ENR’s top 500 design firms of 2018 is out and I’m continuing a tradition I started a few years ago by listing the geo-companies that made the list. These rankings are based on revenue for design services in the previous calendar year. I have extracted a subset of the list to see rankings of firms that are strong in geotechnical / geological related services.
I included firms that self-identified as geotechnical firms, as well as engineering firms that I know to have a strong geo emphasis. I’m sure there are some that I missed, or maybe a few that could have been left out. I also included some of the major A&E firms that provide these types of services. Accordingly, it’s still a bit subjective on who is included. If I missed a firm or you think I should take one off, leave a comment.
Without further ado, here is the list of top Geo-Companies of 2018 (along with their change in ranking relative to 2017):
- 1 – JACOBS, Dallas, Texas (+1)
- 2 – AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif. (-1)
- 4 – TETRA TECH INC., Pasadena, Calif. (+1)
- 6 – HDR, Omaha, Neb. (+2)
- 7 – WOOD PLC, Houston, Texas (+21)
- 8 – STANTEC INC., Irvine, Calif. (+2)
- 10 – BLACK & VEATCH, Overland Park, Kan. (+5)
- 12 – WSP USA, New York, N.Y. (+2)
- 13 – ARCADIS NORTH AMERICA/CALLISONRTKL, Highlands Ranch, Colo. (No change from 2017)
- 14 – INTERTEK-PSI, Arlington Heights, Ill. (+3)
- 18 – GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP., Palm Beach, Fla. (+2)
- 21 – LOUIS BERGER, Morristown, N.J. (+5)
- 24 – TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC., Olathe, Kan. (+6)
- 31 – SNC-LAVALIN INC., Bothell, Wash. (Not ranked in 2017)
- 33 – MOTT MACDONALD, Iselin, N.J. (+1)
- 39 – GANNETT FLEMING, Camp Hill, Pa. (+12)
- 43 – ARUP, New York, N.Y. (+7)
- 50 – FUGRO, Houston, Texas (-7)
- 53 – GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS INC., Atlanta, Ga. (+3)
- 60 – KLEINFELDER, San Diego, Calif. (-5)
- 64 – LANGAN, Parsippany, N.J. (-4)
- 92 – GEI CONSULTANTS INC., Woburn, Mass. (+10)
- 94 – S&ME INC., Raleigh, N.C. (-11)
- 95 – WOOLPERT INC., Dayton, Ohio (+15)
- 103 – HALEY & ALDRICH INC., Burlington, Mass. (+12)
- 120 – BRAUN INTERTEC, Bloomington, Minn. (-12)
- 162 – TECTONIC ENGINEERING & SURVEYING CONSULTANTS PC, Mountainville, N.Y. (-13)
- 197 – UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES INC., Orlando, Fla. (+13)
- 202 – NINYO & MOORE GEOTECH AND ENVIRON. SCIENCES CONSLTS., San Diego, Calif. (-1)
- 226 – GEOENGINEERS INC., Redmond, Wash. (-3)
- 234 – RABA KISTNER INC., San Antonio, Texas (+17)
- 239 – SHANNON & WILSON INC., Seattle, Wash. (+4)
- 252 – TWINING INC., Long Beach, Calif. (+6)
- 255 – SCHNABEL ENGINEERING INC., Glen Allen, Va. (-10)
- 264 – GEO-LOGIC ASSOCIATES INC., Ontario, Calif. (Not ranked in 2017)
- 290 – ALPHA TESTING INC., Dallas, Texas (+18)
- 304 – RMA GROUP, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (+35)
- 329 – TOLUNAY-WONG ENGINEERS INC., Houston, Texas (-1)
- 349 – GEOCON, San Diego, Calif. (+20)
- 367 – MUESER RUTLEDGE CONSULTING ENGINEERS, New York, N.Y. (-2)
- 374 – LEIGHTON GROUP INC., Irvine, Calif. (+23)
- 406 – GEOTECHNOLOGY INC., St. Louis, Mo. (-15)
- 489 – EARTH SYSTEMS INC., San Luis Obispo, Calif. (+9)
[Source: View the entire list at ENR. Image: Jones Edmunds]
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