California Top Design Firms 2013
June 10, 2013
The ENR California Top Design Firms list, ranks the largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.
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California Top Design Firms
|
Rank 2013/2012
|
Company / Location /
Top Officer |
Market Sectors
By Percent |
Regional Rev.
($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1/1
|
AECOM Technology Corp. Los Angeles | aecom.com Mike Carroll, West Region Executive |
48 Transportation 21 General Building 13 Power |
462.71
|
|
2/4
|
HDR San Francisco | hdrinc.com Bill Brinkman, Executive Vice President |
36 Transportation 18 Water Supply 18 General Building |
236.09
|
|
3/3
|
Parsons Brinckerhoff San Francisco | pbworld.com Ronald L. Hartje, Sr. VP/Calif. Regional Manager |
87 Transportation 9 General Building 2 Water Supply |
214.11
|
|
4/7
|
ARCADIS U.S. Highlands Ranch, Colo. | arcadis-us.com Thomas Johnson, Distinguished Expert (Science) |
93 Hazardous Waste 5 Water Supply 2 Sewer/Solid Waste |
161.87
|
|
5/6
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Stantec Irvine | stantec.com Eric Nielsen, Senior Vice President, U.S. |
57 General Building 19 Petroleum 7 Transportation |
160.38
|
|
6/5
|
HNTB Corp. Santa Ana | hntb.com Phil Petrocelli, West Division President |
84 Transportation 16 General Building |
142.75
|
|
7/8
|
Gensler San Francisco | gensler.com Andrew P. Cohen, Executive Director |
87 General Building 11 Transportation 2 Master Plan/Site |
136.89
|
|
8/-
|
MWH Global Sacramento | mwhglobal.com Mike Watson, Vice President |
69 Water Supply 25 Sewer/Solid Waste 5 Power |
102.21
|
|
9/10
|
Arup New York | arup.com Mahadev Raman, Americas Chairman |
55 General Building 42 Transportation 2 Petroleum |
94.34
|
|
10/9
|
Michael Baker Corp. Irvine | mbakercorp.com S. Robert Kallenbaugh, Senior Vice President |
24 Transportation 21 Water Supply 21 General Building |
94.20
|
|
11/11
|
HMC Architects Ontario | hmcarchitects.com Brian Staton, CEO |
100 General Building |
74.80
|
|
12/12
|
SmithGroupJJR San Francisco | smithgroupjjr.com William L. Diefenbach, Sr. VP/Office Director |
100 General Building |
58.28
|
|
13/-
|
Geosyntec Consultants Huntington Beach | geosyntec.com Thierry Sanglerat, Executive VP/Principal |
50 Hazardous Waste 23 Sewer/Solid Waste 7 Petroleum |
56.77
|
|
14/13
|
Psomas Los Angeles | psomas.com Blake Murillo, CEO |
33 Transportation 23 General Building 17 Water Supply |
56.43
|
|
15/14
|
Carollo Engineers Inc. Walnut Creek | carollo.com Ken Wilkins, Senior Vice President |
58 Sewer/Solid Waste 42 Water Supply |
54.07
|
|
16/15
|
HOK San Francisco | hok.com Russ Drinker, Management Principal |
66 General Building 34 Transportation |
51.95
|
|
17/24
|
BKF Engineers Redwood City | bkf.com David LaVelle, President/CEO |
59 General Building 38 Transportation 2 Sewer/Solid Waste |
45.54
|
|
18/26
|
T.Y. Lin International San Francisco | tylin.com Alvaro J. Piedrahita, President/CEO |
100 Transportation |
43.98
|
|
19/17
|
LPA Inc. Irvine | lpainc.com Dan Heinfeld, President |
100 General Building |
41.84
|
|
20/16
|
TTG Pasadena | ttgcorp.com Zareh Astourian, President/CEO |
84 General Building 10 Transportation 4 Water Supply |
40.30
|
|
21/-
|
NV5 (Nolte Vertical Five) Sacramento | nv5.com Thomas G. Kurkjian, COO |
100 General Building |
39.89
|
|
22/18
|
Hatch Mott MacDonald Pleasanton | hatchmott.com John W. Townsend, Executive Vice President |
81 Transportation 13 Water Supply 5 Sewer/Solid Waste |
39.08
|
|
23/21
|
Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical and Environmental Sciences Consultants San Diego | ninyoandmoore.com Avram Ninyo, Principal Engineer |
20 Hazardous Waste 19 General Building 13 Transportation |
38.80
|
|
24/-
|
SPEC Services Inc. Fountain Valley | specservices.com Kim R. Henry, President |
99 Petroleum 1 Water Supply |
37.84
|
|
25/25
|
Fentress Architects Los Angeles | fentressarchitects.com Curtis Fentress, Founder/Principal in Charge |
73 Transportation 26 General Building 1 Telecommunications |
37.61
|
|
26/29
|
TJ Cross Engineers Inc. Bakersfield | tjcross.com Lisa Wong, President |
97 Petroleum 2 Power 1 Water Supply |
36.10
|
|
27/27
|
ZGF Architects LLP Los Angeles | zgf.com Ted A. Hyman, Partner |
94 General Building 3 Transportation 3 Master Plan/Site |
36.00
|
|
28/23
|
Atkins San Diego | northamerica.atkinsglobal.com Joe Boyer, CEO, North America |
32 Transportation 28 Water Supply 25 General Building |
35.61
|
|
29/19
|
HGA Architects and Engineers Roseville | hga.com John Justus, Vice President/Principal |
100 General Building |
33.22
|
|
30/-
|
McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners Irvine | mve-architects.com Rick Emsiek, President |
86 General Building 14 Master Plan/Site |
32.50
|
|
31/22
|
Cannon Design Los Angeles | cannondesign.com Michael J. Smith, Principal/West Region Dir. |
100 General Building |
31.62
|
|
32/30
|
Perkins+Will San Francisco | perkinswill.com Peter Busby, Managing Director/Principal |
100 General Building |
29.65
|
|
33/-
|
Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz Inc. San Francisco | kmdarchitects.com Roy Latka, President |
100 General Building |
29.63
|
|
34/31
|
Lionakis Sacramento | lionakis.com Tim Fry, President |
98 General Building 1 Water Supply 1 Transportation |
29.33
|
|
35/-
|
Burns & McDonnell Brea | burnsmcd.com Renita Mollman, VP/General Manager |
95 Power 3 Transportation 1 Petroleum |
29.08
|
|
36/48
|
CO Architects Los Angeles | coarchitects.com Scott Kelsey, Managing Principal |
100 General Building |
28.85
|
|
37/32
|
DLR Group Santa Monica | dlrgroup.com Adrian Cohen, Sr. Principal/Regional Leader |
100 General Building |
28.13
|
|
38/34
|
Degenkolb Engineers San Francisco | degenkolb.com Stacy Bartoletti, President/CEO |
79 General Building 10 Manufacturing 7 Power |
27.20
|
|
39/38
|
GEI Consultants Inc. Rancho Cordova | GEIConsultants.com Stephen W. Verigin, Sr. VP/West Region Mgr. |
99 Water Supply 1 Power |
24.90
|
|
40/-
|
Geocon Inc. San Diego | geoconinc.com Joseph Vettel, CEO |
49 General Building 29 Transportation 16 Master Plan/Site |
24.40
|
|
41/-
|
RMC Water and Environment Walnut Creek | rmcwater.com Randy Raines, President |
70 Water Supply 30 Sewer/Solid Waste |
22.51
|
|
42/-
|
Dokken Engineering Folsom | dokkenengineering.com Richard Liptak, President |
100 Transportation |
22.18
|
|
43/-
|
Ware Malcomb Irvine | waremalcomb.com Lawrence Armstrong, CEO |
99 General Building 1 Other |
21.95
|
|
44/-
|
NTD Architecture San Diego | ntd.com Jay Tittle, Partner/CEO |
100 General Building |
20.89
|
|
45/-
|
Earth Systems Inc. San Luis Obispo | earthsys.com Craig S. Hill, President/CEO |
61 General Building 18 Power 8 Transportation |
20.46
|
|
46/36
|
Syska Hennessy Group Culver City | syska.com Gary Brennen, Co-President |
53 General Building 35 Telecommunications 11 Transportation |
20.10
|
|
47/33
|
RBB Architects Inc Los Angeles | rbbinc.com Joseph Balbona, CEO |
100 General Building |
19.14
|
|
48/-
|
Allana Buick & Bers Palo Alto | abbae.com Karim Allana, CEO |
100 Other |
19.11
|
|
49/35
|
Langdon Wilson International Los Angeles | langdonwilson.com Asad M. Khan, President |
100 General Building |
18.30
|
|
50/-
|
Langan San Francisco | langan.com Philip T. Tringale, Managing Partner/ Director of Western Region |
58 General Building 17 Other 12 Master Plan/Site |
17.96
|
|
51/49
|
RMW architecture & interiors San Francisco | rmw.com Russ Nichols, President |
100 General Building |
17.70
|
|
52/52
|
Penfield & Smith Santa Barbara | penfieldsmith.com Hady Izadpanah, President |
30 Transportation 23 General Building 22 Water Supply |
16.00
|
|
52/-
|
Steinberg Architects San Jose | steinberg.us.com Rob Steinberg, President |
100 General Building |
16.00
|
|
54/45
|
David Evans and Associates Inc. Portland, Ore. | deainc.com Al Barkouli, CEO |
48 Transportation 29 Master Plan/Site 22 General Building |
15.52
|
|
55/-
|
Hawley Peterson Snyder Mountain View | hpsarch.com Alan E. Turner, President |
100 General Building |
14.00
|
|
56/42
|
Mazzetti San Francisco | mazzetti.com Walter N. Vernon IV, CEO |
98 General Building 1 Telecommunications 1 Other |
13.95
|
|
57/58
|
Harley Ellis Devereaux Southfield, Mich. | harleyellisdevereaux.com Gary Skog, Chairman/CEO |
100 General Building |
13.84
|
|
58/-
|
STUDIOS Architecture San Francisco | studios.com Thomas Yee, Chairman |
100 General Building |
13.00
|
|
59/51
|
Thornton Tomasetti Inc. Los Angeles | thorntontomasetti.com Bruce Gibbons, Senior Principal |
79 General Building 20 Transportation 1 Telecommunications |
12.93
|
|
60/54
|
Quad Knopf Inc. Visalia | quadknopf.com Michael D. Knopf, CEO |
28 Petroleum 19 Transportation 17 Power |
12.65
|
|
61/46
|
exp San Diego | exp.com Not Provided |
99 General Building 1 Telecommunications |
12.43
|
|
62/55
|
Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto, Architects and Engineers Redding | nmrdesign.com Dan Rossetto, President |
93 General Building 5 Manufacturing 1 Transportation |
12.30
|
|
63/61
|
BAR Architects San Francisco | bararch.com Richard Beard, Principal/President/CEO |
99 General Building 1 Master Plan/Site |
11.34
|
|
64/63
|
SWCA Environmental Consultants Pasadena | swca.com Elizabeth Perry, Regional Manager |
39 Power 31 Transportation 9 Other |
10.74
|
|
65/47
|
Lee, Burkhart, Liu Inc. Marina del Rey | lblarch.com Kenneth Lee, Principal |
100 Other |
10.50
|
|
66/40
|
Perkowitz+Ruth Architects Long Beach | prarchitects.com Steve Ruth, President/CEO |
100 General Building |
9.60
|
|
66/53
|
Ratcliff Emeryville | ratcliffarch.com Christopher P. Ratcliff, CEO |
100 General Building |
9.60
|
|
68/60
|
LEE & RO Inc. City of Industry | lee-ro.com M. Steve Ro, President/CEO |
61 Sewer/Solid Waste 39 Water Supply |
8.53
|
|
69/-
|
Project Design Consultants San Diego | projectdesign.com Greg Shields, CEO |
28 Power 27 General Building 26 Transportation |
7.48
|
|
70/-
|
RQ Construction LLC Carlsbad | rqconstruction.com George H. Rogers III, CEO |
100 General Building |
5.99
|
|
71/74
|
Terracon Consultants Inc. Olathe, Kan. | terracon.com Swaminathan Srinivasan, Western Operating Group Manager |
57 General Building 12 Hazardous Waste 10 Power |
5.73
|
|
72/-
|
PBS Engineers Inc. Glendora | pbsengineers.com Greg (Gautam) R. Shah, President/CEO |
100 General Building |
5.50
|
|
73/70
|
ANOVA Architectural Nexus Sacramento | anovanexus.com Charlie Downs, Senior Principal |
100 General Building |
5.25
|
|
73/67
|
MulvannyG2 Architecture Irvine | mulvannyg2.com James T. Hillier, Senior Principal |
100 General Building |
5.25
|
|
75/-
|
Integral Group Oakland | integralgroup.com Kevin Hydes, CEO |
98 General Building 1 Other 1 Telecommunications |
5.22
|
|
76/72
|
Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects Sacramento | dreyfussblackford.com John C. Webre, President |
100 General Building |
5.21
|
|
77/77
|
RNL Los Angeles | rnldesign.com Patrick M. McKelvey, Senior Principal |
100 General Building |
4.78
|
|
78/72
|
Perkins Eastman San Francisco | perkinseastman.com Leslie G. Moldow, Principal |
100 General Building |
3.92
|
|
79/68
|
FME Architecture + Design San Francisco | fme-arch.com Eric Ibsen, Chief Design Officer / Andrew Wilson, CFO/Executive Principal |
100 General Building |
3.62
|
|
80/-
|
Altran Solutions Corp. San Francisco | altran-na.com Scot Blodgett, Vice President |
100 Power |
3.20
|
|
81/75
|
Sugimura Finney Architects San Jose | sugimura.com Mark C. Finney, President |
93 General Building 7 Master Plan/Site |
2.80
|
|
82/-
|
Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. San Francisco | rsandh.com Joseph Jackson, Vice President |
100 Transportation |
2.75
|
|
83/-
|
McCall Design Group San Francisco | mccalldesign.com Michael McCall, President |
100 General Building |
2.16
|
|
84/80
|
CSHQA Inc. West Sacramento | cshqa.com J. Michael Brady, Principal/Director- Sacramento Office Manager |
100 General Building |
1.81
|
|
85/76
|
Walker Parking Consultants Los Angeles | walkerparking.com Daniel R. Johns, Vice President |
100 General Building |
1.52
|
|
86/83
|
TR Design Group Architecture Riverside | trdesigngroup.com Thomas Riggle, President |
88 General Building 7 Transportation 5 Master Plan/Site |
1.37
|
|
87/-
|
R.M. Byrd and Associates Inc. Ontario | rmbyrd.com Rick Byrd, President |
100 General Building |
1.21
|
|
88/-
|
Collins Engineers Inc. Auburn | collinsengr.com Glenn Gerschke, Vice President - Division Manager |
87 Transportation 12 Water Supply 1 General Building |
0.98
|
|
89/-
|
REM Architects Encino | rem-architects.com Russell Myers, President |
100 General Building |
0.91
|