In this year’s Top Design ranking, URS Corp. takes the No. 1 spot, with more than $342.3 million in Texas billings during 2008.
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Top Design Firms:
Top Design Firms: |
| Rank | Company | Location | Regional Revenue ($ Mil.) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2009 | |||
| 1 | 2 | URS Corp. |
Dallas, TX | 342.35 |
| 2 | 3 | AECOM Technology Corp. |
Houston, TX | 180.99 |
| 3 | 5 | Parsons Brinckerhoff |
Houston, TX | 136.00 |
| 4 | 8 | HDR |
Corpus Christi, TX | 104.19 |
| 5 | 4 | CH2M HILL |
Dallas, TX | 103.93 |
| 6 | ** | PBS&J |
Austin, TX | 101.73 |
| 7 | 6 | Gensler |
Houston, TX | 83.36 |
| 8 | ** | HNTB Corp. |
Plano, TX | 82.92 |
| 9 | 11 | Halff Associates Inc. |
Richardson, TX | 75.17 |
| 10 | 9 | Page Southerland Page |
Houston, TX | 75.00 |
| 11 | 7 | Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 68.54 |
| 12 | 12 | Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (Houston-Dallas) |
Houston, TX | 68.07 |
| 13 | 14 | SHW Group |
Plano, TX | 67.14 |
| 14 | 13 | Freese and Nichols |
Fort Worth, TX | 62.70 |
| 15 | 17 | PBK |
Houston, TX | 62.09 |
| 16 | 15 | Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. |
Houston, TX | 60.23 |
| 17 | 10 | Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. | San Antonio, TX | 59.00 |
| 18 | 22 | Corgan Associates Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 54.39 |
| 19 | 1 | HKS Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 54.00 |
| 20 | 16 | Fugro Consultants Inc. |
Houston, TX | 51.07 |
| 21 | 24 | Dannenbaum Engineering Corp. |
Houston, TX | 45.84 |
| 22 | 18 | LJA Engineering & Surveying Inc. |
Houston, TX | 43.00 |
| 23 | 26 | Walter P Moore |
Houston, TX | 42.87 |
| 24 | 25 | Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc. |
Lubbock, TX | 42.42 |
| 25 | 19 | Brown & Gay Engineers Inc. |
Houston, TX | 41.57 |
| 26 | 20 | Jones & Carter Inc. |
Houston, TX | 41.45 |
| 27 | 23 | Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc. |
San Antonio, TX | 39.00 |
| 28 | 21 | Perkins+Will |
Dallas, TX | 37.56 |
| 29 | 29 | WHR Architects Inc. |
Houston, TX | 37.03 |
| 30 | 27 | Kirksey |
Houston, TX | 34.67 |
| 31 | 34 | PGAL |
Houston, TX | 34.40 |
| 32 | 28 | FKP Architects |
Houston, TX | 30.78 |
| 33 | 31 | Haynes Whaley Associates Inc. |
Houston, TX | 24.28 |
| 34 | 30 | Morris Architects |
Houston, TX | 23.47 |
| 35 | 37 | Huckabee |
Fort Worth, TX | 22.65 |
| 36 | 32 | Kleinfelder |
Austin, TX | 21.70 |
| 37 | 33 | Cobb, Fendley & Associates Inc. |
Houston, TX | 20.96 |
| 38 | ** | Good Fulton & Farrell |
Dallas, TX | 19.56 |
| 39 | 39 | Ziegler Cooper Architects |
Houston, TX | 17.60 |
| 40 | 40 | Smith Seckman Reid Inc. |
Houston, TX | 17.29 |
| 41 | 42 | Teague Nall and Perkins Inc. |
Fort Worth, TX | 16.20 |
| 42 | 49 | Bay Architects |
Houston, TX | 15.92 |
| 43 | 44 | Jaster-Quintanilla |
Austin, TX | 15.41 |
| 44 | 52 | O’Connell Robertson |
Austin, TX | 12.30 |
| 45 | ** | Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. |
Houston, TX | 12.20 |
| 46 | 47 | STG Design Inc. |
Austin, TX | 11.50 |
| 47 | 54 | Ascension Group Architects |
Arlington, TX | 10.70 |
| 48 | 48 | Marmon Mok LLP |
San Antonio, TX | 10.28 |
| 49 | 46 | BOKA Powell |
Dallas, TX | 9.91 |
| 50 | ** | CCRD Partners |
Houston, TX | 9.30 |
| 51 | 70 | Callison |
Dallas, TX | 9.00 |
| 52 | ** | L.A. Fuess Partners Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 8.90 |
| 53 | 45 | The Beck Group |
Dallas, TX | 8.83 |
| 54 | 63 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc. |
Austin, TX | 8.81 |
| 55 | 60 | Goetting & Associates Inc |
San Antonio, TX | 8.80 |
| 56 | 57 | F&S Partners |
Dallas, TX | 8.76 |
| 57 | 41 | Gromatzky Dupree & Associates |
Dallas, TX | 8.13 |
| 58 | ** | Merriman Associates/Architects Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 8.10 |
| 59 | ** | Test Co. |
Austin, TX | 8.04 |
| 60 | 59 | WYLIE Consulting Engineers |
Houston, TX | 8.02 |
| 61 | 58 | Stanley Consultants |
Austin, TX | 7.59 |
| 62 | 64 | Wier & Associates Inc. |
Arlington, TX | 7.56 |
| 63 | 71 | Meeks + Partners |
Houston, TX | 7.20 |
| 64 | 60 | Powers Brown Architecture |
Houston, TX | 7.00 |
| 64 | 50 | OTHON Inc. Consulting Engineers |
Houston, TX | 7.00 |
| 64 | 55 | PhiloWilke Partnership |
Houston, TX | 7.00 |
| 67 | ** | Aguirre Roden Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 6.91 |
| 68 | 51 | GSR Andrade Architects Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 6.70 |
| 69 | 66 | Structural Engineering Associates Inc. |
San Antonio, TX | 6.40 |
| 70 | 65 | Datum Engineers Inc. |
Austin, TX | 6.39 |
| 71 | ** | Nelsen Partners Inc. |
Austin, TX | 6.09 |
| 72 | ** | CMA |
Fort Worth, TX | 5.90 |
| 73 | 72 | NELSON |
Dallas, TX | 5.83 |
| 74 | 67 | Studio RED Architects |
Houston, TX | 5.19 |
| 75 | 82 | Durand-Hollis Rupe Inc.; DHR Architects Inc. |
San Antonio, TX | 4.49 |
| 76 | 75 | CJG Engineering Group |
Houston, TX | 4.37 |
| 77 | ** | PSA-Dewberry Inc. |
Dallas, TX | 4.24 |
| 78 | 74 | Turner Partners Architecture LP |
Houston, TX | 3.20 |
| 79 | ** | Browne Penland McGregor Architects Inc. |
Houston, TX | 2.76 |
| 80 | ** | CASCO Diversified Corp. |
Dallas, TX | 2.07 |
| 81 | ** | Prozign Architects |
Houston, TX | 2.06 |
| 81 | 80 | EDI Architecture |
Houston, TX | 2.06 |
| 83 | 88 | Parking Planners |
Austin, TX | 2.02 |
| 84 | 79 | Fromberg Associates Ltd. |
Austin, TX | 1.92 |
| 85 | ** | NATEX Architects |
Houston, TX | 1.84 |
| 86 | 95 | Garver LLC |
Frisco, TX | 1.62 |
| 87 | 87 | Fehr Grossman Cox Architects Inc. |
Houston, TX | 1.50 |
| 87 | 92 | Carson Design Associates |
Austin, TX | 1.50 |
| 89 | 89 | CasaBella Architects |
Austin, TX | 1.45 |
| 90 | 78 | CRE8 Architects |
Houston, TX | 1.35 |


