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Rank 2012/2011
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Company / Location / Website
Top Officer |
Market Sectors
By % of Revenue** |
Regional Rev.
($ Mil) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 |
AECOM Technology Corp. Houston, Texas |
49 General Building 23 Transportation 12 Water Supply |
239.17 |
| 2/** |
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Fort Worth, Texas |
56 General Building 20 Transportation 8 Water Supply |
236.93 |
| 3/8 |
CH2M HILL Inc. Austin, Texas |
24 Hazardous Waste 15 Transportation 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
163.15 |
| 4/6 |
Parsons Brinckerhoff Austin, Texas |
49 Transportation 47 O&M/CM 3 Power |
141.41 |
| 5/5 |
HNTB Corp. Plano, Texas |
63 Transportation 20 Water Supply 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
139.99 |
| 6/4 |
HDR Inc. Dallas, Texas |
34 Transportation 24 General Building 23 Water Supply |
132.68 |
| 7/12 |
Gensler Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 99.40 |
| 8/** |
ARCADIS San Antonio, Texas |
47 Water Supply 40 Hazardous Waste 7 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
86.64 |
| 9/7 |
Atkins North America Austin, Texas |
42 Transportation 19 General Building 19 Power |
81.00 |
| 10/9 |
Freese and Nichols Inc. Fort Worth, Texas |
50 Water Supply 20 Transportation 16 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
78.49 |
| 11/** |
Terracon Consultants Inc. Olathe, Kan. |
44 General Building 17 Hazardous Waste 17 Transportation |
71.65 |
| 12/3 |
Zachry Holdings Inc. San Antonio, Texas |
93 Power 6 Industrial Process 1 Transportation |
65.56 |
| 13/13 |
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. Houston, Texas |
57 Water Supply 43 Transportation |
60.00 |
| 14/10 |
PBK Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 55.30 |
| 15/14 |
Page Southerland Page LLP Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 54.39 |
| 16/16 |
Fugro Consultants Inc. Houston, Texas |
60 Petroleum 27 Transportation 9 General Building |
53.98 |
| 17/15 |
Huitt-Zollars Inc. Dallas, Texas |
45 Transportation 38 General Building 9 Water Supply |
52.19 |
| 18/18 |
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc. Lubbock, Texas |
45 General Building 26 Water Supply 14 Transportation |
49.80 |
| 19/20 |
Corgan Associates Inc. Dallas, Texas |
54 General Building 37 Transportation 5 Telecommunications |
43.28 |
| 20/17 |
SHW Group LLP Plano, Texas |
100 General Building | 39.45 |
| 21/19 |
Dannenbaum Engineering Corp. Houston, Texas |
51 Transportation 24 Water Supply 15 Land Dev./Site/Civil |
38.60 |
| 22/21 |
Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. San Antonio, Texas |
65 General Building 14 Transportation 12 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
37.70 |
| 23/23 |
Brown & Gay Engineers Inc. Houston, Texas |
44 Water Supply 40 Sewerage/Solid Waste 16 Transportation |
36.52 |
| 24/29 |
Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc. San Antonio, Texas |
45 General Building 40 Transportation 6 Water Supply |
35.22 |
| 25/22 |
HKS Inc. Dallas, Texas |
96 General Building 4 Transportation |
34.45 |
| 26/38 |
WHR Architects Inc. Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 31.75 |
| 27/25 |
LJA Engineering Inc. Houston, Texas |
30 Transportation 25 Sewerage/Solid Waste 25 Master Plan/Site 15 Water Supply |
31.10 |
| 28/28 |
Jones & Carter Inc. Houston, Texas |
37 Master Plan/Site 20 Water Supply 19 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
29.95 |
| 29/30 |
CP&Y Inc. Dallas, Texas |
46 Transportation 29 Water Supply 25 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
28.96 |
| 30/52 |
Binkley & Barfield Inc. Houston, Texas |
86 Transportation 9 Power 3 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
25.78 |
| 31/27 |
Perkins+Will Inc. Dallas, Texas |
100 General Building | 24.60 |
| 32/36 |
Cobb, Fendley & Associates Inc. Houston, Texas |
68 Utilities, Right-of-Way 13 Transportation 6 Telecommunications |
23.00 |
| 33/** |
Hellmuth Obata and Kassabaum LP Houston, Texas |
82 General Building 13 Master Planning 5 Transportation |
22.47 |
| 34/** |
exp Global Inc. Houston, Texas |
89 Petroleum 9 General Building 2 Telecommunications |
220.10 |
| 35/** |
Hunt, Guillot, & Associates Ruston, La. |
47 Industrial Process 38 General Building 10 Petroleum |
20.00 |
| 36/39 |
Smith Seckman Reid Inc. Houston, Texas |
98 General Building 1 Other (not specified) 1 Transportation |
19.55 |
| 37/31 |
FKP Architects Inc. Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 19.48 |
| 38/** |
Burk-Kleinpeter Inc. New Orleans, La. |
84 Transportation 6 Master Plan/Site 6 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
18.32 |
| 39/33 |
Kirksey Architecture Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 15.30 |
| 40/66 |
ccrd partners Houston, Texas |
85 General Building 10 Telecommunications 5 Power |
18.00 |
| 41/63 |
The Beck Group Dallas, Texas |
95 General Building 5 Telecommunications |
17.77 |
| 42/32 |
PGAL Inc. Houston, Texas |
60 General Building 37 Transportation 2 Telecommunications |
17.21 |
| 43/** |
Stantec Consulting Services Inc. Dallas, Texas |
36 Petroleum 28 Water Supply 19 Other (not specified |
17.00 |
| 44/42 |
Jaster-Quintanilla Austin, Texas |
66 General Building 13 Sewerage/Solid Waste 6 Transportation |
15.78 |
| 45/45 |
Good Fulton & Farrell Inc. Dallas, Texas |
100 General Building | 15.07 |
| 46/47 |
Bay Architects Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 14.50 |
| 46/40 |
Teague Nall and Perkins Fort Worth, Texas |
34 Transportation 32 Drainage, Planning 27 General Building |
14.50 |
| 48/59 |
OTHON Inc. Consulting Engineers Houston, Texas |
40 Transportation 20 Construction Management 18 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
12.90 |
| 49/43 |
Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. Houston, Texas |
66 Transportation 34 General Building |
12.16 |
| 50/** |
Hatch Mott MacDonald Pearland, Texas |
98 Petroleum 1 Transportation 1 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
10.91 |
| 51/46 |
Ascension Group Architects LLP Arlington, Texas |
100 General Building | 10.80 |
| 52/61 |
Stanley Consultants Inc. Austin, Texas |
43 General Building 27 Water Supply 22 Power |
10.12 |
| 53/50 |
Haynes Whaley Associates Inc. Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 9.98 |
| 54/62 |
CMA Fort Worth, Texas |
100 General Building | 9.95 |
| 55/** |
STV Inc. Dallas, Texas |
61 Transportation 31 Petroleum 8 General Building |
9.90 |
| 56/49 |
Ziegler Cooper Architects Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 9.62 |
| 57/** |
Blitch Knevel Architects Inc. New Orleans, La. |
100 General Building | 8.90 |
| 58/58 |
Wier & Associates Inc. Arlington, Texas |
80 Petroleum 11 General Building 5 Transportation |
8.22 |
| 59/48 |
O’Connell Robertson Austin, Texas |
100 General Building | 8.10 |
| 60/56 |
TTG Goetting San Antonio, Texas |
100 General Building | 8.00 |
| 61/51 |
Aguirre Roden Inc. Dallas, Texas |
100 General Building | 7.13 |
| 62/57 |
Baird, Hampton & Brown Inc. Fort Worth, Texas |
58 General Building 11 Master Plan/Site 9 Transportation |
7.00 |
| 62/70 |
Johnson & Pace Inc. Longview, Texas |
56 General Building 14 Industrial Process 11 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
7.00 |
| 64/** |
VergesRome Architects New Orleans, La. |
100 General Building | 6.00 |
| 65/65 |
Rees Associates Inc. Dallas, Texas |
100 General Building | 5.73 |
| 66/** |
Holly and Smith Architects Inc. Hammond, La. |
92 General Building 8 Other (not specified) |
5.65 |
| 67/69 |
GSR Andrade Architects Inc. Dallas, Texas |
100 General Building | 5.60 |
| 68/** |
BALAR Associates Inc. Shreveport, La. |
49 Water Supply 39 Sewerage/Solid Waste 8 Transportation |
5.10 |
| 69/** |
N-Y Associates Inc. Metairie, La. |
50 Transportation 21 General Building 20 Sewerage/Solid Waste |
5.05 |
| 70/77 |
WYLIE Consulting Engineers Houston, Texas |
92 General Building 8 Commissioning Building |
5.03 |
| 71/60 |
Structural Engineering Associates Inc. San Antonio, Texas |
89 Transportation 7 General Building 3 Hazardous Waste |
4.25 |
| 72/** |
PhiloWilke Partnership Houston, Texas |
100 General Building | 3.51 |
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