000
67	Swanke Hayden Connell Architects	2,534,000
68	Ratio Architects	2,462,355
69	LPA	2,205,538
70	Emersion Design	2,183,039
71	Array Architects	2,138,000
72	WHR Architects	2,076,445
73	Cooper Carry	1,987,669
74	Little	1,961,000
75	Bergmann Associates	1,941,360
76	OZ Architecture	1,724,680
77	Legat Architects	1,675,500
78	LBL Architects	1,600,000
79	Schrader Group Architecture	1,573,559
80	Symmes Maini & McKee Associates	1,563,000
81	Good Fulton & Farrell	1,373,500
82	H+L Architecture	1,295,496
83	Harvard Jolly Architecture	1,221,576
84	Cambridge Seven Associates	1,210,000
85	FXFOWLE Architects	1,180,000
86	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates	1,128,560
87	Moody Nolan	1,083,924
88	CO Architects	1,031,600
89	Shepley Bulfinch	836,000
90	Corgan	762,894
91	Cuningham Group Architecture	742,891
92	Lord Aeck Sargent	742,273
93	GBBN Architects	660,000
94	Nadel	650,000
95	Eppstein Uhen Architects	640,751
96	Commonwealth Architects	599,591
97	Hastings+Chivetta Architects	491,188
98	DesignGroup	433,190
99	Baskervill	391,276
100	Payette	383,755
101	Taylor Design	372,052
102	LawKingdon Architecture	350,000
103	Anderson Mikos Architects	350,000
104	NAC\|Architecture	345,476
105	Environetics	341,475
106	Kirksey	323,571
107	H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture	305,903
108	Hnedak Bobo Group	301,000
109	TEG Architects	235,686
110	RBB Architects	215,897
111	BBS Architects	200,030
112	DLA Architects	133,140
113	Fanning/Howey Associates	50,000
114	BSA LifeStructures	41,019
115	ai Design Group	33,048

Top Government Sector Engineering Firms

Rank	Company	2013 Government Revenue
1	Fluor Corporation	$2,675,202,710
2	URS Corp.	648,982,536
3	AECOM Technology Corp.	574,020,000
4	Jacobs	287,190,693
5	STV	168,948,000
6	Burns & McDonnell	99,462,332
7	Parsons Brinckerhoff	57,994,366
8	Leidos	55,125,000
9	H&A Architects & Engineers	38,735,000
10	Allen & Shariff	33,964,317
11	Dewberry	26,388,476
12	Arup	23,554,256
13	Smith Seckman Reid	19,741,666
14	Simpson Gumpertz & Heger	19,066,000
15	Affiliated Engineers	15,598,000
16	Syska Hennessy Group	12,155,407
17	Thornton Tomasetti	10,996,123
18	Coffman Engineers	10,676,374
19	KPFF Consulting Engineers	10,500,000
20	RMF Engineering	10,000,000
21	Guernsey	9,680,758
22	Shive-Hattery	9,029,738
23	Walker Parking Consultants	8,925,000
24	Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers	8,780,161
25	WSP Group	8,060,000
26	Interface Engineering	6,809,917
27	Glumac	6,650,738
28	Joseph R. Loring & Associates	6,500,000
29	Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates	5,870,000
30	TTG	5,811,850
31	Graef	5,387,348
32	KJWW Engineering Consultants	5,191,493
33	TLC Engineering for Architecture	5,134,526
34	Heapy Engineering	5,072,001
35	Ross & Baruzzini	4,975,183
36	I. C. Thomasson Associates	4,750,000
37	KCI Technologies	4,600,000
38	Vanderweil Engineers	4,565,800
39	Degenkolb Engineers	4,462,450
40	GRW	3,753,047
41	Sparling	3,690,424
42	H.F. Lenz	3,559,848
43	Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon	3,495,000
44	SSOE Group	3,332,408
45	Newcomb & Boyd	3,140,130
46	M/E Engineering	3,096,775
47	Henderson Engineers	2,989,363
48	RDK Engineers	2,880,000
49	Apogee Consulting Group	2,732,049
50	Spectrum Engineers	2,497,641
51	Brinjac Engineering	2,083,384
52	M-E Engineers	2,000,000
53	Davis, Bowen & Friedel	1,610,242
54	Walter P Moore and Associates	1,441,663
55	Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering	1,350,000
56	CTLGroup	1,330,000
57	GHT Limited	1,300,000
58	French & Parrello Associates	1,213,200
59	Dunham Associates	1,200,000
60	AKF Group	1,186,000
61	Highland Associates	1,150,000
62	Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor	1,015,000
63	Environmental Systems Design	920,969
64	BR+A Consulting Engineers	920,000
65	Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corp.	918,914
66	CJL Engineering	870,000
67	Mazzetti	831,363
68	Primera Engineers	775,000
69	ThermalTech Engineering	750,000
70	KLH Engineers	480,951
71	OLA Consulting Engineers	262,000
72	Zak Companies	208,120
73	Wick Fisher White	195,530
74	Wallace Engineering	150,000
75	Total Building Commissioning	122,935
76	G&W Engineering Corp.	109,200
77	P2S Engineering	99,369
78	DeSimone Consulting Engineers	90,000
79	Stanley Consultants	74,747
80	Integrated Design Group	55,650

Top Government Sector Construction Firms

Rank	Company	2013 Government Revenue
1	Turner Construction	$2,343,544,729
2	Clark Group	2,342,085,755
3	PCL Construction	1,343,431,142
4	Walsh Group, The	1,188,110,497
5	Hensel Phelps	1,184,760,000
6	Balfour Beatty US	1,145,573,619
7	Gilbane	814,257,000
8	Tutor Perini Corp.	767,580,319
9	McCarthy Holdings	738,000,000
10	Lend Lease	551,622,000
11	Skanska USA	493,318,641
12	Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The	455,618,872
13	Brasfield & Gorrie	379,267,063
14	JE Dunn Construction	321,764,977
15	Hunt Construction Group	277,300,000
16	Mortenson Construction	178,340,000
17	STV	168,948,000
18	Hunt Companies	154,387,811
19	Sundt Construction	153,006,199
20	HITT Contracting	145,900,000
21	O'Neil Industries/W.E. O'Neil	142,005,318
22	CORE Construction Group	135,900,848
23	Manhattan Construction	126,300,000
24	Heery International	125,058,364
25	W. M. Jordan Company	117,481,667
26	Yates Companies, The	111,200,000
27	Holder Construction	110,063,000
28	Flintco	106,026,635
29	Hoffman Construction	84,474,600
30	Messer Construction	79,799,220
31	B. L. Harbert International	74,365,423
32	Consigli Construction	74,312,383
33	James G. Davis Construction	72,010,706
34	Suffolk Construction	67,717,700
35	DPR Construction	65,709,181
36	Coakley & Williams Construction	61,953,906
37	C.W. Driver	58,850,000
38	Parsons Brinckerhoff	57,994,366
39	Ryan Companies US	57,693,535
40	Fortis Construction	52,585,000
41	Shawmut Design and Construction	49,000,000
42	Leopardo Companies	47,786,003
43	Bernards	46,000,000
44	Swinerton Builders	45,394,000
45	Walbridge	41,300,000
46	Hill International	41,000,000
47	Power Construction	39,000,000
48	Kitchell Corp.	38,162,513
49	KBE Building Corp.	37,661,458
50	Beck Group, The	36,300,176
51	Allen & Shariff	33,964,317
52	Barton Malow	33,108,673
53	Wight & Company	32,543,000
54	Haselden Construction	32,300,743
55	Absher Construction	31,202,850
56	Structure Tone	29,981,000
57	Hoar Construction	29,474,000
58	Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction	29,000,000
59	New South Construction	28,999,000
60	Haskell	28,573,183
61	S. M. Wilson & Co.	28,521,558
62	Robins & Morton	28,415,079
63	Harkins Builders	28,400,000
64	EMJ Corp.	21,000,000
65	LeChase Construction Services	19,680,000
66	Bomel Construction	19,327,000
67	Layton Construction	17,900,000
68	Adolfson & Peterson Construction	17,884,760
69	McShane Companies, The	17,672,043
70	BlueScope Construction	14,554,879
71	Juneau Construction	11,405,546
72	Hill & Wilkinson	10,864,000
73	E.W. Howell	9,541,000
74	James McHugh Construction	8,334,048
75	Choate Construction	7,670,062
76	Weitz Company, The	6,600,000
77	JLL	6,000,000
78	Stalco Construction	5,620,500
79	LPCiminelli	4,790,613
80	Kraus-Anderson Construction	3,000,000
81	Bette Companies, The	2,697,000
82	Astorino	2,384,468
83	Batson-Cook	1,390,120
84	Graycor	1,152,668
85	Alberici Constructors	1,080,320
86	Paric Corp.	1,000,000
87	IMC Construction	75,000

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