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EXCLUSIVE By Lynn Petrak

Recognizing firms with $100 million or more in revenue

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he last two years have been challenging, as many firms struggled with the realities of revenue loss, smaller backlogs, and company restructuring. Those issues are evident in the bottom lines and employee rosters of many organizations, which look different, to varying degrees, than they did a couple of years ago. That said, many firms that specialize in civil engineering, or that have strong civil engineering disciplines, have kept their revenues above the $100 million mark, and many are included on CE News Top Civil Engineering Firms list. One key to these firms’ stability and growth is diversification. Dave Gockel, CEO of Langan Engineering, headquartered in Elmwood Park, N.J., said that his company has been able to meet challenges by opening up its scope of work. “We’ve really done so through penetration into more markets, including both geographic markets and service markets,” said Gockel, who credits his company’s employees for finding new avenues. “These people are good at understanding that their traditional clients were not doing as much work and so they pursued other opportunities, like in colleges and universities, K-12 schools, and healthcare, to name a few.” As a result of that teamwork, he said, Langan Engineering opened four new offices in the last year, including three in the United States and one in Dubai. Diversification was also cited by Mike Salmon, president of TRC Companies, Inc., based in Lowell, Mass. “If you would have looked at our company 10 years ago we were probably 90 percent environmental, 10 percent energy, and 10 percent

infrastructure. Before, many of our customers were in the private sector, and now we’ve expanded to 20 to 30 percent in the public sector,” he explained, adding that the infrastructure and energy part of their business now comprises half of its overall projects. In addition to diversification, many of the industry’s top firms have strengthened their base by adding to their operations through mergers and acquisitions. Examples include ARCADIS U.S., Inc.’s acquisition of Malcolm Pirnie; the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff by Balfour Beatty; and the move by Kleinfelder to take on S.E.A. Consultants, Inc.; among others. Just recently, Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., announced it acquired the 500-person professional services firm Jordan, Jones & Goulding as a way to expand Jacobs’ capability in the wastewater sector. However firm leaders are choosing to maintain or expand their business, public and private civil engineering firms of all types have had to contend with fewer phone calls and with balance sheets that don’t compare to previous years’ figures. Gockel said that, as with the general global economy, the pace of future expansion in civil engineering projects will be deliberate. “I think 2009 was a combination of a freefall during the first part of the year, when you hit bottom, and stabilization during the second half of the year. Now, we’re starting to see activity and the beginning of what is likely a prolonged recovery,” he observed. “The challenge to engineering firms is not as much rebuilding as reshaping — you have to reshape your company to the new markets that are out there.”

About the CE News Top Civil Engineering Firms list Firms on the list, all of which reported revenues of more than $100 million, are solely devoted to civil engineering or offer multidisciplinary services with a strong civil engineering business. Information used to comprise this list came from multiple sources. Research was gathered primarily from public information on company websites and other published business sources, as well as during interviews with firm

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representatives. Additionally, some data was submitted by firm representatives through an online questionnaire hosted by CE News. Because of the timing of this list, some reported revenue and employee counts are based on fiscal 2008 figures, while in other cases, firms recently released financial information for 2009 and this data was used. For consideration to appear on next year’s list, please go to www.cenews.com/topfirms,

where you’ll find a brief questionnaire to answer about your firm. Next year, the list will be expanded to include firms with $75 million or more in revenue. The other requirements are that firms must have at least 51 percent of their revenue derived from the practice of civil engineering and they must have at least 200 U.S.based employees. Let us know if you belong on this list by completing the questionnaire at the URL above.

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EXCLUSIVE

Firm Annual North American Headquarters Revenue

No. of employees Leadership

Website

Bechtel Group Inc. San Francisco, CA

$31.4 billion

49,000

Riley Bechtel, CEO and Chairman

www.bechtel.com

Fluor Corp. Irving, TX

$22 billion

40,000

Alan Boeckmann, Chairman and CEO

www.fluor.com

Kellogg, Brown & Root Houston, TX

$12.1 billion

57,000

William Utt, Chairman, President and CEO

www.kbr.com

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Pasadena, CA $11.5 billion

38,900

Craig Martin, President and CEO

www.jacobs.com

URS San Francisco, CA $9.3 billion 45,000

Martin Koffel, Chairman, President and CEO

www.urscorp.com

The Shaw Group Baton Rouge, LA $7.3 billion 28,000

James Bernhard, Chairman, President and CEO

www.shawgrp.com

WorleyParsons Houston, TX

$6.6 billion

28,000

John Grill, CEO

www.worleyparsons.com

CH2M HILL Inc. Englewood, CO

$6.4 billion

25,000

Lee McIntire, CEO

www.ch2m.com

AECOM Los Angeles, CA $6.1 billion 45,000

Richard Newman, Chairman; John M. Dionisio, President and CEO

www.aecom.com

AMEC Plymouth Meeting, PA

22,000

Samir Brikho, Chief Executive

www.amec.com.

Black & Veatch Overland Park, KS $3.2 billion 9,600

Len C. Rodman, Chairman, President and CEO

www.bv.com

Parsons Corporation Pasadena, CA

$2.9 billion

11,500

Charles Harrington, Chairman and CEO

www.parsons.com

ARCADIS Highlands Ranch, CO

$2.8 billion

15,000

Harrie Noy, Chairman

www.arcadis.com

Tetra Tech Inc. Pasadena, CA $2.3 billion 10,000

Dan Batrack, Chairman, CEO and President

www.tetratech.com

Parsons Brinckerhoff New York, NY

George J. Pierson, CEO

www.pbworld.com

Stantec Inc. Irvine, CA $1.4 billion 10,000

Robert J. Gomes, CEO, President and Director

www.stantec.com

MWH Global Broomfield, CO

$1.3 billion

7,000

Robert Uhler, Chairman and CEO

www.mwhglobal.com

Burns & McDonnell Kansas City, MO

$1.1 billion

3,000

Greg Graves, CEO

www.burnsmcd.com

CDM Cambridge, MA

$1 billion

4,500

Richard Fox, Chairman and CEO

www.cdm.com

HDR Inc. Omaha, NE.

$994.6 million

7,800

Richard Bell, Chairman and CEO

www.hdrinc.com

Berger Group Holdings, Inc. Morristown, NJ

$970.6 million

5,000

Nicholas J. Masucci, CEO and President

www.louisberger.com

7,000

Brian H. Conlin, President

www.golder.com

$4 billion

$2.1 billion

Golder Associates Corporation Mississauga, Ontario Canada $937 million

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Firm Annual North American Headquarters Revenue HNTB Kansas City, MO

$800 million

No. of employees Leadership 3,700

Website

Robert Stromsted, CEO

www.hntb.com

The PBSJ Corp. Tampa. FL $798.6 million 3,600

Robert J. Paulsen, P.E., Chairman, CEO, and President

www.pbsj.com

ERM Group, Inc. Exton, PA

John Alexander, CEO

www.erm.com

S&B Engineering and Constructors (S&B) Holdings Houston, TX $674 million 3,500

James Slaughter, Jr, CEO

www.sbec.com

Halcrow New York, NY

$604 million

7,000

Peter Gammie, Chief Executive

www.halcrow.com

MACTEC, Inc. Alpharetta, GA

$490 million

3,000

Ann E. Massey, P.G., president and CEO

www.mactec.com

Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. Cary, NC $461 million 1,500

John Atz, President, Mark S. Wilson, Chairman

www.kimley-horn.com

Michael Baker Corp. Moon Township, PA

$456 million

2,300

Bradley Mallory, President and CEO

www.mbakercorp.com

TRC Companies, Inc. Lowell, MA

$368.3 million

2,250

Christopher Vincze, Chairman and CEO

www.trcsolutions.com

Dewberry Fairfax, VA

$353 million

2,000

Ronald L. Ewing, CEO

www.dewberry.com

Hatch Mott MacDonald Millburn, NJ

$333 million

1,900

Nicholas M. DeNichilo, CEO

www.hatchmott.com

Terracon Consultants Olathe KS

$327 million

2,750

David Gaboury, President and CEO

www.terracon.com.

Kleinfelder Group San Diego, CA

$305.4 million

1,100

William C. Siegel, President and CEO

www.kleinfelder.com

STV Group New York, NY

$303 million

1,700

Dominick Servedio, Chairman and CEO

www.stvinc.com

Brown & Caldwell Walnut Creek, CA

$294 million

1,500

Craig Goehring, CEO

www.brownandcaldewell.com

Gannett Fleming, Inc. Harrisburg, PA

$259.2 million

2,000

William Stout, Chairman of the Board

www.gannettfleming.com

Professional Service Industries, Inc. Oakbrook Terrace, IL $240 million

2,500

Murray Savage, CEO

www.psiusa.com

Transystems Kansas City, MO

$225.6 million

1,400

Brian G. Larson, CEO

www.transystems.com

Stanley Consultants Muscatine, IA

$224.6 million

1,500

Gregs Thomopulos, Chairman and CEO

www.stanleyconsultants.com

T.Y. Lin International San Francisco, CA

$194 million

1,800

Alvaro J. Piedrahita, President and CEO

www.tylin.com

Mustang Engineering, Inc. Houston, TX $191 million 5,000

William Higgs and Paul Redmon, Co-Chairmen

www.mustangeng.com

ATC Associates Lafayette, LA

Bobby Toups, CEO

www.atcassociates.com

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$695 million

$184 million

3,500

1,550

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Firm Annual North American Headquarters Revenue

No. of employees Leadership

Website

Carollo Engineers Phoenix, AZ

$174 million

720

Gary Deis, CEO

www.carollo.com

Hazen and Sawyer New York, NY

$168 million

800

James W. Fagan, President

www.hazenandsawyer.com

Wilbur Smith Associates Columbia, SC

$165.4 million

Steven Smith, CEO

www.wilbursmith.com

Reynolds, Smith and Hills Jacksonville, FL.

$153 million

Leerie T. Jenkins Jr., CEO and chairman

www.rsandh.com

Greenman-Pedersen Babylon NY

$152.5 million

Steve Greenman, CEO

www.gpinet.com

KCI Technologies Sparks, MD

$142 million

900

Terry Neimeyer, Chairman and CEO

www.kci.com

VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc. Watertown, MA $135 million

750

Robert Brustlin, President and CEO

www.vhb.com

Psomas Los Angeles, CA

$130 million

500

Blake Murillo, CEO

www.psomas.com

Woolpert, Inc. Dayton, OH

$129 million

800

Michael Flannery, CEO

www.woolpert.com

SCS Engineers Long Beach, CA

$128 million

650

Jim Walsh, President and CEO

www.scsengineers.com

David Evans and Associates Portland, OR

$127 million

800

Al Barkouli, President

www.deainc.com

CMX Manalapan, NJ

$122.5 million

440

Bret H Bero, Interim CEO

www.cmxenngineering

Moffatt & Nichol Long Beach, CA

$121 million

510

Eric Nichol, President

www.moffattnichol.com

RBF Consulting Irvine, CA $115 million 600

S. Robert Kallenbaugh and James E. McDonald, Co-CEOs

www.rbf.com

CHA Albany NY $111.8 million 675

Raymond J. Kinley, Jr., President and CEO

www.chacompanies.com

KPFF, Inc. Seattle, WA

$110.7 million

828

Jefferson Asher, President

www.kpff.com

R.W. Beck Seattle, WA

$110 million

550

Russell Stepp, President and CEO

www.rwbeck.com

Thornton Tomasetti New York, NY

$103.1 million

550

Thomas Z. Scarangello, Chairman

www.thorntontomasetti.com

Rummel, Klepper and Kahl Baltimore, MD $102 million 630

Steven G. Zentz, Administrative Partner

www.rkk.com

Foth Green Bay, WI

$100 million

600

Tim Weyenberg, CEO

www.foth.com

Langan Engineering Elmwood Park, NJ

$100 million

500

Dave Gockel, CEO

www.langan.com

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