The 100 design firms in ENR Midwest’s Top Design Firms ranking are offering more expertise and services across the 11-state region. That diversification resulted in another year of growth as the firms reported total revenue of $5.78 billion for fiscal year 2018—an increase from the $5.67 billion reported by the top 100 firms that responded to last year’s survey. It is also an increase from the $4.9 billion reported for fiscal year 2016, the first year that ENR Midwest’s coverage expanded to include all Midwestern states.
While giants such as AECOM and Burns & McDonnell once again fought it out for the top spot on the list, the entire ranking shows architects and engineers delivering everything from rail, airport and transit designs to skyscrapers and energy plants. Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates (No. 40 this year, up from No. 43 in 2018) considers itself a problem-solving firm, and its revenue grew at a pace similar to that seen by many of the region’s design architects and engineers.