May 5, 2014

The Top Design Firms list, published annually, ranks the largest U.S.-based designs firms, both publicly and privately held, based on design-specific revenue.

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Top Design Firms Main Rankings

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Correctional

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	Wakefield Beasley& Associates Architects	2.96
2	Dewberry	1.88
3	Moseley Architects	1.86
4	Little	1.08
5	DLR Group	0.71

Distribution & Warehouses

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	Lord Aeck Sargent	2.09
2	Terracon Consultants Inc.	1.72
3	Stantec	1.65
4	Alliance Consulting Engineers Inc.	1.20
5	NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC	1.03

Entertainment

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	HKS Inc.	4.71
2	Atkins North America	2.50
3	Gensler	1.65
4	TLC Engineering for Architecture Inc.	1.18
5	NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC	1.04

Hospitality

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	AECOM Technology Corp.	12.01
2	FreemanWhite	10.07
3	HKS Inc.	5.34
4	VOA Associates Inc.	4.16
5	Cooper Carry Inc.	4.14
6	Terracon Consultants Inc.	2.39
7	TLC Engineering for Architecture Inc.	1.64
8	PFVS Architecture	1.29
9	ArchitectWala.com / Newport Design Group	1.20
10	LS3P	1.16

Multi-unit Residential

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	Niles Bolton Associates	7.69
2	Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.	7.50
3	Stantec	5.63
4	Cooper Carry Inc.	4.16
5	Terracon Consultants Inc.	4.07
6	Lord Aeck Sargent	3.25
7	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc.	1.76
8	Universal Engineering Sciences Inc.	1.50
9	Stewart	1.29
10	Langan	1.27

Retail

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc.	52.00
2	Gensler	11.37
3	Terracon Consultants Inc.	9.81
4	Universal Engineering Sciences Inc.	6.38
5	Little	5.68
6	Bowman Consulting	4.20
7	Atkins North America	2.89
8	Wakefield Beasley & Associates Architects	2.83
9	CASCO Diversified Corp.	2.52
10	Phillips Partnership PC	2.49
11	Kamm Consulting, Inc	2.35
12	Stantec	1.82
13	Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc.	1.74
14	Cooper Carry Inc.	1.52
15	Dewberry	1.43
16	api	1.13
17	LS3P	1.06
18	CPH Inc.	1.02
19	Wantman Group Inc.	1.00
20	Ramey Kemp & Associates Inc.	1.00

Sports/Recreation

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	HNTB Corp.	7.34
2	Atkins North America	2.61
3	TLC Engineering for Architecture Inc.	1.92
4	W.K. Dickson & Co. Inc.	1.24
5	Wakefield Beasley & Associates Architects	1.13

R&D Facilities

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	Affiliated Engineers Inc.	4.97
2	Lord Aeck Sargent	3.75
3	Gensler	2.56
4	Merrick & Co.	2.40
5	WSP	2.00

Religious & Cultural

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	LS3P	3.16
2	CJMW Architecture	1.14
3	CDH Partners Inc.	1.06
4	Stantec	1.04
5	Lawson Group Architects Inc.	1.00

Manufacturing

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	BRPH Architects - Engineers Inc.	10.13
2	O'Neal Inc.	6.00
3	Geosyntec Consultants Inc.	5.61
4	Terracon Consultants Inc.	2.30
5	GEL Engineering LLC	2.00

Hazardous Waste

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	ARCADIS U.S.	94.32
2	Cardno	17.45
3	Geosyntec Consultants Inc.	16.78
4	AECOM Technology Corp.	15.98
5	HDR	4.81
6	Gannett Fleming Inc.	4.68
7	GLE Associates Inc.	2.48
8	GEL Engineering LLC	1.00
9	Michael Baker International	0.92
10	Hatch Mott MacDonald	0.52

Master Planned Development/Site Infrastructure

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	AECOM Technology Corp.	46.73
2	CPH Inc.	10.23
3	Stantec	7.25
4	ESP Associates P.A.	5.60
5	Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc.	4.93
6	Chen Moore and Associates	3.54
7	Universal Engineering Sciences Inc.	3.17
8	Wantman Group Inc.	2.50
9	Seamon Whiteside	2.35
10	Alliance Consulting Engineers Inc.	2.10

Industrial Process

Rank	Firm	($ mil)
1	O'Neal Inc.	22.20
2	Hargrove Engineers + Constructors	9.54
3	Affiliated Engineers Inc.	8.67
4	Terracon Consultants Inc.	2.56
5	GEL Engineering LLC	1.60