For engineering and architectural firms on the West Coast, recovery from the economic woes brought on by the pandemic has been an uneven affair. California has moved ahead while firms in the Northwest continue to struggle to regain momentum. For all of them, the immediate future offers complex challenges.
The leading 50 firms on ENR California’s Top 50 Design Firms list—which includes Hawaii—reported total revenue of $6.19 billion for 2021, 7.7% more than their combined 2020 revenue. That outstripped the 2.2% revenue increase for ENR’s national Top 500 Design Firms in 2021.