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California Top Design Firms

2011
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California Top Design Firms
Rank Company/Location Market Sector by Percent Regional Revenue
($Mil)
2010 2009
1 1
 AECOM Technology Corp.
Los Angeles		 48 General Building
35 Transportation
10 Water Supply		 412.20
2 2
 CH2M HILL
Santa Ana		 27 Hazardous Waste
21 Transportation
20 Industrial Process		 243.70
3 3
 HDR
San Francisco		 32 Transportation
20 General Building
16 Sewerage/Solid Waste		 205.29
4 **
 HNTB
Santa Ana		 100 Transportation 202.30
5 9
 Jacobs
Irvine		 64 General Building
26 Transportation
7 Water Supply		 190.68
6 4
 Parsons Brinckerhoff
San Francisco		 84 Transportation
5 General Building
5 Power		 174.83
7 **
 ARCADIS
Emeryville		 86 Hazardous Waste
8 Water Supply
6 Sewerage/Solid Waste		 130.09
8 5
 Stantec
Irvine		 40 Petroleum
24 General Building
12 Transportation		 114.21
9 6
 Gensler
San Francisco		 97 General Building
3 Master Plan/Site		 102.34
10 7
 RBF Consulting
Irvine		 29 Transportation
20 General Building
18 Water Supply		 96.86
11 8
 Arup
San Francisco		 70 General Building
29 Transportation
1 Petroleum		 91.65
12 10
 HMC Architects
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 85.85
13 **
 Psomas
Los Angeles		 30 General Building
25 Transportation
19 Water Supply		 65.41
14 13
 SmithGroup
San Francisco		 100 General Building 64.73
15 11
 HOK
San Francisco		 51 General Building
49 Transportation		 59.92
16 17
 TMAD TAYLOR & GAINES
Pasadena		 88 General Building
6 Transportation
2 Water Supply		 50.79
17 22
 HGA Architects and Engineers
Roseville		 100 General Building 48.05
18 20
 Hatch Mott MacDonald
Pleasanton		 93 Transportation
4 Sewerage/Solid Waste
3 Water Supply		 47.00
19 12
 Fentress Architects
Santa Monica		 67 Transportation
33 General Building		 45.89
20 15
 LPA Inc.
Irvine		 99 General Building
1 Power		 43.40
21 19
 BKF Engineers
Redwood City		 52 Transportation
42 General Building
4 Other		 41.73
22 25
 T.Y. Lin International
San Francisco		 98 Transportation
2 General Building		 40.32
23 24
 ZGF Architects LLP
Los Angeles		 96 General Building
3 Transportation
1 Master Plan/Site		 35.50
24 **
 STV
Los Angeles		 56 Transportation
43 General Building
1 Petroleum		 34.20
25 32
 Perkins+Will
Los Angeles		 89 General Building
11 Master Plan/Site		 33.16
26 23
 Cannon Design
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 31.47
27 31
 Degenkolb Engineers
San Francisco		 79 General Building
16 Manufacturing
4 Power		 30.37
28 30
 gkkworks
Irvine		 100 General Building 25.49
29 41
 Perkowitz+Ruth Architects
Long Beach		 100 General Building 25.40
30 37
 Syska Hennessy Group
Los Angeles		 44 General Building
26 Transportation
24 Telecommunications		 25.28
31 44
 Lee, Burkhart, Liu Inc.
Marina del Rey		 100 General Building 23.00
32 29
 NTD Architecture
San Diego		 100 General Building 22.47
33 28
 David Evans and Associates Inc.
Ontario		 78 Transportation
19 Other
2 Power		 22.22
34 38
 CO Architects
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 22.11
35 33
 DLR Group WWCOT
Santa Monica		 100 General Building 21.02
36 **
 Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
San Francisco		 93 General Building
4 Industrial Process
2 Power		 20.96
37 57
 WRNS Studio
San Francisco		 100 General Building 18.88
38 42
 RBB Architects Inc.
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 18.65
39 43
 Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
San Francisco		 98 General Building
2 Telecommunications		 18.45
40 **
 Thornton Tomasetti Inc.
Los Angeles		 60 General Building
35 Transportation
3 Telecommunications		 17.80
41 61
 exp Global Inc.
San Diego		 73 General Building
22 Other
5 Telecommunications		 16.68
42 39
 Ratcliff
Emeryville		 100 General Building 14.80
43 48
 TAYLOR
Newport Beach		 100 General Building 14.41
44 56
 Harley Ellis Devereaux
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 14.24
45 52
 Carrier Johnson
San Diego		 99 General Building
1 Transportation		 13.24
46 16
 KTGY Group Inc.
Irvine		 88 General Building
11 Master Plan/Site
1 Transportation		 13.11
47 45
 Penfield & Smith
Santa Barbara		 100 Other 12.95
48 **
 Quad Knopf Inc.
Visalia		 28 Petroleum
23 Transportation
22 General Building		 12.35
49 60
 Nichols, Melburg & Rossetto Architects
Redding		 99 General Building
1 Manufacturing		 12.00
50 53
 Ware Malcomb
Irvine		 96 General Building
3 Other
1 Manufacturing		 11.44
51 58
 LEE & RO Inc.
City of Industry		 52 Sewerage/Solid Waste
48 Water Supply		 10.40
52 64
 Boulder Associates Inc.
Sacramento		 100 General Building 8.10
53 54
 Nadel Inc.
Los Angeles		 100 General Building 8.00
54 76
 POLLACK architecture
San Francisco		 100 General Building 7.95
55 77
 BAR Architects
San Francisco		 100 General Building 7.89
56 **
 SB Architects
San Francisco		 100 General Building 6.54
57 **
 MulvannyG2 Architecture
Irvine		 100 General Building 6.44
58 70
 Childs Mascari Warner Architects
San Diego		 100 General Building 6.41
59 72
 Perkins Eastman
Oakland		 100 General Building 5.61
60 65
 Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects
Sacramento		 94 General Building
4 Transportation
2 Master Plan/Site		 4.85
61 80
 Wolcott Architecture Interiors
Culver City		 98 General Building
2 Master Plan/Site		 4.48
62 69
 Roesling Nakamura Terada Architects Inc.
San Diego		 98 General Building
2 Master Plan/Site		 4.28
63 71
 Hornberger + Worstell
San Francisco		 100 General Building 3.85
64 **
 Wilson & Co. Inc., Engineers & Architects
San Bernardino 		99 Transportation
1 Power		 3.79
65 **
 Terracon Consultants Inc.
Irvine		 43 General Building
26 Hazardous Waste
17 Power		 3.53
66 **
 PGAL
Los Angeles		 68 Other
17 Transportation
9 Telecommunications		 2.65
67 **
 Gould Evans
San Francisco		 100 General Building 2.35
68 84
 RNL
Los Angeles		 80 Other
20 General Building		 1.76
69 90
 Costa Engineers Inc.
Napa		 99 General Building
1 Industrial Process		 1.65
70 **
 Wimmer Yamada and Caughey
San Diego		 86 General Building
7 Master Plan/Site
7 Transportation		 1.40
71 92
 TR Design Group Inc.
Riverside		 100 General Building 1.29
72 **
 AZTEC Engineering Group Inc.
Lake Elsinore		 100 Transportation 1.25
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