Prospects have clearly brightened for design firms in the mid-Atlantic region. As the economic recovery continued, several locally based firms saw business improve last year, including Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson; KCI Technologies; Whitman, Requardt & Associates; and Pennoni Associates, which is ENR MidAtlantic's Design Firm of the Year.
The top 25 firms on this year's list tallied a combined $2.5 billion in revenue in 2013. Transportation was the strongest sector for eight of the top 10 companies. The 10 leading transportation firms on this year's list recorded a combined $792 million in revenue in 2013. Michael Baker's $100-million State Route 28, East Ohio Street improvement project broke ground in Pittsburgh; construction began on the $351-million Phase 2 of Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson's 11th Street Bridges project in Washington, D.C.; and work started on KCI Technologies' $67-million U.S. Route 1, Richmond Highway project in Richmond.