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Senators Seek To Bolster Permitting Council

I
n a search for ways to speed up federal
infrastructure project reviews, Sens.
Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Claire
McCaskill (D-Mo.) think they have
part of the answer. They want to give
a boost to a low-profile federal council
charged with accelerating environmental
approvals for certain infrastructure proj-
ects valued at $200 million or more.
In roughly the past 18 months, the
Federal Permitting Improvement Steer-
ing Council has saved project sponsors
more than $1 billion by reducing or
avoiding delays, says Angela Colamaria,
its acting executive director. Portman and
McCaskill, who spearheaded the council’s
creation in the 2015 Fixing America’s
Surface Transportation, or FAST, Act, are
pleased with the results so far but want to
go further.
A bill that they introduced on June 6
would set a goal of issuing a federal permit
decision within two years. That’s the same
timetable that President Trump called for
in an August 2017 executive order. The
two senators’ measure also would cancel
a FAST Act provision that would shut
down the council in December 2022.
EXPEDITING PLAN Bill from Portman (right),
McCaskill sets two-year project-review goal.
The proposal would broaden the types
of projects the council is responsible for.
Most of the projects it has worked on
have been energy related, such as electric
transmission lines. Most Dept. of Trans-
portation projects and some Army Corps
of Engineers projects are excluded from
the council’s purview but are covered by
other statutory “streamlining” provisions.
The lawmakers highlighted the coun-
cil at a June 27 Senate roundtable. Most
of the speakers, who included representa-
tives from the Office of Management and
Budget, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and
North America’s Building Trades Unions,
gave the council positive reviews.
Portman said federal permitting “takes
too long” and is complicated and bureau-
cratic. He added that “those delays have
real costs … in terms of money, in terms
of jobs, in terms of safety.”
McCaskill said the council’s system
saves taxpayers’ money and gets projects
in place sooner. She said, “It’s a win-win
all the way around.”
Scott Slesinger, Natural Resources
Defense Council legislative director, says
the council is making some progress. For
example, a FAST Act-mandated, online
“dashboard” to track projects’ progress
through their review steps is in place and
active, Slesinger notes. He adds, “There
seems to be more dialogue on big projects
among the agencies and things appear to
be moving in a more efficient way.”
The FAST Act directs the council to
encourage agencies to do their respective
reviews at the same time, not in sequence,
and to have one agency take the lead on
each environmental review.
Portman and McCaskill want the
council budget hiked above its $1-million
2018 appropriation and would like the
White House to name a permanent ex-
ecutive director. 
By Tom Ichniowski

Corps Report Gives a Lift to Proposed $1-Billion Soo Lock

A plan to build a new $1-billion
lock on the St. Marys River at Sault
Ste. Marie, Mich., has received a
boost with the release of a new
Army Corps of Engineers report
that says the project’s benefits
would be more than twice its cost.
The report, dated June 29, esti-
mates the 1,200-ft-long Soo
Lock’s benefit-cost ratio at 2.42
and 2.32, using two different dis-
count rates. That analysis is much
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Corps report. “Great news … for
the Soo Locks!” Sen. Debbie Sta-
benow (D-Mich.) said in a June 29
Twitter post. “After a long biparti-
san effort, we are one step closer
to moving this project forward.”
The project still faces hurdles.
For one thing, its $341.7-million
construction authorization, set by
Congress in 2007, and its existing
cap of $532.9 million need to be
increased greatly to fit the updated
have been moving in the House
and Senate.
The new Soo Lock also would
require significant appropriations.
Congress did appropriate $32.1
million for the project before 2017.
But that’s far short of the projected
overall price tag.
The Corps said it will seek fur-
ther appropriations for the project,
starting in the Trump administra-
tion fiscal 2020 budget.
lion. The Soo Locks, located at
Lake Superior’s eastern end, are
viewed as an important link in the
supply chain for shipments of tac-
onite—a type of iron ore—and
other freight moving through the
Great Lakes.
The Corps says most of the proj-
ect’s estimated benefits increase
comes from factoring in the siz-
able economic impact of a loss of
taconite shipments if the current

more bullish about the project’s
payoff than a 2005 Corps study,
which pegged the ratio at 0.73.
Members of Michigan’s con-
gressional delegation hailed the
cost estimate of $1 billion, count-
ing future inflation.
A possible vehicle for the higher
estimate would be water re-
sources legislation. Differing bills
The Soo Lock will face tough
competition for Corps appropria-
tions dollars—the agency’s back-
log of authorized but unfunded
projects is estimated at $100 bil-
1,200-ft Poe Lock had a lengthy
shutdown, using a different dis-
count rate, and including “engi-
neering reliability data.” 
By Tom Ichniowski

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Construction Week
Health and Safety
Jobsite Fire Cause Unclear, but
Denver Officials Clear Trades
Denver fire officials say they now know
what did not cause a deadly jobsite fire in
early March that took the lives of two
construction workers. After an extensive
investigation that involved more than 200
interviews, officials have cleared most of
the trades working at the five-story apart-
ment building at the time of the fire.
Those not at fault include drywallers,
plumbers, electricians, welders, framing
crews and insulation installers. Also ruled
out were temporary power units and elec-
trical cords used on site. But Denver Fire
Dept. spokesman Greg Pixley said in a
June 27 statement that officials still don’t
know exactly what caused the massive
blaze, which trapped the two men inside
the wood-frame structure. For now, the
cause is officially listed as “underdeter-
mined … and because of ongoing inter-
views and investigation, this case will
remain open and under investigation,”
Pixley said. The fire damaged seven
nearby buildings and destroyed more than
40 cars parked near the site. 
Brexit Backlash
British AEs Join in Push to PM
Theresa May on Business Rules
Top executives of some large U.K.-based
design and program management firms
have joined professional service compa-
nies in non-construction sectors to sign a
July 2 open letter to Prime Minister The-
resa May that seeks clearer guidance on
Brexit-related business issues. The total
of 42 signatories to the letter from the
Professional Services Business Council
includes leaders of AECOM, Arup, Make
Architects, the Royal Institute of British
Architects and JLL. Terming professional
services “one of Britain’s greatest hidden
exports” that employs 4.6 million people,
the execs want May’s Brexit talks with the
European Union on trade and manufac-
turing also to “take our needs into ac-
count.” Services are “inextricably linked,
not separate,” the letter said. “The U.K.
needs to get the right deal on professional
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and other services given our relative released on July 6, shows that construc-
strengths and current competitive posi- tion’s jobless rate rose to 4.7% last month,
tion.” The council seeks to insure that from May’s 4.4% and the June 2017 rate
professional qualifications, licenses, data of 4.5%. The rates aren’t adjusted for sea-
protection and sharing rules, and legal sonal variations. Construction’s June jobs
judgments, among other business issues gain pushed the industry’s total to more
in the U.K. and in the 27-nation EU, still than 7.2 million, the highest level since
are “mutually recognized.” Separately, May 2008 and a 4.1% increase over 12
Britain’s Construction Industry Training months, the Associated General Contrac-
Board found that less than one-third of tors of America noted. Ken Simonson,
about 400 industry employers surveyed AGC chief economist, said construction’s
have implemented post-Brexit approaches employment growth continues to out-
to training and recruitment or plan to.  pace the rate of increase for the economy
overall and observed that industry firms
are “paying premium wages”—an aver-
Workforce age of $29.71 an hour in June—to draw
June Jobless Rate Up From and keep workers. All but one construc-
May, Year-Earlier Levels tion segment posted jobs gains in June,
The construction unemployment rate led by the heavy-civil engineering sector,
worsened slightly in June from May and which added 6,100 positions. The non-
year-earlier numbers but the industry did residential buildings sector was the only
add 13,000 jobs during the month, the one recording a decline, of 200 jobs, ac-
federal Bureau of Labor Statistics says. cording to BLS. Anirban Basu, Associ-
The BLS employment report for June, ated Builders and Contractors chief
Ready for Early Check-In
Home2 Suites Chicago Hotel Tops Off Six Weeks Early
The first urban high-rise Home2
Suites by Hilton hotel, located in
Chicago’s River North neighbor-
hood, was recently topped off six
weeks ahead of schedule by con-
tractor Mortenson Construction.
Mortenson and its subcontractors
topped off the 17-story concrete
structure that quickly despite
there being virtually no room to
stage or store materials and
equipment onsite. Mortenson
used Trimble technologies like
GPS placement to pinpoint loca-
tions to install materials quickly,
and construction was coordinated
through a Revit model. Lean
PHOTO COURTESY OF MORTENSON CONSTRUCTION
techniques included 5S (sort,
straighten, shine, standardize and
sustain), the Last Planner System
and pull planning. Mortenson is
also developing the hotel, its first
Chicago project, and completion
is expected by February 2019. 
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Architect of Record: Davis Brody Bond LLP
Structural Engineer: WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff
Photograph: Frank Oudeman

economist, said the June heavy-civil en-

gineering jobs figures may be the most
encouraging among construction sectors,
because they are “an indication of
stepped up infrastructure spending.” 

Acquisitions
BIM Data Integrator Assemble
Systems Bought by Autodesk
Autodesk has acquired Assemble Systems,
a SaaS platform for investing building
information models with searchable, fil-
terable and sharable data to support esti-
mating, bidding, scheduling, site man-
agement and finance that uses the BIM
as a container and graphical navigator.
Terms of the stock-and-cash deal were
not disclosed, but all of Assemble’s 55
employees and management team will
stay on, Sarah Hodges, Autodesk’s senior
director for the construction business
line, confirms. Autodesk led a $12-
million Series A funding round for
Assemble 10 months ago to form a stra-
tegic partnership and enhance the inte-
gration of Assemble data with Autodesk’s
Shaking
design products in its BIM 360 platform.
In the months since, Assemble has used
the proceeds to expand its data integra-
Bad
a
tion functionality, increase its user base
and engagement and increase revenue by In New York, passing subways can shake entire buildings,
more than 100%, says CEO Don Hen- but that wasn’t an option for Columbia University’s new
rich. The deal closed July 3.  Jerome L. Greene Science Center. Home to sensitive
laboratory and imaging equipment requiring exceptional
stability, the design by Renzo Piano Building Workshop relies
Transportation on a steel structure to reduce floor vibrations to a miniscule
Kentucky Launches $700-Million 2,000 mips. Even as the elevated No. 1 train roars past,
Effort To Repair 1,000 Bridges this helps ensure that nothing distracts from the scientific
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet advances being made within the center’s unshakable walls.
has launched a six-year, $700-million pro- Read more about it in Metals in Construction online.
gram to replace or rehabilitate 1,000
bridges. A team led by Stantec is working
with KTC on identifying and prioritizing
which bridges to address first. The pro-
gram will include a mix of delivery meth-
ods, including both design-bid-build and
design-build, says Ed Green, Bridging
W W W. S I N Y. O R G
Kentucky communications director. Re-
habilitations will aim to add 30 years of
design life, while the replacement target
will be 75 years, according to the KTC.
Work is expected to begin in the fall. 
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News July 16, 2018
FEDERAL POLICY
EPA Chiefs
Shift, But Not
Rule-Cutting
Industry observers see acting chief Andrew Wheeler staying
the same deregulation course set by his ousted predecessor
S
cott Pruitt is out as the embattled
chief of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, but construc-
tion sector participants and observers do
not expect a departure from his policies
under interim EPA head and Deputy Ad-
ministrator Andrew Wheeler, a one-time
coal industry lobbyist with strong conser-
vative ties. Environmentalists vow a con-
tinued fight against what they see as a
Trump Administration rollback of envi-
ronment and public health protections.
“We don’t expect EPA and administra-
tion policies to skip a beat,” Jimmy Chris-
tianson, vice president of government
affairs for the Associated General Con-
tractors (AGC), tells ENR. In a July 6
interview with the Washington Post,
Wheeler said Pruitt was working to im-
plement President Donald Trump’s
agenda and that, as successor, he will try
to do the same. “But there will probably
be a little bit of difference” in how the two
discuss key issues, he said. Some see
Wheeler’s appointment as reducing the
public focus on environmental issues.
“This move will likely return it to its
sleepy place in public opinion,” Frank
Maisano, senior principal of the Policy
Resolution Group, said in an email.
Since being confirmed to the EPA job
in February 2017, Pruitt systematically
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dismantled regulations, gutting a total of
23—including two that were key to the
construction industry, Christianson says.
Trump on July 5 accepted the scandal-
plagued official’s resignation and named
his Senate-approved deputy as replace-
ment. “I have no doubt that Andy will
continue on with our great and lasting
EPA agenda,” a Trump tweet said. He
told the White House press pool that
Wheeler “was with us on the campaign.
He is a very environmental person.”
Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), for
whom Wheeler worked for 14 years as
senior counsel to the Senate Environment
and Public Works Committee, said he has
the experience to be a strong EPA leader
and continue Pruitt’s deregulatory work.
Wheeler’s Capitol Hill experience and his
career as a coal lobbyist have led observers
to consider him a more effective bureau-
cratic operator than Pruitt, a former
Oklahoma attorney general, in disman-
tling regulations.
An AGC priority is to repeal and re-
place the Obama-era Waters of the U.S.
rule that expanded the types of waters that
fall under federal control. Pruitt and the
U.S. Army on June 29 proposed “to per-
manently and completely repeal the 2015
rule and keep the pre-2015 regulatory
framework in place,” the ex-administrator
said. He also had been reorganizing EPA
to shorten permit approval times, another
AGC priority, “to get projects through
more quickly,” Christianson noted.
Before leaving, Pruitt moved to limit
federal veto authority over permits in wet-
lands. He directed EPA’s water office to
begin rulemaking within six months to
remove its authority to deny a federal wet-
lands permit on a proposed activity or
retroactively suspend or withdraw an al-
ready issued permit under Section 404 of
the Clean Water Act. Altering the culture
and long ingrained practices at EPA could
take President Trump’s entire term, says
Christianson. “Changes in [Washington]
don’t happen overnight.” AGC does not
expect revisions to the WOTUS rule un-
til 2019.
The American Road & Transportation
Builders Association also expects EPA to
stay on the same path. “We can’t predict,
but we don’t see much change. There is
no fear of anything being delayed,” says
Nick Goldstein, vice president of regula-
tory and legal affairs.
The expected continuation of Pruitt’s
agenda is not lost on the environmental
PHOTOS COURTESY OF EPA
community. Wheeler “is equally unqual-
ified to serve as the nation’s chief environ-
mental steward,” Ana Unruh Cohen, a
Natural Resources Defense Council man-

NO CHANGE? Deputy EPA chief Andrew Wheeler
(inset), now replacing embattled former head Scott
Pruitt, is expected to keep current policies on track.
aging director, said in a statement. It has
vowed to fight Wheeler’s “disdain” for
EPA’s mission.
Harvard University’s Environmental
Law Program is compiling a list of Trump
Administration EPA actions that it con-
tends will generate more pollution, dis-
mantle mandated agency protections,
curtail high-quality science and under-
mine the public’s right to hold the agency
accountable when it fails to meet obliga-
tions. “Don’t be confused—Scott Pruitt
is not really gone,” program Executive
Director Joseph Goffman tweeted.
Pruitt did take steps to expedite envi-
ronmental cleanups, such as new guid-
ance for contentious Superfund waste
cleanups that “focused on improving the
… process,” says Reynolds Renshaw, a
cleanup manager for Pittsburgh consul-
tant EHS Support, adding that some
corporate clients benefited from changes
like accelerated schedules.
Pruitt also said in May the agency
would determine how best to support the
cleanup of PFAS chemicals, those that are
widely used for firefighting, waterproof-
ing and stain prevention. 
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LEGAL
Labor Relations and Water Rights Issues
Are Key in US High Court Final Rulings
T
wo U.S. Supreme Court rulings on June
27 that wrapped the court’s current
case calendar addressed labor rela-
tions and water rights issues with construction
sector impact. Its 5-4 decision in Janus v. AF-
SCME that public-sector employees can’t be
forced to pay “fair-share fees” to unions could
affect industrial professionals represented by
labor groups in 22 states. The ruling found that
the fees violate “free speech rights of non-
members by compelling them to subsidize
private speech on matters of substantial public
concern.” In the other decision, the court opted
to have a special master re-examine a de-
cades-long water-rights spat between Georgia
and Florida, leaving in limbo a case that could
affect future development in Atlanta.
In Janus, the American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees argued that
fees paid by state or municipal employees for
representation cover only costs of collective
bargaining and not political activity. Illinois
Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) said the ruling in the
case brought by state employee Mark Janus
“restores the freedom of speech and freedom
of association previously denied those em-
ployees … [and] is a victory for … taxpayers.”
But officials from unions facing impacts say
they have been gearing up for the challenge
and that membership is rising. Among them is
the National Association of State Highway and
Transportation Unions, a coalition of 38 U.S.
unions and affiliates that represents transpor-
tation engineers and related workers. One of
its unions, Professional Engineers in California
Government (PECG), which has more than
10,000 members who work in state agencies
such as the California Dept. of Transportation,
has urged them for months to retain member-
ship. It has anticipated the ruling by a court
that this year included new conservative jurist
Neil Gorsuch, says executive director Ted Top-
pin. States now must create a member “opt-
in” process. “Obviously the Janus decision
wasn’t a surprise,” he said. “Our campaign
has been built on that PECG delivers.”
Toppin said PECG’s opt-in planning began in
2016 when a similar challenge by a California
teacher deadlocked in the high court with the
death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Toppin said
membership has risen since. “California has a
population that knows unions are a powerful
force to defend the middle class,” he said.
Paul Shearon, president-elect of the Inter-
national Federation of Professional and Tech-
nical Engineers, which represents 80,000
public and private employees in North America
such as building inspectors and auditors—
including 25,000 in government—called the
case politically motivated and designed to
weaken union bargaining power.
In addition to negotiating salaries and ben-
efits, the group lobbies for legislation that im-
pacts state revenue such as Medicare funding
and required state taxes on internet pur-
chases. The group expects some immediate
loss of fee-generated revenue but also sees a
rise in membership, Shearon says. “People
have a right to representation.”
Michael Sturino, CEO of the Illinois Road and
Transportation Builders Association, says many
of its union members worry about what the rul-
ing could mean if a similar private-
employee union case were to come before the
court, which could include another new con-
servative member, U.S. appellate court judge
Brett M. Kavanaugh, who was nominated by
President Donald Trump on July 9 to replace
retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. “They’re
quite upset with the holding,” Sturino says of
those association members. “They understand
it could have implications,” adding that some
“are taking steps to inoculate themselves”
from any far-reaching impacts.
In the water-rights case that also had a 5-4
majority opinion, the court ordered special
master Ralph Lancaster to revisit his 2017
analysis of measures needed to be taken
by Georgia in its use of water from the
Apalachicola-Flint-Chattahoochee river basin,
which Florida charges has caused it ecological
and economic harm. 
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JT Long and Debra K. Rubin
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RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Study Shows Quality Work
Spaces Can Boost Productivity
CREATURE COMFORT More than half of the workers surveyed perceived better health and well-being.
ne of the largest building-materials
O makers decided to prove the per-
formance of its products in a real
work setting by creating a high-quality
environment in its North American
headquarters in Malvern, Pa. Then,
Saint-Gobain used the 289,000-sq-ft
retrofit-expansion of the 1960s building
as a living laboratory for an occupant
comfort study. The research went further
than most by starting with a staff comfort
survey in the company’s former offices in
Valley Forge, Pa.
The three-year pre- and post-occupant-
comfort initiative, likely a first on such a
large scale, has shown that the design of
Saint-Gobain’s $80-million Malvern facility
resulted in a 90% improvement in indoor
air quality (IAQ) and a 40% improvement
in acoustical comfort. Overall, occupants
reported a 26.3% improvement in visual,
acoustical, thermal and spatial comfort.
IAQ and acoustical improvements “de-
fied our expectations,” says Ihab Elzeyadi,
director of the High Performance Envi-
ronments Lab (HiPE) at the University
of Oregon and the principal researcher
10 n ENR n July 16, 2018 enr.com
for the Saint-Gobain North American
Headquarters Occupant Comfort Study,
released last month by Saint-Gobain.
“We were hoping for better” results on
thermal comfort, which were both posi-
tive and negative, Elzeyadi adds. Thermal
comfort is “tricky,” especially with large
open-plan offices, he says.
Specifically, some 40% of employees
reported feeling more productive, and
22.5% felt it was easier to do their job
than at Valley Forge. There also was a
53.7% improvement in perceptions of
health and well-being.
In terms of sick building syndrome,
25% reported a decrease in dry eyes, 19%
in tired eyes, 22% in difficulty concentrat-
ing and 30% in back pain.
HiPE worked on the study with a
Saint-Gobain team of building scientists,
researchers, engineers, project managers
and salespeople. “The study results make
a business case for creating such a build-
ing,” says Lucas J. Hamilton, manager of
building science applications for Saint-
Gobain’s subsidiary, CertainTeed Corp.,
a maker of nonstructural building mate-
rials, such as roofing, siding, insulation
and decking.
In the company’s call center, where
employees develop building project leads,
the same group making the same number
of phone calls reported developing 140%
more qualified sales leads. “The staff is
more engaged than they were in the old
building,” says Hamilton.
And word of the quality workplace has
spread. There are 50% more qualified ap-
plicants for each open position, he adds.
HiPE used the same test protocol for
the old, traditionally designed headquar-
ters as for Malvern, which is certified
LEED Platinum. About 40% of the Mal-
vern and Valley Forge respondents were
the same.
Earlier studies generally confirm an
improvement in building performance for
LEED buildings over non-LEED. But
until the Saint-Gobain study “we couldn’t
confirm impacts on improved indoor en-
vironmental quality,” says Elzeyadi.
The four-phase study included inspec-
tions of the existing Malvern and Valley
Forge buildings—to establish benchmarks
for the performance of the renovated
Malvern building. There was an analysis
of the unoccupied Malvern building after
envelope and interior retrofits, and assess-
ments and occupant surveys one and two
years after occupancy in October 2015.
For the Valley Forge building, 275 re-
spondents completed the survey question-
naire. For the Malvern building, 356
completed the 2016 questionnaire and
358 completed the 2017 questionnaire.
“It was a large pool of data and we
were happily surprised by the response
rate,” says Elzeyadi.
Saint-Gobain is sharing the study re-
sults with all interested parties. And going
forward, HiPE plans to perform more
analyses and statistical modeling of the
wealth of data collected on building per-
formance and occupant comfort. The aim
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is to be able to determine green building
strategies and a “suite of solutions that
impact an occupant’s comfort and produc-
tivity,” says Elzeyadi. n
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
California Begins To Consider
Solar on Commercial Buildings
RESIDENTIAL SOLAR Workers install rooftop solar panels on a California affordable housing project.
fter approving a 2019 building
A code that requires all new homes
in the state to have rooftop solar
panels starting in 2020, the California
Energy Commission is now eyeing
commercial buildings.
“We are not big fans of increasing the
costs of construction, but from a political
perspective,” the state’s policy direction
was clear, says Bob Raymer, technical di-
rector at the California Building Industry
Association (CBIA). For the past decade
or so, California has been working toward
a policy of achieving net zero energy for
all buildings. In about six months, the
California Energy Commission (CEC)
will begin discussions about the 2023 it-
eration of the building code with a focus
on commercial buildings, and solar will
be part of those discussions, CEC spokes-
person Amber Beck says.
The 2023 code will include new com-
mercial buildings, high rises of four sto-
ries or more and existing residential and
commercial buildings, says Raymer.
Reaching an agreement on including solar
on such varied commercial buildings will
be tough, Raymer says.
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It was difficult enough to reach agree-
ment on residential homes. For the new
code, the CBIA spent a lot of time nego-
tiating with the CEC and other stake-
holders to arrive at a compromise.
As originally envisioned, the 2019 en-
ergy code would have required installing
$30,000 worth of solar paneling on each
home. “That would not fit on most
homes,” Raymer says. The CBIA negoti-
ated that to $10,000 and won a couple of
other key options. For instance, the solar
panel goal can be met by building an off-
site community solar program or by mak-
ing a solar power purchase agreement
available to owners of new homes.
In addition to the solar requirement,
the 2019 building energy standards also
include updated thermal envelope stan-
dards to prevent heat transfer between the
interior and exterior of buildings, residen-
tial and nonresidential ventilation re-
quirements, and nonresidential lighting
requirements. The standards also give
homeowners credit for installing batteries
to capture energy from their solar panels
for use during the evening.
But as the CBIA looked to transfer
similar requirements to commercial
buildings, it found that, for example, a
high rise in Sacramento might need up to
9½ acres of solar power, but only has one
acre on its roof. Finding a solution to that
kind of problem “is going to be one heck
of a challenge,” Raymer says.
Another obstacle the CEC could face
is backlash over the expense of rooftop
solar under the 2019 code.
The California Energy Commission
estimates that, on average, the 2019 stan-
dards will increase the cost of building a
new house by about $9,500, but will save
$19,000 in energy and maintenance costs
over 30 years. Based on a 30-year mort-
gage, the CEC estimates the standards
will add about $40 per month for the aver-
age home, but save consumers $80 per
month on heating, cooling and lighting
bills. Not everyone agrees with those cal-
culations, however.
“I, along with the vast majority of en-
ergy economists, believe that residential
rooftop solar is a much more expensive
way to move towards renewable energy
than larger solar and wind installations,”
economist Severin Borenstein at the En-
ergy Institute at Haas at the University of
California, Berkeley, wrote in a letter to
CEC Chairman Robert Weisenmiller.
Borenstein noted the calculated sav-
ings for rooftop solar are based on resi-
dential electricity rates that are far
above the actual cost of providing incre-
mental energy.
If that criticism gains traction, the
CEC could have a tougher time putting a
solar mandate on commercial buildings.
If the CEC is able to move a commer-
cial solar mandate forward, Raymer sees
it as a good opportunity, particularly if it
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARKELL PARKER AND SUN LIGHT & POWER.
includes existing buildings.
California’s existing residential build-
ing stock is approaching 14 million dwell-
ings, about two-thirds of which were built
before the energy code went into effect.
That represents an “enormous green-
house gas reduction potential,” he says,
and “massive potential for job growth and
safety for the building trades.” n
By Peter Maloney

TRANSMISSION LINES
HVDC Lines a Possible Answer
To Intermittent Renewables
DOWNSIDE Converter stations for HVDC can cost about $370 million, one of the major downsides to HVDC.
here is a renewed interest in con-
T struction of high-voltage direct-
current transmission lines as they
are viewed as an ideal solution to deliver
far away wind and solar energy, and to
stabilize intermittent renewable power,
concepts backed by a recent report pre-
pared for the Energy Information Admin-
istration. Although there are few HVDC
projects in the United States, Burns &
McDonnell is bullish on the technology.
“We think the outlook is now more favor-
able for HVDC as there is no doubt we
will see more renewables integrated into
our generation portfolio,” says Ken Ger-
ling, the company’s vice president for
transmission and distribution.
There was about 106,000 MW of solar
and wind in the United States in 2016 and
the capacity is expected to grow to about
190,000 MW by 2020, making up about
15% of all installed capacity, according to
PHOTO COURTESY OF BLACK & VEATCH
the EIA report, prepared by ICF Interna-
tional. The share of wind and solar will be
even higher in areas such as California,
Texas and the Great Plains states, accord-
ing to the report.
Renewables lead to operational chal-
lenges if they produce more electricity
than needed or their output falls.
HVDC lines, though, can help smooth
the changes in output of individual wind
and solar resources by allowing them to
be bundled as if they were a single re-
source, according to ICF. Also, the direc-
tion and magnitude of flow over HVDC
lines can be controlled, giving grid op-
erators a way to balance the grid during
supply-demand imbalances.
Over long distances, HVDC power
line technology is less expensive than AC
technology, making it ideal for delivering
power from remote areas rich in renew-
able resources to major load centers, ac-
cording to the report.
“Increased grid interconnection at re-
gional, national, and transnational grid
networks would enable more flexibility in
power transmission from regions with
excess renewable resources to regions
with high electricity demand,” ICF said.
Also, HVDC loses up to 40% less
power as electricity moves along the
power lines than do AC power lines, ac-
cording to ICF.
Compared with AC lines, which make
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up the vast majority of transmission lines
in the United States, HVDC transmission
lines have higher capacity ratings, can
handle longer periods of overload opera-
tions, can be used underwater and can
better manage instabilities that cause
blackouts, according to ICF.
According to Gerling, HVDC provides
greater power flow control than AC lines
through a more compact structure design
that includes fewer conductors, smaller
towers and poles, fewer right of way re-
quirements and lower cost per mile.
On the downside, converter stations
used to convert DC to AC electricity are
expensive—ICF pegs their cost at roughly
$370 million per station—making shorter
projects potentially uneconomic, Gerling
said. “This creates other project barriers
because long HVDC lines will need to
cross multiple states and sometimes Can-
ada and Mexico borders, necessitating
regulatory approvals from multiple gov-
erning bodies,” he said.
There are only a handful of major
HVDC lines in the United States and
several underwater cables, according to
ICF. There are also more than a dozen
HVDC facilities connecting the Eastern
and Western interconnections, Texas
and Mexico.
The report highlighted several HVDC
projects that are under development, in-
cluding the TransWest Express project,
designed to deliver wind from Wyoming
to southern Nevada; the Plains & Eastern
Clean Line project, which would trans-
port wind from the Oklahoma and Texas
panhandles to Arkansas, Tennessee and
other states in the region; and the Cham-
plain Hudson Power Express, which
would supply the New York City area with
hydroelectric power from Canada.
“The resource-rich regions for hydro,
wind and solar supply are sometimes hun-
dreds of miles from the population cen-
ters that are demanding renewables,”
Gerling says, “and our clients are now
revisiting the feasibility and operational
advantages of transmitting power through
HVDC delivery.” n
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SAFETY AND HEALTH
Summer Gives New Meaning
To ‘Saving Your Own Skin’
SUNBURN COUNTRY A construction tradesworker applies sunscreen at a foundation project in the Phoe-
nix area, where the temperatures routinely top 100° F and work starts early to limit exposure.
hade tents and frequent water
S breaks are part of the strategies Kris
Comon uses for dealing with 100°-
plus temperatures and a punishing sun at
a two-story building being constructed in
Phoenix. Comon is project manager for
UEB Builders, prime contractor for the
Helios Education Foundation, and to beat
the heat, work starts at 6 a.m. and ends in
the early afternoon, he says.
A growing awareness of the dangers of
summer work and of sun rays as a cause
of skin cancer on and off the job has
driven employers, unions and workers to
limit exposure. Insurers and risk managers
should take note, too. In sun-drenched
Australia, workers’ compensation claims
related to sun damage have been a fact of
life. Workers filed about 175 claims a year
between 2000 and 2012, resulting in $63
million in payments, according to a study
by Cancer Council Australia.
And while data about U.S. sun-related
workers’ comp claims is hard to find, con-
tractors and engineering firms are in-
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creasingly aware of the hazard. “Gener-
ally, workers’ comp schemes are not
designed for temporary conditions,” such
as sunburn, says J. Carin Burford, a share-
holder at Ogletree Deakins in Birming-
ham, Ala., who helps defend companies
against claims. However, “sunburn or sun
exposure could be compensable in certain
cases,” she says.
Interpretation of Rule
While sun exposure is not directly cited
as a potential hazard under federal rules
requiring employers to provide protective
equipment, the U.S. Occupational Health
and Safety Administration has interpreted
the rule as extending indirectly to solar
radiation, Burford says.
To protect workers and guard against
claims and lawsuits, construction compa-
nies should provide sun-protective shirts,
glasses, sunscreen and other gear, she says.
In addition, contractors should include sun
protection in trainings for new workers
and should make it a policy to discipline
workers who don’t use protective clothing
and sunscreen, according to Burford.
Alternatives to protective clothing,
shade tents and sunscreen can seem invit-
ing, but the Food and Drug Administra-
tion has investigated sun protection pills
on the market and flagged misleading ad-
vertising by four brands for suggesting a
single pill can provide adequate protection.
The FDA found that only one supple-
ment, Heliocare, was effective, according
to Dr. Clarissa Yang, chief of dermatology
at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. That’s
due to the pill’s main ingredient, Polypo-
dium leucotomos extract. Even so, the pill
only provides limited protection equiva-
lent to 3 to 5 SPF, she notes.
How best to motivate workers to ap-
ply, and then, after perspiring during
work, reapply sunscreen? Sonia Duffy, a
professor of nursing care at Ohio State
University, has studied the health of
members of operating engineers Local
324 in Michigan. In a study published
four years ago, Duffy and her co-authors
learned that most of the workers sustained
a sunburn over the years and found that
many local members were lax about ap-
plying sunscreen. In a recently published
study, Duffy and her co-authors looked at
how operating engineers responded to
different mixtures of sun-care education
and reminders—including photos of skin-
cancer victims. Some workers received
only training, some training and text-
message reminders, some education and
mailed sunscreen, and others education,
reminders and mailed sunscreen. Overall,
the most effective part of the study was
the half-hour educational session. After
that, “employees in the groups not receiv-
ing the sunscreen from us went out and
bought it for themselves,” Duffy says.
Out on the jobsites this summer, neck
shields and wide-brim protective helmets
are popular—with good reason. The Skin
Cancer Foundation says about 175,000
cases of potentially deadly melanoma will
PHOTO BY SCOTT BLAIR/ENR
be diagnosed in the U.S. this year, up 50%
from a decade ago. n
By Scott Van Voorhis, Scott Blair and
Jonathan Barnes
News
PROJECT DELIVERY
Controversy Persists as US-
Canada Bridge Picks P3 Team
controversial new international bor-
A
der crossing between Detroit and
Windsor, Ontario, appears finally
ready to move forward, with the July 5 se-
lection of a Fluor-led team set to begin ma-
jor work on the public-private partnership
(P3) project in September. The Windsor-
Detroit Bridge Authority, a Canadian
government corporation, tapped the con-
sortium to build the Gordie Howe Interna-
tional Bridge, which was repeatedly stymied
by legal challenges from private owners of
a nearby bridge and could factor into brew-
ing U.S.-Canada trade tensions.
The team, also including AECOM,
Canada-based Aecon, Turner Construction
and Dragados Canada Inc., will design,
build and finance the 1.5-mile cable-stayed
bridge across the Detroit River and provide
maintenance for 30 years following planned
completion in 2023. It will feature an
853-meter main span, the longest of its type
in North America. Two other bid teams
were in contention—one that included
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., VINCI, Ameri-
can Bridge Co., HDR and Alfred Benesch
& Co., and the other with Bechtel, Ellis-
Don Civil Ltd., an Arup-Hatch-Mott Mc-
Donald joint venture and Traylor Bros. Inc.
The P3 arrangement also includes new
port-of-entry facilities on both sides of the
border and a new link with I-75 in Detroit.
Details on the project’s total cost and sched-
ule will not be released until financial close
in September, but previous estimates range
from $2.1 billion to $4.5 billion. The au-
thority has overseen more than $266 million
worth of utility relocations and other site
work at both port of entry sites. In March,
it signed Parsons Corp. to a $46.4-million
contract as owner’s representative.
Named for the Canadian ice hockey
legend, the new bridge has been touted as
a needed alternative to the 89-year-old
Ambassador Bridge that regularly bogs
down under 2.6 million annual truck cross-
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RECORD Gordie Howe cable-stay bridge will have
an 853-m main span, the longest in North America.
ings. Despite receiving Canadian govern-
ment permission last year to build a parallel
structure, the U.S.-based Moroun family
has vigorously fought the Gordie Howe
project in state and federal lawsuits. The
Michigan Court of Appeals rejected its lat-
est challenge in May, but the family and
state officials are still battling eminent do-
main issues on key land parcels.
The Morouns have asked President
Donald Trump to cancel Gordie Howe’s
federal permits, claiming in targeted televi-
sion ads that it will be a mainly Canadian
venture, and will use steel imported from
overseas. A bridge agency official says the
completed bridge will be owned by Canada
and Michigan. A 2012 pact also mandates
use of U.S. or Canadian materials for the
bridge and U.S. port-of-entry plaza. The
Morouns also want Trump to halt the de-
molition of their bridge, required in the
Canadian permit for the parallel span.
The Gordie Howe project also has had
internal challenges, including a protracted
P3 process that pushed its likely comple-
tion past the original estimated 2020 time-
frame and contributed to the departure last
year of then-CEO Michael Cautillo.
Named on June 26 to replace him is Bryce
Phillips, vice president of Toronto infra-
structure consultant Kinectrics and a for-
mer AMEC executive with experience in
running two Canadian nuclear plants. n
By Jim Parsons
EXECUTIVE NEWS
Bullock Raises
Design Diversity
Gabrielle Bullock,
principal and director of
global diversity at ar-
chitect Perkins+Will,
was elected president
of the 15,000-member
International Interior
BULLOCK
Design Association, the
first black woman in the role. Formerly
managing director of the firm in Los Ange-
les from 2005 to 2013, she also was the
second black woman to earn an architec-
ture degree from the Rhode Island School
of Design. “I’m one of 424 black female
licensed architects in the U.S., 0.2% of
the profession,” she said. “The design
profession should mirror the community
and clients. We change what we design by
who designs it.”
Brian Yates has joined Stantec as vice
president and regional leader in British
Columbia, based in Vancouver. He is for-
merly vice president of environment and
geosciences at SNC-Lavalin Inc.
George P. Kelley, 75, a
co-founder and former
chairman of Langan
Engineering & Environ-
mental Services Inc.,
Parsippany, N.J., died
on June 18 of cancer,
KELLEY
says a family obituary.
At the now 1,000-person firm for 48 years,
he was managing principal and chairman
from 2005 to 2015. Langan launched the
annual George P. Kelley Empowerment
Award for an employee “who demon-
IMAGE: COURTESY THE WINDSOR-DETROIT BRIDGE AUTHORITY
strates leadership results through empow-
erment.” Kelley, who served two tours in
Vietnam as a U.S. Navy Seabee, also was
an ACEC board director. Michael Porcelli,
executive vice president of Sciame Con-
struction, said Kelley was “the most
knowledgeable engineer I know.” n
By Debra K. Rubin
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tunnel system—to be completed in 2023—
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Under new CEO Åsa Bergman, the Swedish designer is boosting its European base, building on a key
acquisition and spreading decentralized management to propel future growth By Peter Reina in Stockholm
his month, Åsa Bergman completes her
tour of European markets new to
Sweco, the Swedish design firm giant
she now leads. As president and CEO
of one of Europe’s largest designers—
officially in the job since April—she is
on a mission to spread the decentral-
ized management structure that ap-
pears to have served the company well
at home. Bergman should know. Dur-
ing her six-year previous role running the architect-
engineer’s largest unit, Sweco Sweden, the 27-year
company veteran saw both its revenue and employee
count nearly double.
The game-changing 2015 acquisition of Nether-
lands-based Grontmij N.V. has fueled the Stockholm-
20  ENR  July 16, 2018 enr.com
based parent firm’s push farther across Europe. Before
the deal, Sweco was an 8,500-person firm that focused
largely domestically, with a small number of subsidiar-
ies in nearby nations and an array of export projects
around the globe. Now the publicly traded firm has
14,500 staffers in 14 countries and sales of nearly $2
billion. It ranks at No. 19 on ENR’s list of The Top
PHOTO: BY MIKAEL SJOBERG/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES
150 Global Design Firms, up from No. 21 last year
(see story, p. 34).
Even with the firm’s solid metrics, her own execu-
tive management track record and recognition in
Swedish business circles, Bergman is a relative un-
known to many peers in the global design world and
to investors, and she has a tough act to follow, observ-
ers say. She succeeds Tomas Carlsson, credited with
leading Sweco’s upward momentum during his five-
 year tenure. He left the firm in January for a role he
began in May as CEO of Swedish contractor NCC AB, CONSOLIDATED NET SALES
a former employer whose weak margins he was brought (IN SWEDISH KRONA (SEK), MILLIONS) 16,887
16,531
1 SEK = 0.11449 USD
on to fix. NCC’s operating profit fell 15% last year.
Carlsson “improved [Sweco] rankings on employee 15,000
[and] brand attractiveness, which supported growth
rates,” says Viktor Lindeberg, an analyst with Carn- 11,389
egie Investment Bank AB, Stockholm. He credits the
9,214
former CEO with the “successful acquisition and con- 10,000
8,165
solidation” of the 6,000-person Grontmij. Bergman
“has been exposed to the Swedish market but needs
to get up to speed on the dynamics of how other mar-
kets are developing,” says Lindeberg. 5,000

Management Veteran
Bergman emphasizes that she is a familiar face in the
Sweco boardroom—part of the group executive team
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
that shaped major decisions, including the Grontmij
deal. She says her plan to recruit up to 3,000 new hires
across company units is supported by high marks in EARNINGS PER SHARE
(IN SWEDISH KRONA (SEK), MILLIONS) 10.23
workplace culture and employee commitment from 1 SEK = 0.11449 USD
recent employee satisfaction surveys, “an important
tool for us … as the basis for our development going 9.00

forward,” says Bergman. 7.78

A degreed civil engineer, Bergman worked her way
through the company in different regions and was key
6.00
5.74
to doubling home-market sales. As a co-architect of
the path taken so far, “I have a strong belief that this 4.36
is the right strategy,” she says (see charts, right). 3.96
SEASONED
Bergman, a 27-year Since Sweco’s appearance on the Nasdaq Stock-
Sweco veteran who holm exchange in 1998, “very little has changed in 3.00
formerly ran its
largest unit covering
how … we operate,” says Chief Financial Officer
Sweden operations, Jonas Dahlberg. “And we have no plan to change.”
sees the firm as Growth, at about 15% annually, has been two-thirds
“attractive” to up to
3,000 new staffers fueled by acquisitions, he adds. The firm has “made
it seeks to recruit, in more than 100 acquisitions in the past decade and so 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
line with company
growth plans in its far so good,” says Lindeberg.
home market and “We have not seen any acqui- KEY RATIOS JAN-MAR 2018 JAN-MAR 2017 APR 2017-MAR 2018 FULL YEAR 2017 FULL YEAR 2016
in a wider group of
European locations.
sitions that have affected the
NET SALES $523 $498 $1,935 $1,910 $1,869
company adversely.” (IN USD MILLIONS)

Sweco acquired in 2013 the OPERATING PROFIT 46 56 159 169 151

Swedish government-owned PROFIT MARGIN % 8.8 11.2 8.2 8.8 9.0
transportation design firm
PROFIT AFTER TAX $34 $41 $131 $138 NA
Vectura, with 1,200 staff, but (IN USD MILLIONS)

pushed the envelope with the NUMBER OF 14,981 14,412 14,673 14,530 14,365
Grontmij deal two years later. FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES
“We had the vision of becom- SOURCE: SWECO REPORTS

ing Europe’s market leader for a very long time,” says purchase provided Sweco with units in Holland, Den-
Bergman, 51. After a search for a compatible purchase, mark, Belgium, the U.K., Germany and Sweden, along
she adds, “we found each other.” Sweco’s $387.4-mil- with smaller operations in Poland, Turkey and China.
COVER STORY lion cash-and-stock offer was about a 22% premium At the time of the deal, Grontmij was three years
COMPANIES over the firm’s stock close on that day. The Grontmij into its “back on track” plan to rebuild its weakened
enr.com July 16, 2018  ENR  21
 financial position. Integrating Grontmij into Sweco
was a task given to Ann-Louise Lökholm Klasson, now
Bergman’s successor as president of Sweco Sweden.
With a background in international business and proj-
ect management, she was former CEO Carlsson’s
choice for the job, she says. “In Sweco, there was huge
[pride] that we had made this acquisition. For a Swed-
ish company to … be international was very big here,”
says Lökholm Klasson. “On the Grontmij side, their
numbers were a bit low and they could look at Sweco
and see that we [knew] how to do this business. They
were very willing to learn and listen,” she adds.
But with the new geographical spread and diverse
skill sets, knitting Grontmij into its new parent was
“In Sweco, there was
huge pride that we had
made this acquisition.
For a Swedish company
to go out and be
international was very
big here.”
—Ann-Louise Lökholm
Klasson, President, Sweco
Sweden
“very complex,” says Lökholm Klasson. The master
spreadsheet of required tasks had “thousands of ac-
tivities,” she says. In the three years since the deal,
Sweco changed Grontmij’s management, and “we have
developed in a good way month by month,” says Berg-
man. “Now we have growth back to where we want.”
Last year, Sweden was Sweco’s most profitable mar-
ket, recording a 12% operating profit. The largely
Grontmij-based West Europe business achieved a 7%
margin and Central Europe 6.4%.
To raise Grontmij’s 4% margin, where it was at the
time the deal closed, “we established a plan in three
horizons to create value,” says Dahlberg. The first
included cutting head office, IT and other costs in
former Grontmij units, and restructuring the unprof-
itable Danish and Norwegian businesses. The second
leg is “about customer focus and internal efficiency,”
he says. The third aims to exploit the group’s new foot-
print. The markets in which Grontmij operates are
fragmented, with no single design firm controlling
more than 5%, says Dahlberg.
COVER STORY So far, Sweco’s strategy appears to be paying off. In
COMPANIES its sector, it is the Nordic “top performer of the listed
22  ENR  July 16, 2018 enr.com
companies,” says bank analyst Lindeberg. Sweco is
“one of our strongest competitors [and] doing really
outstanding work,” says Lars-Peter Søbye, president
and CEO of Denmark-based design firm COWI A/S.
“But we are different in our approach. We go mainly
for larger contracts in core sectors. That is our strategy,
and it has worked well for us,” he adds.
Close to Customers
Bergman traces to Sweco co-founder Gunnar Nord-
ström, who died last year at 88, the firm’s core decen-
tralization strategy, with small teams and slimmed-
down management structures working closely with
clients. In 1958, he helped create Swedish architecture
firm FFNS, which acquired the designer VVB Group
in 1997 to form Sweco. The Nordström family is the
firm’s biggest shareholder in terms of voting rights and
second largest by share value, says Dahlberg. Nord-
ström’s son Johan chairs the firm.
Sweco contracts include several for the $1.4-billion
Slussen flood control and infrastructure upgrade in
Stockholm (see story, next page). But its continuing
strategy to stay close to customers is most evident in
its many smaller projects. Of some 70,000 current jobs,
Bergman values the average fee at under $50,000, with
a median worth below $10,000.
Small projects are no less profitable than the major
ones, adds Dahlberg. Customers “need to have expert
service and design on those small projects, so they are
really important to us,” says Bergman. “That is part
of our strategy to go for the small and midsize projects
and that is also why [we have] the decentralized orga-
nization,” she adds.
Geographically, Sweco is focusing on European
countries with similar market conditions and cultures.
In eight “home markets”—Belgium, Denmark, Finland,
Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the
U.K.—it aims to be among the top three in size and
“when it comes to the customer, preferred … in a region,
in a country or in a specific niche,” says Bergman. “We
should also be the preferred choice of the employees.”
Sweco also has smaller companies in Bulgaria,
Czech Republic, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland and Tur-
key. In almost all of Sweco’s new markets, “we have
PHOTO: (ABOVE) SWECO; (RIGHT) BY PETER REINA FOR ENR
the potential of becoming the market leader … before
we start to look somewhere else,” adds Bergman.
Meanwhile, “we are not jumping into new countries.”
The company sold its three small firms in Russia in
2012 as economic and work conditions there deterio-
rated, four years after buying them at a time of higher
oil prices, says Bo Carlsson, Sweco president for West-
ern Europe.

SWECO DIGITIZES A $1.4-BILLION MEGAPROJECT NEXT DOOR
F
rom the roof of Sweco headquarters in Stockholm’s down-
town Kungsholmen district, cranes from one of the city’s larg-
est infrastructure projects are visible a few kilometers away
across Lake Mälaren. Sharing space with throngs of tourists is
the estimated $1.4-billion Slussen megaproject to improve north-
south transportation and replace the old sluice and lock separat-
ing the freshwater lake from the salty Baltic Sea. The company
location is convenient, with its key roles on the project that began
in 2016 and is set for completion in 2025.
The core of the estimated $1.4-billion Slussen project is the re-
moval of two 1930s-era deteriorating concrete bridges between
two downtown islands. Between these bridges, the lock and sluice
is being replaced by a system with about five times greater drain-
age capacity to ease lake flood risk. Under a master plan for the
city by U.K.-based Foster + Partners with Berg Arkitektkontor, the
area around the lock will be developed into a new district with
public spaces, pedestrian and cycle routes and major buildings.
One old bridge has already been torn down, and demolition is
underway on a crumbling concrete highway cloverleaf junction.
Skanska AB aims to complete by 2022 the new lock and a 140-m-
long steelwork bridge under two city contracts worth $220 million.
Sweco had contracts to study new Slussen water, sewerage,
energy and ventilation systems as early as 2009, and later it un-
dertook conceptual designs of electrical and mechanical systems
REINVENTED Sweco helped
develop and is supporting the
digital management system for
the $1.4-billion Slussen road, flood
control and urban regeneration
project in central Stockholm.
in the planning phase. Underpinning the whole project is
“Slussnet,” developed by Sweco and said to be one of Sweden’s
first totally digital systems—a tough sell at first to project manag-
ers but now with about 1,000 users. “We don’t use any drawings,
only [digital] models,” says David Möller, a Sweco engineer acting
as the owner’s virtual design and construction manager.
Nearby, the $350-million upgrade of Getingmidjan, the 1950s-
era rail transportation system, by Swedish national agency
Trafikverket, will include 2 km of city track, as well as bridge and
tunnel renovation and replacement. In an eight-week system clo-
sure that began in June and will be repeated over the next two
summers, contractor Implenia Sverige A.B. has begun work that
is set to finish in 2021. Dealing with disparate aging structures,
“the main problem is knowledge of existing conditions,” says Per
Ekström, a Sweco rail design manager.
Under a contract worth about $12.6 million in fees, Sweco
handled project conceptual design and is supporting Trafikverket
during construction. A Sweco team also is preparing bid docu-
ments due out later this year and is handling design and site su-
pervision for a larger Trafikverket central station rail and platform
upgrade, says Emma Rudh, Sweco assistant project manager.
With 1,000 daily train movements in the station, ”our main chal-
lenge is to keep traffic going,” she adds. 
By Peter Reina in Stockholm
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 NEAR AND FAR Among new Sweco companies being reshaped is
Sweco is structural its U.K. unit, now run by Max Joy, a retired British
engineer on Mjøsa
Tower in Norway, Army colonel with 28 years in the Corps of Royal
set to be the world’s Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He “had no
tallest wood building
when finished next fixed ideas of how things had to be,” says Carlsson,
March (left). The firm who hired him in 2016.
also is designing a “What we are trying to do is differentiate our-
new city district in
Shanghai that was selves from the competition, and the Nordic culture
an industrial park is very important,” says Joy, noting that the U.K.
(center), and is reno-
vating the 1990s-era team has grown by about 150 members to 880 since
Kuwait Towers water the Grontmij acquisition, and there are plans to reach
storage landmark in
Kuwait City that was 1,100 by 2020. With Danish origins, the U.K. com-
originally designed pany “was used to the Nordic way of thinking,” says
by a predecessor Carlsson. But it also had a “very British structure,”
firm (right).
with more management tiers than the Sweco model.
Looking ahead
The U.K.’s planned departure from the European
Union that is set to occur March 29, 2019, could hin-
der growth plans. Nobody knows what the impact of
Brexit will be, but “we don’t expect it to be positive,”
says Dahlberg. He is not unduly worried, however,
since at present, the U.K. market “is less than 5% of
our total exposure,” he adds.
Joy worries, however, about his post-Brexit ability
to continue recruiting staff from EU countries once
free movement ceases, as seems probable. But as a
relatively small U.K. market player, “there will always
be opportunities to grow,” he says.
Outside Europe, Sweco has projects around the
world, with offices in some 25 countries. With a staff
of about 70, the firm’s Indian resource base in Delhi
services work in Europe and elsewhere. In China,
Sweco architects are designing a new 300,000-sq-
meter district in Shanghai at a former industrial park
site.
Company engineers are working to rehabilitate
the small rock-earthfill Kafue Gorge hydro plant in
Zambia, which a Sweco predecessor firm designed
nearly 50 years ago, and also are returning to another
project of an earlier era in a contract to reinvigorate
COVER STORY landmark water storage structures in Kuwait City
COMPANIES that were designed in the 1990s. Kaj Möller, Sweco
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head of export, sees the firm’s global business as a way
to gauge the strengths of foreign rivals. “If you do it
right, it can be very profitable,” he says.
Workplace diversity also has been a long-term
strength at Sweco. “This is about being an attractive
employer,” says Lökholm Klasson. “To be able to
design future society and come up with a solution
that will fit with all of society … you need both
women and men,” says Bergman. Women lead
Sweco operations in Sweden, Norway and Central
Europe, including Germany, and hold 30% of senior
roles in various units and half of the 11 corporate
board seats.
At 35%, the proportion of women in Lökholm
Klasson’s 6,000-person unit matches that of the over-
all Swedish workforce, according to company data.
But the challenge remains in Norway, where Sweco
unit President Grete Aspelund says she is “the only
woman I know in a position like this” in the country.
She joined Sweco in 2016 from a role as CEO of a
certification and inspection firm. Sweco recruited her
to correct the Norwegian unit’s “lack of leadership,”
says Dahlberg. Recording 8% growth so far this year,
2018 “looks great,” says Aspelund.
Meanwhile, Bergman is gaining more attention in
global circles. She was cited last year along with other
women managers by the World Business Council for
Sustainable Development in the group’s first-ever
recognition of “women leaders who show the way
toward an equal and sustainable future,” and she was
a presenter at the first World Circular Economy fo-
rum in Helsinki.
The latter event in 2017 drew 1,500 scientists and
experts from more than 100 countries to explore how
the circular economy, which is based on sustainabil-
ity principles, can achieve the ambitious U.N. Agenda
2030 and its sustainable development goals.
In gaining an honorary doctorate in May from
MidSweden University, Bergman described the
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF SWECO
award as “a receipt that the issues I have driven about
leadership, sustainability and gender equality have
been reaffirmed not only within the company but also
in our world.” n
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Changi Airport. Its fifth terminal, T5, will be ready in the
next decade as announced by Transport Minister Lui Tuck
Yew in 2013. This terminal is being built on 1,080 hectares
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In England, work continues on the controversial High
Speed 2 (HS2) high-speed railway, which is planned to link
London, northern England and Scotland. Phase 1 began in
2017 with an expected opening in 2026 and a full network
completion by 2033. In March, engineers working on the
project discovered an ancient, subtropical coastline dating
back 56 million years. The discovery was unearthed at a site
in Ruislip, West London, when HS2’s ground investigation
team found a previously unknown material located about 33
meters, or just under 10 ft, below the ground surface. The
HS2 project is being developed by HS2 Ltd., an executive
nondepartmental public body sponsored by the UK Dept. for
Transport. The project has a projected cost of £56 billion,
or about $78.3 billion, up from an initial projection of £32.7
billion in 2010.
Japan Supports Philippines Infrastructure
Recently, the Official Development Assistance (ODA)
within the Government of Japan confirmed that it will help
fund six of 13 upcoming Philippines infrastructure projects.
“Japan is one of our long-time and most-trusted development
partners,” commented the Philippines’ Socioeconomic Planning
Secretary Ernesto M. Pernia during the 36th Joint Meeting of
Economic Cooperation Committees of the Philippines and
Japan in March. “We recognize its commitment to technical
excellence in infrastructure.”
Of the six projects—the total cost of which amounts to around
PhP715 billion, equivalent to about $13.4 billion—five are related
to transportation, while one is related to flood management.
“Our focus on the transportation sector is part of the bigger
mission to decongest Metro Manila and bring development
to the regions, which is embedded in our National Spatial
Strategy,” Pernia said. “This estimated economic loss in
daily traffic is massive, and we must act fast. We are looking
at this problem in a comprehensive way. We recognize that
transportation is the enabler and driver of socioeconomic
development.” ◆

Superfund Site Gets Special Sealant

Newtown Creek Wastewater
Treatment Plant, built in 1967, is
the largest of New York City’s 14
wastewater treatment facilities. Located
on 53 acres, it serves more than 1 million
people in Brooklyn, Queens and
Manhattan. The aging system is located
on Newtown Creek, an area designated
to the National Priorities List (NPL) of
designers, engineers and a community
committee for the plant redesign. Its
proximity to the Superfund site allowed
for no migration of soils into the waters
during or after construction.
Skyline’s proximity to the site enabled the
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excavation site for newly built digester changes to the king pile wall quickly.
eggs and a secant wall along the banks
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hazardous waste sites, making it eligible
for remedial funding, financed under
the federal Superfund program.
To remediate the treatment plant,
the New York Dept. of Environmental
Protection teamed with architects,
Steel’s engineering team provided an
optimized solution with a king pile wall.
AZ sheet piles, hot-rolled sheets
with a Larssen interlock system, are
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Protecting New Orleans From
Future Katrina-Like Disasters
The Inner Harbor Navigation Canal
(IHNC)-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier
is a massive Hurricane and Storm
Damage Risk Reduction System
project (HSDRRS) that was completed
under the direction of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (USACE). The
1.8-mile-long, 26-ft-high barrier
provides surge protection to an elevation
of 26 ft above sea level. The structure
is located at the confluence of the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and
the (now closed) Mississippi River
Gulf Outlet (MRGO), about 12 miles
east of downtown New Orleans. The
project reduces the risk for some of the
areas hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina,
including New Orleans East, metro New
Orleans, Gentilly, the Ninth Ward and
St. Bernard Parish. Its purpose is to
substantially reduce the risk of flooding
from a storm surge that has a 1% chance
of occurring in any given year. “This
project was the cork in the bottle needed
to keep New Orleans safe,” says Larry
Haser, vice president of engineering and
construction with APTIM, who served
as project manager for the entire design-
build project.
The $1.38-billion barrier is touted
to be the largest design-build civil
works project in USACE history. The
barrier wall includes a concrete bypass
barge gate and a buoyant, 42-ft-tall,
hydraulically operated flood-control
sector gate (both 150 ft wide) as well as
a 56-ft-wide vertical lift gate. The surge
barrier also provides floodwall tie-ins
to the New Orleans East risk-reduction
system to the north and the St. Bernard
risk-reduction system to the south.
Big Leaf Challenge
The surge barrier sector gate offered
particularly unique challenges, as it
weighs more than 675 tons per leaf.
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF APTIM
Most of the gate’s weight is at the
extreme of its 84-ft radius, where the
heavy skin plate assembly is located.
Buoyant tanks located behind the skin
plates of each leaf provide perimeter
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support to relieve the operating loads on
the supports and operating equipment.
To meet the timeline, design,
procurement and construction were
underway simultaneously—an approach
that shortened the project-delivery
schedule but also created challenges,
which the team successfully managed.
“Things were changing so fast that the
schedulers had to make updates daily to
keep up,” Haser says. “To successfully
manage the project and coordinate
the site activity, a high degree of
communication with a one-team attitude
was necessary.”
In addition, cost control, unstable
soils and the need to minimize
environmental impact—all while
maintaining navigability and public
safety—further influenced design
and construction decisions. “We were
creating something never built before
and working almost exclusively from
barges and other floating platforms
on the water,” Haser adds. “We had
to break the project into small enough
elements to prioritize designs to keep up
with long-lead-time items coordinated
with construction sequences. We had
as many items as possible prefabricated
offsite to save time and ensure high
quality, as it would have been so much
more expensive and time draining to
build them on the water.”
A Fully Operational Model
Advanced modeling techniques were
used to confirm the reliability of the
barrier’s potential. The project team
constructed a fully operational physical
model of the channel, the bypass gate,
the sector gate and associated guide
walls. Remote-control models of
vessels simulated navigation within
the channel under varied conditions. A
floodwall model helped to verify that
the overtopping rate was acceptable, and
wave forces were studied to determine
the size of the gate structures and
associated mechanical equipment.
Modeling also affirmed hydroelastic
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The 1.8-mile surge barrier protects the
citizens of the New Orleans region.
Construction of the IHNC-Lake Borgne
Surge Barrier was underway well before
design was complete.
effects such as gate vibration, wave
slamming and wave downfall.
In 2014, the project was recognized
by the American Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) with the 2014
Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement (OCEA) award. In
accepting the award, Lieutenant General
Thomas P. Bostick, the commanding
general and chief of engineers for the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said,
“Everywhere that I go, I talk about
this surge barrier, and I talk about the
example that it shows of what America
can do when it prioritizes and puts its
mind to it.” He cites the federal funding,
congressional support and local support
of more than 300 organizations working
together.
Haser concludes, “Our team
[APTIM] was more than 100-people
strong working on the project at any one
time, and we all felt it was an immense
privilege to work on something so
important to the city—so unique and
complex.” ◆
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Megaprojects Today
Resilience Programming: Large-Scale Projects
Moving Ahead Nationwide
Many states across the nation are
recognizing the importance of
resilience planning and working to
engineer solutions to address climate
change and natural disasters. APTIM
is one firm that specializes in the
ecological planning and design required
for such programs. In a recent interview
with Jordanna Rubin, director of
resiliency solutions for APTIM, she
outlined three of the major projects
underway across America.
Texas Studies At-Risk
Counties
The Texas General Land Office
(GLO) is nearing completion of its
expansive Texas Coastal Resiliency
Study. The project specifically identifies
at-risk infrastructure in 22 counties
to improve resiliency along the Texas
coastline. The work was undertaken in
response to hurricanes Ike and Dolly,
which combined resulted in more than
$30 billion in damage to infrastructure,
housing and ecological structures and
an estimated $142 billion in economic
damage.
“Our work incorporates lessons
learned from these storms to identify
ways to improve resiliency along the
Texas coast,” Rubin says. “Throughout
the past year and a half, we have held
more than 70 meetings within the
studied communities, during which
projects were developed and refined for
inclusion into the study.” The full report
is expected to be unveiled in season,
2018.
APTIM is helping LA SAFE with adaptation
projects focused on developing a stronger,
safer, more resilient Louisiana.
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Hurricane Ike pounded the city of Galveston, Texas, with waves, wind and debris for at
least 12 hours.
Parishes Address
Vulnerability in Louisiana
Louisiana’s Strategic Adaptations
for Future Environments (LA SAFE)
is a community-focused resilience and
adaptation policy framework intended
to ensure resiliency related to pre- and
post-disaster rebuilding efforts. The
intent is to help coastal communities
develop a common vision and adaptive
strategies around future flood risk
and vulnerability, predicted land
loss, population shifts and economic
changes. APTIM was hired in early
2017 to create resilience strategies for
the coastal parishes of Plaquemines and
Lafourche. “It is rewarding and exciting
to see local stakeholder groups engage
and work together to assess and address
future social, cultural, economic, and
environmental risks and vulnerabilities,”
Rubin says. “Through grassroots
engagement, we are working to resolve
Extreme drought conditions coupled with
overstocked forests currently threaten forest
sustainability.
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current problems while imagining the
future and planning proactively to be
ready for what natural events could
again bring harm to the region.”
California Attacks Fire Threat
In 2013, the Rim Fire in California
decimated large tracts of drought-
stressed forests, resulting in significant
erosion and the introduction of
sedimentation into streams and
reservoirs in Tuolumne County,
which compromised water quality
and reservoir capacity. The damage
ultimately affected local communities
and downstream users. “The Rim Fire is
one event in a long history of wildfires
throughout the Sierra Nevada mountain
range made more intense by extreme
drought conditions intensified by
climate change and overstocked forests,”
Rubin says.
These challenges prompted the State
of California to develop its Community
and Watershed Resilience Program to
support forest and watershed health
through restoration, reforestation,
strategic forest thinning, biomass
removal and other science-based
investments to promote ecosystem
health. Other significant program
goals include reducing greenhouse gas
emissions and increasing procurement
of electricity from renewable resources
from 33% to 50%. ◆
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Infrastructure Hardening Is Center
Stage at New York Housing Authority
New York City Housing Authority
(NYCHA) provides 176,066 public
housing apartments in 2,462
buildings. If it was a city, it would rank
32nd in terms of population, about the
same size as Miami. When Superstorm
Sandy pummeled New York City in
2012, it significantly damaged 219
buildings, with more than 400 NYCHA
buildings losing power and 386 losing
heat and hot water. Hundreds of
trees were uprooted across NYCHA
properties. Contaminated saltwater
damaged or destroyed 64 boilers as well
as electrical panels and underground
electrical conduits. NYCHA pumped
tens of millions of gallons of water out
of electrical and gas meter rooms, boiler
rooms and other basement locations.
The affected developments are home to
more than 60,000 people.
What nature wrought led to new
hope, as NYCHA’s Disaster Recovery
Office (DRO) charges forward with a
plan to make massive improvements
by the end of 2021. “NYCHA’s plan
is not just to recover but to protect
against future storm events and provide
The New York City Housing Authority is responsible for 2,462 apartment buildings that
provide 176,066 public housing apartments.
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improvements that benefit the residents,”
says Mike Cooper, APTIM’s program
manager for the $3.2-billion Superstorm
Sandy recovery project.
APTIM is providing a team of about
60 professionals to manage the program.
Its efforts involve design oversight
for 11 design firms, grant program
management, construction management
oversight, procurement services and
payables processing. The work also
involves managing all design contracts,
schedules and budgets, performing
technical review of all design disciplines,
and evaluating design and construction
firm performance. “NYCHA is truly
pushing design boundaries in providing
building reinforcements, storm-surge
protection and infrastructure upgrades,”
Cooper says.
Reaching the Community
APTIM’s work also involves a robust
community outreach effort. With more
than 60,000 people impacted by the
construction program, communication
and outreach are paramount. The
team conducts resident engagement
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Resilience-Minded
Renewal
33 NYCHA developments
damaged by Hurricane Sandy are
now receiving resiliency funding
through FEMA.
20 NYCHA developments are
receiving new heating and hot
water systems housed in elevated
and flood-proofed structures.
210 buildings will be powered by
permanent, full-load generators in
case of power outages.
Source: New York City Housing Authority
meetings to keep residents informed
and identify and address any issues.
It’s also establishing best practices that
can be adopted by NYCHA for future
communications.
With three years left to complete
the program, construction activities
are increasing at a rapid pace. “This
situation is quite unique,” Cooper says.
“Hurricanes typically happen in the
south, where there are few basements.
Much of NYCHA’s infrastructure
was housed in basements, resulting
in increased impacts. This also
presents challenges in designing and
implementing measures to mitigate
against future events.” Cooper cites the
decision to elevate boiler plants and
also to take into account the potential
for a future rise in sea level as forward-
looking on NYCHA’s part. FEMA is
also funding the permanent installation
of onsite generators capable of powering
an entire building in the event of a
future electrical outage. “This will allow
the housing authority to actually take
buildings and services offline during a
brownout or other event; it can actually
take an entire building off the grid,” he
continues. “This will help the agency
leverage future opportunities through
utility programs to address long-term
maintenance costs associated with these
generators.” ◆
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Mega Projects and the Ever-Emerging Global Market

As project scopes when they’re needed and manage cost
and values and productivity in a way that supports
continue to grow, customers’ business objectives has been
the largest projects a consistent element of feedback we
tend to go to those receive.”
companies with the Yet developing the skills and talents
Gary Baughman,
internal bandwidth to grow so large took plenty of strategic
CEO, APTIM to handle the acquisitions and planning. The firm is
emerging program the culmination of a series of mergers
complexities. That and acquisitions over the past 30 years.
capacity, coupled Each organizational change allowed
with the ability to APTIM to add new service offerings
attract key teaming and strengthen its technical capabilities,
partners, allows providing a more complete portfolio of
many large firms to services.
Mike Gallagher, solidify their reach
COO, APTIM and influence in the Attention to Detail
global marketplace. “One of the hardest things in running
Such has been the case with APTIM, a business is to truly understand a
an engineering, program management, customer’s needs,” APTIM COO Mike
environmental services, disaster Gallagher says. “We work very hard
recovery, facility maintenance and at not only understanding our clients’
construction services firm with more needs but also in knowing about some
than 10,000 employees worldwide. of the other ways they may need help
“APTIM has an enviable reputation that they may not even be aware of.
as a firm that can respond quickly and As in any real business partnership,
effectively to our customers’ emerging anticipating needs, understanding
needs,” APTIM Chairman and CEO changing technologies and planning for
Gary Baughman says. “Our ability to future trends allows us to be much more
marshal skilled resources where and than a service provider. And having
the specialized skills and knowledge to
bring such added value is why so many
clients come back to us so often.”
A good example of meeting client
needs happened immediately after
Hurricane Harvey. “While most
companies were trying to get out of
Houston, APTIM’s disaster relief team
was pouring in from across the country,”
Gallagher says. “FEMA saw that we
were on the ground helping people for
the short and long terms. We had the
skill and the confidence to pull off a lot
of complex, tactical solutions quickly.”
The firm now operates through
strategic business units (SBUs) that
focus on government, industrial,
commercial, oil, gas, chemical and
power projects. These SBUs are
supported by a Center of Excellence
(COE), which provides agile and fit-for-
purpose operational decision-making
through its collection of subject-matter
experts in engineering, construction,
estimating, supply chain, project
management, quality, project controls,
resource management and business
transformation.
Courage and Commitment
“The culture we are nurturing at
APTIM has, at its foundation, the
principles of the Collaborative Way,”
Baughman says. “By collectively
committing to listening generously,
speaking straight, being there for
each other, honoring commitments,
and giving acknowledgment and
appreciation, employees enjoy working
in an empowering environment where
we share common expectations about
how we relate to each other, our partners
and our clients. These principles support
what APTIM is ‘up to’ and provide
a shared grounding in the company’s
mission and vision.”
Companies looking to expand into
a global market are best served by
emulating those who succeed. The
courage to grow is often found in those
who have vision to see beyond the present
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Region Analysis p. 35 // Domestic Staff Hiring p. 35 // International Staff Hiring p. 35 // Profit-Loss p. 35 // 2017 Revenue
Totals p. 35 // How Design Firms Shared the 2017 Market p. 36 // Top 10 by Market p. 37 // Top 10 by Region p. 38
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The Top 225 International Design Firms

Political Headwinds Worry Firms

The global market for design is sluggish, but firms say local politics and a
potential trade war could stall any recovery. By Gary J. Tulacz and Peter Reina
enr.com July 16, 2018  ENR  33
 THE TOP 225 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIRMS

23.4%

International Market Analysis

Transportation
$15,116.8

20.1%
18.7% Petroleum
Buildings $12,996.6
$12,064.1

11.7%
4.7% Power
3.4% $7,529.7
Water 6.5%
Manufacturing Sewer/Waste
$3,018.6 Other
$1,363.6 $2,214.2
$4,207.1
2.1%
3.3%
5.3%
Hazardous
Waste Industrial
0.8% $2,147.3 $3,445.4

Telecom
$487.0

(Measured $ millions)
SOURCE: ENR.

Comparing the Past

Decade’s International $ 52.62 $ 52.45 $ 57.67 $ 65.30 $ 71.49* $ 71.35* $ 70.57* $ 65.19* $ 63.87* $ 64.30*
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Design Revenue
(in $ billions)
SOURCE: ENR * The 2012-2017 figures are revenue for the Top 200 International Design Firms. The expanded 2017 Top 225 list firms had a combined revenue of $64.59 billion.

The global market for design firms has been weak for
the past four years. The plunge in oil prices at the end
of 2014 hurt not just the petroleum market but the
overall markets in nations dependent on oil for national
income. Now, as the global market has begun to strug-
gle back, a new level of uncertainty has hit the industry
from nationalist and populist movements in many ma-
jor markets and the looming threat of a trade war.
The uncertainty in the market can be seen in the
results of ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms
survey. The Top 225 firms generated $64.59 billion in
design revenue in 2017 from projects outside their
home countries, up just 0.7% from $64.11 billion in
2016. This comes after five straight years of declining
revenue for the Top 225. Further, the Top 225 had
$79.47 billion in revenue from domestic projects in
2017, up a paltry 0.2% from $79.30 billion in 2016.
On the Top 225 International Design Firms list,
firms are ranked based on design revenue from projects
outside of their home countries, measuring their pres-
ence in international commerce. The ENR Top 150
Global Design Firms list measures total worldwide
design revenue, regardless of the project location.
The Top 225 saw some shifts in the rankings from
acquisitions. U.S.-based Jacobs’ acquisition of CH2M
last year vaulted it to the No. 1 spot on the list,
while Canadian SNC-Lavalin’s pickup of the U.K.’s
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WS Atkins pushed it up to No. 3. Wood PLC also got
a boost after acquiring AMEC Foster Wheeler.
M&A Activity is continuing. Italconsult entered
the U.S. market with the acquisition of New Jersey-
based Boswell Engineering Inc. in April. The move
helps Italconsult’s expansion “both to the American
“I fear it market and worldwide with a solid multinational struc-
becomes a ture already existing,” says Antonio Bevilacqua, CEO.
race to the
Many other firms are actively pursuing expansion
bottom with
tit-for-tat through acquisition. “We are also talking to a few se-
tariffs lect investment banks to develop a strategic road-map
continuously plan for growth and M&A acquisitions in new markets
being we are targeting,” says Ammar Al Assam, CEO of
introduced,
Dubai-based Dewan Architects + Engineers.
and we all end
up as losers. Some firms say they are not for sale. Lars-Peter
That is my Søbye, CEO of Denmark’s COWI A/S, expects con-
biggest solidation of design firms to continue. But because of
concern now.” the trust ownership nature of his firm, COWI “is not
Jesper going to be the next target.” But COWI will continue
Dalsgaard, to make acquisitions to support its goal of being a
Managing market leader in target sectors, he says.
Director, Ramboll
Changes in the political landscape have many ma-
Buildings
jor design firms worried about market disruptions.
The global market got its first major taste of these
disruptions in 2016 when the U.K. voted to exit the
European Union. Keith Howells, chairman of Mott
MacDonald Group, U.K., is pleased with last year’s
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International Region Analysis 26.0%

23.6%
15.6% Europe
Asia and
United States Australia
$16,803.0 Number of Firms
$10,056.4 $15,262.8 Reporting Profit-Loss
16.5%
3.8% 7.8% 160 Domestic Profits
Middle East 148
South/Central Canada $10,689.3 Domestic Loss
Africa $5,066.3
$2,447.3 International Profit
4.2%
29 30
2.0% Latin International Loss

North Africa America

$2,732.8
$1,308.0

0.3%
Volume (in $ billions)
Caribbean $144.06
Islands
Domestic Revenue
$175.8
0.1%
$79.46
International Revenue
Arctic and
$64.59 Total Revenue
Antarctic
$48.8

Increase
Professional 110 Professional 92 (Measured in
firms reporting)
Domestic 28 International 29 Decrease
SOURCE: ENR
Staff Hiring 64 Staff Hiring 77 Stayed the same

10% sales increase after being “blown about” by cur-
rency fluctuations in the wake of Brexit. The resulting
fall in the pound sterling provided the firm with a
“strong tail wind” in its export business, he says.
The currency has stabilized, but Howells remains
uncertain about Mott’s future ability to recruit staff in
the European Union once Brexit ends free movement
between member countries. Mott had 600-700 EU
citizens on its payroll at the time of the vote. He also
is concerned about the economic effects of the U.K.
leaving the huge EU free trade area next March as
planned. If the economy shrinks, “infrastructure [in-
vestment] might be kicked into the long grass.”
205
imports. “No one likes uncertainty [or] the protection-
ist tendencies we are currently experiencing,” says
Jesper Dalsgaard, managing director for Denmark’s
of the Top 225
Ramboll Buildings. “Even though we are not directly
sent in surveys
impacted by levies on metals, our clients might be. But
last year.
I fear it becomes a race to the bottom with tit-for-tat
tariffs continuously being introduced, and we all end
65.9% up as losers. That is my biggest concern now,” he says.
increased “Escalating trade wars and economic protectionism,
international along with increasing restrictions on the free move-
revenue in ment of labor, have the potential to negatively impact
2017. prospects in the international design market,” says
Greg Lowe, group CEO of New Zealand’s Beca Group

Clients Are Wary
While Brexit and other protectionist policies may not
be having a widespread impact yet, many design firms
see their clients, public and private, hesitating before
committing to projects because of the uncertainty.
“Brexit and, increasingly, the global trade wars—it is
hard to predict the medium- to long-term implications
for business, but continuing uncertainty will lead to a
slowdown in decision making,” says Liam Foley, ex-
ecutive director of Ireland’s PM Group.
The big concern now is the potential fallout from
President Trump’s imposition of tariffs on a variety of
goods from many countries, most notably on Chinese
33.7%
Ltd. He also worries that high levels of debt in a now-
rising interest rate environment may impact the ap-
had lower petite for infrastructure investment.
international Further, local and regional financial instability, es-
revenue in pecially in some regions of Latin America and the
2017. Middle East, are influencing major investment plans
more than other temporary factors. Pablo Bueno
Tomas, CEO of Spain’s TYPSA Group, cites several
examples of such disruptions, including depressed oil
prices in the Middle East, continuous changes of gov-
ernment or related crises in Latin American countries,
and fluctuations in materials prices, all of which make
financiers cautious about infrastructure investments.
A specific example of political and economic
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changes affecting the industry is the June 5 announce-
ment by newly elected Malaysian Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad that his country would scrap plans
to build a high-speed railway that would have linked
Kuala Lumpur with Singapore, says Andrew
McNaughton, COO of France’s Systra.
An example of the types of political worries about
the Latin American market comes from Mexico. The
election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador earlier this
month has some firms on edge after López Obrador
made a campaign promise to cancel the $13-billion
Mexico City International Airport project, which is
underway already. While López Obrador has back-
tracked, his election is being seen by some firms as a
political shift that potentially could hurt the market.
However, many firms are upbeat about the current
market and think it will continue to grow in the near
term. For COWI, 2017 “was another record year,” says
Søbye of COWI A/S. Having grown sales for 14 con-
secutive years, “we have achieved our target when it
comes to operating profit and outperformed targets
when it comes to cash flow.” Søbye is optimistic about
the global economy and infrastructure markets “de-
spite the political environment which is more challeng-
ing and volatile than we have ever seen,” he says.
An Urban Future
Many design firms in both the buildings and infrastruc-
ture markets cite the accelerating trend toward urban-
ization as a source for work. The United Nations on
May 16 released a report, 2018 Revision of World Ur-
banization Prospects, that found 55% of the world’s
current population lives in urban areas, a proportion
that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050.
Projections show that urbanization, the gradual
shift in residence of the population from rural to urban
areas, combined with the overall growth of the world’s
population, could add another 2.5 billion people to
“There is an urban areas by 2050, with close to 90% of this increase
emerging taking place in Asia and Africa, according to the report.
demand for a
Many countries cited as centers for this urbaniza-
new type of
large-scale, tion trend are preparing a framework for dealing with
high-density a surging urban population. “The Smart City Mission
development in launched by the Indian government is the most com-
major cities in prehensive and integrated mission to transform Indian
China.”
cities into sustainable cities of tomorrow through
Keith Griffiths, infrastructure development and delivery of public ser-
Chairman, Aedas vices with information and communication technol-
ogy,” says Vivek Sehgal, CEO of Tractebel India.
China is another example of a country taking steps
to cope with the new urbanization, providing oppor-
tunities for design firms. “There is an emerging
demand for a new type of large-scale, high-density
development in major cities in China,” says Keith
Griffiths, chairman of Hong Kong-based Aedas. “This
new type of high-density, high-rise, live-work
community heralds a new type of urbanity and of city
building.” He says the new cities of China will be
“land-frugal, connected, sustainable, integrated, smart
and inclusive while using data technology to reduce
energy consumption and enhance connectivity.”
Many design firms tout Asia as the most active mar-
ket now. For example, the “Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI) proposed by China to build synergies between

HOW THE TOP INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIRMS SHARED THE 2017 MARKET
DESIGNER # OF INT’L REVENUE MIDDLE EAST ASIA AFRICA EUROPE UNITED STATES CANADA LAT. AMER. / CARIB.
NATIONALITY FIRMS $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. % $ MIL. %

AMERICAN 76 18,644.5 28.9 2,379.6 22.3 5,385.2 35.3 556.6 14.8 5,441.7 32.4 NA NA 3,992.7 78.8 888.7 30.6
CANADIAN 6 9,262.7 14.4 564.9 5.3 1,110.3 7.3 308.0 8.2 2,953.1 17.6 4,151.6 41.3 NA NA 174.8 6.0
EUROPEAN 56 20,562.4 31.9 4,420.8 41.4 3,003.1 19.7 1,516.1 40.4 7,034.1 41.9 3,025.2 30.1 273.1 5.4 1,290.0 44.4
BRITISH 4 3,907.2 6.1 915.2 8.6 1,113.3 7.3 338.5 9.0 540.3 3.2 837.3 8.3 85.8 1.7 76.8 2.6
GERMAN 6 688.6 1.1 257.5 2.4 94.7 0.6 111.0 3.0 146.4 0.9 18.2 0.2 15.4 0.3 45.4 1.6
FRENCH 6 1,616.8 2.5 408.6 3.8 256.5 1.7 248.6 6.6 529.0 3.1 38.3 0.4 24.6 0.5 111.2 3.8
DUTCH 4 5,217.2 8.1 624.5 5.8 907.9 5.9 154.6 4.1 1,553.9 9.2 1,633.9 16.2 75.2 1.5 267.3 9.2
ITALIAN 8 891.5 1.4 395.6 3.7 101.1 0.7 129.9 3.5 209.3 1.2 28.4 0.3 2.1 0.0 25.1 0.9
SPAIN 9 2,684.4 4.2 1,272.8 11.9 157.0 1.0 245.0 6.5 261.8 1.6 157.8 1.6 23.5 0.5 566.6 19.5
OTHER EUROPEAN 19 5,556.8 8.6 546.7 5.1 372.7 2.4 288.6 7.7 3,793.3 22.6 311.3 3.1 46.5 0.9 197.6 6.8
AUSTRALIAN 6 4,374.4 6.8 363.3 3.4 786.0 5.1 316.2 8.4 665.2 4.0 1,385.8 13.8 699.5 13.8 158.4 5.4
JAPANESE 12 884.3 1.4 90.8 0.8 422.5 2.8 86.3 2.3 160.9 1.0 57.0 0.6 10.9 0.2 56.0 1.9
CHINESE 24 4,564.1 7.1 407.5 3.8 2,904.1 19.0 461.1 12.3 253.8 1.5 307.5 3.1 1.4 0.0 228.7 7.9
KOREAN 12 1,203.0 1.9 299.9 2.8 698.1 4.6 60.0 1.6 23.5 0.1 48.9 0.5 1.2 0.0 71.5 2.5
ALL OTHERS 33 5,046.2 7.8 2,162.5 20.2 953.5 6.2 451.1 12.0 270.8 1.6 1,080.4 10.7 87.5 1.7 40.4 1.4
225 64,541.6 100.0 10,689.3 100.0 15,262.8 100.0 3,755.3 100.0 16,803.0 100.0 10,056.4 100.0 5,066.3 100.0 2,908.6 100.0

SOURCE: ENR NOTE: EXCLUDING $48.8 MILLION FROM ANTARCTIC/ARCTIC OR UNALLOCATED

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 HYUNDAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD.

#29 is working as EPC contractor on the

$2.9-billion Al-Zour LNG Import
Project in Kuwait.
OVERVIEW

The Top 10 by Market

1 TRANSPORTATION 2 PETROLEUM 3 BUILDING
Top 10 Revenue: $9,070.8 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $9,633.8 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $6,837.3 Mil.
RANK RANK RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $15,116.8 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $12,996.6 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $12,064.1 Mil.

1 1 WSP 1 1 FLUOR CORP. 1 1 ARCADIS NV

2 2 AECOM 2 2 WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 2 3 DAR GROUP
3 ** SNC-LAVALIN 3 3 TECNICAS REUNIDAS 3 4 AECOM
4 5 JACOBS 4 4 FUGRO NV 4 2 WSP
5 3 DAR GROUP 5 5 JACOBS 5 6 STANTEC INC.
6 7 EGIS 6 7 TECHNIPFMC 6 7 SWECO
7 9 ARUP 7 6 PETROFAC LTD. 7 ** SNC-LAVALIN
8 8 STANTEC INC. 8 ** KBR INC. 8 5 ARUP
9 10 SYSTRA 9 10 MAIRE TECNIMONT SPA 9 9 RAMBOLL GROUP A/S
10 ** MOTT MACDONALD 10 9 HYUNDAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD. 10 8 JACOBS

4 POWER 5 INDUSTRIAL 6 WATER

Top 10 Revenue: $4,002.5 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $2,482.2 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $2,012.9 Mil.
RANK RANK RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $7,529.7 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $3,445.4 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $3,018.6 Mil.

1 1 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF CHINA 1 1 JACOBS 1 ** SNC-LAVALIN

2 2 CHINA ENERGY CORP. LTD. 2 2 INTERTEK-PSI 2 1 STANTEC INC.
3 ** SNC-LAVALIN 3 3 HATCH LTD. 3 2 ARCADIS NV
4 4 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA 4 5 FLUOR CORP. 4 3 TETRA TECH INC.
5 ** FUGRO NV 5 4 BECHTEL 5 6 JACOBS
6 7 WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 6 6 POYRY 6 4 AECOM
7 8 POYRY 7 ** SNC-LAVALIN 7 8 GHD
8 9 STANTEC INC. 8 7 SWECO 8 7 BLACK & VEATCH
9 6 WSP 9 10 ARCADIS NV 9 9 MOTT MACDONALD
10 ** CHINA CHENGDA ENGINEERING CO. LTD. 10 ** LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD. 10 ** ROYAL HASKONINGDHV

7 SEWER/WASTE 8 HAZARDOUS WASTE 9 MANUFACTURING

Top 10 Revenue: $1,460.7 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $1,945.1 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $1,093.4 Mil.
RANK RANK RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $2,214.2 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $2,147.3 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $1,363.6 Mil.

1 1 STANTEC INC. 1 1 ARCADIS NV 1 4 ARCADIS NV

2 5 JSTI GROUP 2 3 RAMBOLL GROUP A/S 2 1 LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD.
3 7 JACOBS 3 2 AECOM 3 3 JACOBS
4 3 AECOM 4 ** JACOBS 4 ** AECOM
5 4 MOTT MACDONALD 5 5 GHD 5 6 GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP.
6 10 BLACK & VEATCH 6 6 WSP 6 8 ARUP
7 9 GHD 7 ** WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 7 5 SAMOO ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS
8 8 DAR GROUP 8 ** WOOD PLC 8 ** STANTEC INC.
9 ** COWI A/S 9 7 FLUOR CORP. 9 10 WSP
10 ** TETRA TECH INC. 10 ** TETRA TECH INC. 10 9 SWECO

cities and countries and create a super-charged engine
for export trade brings many opportunities … espe-
cially in the infrastructure sector,” says Griffiths.
Many design firms are finding opportunities
in China. One reason for this is China’s increasing
recognition of the importance of sustainable design.
Earlier this year, Singapore-based Surbana Jurong
formalized a partnership with Chinese property de-
veloper China Vanke to jointly develop new industrial
towns in China. “This is an urban development con-
cept which integrates industrial developments and
urban living, and aims to create sustainable cities for
residents to live and work in,” says Wong Heang Fine,
group CEO.
China also has a plan to build 50 large-scale inter-
national airports by 2020 to support its Belt and Road
Initiative. “These airports in clusters will work in syn-
ergies with railways and roads to improve trade rela-
tions and connectivity,” says Griffiths. He says that by
2020, the Pearl River Delta potentially will be the
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The Top 10 by Region

1 EUROPE 2 ASIA/AUSTRALIA 3 MIDDLE EAST
Top 10 Revenue: $10,843.2 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $7,486.4 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $5,028.3 Mil.
RANK RANK RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $16, 803.0 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $15,262.8 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $10,689.3 Mil.

1 1 JACOBS 1 1 AECOM 1 2 TECNICAS REUNIDAS

2 ** SNC-LAVALIN 2 2 FLUOR CORP. 2 1 DAR GROUP
3 4 SWECO 3 5 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF CHINA 3 6 KBR INC.
4 2 WSP 4 3 JACOBS 4 3 PETROFAC LTD.
5 3 AECOM 5 10 CHINA ENERGY CORP. LTD. 5 4 AECOM
6 5 ARCADIS NV 6 4 WSP 6 ** SNC-LAVALIN
7 6 RAMBOLL GROUP A/S 7 6 ARUP 7 5 KHATIB & ALAMI
8 7 FLUOR CORP. 8 ** SURBANA JURONG PRIVATE LTD. 8 ** JACOBS
9 10 WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 9 8 ARCADIS NV 9 8 ARCADIS NV
10 9 FUGRO NV 10 7 HYUNDAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD. 10 9 FUGRO NV

4 UNITED STATES 5 CANADA 6 AFRICA

Top 10 Revenue: $8,374.9 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $3,517.1 Mil. Top 10 Revenue: $1,359.6 Mil.
RANK RANK RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $10,056.4 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $5,066.3 Mil. 2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $3,755.3 Mil.
1 2 STANTEC INC. 1 2 TETRA TECH INC. 1 2 MOTT MACDONALD
2 3 ARCADIS NV 2 3 AECOM 2 3 AURECON
3 1 WSP 3 4 JACOBS 3 ** SNC-LAVALIN
4 ** SNC-LAVALIN 4 ** WOOD PLC 4 1 SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SA
5 6 DAR GROUP 5 5 WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 5 5 DAR GROUP
6 5 WORLEYPARSONS LTD. 6 6 GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP. 6 6 EGIS
7 7 MOTT MACDONALD 7 7 EXP 7 8 CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION
8 9 GHD 8 ** GHD 8 10 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA
9 10 LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD. 9 ** IBI GROUP 9 7 BECHTEL
10 8 CARDNO LTD. 10 10 PARSONS 10 ** MAIRE TECNIMONT SPA

7 LAT. AMER./CARIBBEAN Petroleum Market Number of Firms

Top 10 Revenue: $1,185.7 Mil.
RANK
2018 2017 Sector’s Revenue: $2,908.6 Mil. Continues Slide (in $ billions) Reporting Total Backlog
1 4 FLUOR CORP. $22.23

$17.74 110
2 1 TECNICAS REUNIDAS
$14.36
3 ** JACOBS $13.00

4 8 AYESA 57
5 10 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF CHINA 32
6 2 ARCADIS NV
7 6 FUGRO NV
8 3 SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SA Increase Decrease Stayed the same
2014 2015 2016 2017
9 ** IDOM
SOURCE: ENR SOURCE: ENR
10 ** GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP.

world’s biggest market for aviation services with a pro-
jected 223 million passengers per annum.
Howells of Mott MacDonald sees good prospects
in East Asia, while demand in Australia and New Zea-
land is “pretty strong.” Singapore is picking up, though
he is disappointed that the planned high-speed railroad
to Kuala Lumpur was canceled by the Malaysian gov-
ernment recently. The Mott team working on it has
been largely redeployed, he says.
Recently back from China, Howells is targeting
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Chinese investments in other countries. Having built
On the a huge manufacturing capacity, “they need projects
Web outside China to keep that machine going,” he says.
For example, Mott is advising on a Chinese-backed
hydro investment in Pakistan. In India, Mott has “man-
aged to get back into profit” after three bad years. But
For expanded the Middle East remains tough for design firms, he
content on the says. Having tackled the market “from all directions”
ENR Top Lists,
see ENR.com/ with mixed results, Mott is being more selective.
toplists. And while the petroleum market has been soft,
 SYSTRA designed the 30.2-mile

#36 Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Causeway in Kuwait, one of the
world’s longest maritime causeways.
OVERVIEW

Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. has been finding nu-

merous opportunities in the Commonwealth of Inde- Oil & Gas
pendent States in Central Asia. “There is high demand
in adopting international technologies in CIS region A Record Gas Storage Cavern
as international technologies have been applied for oil
and gas, refinery and petrochemical plants,” says Sung
Sang-Rok, CEO.

Middling Middle East

The Middle East has been unsteady in the past few
years, with a drop in petroleum prices hurting the
economies of oil-producing nations, while political
tensions in countries like Iraq, Syria and Yemen, with
their impact on their neighbors, has taken a toll.
Many design firms have scrambled to grow in this
environment. “Even though our rapid growth indicates
otherwise, during this past period we have found the
[Gulf Cooperation Council] markets to be soft with an
extremely competitive environment,” says Matt
Squires, CEO of Bahrain-based SSH. “We have posi-
tioned ourselves well, making our offering and value
proposition attractive to withstand these market pres-
sures.” But he says this tough market has put pressure
on margins for design firms.
However, Squires says the region is likely to be sig-
nificantly buoyed by the level of investment being
planned for Saudi Arabia as the kingdom strives to
achieve the 2030 vision established by Crown Prince
Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. “This
represents a potential game changer for the region as
Saudi Arabia is uniquely placed in terms of its inter-
nally generated development demand, incredible tour-
ism potential and finally, it has the resources to employ
to achieve its ambitious goals.”
More generally, Mott MacDonald has still to see
positive impacts of increased oil pieces on its energy
business, which account for 20% to 25% of group sales.
Still suffering from the previous oil price drop, notably
in the Middle East, “it will take some months or a year
for big projects to come through,” Howells says.
The recent rise in oil prices may be injecting new life
in the GCC markets. But some design firms say that the
drop in oil prices has forced many GCC nations to re-
focus their energies to other areas. GCC countries now
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHINA TIANCHEN ENGINEERING CORP.
China Tianchen Engineering Corp. (No. 88) designed the Tuz Golu Under-
ground Gas Storage Project in Aksaray Province, Turkey. The man-made
salt cavern is designed to store 1.2-billion cubic meters of natural gas.
Arabia and renewal of airports in the region that “re-
flect on our business as the greatest opportunities.”
After a difficult period in Saudi Arabia due to the
oil crisis, some major business is resuming. “We just
won a major contract with KACARE (King Abdullah
Digital City for Atomic and Renewable Energy) to carry out
technology’s characterization and impact studies on two sites,” says
“potential as a
Stephane Aubarbier, COO of France’s Assystem. He
differentiator
has been says the 18-month contract provides for Assystem to
recognized in perform site characterization studies as well as impact
the Middle studies. “It has been signed as part of the project to
East, and we’re build Saudi Arabia’s first nuclear power plants follow-
seeing
ing the announcement by the country’s government in
‘disruptive
technologies’ October 2017 that it intends to add nuclear power to
being its energy mix.”
embraced at a
pace other Going Digital
regions may
As competition and customer demand intensifies, in-
struggle to
match.” ternational design firms increasingly are ramping up
their technology to become more efficient. For ex-
Najib Khatib,

are more interested in the “need for public service archi-
tecture, urban retrofitting projects and touristic facili-
ties,” says Birhan Emre Yazici, CEO of Turkey’s NKY.
Yazici says NKY, as a healthcare, education facilities
and airport design specialist, has benefited from the
move toward more social infrastructure work. He cites
the new Medical City projects in the United Arab
Emirates, the promotion of private funding for hospi-
tals and education facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi
ample, Australia’s Aurecon acquired Australian Studio
CEO, Khatib &
Alami Magnified, a digital communications firm specializing
in infrastructure, the built environment and precinct
redevelopment, says Kourosh Kayvani, managing di-
rector for design, innovation and eminence.
Aurecon also has extended its digital vision to the
Asian market with the Regional Centre of Excellence
for Digital Engineering, based in Singapore, which
launched in March. It will focus on artificial intelli-
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THE TOP 225 INTERNATIONAL DESIGN FIRMS #122 ENGINEERS designed the Reem Mall,
a $1-billion shopping center in Abu
Dhabi, scheduled to open in 2020.
OVERVIEW

gence and data analytics, the internet of things, and

visualization and digital collaboration, says Kayvani. Structural Engineering | By Gary J. Tulacz
Another firm going digital is Dutch engineer Royal
HaskoningDHV. On May 1, it entered into a strategic Finishing a Masterpiece
partnership with data intelligence scale-up firm
HAL24K, Amsterdam, says CEO Erik Oostwegel.
The agreement includes a minority investment by
Royal HaskoningDHV in the company. “HAL24K’s
real-time data analytics power helps us to co-create
solutions that enable our clients to optimize their op-
erations and processes, which in turn will result in an
improved experience for their end-users,” he says.
Canada’s WSP has a broad program call the Future
Ready program to examine and anticipate disruptive
changes and help the firm and its clients plan for them.
“Future Ready is our program to see the future more
clearly, and to work with clients to design for this fu-
ture as well as for today’s needs,” says Alexandre
L’Heureux, WSP’s CEO.
L’Heureux says the Future Ready program will help
clients prepare for future realities of self-driving cars,
renewables, more severe weather events and increasing Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí’s La stressing provided the needed
alienation. “We see the future more clearly through Sagrada Família church in Barce - strength to support the structure. It
lona, though unfinished, is one of also allowed them to be fabricated
key trends in climate change, society, technology and
the most recognizable structures in remotely and transported to the site
resources, and challenge our experts to work with our the world. Eight of the planned 18 to be assembled by crane.
clients to advise on solutions that are both ready for towers are complete, with six mas- Arup, working with Barcelona-
today and for this future,” he says. sive central towers still to be built. based 2BMFG Architects and the
For some design firms, the Middle East is becoming In 2014, with the building 60% Sagrada Familia Foundation, mod-
complete, Arup ( No. 14 ) was eled each component in 3D and
an incubator for digital technology. “Its potential as a
brought in to assess the remaining designed connections to ensure a
differentiator has been recognized in the Middle East, structural work. Arup found that proper fit when assembled on site.
and we’re seeing ‘disruptive technologies’ being em- using traditional masonry or earth- The church is on track to be com-
braced at a pace other regions may struggle to match,” quake-resistant reinforced concrete pleted by 2026, the 100th anniver-
says Najib Khatib, CEO of Lebanon’s Khatib & Alami. with stone cladding would make the sary of Gaudí’s death.
central towers too heavy for the “Arup is proud to help realize An-
For example, the Dubai Future Foundation has is-
foundations and crypt below. toni Gaudí’s unfinished Barcelona
sued the Dubai 3D Printing Strategy. Sheikh Moham- To make the design viable, Arup masterpiece, La Sagrada Família—
med bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, wants to determined that prestressed stone one of the world’s iconic buildings,”
make Dubai the world’s 3D printing hub and says each masonry panels should be used as says Andy Howard, chairman of the
new building in Dubai will need to have 25% of its the primary structural element. Pre- Americas Region for Arup. n
structure 3D-printed by 2025, says Khatib. n

Power comprises thermal and hydro- refineries, pharmaceutical plants,

How To Read the Tables
Companies are ranked according to
revenue for design services performed in
2017 in $ millions (*). Those with subsid-
iaries are indicated by (†). For information
on subsidiaries and where each firm
architect; ENV-environmental;
GE-geotechnical engineer;
L-landscape architect; P-planner;
O-other. Other combinations possible.
Firms classified themselves.
electric power plants, waste-to-energy
plants, transmission lines, substations,
cogeneration plants, etc.
Water Supply includes dams, reser-
voirs, transmission pipelines, distribution
mains, irrigation canals, desalination and
potability treatment plants, pumping
chemical plants, food and other process-
ing plants, etc.
Petroleum comprises refineries,
petrochemical plants, offshore facilities,
pipelines, etc.
Transportation includes airports, bridges,
PHOTO BY PAUL HUDSON COURTESY OF ARUP

worked outside of the U.S., see www.enr.
com. **Firms not ranked last year. Some
markets may not add up to 100% due to
omission of “other” miscellaneous market
category and rounding. NA-Not available.
Key to type of firm A-architect;
E-engineer; EC-engineer-contractor;
AE-architect-engineer; EA-engineer-
General Building includes commercial
buildings, offices, stores, educational
facilities, government buildings, hospitals,
medical facilities, hotels, apartments,
housing, etc.
Manufacturing includes auto, elec-
tronic assembly, textile plants, etc.
stations, etc.
Sewage/Solid Waste includes sanitary
and storm sewers, treatment plants,
pumping plants, incinerators, industrial
waste facilities, etc.
Industrial Process includes pulp and
paper mills, steel mills, non-ferrous metal
roads, canals, locks, dredging, marine
facilities, piers, railroads, tunnels, etc.
Hazardous Waste includes chemical
and nuclear-waste treatment, asbestos
and lead abatement, etc.
Telecommunications includes
transmission lines and cabling, towers
and antennae, data centers, etc.

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1 4 JACOBS, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. † EAC 3,798.0 39 6 2 3 6 5 44 27 6 1

2 2 AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A. † EAC 3,512.2 47 31 1 3 5 4 2 44 8 0
3 20 SNC-LAVALIN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada † EC 3,345.0 84 14 0 19 10 0 12 37 0 0
4 1 WSP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada E 3,323.4 81 24 1 5 1 1 3 58 4 0
5 3 ARCADIS NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands † E 3,215.0 90 38 12 3 9 1 4 1 13 0
6 8 FLUOR CORP., Irving, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 2,281.3 70 0 0 1 0 0 96 1 2 0
7 6 DAR GROUP, Dubai, U.A.E. † EA 2,169.5 100 52 0 3 2 3 3 36 0 1
8 7 STANTEC INC., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada † EAL 2,163.5 71 25 1 9 15 18 5 23 2 0
9 5 WORLEYPARSONS LTD., North Sydney, NSW, Australia EC 2,139.6 87 1 0 10 0 0 77 3 5 0
10 9 FUGRO NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands GE 1,542.0 91 13 0 14 3 0 59 3 0 3
11 11 TECNICAS REUNIDAS, Madrid, Spain † EC 1,492.9 95 0 0 8 0 0 91 1 0 0
12 18 KBR INC., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 1,339.0 52 0 0 0 1 0 43 1 0 0
13 13 MOTT MACDONALD, Croydon, Surrey, U.K. † E 1,306.8 62 12 0 12 8 8 21 35 1 0
14 14 ARUP, London, U.K. † E 1,255.4 67 37 3 3 1 2 5 42 1 2
15 15 SWECO, Stockholm, Sweden EA 1,247.0 63 41 2 7 4 4 9 29 1 0
16 16 RAMBOLL GROUP A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark EA 1,232.1 75 30 0 6 1 5 2 24 29 0
17 17 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF CHINA, Beijing, China † EC 1,217.0 15 0 0 77 0 2 0 1 0 19
18 29 CHINA ENERGY CORP. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 890.3 13 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 25 GHD, Sydney, NSW, Australia † EA/ENV 806.8 59 22 0 1 14 11 6 15 26 0
20 21 TETRA TECH INC., Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. † E 789.0 28 1 1 21 30 8 14 19 6 0
21 27 EGIS, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France † E 729.4 62 12 0 1 5 1 0 80 0 0
22 28 GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP., Palm Beach, Fla., U.S.A. † E 728.0 76 13 5 4 2 4 26 19 0 1
23 23 TECHNIPFMC, London, U.K. † EC 705.0 94 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
24 33 COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark † E 704.0 71 20 0 0 5 9 0 58 1 0
25 35 SURBANA JURONG PRIVATE LTD., Singapore † E 665.0 69 35 0 12 8 0 1 42 2 0
26 22 PETROFAC LTD., Jersey, Channel Islands, U.K. † EC 640.0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
27 34 CARDNO LTD., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † E 629.8 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 31 INTERTEK-PSI, Arlington Heights, Ill., U.S.A. † E 614.5 48 0 0 21 0 0 79 0 0 0
29 24 HYUNDAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea EC 589.0 83 0 0 20 0 1 79 0 0 0
30 26 BECHTEL, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A. † EC 585.0 53 1 0 2 1 0 72 24 1 0
31 30 CB&I, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 553.5 77 0 0 25 0 0 32 0 0 0
32 38 MAIRE TECNIMONT SPA, Milan, Italy † EC 547.2 91 0 0 1 0 0 99 0 0 0
33 36 LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD., Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India † EC 537.3 73 0 73 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
34 101 WOOD PLC, Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 511.3 27 2 4 14 4 4 37 14 11 0
35 37 POYRY, Vantaa, Finland † E 467.0 79 1 0 43 2 3 36 13 0 0
36 42 SYSTRA, Paris, France † E 465.8 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
37 44 CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD., Beijing, China † EC 449.1 11 1 0 1 0 0 1 97 0 0
38 41 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA, Brussels, Belgium † E 439.9 63 11 0 78 0 0 7 4 0 0
39 43 BLACK & VEATCH, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A. † EC 429.1 30 3 0 41 25 23 7 0 0 0
40 48 AF GROUP, Stockholm, Sweden † E 416.0 27 15 5 30 0 0 11 40 0 0
41 45 HATCH LTD., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada † EC 392.0 46 0 0 4 5 0 67 8 0 0
42 47 AURECON, Melbourne, VIC, Australia E 374.0 49 40 5 8 5 0 0 35 0 2
43 46 ROYAL HASKONINGDHV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands † E 363.2 53 12 1 7 17 9 1 50 0 2
44 53 NIPPON KOEI GROUP, Tokyo, Japan † EA 362.4 47 32 0 8 7 4 0 26 0 1
45 93 JSTI GROUP, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China † E 355.9 43 0 0 0 0 66 0 0 0 0
46 40 KHATIB & ALAMI, Beirut, Lebanon † EA 354.1 97 50 0 7 17 6 2 12 0 0
47 39 PARSONS, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. † EC 343.5 24 14 0 0 2 0 3 71 10 0
48 32 SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SA, Las Arenas (Getxo), Vizcaya, Spain † EC 339.3 94 0 0 50 0 0 12 37 0 0
49 50 EXP, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. E 296.8 60 31 0 3 6 7 5 14 0 0
50 54 CHINA PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CO., Beijing, China EC 276.3 42 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
51 58 IDOM, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain EA 257.5 85 7 3 30 1 2 20 19 0 4

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52 51 MEINHARDT GROUP INTERNATIONAL, Melbourne, VIC, Australia † E 251.4 89 63 4 0 1 8 1 20 0 2

53 52 IBI GROUP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada † EA 248.6 69 73 7 2 2 0 0 14 0 2
54 132 TPF SA, Brussels, Belgium † E 234.6 89 23 0 1 10 3 0 64 0 0
55 55 TECNICA Y PROYECTOS SA (TYPSA), Madrid, Spain † EA 225.9 84 19 0 11 12 6 0 48 0 0
56 ** THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, Essen, NRW, Germany † EC 214.4 96 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0
57 57 GENSLER, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. A 210.0 18 96 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
58 61 AEDAS, Hong Kong, China A 205.9 98 90 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
59 65 SINOPEC ENGINEERING (GROUP) CO. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 200.6 26 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
60 62 ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Rum/Innsbruck, Austria † E 198.6 82 1 0 13 10 2 43 28 0 0
61 63 HDR, Omaha, Neb., U.S.A. † EA 197.7 10 65 0 3 2 2 1 27 1 1
62 60 DORSCH HOLDING GMBH, Offenbach am Main, Germany † E 194.5 98 1 0 8 26 23 0 41 0 0
63 69 CHINA CHENGDA ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Chengdu, Sichuan Prov., China EC 191.5 75 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 64 CHINA NATIONAL MACHINERY INDUSTRY CORP., Beijing, China † EC 184.8 27 8 2 51 10 0 15 13 0 0
65 85 AUSENCO LTD., South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † E 172.8 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
66 59 FICHTNER GROUP, Stuttgart, Germany † E 164.4 63 0 0 84 7 8 0 1 0 0
67 70 SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † AE 158.1 45 94 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
68 67 ARTELIA, Lyon, France † E 155.9 32 33 2 7 12 2 20 23 1 0
69 78 AYESA, Sevilla, Spain E 154.1 66 5 0 4 22 5 10 53 0 1
70 91 KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., Gyeongsangbuk-do, S. Korea AE 148.8 33 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
71 ** SAMSUNG ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea † EC 145.1 53 0 14 4 0 2 80 0 0 0
72 89 ASSYSTEM, Paris, France † EC 143.9 40 16 3 73 0 0 8 0 0 0
73 76 ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS GLOBAL (ACKG), Tokyo, Japan † E 141.6 34 11 0 3 4 1 0 79 0 1
74 66 ASSOCIATED CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Athens, Amaroussion, Greece † AE 141.0 93 30 0 2 10 32 3 20 1 2
75 71 CTCI CORP., Taipei, Taiwan † EC 132.3 68 0 0 4 0 0 94 2 0 0
76 83 KOHN PEDERSEN FOX ASSOCIATES PC, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † A 126.3 76 79 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
77 73 CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LTD., Beijing, China † EC 123.9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0
78 72 CDM SMITH, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. † EA 123.8 18 5 0 5 19 13 0 36 22 0
79 79 AEGION CORP., Chesterfield, Mo., U.S.A. EC 123.5 41 5 0 0 0 11 81 4 0 0
80 105 DOHWA ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea E 120.7 34 0 0 71 5 3 0 20 0 0
81 99 ITALCONSULT SPA, Rome, Italy † E 118.6 96 41 0 0 7 6 0 45 0 0
82 120 ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURAS, Madrid, Spain † EC 113.7 93 0 0 7 12 4 0 77 0 0
83 84 BECA GROUP LTD., Auckland, New Zealand † EA 112.9 29 27 15 4 7 0 18 26 0 0
84 88 MORRISON HERSHFIELD, Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A. † EA 110.5 82 44 0 0 1 3 0 45 0 7
85 81 PROGER SPA, Rome, Italy † EA 109.5 78 75 0 0 0 0 22 3 0 0
86 94 PM GROUP, Dublin, Ireland † EA 108.4 50 4 8 1 0 0 76 0 0 6
87 98 DPS GROUP, Cork, Ireland † E 108.0 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
88 96 CHINA TIANCHEN ENGINEERING CORP., Tianjin, China EA 105.7 66 0 0 25 0 0 73 0 0 0
89 86 EHAF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Cairo, Egypt AE 105.0 78 58 0 0 0 0 7 35 0 0
90 75 KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS WLL, Kuwait City, Kuwait AEP 101.4 92 77 0 0 2 11 0 10 0 0
91 95 SSH, Manama, Bahrain † AE 101.0 93 82 0 0 0 1 0 14 0 0
92 90 BILFINGER TEBODIN BV, The Hague, The Netherlands † E 97.0 52 7 14 6 0 0 62 0 0 10
93 97 NKY ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, Ankara, Turkey AE 96.4 83 90 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
94 102 ECG ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS GROUP SA, Cairo, Egypt EA 92.3 81 81 0 4 8 0 0 6 0 1
95 ** DRA GROUP HOLDINGS, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa † EC 87.0 61 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
96 92 HOK, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. AE 83.1 18 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
97 103 ATLAS GROUP, Katy, Texas, U.S.A. † EA 80.5 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
98 49 LOUIS BERGER, Morristown, N.J., U.S.A. † EA 80.0 11 0 0 0 0 6 0 94 0 0
99 68 CHIYODA CORP., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan † EC 78.4 61 0 0 3 0 0 77 0 0 0
100 87 NORR, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. † AE 76.3 61 88 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0
101 106 SETEC, Paris, France † E 71.4 21 14 3 8 0 1 1 71 0 0
102 139 JGC CORP., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan † EC 65.0 59 2 0 48 0 0 51 0 0 0

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 WSP leads a joint venture to perform

#04 engineering, architecture and design

management for Canada’s Parliament
Centre Block rehabilitation project.

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103 110 EMPRESARIOS AGRUPADOS, Madrid, Spain † EA 62.5 61 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 4

104 153 CHINA RAILWAY DESIGN CORP., Tianjin, China † AE 61.2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
105 100 CONSOLIDATED CONTRACTORS GROUP, Athens, Attica, Greece † C 58.7 100 25 0 5 0 0 36 34 0 0
106 107 ENERGOPROJEKT HOLDING PLC, Belgrade, Serbia † E 58.0 77 0 0 91 9 0 0 0 0 0
107 114 WATG, Irvine, Calif., U.S.A. † A 56.6 84 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
108 113 ARCPLUS GROUP PLC, Shanghai, China † AE 54.8 9 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
109 108 PERKINS EASTMAN, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † A 54.0 24 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
110 118 STUDI INTERNATIONAL, Tunis, Tunisia † E 53.4 90 9 4 2 19 6 0 41 0 6
111 127 NJS CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan † E 52.2 35 0 0 0 36 64 0 0 0 0
112 115 INGEROP, Rueil Malmaison, France † E 50.5 20 26 18 0 5 0 0 52 0 0
113 121 H.P. GAUFF INGENIEURE GMBH & CO. KG JBG, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany † E 50.4 61 1 0 0 26 9 0 53 0 11
114 130 POPULOUS, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. † A 49.1 31 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
115 116 CHINA INTERNATIONAL WATER & ELECTRIC CORP. (CWE), Beijing, China † EC 48.5 100 0 0 97 2 0 1 0 0 0
116 136 GANNETT FLEMING, Camp Hill, Pa., U.S.A. EA 48.1 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 98 0 0
117 122 PADECO CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan † E 47.3 100 3 0 1 1 0 5 42 0 0
118 117 THORNTON TOMASETTI INC., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. EA 47.2 18 96 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1
119 82 CDI CORP., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 45.7 17 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0 4
120 123 SHAKER GROUP, Dubai, U.A.E. † E 44.5 93 42 14 21 7 7 5 0 0 4
121 111 SARGENT & LUNDY LLC, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. † E 43.6 10 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
122 129 DEWAN ARCHITECTS + ENGINEERS, Dubai, U.A.E. AE 43.0 76 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
123 112 CHINA ALUMINUM INTERNATIONAL ENG’G CORP. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 43.0 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
124 ** CHANGJIANG INST. OF SURVEY, PLANNING, DESIGN, Wuhan, Hubei, China † EC 41.1 10 0 0 79 17 0 0 4 0 0
125 131 HKS, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. A 40.6 10 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
126 125 HOCHTIEF AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Essen, NRW, Germany † EC 40.0 43 30 0 5 3 8 8 48 0 0
127 119 PAGE SOUTHERLAND PAGE INC., Washington, D.C., U.S.A. † AE 40.0 35 96 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
128 104 SK E&C, Seoul, S. Korea † EA 39.2 38 0 14 36 0 0 50 0 0 0
129 147 PCG PROFABRIL CONSULPLANO GLOBAL SA, Lisbon, Portugal † E 39.0 71 26 0 0 2 1 29 41 0 0
130 174 TATA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India E 38.7 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
131 137 GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS INC., Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A. † E 38.3 13 0 0 9 0 0 23 0 67 0
132 135 ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING GROUP, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. AE 38.0 74 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
133 124 SAMOO ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Seoul, S. Korea AE 37.8 19 15 89 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0
134 165 IPS-INTEGRATED PROJECT SERVICES LLC, Blue Bell, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 37.1 30 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
135 146 CHODAI GROUP, Tokyo, Japan † E 36.7 15 2 0 3 0 3 0 83 0 0
136 138 CHINA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION CORP. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 36.0 1 1 0 2 2 2 0 93 0 0
137 133 GHAFARI ASSOCIATES LLC, Dearborn, Mich., U.S.A. EA 34.0 24 0 39 0 0 0 0 61 0 0
138 194 COBA - CONSULTORES DE ENGENHARIA E AMBIENTE, Lisbon, Portugal E 33.7 87 0 0 73 15 0 0 11 0 0
139 134 GEODATA ENGINEERING SPA, Torino, Italy † E 32.5 90 0 0 25 6 7 0 60 0 0
140 162 DAY & ZIMMERMANN, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 31.9 35 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
141 126 STANLEY CONSULTANTS INC., Muscatine, Iowa, U.S.A. † EA 31.7 17 31 0 45 1 1 0 21 0 0
142 ** WILSON ASSOCIATES, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. A 31.2 65 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
143 156 SU-YAPI ENGINEERING AND CONSULTING INC., Ankara, Turkey E 31.1 80 0 0 0 4 0 96 0 0 0
144 151 KUNHWA ENGINEERING & CONSULTING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea E 30.7 18 0 0 5 20 34 0 28 0 0
145 166 RCM TECHNOLOGIES INC., Pennsauken, N.J., U.S.A. † EA 30.6 37 0 0 98 0 0 2 0 0 0
146 128 YACHIYO ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan E 30.0 16 5 0 19 28 18 0 10 0 12
147 158 ADRIAN SMITH + GORDON GILL ARCHITECTURE, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. A 29.1 84 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
148 ** B+H ARCHITECTS, Toronto, Ontario, Canada † A 28.8 47 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
149 109 INECO, INGENIERIA Y ECONOMIA DEL TRANSPORTE, Madrid, Spain E 27.8 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
150 159 YOOSHIN ENGINEERING CORP., Seoul, S. Korea E 27.5 18 0 0 15 12 3 0 64 0 0
151 ** EURO CONSULT FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY, Istanbul, Turkey E 27.5 96 0 0 0 0 8 0 92 0 0
152 164 NBBJ, Seattle, Wash., U.S.A.† A 27.3 16 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
153 143 BURNS & MCDONNELL, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. † EAC 26.2 2 12 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0

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154 155 ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT INC., Lancaster, N.Y., U.S.A. † ENV 25.8 25 0 0 33 1 0 53 2 1 3
155 ** NET ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL SPA, Rubano, Italy † EA 25.2 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
156 167 CES CONSULTING ENGRS. SALZGITTER GMBH, Braunschweig, Germany † E 24.9 100 14 0 0 37 47 0 1 0 0
157 157 MOFFATT & NICHOL, Long Beach, Calif., U.S.A. † E 24.8 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
158 ** LOMBARDI GROUP, Minusio, TI, Switzerland † E 23.7 56 0 0 12 0 0 0 88 0 0
159 180 KAJIMA CORP., Tokyo, Japan † AEC 23.4 10 6 33 1 0 0 57 0 0 0
160 173 SHENYANG YUANDA ALUMINUM INDUS. ENG’G, Shenyang, Liaoning, China † EC 22.6 72 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
161 178 AMG AL AMAR CONSULTING GROUP SA, Cairo, Egypt † EA 22.1 69 78 5 3 5 5 0 2 0 1
162 177 JENSEN HUGHES, Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. E 22.0 13 36 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0
163 140 KLEINFELDER, San Diego, Calif., U.S.A. † EA 21.6 8 0 1 1 7 0 82 1 3 0
164 149 WONG TUNG & PARTNERS LTD., Hong Kong, China † A 21.5 48 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
165 148 CCDI GROUP, Shanghai, China AE 21.5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
166 163 ARABTECH JARDANEH, Amman, Jordan † EA 21.1 73 62 0 0 22 1 0 14 0 0
167 168 3TI PROGETTI, Rome, Italy † EA 21.0 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 96 0 0
168 170 CONSOLIDATED CONSULTANTS GROUP, Amman, Jordan AE 20.7 80 58 0 0 13 20 0 9 0 0
169 189 GP STRATEGIES CORP., Columbia, Md., U.S.A. E 20.6 50 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
170 ** CHINA NONFERROUS METAL IND. FOREIGN ENG’G & CONSTR., Beijing, China EC 20.6 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
171 ** ITALFERR SPA, Rome, Italy E 20.2 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
172 152 JAN DE NUL GROUP (SOFIDRA SA), Capellen, Luxembourg† EC 20.0 100 10 0 0 0 0 15 15 0 0
173 192 REBEL DESIGN+GROUP, Marina Del Rey, Calif., U.S.A. A 19.8 55 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
174 199 CUNINGHAM GROUP ARCHITECTURE INC., Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. A 19.6 19 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
175 176 SETS, Beirut, Lebanon † E 18.5 98 6 0 1 5 0 0 86 0 3
176 169 CANNONDESIGN, Grand Island, N.Y., U.S.A. AE 18.4 10 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
177 160 SUNJIN ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE, Gyeonggi-do, S. Korea EA 18.4 23 1 0 11 24 4 0 0 0 0
178 183 SHAPOORJI PALLONJI CO. PRIVATE LTD., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India † EC 18.4 63 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
179 161 ARQUITECTONICA, Miami, Fla., U.S.A. A 18.2 33 98 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
180 ** TRANSCORE, Nashville, Tenn., U.S.A. EC 18.0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
181 175 SHELADIA ASSOCIATES INC., Rockville, Md., U.S.A. EA 17.9 71 6 0 0 15 0 0 79 0 0
182 ** TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan † E 17.9 10 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
183 223 PYUNGHWA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS LTD., Jeollanam-do, S. Korea E 17.5 24 0 0 0 1 3 0 95 0 0
184 ** NIHON SUIDO CONSULTANTS CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan † E 17.4 11 0 0 0 28 72 0 0 0 0
185 202 DBA GROUP SPA, Villorba, Italy † EA 17.3 32 10 0 1 0 0 34 49 0 1
186 171 POWER ENGINEERS INC., Hailey, Idaho, U.S.A. E 17.2 4 0 0 99 0 0 1 0 0 0
187 193 STUDIOS ARCHITECTURE, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. A 17.2 21 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
188 144 KIEWIT CORP., Omaha, Neb., U.S.A. † EC 16.8 3 0 0 20 0 0 47 33 0 0
189 206 STV GROUP INC., Douglassville, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 16.8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
190 187 SALFO AND ASSOCIATES SA, Athens, Greece † EA 16.4 93 16 0 0 2 2 0 17 0 0
191 ** EFI GLOBAL INC., Tampa, Fla., U.S.A. E 16.0 17 14 8 0 0 0 0 42 36 0
192 172 KOREA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORP., Seoul, S. Korea E 15.9 8 0 0 5 54 1 1 40 0 0
193 191 CHA CONSULTING INC., Albany, N.Y., U.S.A. † EA 15.3 6 75 19 6 0 0 0 0 0 0
194 ** ENNEAD ARCHITECTS, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † A 15.2 25 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
195 ** AAW CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Giza, Egypt † E 15.2 74 10 0 0 38 42 0 6 4 0
196 ** GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING CO., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 14.6 5 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
197 205 GOETTSCH PARTNERS, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. A 14.4 53 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
198 198 SABBOUR CONSULTING, Cairo, Egypt E 14.0 24 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
199 ** TATA PROJECTS LTD., Secunderabad, Telangana, India † EC 14.0 69 1 0 3 0 0 71 0 0 0
200 201 DAR AL OMRAN, Amman, Jordan † AE 14.0 58 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
201 ** SEMBOL ULUSLARARASI YATIRIM TARIM PEYSAJ INSAAT, Istanbul, Turkey AE 13.9 100 62 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0
202 150 CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP CORP., Beijing, China † EC 13.6 2 0 0 8 0 1 86 0 0 0
203 182 NV5 GLOBAL INC., Hollywood, Fla., U.S.A. † E 13.4 4 92 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
204 215 SSOE GROUP, Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. † EA 13.4 9 7 72 0 0 0 21 0 0 0

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 WORLEYPARSONS in October

#09 acquired AFW Oil and Gas UK, an

engineering and O&M firm working in
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205 195 POND, Peachtree Corners, Ga., U.S.A. EA 13.3 10 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0

206 181 MERRICK & CO., Greenwood Village, Colo., U.S.A. EA 12.9 10 62 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
207 209 YUKSEL PROJE ULUSLARARASI AS, Ankara, Turkey † EAG 12.8 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0
208 207 HEERIM ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS, Seoul, S. Korea AP 12.5 15 96 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
209 542 BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO. LTD., Beijing, China † EA 12.0 3 26 0 0 5 4 23 38 0 3
210 190 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan E 12.0 3 0 0 0 17 50 0 0 0 0
211 217 SASAKI, Watertown, Mass., U.S.A. AE 12.0 21 92 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
212 224 TRC, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. E 11.9 1 1 0 7 0 0 17 52 23 0
213 212 DISTANCE STUDIO CONSULTANTS, Giza, Egypt † E 11.2 93 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
214 208 ZGF ARCHITECTS LLP, Portland, Ore., U.S.A. A 11.0 7 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
215 188 ROBERT A.M. STERN ARCHITECTS, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. A 11.0 16 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
216 ** VEPICA GRUPO INTERNACIONAL, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain † EC 10.8 100 0 0 2 0 0 98 0 0 0
217 ** NICHOLAS O’DWYER LTD., Dublin, Ireland † E 10.7 44 2 0 0 20 22 0 55 0 0
218 225 ENGICON, Amman, Jordan E 10.5 62 15 0 0 29 36 0 14 0 0
219 211 LANGAN, Parsippany, N.J., U.S.A. † E 10.3 4 85 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0
220 219 MG2, Seattle, Wash., U.S.A. A 10.3 20 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
221 ** AECON GROUP INC., Toronto, Ontario, Canada † EC 10.0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
222 265 TEKFEN ENGINEERING, Istanbul, Turkey EA 9.7 49 0 0 0 0 0 25 68 0 0
223 222 CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORP. LTD., Beijing, China EC 9.7 1 68 0 0 9 6 3 13 0 0
224 226 BARR ENGINEERING CO., Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A.† E 9.6 7 0 1 3 0 0 71 23 0 0
225 228 DLZ CORP., Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. † EA 9.4 8 1 0 99 0 1 0 0 0 0

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Where To Find the Top 225

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A DBA Group SpA

Dewan Architects + Engineers
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122
KEO International Consultants WLL
KEPCO Engineering & Construction Co. Inc.
90
70
Shapoorji Pallonji Co. Private Ltd.
Sheladia Associates Inc.
178
181
3TI Progetti 167 Distance Studio Consultants 213 Khatib & Alami 46 Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Industry Eng’g Co. Ltd. 160
AAW Consulting Engineers 195 DLZ Corp. 225 Kiewit Corp. 188 Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co. Ltd. 59
ACCIONA Infraestructuras 82 Dohwa Engineering Co. Ltd. 80 Kleinfelder 163 SK E&C 128
AECOM 2 Dorsch Holding GmbH 62 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC 76 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 67
Aecon Group Inc. 221 DPS Group 87 Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. 192 Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture 147
Aedas 58 DRA Group Holdings 95 Kunhwa Engineering & Consulting Co. Ltd. 144 SNC-Lavalin 3
Aegion Corp. 79 SSH 91
AF Group 40 E L SSOE Group 204
AMG Al Amar Consulting Group SA 161 ECG Engineering Consultants Group SA 94 Langan 219 Stanley Consultants Inc. 141
Arabtech Jardaneh 166 Ecology and Environment Inc. 154 Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 33 Stantec Inc. 8
Arcadis NV 5 EFI Global Inc. 191 Lombardi Group 158 Robert A.M. Stern Architects 215
Architecture & Planning Group 132 Egis 21 Studi International 110
Arcplus Group PLC 108 EHAF Consulting Engineers 89 STUDIOS Architecture 187
Arquitectonica 179 Empresarios Agrupados 103 M STV Group Inc. 189
Artelia 68 Energoprojekt Holding plc 106 Sunjin Engineering & Architecture 177
Arup 14 Maire Tecnimont SpA 32
Engicon 218 Surbana Jurong Private Ltd. 25
Associated Consulting Engineers 74 Meinhardt Group International 52
Ennead Architects 194 Su-Yapi Engineering and Consulting Inc. 143
Assystem 72 Merrick & Co. 206
Euro Consult For Engineering Consultancy 151 Sweco 15
MG2 220
Atlas Group 97 EXP 49
Moffatt & Nichol 157 Systra 36
Aurecon 42
Morrison Hershfield 84
Ausenco Ltd.
Ayesa
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F Mott MacDonald 13 T
Fichtner Group
Fluor Corp.
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N Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd. 130
B Fugro NV 10 NBBJ 152
Tata Projects Ltd.
TechnipFMC
199
23
B+H Architects 148 Net Engineering International SpA 155 Tecnica y Proyectos SA (TYPSA) 55
Nihon Suido Consultants Co. Ltd. 184
Barr Engineering Co.
Beca Group Ltd.
224
83
G Nippon Koei Group 44
Tecnicas Reunidas
Tekfen Engineering
11
222
Bechtel 30 Gannett Fleming 116 NJS Co. Ltd. 111 Tetra Tech Inc. 20
Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd. 209 H.P. Gauff Ingenieure GmbH & Co. KG JBG 113 NKY Architects and Engineers 93 Thornton Tomasetti Inc. 118
Louis Berger 98 Gensler 57 Jan De Nul Group (Sofidra SA) 172 Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions 56
Bilfinger Tebodin BV 92 Geodata Engineering SpA 139 NV5 Global Inc. 203
Tokyo Electric Power Services Co. Ltd. 182
Black & Veatch 39 Geosyntec Consultants Inc. 131 TPF SA 54
Burns & McDonnell 153 Ghafari Associates LLC 137 O Tractebel Engineering SA 38
GHD 19 TransCore 180
C Goettsch Partners 197
Nicholas O’Dwyer Ltd.
Oriental Consultants Global (ACKG)
217
73 TRC 212
Golder Associates Corp. 22
CannonDesign
Cardno Ltd.
176
27
GP Strategies Corp. 169 V
CB&I 31
Gulf Interstate Engineering Co. 196 P Vepica Grupo Internacional 216
CCDI Group 165
CDI Corp. 119 H Pacific Consultants Co. Ltd.
PADECO Co. Ltd.
210
117
CDM Smith 78
Hatch Ltd. 41 Page Southerland Page Inc. 127 W
CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH 156 Parsons 47
HDR 61 WATG 107
CHA Consulting Inc. 193 PCG Profabril Consulplano Global SA 129
Heerim Architects & Planners 208 Wilson Associates 142
Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Perkins Eastman 109
Design & Research 124 HKS 125 Wong Tung & Partners Ltd. 164
HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft 126 Petrofac Ltd. 26
China Aluminum International Engineering Corp. Ltd. 123 PM Group 86 Wood plc 34
China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd. 63 HOK 96 WorleyParsons Ltd. 9
Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. 29 Pond 205
China Communications Construction Group Ltd. 37 Populous 114 WSP 4
China Energy Corp. Ltd. 18
China International Water & Electric Corp. (CWE) 115 I Power Construction Corp. of China
POWER Engineers Inc.
17
186
China Metallurgical Group Corp. 202 IBI Group 53 Poyry 35 Y
China National Machinery Industry Corp. 64 IDOM 51 Proger SpA 85
Yachiyo Engineering Co. Ltd. 146
China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Eng’g & INGEROP 112 Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd. 183
Constr. Co. Ltd. 170 Yooshin Engineering Corp. 150
ILF Consulting Engineers 60
China Petroleum Engineering Co.
China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd.
50
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INECO, Ingenieria y Economia del Transporte, R Yuksel Proje Uluslararasi AS 207
SME MP SA 149
China Railway Design Corp.
China Railway Group Ltd.
104
77
NORR 100
Ramboll Group A/S
RCM Technologies Inc.
16
145 Z
Intertek-PSI 28 Rebel Design+Group 173
China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. 223 ZGF Architects LLP 214
IPS-Integrated Project Services LLC 134 Royal HaskoningDHV 43
China Tianchen Engineering Corp. 88
Italconsult SpA 81
Chiyoda Corp. 99
Chodai Group 135
Italferr SpA 171 S
COBA - Consultores de Engenharia e Ambiente 138
Consolidated Consultants Group 168 J Sabbour Consulting
Salfo and Associates SA
198
190
Consolidated Contractors Group 105 SAMOO Architects & Engineers 133
Jacobs 1
COWI A/S 24 Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. 71
CTCI Corp. 75 Jensen Hughes 162
Sargent & Lundy LLC 121
Cuningham Group Architecture Inc. 174 JGC Corp. 102
Sasaki 211
JSTI Group 45
Sembol Uluslararasi Yatirim Tarim Peyzaj Ins. Turizm
D San. ve Tic. Anonim Sirketi 201

Dar Group 7
K Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA
Setec
48
101
Dar Al Omran 200 Kajima Corp. 159 SETS 175
Day & Zimmermann 140 KBR Inc. 12 Shaker Group 120

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1 3 JACOBS, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. † EAC 9,761.9 3,798.0 9 4 2 7 7 31 24 16 1

2 2 POWER CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF CHINA, Beijing, China † EC 8,266.1 1,217.0 9 0 70 10 1 0 4 0 3
3 1 AECOM, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A. † EAC 7,419.3 3,512.2 22 1 7 7 5 2 40 15 0
4 4 CHINA ENERGY CORP. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 6,681.6 890.3 2 0 96 0 0 1 0 0 0
5 6 CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LTD., Beijing, China † EC 4,113.7 449.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
6 5 WSP, Montreal, Quebec, Canada E 4,083.0 3,323.4 26 1 5 2 1 5 53 4 1
7 18 SNC-LAVALIN, Montreal, Quebec, Canada† EC 4,002.0 3,345.0 14 0 21 9 0 12 33 2 0
8 7 ARCADIS NV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands † E 3,571.0 3,215.0 38 12 3 8 1 3 1 13 0
9 9 FLUOR CORP., Irving, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 3,258.0 2,281.3 0 2 1 0 0 84 1 12 0
10 10 STANTEC INC., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada † EAL 3,043.3 2,163.5 26 1 9 13 15 10 22 2 0
11 13 TETRA TECH INC., Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. † E 2,798.0 789.0 1 1 9 39 12 10 9 19 0
12 14 CHINA RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION CORP. LTD., Beijing, China † EC 2,638.0 36.0 26 4 0 4 0 0 61 0 0
13 23 KBR INC., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 2,557.0 1,339.0 0 0 1 1 0 67 1 0 0
14 12 WORLEYPARSONS LTD., North Sydney, NSW, Australia EC 2,451.0 2,139.6 1 0 9 0 0 76 4 5 0
15 15 DAR GROUP, Dubai, U.A.E.† EA 2,169.5 2,169.5 52 0 3 2 3 3 36 0 1
16 25 CHINA RAILWAY GROUP LTD., Beijing, China † EC 2,100.6 123.9 9 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0
17 17 MOTT MACDONALD, Croydon, Surrey, U.K. † E 2,097.0 1,306.8 15 0 11 8 10 14 37 1 0
18 22 HDR, Omaha, Neb., U.S.A. † EA 2,023.5 197.7 21 0 9 10 10 1 48 1 0
19 21 SWECO, Stockholm, Sweden EA 1,976.0 1,247.0 38 2 9 4 4 9 30 1 0
20 61 WOOD PLC, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.† EC 1,923.7 511.3 5 5 10 4 4 45 10 13 0
21 24 ARUP, London, U.K. † E 1,886.6 1,255.4 35 3 5 3 2 4 44 1 2
22 19 FUGRO NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands GE 1,701.0 1,542.0 13 0 14 3 0 58 4 0 3
23 28 RAMBOLL GROUP A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark EA 1,638.6 1,232.1 30 0 7 1 5 5 24 24 0
24 26 TECNICAS REUNIDAS, Madrid, Spain† EC 1,574.6 1,492.9 0 0 10 0 0 89 1 0 0
25 32 AF GROUP, Stockholm, Sweden † E 1,545.0 416.0 15 24 15 0 0 13 23 0 6
26 31 BURNS & MCDONNELL, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. † EAC 1,472.4 26.2 4 2 54 5 5 13 11 4 2
27 30 BLACK & VEATCH, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A. † EC 1,450.8 429.1 3 0 47 16 17 5 0 1 11
28 29 PARSONS, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A. † EC 1,435.1 343.5 6 0 0 3 1 2 73 14 1
29 33 GHD, Sydney, NSW, Australia † EA/ENV 1,365.5 806.8 18 0 4 12 9 6 21 18 0
30 34 INTERTEK-PSI, Arlington Heights, Ill., U.S.A. † E 1,268.6 614.5 19 5 14 0 1 52 6 2 1
31 37 CHINA STATE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING CORP. LTD., Beijing, China EC 1,209.8 9.7 76 0 1 1 3 9 9 0 0
32 35 GENSLER, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. A 1,197.6 210.0 92 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 2
33 36 EGIS, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France † E 1,185.4 729.4 18 0 3 5 1 0 72 0 0
34 38 HNTB COS., Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. EA 1,125.1 1.4 3 0 0 1 1 0 95 0 0
35 27 BECHTEL, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.† EC 1,102.0 585.0 0 0 9 1 0 64 14 7 5
36 42 COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark † E 990.9 704.0 22 0 0 4 10 0 54 1 0
37 45 SURBANA JURONG PRIVATE LTD., Singapore † E 965.0 665.0 49 0 8 5 0 1 35 2 0
38 40 GOLDER ASSOCIATES CORP., Palm Beach, Fla., U.S.A. † E 955.6 728.0 11 6 8 2 5 26 15 0 1
39 39 CARDNO LTD., Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † E 891.8 629.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 52 TRC, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. E 883.9 11.9 5 0 36 0 0 20 15 24 0
41 46 HATCH LTD., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada † EC 860.0 392.0 0 0 9 4 0 53 21 0 0
42 75 JSTI GROUP, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China † E 823.4 355.9 0 0 0 0 29 0 53 0 0
43 49 KIMLEY-HORN, Raleigh, N.C., U.S.A. E 810.6 1.4 44 0 1 4 3 0 48 0 0
44 54 NIPPON KOEI GROUP, Tokyo, Japan† EA 771.4 362.4 16 0 6 12 5 0 28 1 3
45 48 AURECON, Melbourne, VIC, Australia E 767.9 374.0 28 3 7 4 0 0 41 0 5
46 47 SINOPEC ENGINEERING (GROUP) CO. LTD., Beijing, China† EC 764.2 200.6 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
47 43 TECHNIPFMC, London, U.K. † EC 748.0 705.0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
48 64 LARSEN & TOUBRO LTD., Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India † EC 736.3 537.3 5 61 2 3 1 23 5 0 0
49 60 LOUIS BERGER, Morristown, N.J., U.S.A. † EA 731.0 80.0 5 0 25 1 3 5 44 3 0
50 51 SYSTRA, Paris, France † E 723.7 465.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0

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51 16 CB&I, The Woodlands, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 722.0 553.5 0 0 19 0 0 33 0 0 0

52 41 HYUNDAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea EC 707.2 589.0 3 0 18 1 2 72 4 0 0
53 53 CDM SMITH, Boston, Mass., U.S.A. † EA 700.0 123.8 2 0 2 22 30 1 26 18 0
54 57 TRACTEBEL ENGINEERING SA, Brussels, Belgium † E 698.5 439.9 10 0 79 0 0 5 6 0 0
55 55 ROYAL HASKONINGDHV, Amersfoort, The Netherlands † E 687.6 363.2 24 1 5 15 7 2 43 0 2
56 65 CHINA NATIONAL MACHINERY INDUSTRY CORP., Beijing, China † EC 676.1 184.8 50 8 20 4 1 9 5 0 0
57 56 CHINA RAILWAY DESIGN CORP., Tianjin, China † AE 673.0 61.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
58 62 TERRACON CONSULTANTS INC., Olathe, Kan., U.S.A. † E 672.0 3.0 44 2 10 2 2 6 15 16 3
59 76 CHINA PETROLEUM ENGINEERING CO., Beijing, China EC 662.3 276.3 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
60 44 PETROFAC LTD., Jersey, Channel Islands, U.K. † EC 640.0 640.0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
61 58 BUREAU VERITAS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., U.S.A. † E 613.4 0.0 13 12 4 2 2 36 8 9 1
62 50 LEIDOS, Reston, Va., U.S.A. E 608.4 2.9 0 1 11 0 0 0 0 89 0
63 70 ARCPLUS GROUP PLC, Shanghai, China† AE 605.2 54.8 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
64 67 MAIRE TECNIMONT SPA, Milan, Italy † EC 600.4 547.2 1 0 1 0 1 97 0 0 0
65 66 POYRY, Vantaa, Finland † E 590.0 467.0 2 0 37 2 3 38 14 1 0
66 59 CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP CORP., Beijing, China † EC 584.1 13.6 26 1 3 0 1 38 19 2 0
67 68 MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 531.0 0.7 21 0 0 19 0 3 52 3 1
68 71 EXP, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. E 497.4 296.8 41 0 2 3 4 9 15 0 6
69 77 ARTELIA, Lyon, France † E 492.6 155.9 39 3 4 9 4 13 26 2 0
70 79 TONGJI ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN (GROUP) CO. LTD., Shanghai, China † A 489.7 1.2 69 0 0 3 4 3 19 0 0
71 82 KIEWIT CORP., Omaha, Neb., U.S.A. † EC 481.8 16.8 0 0 75 0 0 18 6 0 0
72 91 BEIJING URBAN CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO. LTD., Beijing, China † EA 479.3 12.0 13 0 0 0 3 1 82 0 0
73 83 POWER ENGINEERS INC., Hailey, Idaho, U.S.A. E 456.7 17.2 0 0 92 0 0 8 0 0 0
74 78 HOK, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. AE 453.4 83.1 86 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
75 84 KEPCO ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION CO., Gyeongsangbuk-do, S. Korea AE 450.3 148.8 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 1 0
76 81 STV GROUP INC., Douglassville, Pa., U.S.A.† EA 427.6 16.8 16 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 0
77 85 PACIFIC CONSULTANTS CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan E 425.0 12.0 4 0 0 15 11 1 48 0 0
78 80 ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS GLOBAL (ACKG), Tokyo, Japan† E 417.6 141.6 4 0 1 7 3 0 63 0 0
79 72 SARGENT & LUNDY LLC, Chicago, Ill., U.S.A. † E 415.8 43.6 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
80 92 GANNETT FLEMING, Camp Hill, Pa., U.S.A. EA 410.0 48.1 3 0 5 13 5 2 69 3 0
81 86 HKS, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. A 408.6 40.6 98 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
82 69 S&B ENGINEERS AND CONSTRUCTORS LTD., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 407.2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 96 4 0 0
83 87 DEWBERRY, Fairfax, Va., U.S.A. † EA 406.3 0.2 33 0 4 18 8 0 33 1 3
84 ** CHANGJIANG INST. OF SURVEY, PLANNING, DESIGN, Wuhan, Hubei, China † EC 393.1 41.1 4 0 27 63 0 0 7 0 0
85 88 BECA GROUP LTD., Auckland, New Zealand † EA 390.2 112.9 25 9 4 9 0 9 36 0 1
86 89 BROWN AND CALDWELL, Walnut Creek, Calif., U.S.A. † E 373.0 0.0 0 0 0 21 57 0 0 23 0
87 100 NV5 GLOBAL INC., Hollywood, Fla., U.S.A. † E 367.1 13.4 50 0 16 5 1 2 20 6 1
88 73 KHATIB & ALAMI, Beirut, Lebanon † EA 364.8 354.1 50 0 7 17 6 2 12 0 0
89 90 IBI GROUP, Toronto, Ontario, Canada † EA 362.0 248.6 73 7 2 2 0 0 14 0 2
90 109 DOHWA ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea E 360.2 120.7 2 0 29 16 18 0 20 0 0
91 63 SENER INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS SA, Las Arenas (Getxo), Vizcaya, Spain† EC 359.1 339.3 0 0 49 0 0 12 38 0 0
92 94 ASSYSTEM, Paris, France † EC 357.1 143.9 10 4 70 0 0 10 2 1 0
93 93 SKIDMORE, OWINGS & MERRILL LLP, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † AE 351.1 158.1 86 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0
94 101 SETEC, Paris, France † E 340.1 71.4 16 8 12 0 1 0 57 0 0
95 108 CCDI GROUP, Shanghai, China AE 317.6 21.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
96 119 GULF INTERSTATE ENGINEERING CO., Houston, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 305.8 14.6 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
97 99 AEGION CORP., Chesterfield, Mo., U.S.A. EC 303.4 123.5 3 0 1 1 16 77 3 0 0
98 114 IDOM, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain EA 303.0 257.5 7 3 30 1 2 20 19 0 4
99 121 CHINA ALUMINUM INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CORP., Beijing, China† EC 286.4 43.0 10 10 0 0 0 10 5 0 0
100 104 GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS INC., Atlanta, Ga., U.S.A. † E 284.9 38.3 0 0 12 4 19 9 2 52 0

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101 107 MEINHARDT GROUP INTERNATIONAL, Melbourne, VIC, Australia † E 283.6 251.4 65 4 0 1 7 1 19 0 2
102 115 CHA CONSULTING INC., Albany, N.Y., U.S.A. † EA 278.0 15.3 42 20 11 2 4 2 18 1 0
103 128 ZACHRY GROUP, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. † EC 276.0 0.0 0 0 55 0 0 44 0 0 0
104 106 GREENMAN-PEDERSEN (GPI), Albany, N.Y., U.S.A. † E 274.7 0.2 9 0 4 1 1 1 81 0 0
105 118 JOHNSON, MIRMIRAN & THOMPSON INC., Hunt Valley, Md., U.S.A. † EA 273.5 0.0 3 0 0 0 6 0 92 0 0
106 133 WILLDAN GROUP INC., Anaheim, Calif., U.S.A. E 273.0 0.0 39 0 30 0 0 0 14 0 9
107 112 CAROLLO ENGINEERS, Walnut Creek, Calif., U.S.A. E 271.8 0.0 0 0 0 38 62 0 0 0 0
108 ** SAMSUNG ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Seoul, S. Korea† EC 271.3 145.1 0 29 2 6 13 49 0 0 0
109 111 TECNICA Y PROYECTOS SA (TYPSA), Madrid, Spain † EA 269.1 225.9 19 0 11 12 6 0 48 0 0
110 102 KLEINFELDER, San Diego, Calif., U.S.A. † EA 267.3 21.6 10 1 13 10 18 21 21 2 2
111 116 THORNTON TOMASETTI INC., New York, N.Y., U.S.A. EA 265.0 47.2 84 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 1
112 ** TPF SA, Brussels, Belgium† E 264.3 234.6 27 0 2 11 3 0 57 0 0
113 74 CDI CORP., Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. † EA 263.5 45.7 4 13 9 0 0 63 7 0 2
114 97 FICHTNER GROUP, Stuttgart, Germany † E 260.9 164.4 1 0 83 6 6 1 3 0 0
115 117 SMITHGROUPJJR, Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. AE 256.7 3.1 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
116 103 CHINA CHENGDA ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Chengdu, Sichuan Prov., China EC 256.0 191.5 0 0 71 0 0 14 0 0 0
117 122 INGEROP, Rueil Malmaison, France † E 255.9 50.5 27 17 0 3 0 0 53 0 0
118 ** MOSINZHPROEKT, Moscow, Russia † EC 249.0 0.0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
119 113 LANGAN, Parsippany, N.J., U.S.A. † E 248.0 10.3 47 0 6 0 0 10 7 31 0
120 131 RS&H INC., Jacksonville, Fla., U.S.A. † EA 245.0 0.0 7 8 0 0 0 0 85 0 0
121 124 CHODAI GROUP, Tokyo, Japan † E 244.7 36.7 2 0 3 0 3 0 83 0 0
122 125 HAZEN AND SAWYER, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. E 244.0 3.4 0 0 0 30 70 0 0 0 0
123 123 ILF CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Rum/Innsbruck, Austria† E 243.1 198.6 3 0 13 8 2 42 29 0 0
124 ** KAJIMA CORP., Tokyo, Japan † AEC 241.9 23.4 1 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
125 149 AYESA, Sevilla, Spain E 234.4 154.1 5 1 4 21 6 12 44 0 4
126 110 ENERCON SERVICES INC., Kennesaw, Ga., U.S.A. EA 232.9 8.9 0 0 98 0 0 2 0 0 0
127 136 KCI TECHNOLOGIES INC., Sparks, Md., U.S.A.† EC 231.5 0.0 14 0 7 4 4 0 53 1 14
128 132 VHB, Watertown, Mass., U.S.A. E 227.5 0.0 29 0 10 0 3 0 56 1 1
129 134 HARGROVE ENGINEERS + CONSTRUCTORS, Mobile, Ala., U.S.A.† E 227.2 0.5 1 0 9 0 0 90 0 0 0
130 129 PERKINS EASTMAN, New York, N.Y., U.S.A. † A 225.0 54.0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
131 ** THYSSENKRUPP INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS, Essen, NRW, Germany † EC 222.6 214.4 0 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0
132 137 PM GROUP, Dublin, Ireland † EA 218.7 108.4 2 7 1 0 0 82 0 0 5
133 ** AUSENCO LTD., South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia † E 217.8 172.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
134 ** DLR GROUP, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. AE 217.8 3.6 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
135 138 RK&K, Baltimore, Md., U.S.A. E 216.0 0.0 2 0 0 3 9 2 84 0 0
136 143 AEDAS, Hong Kong, China A 209.6 205.9 91 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0
137 98 SHANGHAI URBAN CONSTRUCTION (GROUP) CORP., Shanghai, China† EC 207.8 0.0 6 0 0 0 5 0 37 0 0
138 105 ENG’G FOR THE PETROLEUM & PROCESS INDUSTRIES (ENPPI), Cairo, Egypt† EC 204.8 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
139 135 WOODARD & CURRAN, Portland, Maine, U.S.A. ENV 204.0 0.0 2 1 0 18 46 7 1 24 0
140 150 ECS, Chantilly, Va., U.S.A. † E 203.1 1.8 28 7 4 2 15 2 10 17 1
141 ** SAMOO ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS, Seoul, S. Korea AE 202.7 37.8 37 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
142 140 DORSCH HOLDING GMBH, Offenbach am Main, Germany † E 198.9 194.5 1 0 8 26 23 0 41 0 0
143 130 TRANSYSTEMS, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.A. E 196.6 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
144 141 CORGAN, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. A 196.4 3.9 41 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 25
145 ** PENNONI, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.† E 195.3 0.3 30 0 2 2 4 9 40 6 2
146 126 CTCI CORP., Taipei, Taiwan † EC 194.0 132.3 1 2 14 0 1 72 9 1 0
147 147 CANNONDESIGN, Grand Island, N.Y., U.S.A. AE 191.4 18.4 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
148 146 KOREA ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS CORP., Seoul, S. Korea E 187.3 15.9 0 0 25 21 16 0 22 0 0
149 ** YACHIYO ENGINEERING CO. LTD., Tokyo, Japan E 187.1 30.0 2 0 5 27 9 0 39 0 3
150 139 BILFINGER TEBODIN BV, The Hague, The Netherlands† E 186.0 97.0 6 11 8 1 1 68 0 0 5

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 THE TOP 150 GLOBAL DESIGN FIRMS DIRECTORY

Where To Find the Top 150

FIRM RANK FIRM RANK FIRM RANK FIRM RANK

KEPCO Engineering & Construction Co. Inc. 75 Stantec Inc. 10

A D
Khatib & Alami 88 STV Group Inc. 76
AECOM 3 Dar Group 15
Kiewit Corp. 71 Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corp. 137
Aedas 136 Dewberry 83
Kimley-Horn 43 Surbana Jurong Private Ltd. 37
Aegion Corp. 97 DLR Group 134
Kleinfelder 110 Sweco 19
AF Group 25 Dohwa Engineering Co. Ltd. 90
Korea Engineering Consultants Corp. 148 Systra 50
Arcadis NV 8 Dorsch Holding GmbH 142
Arcplus Group PLC 63
Artelia 69
E L T
ECS 140 Langan 119 TechnipFMC 47
Arup 21
Egis 33 Larsen & Toubro Ltd. 48 Tecnica y Proyectos SA (TYPSA) 109
Assystem 92
Enercon Services Inc. 126 Leidos 62 Tecnicas Reunidas 24
Aurecon 45
Engineering for the Petroleum & Process Terracon Consultants Inc. 58
Ausenco Ltd. 133
Ayesa 125
Industries (Enppi) 138
M Tetra Tech Inc. 11
EXP 68
Maire Tecnimont SpA 64 Thornton Tomasetti Inc. 111

B F Meinhardt Group International 101 Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions 131

Mosinzhproekt 118 Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co. Ltd. 70

Michael Baker International 67 Fichtner Group 114
Mott MacDonald 17 TPF SA 112
Beca Group Ltd. 85 Fluor Corp. 9
Tractebel Engineering SA 54
Bechtel 35 Fugro NV 22
N TranSystems 143
Beijing Urban Construction Group Co. Ltd. 72
G Nippon Koei Group 44 TRC 40
Louis Berger 49
Gannett Fleming 80
NV5 Global Inc. 87
Bilfinger Tebodin BV 150
Black & Veatch 27
Gensler 32 V
Brown and Caldwell 86
Geosyntec Consultants Inc. 100
O VHB 128
GHD 29
Bureau Veritas 61 Oriental Consultants Global (ACKG) 78

Burns & McDonnell 26

Golder Associates Corp. 38 W
Greenman-Pedersen (GPI) 104
P Willdan Group Inc. 106
Gulf Interstate Engineering Co. 96
C Pacific Consultants Co. Ltd. 77 Wood plc 20

CannonDesign 147 H Parsons 28 Woodard & Curran 139

Pennoni 145 WorleyParsons Ltd. 14

Cardno Ltd. 39 Hargrove Engineers + Constructors 129
Perkins Eastman 130 WSP 6
Carollo Engineers 107 Hatch Ltd. 41
Hazen and Sawyer 122 Petrofac Ltd. 60
CB&I 51
CCDI Group 95 HDR 18 PM Group 132 Y
HKS 81 Power Construction Corp. of China 2 Yachiyo Engineering Co. Ltd. 149
CDI Corp. 113
HNTB Cos. 34 POWER Engineers Inc. 73
CDM Smith 53
CHA Consulting Inc. 102 HOK 74 Poyry 65 Z
Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning,
Design & Research 84
Hyundai Engineering Co. Ltd. 52
R Zachry Group 103

China Aluminum International Engineering Corp. Ltd. 99 I Ramboll Group A/S 23

IBI Group 89 RK&K 135

China Chengda Engineering Co. Ltd. 116
Royal HaskoningDHV 55
China Communications Construction Group Ltd. 5 IDOM 98
RS&H Inc. 120
China Energy Corp. Ltd. 4 INGEROP 117

China Metallurgical Group Corp. 66 ILF Consulting Engineers 123 S

China National Machinery Industry Corp. 56 Intertek-PSI 30
S&B Engineers and Constructors Ltd. & Affil. 82
China Petroleum Engineering Co. 59
J SAMOO Architects & Engineers 141
China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. 12 Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. 108
Jacobs 1
China Railway Design Corp. 57 Sargent & Lundy LLC 79
Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Inc. 105
China Railway Group Ltd. 16 Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA 91
JSTI Group 42
China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd. 31 Setec 94
Chodai Group 121 K Sinopec Engineering (Group) Co. Ltd. 46
Corgan 144 Kajima Corp. 124 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP 93
COWI A/S 36 KBR Inc. 13 SmithGroupJJR 115
CTCI Corp. 146 KCI Technologies Inc. 127 SNC-Lavalin 7

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Multinational Collaboration
On Colombian Mega Project
By Erica Bender
Colombia’s capital city of Bogotá is a
vibrant cultural destination containing
everything from internationally
recognized universities to regional
offices for global companies to historic
sites, churches and museums. It is one
of several Latin American communities
experiencing an uptick in construction
projects across multiple sectors, thanks
in part to increasing globalization that is
attracting international participation in
the local building market.
Several projects are underway to
revitalize the former business district,
including ATRIO, a major mixed-use
commercial development featuring two
iconic skyscrapers: a 46-story North
Tower and a 62-story South Tower.
Uniting Experts Worldwide
Construction of the estimated
$500-million mega project is being
spearheaded by a joint-venture team
consisting of Colombian-based
ARPRO and EllisDon, an international
construction and building services
company. Two London-based firms are
also participating: Rogers Stirk Harbour
+ Partners (RSHP) as lead architect and
Arup as chief design engineer.
The project is being delivered in two
phases, starting with the $284-million
North Tower, which includes
approximately 540,000 sq ft of flexible
office space, 50,000 sq ft of public
services, 20,000 sq ft of retail and five
underground levels of parking. A large,
open public space at street level will
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urban lifestyle in an area where up to
72,000 people pass through daily.
Rejuvenating a Declining
City Center
The ATRIO is situated strategically
in downtown Bogotá, between a major
north-south corridor and the main
highway ferrying travelers to El Dorado
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superstructures will be an impressive
addition to the city’s skyline, efforts to
rejuvenate the area known as Centro
Internacional are also intended to attract
new investments that will buoy business,
tourism, public transport and cultural
opportunities.
“This area has been declining for
decades due to decreased investments
in good-quality structures,” notes Jason
García, a senior associate at RSHP. “The
project team is keen on making sure
the sophisticated ATRIO complex is
built exactly as we’ve designed it, which
requires effective knowledge sharing
and meticulous follow ups with the
Colombian-based construction teams, as
well as streamlined coordination among
various disciplines to ensure everyone is
following the same strategy.”
Achieving Structural Stability
In renderings, the skyscrapers’
breathtaking exteriors feature a
combination of glass and stainless
steel panels, interspersed with large
trapezoid panes of curtainwall glass.
This elegant facade is complemented by
a strong interior designed to withstand
cataclysmic events caused by geological
or hydrometeorological conditions.
Because the office towers are
sited within a high-risk seismic zone,
designers recommended a hybrid
concrete/steel structure. A slender
concrete core combined with a steel-
braced exoskeleton improves bending
and sheer stiffness capabilities,
particularly at lower levels where the
mega frame cuts back. This arrangement
also maximizes space efficiency.
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construction method was used to
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perimeter supported by temporary
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Using Machine Learning To Cut
Fire Risk From Power Grids
BURNING SCIENCE A high-intensity crown-fire burn experiment conducted in Canada’s Northwest Ter-
ritories. Monitors and test subjects are in the foreground. A California startup seeks to reduce the risk.
f a tree falls in the forest and no one is
I around to hear it, it can still land on a
power line and start a wildfire.
A Silicon Valley startup called Dis-
patchr Inc. is partnering with Hitachi
Consulting Corp. to couple big data with
machine learning to create what the de-
velopers call a Digital Immune System
(DIS) for power grids. It is designed to
detect patterns of tree failure and
other potential fire-starters— ENR
given certain maintenance status,
terrain and weather conditions—
and warn electrical utilities about
impending danger at specific lo-
cations, well in advance.
“Climate change and aging infrastruc-
ture are increasing the frequency of wild-
fires and other disasters,” says Ralph
PHOTO COURTESY OF USDA FOREST SERVICE
Garvin Jr., CEO of Dispatchr Inc. Erupt-
ing fires can quickly cascade into wide-
spread disasters if they compromise the
power grid. “Once you lose heat, light and
power, civilization collapses,” Garvin says.
“This is the reason that the Digital Im-
mune System exists. We want to protect
the services on which civilization rests.”
Hitachi’s machine learning engine,
called H, is a general-purpose deep-
learning system that uses data aggregated
by Dispatchr’s DIS to study the condi-
tions that produce both wildfires and
outages, and then predict when and
where such conditions may arise, says
Hicham Abdessamad, president and
CEO of Hitachi Consulting.
To feed the analysis, DIS ag-
Future gregates inputs such as vegeta-
tion data, satellite and LiDAR
Tech imagery, utility asset data in GIS
format, and 72-hour predictive
weather forecasts. One of the most im-
portant additional inputs is fuel-load data,
which comes from government website
CAL FIRE and other sources across the
country, says Garvin. “The possibility of
tree failure near power lines in areas
where fuel load is high and [risk of igni-
tion is high] constitute areas of high wild-
fire risk,” Garvin says.
The system predicts the locations of
potential fires sparked by the confluence
Technology
of risk factors and then warns electric
utilities so the risk can be mitigated.
Garvin says DIS works by finding pat-
terns in big data. “We know these patterns
exist, but they have complexity beyond
human inspection,” he explains. “But hu-
mans have the ability to create machines
to find that complexity. And the machines
get more accurate in their predictions as
the DIS exposes them to more patterns
and data.”
The system also continually flags as-
sets that require maintenance or trees that
pose risks to lines and facilities, and noti-
fies the responsible parties of the need to
address them. “The digital immune sys-
tem will continuously train the AI to de-
tect tree, line or equipment failures before
they occur,” says Hitachi’s Abdessamad.
Garvin says several utilities—which
declined to be identified or comment
for this report—have participated in
Dispatchr/Hitachi DIS tests during the
last three years. “In 2016 it monitored
more than 70,000 sq miles and prevented
a dozen fires and a half dozen outages—
one of which could have blacked out the
whole West Coast,” claims Garvin.
Dispatchr not only helps manage the
threats, it also helps to manage logistics
for utilities responding to them. Once a
situation is flagged as a threat, the system
automatically alerts workers in the field
and guides them to the GPS location of
the problem via mobile devices so the is-
sue can be dealt with. The moment the
threat is mitigated, workers document the
change with a photo or video and feed
that, along with other relevant data, back
into the system. The information updates
the neural network’s capacity to predict
the next threat.
Dispatchr has been made available to
utilities on a limited basis, priced accord-
ing to “the size and scale of the system
purchased,” says Garvin, who adds that
the service is typically being treated as a
capital expense. 
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 CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS
ENR’s 20-city average cost indexes, wages and material prices. Historical
data and details for ENR’s 20 cities can be found at ENR.com/economics
Construction
Cost Index
ANNUAL
+
3.0 %
Building
Cost Index
ANNUAL
+
3.3 %
Material
Cost Index
MONTHLY
+
1.6 %

INFLATION RATE JULY 2018 INFLATION RATE JULY 2018 INFLATION RATE JULY 2018
1913=100 INDEX VALUE MONTH YEAR 1913=100 INDEX VALUE MONTH YEAR 1913=100 INDEX VALUE MONTH YEAR
CONSTRUCTION COST 11116.42 +0.4% +3.0% BUILDING COST 6042.91 +0.6% +3.3% MATERIALS COST 3,370.27 +1.6% +4.7%
COMMON LABOR 23344.15 +0.1% +2.5% SKILLED LABOR 10276.76 0.0% +2.3% CEMENT $/TON 115.50 +0.3% –1.4%
WAGE $/HR. 44.87 +0.1% +2.6% WAGE $/HR. 56.89 0.0% +2.3% STEEL $/CWT 53.34 +0.6% +2.5%
LUMBER $/MBF 635.05 +4.5% +12.8%
The Construction Cost Index’s annual escalation The Building Cost Index’s annual escalation rate
rate rose to 3.0% this month, with the monthly rose to 3.3%, while the monthly component rose The MCI rose 1.6% this month, while the annual
component up 0.4%. 0.6%. escalation rate rose to 4.7%.

The dollar value of total construction put- TOTAL CONSTRUCTION

Seasonally adjusted rate in ($) billions
in-place showed a seasonally adjusted 1280

monthly escalation rate of 0.4% in May

following a rate of 1.8% in April, according
to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce’s seasonally
adjusted data. On a year-to-date basis, total
1230
construction in May was 4.5% higher than
+0.4%
this time last year. The private sector also saw
a 6.6% increase from a year ago, while public
work had a 4.7% boost, seasonally adjusted.
Both sectors experienced year-to-date Jan. ’18 Feb. Mar. Apr. May ’18
1180

increases in the residential market. PERCENT CHANGE MAY ’18 VS. MAY ’17. SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE

Total Construction 497.06 2018

MAY 476.66 2017
MAY +6.2 % CHG.
MONTH +4.3 % CHG.
YEAR

CONSTRUCTION VALUE 2018 2017 % CHG. % CHG. CONSTRUCTION VALUE 2018 2017 % CHG. % CHG.
YEAR-TO-DATE, $ BIL. MAY MAY MONTH YEAR YEAR-TO-DATE, $ BIL. MAY MAY MONTH YEAR

TOTAL PRIVATE 391.01 287.13 +4.3 +4.2 TOTAL PUBLIC 106.05 101.56 +13.3 +4.4
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 210.95 198.05 +4.8 +6.5 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS 2.68 2.64 +6.4 –2.8
LODGING 12.35 11.34 +3.6 +9.0 OFFICE 3.57 3.18 +9.8 +12.3
COMMERCIAL 1.32 1.27 +8.6 +4.1
OFFICE 24.95 23.73 +5.1 +5.1
HEALTH CARE 3.68 3.71 +3.7 –0.8
COMMERCIAL 34.85 32.92 +1.9 +5.9
EDUCATIONAL 26.65 26.32 +9.8 +1.3
HEALTH CARE 13.32 12.81 +5.6 +4.0 PUBLIC SAFETY 3.52 3.15 +6.9 +11.6
EDUCATIONAL 8.24 8.27 +6.6 –0.5 AMUSEMENT 4.23 4.39 +9.7 –3.6
RELIGIOUS 1.21 1.33 –8.4 –9.0 AND RECREATION
TRANSPORTATION 13.02 11.57 +1.6 +12.6
AMUSEMENT 5.67 5.47 –1.4 +3.7
AND RECREATION POWER 2.64 1.89 +19.3 +5.4

TRANSPORTATION 6.31 5.19 +18.1 +21.6 HIGHWAY AND STREET 28.35 27.56 +26.4 +2.9

COMMUNICATION 10.54 9.52 +7.6 +10.6 SEWAGE AND 8.20 7.52 +8.4 +9.0
WATER DISPOSAL
POWER 37.42 39.09 +1.3 –4.3 WATER SUPPLY 4.65 4.65 +13.1 +6.1
MANUFACTURING 24.96 27.06 +2.8 –7.8 CONSERVATION AND 2.87 2.74 +12.0 +4.5
DEVELOPMENT
SOURCE: DEPT. OF COMMERCE. NON-SEASONALLY ADJUSTED CONSTRUCTION PUT-IN-PLACE. DETAILS MAY NOT ADD UP TO TOTAL SINCE ALL TYPES OF CONSTRUCTION ARE NOT SHOWN SEPARATELY.

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 CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS

Plywood prices dropped 0.4% in May following PRODUCER PRICE INDEX

a 1.5% increase in April, according to the Bureau PLYWOOD

Monthly percentage change
of Labor Statistics’ producer price index. The index 5.0
is 16.6% higher than a year ago, dropping from last 4.2
-0.4%
month’s 17.5%. ENR’s 20-city average price for pine 3.4
2.6
2x4s dropped 0.2% in July, while yearly prices are 1.8

PERCENTAGE
up 18.2% for the second consecutive month. Prices 1.0

for the most popular species of 2x4s are up 12.0% 0.2

-0.6
from July 2017’s level, while monthly prices have -1.4
increased 1.3%, according to ENR’s data. Monthly -2.2

plywood prices experienced a boost of 1.7%, while -3.0

J S N’17 J M M’18
yearly prices are up 11.9%. SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

ENR’s Materials Prices For July 2018

GYPSUM WALLBOARD PARTICLEBOARD 20-CITY AVERAGE
ITEM UNIT $PRICE %MONTH %YEAR

0.2 21.0
% % 2” X 4” S4S
+ + Pine MBF

MBF
698.20 –0.2 +18.2
Fir 574.08 +0.4 +6.8
Common MBF 619.06 +1.3 +12.0
MONTHLY PRICES FOR GYPSUM PRICES FOR PARTICLEBOARD 2” X 6” S4S
UNDERWENT A 0.2% INCREASE ROSE 21.0% FROM A Common MBF 676.06 –0.2 +14.8
IN JULY. YEAR AGO.
2” X 8” S4S
230 2017-2018 640 2017-2018
Common MBF 712.83 +2.2 +15.1
229 572
2” X 10” S4S
228 504
Common MBF 733.94 +2.0 +13.6
227 436
PLYWOOD
226 368
225 300
58
⁄ ” Thick MSF 655.35 +1.7 +11.9
O’17 N D J’17 F M A M J J O’17 N D J’17 F M A M J J
PLYFORM
1992=100 1992=100
¾” Thick MSF 1036.79 +0.1 +0.2
PLYWOOD LUMBER PARTICLEBOARD: UNDERLAYMENT
58
⁄ ” Thick MSF 544.86 +1.8 +21.0

1.7 1.3
% % GYPSUM BOARD: REGULAR
+ + ½” MSF 276.79 +0.2 +0.6
ROOFING INSULATION
Unfaced SF 8.27 +0.4 +2.1
MONTHLY PRICES ROSE 1.7% IN MONTHLY LUMBER PRICES ROSE WALL INSULATION
JULY, WHILE YEARLY PRICES ARE 1.3%, WITH YEARLY PRICES
SF
UP 11.9%. UP 12.0%. Unfaced 6.11 +0.3 +0.7
SOURCE: ENR
160 2017-2018 170 2017-2018
152 164 CROWS* LUMBER MILL PRICES: JULY
144 158 2” x 4” western spf MBF 448.00 –2.6 +21.1
136 152 OSB, N. Central ⁄ ” 7 16 MSF 445.00 +1.1 +28.2
128 146 Particleboard, S. Central 5⁄8” MSF 370.00 0.0 0.0
120 140 Plywood, CDX, 4-ply MSF 555.00 –2.1 +20.7
O’17 N D J’17 F M A M J J O’17 N D J’17 F M A M J J
1992=100 1992=100 SOURCE: CROW’S REPORT/RISI, BEDFORD, MASS. 2X4S ARE RANDOM TALLY. PLYWOOD IS WESTERN SPECIES.

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is engineered around Liebherr’s VarioBase technology, which allows for an
asymmetrical support base, with the front of the crane only 7.4 m, while the
rear is 8.1 m. This feature allows for a stronger lift chart when working at a
longer radius. Liebherr; www.liebherr.com

JOBSITE CAMERA: Durable Casing

The BCC200 construction site camera boasts an 80-day battery life and a
rugged case to withstand the elements. The camera runs off of four AA bat-
teries and can last 80 days in the field when used for time-lapse photogra-
phy. The camera mounts on a ball head with a quick-release clamp for easy
mounting. The camera features a low ISO setting for nighttime photography
and HDR support for daylight images. The plastic housing on the BCC200 is
dust-proof and weather-resistant. Brinno; www.brinno.com

WHEEL LOADER: Full Joystick Controls

The WA480-8 wheel loader is powered by a 299-hp engine that meets Tier 4 Final
emissions standards. A redesigned bucket is able to load more efficiently, resulting in
an 8% increase in productivity over the earlier model. The wheel loader’s lockup torque
converter works in higher gears to provide optimal engine torque for acceleration, hill
climbing and a higher overall top speed. The cab features full joystick steering, which
removes the steering wheel for improved visibility during travel.
Komatsu America; www.komatsuamerica.com

PNEUMATIC ROLLER: Multiple Wheel Configurations

The CW16 pneumatic roller features nine rubber wheels for a working width of 69 in.
An optional 11-wheel configuration brings the working width to 84 in. Depending on the
ballast configuration, the roller can have an operating weight ranging from 11,464 lb to
33,000 lb in the nine-wheel configuration or 32,850 lb in the 11-wheel configuration. A
tire overlap of 1.25 in. provides even coverage, and each wheel has its own self-adjusting
scrapers and spray nozzles. The roller is powered by two 101-hp engines and features an
Eco mode to save fuel during transit. Caterpillar; www.cat.com

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Pulse Project News from Dodge Data & Analytics
Planning
GEORGIA The Augusta-Richmond
County consolidated government is plan-
ning to build Dyess Canal Village, a
mixed-use project, in Augusta. The proj-
ect entails constructing residential units
along the Third Level Canal, converting
historic buildings into housing and creat-
ing an 80,000-sq-ft commercial center
near the judicial center. The project is
being designed by Icon Architecture and
is valued between $65 million and $70
million. Augusta-Richmond County,
535 Telfair St., Augusta, 30901.
DR#17-00843813.
MONTANA Bozeman Health Services is
planning to add a new patient tower to
Deaconess Hospital in Bozeman. The
three-story, 30,000-sq-ft tower will in-
clude a new intensive care unit on the
second floor, with administrative depart-
ments residing on the first floor. The
tower’s third floor will remain as shell
space to allow for future expansion. The
project is being designed by CTA Archi-
tects & Engineers, and is valued between
$15 million and $25 million. Bozeman
Health Services, 915 Highland Blvd.,
Bozeman, 59715. DR#18-00570486.
OKLAHOMA The University of Okla-
homa is planning to carry out an improve-
ment project on its campus in Norman
to the Bizzell Memorial Library’s 1958
addition. The ivy-covered brickwork ad-
dition has begun to separate, which has
allowed water to penetrate the walls. The
project will involve maintenance to the
building’s exterior to better waterproof
the structure and increase its energy ef-
ficiency. The project is expected to cost as
much as $20 million. University of Okla-
homa, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman,
73019. DR#18-00705767.
TENNESSEE The Metro Water &
Sewer Dept. of Nashville is planning a
capacity improvement and CSO reduc-
tion project for the city’s Central Waste
Water Treatment Plant. The project
includes upgrades to the central and in-
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termediate pumping stations, construc-
tion of approximately 15 million to 20
million gallons of new CSO equalization
storage, installation of fine screens and
improvements to the grit removal system
for both the CSO and separate system
flow trains, replacement of the secondary
treatment aeration system, addition of a
new ultraviolet disinfection system for
secondary plant effluent, and addition of
a new peracetic acid disinfection system
for the EFTU. Brasfield & Gorrie Inc.
has been chosen as construction manager-
at-risk, and the project is valued at $145.5
million. Construction is expected to begin
in June 2020. Metro Water & Sewer
Dept., 1600 Second Ave. North, Nash-
ville, 37208. DR#16-00575279.
WEST VIRGINIA Appalachian Power
is planning to carry out a transmission
project in Lincoln and Logan counties.
The project involves constructing 24
miles of new 138 kV transmission line,
constructing two new substations, and
retiring the Sheridan substation and 17
miles of 69 kV transmission line. Right-
of-way acquisition will occur in 2018,
substation construction is possible in
2019, transmission line construction is
possible in 2020 and project completion
is possible in 2021. The project is val-
ued at $90 million. Appalachian Power,
P.O. Box 1986, Charleston, 25327.
DR#17-00806415.
Bids, Contracts, Proposals
CALIFORNIA Millie &Severson Inc. has
begun constructing the Serrano Business
Park in Jurupa Valley. The project entails
erecting three Class A industrial buildings
totaling 327,000 sq ft on an 18-acre site.
The project will include 4,500 sq ft of of-
fice space in the three buildings. The proj-
ect has been designed by RGA Office of
Architectural Design, and the owner is
CapRock Partners. Millie & Severson
Inc., 3601 Serpentine Drive, Los Alami-
tos, 90720. DR#18-00700949.
MARYLAND The Naval Facilities En-
gineering Command has awarded an
$11.2 million firm-fixed-price task order
under a previously awarded multiple
award construction contract to Edifice
Solutions for construction of a firing
range at Joint Base Andrews in Camp
Springs. The fully enclosed range will
include two structures: a new one-story
steel-framed 21-point enclosed firing
range, and a new freestanding one-story
administration building. Construction is
expected to be completed by February
2020. Edifice Solutions, 6600 Virginia
Manor Rd., Beltsville, 20705.
Bid, Proposal Dates
PENNSYLVANIA 8/1 The Pennsylva-
nia Turnpike Commission is seeking bid-
ders for a highway reconstruction project.
The project entails a total reconstruction
and widening to six lanes of the Turnpike
from milepost 99 to milepost 109 in
Westmoreland County. The project is
valued at $193 million. Pennsylvania
Turnpike Commission, 700 S. Eisen-
hower Blvd., Middletown, 17057.
DR#15-00629920.
ILLINOIS 8/3 The U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers is seeking bidders to carry
out a major rehabilitation of LaGrange
Lock in Versailles. It will include in-
stalling lock dewatering observation
wells; cleaning lock chamber floor weep
holes; vertical concrete line drilling, saw
cutting, blasting and grinding; precast
concrete panel fabrication and installa-
tion; constructing four Tainter valve
concrete protective piers; removing and
replacing the miter gate anchorage and
miter gate machinery including rotary
actuators; and removing and repairing
Tainter valves. The project is valued
between $25 million and $100 million.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1450
Rock Island Drive, Rock Island,
61204. DR#16-00700519. n
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 © Viewpoint Project Delivery By Thomas C. Schleifer

Low-Bid? gage payments on the millions

borrowed, and there is no money
to make the repairs needed for a

It Fails Again
certificate of occupancy. Then
there is the question of whether
the fire company can continue to
pay its lawyers.
Apparently none of the parties

A
few years ago, a group of business and tradespeople in
to the contract understood there
a small but growing Midwestern U.S. town needed a big-
was a bond or what it was for. Now
ger firehouse. They understood from personal experi- it may be too late, depending on the
ence how the world works, but under pressure from the town they notice provisions.
opened the project to all bidders with no prequalification process. Unfortunately, the nightmare
The low bidder, at $2.5 million, was ger firehouse worked in the con- does not end here because there
a contractor with a reputation for tractor’s favor. In effect, the town was another huge consequence
being difficult to do business with. became a victim because its own caused by the low-bid process. The
I have been in construction almost contractual deadline requirement actual events I have described hap-
60 years and have had too much impeded its bargaining power pened in 2014, and in 2015 the
experience with low bidders to let with the contractor. project was delivered supposedly
one near my property. The fire- When the building was com- ready for occupancy. As I write this
house project is an example of why. pleted, the municipality refused to in 2018, no one has occupied the
Scheduled as a 12-month job, issue an occupancy certificate be- facility or can use it for any pur-
the project began with dif- cause of the many defects. Suffice pose. All the while, ongoing carry-
ficulties over building de- it to say, the project was delivered ing costs continue for insurance
partment inspections, work six months late, and an indepen- and security.
that had to be torn out and dent consultant’s estimate to cor- The old joke that the bidder that
lots of arguments. The vol- rect the deficiencies, needed for makes the most mistakes gets the
unteer inspector for the fire the occupancy permit, exceeded job no longer is amusing because it
SCHLEIFER company and the architect’s $1.5 million. is way too close to the truth. Low-
inspector were intimidated bid doesn’t work. Notice that I do
by, and no match for, the overbear- Windows Improperly Installed not blame the low bidder. A sophis-
ing and aggressive contractor, who How can that cost be so high? Keep ticated buyer of construction ser-
claimed that with a lump-sum con- in mind it is usually more costly to vices would say he performed in a
tract he could build it as he saw fit take something out and repair or predictable manner. Using an ap-
and that the owner’s only concern replace it than to just put it in new. propriate best-value contractor
should be the finished product. In this case, over 50 windows that selection, the consistently poor
Grievances built up while new work had been improperly installed had performance history would have
was put in place on top of work not to be corrected. That fix alone was been discovered and the contractor
yet accepted. priced at $240,000. would have been screened out at
Among many other problems, The main electrical panel, which the pre-bid stage.
there were notices that walls were was fully wired, was undersized and The big question is: Do you
in the wrong location and that the had to come out and be replaced. want the low bidder anywhere near
elevator did not fi t in the shaft. The main staircase in the firehouse your project? n
Just about everyone threw up was 5 in. from the correct location. Thomas C. Schleifer, PhD, is a
their hands. The owner should Even the roof had to come off and turnaround expert and former pro-
not have continued to make prog- be replaced. fessor at Arizona State University.
ress payments, but each time it That’s not the end of the story. He serves as a consultant to sureties
tried to stop, the contractor The fire company used all the and contractors and can be contacted
threatened to abandon the project funds it had, along with the build- via his blog at letstalkbusiness.net.
and sue. As the project fell further ing funds raised over years, for
If you have an idea for a column, please
and further behind schedule, the the construction project. Now, it contact Viewpoint Editor Richard Korman
owner’s desperate need for a big- is struggling to make the mort- at kormanr@enr.com.

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CONTENTS
On The Scene
Features (NY5)

City Scoop
Top Builders See Slow Albany (NY8)
And Steady Market
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(NY45)
survey and interviews with key
executives suggest the industry is People (NY47)
enjoying moderate growth. (NY11)
Pulse (NY51)

J.T. Magen Named Snapshot (NY52)

Contractor of the Year ENR

The general contractor has quietly New York

News, Data and Analysis for the Construction Industry in New York and New Jersey

become a major firm in New York

City and across North America.

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(NY26)
PHOTO COURTESY J.T. MAGEN

LaGuardia Airport Makeover

Airport Juggling Act

Squeezing $8B Revamp in Tight Site
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LaGuardia Airport in Queens is

On the Cover
building three new terminals and A massive
eight miles of additional roads—and makeover is
still serves 100,000 passengers daily. underway at New
(NY39) York’s LaGuardia
Airport.
MISSION CRITICAL J.T. Magen builds data centers like this one in Secaucus,
N.J., for clients around the U.S., in addition to its prewar conversion work.

Technical Excellence
Practical Experience
Client Responsiveness

New York | New Jersey | Connecticut | Pennsylvania | Washington, DC

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 On the SCENE
NEW YORK
Reports From Key Industry Events NEW YORK

 Build Like a Girl

The short documentary “Unknown New York: The City That Women
Built” premiered in June at a party hosted by the Beverly Willis Archi-
tecture Foundation, whose namesake wrote and directed the film—
just the latest of her endeavors to showcase female architects.
“I call this a film about a map,” Willis said after the screening, held
at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. “What was important was … try-
ing to show the volume” of women involved in constructing the city’s
skyscrapers, bridges, gardens, cultural centers and subways. Some
350 projects designed or engineered by women are packed into the
17-minute movie. “When I was 75 years old, I discovered that women were not included in architecture history,”
recalled Willis, 92. “I hope [the film makes people] realize the most prestigious work is being done by women!”

 Cutting-Edge Construction Tech

URBAN-X chose seven start-ups from 400 applications to partici-
pate in the fourth cohort of its accelerator program for start-ups
reimagining city life, including construction and infrastructure.
Backed by carmaker BMW Mini and venture capital fund Urban
Us Capital, Brooklyn-based URBAN-X will spend five months
helping firms develop and bring their solutions to market.
Among the start-ups participating, Avvir provides a construc-
tion project monitoring service that automates data acquisition,
PHOTOS: (TOP) BY JORDAN RATHKOPF; (MIDDLE) COURTESY URBAN-X; (BOTTOM) BY RANDY SMITH

visualization and analysis to provide real-time insights and to

detect defects, which can help clients save money by avoiding
rework. Another, ClearRoad, helps government agencies automate toll road pricing without traditional pro-
prietary hardware infrastructure. Other start-ups in the cohort, announced in June, are: Rentlogic, Vampsyte,
Open Data Nation, Park & Diamond and Sapient Industries.
HOW TO
SUBMIT  Boosting Craftworker Ranks
YOUR The Percy Jobs and Careers Center, which works with SUNY
EVENT Maritime College in the Bronx to train craftworkers, saw five
students graduate in May to become journeymen electricians
Do you have
and plumbers. Each Percy program, which comprises daily on-
great images
the-job training and a few night classes per week, takes three to
and information
five years to complete.
pertaining to an AEC
Graduates are electricians Zwade Amsterdam and Keyonn D.
event in New York or
Jemmott, who work at A&S Electrical Inc., and Anthony Buono,
New Jersey that you
employed by Yonkers Electrical Contracting Corp., and plumbers
want to share? Visit
and steamfitters Peter Siderias and Ryley Peterson, who work for Pearl River Plumbing, Heating and Electric.
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and click on Photos.
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ON THE SCENE NEW YORK

 LifeSci for the Real Estate Guy

At the Life Sciences 2018 Real Estate Development
Symposium in June, there was consensus: Scientific labo-
ratories and offices are a big revenue opportunity in the
region. After all, NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio’s LifeSci NYC
sets aside $300 million to developers for tax abatement
when they build life science spaces and another $100
million in capital spending to create an innovation hub.
It’s not easy to renovate old buildings for these tenants.
Ventilation, climate control, ceiling heights and energy
efficiency are among the traditional challenges of both
wet labs, where researchers handle chemicals, biological
organisms and other “wet” materials, and dry labs, which may use large equipment and are more like traditional
office spaces. And for life science firms, “it wouldn’t work to have the C-suite far from the development team,”
Blake Adair, chief of staff of biomedical engineering firm Epibone, told the crowd,
Still, science organizations want to evolve their workplaces, like having collaborative spaces where researchers
can discuss projects or take breaks from the lab. “Life science spaces are going to be much different from today’s,”
said event host Nancy J. Kelley, president and CEO of Nancy J. Kelley + Associates, which builds projects for
science and medical clients.

 Sustainability Responsibility
Green buildings and infrastructure sup-
porting renewable energy won’t just help
whatever metropolis they are in. “It’s not
just about what’s good for New York City,
it’s if we can do it here, then other cities
can do it,” Mark Chambers, director of
sustainability for Mayor Bill de Blasio,
said during the Future of Sustainable Cit-
ies event that HOK hosted to kick off June’s American Institute of Architects national meeting.
Chambers, Bre America’s CEO Barry Giles and C40 Cities’ North American program director Brendan Shane

PHOTOS: (TOP) BY GREG MORRIS; (MIDDLE) BY ALEXANDER ROBB/HOK; (BOTTOM) COURTESY SALVADORI CENTER
all agreed that localities—and building designers therein—must step up to ensure American cities and states
meet the Paris climate standards to which much of the developed world remains committed. “Private sectors are
delivering the vast majority of this,” said Shane, whose organization helps megacities worldwide network and
share information on fighting climate change.
Architects, structural engineers and developers are in a powerful position to encourage clients and tenants to
go greener, they noted. “You are the one in front of the client,” said Giles, whose global charitable trust calls itself
the grandfather of green building rating systems. He added that owners “mustn’t focus on new buildings; we’ve
got to focus on existing buildings too”—applicable worldwide, but particularly apt for NYC.

 Tall Order
For the Salvadori Center’s Tall Tower Challenge in June, 22 student groups paired
with New York STEM professionals to create a structure out of straws, glue and
cardboard that could support as much weight as possible using as little material as
they could. The kids came from 13 schools and worked with peers they had never
met before. The challenge topped off the NYC-based center’s math and science
study programs this year.
Salvadori staff declined to proclaim a winning team, saying the challenge was
about collaboration and not competition. The kids seemed to enjoy it anyway. As
one volunteer said: “The students were really excited about the task and eager to
do a good job with it.”

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Commercial and Manufacturing $336 $387 $278 $720 $1,034
Stores and Shopping Centers $58 $57 $56 $98 $96
Office and Bank Buildings $171 $75 $81 $200 $322
Hotels and Motels $24 $108 $35 $66 $52
Other Commercial Buildings $51 $114 $77 $200 $244
Manufacturing Buildings $32 $32 $29 $156 $320
Institutional $303 $377 $286 $424 $529
Education Buildings $149 $149 $152 $311 $242
Health-Care Facilities $52 $92 $25 $57 $101
Other Institutional Buildings $102 $136 $109 $55 $186
RESIDENTIAL $646 $640 $725 $810 $766
Single Family $347 $319 $395 $332 $295
Multifamily $298 $321 $330 $479 $471
TOTAL NON-BUILDING $515 $491 $169 $439 $403
Highways and Bridges $241 $193 $77 $215 $137
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Firm in Focus
Mosaic Associates What’s New: The Gene Haas Center story west side of the building, which
Architects for Advanced Manufacturing Skills, is flooded with natural light from
2 Third St., Suite 440, scheduled to be completed in 2019, clerestory windows. In the east wing,
Troy, N.Y. is a $14.5-million, 37,000-sq-ft technical labs occupy the first floor
PRINCIPAL-IN-CHARGE: training and education facility at and computer-aided design (CAD)
John Onderdonk Hudson Valley Community College’s labs fill the second. A center atrium
FOUNDED: 1865 Troy campus. Mosaic’s design houses connects the formal south entrance
student machining labs in the two- to the campus quad entrance and

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consultants and other types
of specialized firms for local
City Grill
and out-of-town projects. This
Dennis Ross trend has become a standard
Dir., Emergency for H2M, specifically in the
Svs. Market, Albany emergency services division,”
H2M Architects + says Ross.
Engineers He says H2M and Pacheco
“A major trend is the collabo- Ross Architects P.C., Latham,
ration of different companies, N.Y., recently worked together
BUILDING 911
on fire stations in Schenectady, Collaboration
N.Y., and Lexington, Mass., the among
specialized
latter with Tecton Architects.
firms help
“When fire responders create a facility
return from a call, they may be that protects
firefighters.
covered in toxins and carcino-
gens from smoke, blood-borne
pathogens or other contami-
nants. Additionally, diesel soot
from apparatus is a carcinogen
that must be captured and
exhausted from the station,”
Ross explains.
“In these stations, they have
created transition zones that
safely permit responders to
move from ‘hot zones’ such as
the bays to ‘cool zones’ such as
the living or office areas. These
transitions, zones and exhaust
extraction areas control how
personal protective equip-
ment gets handled, cleaned
and stored. The efforts of both
firms created facilities that
pave the way for continuing to
protect our firefighters.”

Total Picture
Overall Construction Spending Expected to Jump
by More Than 14% This Year

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in non-residential
2700
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2400 than offset
weakness in
2100 residential and
non-building
1800 activity.
provides visual transparency from
1500
north to south through the building.
Highlighted within the center 1200
core are student capstone projects 900
and donor displays. Glazing also
600
brightens the faculty and academic
adviser offices and conference rooms 300

at the north facade.

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Contractors see lack of talent as top challenge for the AEC industry in the year
ahead BY EYDIE CUBARRUBIA

Slow and steady is how the construction industry

performed last year. The 60 top companies ranked on
ENR New York’s 2018 Top Contractors list—all report-
ing more than $20 million in 2017 revenue from work
in New York and New Jersey—generated a regional to-
tal of $26.17 billion. That’s 5.4% higher than last year’s
ranking, when the 60 largest firms reported 2016 rev-
enue of $24.83 billion.
A close look at the numbers shows mixed results for
firms, with differences based on size and market sec-
tor. The top five firms in this year’s ranking managed to
grow revenue by 8%, reporting $12.14 billion in revenue
compared with $11.24 billion for that group last year.
Regional revenue for the 50 largest contractors rose
7.3% to $25.75 billion from $24 billion last year, a clear
slowdown from the 14.3% increase seen when compar- growth for firms, up 19% to $16.56 billion from $13.89 FIT FOR QUEENS
Triton
ing last year’s figure with the prior year’s total. billion on last year’s ranking. Transportation rose to
PHOTO COURTESY TRITON CONSTRUCTION CO.

Sector vagaries counterbalanced each other, al-
though growth tipped the seesaw overall. The top 10
firms reported a slight hike in revenue from New Jer-
sey-based work, to $3.33 billion from $3.03 billion.
But the government sector slowed to $157.35 million
for firms in 2017, a 34.62% decline from $240.45 mil-
lion they reported in 2016. Multi-unit residential work
stayed fairly steady at $4.78 billion.
Work in New York state generated double-digit
Construction
$3.01 billion, up 20.88% from $2.49 billion; while counts Queens
those reporting commercial revenue saw it grow a Plaza Towers
among current
whopping 60% to $3.28 billion from $2.05 billion,
projects, though
Executives of some of the firms on this year’s Top Con- COO Lance
tractors list shared with ENR New York their insights Franklin says the
ultraluxury condo
on what made sectors hot—or not. Even with the differ-
market is cooling.
ences, the big consensus was that lack of talent is the top
challenge for the AEC industry moving forward into next
year. Responses t have been edited for space and clarity.

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 TOP CONTRACTORS n OVERVIEW

AIRPORT AIRLIFT
Holt Construction
performed the
first airlift at Christopher Asaro, president, Holt
JFK Airport to Construction: Increased competition
install an HVAC due to open shop [growth] is a trend we
system at ARK,
a facility where are seeing. Within RFPs, we also have
traveling animals seen increased requirements in terms of
are cared for or safety and expeience, as well as level of
quarnatined.
technical knowledge pertaining to staff.
This has made us rethink the traditional
response to an RFP.É Not only does
the company collaborate [more] in re-
sponse, we [also use] nontraditional tools
and collaborative software to streamline the process
through an elite team [chosen to respond].

Jay Badame, president and COO, AECOM-Tish-

MOVING UP
Transportation man: Today, owners are more involved not only in the
revenue for the design but also in the construction process.
region grew
almost 21%
from last year, in What sector has offered your firm the best opportunity?
part due to the Rinaldi: The hospitality and hotel sector has provided
massive overhaul the greatest opportunity… while we are also experienc-
at LaGuardia
Airport. ing a rise in office building construction projects.
Asaro: We see the health care space [offering opportu-
nities] with drivers including industry consolidation,
acquisition of physician practices, construction of ur-
gent care centers, new ambulatory care facilities, single
patient rooms [and] expanded emergency rooms. Ad-
ditional drivers include the Affordable Care Act and
30 million newly insured patients, and the ‘silver tsu-
nami’ [of more people age 65 and older]. There’s also
the aviation sector, due to upgrading of major airports
and infrastructure. We are seeing a shift in the airport
experience from just passenger hold rooms to first class
What major trends have you seen among clients or in eating experiences and high-end shopping.
RFPs during the past year? Badame: Our strong growth the last couple of years
Anthony Rinaldi, president and CEO, The is largely driven by an unprecedented boom in projects

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Rinaldi Group:
We see developers shifting gears toward office build-
ing developments as well as seeking alternative resi-
dential marketplaces outside of New York City such
as Westchester County, Jersey City and Newark.
While we continue to hear how the NYC hospital-
ity and hotel marketplace is saturated, many of our
developers are still building hotels throughout the
city. With NYC breaking tourism records in each of
the past eight years … we haven’t yet seen a hotel
development slowdown.
Lance Franklin, COO, Triton Construction Co:
We are working on and have seen several new bou-
tique office buildings being planned and built around
the city. We have completed three, have a fourth in
construction and are in preconstruction on an addi-
tional two.
greater than $1 billion. … Density is the future, both in
commercial and residential construction.
What sector is cooling down?
Franklin: We have seen a slowdown in ultra-luxury
condominium projects moving forward with the cost
of construction, land and carrying.
Rinaldi: We have watched the cost of purchasing
property in Manhattan and much of the outer bor-
oughs reach such highs that the price makes resi-
dential development and, in particular, rental devel-
opment impossible. It is eerily trending like it did in
2007, when the cost of “dirt” [properties] reached
such heights that it prohibited further residential de-
velopment from being viable.
Asaro: In our own studies we have seen higher educa-
tion and private institutions in addition to retail sectors
cooling down due to a decrease of traditional brick and

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mortar locations [and] to
the rise of online retail and
educational services. This
has given us the opportunity
to pursue alternate forms
of these markets, including
small high-end boutique
[shops] and [specialized
spaces] in higher education
[like] gymnasiums.
What have been major chal-
lenges for your firm?
Franklin: The subcon-
tractors are all spread thin.
Choosing the right subcon-
tractor team is critical to the
success of any project.
Rinaldi: The biggest challenge for us today is the avail-
ability of talent. Whether it be construction profession-
als with degrees and licenses to manage our construc-
tion projects and build our developments or trained
and skilled craftsmen and construction labor, the pool
from which to draw and find the needed numbers is se-
verely limited. [Thus] the cost is equally becoming pro-
hibitive with the salary and labor-rate demands coming
from the candidates far exceeding and outweighing the
budgets previously carried by developers. As a con-
struction manager and general contractor, we are being
squeezed [from] both sides.
Asaro: As construction continues to be in high demand
due to prime real estate locations seeing a boom, chal-
lenges include acquiring qualified talent. Holt is con-
tinually developing new programs within the company
to obtain talented project managers. We continually
evolve and research not just what project managers are
looking for, but to develop processes to find the best
talent within these markets.
Where do you see the industry headed in the next year?
Dale Errico, vice president of business devel-
opment, Railroad Construction Co: Toward more
public-private-partnership and design-build projects.
Franklin: Triton is in a unique place given our experi-
ence ... and ability to hire both union and nonunion
subcontractors. We have been able to use this to be ex-
tremely competitive and more flexible than the larger
PHOTO COURTESY AECOM-TISHMAN
construction managers in the city.
Rinaldi: We are seeing trends toward office build-
ing construction and development in Manhattan and
outer boroughs, while residential [is] moving out of
the city and into [locations with] access to mass transit
into and close proximity to New York City.
Asaro: With the high demand of new real estate, own-
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ONE FOR ALL
AECOM-Tishman
is using its
OneDesign
process in the
construction of
One Vanderbilt,
allowing steel
erection and
MEP erection to
start ahead of
schedule.
ers are expecting projects to be completed faster than
ever. [There will be] increased use of project manage-
ment firms as owners do not have the staff numbers
or experience to manage the volume of projects being
constructed.
Badame: Thanks to new zoning laws around mid-
town east, NYC will grow even taller. New York City
has already seen a 500% increase in the number of su-
pertall towers in the last four years. … Adaptive build-
ing laws are opening the doors to construct taller.
What key innovations used on your projects last year
boosted productivity or other metrics?
Asaro: [Holt’s airlift operation to install HVAC
equipment for ARK, a facility to house traveling
animals at JFK Airport] was the first airlift of
any kind to take place at JFK. The Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey and other agencies
were unaware of the procedures and protocols sur-
rounding such operations. Holt set the standard
by presenting a highly coordinated safety plan.
Completing an airlift in lieu of using a conventional
crane improved the schedule and also was able to
reduce budget costs. The one-day setup and one-
day breakdown of the crane was eliminated. The
ON THE
trucking and permitting costs to bring the crane to
WEB
the site were also eliminated.
Badame: Our emerging technologies practices continue
to drive efficiency in our projects. Through a proprietary
process called OneDesign, we are coordinating major For more stories on
MEP systems sooner to allow for greater flexibility and firms active in the
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NEW YORK TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

1 1 AECOM TISHMAN* Waterline Square (Various Buildings) 91 General Building 3,871.15

New York City | aecomtishman.com New York City 5 Other Project Types
Jay Badame, President & COO Not Provided 4 Transportation

2 2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Expansion 76 General Building 2,904.23
New York City | turnerconstruction.com New York City 24 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Pat A. Di Filippo, Executive Vice President Not Provided ments

3 4 SKANSKA USA Moynihan Train Hall 61 Transportation 1,971.04

New York City | usa.skanska.com New York City 29 General Building
Thomas Webb, Executive Vice President, General 646.00 7 Power
Manager; Michael Viggiano, Executive Vice President

4 3 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION Time Warner 60 Interior/Tenant Improvements 1,741.86

New York City | structuretone.com New York City 37 General Building
Michael Neary, COO Not Provided 3 Industrial Process

5 5 LENDLEASE Brooklyn Point, 138 Willoughby 100 General Building 1,655.49

New York City | lendlease.com Brooklyn
Ralph Esposito, President Not Provided

6 7 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 130 Williams Street 98 General Building 1,172.61

New York City | gilbaneco.com New York City 2 Industrial Process
William J. Gilbane III, Senior Vice President Not Provided

7 6 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC Queens Plaza Park 90 General Building 1,020.40
New York City | hrcg.com Long Island City, N.Y. 6 Manufacturing
James C. McKenna, President & CEO 450.00 3 Transportation

8 8 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION Confidential Project 82 General Building 822.65

Jersey City, N.J. | chinaconstruction.us New York City 18 Transportation
Richard Wood, Chairman & CEO 327.00

9 — J.T. MAGEN & CO. 1 Wall Street 84 Interior/Tenant Improve- 787.52

New York City | jtmagen.com New York City ments
Maurice Regan, President & CEO 775.00 14 General Building
2 Telecommunications

10 10 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC Sands-Constellation Center for Critical Care 84 General Building 613.17
Rochester, N.Y. | lechase.com Rochester, N.Y. 13 Industrial Process
William H. Goodrich, CEO & Managing Partner 189.00 2 Transportation

11 13 KIEWIT CORP. Not Provided 75 Transportation 452.40

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. | kiewit.com 12 Water Supply
Bruce Grewcock, CEO 6 Power

12 — THE PIKE COS. LTD New York State Exposition Center 94 General Building 440.80
Rochester, N.Y. | thepikecompanies.com Syracuse, N.Y. 4 Power
Rufus Judson, CEO 70.00 2 Transportation

13 14 TORCON INC. Not Provided 100 General Building 425.65

Red Bank, N.J. | torcon.com
Benedict Torcivia and Joseph Torcivia, Co-Presidents

14 22 OHL USA INC./JUDLAU CONTRACTING INC. Canarsie Tunnel Rehabilitation and Core Capacity 86 Transportation 405.54
College Point, N.Y. | ohlna.com Improvements in Manhattan and Brooklyn 14 Water Supply
Ashok Patel, President & CEO New York City
334.00
15 15 FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO. NJDOT Route 80 65 Power 399.48
Branchburg, N.J. | ferreiraconstruction.com Wayne, N.J. 22 Other Project Types
Nelson Ferreira, President & CEO 15.28 13 Transportation

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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NEW YORK TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

16 19 T.G. NICKEL & ASSOCIATES LLC 280 Cadman Plaza West 100 General Building 383.88
Ronkonkoma, N.Y. | tgnickel.com Brooklyn
Thomas Nickel, President 175.00

17 17 TRITON CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 11 Hoyt 100 General Building 383.52

New York City | tritonconstruction.net New York City
Lance Franklin and Frank Reich, Co-CEOs 340.00

18 28 WALSH CONSTRUCTION Not Provided 72 Transportation 363.83

Rutherford, N.J. | walshgroup.com 26 General Building
Matthew Walsh, Co-Chairman 1 Water Supply

19 21 OMNIBUILD CONSTRUCTION INC. The Eleventh 100 General Building 340.96

New York City | omnibuild.com New York City
Peter Serpico, CEO 585.73

20 23 CNY GROUP Crossing at Jamaica Station Mid-Rise Residential 93 General Building 312.00
New York City | cnygroup.com Queens, N.Y. 7 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Kenneth Colao, President & CEO 47.00 ments

21 18 BBL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC News Loft Apartments 100 General Building 305.92
Albany, N.Y. | bblinc.com Troy, N.Y.
Kevin Gleason, President 18.80

22 16 SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION* Not Provided 90 General Building 285.60

New York City | shawmut.com 10 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Les Hiscoe, CEO ments

23 27 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES Avalon Yonkers 100 General Building 280.70

New York City | avalonbay.com Yonkers, N.Y.
Scott Kinter, Senior Vice President, Construction 147.36

24 — M+W GROUP Not Provided 100 General Building 275.57

Albany, N.Y. | mwgroup.net
Rick Whitney, President & CEO

25 25 SCHIMENTI CONSTRUCTION CO. CMX Theater 96 General Building 272.00

Ridgefield, Conn. | schimenti.com New York City 4 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Matthew C. Schimenti, President 17.00 ments

26 22 HOLT CONSTRUCTION CORP. United Airlines Polaris Club 58 General Building 254.61
Pearl River, N.Y. | holtcc.com Newark 19 Transportation
Chris Asaro, President 24.87 10 Interior/Tenant Improve-
ments
27 26 RC ANDERSEN LLC E Commerce 100 General Building 250.28
East Rutherford, N.J. | rcandersen.com West Deptford, N.J.
Robert Andersen, President 120.00

28 20 EW HOWELL CONSTRUCTION GROUP Stony Brook Student Union Rehab 100 General Building 247.26
Plainview, N.Y. | ewhowell.com Stony Brook, N.Y.
Howard L. Rowland, President & CEO 64.00

29 — IOVINO ENTERPRISES Canarsie Tunnel Rehab & Core Capacity Improvements (JV) 83 Transportation 238.49
New York City | iovinoent.com New York City 7 Power
Thomas Iovino, Founder & CEO 143.19 5 Sewerage/Solid Waste

30 31 AURORA CONTRACTORS INC.* Kings Plaza Mall 100 General Building 230.00
Ronkonkoma, N.Y. | auroracontractors.com Brooklyn
Frank Vero Sr., President 75.00

31 — NEW LINE STRUCTURES City View Towers 100 General Building 208.65
New York City | newlinestructures.com/ Long Island City, N.Y.
Martin Loy, President 430.27

32 34 TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION CORP. Not Provided 100 General Building 202.00

Wood-Ridge, N.J. | terminalconstruction.com
Donald N. Dinallo, President & CEO

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NEW YORK TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

33 32 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. Lantern Hill - Building 6 88 General Building 180.02
White Plains, N.Y. | whiting-turner.com New Providence, N.J. 5 Manufacturing
David Brickley, Vice President Not Provided 3 Telecommunications

34 40 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP Confidential Project 83 Interior/Tenant Improve- 179.02

New York City | clunegc.com New York City ments
Ben Walker, Executive Managing Director, Regional 42.18 17 Telecommunications
President - New York
35 — EE CRUZ Javits Foundation 75 Transportation 154.70
New York City | eecruz.com New York City 21 General Building
Jay Dier, Managing Director Not Provided 3 Sewerage/Solid Waste

36 43 CONSIGLI BUILDING GROUP INC. SUNY Albany Building 27 Renovation 100 General Building 143.24
Pleasant Valley, N.Y. | consigli.com Albany, N.Y.
Greg Burns, President, New York Operations 29.30

37 — SUFFOLK* Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge Park 100 General Building 141.17

Boston | suffolk.com Brooklyn
Charlie Avolio, President & General Manager 217.00

38 29 BARR & BARR INC. Barclay's Village - Renovation and Construction of 100 General Building 141.10
New York City | barrandbarr.com Barclays Corporate Campus
Thomas J. LePage, Executive Vice President Whippany, N.J.
76.27
39 42 PROCIDA COS. Millbrook Terrace 100 General Building 140.19
Bronx, N.Y. | ProcidaCompanies.com New York City
Mario Procida, President & CEO 55.89

40 — THE RINALDI GROUP HAP 8 100 General Building 137.32

Secaucus, N.J. | rinaldinyc.com New York City
Anthony T. Rinaldi, President & CEO 113.67

41 33 TRAYLOR BROS. INC. Not Provided 100 Transportation 132.87

Evansville, Ind. | traylor.com
Christopher S. Traylor, Co-President

42 36 BETTE & CRING, A BETTE COMPANY Central Valley CSD - Cap. Improvements Phase 2 61 General Building 124.54
Latham, N.Y. | bettecring.com Ilion, N.Y. 21 Transportation
Matthew Bette, Member 23.93 18 Power

43 30 EPIC MANAGEMENT INC.* RWJBarnabas Athletic Performance Center 100 General Building 118.97
Piscataway, N.J. | epicbuilds.com Piscataway, N.J.
Robert Epifano Jr., CEO 75.00

44 — BROADWAY CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC The Dime, Williamsburg 100 General Building 113.45
New York City | broadwaycg.com New York City
Everard Martin, President 75.00

45 44 KISKA CONSTRUCTION INC. Not Provided 100 Transportation 106.86

Long Island City, N.Y. | kiskaconstruction.com
Alp Baysal, President

46 41 STV* Delta LaGuardia Terminal C Replacement 71 General Building 95.53

New York City | stvinc.com Queens, N.Y. 29 Transportation
Dominick M. Servedio, Executive Chairman 3,900.00

47 47 VERICON CONSTRUCTION CO. Not Provided 100 General Building 87.42

Mountainside, N.J. | vericonbuilds.com
Charles A. DeAngelis, CEO

48 — BANCROFT CONSTRUCTION CO. AVG Office Renovation 100 General Building 82.48
Princeton, N.J. | bancroftconstruction.com Princeton, N.J.
Ronald Wilbraham, Regional Director 20.12

49 55 ALSTON CONSTRUCTION Rockefeller Piscataway Bldg. 2 100 General Building 77.97

Sacramento, Calif. | alstonco.com Piscataway, N.J.
Bob Murray, Vice President, General Manager 42.07

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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 TOP CONTRACTORS n MAIN RANKING

NEW YORK TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

50 45 SWEETWATER CONSTRUCTION CORP. Celgene Corp. 50 Interior/Tenant Improve- 72.34

Cranbury, N.J. | sweetwatercorp.com Summit, N.J. ments
Ronald C. Witt Jr., President 8.31 50 General Building

51 49 RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CO.* Amtrak Sunnyside Yard 93 Transportation 68.66

Paterson, N.J. | railroadconstruction.com Queens, N.Y. 7 General Building
Alfonso Daloisio, President & CEO 24.50

52 53 STALCO CONSTRUCTION Roslyn Union Free School District improvements 100 General Building 62.70
Islandia, N.Y. | stalcoconstruction.com Roslyn, N.Y.
Kevin Harney, Principal 19.52

53 — HITT CONTRACTING T-Moble Parsippany 64 Interior/Tenant Improve- 58.37

New York City | hitt.com Parsippany, N.J. ments
Cliff Chow, Vice President 4.20 36 General Building

54 58 PERRECA ELECTRIC CO. Cricket Valley Power Plant 36 Power 43.72

Newburgh, N.Y. | perreca.com Dover, N.Y. 30 General Building
Robert Kaehler, President 43.00 13 Industrial Process

55 46 CONTI ENTERPRISES INC. Not Provided 100 Transportation 38.43

Edison, N.J. | contienterprises.com
Gerard Maurer, CEO

56 — MANSON CONSTRUCTION CO. Not Provided 100 Transportation 36.63

Jacksonville, Fla. | mansonconstruction.com
Mark Openshaw, Vice President

57 — INFINITY CONTRACTING SERVICES CORP. Not Provided 90 General Building 30.54

College Point, N.Y. | infinitycsc.com 10 Transportation
Shirley Wu, CEO

58 50 HSC BUILDERS & CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS Not Provided 100 General Building 30.00
Exton, Pa. | hscbuilders.com
James Viner, President & CEO

59 57 DPR CONSTRUCTION Confidential Project 55 Power 27.52

Reston, Va. | dpr.com East Windsor, N.J. 28 Telecommunications
Greg Haldeman, Executive Vice President 10.80 14 Industrial Process

60 60 VCC LLC Archer Hotel 100 General Building 20.40

Irving, Texas | vccusa.com Florham Park, N.J.
Sam Alley, CEO 20.36

61 64 AFG GROUP INC. VAMC Manhattan Recovery and Renovation 100 General Building 19.07
New York City | afgcm.com New York City
Jerrold Dinkels, Vice President 12.27

62 59 PICONE CONSTRUCTION CORP. Emerling Dealership 100 General Building 18.50

Clarence, N.Y. | piconeconstruction.com Springville, N.Y.
Anthony J. Picone, President 4.70

63 — KING ROSE CONSTRUCTION Not Provided 100 General Building 17.50

Bronx, N.Y. | kingroseny.com
Yoel Borgenicht, President

64 62 THE CIANBRO COS. Modernization and Expansion of US Land Port of Entry 54 Other Project Types 14.78
Bloomfield, Conn. | cianbro.com Alexandria Bay, N.Y. 38 General Building
Charlie Cianchette, Vice President, General Manager of 50.02 4 Petroleum
Building
65 63 CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GROUP Central Valley Central School District Capital Project 100 General Building 12.10
Pittsford, N.Y. | campuscmg.com Ilion, N.Y.
Thomas Sexton, President 73.65

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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NEW YORK NEW JERSEY

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 AECOM TISHMAN 3,683.48 1 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 517.71
2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 2,498.39 2 TORCON INC. 425.65
3 SKANSKA USA 1,876.74 3 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 405.84
4 LENDLEASE 1,590.79 4 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCITON 391.80
5 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 1,224.15 5 FERREIRA CONSTRUCTION CO. 323.79
6 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 1,044.88 6 KIEWIT CORP. 290.57
7 J.T. MAGEN & CO. 776.34 7 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 286.78
8 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 733.62 8 M+W GROUP 252.40
9 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 591.57 9 RC ANDERSEN LLC 250.28
10 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION 430.85 10 AECOM TISHMAN 187.67

OTHER GENERAL BUILDING TRANSPORTATION

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 BBL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 305.92 1 SKANSKA USA 1,202.02
2 M+W GROUP 275.57 2 OHL USA INC./JUDLAU CONTRACTING INC. 347.35
3 THE RINALDI GROUP 137.32 3 KIEWIT CORP. 340.65
4 SKANSKA USA 122.90 4 WALSH CONSTRUCTION 261.40
5 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 26.08 5 IOVINO ENTERPRISES 197.48
6 CONSIGLI BUILDING GROUP INC. 22.79 6 AECOM TISHMAN 153.15
7 PICONE CONSTRUCTION CORP. 18.50 7 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION 147.80
8 VERICON CONSTRUCTION CO. 16.61 8 TRAYLOR BROS. INC. 132.87
9 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 12.22 9 EE CRUZ 116.30
10 RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION CO. 4.50 10 KISKA CONSTRUCTION INC. 106.86

HEALTH CARE GOVERNMENT/PUBLIC BUILDING

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 1,042.31 1 LENDLEASE 43.71
2 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 207.77 2 AECOM TISHMAN 20.17
3 LENDLEASE 206.91 3 AFG GROUP INC. 19.07
4 SKANSKA USA 154.65 4 STV 18.69
5 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 142.54 5 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 18.51
6 EW HOWELL CONSTRUCTION GROUP 95.44 6 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 12.06
7 THE PIKE COS. LTD 78.80 7 IOVINO ENTERPRISES 7.37
8 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 71.21 8 BETTE & CRING, A BETTE COMPANY 6.11
9 WALSH CONSTRUCTION 69.77 8 INFINITY CONTRACTING SERVICES CORP. 6.11
10 TORCON INC. 68.18 10 THE CIANBRO COS. 5.56

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL COMMERCIAL

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 106.19 1 AECOM TISHMAN 1,973.40
2 AECOM TISHMAN 54.61 2 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 388.70
3 SKANSKA USA 37.76 3 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 237.13
4 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 24.26 4 TORCON INC. 119.54
5 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 8.35 5 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 104.47
6 EW HOWELL CONSTRUCTION GROUP 7.86 6 T.G. NICKEL & ASSOCIATES LLC 104.22
7 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 7.69 7 SKANSKA USA 95.53
8 SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 6.40 8 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION 90.91
9 STALCO CONSTRUCTION 3.95 9 TRITON CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 85.66
10 STV 0.75 10 NEW LINE STRUCTURES 82.40

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EDUCATION MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 393.01 1 LENDLEASE 1,306.38
2 TORCON INC. 198.31 2 AECOM TISHMAN 972.47
3 TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION CORP. 170.00 3 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCITON 519.31
4 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 167.35 4 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 493.70
5 AECOM TISHMAN 137.48 5 AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES 280.70
6 EW HOWELL CONSTRUCTION GROUP 117.25 6 T.G. NICKEL & ASSOCIATES LLC 269.31
7 SKANSKA USA 113.32 7 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 255.63
8 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 104.26 8 TRITON CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 251.54
9 BARR & BARR INC. 85.90 9 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 247.95
10 CONSIGLI BUILDING GROUP INC. 72.76 10 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 185.72

TELECOMMUNICATIONS RENOVATION
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP 29.90 1 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 1,219.30
2 J.T. MAGEN & CO. 12.89 2 J.T. MAGEN & CO. 768.09
3 HOLT CONSTRUCTION CORP. 11.79 3 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 694.25
4 DPR CONSTRUCTION 7.57 4 SKANSKA USA 618.45
5 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 5.55 5 HUNTER ROBERTS CONSTRUCTION GROUP LLC 547.86
6 PERRECA ELECTRIC CO. 5.08 6 AECOM TISHMAN 360.98
7 SKANSKA USA 4.97 7 OHL USA INC./JUDLAU CONTRACTING INC. 314.32
8 AECOM TISHMAN 2.81 8 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 301.56
9 WALSH CONSTRUCTION 1.38 9 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION 292.75
10 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 0.50 10 SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 277.50

GREEN PROJECTS INTERIOR/TENANT IMPROVEMENTS

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 AECOM TISHMAN 2,819.57 1 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 1,044.01
2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 1,713.25 2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 694.25
3 LENDLEASE 717.38 3 J.T. MAGEN & CO. 662.15
4 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 540.94 4 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP 149.12
5 SKANSKA USA 411.26 5 HITT CONTRACTING 37.13
6 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 370.66 6 SWEETWATER CONSTRUCTION CORP. 36.29
7 WALSH CONSTRUCTION 347.86 7 SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 28.80
8 TORCON INC. 256.12 8 HOLT CONSTRUCTION CORP. 26.12
9 M+W GROUP 252.40 9 CNY GROUP 21.60
10 J.T. MAGEN & CO. 147.47 10 SCHIMENTI CONSTRUCTION CO. 12.00

R&D FACILITIES RETAIL

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 231.75 1 AECOM TISHMAN 241.85
2 PROCIDA COS. 130.99 2 AURORA CONTRACTORS INC. 157.00
3 BANCROFT CONSTRUCTION CO. 82.48 3 SCHIMENTI CONSTRUCTION CO. 140.00
4 LENDLEASE 63.72 4 SHAWMUT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION 94.20
5 THE PIKE COS. LTD 49.40 5 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 74.44
6 TORCON INC. 39.61 6 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 60.21
7 HSC BUILDERS & CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS 26.00 7 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA/PLAZA CONSTRUCTION 57.31
8 SKANSKA USA 23.44 8 STRUCTURE TONE ORGANIZATION 55.12
9 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 13.97 9 J.T. MAGEN & CO. INC. 38.83
10 LECHASE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LLC 9.22 10 EW HOWELL CONSTRUCTION GROUP 21.12

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Triton Construction was founded upon quality,
experience, impeccable references, and
best-of-class staffing and services,
combined with a solid record of safe, quality,
on-time, and within budget performance.
With many years of combined industry experience
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ENR NEW YORK OF THE YEAR OF THE YEAR

J.T. Magen Forges

Quiet Path to Success
Specializing in complex building conversions, the firm has grown from word of
mouth and repeat clients BY EYDIE CUBARRUBIA

ROYAL SURVEYOR J.T. Magen & Co. is not thirsty, i.e. overeager and
Maurice Regan
desperate for publicity or business. The New York
calls J.T. Magen’s
word-of-mouth City-based general contractor doesn’t actively court
success ‘a real the media. Its website, for now, has an archaic design.
family effort.’
And it chooses projects using criteria beyond “the vol-
ume of money” to be had, founder and CEO Maurice
Regan says. But in its 26 years, Regan has led the firm
to become one of the city’s most prominent for prewar
$652.1 million. Its Empire State revenue rose 28% to
$776.3 million from $607.9 million. J.T. Magen’s larg-
est regional project that broke ground in 2017 is the
50-floor 1 Wall St., a $775-million prewar conversion
that will total 1 million sq ft with 566 condominiums
plus retail space and leisure facilities.
This is the first year J.T. Magen has participated in
ENR New York’s Top Contractors survey, and it was
PHOTO BY ERIN DERBY

building conversions and renovations, with impres- ranked No. 9. among the region’s largest builders. On
sive revenue growth to match. ENR’s national Top 400 Contractors list released in
The contractor’s 2017 revenue totaled $787.5 million May, the company debuted at No. 84, with total U.S.
in New York and New Jersey, a 21% rise over 2016’s revenue of $998.9 million. Now, the firm is ENR New

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York’s Contractor of the Year.
When asked during a chat at his company’s
headquarters whether he was surprised to be se-
lected for the recognition, Regan responded: “Yes
and no. We know the feedback clients give us, the
quality of service we provide. But we never really
asked for it! We just answered the questions.”
He says his company has grown from word of
mouth and repeat clients who also hire the firm
for projects outside New York and New Jersey,
prompting it to open offices in Los Angeles,
Chicago and Toronto, with staff totaling 400.
Regan is originally from a small village in
County Kerry, Ireland. He is also an enthusias-
tic racehorse breeder—a picture of thorough-
bred Miss Polaris with her new foal is tacked
close to the computer monitor in his modest
office, which is dominated by a giant fish tank
given to him by his staff some years ago.
Being from the Emerald Isle gives him an-
other advantage: He’s a U.K. chartered quantity
surveyor, educated in valuing property, assessing
structural defects in buildings and accurately es-
timating budgets early on to renovate a space,
erect a structure from scratch, create or improve
infrastructure and provide other construction
project services. Regan and many on his staff are mem-
bers of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors—
and that’s actually an important point.
The MRICS acronym after those employees’ names
means J.T. Magen is particularly qualified to renovate
NYC buildings that are 120 or more years old. “You
know what to look for. You can budget it, plan for it,”
Regan says, and that means a client is much less likely
to get a nasty budget or time-extending surprise later
in the development process.
“A lot of prewar buildings have brick facades,
punch-through windows and steel beams (support-
ing floors),” he adds. “You need to think about maxi-
mizing ceiling heights, lining the building to correct
moisture, and a lot of buildings have asbestos or lead
PHOTOS: (TOP) BY MAGDA BIERNAT; (BOTTOM) COURTESY J.T. MAGEN
paint,” which demand hazardous material removal
services. Such projects also require new infrastruc-
ture, vertical transportation and updated facilities
like high-tech conference rooms, according to Sean
Murray, J.T. Magen’s executive vice president.
At 1 Wall St., J.T. Magen took over in May 2017 for
Gilbane Building Co. as general contractor. (Owner
Macklowe Properties did not respond to a request
for comment about the switch.) Tasks include struc-
tural demolition of interiors and exterior cladding
systems; installing all-new building MEPS infra-
structure, including sprinklers; and adding a seven-
story structure to the annex tower, which requires
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RADIO HQ
For iHeartMedia,
J.T. Magen did
a 75,000-sq-
ft renovation
of its NYC
headquarters.
BIG CONVERSION
A major challenge
on the 1 Wall St.
project is getting
large pieces of
steel dunnage
onto the 51st
floor to support
two fire tanks
and one domestic
water tank, each
weighing 15,000
lb—especially
since the outside
hoist only goes to
the 47th floor.
reinforcement of the existing structure.
It’s perhaps telling that one person from a client com-
pany referred to J.T. Magen, off the record, as “my No. 1
favorite general contractor of all time.” When speaking
on the record, several praised the firm’s ability to rein
in costs and tackle a variety of construction challenges,
whether during a first-time project or over many.
“J.T. Magen has … worked with us on more than a
dozen projects in excess of $100 million,” says Edward
V. Piccinich, chief operating officer at developer SL
Green. “Their ability to execute complex projects—in-
cluding building a new core and shell retail building at
29 W. 34th St. and the comprehensive redevelopment
of 180 Maiden Lane—is unmatched.”
One of those projects included a new headquarters
in Worldwide Plaza at 825 Eighth Ave. for the strategic
communications firm Rubenstein, which also worked
closely with J.T. Magen.
The firm “treated our budget as if it was their own (and)
did a great job finding cost-effective ways of addressing
field conditions and other unforeseen challenges,” says
Steven Rubenstein, president, whose firm moved to the
far West Side after 40 years in a prior location. “J.T. Ma-
gen did a great job finding cost-effective ways of address-
ing field conditions and other unforeseen challenges and
… was unfazed by any last-minute changes and circum-
stances, and brought the project in on time.”
Satellite radio giant iHeartMedia Inc. chose J.T. Ma-
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RESTACKS STACK
Kirland & Ellis is
one of several fied; and the Nordstrom’s flagship store
law firms to opt
in Manhattan, with its already famous
for restacking
their current glass waveform facade.
offices. J.T. Magen is encountering more corporate
clients that want to refit offices in older build-
ings as former tenants move into new towers
such as Hudson Yards on the West Side and
One Vanderbilt near Grand Central Station.
In addition, major law firms like Kirland &
Ellis want to stay in place, strengthening the
market for restacking. Clients also seek more
open spaces, fewer individual offices, massive
FULL CAPACITY
“living walls that are like forests” and ameni-
Due to so much ties like gyms and medical centers—“things
construction in to keep people happy,” Regan says.
NYC, even J.T.
Magen is seeing
The firm’s diversity of work is clear from
a shortage of its market sector breakout. Regional reve-
skilled laborers, nue is generated from multi-unit residential
like those seen
here working on
($73.7 million), retail ($38.8 million), inte-
the firm’s project rior/tenant improvements ($662.1 million)
for Trevor Day and telecommunications ($12.9 million).
School.
“If I’m not diversifying, I’ll have to let people
go,” Regan says, adding that companies fo-
cused on one or two sectors will have a burst of
hiring when they’re hot, then a burst of layoffs
when they’re not. “That’s never happened at
J.T. Magen.” And employees don’t voluntarily
gen for the buildout of its headquarters at 125 W. 55th leave that often, according to the CEO.
St. “It was a 75,000-sq-ft gut renovation, from studs “Our retention is four to five times more than other
to completion, including several specialty features” firms,” he says. “There’s no bureaucracy, people are well
like broadcast studios, a 20-ft digital billboard and a compensated for working hard, everyone knows what’s
suspended articulating robot, says Molly Winkler, vice going on in the company [and all] share in the success.
president of real estate operations. It’s really a family effort.”
“J.T. Magen’s strength lies in its skilled professionals But the firm’s not immune to one problem that
and trade relationships,” Winkler adds. “On more than plagues the industry: a shortage of skilled labor. Ac-
one occasion, the site superintendent and subs made cording to Regan, subcontractors are “at capacity” be-
critical decisions in partnership with our design advis- cause there’s so much construction in the city.

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ers and architectural team, and the aesthetic integrity
of the design vision remained uncompromised even
through unique challenges.” As a result, iHeartMedia’s
open office was named 2015’s Best Media/Tech Large
Office by Interior Design magazine.
ON THE Accolades continued in 2017. J.T. Magen earned rec-
WEB ognition for best interior architecture from ArchDaily
for Nike’s East Coast headquarters in Manhattan, a
147,000-sq-ft workspace with 32-ft slab heights, an
indoor regulation basketball court, a sixth-floor ter-
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and two food trucks. The firm’s work on Adidas’ Fifth
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Current projects include mission critical data
center facilities in Chicago, Miami, Denver and Se-
caucus, N.J., for clients who declined to be identi-
Because demand is much greater than supply, ven-
dors are raising their prices and being more selective
about construction firms they’ll work with. In turn,
general contractors are being more discriminating
about projects they’ll take on. Ultimately, that means
increasing costs for higher-risk projects or those with
longer development times, Regan says.
One subcontractor, though, has a special relationship
with J.T. Magen. Forest Electric New York, an EMCOR
subsidiary, has partnered with Regan’s company since
1997, when the two worked on a financial services proj-
ect, says Robert Richardson, president of the firm.
“It might sound old-fashioned to say, but [my firm]
appreciates working with people and organizations
that are trustworthy, provide the needed information,
have a compatible culture of understanding and integ-
rity, and are good listeners,” Richardson says. n

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Higher-Education and Hospital Trends
Market Opportunities and Trends
Innovation is alive and well in higher
education and health care buildings
around the New York Metropolitan
area. From thoughtfully designed
spaces that both incorporate and
mitigate the effects of technology on
their users to a continuing interest in
ecofriendly elements, today’s projects
are setting a new standard.
This past fall, the Dormitory
Authority State of New York (DASNY)
held its first conference—a popular
event that gathered contractors,
architects and engineers to learn about
current and upcoming opportunities.
Below we recap the conference and
profile two local cutting-edge projects.
Inaugural DASNY Conference
This past October, ENR and
The Karlyn Group hosted the first
Dormitory Authority State of New
York (DASNY) Conference providing
news, trends and opportunities in higher
education (public and private) as well as
updates to DASNY projects.
The only event of its kind, the
DASNY conference attracted more than
200 general contractors, subcontractors,
architects, engineers and facility
managers all eager to hear about
opportunities on DASNY projects
throughout the area.
The “NYC Higher-Education Construction” panel was the most popular session at the
inaugural DASNY Conference.
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The most popular session was “NYC
Higher-Education Construction,” which
covered capital project pipelines at
public and private higher-education
institutions in New York City.
Moderated by DASNY President
and CEO Gerrard Bushell, this panel
included leaders form New York
University, Vassar College, Columbia
University and Rice+Lipka Architects.
Other session topics included “Success
Stories With the MWSBE Program,”
“Doing Business with DASNY” and
“What’s Coming Down the Pike?
(DASNY’s Pipeline of Projects).”
DASNY is among the nation’s largest
issuers of low-cost, tax-exempt bonds
and one of its biggest public builders.
It’s New York’s developer, creating the
health, education and scientific facilities
that form the backbone of inclusive,
sustainable communities and helping
them compete on the global stage.
Fairfield University’s Charles
F. Dolan School of Business
Higher-education projects are
booming in Connecticut as well. In
March 2018, ground was broken on a
new facility for Fairfield University’s
Charles F. Dolan School of Business
in Fairfield, Connecticut. Gilbane
Building Co. is serving as construction
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than 80,000-sq-ft project, which, when
complete, will offer students a dynamic,
innovative and interactive learning
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for an August 2019 completion.
“Some people say it’s the end of
brick-and-mortar universities, but that
couldn’t be further from the truth,” says
David W. Frassinelli, vice president
of facilities management for Fairfield
University. He notes that the abundance
of hybrid and online programs does,
however, “put pressure on universities
to focus on the added value from the
experience gained by spending four
years on campus.”
To that end, the school’s new facility
will feature active learning and case-
based classrooms, a business analytics
lab, an entrepreneurship center with
ideation lab space and a simulated
financial trading room. Collaborative
spaces for both students and faculty
also feature prominently in the design.
The building will boast an array of
small conference rooms as well as
unprogrammed space with comfortable
furniture that can be used and
configured as needed by small groups.
In addition, one-button production
studios with the proper lighting and
other amenities will be available for
both students and faculty, allowing for
easy taping of presentations, conducting
of video interviews and more.
“In order to incorporate current
trends in higher education, such as an
increasing emphasis on technology, the
design and construction of the building
must take such considerations into
account,” Frassinelli says. For example,
he notes that something as simple as
boxes and conduit “need to provide
flexibility for a space’s use as well as
accommodate future upgrades.” Of
course, many outlets are also needed for
students to charge an array of devices.
In contrast to the high-tech elements
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of the facility’s design is the fact that it
will be situated in a peaceful, bucolic
setting. It’s the perfect marriage of
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Small conference rooms and unprogrammed space are prominent design features of Fairfield University’s new business school.

nature and innovation to cultivate students’ sound bodies and
minds. Frassinelli concludes, “Through good design and the
creation of peaceful, safe education destinations, there is a
new mandate and enthusiasm for students to spend time on
campus in fulltime programs.”
tunnel, an additional 30 ft of GeoFoam insulation was
installed. The exterior facade consists of metal panel and
curtain wall, which was designed to allow natural light on all
floor levels and maintain energy requirements. It will also
provide a new visual identity for the campus.

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Thoughtful design that incorporates safety and comfort
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In keeping with current industry
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Urbahn’s designers recommend incorporating sustainable
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LaGuardia Shoehorns $8B

Megaproject At Busy Site
Queens airport juggles a complex renovation, lots of contractors and hordes of
travelers in a tight space with tough overseers BY TOM STABILE
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he $7.9-billon, 10-year overhaul of New J. Smyth, redevelopment project executive for LaGuar- MANAGED CHAOS

T
LaGuardia
York City’s LaGuardia Airport—outdated, dia, which is run by the Port Authority of New York and
Airport’s 10-year
crowded and derided by passengers, pilots New Jersey. overhaul is in full
and politicians—is monumental enough, “We coordinate all of the work around the opera- swing. It strives
to maintain full
with a crowd of contractors using unique tional needs of the airport,” he says. “We do work at
operations by
project delivery approaches to replace its three busi- night because there are no flights and we can shut accomodating
est terminals and upgrade complex infrastructure on down roads. We have a four-, five- or six-hour window 100,000
passengers on
a tight site hemmed in by water and highways. Amid that we can work in.”
peak days while
that tally of risk factors, along with Gov. Andrew Cuo- But delays from weather, system glitches or other erecting new
mo (D) as a watchdog over one of his signature proj- schedule issues shorten that window significantly on structures—
like the future
ects, LaGuardia strives to maintain full operations by some nights, says Smyth, former corporate real estate
Terminals B,
accommodating 100,000 passengers on peak days vice president for Jet Blue Airways. And all activities— C and D—and
while erecting new structures and razing old ones. pile-driving, concrete pours, steel erection or road- razing old ones.
Construction of twin facilities totaling 2.5 million way construction—must come with warnings days
sq ft to replace existing Terminals B, C and D follows a or weeks ahead of time about any impact at a facility
meticulous phasing plan that aims to keep passengers that serves 40,000 travelers per acre, double the next
flowing to and from their planes at the facility in East -most crowded U.S. hub, he says. “Solving for customer
Elmhurst, Queens. Along with safety, maintaining air- movement—getting into and out of the airport—was a
port operations “takes complete priority,” says Richard challenge even before we started,” Smyth adds.

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 DIGGING DEEPER n AIRPORT
ROAD LIFT Such matters guide every task, says Derek Thielmann,
This rebar cage is
project director for design and construction at LaGuar-
for a column near
Delta Terminal C dia Gateway Partners (LGP)—the public-private part-
that will support nership (P3) joint venture of Vantage Airport Group,
part of the 8 miles
Skanska, Meridiam and JLC Infrastructure—which is
of new roadways
at LaGuardia. the developer of the new $4-billion Terminal B.
“How we are able to build efficiently but keep the
operation functioning is something we spend pretty
much every day on, to be honest,” he says. “We’re liter-
ally trying to build a new airport on top of an existing
airport that remains in operation.”
That effort’s mirror image is a $3.9-billion facility
that Delta Air Lines is building to replace today’s C and
D terminals, says Ryan Marzullo, the carrier’s manag-
ing director of corporate real estate in New York. “The
goal of the program has been not to take down any ca-
pacity,” he says. “We keep flying our full schedule.”
The operations fixation turns seemingly straightfor-
ward tasks into orchestral efforts, Smyth says. Relocat-
ing taxi loading areas requires coordination with air-
port and taxi commissions, while moving cranes needs
Federal Aviation Administration approval, he says.
BIG PICTURE
LGP and Delta are in for the long haul, each planning
to lease and operate their terminals from the Port Au-
thority through 2050.
LGP’s Terminal B is a design-build project, with a
Skanska-Walsh Group construction joint venture in the
lead and HOK and WSP USA as design partners. The
heart is a new 1.3-million-sq-ft terminal, which includes
an 840,000-sq-ft headhouse for baggage, ticketing, se-
curity, concessions and other administrative functions.
It also has two island concourses with 35 flight gates and
concessions. Each concourse connects to the headhouse
via 370-ft-long pedestrian bridges with clearance of at
least 56 ft to span over planes taxiing below.
The project also entails building a central utilities
plant; 8 miles of road, including 20 bridges; so-called
airside facilities, such as three miles of widened and im-
proved taxi lanes airside and throughout the property;
and a 2,700-space parking garage. Terminal B project
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expenditures reach $100 million per month, Smyth says.
Work began in 2016, and the parking garage opened
earlier this year. Next to be finished, this fall, is Termi-
nal B’s first island concourse and some roads. Then the
headhouse and the rest of the roadways are expected
to be done in 2020, and the other concourse in 2022.
The effort involves 28 unions and a team of 2,400
professional and trade workers, says Thomas Nilsson,
a Skanska-Walsh vice president.
Delta’s design-bid-build project for a new 1.2-mil-
lion-sq-ft Terminal C entails a 425,000-sq-ft head-
house and 37 gates across four flight concourses as well
as roadwork, taxi lanes and a 21,000-sq-ft substation,
Marzullo says.
Delta’s team—STV and Satterfield & Pontikes Con-
struction as construction managers, Burns & Mc-
Donnell as engineer and Corgan as architect—broke
ground last summer. Foundations are complete on the
first concourse, with steel erection under way, Smyth
says. The team will complete the headhouse and two of
four concourses as well as roadways in 2021. The other
concourses come online in 2024 and 2026.
In both efforts, the teams repurposed parking or oth-
er facilities for the new terminal footprints, allowing
construction to advance while maintaining operations
in existing terminals. And both projects have LEED-
certified sustainable designs, with elements such as
onsite concrete recycling; reuse of water pumped out
during excavation to create lightweight fill elsewhere;
planned rainwater collection; solar panels; and water
conservation features.
Each developer also is building part of a new central
hall to link the two terminals and possibly serve as the
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terminus for a proposed AirTrain rail link and a hotel.
The AirTrain came a little closer to reality with a new
law Cuomo signed in late June that authorizes $1.5 bil-
lion for a 1.5-mile elevated rail line that will connect
the airport to subway and commuter rail lines at Wil-
lets Point near Citi Field in Queens. Construction is
planned to begin in 2020 and finish in 2022.
The entire schedule is front-loaded, Smyth adds. “By
2022, we’ll have all of Terminal B and the majority of
Terminal C in place,” he says.
UNIQUE DELIVERY
A critical element shaping the program was the Port
Authority’s openness to different contract and deliv-
ery approaches. Project participants say that kind of
flexibility, and coordination among all players, solved
numerous challenges.
One example is how the P3 structure opened the door
for Vantage, an airport operator, to lead the Terminal
B bid, Thielmann says. That added an operator’s view
early on, instead of the typical “layered” design-build ap-
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proach in which designers hatch a blueprint, then hand
it off for constructibility and finance reviews, he says.
“It was actually led by the people who are going to
operate the airport for the next 35 years,” he says.
LGP crafted a vision that was nothing like the Port
Authority’s reference design, a more complicated plan
with 16 construction phases over 80 months, Thiel-
mann says. The concept of a headhouse with island
concourses helped condense the program to five phas-
es and shaved off two years, he says.
That plan let the team to “build less building, which
is more efficient [and] cost effective,” he says. “It re-
duced our circulation corridors and walking distances.
And it also moved the airport closer to the Grand Cen-
tral Parkway, which … created two miles of additional
airside taxi lane,” reducing traffic and gate congestion.
The approach even opened up the land that was
later designated for the central hall, and paved the way
for Delta’s own program. LGP also recommended that
the Port Authority wrap $800 million of road and in-
frastructure work into its bid to better coordinate with
the larger project—assets that it will turn over to the
agency upon completion, Thielmann says.
Delta’s approach also is atypical, a multiple prime
contractor format with the airline holding design and
trade contracts directly, Marzullo says. “Yes, we take on
the risk, but we take on control,” he says. “We want the
transparency and the visibility built into the program. It
gives us capability to adapt and react … without having
a general contractor seem at risk or a design-build con-
tractor hitting us with a change order every time some-
thing happens.”
That control lets Delta prioritize ways to reduce impact
on passengers, such as sequencing to limit temporary fa-
cilities and transitions, Marzullo says. For instance, it will
be able to fully test headhouse operations in advance. “We
basically flip the switch overnight,” he says.
The contracts also feature extensive private capital,
with $2.5 billion in project bonds sold for Terminal B as
well as Delta funding $3.3 billion of Terminal C’s budget.
LOGISTICS AND SURPRISES
Sophisticated phasing can’t solve every issue, such as
lack of laydown areas—no small challenge on Terminal
B, which will use 40,000 tons of steel and 7,000 piles.
Coordinating traffic, navigating bridges and sched-
uling nightly on-time deliveries have become regular
tasks, Smyth says. “Next year we will be dealing with
that on [Terminal B’s] Concourse A, but we have real
good practice,” he says.

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BALANCE BEAM
To maintain
equilibrium Large construction programs always have snags.
between
Early on, LaGuardia roadway traffic at times came to a
passenger
service and standstill, says Warren Schreiber, co-chair of the New
construction York Community Aviation Roundtable, an airport ad-
schedules, all
visory group. The Port Authority told his panel it has
activities must
come with addressed the problems with better traffic flow con-
warnings days or trols, he says.
weeks ahead of
The congestion stemmed partly from project de-

time regarding
any possible
impact. And while the team expected poor soils at LaGuardia,
drilling through fill and riprap from an old boat basin
was difficult on piles that averaged 100 ft in depth, Nils-
son says. “We broke about 10% to 15% of all the piles,”
he says. Skanska-Walsh divided the job into 12 internal
projects to isolate and manage such issues, Nilsson says.
“We assigned a project manager to each area.”
ON THE
The teams still face other challenges from overlap-
WEB
ping old and new spaces, such as needing to relocate
Terminal B’s fire alarm panel and temporarily harmo-
nize a new heating and cooling system with the exist-
For information on ing building, Thielmann says. Delta’s team addressed
other projects under needing power to support its new terminal and not hav-
construction in New ing room for a substation by designing the 12-megawatt
York, visit enr.com/ facility atop one concourse. Passengers won’t know it’s
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signs predating the rise of ridesharing services, Nilsson
says. Rideshare drivers swarmed for fares, circulating
to avoid parking fees and quickly clogged roadways, he
says. “When we bid the job, Uber had barely started,” he
says. The team in May designated part of the garage,
with dedicated entrances and exits, to accomodate for-
hire vehicles, and the format was working in its first
weeks, Smyth says.
Another snag is the team has not sought community
input on the redevelopment, Schreiber says. Project
representatives presented a first report to the round-
table’s LaGuardia committee only a month ago, he
says. “Everybody’s pleased the project is taking place,
no doubt about it,” he says. “But they have not asked
community stakeholders … to be part of their advisory
group. We would absolutely welcome it—there should
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MASTER BUILDER
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Infrastructure Spending
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D)
in June detailed plans to invest $150
billion in the state’s infrastructure
at the Building Trades Employ-
ers’ Association’s 115th annual
leadership dinner in Manhattan on
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Louis J. Coletti, BTEA president
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group’s first Master Builder Award
for being a “true champion” of the
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WATERFRONT CLEANUP
Staten Island Wetlands
Louis Berger is continuing work
on the Saw Mill Creek Pilot
Wetland Mitigation Bank project
in Staten Island to protect and
restore 68 acres, turning marsh
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infrastructure in New York.
into a functional tidal wetland—
New York City’s first wetland
mitigation bank, the firm says.
The New York City Economic
Development Corp. says credits
from the mitigation bank will be
sold to offset waterfront develop-
ment elsewhere.
Phase 1 of the project is
expected to end this fall; the start
date for Phase 2 has not been
disclosed. As of June, workers had
already removed 40,000 cu yd of
debris, according to Louis Berger.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS
NYC Still Priciest to Build
New York City remains the most
expensive place in the world to
build, a recent study says. The
2018 International Construction
Market Survey released by Turner
& Townsend found that the aver-
age cost of construction in the city
rose 3.5% to $362 per sq ft. For
the other top five most expensive
cities by square foot, San Francisco
averaged $347; Hong Kong, $344;
Zurich, $339; and London, $336.
The study also found New York
hit a new high for worker costs:
an average hourly wage of $90.30
for skilled union labor. The same
wages averaged $71.40 in North
America and $29.90 globally.
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At WSP USA,
Julie D’Orazio
has been hired as
national market
leader and a senior
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she was previously NY metro/
transit rail manager and a senior
vice president at AECOM. Several
WSP senior vice presidents received
new titles: Herbert Els was named
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promotions and
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Photo Showcase at in the Americas and Nasri Mun-
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Mike Aziz is the new director of
urban design at Cooper Robertson,
where he previously was an associ-
ate. Aziz had been a senior urban
designer and campus planner at
Perkins+Will.
Dewberry announced a number
of regional promotions. In New
Jersey, Eric Boschen, Bryan Gar-
basz, James Gazzale, Steven
Eget, James Heeren, Mario Ian-
nelli and Douglas Sullivan were
elevated to senior associate, while
Lisa Peterson, Steven Ruskan,
Manuel Vera Caraballo, Steven
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Benosky, Charles Stebbins and
Joanne Slaman are now associ-
ates. In New York City, Nicholas
Saponara was promoted to senior
associate, and Rhonda Cardone,
Jason Lee and Gregory Mueller
are associates. Additionally, Dew-
berry has hired Christopher Ellis
as a geotechnical senior project
manager in New Jersey.
Dana Robbins
Schneider,
managing director
and national
practice lead for
JLL’s energy and sustainability
services, was appointed by the U.S.
Green Building Council as a
member at large on the LEED
Steering Committee. She will serve
a one-year term.
JRM Construction
Management has
hired Joseph
Schimenti as
project director.
He previously served as a manag-
ing director at Schimenti Con-
struction Co.
Michael A. Salvato has joined
Mott MacDonald as vice president
of infrastructure advisory prac-
tices. He is based in the company’s
North American headquarters
in Iselin, N.J. He previously had
a 20-year career at the New York
Metropolitan Transportation
Authority (MTA).
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The LiRo Group has hired John
B. McCaffrey as chief informa-
tion officer. He had been CIO for
Westchester County, N.Y.
BOMAG Americas
has hired Matt
Cadnum as vice
president of sales
and marketing. He
previously was vice president for
Atlas Copco Construction’s rental
sales team and vice president of
hydraulic attachments for Epiroc,
a division of Atlas Copco.
Oxford Properties Group, the
real estate arm of the Canadian
pension fund OMERS, hired Kate
Bicknell as its vice president
and head of New York develop-
ment. She previously was senior
vice president of commercial and
residential development at Forest
City New York.
GZA has named
Bhuvnesh
Parekh as a senior
consultant
focusing on
environmental engineering and
remediation. He was recently a
principal project engineer at
Weston Solutions.
Michael S.
Quinn has joined
Schnabel
Engineering as a
senior associate
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specializing in dam and levee
engineering and construction.
Previously, he was an associate
vice president of CHA Consult-
ing. He is based in the Albany,
N.Y., suburb of Clifton Park.
U.K. construction
consultant Gleeds
has named
Lindsay
McCombe vice
president in its U.S. operation,
based in New York City. He was
previously area chairman for
Gleeds’ central U.K. region, based
in Birmingham, England.
KEA Engineers
has named Dmitry
Patent as
mechanical
department head.
He previously led mechanical
system design of data centers and
telecommunications facilities for
Highland Associates.
Suffolk Construc-
tion has hired
William White-
sell as chief
operating officer
for the New York region. He was
previously vice president of design
and construction for The Related
Cos. and also had been a project
executive at Turner Construction
before joining Related in 2015.
Everard Martin has been elevated
to president of Broadway Con-
struction Group, a New York City
construction manager-general
contractor. He joined the firm in
2015 after a 20-year career at Plaza
Construction. He also worked at
the New York State Dormitory
Authority and George A. Fuller
Construction. BCG, founded in
2013, merged with Zephyr Con-
struction Management in 2017.
The Deep Foundations Institute
in Hawthorne, N.J., has named
Maysill Pascal, senior regional
engineer-sales manager for USW,
as chair of its Women in Deep
Foundations Committee. The
panel seeks to get more women
professionals in the deep founda-
tions sector through networking
events, outreach and mentoring.
Sam Schwartz Consulting LLC
has named Mike Flynn, a former
planner at the New York City Dept.
of Transportation, as director of its
new city strategies service line to
advise cities and public agencies on
improved organizational effective-
ness and strategic use of data.

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NEW ENTRANCE
The Gateway Arch
Visitor Center in
St. Louis has a
new entrance and
park that connects
it to downtown.

On The
Scene (MW5)

City Scoop
Minneapolis
(MW6)
Des Moines
(MW7)

Industry
News (MW33)
People (MW35)
Features Pulse (MW36)
Top Contractors Dealing With Rise in Demand
The region’s largest contractors are using everything from robotic masons to stories-high Wi-Fi to win ENR

and complete jobs in their robust home markets. (MW9) Midwest News, Data and Analysis for the Construction Industry in
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin

Main Ranking of Region’s Top Contractors

Revenue figures from 100 contractors in our 11-state region show strong demand for everything from
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luxury condo buildings to pipelines and wind farms. Survey results include breakouts for states and key A WORKER TEAMS UP WITH A
SEMI-AUTOMATED MASON (LEFT).

To Meet Demand, Top Contractors

market sectors. (MW12)

Balance Old and New Methods
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On the
Contractor of the Year: Lendlease Cover
The firm’s Chicago office moved up eight spots in this year’s rankings and credits long-term client A worker
relationships for a banner year. (MW22) supervises
the semi-
automated
An Overarching Community Win mason (SAM)
The largest public-private partnership investment ever in a national park has given the Gateway Arch in 1200 on a
St. Louis a new visitor center, 70 acres of public park and a better connection to downtown. (MW26) Detroit site.

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Dates & Events
Structural
Engineers July 19, 2018
Association Fair Housing: Design and
of Illinois Construction
held its annual The Lammert Building
awards dinner 911 Washington Ave.
at the Museum St. Louis
of Broadcast Contact: https://www.aia-stlouis.
Communications in Chicago June 9. org/events/
The Structural Group won the Lavicka Award for small projects for
the SKY Restaurant in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. The award cited Aug. 31, 2018
the innovative structural system used in the renovation of the space. Grand Opening
Forefront Structural Engineers Inc. won best renovation/retrofit The Chicago Architecture Center,
for its Paragon Theater conversion. 111 E. Wacker Dr., Chicago
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EXP US won an award of merit for its Washington-Wabash CTA Sta- org/
tion in Chicago.
The Walsh Group won an award of merit for Wolf Point East Tower
in Chicago.
Thornton Tomasetti Inc. won the best project in the $10 mil-
lion-$50 million category for The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare, a
HOW TO project profiled last summer in ENR Midwest. Thornton Tomasetti
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images from an
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MINNEAPOLIS
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Total Construction Starts Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Total Picture

Overall Construction
Actual Actual Actual Actual Forecast Spending Expected to Rise
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Almost 4% This Year
($ Millions) $7,508 $6,847 $9,248 $8,048 $8,342 Non-residential and residential
work forecast to strengthen,
NON-RESIDENTIAL $3,323 $2,442 $3,288 $2,377 $2,651 while non-building activity will
Commercial and Manufacturing $2,350 $1,141 $1,432 $1,134 $1,251 weaken slightly.

Stores and Shopping Centers $222 $172 $209 $167 $167

Office and Bank Buildings $581 $208 $301 $288 $250
Hotels and Motels $265 $144 $169 $105 $107
Other Commercial Buildings $721 $526 $643 $527 $642 ($ Millions)

Manufacturing Buildings $562 $91 $110 $48 $85 9500

Institutional $973 $1,302 $1,855 $1,243 $1,400 8550

Education Buildings $422 $571 $960 $807 $741 7600

Health-Care Facilities $239 $485 $250 $161 $192
6650
Other Institutional Buildings $312 $245 $645 $275 $467
5700
RESIDENTIAL $3,059 $3,091 $3,989 $3,898 $3,957
4750
Single Family $2,189 $2,251 $2,574 $2,917 $3,121
Multifamily $870 $840 $1,415 $981 $836 3800

TOTAL NON-BUILDING $1,125 $1,314 $1,971 $1,773 $1,734 2850

Highways and Bridges $585 $794 $734 $945 $814 1900

Other Public Works $133 $190 $182 $407 $445
950
Environmental Public Works $297 $321 $319 $171 $249
Electric Utilities $111 $9 $736 $249 $225
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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continued activity with senior liv-

Firm in Focus ing,” Barr says. “We’ve actually seen
Ryan Cos. WHAT’S NEW: The City Grill
an increase of activity in retail. It
50 South 10th St., 160,000-sq-ft, Collin Barr was pretty low, actually, the last
Ste. 300 $151-million Krause Regional President several years, but we’ve seen a nice
Minneapolis Gateway Center in Ryan Cos. US little increase as a number of retail-
CEO: downtown Des Moines is “We see contin- ers are kind of gaining confidence
Patrick Ryan the new headquarters for ued, I would say, on their own expansion plans, and
EMPLOYEES: 1,250 the Kum & Go Corp. It moderate activity in corporate we’re actually doing some retail
FOUNDED: 1938 was designed by architect office or office construction, and development. We are trying to
Renzo Piano. more of it is renovation than new get ahead of this growth, and it’s
construction, actually. We see also exceeded our expectations.”

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Total Construction Starts Des Moines Total Picture

Overall Construction Spending
Actual Actual Actual Actual Forecast Expected to Jump Almost 29%,
TOTAL CONSTRUCTION 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Rebounding From 3-Year Skid
($ Millions) $3,447 $2,965 $2,416 $2,249 $2,898 Strong growth forecast for the commer-
cial/manufacturing sector. Institutional
NON-RESIDENTIAL $2,136 $1,267 $661 $559 $960
work also expected to strengthen.
Commercial and Manufacturing $1,836 $1,030 $453 $378 $713
Stores and Shopping Centers $60 $79 $82 $70 $78
Office and Bank Buildings $1,664 $777 $110 $164 $409
Hotels and Motels $39 $48 $146 $34 $56 ($ Millions)
Other Commercial Buildings $55 $104 $114 $99 $154
3500
Manufacturing Buildings $19 $21 — $11 $16
3150
Institutional $300 $237 $209 $181 $247
2800
Education Buildings $190 $73 $76 $86 $111
Health-Care Facilities $32 $92 $49 $39 $69 2450
Other Institutional Buildings $78 $73 $84 $56 $67 2100
RESIDENTIAL $1,028 $1,434 $1,515 $1,410 $1,683
1750
Single Family $782 $919 $1,053 $1,006 $1,208
1400
Multifamily $247 $515 $461 $403 $475
1050
TOTAL NON-BUILDING $282 $263 $240 $280 $255
700
Highways and Bridges $144 $160 $132 $187 $143
Other Public Works $64 $44 $63 $41 $29 350
Environmental Public Works $62 $58 $43 $49 $47
Electric Utilities $12 $1 $2 $2 $35 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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Central Iowa and further away in

Firm in Focus places such as Council Bluffs, Iowa,
The Weitz Co. WHAT’S NEW:
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which is right across the river from
420 Watson Powell Weitz is building a Mike Tousley Omaha,” Tousley says. “These are
Jr. Way, Ste. 1000, $27.8-milion, 5,000-sq- Executive Vice monster jobs that take hundreds of
Des Moines ft new headquarters for President, General craft tradespeople, and they’re fast
CEO: insurer IMT Group in Manager and furious. That seems to be, in
Kevin McClain West Des Moines. The The Weitz Co. terms of project type, the one that’s,
EMPLOYEES: 1,450 project is expected to be “The thing in Des Moines right now by far, the hottest right now. Apple
FOUNDED: 1855 completed in late 2018. seems to be data centers. There has bought a couple thousand acres
are hundreds of millions of dollars in Waukee, Iowa, and Microsoft is
being invested in data centers in in West Des Moines.”

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ENRMidwest Ranks the Largest Contractors in the Last Year

REGION’S BUILDERS
SUCCEED BY GROWING
THEIR LOCAL MARKETS
Top contractors are diversifying services while also making a commitment to win
their home markets BY BRIAN ADAMS

When evaluating the Midwest’s largest contractors,

it is clear that there is no one formula for success. Like a
good financial portfolio, the key is to diversify.
The top 10 firms on ENR’s Top Contractors list have
their largest projects spread across six different states.
Project types range from professional sports arenas
to high school renovations to redeveloped affordable
housing to downtown Chicago high-rises.
The 100 respondents to this year’s list earned
$37.74 billion in regional revenue in 2017. That’s
only slightly higher than the $34.9 billion earned by
the 92 respondents last year.
Nevertheless, many firms still saw a jump in rev-
enue and number of employees. Southfield, Mich.-
based Barton Malow Co. remained in the list’s top
RENDERING COURTESY PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

five (No. 4 overall) thanks to high-profile local proj- to institute change and innovation. Among the in- AIRPORT
PROJECTS
ects such as Little Caesars Arena in Detroit and the novations Barton Malow has successfully utilized is
PCL Construction
$86-million, 140,000-sq-ft expansion of Romeo the semi-automated mason (SAM). is completing
(Michigan) High School. “Change for a lot of people is hard,” Binkowski says. several multiyear
projects at
“You put an automated mason out there and people
Minneapolis-St.
Innovations Bring More Work may say, ‘This isn’t going to work.’ But with our clients, Paul Airport,
“I’ve never seen so many large projects as I have the whole idea is collaboration, and you want them to including a new
Intercontinental
in the past year,” says Charles Binkowski, execu- say, ‘Wow, how did you do this?’”
Hotel and a
tive vice president and COO of Barton Malow. That kind of collaboration was useful throughout parking ramp
Binkowski attributes that success to several factors, the company’s large portfolio, from work on the De- that will ease
congestion.
such as the company’s ability to work with clients troit Metropolitan Airport Terminal back in the late

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 TOP CONTRACTORS n OVERVIEW
THANKS, ROBOT
The semi-
automated
mason (SAM)
allows workers
to complete
repetitive tasks
such as placing
blocks by using a
robotic arm.
2000s to two current projects in the city that are re-
flective of Detroit’s ongoing renaissance—the Shinola
Hotel and the redevelopment project at the former
Hudson’s department store site.
The 130-room hotel broke ground in January 2017
and is expected to be completed late this year. The
scope of the project involved Barton Malow’s virtual
design and construction collaboration team (VDC) us-
ing laser scanning to measure steel beam placement
between two rehabilitated historic buildings located
on the original site.
Work Locally, Act … Locally
Minneapolis-based PCL Constructions Services,
whose resume includes work on such projects as
the Minnesota World Trade Center and the Mall of
America, also reported growth in 2017. Last year,
the company completed the $92.8-million Mystic
Lake Hotel and Convention Center in Prior Lake,
Minn. In 2017, the company also broke ground on
the $229.6-million Terminal 1 Silver Parking Ramp
at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. The parking
ramp is 11 stories high and is the largest contract
awarded in the 75-year history of the Metropolitan
Airports Commission. These projects and accom-
panying revenue allowed for a 30% growth in em-
ployees, the company says.
ON THE “Our core business strategy is building relationships
WEB in our community,” says Michael Headrick, PCL’s vice
president and district manager, adding that “85% of
our work is with repeat clients.”
PCL, which earned $344 million in Midwest reve-
For more stories on nue last year, celebrated its 40th anniversary earlier this
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gets to work with a company that
uses the latest technology on its
current projects.
Headrick points to innova-
tions used during their work on
another Minneapolis-St.Paul Air-
port area project, the Intercon-
tinental Hotel. The hotel, which
opened earlier this year, features
an observation bar on its top floor
where patrons can watch flights
taking off and landing. It was be-
cause of the height of the hotel
that PCL was forced to create an
all-encompassing Wi-Fi jobsite
system. As a result, subcontrac-
tors with tablet computers didn’t
have to worry about their connec-
tivity evaporating the farther they moved up from
ground level.
“The No. 1 thing is bringing a safe work environment
for everyone,” Headrick says.
There are three new additions to the top 10 in this
year’s list, including one big one. Chicago-based Clayco
makes its debut by taking the top spot overall. Clay-
co earned $2.02 billion in regional revenue, the only
contractor on the list to reach the $2-billion mark. Of
Clayco’s revenue, 95% was derived from design-build
projects, such as the Amazon E-Commerce Center in
Monee, Ill., and the Centene Centre in Clayton, Mo.
Turner Construction Co. (No. 2 last year) remained
in second place thanks to work on projects such as the
Lake Forest Hospital in Lake Forest, Ill. Turner posted
Midwest revenue of $1.87 billion in 2017.
In addition to Clayco, the two other newcomers to
the top dozen companies were Neenah, Wis.-based
Miron Construction Co. and Chicago-based Lendlease.
Miron moved from 14th overall last year to No. 9 this
year on the strength of $78.5 million in work on the
University of Iowa’s Elizabeth Catlett Residence Hall.
The hall consists of 526 student rooms, 28 student
community spaces, 10 study rooms, seven elevators
and a fitness center.
Lendlease, the ENR Midwest Contractor of the Year,
jumped eight spots to No. 11 this year in part due to
work on Landmark West Loop, a 30-story tower in
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Rounding out the top dozen was Cincinnati-based
Messer Construction Co. The largest construction
company in southern Ohio stayed high on the list
thanks to projects such as the $101-million renovation
on Cincinnati Music Hall. The scope of work included
a resloped main floor and a new stage. It was the larg-
est such project in the building’s 140-year history.
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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

1 — CLAYCO Centene Centre 86 General Building 2,020.89

Chicago | claycorp.com Clayton, Mo. 12 Manufacturing
Robert G. Clark, Chairman & CEO Not Provided 2 Industrial Process

2 2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. Confidential Project 65 General Building 1,878.00

Chicago | turnerconstruction.com New Albany, Ohio 31 Telecommunications
Stephen W. Fort, Senior Vice President 600.00 3 Manufacturing

3 4 MORTENSON MLS - Minnesota United Soccer Stadium (Allianz Field) 79 General Building 1,729.36
Minneapolis | mortenson.com St. Paul 16 Power
Daniel L. Johnson, President & CEO 186.00 3 Telecommunications

4 3 BARTON MALOW CO. Romeo Community Schools Bond Program 57 General Building 1,654.32
Southfield, Mich. | bartonmalow.com Romeo, Mich. 38 Manufacturing
Charles D. Binkowski, Executive Vice President & COO 86.00 6 Power

5 8 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC Hoxton Hotel 100 General Building 1,200.00
Chicago | powerconstruction.net Chicago
Terry Graber, President & CEO 55.00

6 1 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. Wolf Point East 56 General Building 1,155.66
Chicago | walshgroup.com Chicago 36 Transportation
Matthew Walsh, Co-Chairman 243.93 5 Water Supply

7 7 KOKOSING INC. Lick Run Valley Conveyance System 36 Transportation 1,150.34

Westerville, Ohio | kokosing.biz Cincinnati 21 General Building
Wm. Brian Burgett, CEO 89.90 17 Power

8 6 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP* The 1060 Project at Wrigley Field 100 General Building 1,107.80
Chicago | pepperconstruction.com Chicago
J. Stanley Pepper, Chairman & CEO 121.00

9 14 MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. University of Iowa Pharmacy Building 72 General Building 972.05
Neenah, Wis. | miron-construction.com Iowa City, Iowa 16 Industrial Process
David G. Voss Jr., President & CEO 69.35 5 Power

10 5 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP University of Minnesota Health Science Education Center 95 General Building 967.78
Kansas City, Mo. | jedunn.com Minneapolis 4 Telecommunications
Paul Neidlein, President, Midwest Region 77.80 1 Transportation

11 19 LENDLEASE Lathrop Homes Redevelopment, Phase 1A 100 General Building 953.20

Chicago | lendlease.com Chicago
Bert Brandt, General Manager Not Provided

12 9 MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO.* Nationwide Realty Investors - Parks Edge Phase 2 91 General Building 921.57
Cincinnati | messer.com Columbus, Ohio 7 Industrial Process
Thomas M. Keckeis, Chairman & CEO 40.00 1 Manufacturing

13 13 GILBANE BUILDING CO. Will County New Courthouse 83 General Building 805.08
Chicago | gilbaneco.com Joliet, Ill. 12 Telecommunications
Adam Jelen, Senior Vice President 215.00 5 Industrial Process

14 35 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 403 N Wabash 97 General Building 735.55

Chicago | mchughconstruction.com Chicago 3 Transportation
Patricia McHugh, Chairman 49.00

15 10 KIEWIT CORP. Not Provided 41 General Building 727.81

Omaha | kiewit.com 30 Power
Bruce Grewcock, CEO 18 Transportation

16 18 KRAUS-ANDERSON Iron Clad Mixed Use 100 General Building 708.10

Minneapolis | krausanderson.com Minneapolis
Bruce Engelsma, CEO 72.00

17 37 AECOM HUNT* Kentucky International Convention Center Expansion 99 General Building 683.36
Indianapolis | aecom.com Louisville 1 Industrial Process
Ken Johnson, Executive Vice President, Division Manager Not Provided 1 Transportation

18 16 THE BOLDT CO. Riverside Energy Center Expansion 60 General Building 637.67
Appleton, Wis. | boldt.com Beloit, Wis. 19 Power
Thomas J. Boldt, CEO 43.90 13 Industrial Process

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

19 31 GRAY CONSTRUCTION* Sofidel America 50 Industrial Process 566.32

Lexington, Ky. | gray.com Circleville, Ohio 35 Manufacturing
Stephen Gray, President & CEO 203.57 15 General Building

20 15 ALBERICI-FLINTCO Not Provided 42 General Building 566.00

St. Louis | alberici.com 28 Manufacturing
Gregory J. Kozicz, President & CEO 10 Water Supply

21 24 MCCARTHY BUILDING COS. Washington University - East End Transformation of 88 General Building 563.08
St. Louis | mccarthy.com Danforth Campus 9 Power
A. John Buescher, President, Central Region St. Louis 2 Industrial Process
236.87

22 20 F.H. PASCHEN O'Hare Runway 9C-27C Bid Package 1 69 Transportation 552.08

Chicago | fhpaschen.com Chicago 19 General Building
Jim Blair, President & CEO 98.50 7 Sewerage/Solid Waste

23 41 ARCO CONSTRUCTION COS. Davidson Surface Air 100 General Building 539.71
St. Louis | arconational.com Bridgeton, Mo.
Craig Bridell, President 27.30

24 23 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. Q Transformation - Arena Renovation 52 General Building 518.55
Cleveland | whiting-turner.com Cleveland 30 Telecommunications
Jeff Maeder, Division Vice President Not Provided 16 Industrial Process

25 29 MCCOWNGORDON CONSTRUCTION Garmin Expansion 83 General Building 494.48

Kansas City, Mo. | mccowngordon.com Olathe, Kan. 15 Manufacturing
Ramin Cherafat, CEO 101.64 2 Transportation

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

26 36 SKANSKA Madison Square 63 General Building 489.76

Evansville, Ind. | usa.skanska.com Cincinnati 18 Power
Denny Quinn, Executive Vice President 100.00 14 Industrial Process

27 22 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP Confidential Project 61 Interior/Tenant Improve- 473.35

Chicago | clunegc.com Deerfield, Ill. ments
Bill Abromitis, CEO 14.23 39 Telecommunications

28 17 CLARK GROUP CTA Milwaukee, East Lake, Illinois Substations 96 General Building 461.24
Chicago | clarkconstruction.com Modernization 3 Other Project Types
David Trolian, Senior Vice President Chicago 1 Transportation
Not Provided
29 26 C.D. CONSTRUCTION Secura Insurance 91 General Building 432.50
Fon du Lac, Wis. | cdsmith.com Appleton, Wis. 9 Sewerage/Solid Waste
Justin Smith, President & CEO 92.00

30 — COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING CORP. Not Provided 73 Manufacturing 425.00

Auburn Hills, Mich. | cccnetwork.com 11 General Building
Stephen Fragnoli, President & CEO 8 Sewerage/Solid Waste

31 33 ARISTEO CONSTRUCTION CO. Not Provided 86 Manufacturing 418.80

Livonia, Mich. | aristeo.com 11 General Building
Joseph Aristeo, President 2 Industrial Process

32 45 GRANGER CONSTRUCTION CO. Global Manufacturer Data Center 68 General Building 412.08
Lansing, Mich. | grangerconstruction.com Detroit 28 Telecommunications
Glenn Granger, President 133.76 3 Industrial Process

33 27 PARIC CORP. BJC West County Replacement Hospital 95 General Building 410.50
St. Louis | paric.com Creve Coeur, Mo. 5 Power
P. Joseph McKee III, CEO 100.00

34 25 LEOPARDO CONSTRUCTION* 210 N. Carpenter 100 General Building 377.34

Hoffman Estates, Ill. | leopardo.com Chicago
James A. Leopardo, CEO 47.21

35 — HOLDER CONSTRUCTION CO. Not Provided 93 Telecommunications 374.00

Herndon, Va. | holderconstruction.com 7 General Building
Tom Shumaker, Senior Vice President

36 49 PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC.* Terminal 1-Lindbergh MSP Airport Silver Parking Ramp 67 General Building 344.17
Minneapolis | PCL.com St. Paul 18 Transportation
Michael Headrick, Vice President, District Manager 229.61 15 Industrial Process

37 — ELFORD INC. Wexner Medical Center 72 Bed Build-Out 100 General Building 342.00
Columbus, Ohio | elford.com Columbus, Ohio
Jim Smith, CEO 26.60

38 — SKENDER Science of Spirituality 57 Interior/Tenant Improve- 340.55

Chicago | skender.com Lisle, Ill. ments
Mark Skender, CEO 28.00 43 General Building

39 — CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. Not Provided 86 General Building 326.50

Columbus, Kan. | crossland.com 11 Sewerage/Solid Waste
Ivan Crossland Jr., CEO 3 Transportation

40 32 WEIS BUILDERS INC. Union Flats 100 General Building 312.28

Minneapolis | weisbuilders.com St. Paul
Jay Weis, CEO 38.51

41 38 SHIEL SEXTON CO.* The Hub 97 General Building 308.06

Indianapolis | shielsexton.com West Lafayette, Ind. 3 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Michael T. Dilts, President 43.00 ments

42 63 TONN AND BLANK CONSTRUCTION LLC University of Saint Francis 100 General Building 285.56
Michigan City, Ind. | tonnandblank.com Fort Wayne, Ind.
Jon Gilmore, President & CEO 20.45

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

43 28 ROCKFORD CONSTRUCTION CO. Bridge and Stocking Mixed Use 93 General Building 274.59
Grand Rapids, Mich. | rockfordconstruction.com Grand Rapids, Mich. 6 Industrial Process
Mike VanGessel, CEO 23.72

44 47 BRINKMANN CONSTRUCTORS The Rise Apartments at Purdue University 100 General Building 270.00
Chesterfield, Mo. | askbrinkmann.com West Lafayette, Ind.
Robert Brinkmann, CEO 65.00

45 42 DUKE CONSTRUCTION Not Provided 76 General Building 262.71

Indianapolis | dukerealty.com 19 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Dan MacNeil, Senior Vice President, Construction ments
5 Transportation
46 40 GRAYCOR* NIPSCO CCR Project 42 Power 251.39
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. | graycor.com Michigan City and Wheatfield, Ind. 38 General Building
Melvin Gray, Non-Executive Chairman 110.00 13 Industrial Process

47 50 BERGLUND CONSTRUCTION Carle at the Fields Project Y 100 General Building 250.00
Chicago | berglundco.com Champaign, Ill.
Fred Berglund, President 75.00

48 52 HUNZINGER CONSTRUCTION CO. Milwaukee Bucks Entertainment Block 100 General Building 241.73
Brookfield, Wis. | hunzinger.com Milwaukee
John Hunzinger, President 50.00

49 44 BOWEN ENGINEERING CORP.* Duke Energy Gibson Water Redirect 55 Power 235.00
Indianapolis | bowenengineering.com Owensville, Ind. 38 Sewerage/Solid Waste
Doug Bowen, President & CEO 29.87 4 Water Supply

50 — TARLTON CORP.* Quadrangle Housing Co., Shriners & 818 Euclid Ave. 74 General Building 206.88
St. Louis | tarltoncorp.com Renovation 13 Telecommunications
Tracy E. Hart, President St. Louis 6 Industrial Process
27.59
51 34 MCSHANE CONSTRUCTION CO. 1000 Skokie Boulevard Apartments 100 General Building 201.91
Rosemont, Ill. | mcshane-construction.com Northbrook, Ill.
Jeff Raday, President Not Provided

52 17 CLARK CONSTRUCTION CO. East Lansing Public Schools 99 General Building 200.00
Lansing, Mich. | clarkcc.com East Lansing, Mich. 1 Power
Sam Clark, President 80.00

53 46 BMWC CONSTRUCTORS INC. Confidential Project 36 Power 199.00

Indianapolis | bmwc.com Indianapolis 34 Petroleum
Brian Acton, President & CEO 24.00 15 Industrial Process

54 57 O'NEIL INDUSTRIES INC./W.E. O'NEIL CONSTRUCTION CO. The Lincoln Common 66 General Building 189.17
Chicago | weoneil.com Chicago 34 Transportation
Mike Faron, Chairman, W.E. O’Neil Construction Co.; John 189.38
Russell, President, W.E. O'Neil Construction Co.
55 — NOVAK CONSTRUCTION CO. Costco 100 General Building 188.48
Chicago | novakconstruction.com Lincoln, Neb.
John Novak, Founder & President 18.17

56 60 PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP. Not Provided 100 General Building 188.10

Little Canada, Minn. | prim.com
Jay Osborn, President

57 48 IHC CONSTRUCTION COS. LLC St. Charles Phosphorus 50 Sewerage/Solid Waste 186.00
Elgin, Ill. | ihcconstruction.com St. Charles, Ill. 32 General Building
David J. Rock, CEO 13.30 11 Transportation

58 68 BIG-D CONSTRUCTION-MIDWEST Woodbury Flats 85 General Building 185.67

Minneapolis | big-d.com Woodbury, Minn. 15 Industrial Process
Chris Grzybowski, Vice President, Managing Director 46.01

59 67 SPENCE BROTHERS 611 E University 100 Other Project Types 182.60

Saginaw, Mich. | spencebrothers.com Ann Arbor, Mich.
Herbert A. Spence III, President & CEO 38.70

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

60 — HOLLAND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC. The Villages of Twin Oaks 100 General Building 173.24
Swansea, Ill. | hollandcs.com Twin Oaks, Mo.
Bruce Holland, CEO 36.50

61 — RILEY CONSTRUCTION CO. Arlington Heights New Police Station 100 General Building 163.00
Kenosha, Wis. | rileycon.com Arlington Heights, Ill.
Dave Riley, Chairman 28.00

62 — HGC CONSTRUCTION Avondale Center 100 General Building 153.00

Cincinnati | hgcconstruction.com Cincinnati
Mike Husman, President 50.00

63 — KELSO-BURNETT Mercy Hospital 100 General Building 146.07

Rolling Meadows, Ill. | kelso-burnett.com Rockford, Ill.
Stefan Lopata, CEO 30.00

64 — HENNING COS. Michaels Food 75 Industrial Process 136.90

Johnston, Iowa | henningcompanies.com Bloomfield, Neb. 25 General Building
Jeff Henning and P. Joseph McKee III, Co-CEOs 95.60

65 58 ALSTON CONSTRUCTION John Pennycuff Apartments 100 General Building 135.91

Sacramento, Calif. | alstonco.com Chicago
Chad Bouck, Senior Vice President, Regional Manager 16.70

66 61 BSI CONSTRUCTORS INC. 705 Olive 100 General Building 132.34

St. Louis | bsistl.com St. Louis
Paul J. Shaughnessy, President 42.91

67 69 H.J. MARTIN AND SON Secura Insurance New Corporate Headquarters 100 General Building 130.31
Green Bay, Wis. | hjmartin.com Fox Crossing, Wis.
Edward Martin, President & CEO 4.60

68 — DENNIS GROUP Not Provided 100 Industrial Process 127.32

Springfield, Mass. | dennisgroup.com
Tom Dennis, President

69 65 MW BUILDERS INC. Not Provided 100 General Building 120.50

Lenexa, Kan. | mwbuilders.com
Todd Winnerman, President

70 66 KRAEMER NORTH AMERICA LLC I-74 Viaduct Reconstruction 100 Transportation 114.14
Plain, Wis. | kraemerna.com Moline, Ill.
Bob Beckel, Vice President, Upper Midwest 82.40

71 70 VJS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES* Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi 98 General Building 113.80
Pewaukee, Wis. | vjscs.com St. Francis, Wis. 1 Transportation
Craig Jorgensen, President 32.18 1 Manufacturing

72 71 POETTKER CONSTRUCTION CO.* Continental Tire Plant IV Expansion 72 General Building 106.35
Breese, Ill. | poettkerconstruction.com Mt. Vernon, Ill. 20 Manufacturing
Keith Poettker, President 20.77 4 Power

73 85 DUNBAR MECHANICAL INC. Mercy 52 Industrial Process 102.17

Toledo, Ohio | dunbarmechanical.com Perrysburg, Ohio 35 General Building
Stephen E. Dunbar, President & CEO 8.00 9 Manufacturing

74 — NEW GENERATION CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC. Canopy Row 91 General Building 100.26
Lincoln, Neb. | ngcgroupinc.com Lincoln, Neb. 9 Power
Justin Hernandez, President 11.57

75 — WEHR CONSTRUCTORS* Not Provided 100 General Building 100.00

Louisville | wehrconstructors.com
Dale R. Berry, CEO

76 78 WIGHT & CO. The Hatchery 91 General Building 99.42

Darien, Ill. | wightco.com Chicago 8 Telecommunications
Mark Wight, Chairman & CEO 23.00 1 Other Project Types

77 — THE CIANBRO COS. Robinson Park Twin Branch 138-Kv Line Rebuild 58 Petroleum 96.15
New Lenox, Ill. | cianbro.com Fort Wayne, Ind. 33 Power
Peter Cianchette, President & COO 17.50 10 Industrial Process

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

78 77 LARSON-DANIELSON CONSTRUCTION Valparaiso High School Renovations 100 General Building 95.62
La Porte, Ind. | ldconstruction.com Valparaiso, Ind.
Timothy Larson, President 14.00

79 73 SUMMIT DESIGN + BUILD WeWork 500 W. Madison 100 General Building 92.34
Chicago | summitdb.com Chicago
Adam Miller, President 13.72

80 88 SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION CO. I-65 Bridge Over Wabash River 80 Transportation 91.52
Portage, Ind. | superiorconstruction.com West Lafayette, Ind. 13 Petroleum
Daniel J. Sopczak, President 23.62 7 Industrial Process

81 62 MEYER NAJEM CONSTRUCTION Brownsburg High School 2 General Building 90.85

Fishers, Ind. | meyer-najem.com Brownsburg, Ind.
Anthony Najem, CEO 65.00

82 74 O'SHEA BUILDERS LRS Office Building 100 General Building 87.59

Springfield, Ill. | osheabuilders.com Springfield, Ill.
Michael E. O'Shea, President 17.90

83 — OHL USA INC. Not Provided 99 Transportation 86.48

Lisle, Ill. | ohlna.com 1 Water Supply
Arnav Amin, Executive Vice President, Central and South

84 76 E&L CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC. Lear 100 General Building 86.35

Flint, Mich. | EandLgroup.com Flint, Mich.
Greg Krueger, President & CEO 15.50

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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MIDWEST TOP CONTRACTING FIRMS

RANK COMPANY LARGEST PROJECT TO BREAK GROUND
LOCATION/WEBSITE ITS LOCATION MARKET SECTORS REGIONAL REV.
2018 2017 TOP OFFICER PROJECT VALUE ($ MIL.) BY % OF REVENUE 2017 ($ MIL)**

85 — AUSTIN COMMERCIAL Not Provided 100 Transportation 85.78

Chicago | austin-ind.com
Steve Penson, Vice President

86 79 CENTRIC Ambassador Hotel Addition 93 General Building 81.00

Kansas City, Mo. | centric.build Kansas City, Mo. 7 Interior/Tenant Improve-
Richard Wetzel and Steve Swanson, Partners 11.50 ments

87 86 THE KORTE CO. Knapheide Arctic Fox 100 General Building 78.33
St. Louis | korteco.com Quincy, Ill.
Todd Korte, President & CEO 19.24

88 82 LINDBLAD CONSTRUCTION CO. OF JOLIET INC. Stepan Co. Employee Building 68 Power 66.74
Joliet, Ill. | lindbladconstruction.com Elwood, Ill. 21 Industrial Process
Tom Lind, President 3.45 8 General Building

89 87 CRB BUILDERS LLC Engineering, Procurement and Construction 88 Industrial Process 63.01
Kansas City, Mo. | crbusa.com Management Services 11 General Building
Larry Klein, General Manager, Midwest Ames, Iowa 1 Interior/Tenant Improve-
11.19 ments
90 81 BRANCO ENTERPRISES INC. Joplin Main Street Improvements 47 General Building 49.44
Neosho, Mo. | branco.com Joplin, Mo. 34 Industrial Process
John Branham, CEO 7.44 16 Transportation

91 — VCC LLC Rosedale Center 100 General Building 49.03

Irving, Texas | vccusa.com Rosedale, Minn.
Sam Alley, CEO 30.74

92 84 KNOEBEL CONSTRUCTION* The Shoppes at Mid Rivers 100 General Building 48.50
Chesterfield, Mo. | knoebelconstruction.com St. Peters, Mo.
Matthew Mabie, President 27.00

93 84 EDGERTON CONTRACTORS INC. Ryan Road Interchange 66 General Building 45.48

Oak Creek, Wis. | edgerton.us Oak Creek, Wis. 19 Power
Steve Nachreiner, President 4.42 14 Transportation

94 75 THE FAVERGRAY CO. Not Provided 100 General Building 42.56

Jacksonville Beach, Fla. | favergray.com
James A. Gray, President

95 90 ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION CO. New Manufacturing Facility 36 General Building 41.18

Perryville, Mo. | robinsonconstruction.com Perryville, Mo. 33 Industrial Process
Frank Robinson, CEO 9.47 25 Manufacturing

96 — PRECISION ENVIRONMENTAL CO. Tri-C Plaza Deck 100 Hazardous Waste 40.10
Independence, Ohio | precision-env.com Cleveland
John E. Savage Jr., Vice President 3.90

97 — THE CONLAN CO. DAY3 100 General Building 38.46

Marietta, Ga. | conlancompany.com Monroe, Ohio
Gary Condron, CEO 60.53

98 89 GARNEY HOLDING CO. Hansen Water Treatment Plant Ozone Facilities 56 Water Supply 37.10
Kansas CIty, Mo. | garney.com Kansas City, Kan. 44 Sewerage/Solid Waste
Mike Heitmann, President & CEO 35.85

99 91 MURRAY CO. Hannibal Regional Health System 100 General Building 24.60
Overland Park, Kan. | murray-company.com Hannibal, Mo.
Philip Schultze, Principal 47.70

100 — JANKE GENERAL CONTRACTORS Little Eau Pleine River Bridge 100 Transportation 12.33
Athens, Wis. | jankegeneral.com Dancy, Wis.
Steve Janke, President 1.24

*REVENUE WAS PROVIDED ON A FISCAL-YEAR BASIS. ALL OTHERS PROVIDED CALENDAR-YEAR DATA, WHICH IS PREFERRED.
**INCLUDES REVENUE GENERATED FROM GENERAL CONTRACTING, DESIGN-BUILD AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AT-RISK AS WELL AS FEES FROM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR FEE.

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 TOP CONTRACTORS n RANKINGS BY SECTOR (2017 REVENUE IN $ MILLIONS)

ILLINOIS INDIANA
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 CLAYCO 2,020.89 1 LENDLEASE 824.02
2 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 1,200.00 2 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP 354.20
3 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 735.55 3 BARTON MALOW CO. 348.25
4 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 733.39 4 SHIEL SEXTON CO. 293.80
5 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP 574.00 5 SKANSKA 237.95
6 F.H. PASCHEN 534.12 6 BOWEN ENGINEERING CORP. 221.08
7 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP 445.27 7 TONN AND BLANK CONSTRUCTION LLC 219.94
8 MORTENSON 430.80 8 KIEWIT CORP. 181.62
9 LEOPARDO CONSTRUCTION 366.24 9 AECOM HUNT 165.87
10 SKENDER 340.55 10 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 115.14

IOWA KANSAS
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 354.00 1 MCCOWNGORDON CONSTRUCTION 376.57
2 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 170.66 2 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP 345.65
3 MORTENSON 146.96 3 CLARK GROUP 171.85
4 GRAY CONSTRUCTION 106.48 4 CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. 168.03
5 PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP. 58.90 5 MCCARTHY BUILDING COS. 107.41
6 HENNING COS. 56.30 6 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 107.00
7 MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. 47.67 7 ARCO CONSTRUCTION COS. 72.43
8 LENDLEASE 47.31 8 ALBERICI-FLINTCO 46.89
9 ALBERICI-FLINTCO 46.47 9 MW BUILDERS INC. 41.10
10 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP 38.93 10 CENTRIC 25.92

KENTUCKY MICHIGAN
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO. 307.22 1 BARTON MALOW CO. 1,087.88
2 AECOM HUNT 173.99 2 GRANGER CONSTRUCTION CO. 373.15
3 GRAY CONSTRUCTION 151.15 3 ARISTEO CONSTRUCTION CO. 336.90
4 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 109.00 4 COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING CORP. 323.40
5 WEHR CONSTRUCTORS 100.00 5 AECOM HUNT 256.64
6 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 92.11 6 ROCKFORD CONSTRUCTION CO. 241.94
7 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 76.27 7 CLARK CONSTRUCTION CO. 200.00
8 PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC. 42.64 8 SPENCE BROTHERS 174.81
9 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP 38.20 9 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 147.00
10 ARISTEO CONSTRUCTION CO. 33.70 10 SKANSKA 95.29

MINNESOTA MISSOURI
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 MORTENSON 687.96 1 PARIC CORP. 368.50
2 KRAUS-ANDERSON 545.10 2 MCCARTHY BUILDING COS. 362.85
3 PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC. 230.63 3 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP 313.30
4 WEIS BUILDERS INC. 229.33 4 ALBERICI-FLINTCO 270.22
5 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP 165.99 5 TARLTON CORP. 199.04
6 BIG-D CONSTRUCTION-MIDWEST 155.48 6 BRINKMANN CONSTRUCTORS 183.00
7 THE BOLDT CO. 127.69 7 CROSSLAND CONSTRUCTION CO. 154.19
8 KIEWIT CORP. 68.83 8 BSI CONSTRUCTORS INC. 132.34
9 PRIMORIS SERVICES CORP. 67.50 9 ARCO CONSTRUCTION COS. 117.85
10 KRAEMER NORTH AMERICA LLC 35.14 10 MCCOWNGORDON CONSTRUCTION 117.11

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NEBRASKA OHIO
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 KIEWIT CORP. 309.95 1 KOKOSING INC. 1,066.66
2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 137.00 2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 672.00
3 JE DUNN CONSTRUCTION GROUP 103.90 3 MESSER CONSTRUCTION CO. 515.12
4 NEW GENERATION CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC. 90.19 4 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 396.17
5 HENNING COS. 60.60 5 ELFORD INC. 342.00
6 MCCARTHY BUILDING COS. 50.95 6 SKANSKA 156.08
7 LENDLEASE 44.11 7 HGC CONSTRUCTION 150.00
8 NOVAK CONSTRUCTION CO. 19.45 8 BARTON MALOW CO. 142.92
9 BRINKMANN CONSTRUCTORS 19.00 9 THE WHITING-TURNER CONTRACTING CO. 138.03
10 BIG-D CONSTRUCTION-MIDWEST 16.72 10 HOLDER CONSTRUCTION CO. 137.00

WISCONSIN COMMERCIAL
RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. 854.82 1 CLAYCO 1,010.89
2 C.D. CONSTRUCTION 402.00 2 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 213.00
3 MORTENSON 385.05 3 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 178.00
4 THE BOLDT CO. 349.48 4 MORTENSON 165.08
5 HUNZINGER CONSTRUCTION CO. 236.43 5 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 156.30
6 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 121.76 6 C.D. CONSTRUCTION 150.00
7 RILEY CONSTRUCTION CO. 121.00 7 LENDLEASE 141.79
8 VJS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 113.75 8 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 116.90
9 KRAUS-ANDERSON 112.00 9 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP 89.40
10 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 111.41 10 MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. 89.27

MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL TRANSPORTATION

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 LENDLEASE 640.40 1 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 421.40
2 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 408.00 2 KOKOSING INC. 415.31
3 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 390.00 3 F.H. PASCHEN 383.50
4 WEIS BUILDERS INC. 219.24 4 KIEWIT CORP. 133.79
5 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 185.06 5 KRAEMER NORTH AMERICA LLC 113.85
6 MCSHANE CONSTRUCTION CO. 156.00 6 OHL USA INC. 85.88
7 BIG-D CONSTRUCTION-MIDWEST 138.40 7 AUSTIN COMMERCIAL 85.78
8 ELFORD INC. 114.00 8 SUPERIOR CONSTRUCTION CO. 73.18
9 PARIC CORP. 111.90 9 O'NEIL INDUSTRIES INC./W.E. O'NEIL CONSTRUCTION CO. 64.37
10 MW BUILDERS INC. 96.91 10 PCL CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC. 63.23

GREEN PROJECTS GENERAL CONTRACTING

RANK FIRM $ MIL. RANK FIRM $ MIL.
1 CLAYCO 1,475.89 1 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 963.27
2 POWER CONSTRUCTION CO. LLC 669.00 2 KOKOSING INC. 850.45
3 LENDLEASE 654.34 3 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 684.81
4 TURNER CONSTRUCTION CO. 650.00 4 CLUNE CONSTRUCTION CO. LP 473.35
5 JAMES MCHUGH CONSTRUCTION CO. 588.62 5 MIRON CONSTRUCTION CO. 408.75
6 THE WALSH GROUP LTD. 449.54 6 F.H. PASCHEN 352.35
7 CLARK GROUP 244.20 7 BARTON MALOW CO. 279.38
8 PEPPER CONSTRUCTION GROUP 214.50 8 TONN AND BLANK CONSTRUCTION LLC 275.40
9 HOLDER CONSTRUCTION CO. 209.00 9 MORTENSON 270.37
10 GILBANE BUILDING CO. 207.97 10 COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING CORP. 263.50

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Client Relations Drive

Growth at Lendlease
Midwest Contractor of the Year rescues troubled projects, builds strong relationships
and has changed how Chicago views its neighborhoods BY JEFF YODERS

RIVER FORWARD Lendlease has built a reputation across the region gion. “We’ve spent a lot of time and effort with our
Completed in
for being able to complete the toughest projects that clients and developers and construction crews work-
2016 for Hines
with Clark other contractors simply won’t take. This year that can- ing to get the pipeline to where it is today, and now I
Construction, do attitude culminated in the Chicago office completing think we’re seeing the result of that.”
River Point
$953.2 million dollars of regional work in 2017, nearly Eighty percent of Lendlease’s work in the Chicago
was one of the
doubling its prior year revenue of $578.51 million. market is repeat client work.
PHOTOS COURTESY LENDLEASE

first downtown
office high-rises “I think it speaks a lot to nurturing the relationships
that faced the
Chicago River.
we have had with clients and developers through the Inheriting a Contractor
downturn and into the upswing that we’re in,” says One story about the long-term work Lendlease has
Bert Brandt, Lendlease vice president and general put in with one client literally goes back 20 years. In
manager in charge of the company’s Chicago office, 1998, LR Development, now Related Midwest, got a
which has responsibility for the whole Midwest re- call from Oak Brook Bank. The bank wound up with a

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half-finished project, the apartment and condo tower
60 West Erie, after the original developer failed.
“They asked, ‘Would you guys have any interest in
stepping in here and, on behalf of the bank, help us
to get this project finished?’” recalls Don Biernacki,
senior vice president of Related Midwest. There were
liens on the property from the original developer, and
its general contractor, then known as Bovis Lendlease,
hadn’t been paid.
“It was my job to kind of sit across the table from Jeff
Arfsten, [Lendlease’s managing director and chief op-
erations officer] who, at the time, had a role in charge
of the Chicago office, and say, ‘Okay, we’re these new
guys in town, but, by the way, we need to try to strike
a deal, we need to try to work through these issues,’”
Biernacki explained.
Biernacki says that conversation was one of the most
transparent and best he has ever had with a contractor.
It began a relationship that has seen both companies
change the Chicago skyline and its neighborhoods.
“We didn’t get the chance to go through a normal
process of vetting, potentially, a new contractor and all
of those kinds of things,” Biernacki says. “It just kind of
happened on a necessity and out of opportunity. ”
Today, Related and Lendlease are in the process
of transforming Chicago’s Lathrop Homes Chicago
Housing Authority complex into a mixed-use campus
with 1,116 residential units built over three phases as
well as retail storefronts, a revamped riverwalk and
new landscaping. It’s another project that other con-
tractors had attempted for 20 years that never got off
the ground until Lendlease applied its expertise.
The complex has been in disrepair for more than
a decade, and many of its buildings sit empty due to
deferred maintenance. The Related Midwest/Lend-
lease plan worked where others failed, thanks to a le-
gal agreement the developer entered with the city to
provide 525 replacement public housing units that will
be built on the North Side, including 420 family units
and 105 senior housing units, plus an additional 105
new public housing units, bringing the total number of
public housing units to 630.
“We looked at it as an opportunity to diversify our
portfolio,” says Brandt, who is a 20-year veteran of
Lendlease’s Chicago office. “I think it’s a project that
is good for Chicago, I think it’s good for the humanity
and it’s important to us as a business to give back in the
communities where we work.”
Changing Chicago
Most of Lendlease’s work in the market is for the
office and residential markets. The $500-million,
730-ft-tall, 1,050,000-sq-ft River Point Tower, com-
pleted in 2016, was a project that not only had the
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normal challenges associated
with the local market, but also
a challenging site that had
exposed railroad tracks and a
surface parking lot. Working
for developer Hines and with
construction JV partner Clark
Construction, Lendlease de-
livered the project and saw en-
gineer Magnusson Klemencic
Associates’ vision for a 52-sto-
ry tower on the bank of the
Chicago River realized. Since
completion of River Point, riv-
er development has taken off.
Further along the Chicago
River, Lendlease and Related
Midwest performed another project rescue on 111 W. CHICAGO
STANDOUT
Wacker Drive, also known as OneEleven. When the
The 30-story
developer of what was originally going to be called the Landmark West
Waterview Tower failed during the 2008 recession, the Loop, completed
by Lendlease in
project was left half-finished.
2017, was one
In 2012, Related Midwest took over the project after of the first high-
it sat vacant for years and brought in a new design by rise residential
buildings in the
architect Gary Handel of Handel Architects.
rapidly changing
Engineering and architectural challenges involved West Loop
retaining enough of the completed parking and ho- neighborhood.
tel floors’ structure to build a condominium tower
design on top of it. There were myriad challenges in
terms of constructibility. On top of that, one of the
reasons the project took so long to restart was be-
cause it had well over $100 million in liens on it, in-
cluding many filed by subcontractors. Lendlease, as
the new construction manager, sat down with sub-
contractors from the original project and brought
them onto the newly revived job.
OneEleven was completed at a total cost of $180
million and also paid back its subcontractors. Related
sold the apartment tower for $333 million in late 2014
shortly after Lendlease completed construction.
Related Midwest and Lendlease’s developer-con-
tractor partnership has become so strong that the two ON THE
companies have hosted a charity golf tournament to- WEB
gether for 15 years.
“[Lendlease has] been a terrific partner for us,”
says Curt Bailey, president of Related Midwest.
“They have lived up to their promises, and if things For more stories on
didn’t go exactly as we’d always planned, they were firms active in the
good partners in that they would sit down with us Midwest, visit enr.
and figure out how to get to where we all wanted com/midwest.
to be. I think that’s the true measure of a partner-
ship, is when you know you have the ability to sit
down and work through things when they don’t go
exactly as planned.” n
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Spotlight on Wisconsin
What to Fund: Interstate Highways or
Local Roads?
By Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP
The Wisconsin Legislature and Gov.
Scott Walker have recently been
debating where to appropriate federal
and state highway funds. A revelation that
Wisconsin was being awarded $67 million
more than it expected from the federal
government helped prompt the debate.
Some think the extra funding should
go toward completing the work begun
in 2009 on I-94 near the planned, and
quite significant, Foxconn Technology
Group campus project. Foxconn is
the trade name for Hon Hai Precision
Industry Co. with world headquarters in
Taipei, Taiwan, and a recently announced
plan for its American headquarters in
Milwaukee. The company manufactures
an estimated 40% of all consumer
electronics sold worldwide and has
been ranked as the 10th largest employer
Coordinating Four Specialty Trades in One Contractor
At the Complex BMO Tower in Milwaukee
Renovating downtown Milwaukee’s
BMO Tower for developer Irgens is
arguably the largest and most complex
building project currently underway in
Wisconsin. The general contractor J.H.
Findorff & Sons needed to coordinate the
demolition, earthwork, foundation and
utility work, and by hiring Veit & Co., a
Demolition of the BMO Tower parking
garage needed to be coordinated with
the simultaneous earthwork, utility and
foundation work of the new tower being
constructed.
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in the world. The expectation is that
the company could employ as many
13,000 people to make liquid-crystal
display panels at the factory—its first
one not located in Asia. In addition to
serving this facility, the I-94 highway
is a heavily travelled route between
Milwaukee and Illinois, and completing
improvements there is seen as a priority
by some, but controversial to others.
Others believe that enough is already
being spent on interstate corridors,
while local roads and highways are
in dire need of repair. The annual
Infrastructure Report Card issued by the
American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) has identified some notable
issues. It cites that Wisconsin has more
than 115,000 miles of public roads,
with more than a quarter (27%) rated
specialty contractor combining the four
trades, the coordination was a success.
The project included demolishing
a five-story garage, constructing a
25-story tower and adding 20 stories
to an existing five-story building. The
new construction’s footprint is larger
than the existing, necessitating H-pile
sheeting for site stabilization, which
was installed in 5-ft increments as the
demolition progressed. Veit’s demolition,
excavation and foundation teams
worked closely to advance construction
throughout the winter under a tight
schedule. Meanwhile, utilities were
shut off, disconnected and rerouted as
Milwaukee’s myriad of underground
surprises were identified and solved.
Then, Veit’s foundation team installed
drilled piers, uncovering Milwaukee’s
buried history in almost every hole.
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in “poor” condition, requiring repair
or replacement. Further, it notes that
1,232 (8.70%) of the 14,230 bridges in
Wisconsin are structurally deficient and
in need of attention. Clearly there is a
need for funding outside of the interstate
highway system.
In the end, a compromise has been
struck, with funds being split between
both the I-94 work and local projects.
Of course, not everyone is happy with
the percentage allocated between
each—some wish all of it was being
spent on one or the other. Nonetheless,
votes have been taken, the money
has been allocated, and bids are
being sought and secured for both
types of projects. Interested bidders
should contact the Wisconsin Dept. of
Transportation (WisDOT). ◆
Obstructions encountered required hand
digging and oxylancing rods to confirm,
cut out and remove.
Compounding these complexities, the
adjacent sidewalk and five-story building
required protection for pedestrians and
existing structures. And a nearby data
room that couldn’t tolerate vibrations
required Veit to install vibration sensors,
use small machines and employ careful,
select hand demolition.
Veit’s organic coordination advantage
helped the project meet its demanding
schedule with no safety incidents. Veit’s
John Hass summed it up well: “Veit’s
dedicated crews working together
PHOTO: COURTESY OF VEIT
with the professionals from Irgens and
Findorff proved that success comes
with teamwork, dedication and the
right experience under even the most
demanding conditions.” ◆
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 DIGGING DEEPER n PUBLIC BUILDING
Using a P3 to Create
The Gateway Arch Park
The largest public-private partnership investment ever in a national park has
delivered a new experience BY JEFF YODERS
A PARK FOR THE he largest public-private partnership in-
T
ARCH The new
Gateway Arch
vestment in a national park is delivering a
Park has more new experience for visitors to the landmark
than 70 acres Gateway Arch in St. Louis, which was de-
of space and
five miles of
signed by the late-architect Eero Saarinen.
pedestrian paths. The 10-year path to the opening this month was full of
hurdles, including floods. And the project’s 46,000-sq-
ft underground visitor center expansion needed to be
built without shutting down the arch, which gets near-
ly 3 million visitors each year.
After a $380-million park redesign that includes
the visitor center expansion and a land bridge across
the highway, the recently renamed Gateway Arch Park
finally has a walking path to the Old St. Louis Court-
house and the rest of downtown.
“Making that connection to the city was really
fundamental to the project,” says Eric Moracze-
wksi, executive director of the Gateway Arch Park
Foundation, the nonprofit that began the process
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for the development more than a decade ago.
Saarinen died before construction of the arch
was completed in 1965, and the pedestrian bridges
he designed to connect it to downtown St. Louis
“got value engineered out,” Moraczewksi says. “A lot
of what we’re doing is not recreating the wheel, but
just realizing Saarinen’s original vision, which was
this connection, creating an iconic entrance to such
an incredible monument.”
In 2015, general contractor KCI Construction
PHOTOS COURTESY MCCARTHY BUILDING COS.
Co. finished a $26-million contract with the Mis-
souri Dept. of Transportation to build the Park
Over the Highway—a 300-ft-wide, 1,200-sq-ft-
long pedestrian bridge that connects the arch to
downtown. As a national park that is also on the
National Register of Historic Places, there were
stringent demands on how the landscape could be
built, what materials could be used and how much
existing structures could be changed.
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 MAKING THE
GRADE Geofoam
blocks (white
material) were
used as infill
to create the
necessary slope
of the park. They
also reduce the
weight load on
the roof of the
original visitor
center and part of
the new addition.

which includes 70 acres designed by Michael Van

Valkenburgh & Associates. Inside the new visitor cen-
ter, 46,000 sq ft of new exhibit space has been added.
The design team of Cooper Robertson, James Carpen-
ter Design Associates and local firm Trivers Associates
won the project along with MVVA.
“The design team really regarded the Gateway Arch
as a really important work of public art that has a lot of
national meaning, in some ways even equated with the
Statue of Liberty,” says Newman.
Designing in the shadow of the arch was challenging
and demanded not just design excellence but also the
use of appropriate materials to lend “a kind of perma-
nence and timelessness to really amplify the meaning
of the arch in a way that doesn’t imitate it but refers to
“They were looking for a kind of minimal impact on it in a respectful way,” he says.
the landscape,” says Scott Newman, managing part- Moraczewski notes that the foundation had very lit-
ner at Cooper Robertson. “We had to work with the tle information to go on for how to proceed, as a public-
Missouri State Historic Preservation Office to review private partnership like this had never invested such a
proposals to make sure that we weren’t negatively im- sum in an existing park before. Before the process of
pacting the historic resource.” raising funds and asking for designs even began, many
“It does have a very light touch on the landscape,” he local leaders were calling on politicians to try to get a
adds. “We were very careful not to change or have as renovation passed as part of a bill in Congress so fed-
little change as possible to the grading, the berms, the eral tax dollars would pay the cost.
shape of the landscape.” “When you think about the renovation of 91
The design of the visitor center that was eventually acres, the addition of 46,000 square feet to the
selected used stainless steel and glass to open up the visitor center, the renovation raising the riverfront,
arch as its new entrance, NEW VIEW
while 91 acres of public The previously
park and the footbridge flat layout of
the Jefferson
created a connection to National
the Old Courthouse and Expansion
a new public park space Memorial has
been replaced
behind it. by a gentle slope
created by both
NEW CONNECTION landscaping
and the walls
CityArchRiver Foun- of the below-
dation—which eventu- grade visitor
ally became the Gateway center addition,
visible during
Arch Park Foundation construction.
—and other community
and public groups raised
$221 million in private
money for the project,

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 DIGGING DEEPER n PUBLIC BUILDING

IN THE SHADOW
OF THE ARCH
McCarthy’s crews
excavated to
the level of the
existing visitor
center and
created a new
entrance for
its 46,000-sq-ft
addition that
looks out to the
West.

UNDERGROUND toward MoDOT’s bridge project as well as road

WORK The
projects that elevated 1.5 miles of land along the
addition required
McCarthy to Mississippi River by as much as 3 ft. The $33-mil-
remove 300,000 lion MoDOT road project eliminates up to 70% of
cu yd of earth.
floods that close down the riverfront, according to
Great Rivers Greenway.
“We weren’t going to necessarily get the attention
from the federal government or state government,”
says Joel Fuoss, a principal of Trivers Associates. “[The
Gateway Arch Park Foundation] kind of took it upon
themselves to figure out a way to get it done.”
Fuoss says the P3 bringing together several differ-
ent agencies including MoDOT, the Great Rivers Gre-
enway and the National Park Service was a model for
other municipalities to bring together local groups and
state and federal agencies to accomplish big projects.

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Waiting for funding from a tax increase, approvals
from the National Park Service and the Missouri
Historic Preservation Office all took time. Design
documents for the visitor center were not finished
PHOTOS COURTESY MCCARTHY BUILDING COS.

until 2014. That left one year to complete civil

and then the renovation of Kiener Plaza, which is a
city park, as a part of this project, you get the scale,”
Moraczewski says.
The project also received TIGER grants that went
work, landscaping demolition and construction of
the $96-million visitor center expansion before the
arch’s 50th birthday in 2015.
Two of the aforementioned floods happened in
2015 and put up another hurdle by washing away
the east slope of the center’s site and part of the site
of the demolished parking garage. There was no
possibility of finishing the project in one year, so

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 A NEW FACE The
steel and glass
the team from visitor center general entrance to the
visitor center
contractor McCarthy Building Cos.
follows the gentle
and the Gateway Arch Park Founda- slope of the
tion regrouped and shot for 2018. park back to the
arch itself and,
“We had to be able to construct the
eventually, the
new museum and renovate the old Mississippi River.
museum while carefully interacting
with visitors and simultaneously hav-
ing hundreds of dump trucks coming
into and out of the site every day,” says
Ryan Freeman, vice president of op-
erations at McCarthy. “We excavated
300,000 cubic yards of material to
dig down to the foundation wall of the
existing museum.”
McCarthy staged the project so that
the waiting lines for rides to the top of the arch or mu- matched perfectly during pours for final positions.
seum exhibits were never closed. They separated off Instead of using natural fill, crews used lighter-
the area near the arch tram from the rest of the site. weight geofoam blocks to create the look and feel
Freeman says the height of the visitor center’s of a gently sloping hill that links the footbridge to
PHOTO BY JEFF YODERS/ENR

gently sloping wall made the project a difficult
concrete job, which McCarthy self-performed. The
tallest wall was 41 ft, but most ranged from about
25 ft to 35 ft. All of the walls slope inward from the
park, along with the new landscape, and had to be
the visitor center and then the arch below. The geo-
foam blocks were placed on the north and south
side of the entry level in early April 2017 and then
covered in soil to create the look of a natural slope
back to the arch.

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A BRIDGE FAR
ENOUGH The
gently sloping plumbing lines and a
bridge that mechanical room were
passes over
the highway also part of the addi-
connecting the tion. All granite and
Old St. Louis stone in proximity to
Courthouse to
the Gateway the original visitor
Arch Park was center was matched to
designed to not existing materials.
look like a bridge
at all. “ We w a n t e d t o
make sure that this
was a park that people
would be proud of 20
years from now and
30 years from now,”
s ay s Mo ra c z e w s k i .
ON THE “When the vote for
WEB “They kind of go together like Lego bricks,” says the sales tax came in at 70%, that really told us the

PHOTO COURTESY MCCARTHY BUILDING COS.

Andy Poirot, project director at McCarthy who led the
visitor center team. “We had steps at locations that
needed infill to make a smooth transition. Eventually it
For information on gets covered by the soil and allows that whole grade to
other projects under take on the natural shape of the earth.”
construction in the The renovation of the existing museum allowed
Midwest, visit enr. the foundation to add a gift shop while also expand-
com/midwest. ing the exhibits. New mechanical, electrical and
community wanted this to happen.
“Not every voter in the community is capable of
making transformational gifts, and this is the larg-
est amount of dollars to ever go into a national park
site, and that’s what we represent,” he adds. “Those
people are choosing to tax themselves through a
sales tax and they’re saying ‘This is important, this
is what matters to me.’” n

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Updates About Construction Professionals
“We know
developers BUILDINGS
want to go
higher with it,
Cross-Laminated Timber Comes to
[but] there’s Chicago; Don’t Expect High-Rises Soon
not enough
testing to BY JEFF YODERS
really even The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 gave
talk about local building officials the jitters
the concept.” about the use of structural wood in
—Richard commercial buildings. But a recent
Edgeworth,
Deputy Fire
installation of cross-laminated tim-
Commissioner, ber decking in a one-story McDon-
Chicago Fire ald’s may mark a new era, at least
Dept.-Bureau of
Fire Protection
for low-rise mass timber.
Although the 19,000-sq-ft
McDonald’s marks the first use
of CLT in a Chicago building,
officials say they are not about to
allow tall mass timber buildings
any time soon.
Though there has been some fire
testing on structural mass timber,
“we’re not there yet” in terms of
allowing tall mass timber build-
ings, says John Javorka, chief fire
prevention engineer with the Chi-
cago Fire Dept. (CFD) and Bureau
of Fire Prevention (BFP).
CLT is a large-scale, prefabri-
ON THE cated, solid engineered wood panel
WEB consisting of several layers of kiln-
dried lumber stacked in alternat-
ing directions and bonded with
structural adhesives. The McDon-
To read more news
ald’s is the first use of CLT as a
or to respond to
structural material in a Chicago
these stories and
commercial building. Because it’s
others from the
one level, the building is consid-
Midwest, visit enr.
ered “ordinary construction.” If it
com/midwest.
were two stories or higher, it would
enr.com/midwest
have required a fire protection sys-
tem. CFD wants more information
from established testing labs such
as Underwriters’ Laboratories and
the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST) .
As reported by ENR in March,
one of six recent fire tests was
designed by the National Research
Council Canada (NRC) and con-
ducted at NIST. The test moni-
tored the burn rate of a furnished,
9.1-meter by 4.6-m CLT compart-
ment with an exposed CLT ceiling,
2.7 m high. The test showed the
potential for regrowth of a fire
within the compartment.
Analysis of the tested CLT
revealed that the fire regrowth
was the result of a glue line failure
due to elevated temperatures near
the slowly advancing char front,
which resulted in a delamination
that exposed uncharred wood that
reignited, according to Joseph Su,
NRC’s principal research officer for
fire safety. The tests, initiated by the
National Fire Protection Asso-
ciation’s Fire Protection Research
Foundation, were funded by
$250,000 from the American Wood
Council (AWC) and $175,000 from
NFPA’s Property Insurance Research
Group. After the delamination and
fire regrowth, the International
8
STORIES
Carbon12 in
Portland, Ore.,
is the tallest
building in the
U.S. to use CLT.
MIDWEST
Code Council’s ad hoc commit-
tee on tall wood buildings (TWB)
requested evidence that CLT can be
manufactured with adhesives that
cause the product to act like solid
wood—which continuously chars to
insulate the rest of the member.
CLT manufactured with existing
and improved adhesives was tested
and demonstrated a satisfactory,
non-fire-regrowth performance
sought by TWB for use in tall mass
timber buildings.
Chicago still wants more test-
ing. Javorka and Asif Rahman,
deputy commissioner of the Dept.
of Buildings, both said that Chi-
cago will wait for fire ratings for
products such as CLT. They said
such products could require a two-,
three- or four-hour fire rating.
“We know developers want to
go higher with it, [but] there’s not
enough testing to really even talk
about the concept. That’s pretty
much my position on it,” says
Richard Edgeworth, deputy fire
commissioner for the CFD-BFP.
“The code is not there to deal with
it. We’d rather see other places that
approved it first, and see what hap-
pens over time. I think … a lot of
times people just want the look of
the wood and we should pause and
really look at this deliberatively.”
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St. Louis-based on promoting equity and access for Construction Co. of St. Louis.
Castle Contracting, all women in transportation. Beard will manage all aspects of
a wholly owned local and regional projects—from
subsidiary of Milwaukee-based preconstruction to completion—
McCarthy Building Kahler-Slater has for restaurant and retail clients.
Cos., promoted Mike Pranger to promoted Glenn
vice president of operations, the Roby and Al Terrance J. Dull
company’s top position. Krueger to has been hired by
executive vice president. KZF Design
Lisa Sargent- Group in Cincin-
Davis has joined Livonia, Mich.- nati as director of
HOW TO
HNTB Corp.’s based Aristeo its transportation and infrastruc-
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releases and images Steven Lichten- president, Joe Aristeo, will take on Consulting Inc. as
about executive berger has joined the role of executive adviser. senior engineer and
promotions and Leo A Daly as section manager for
hirings to the president, Burns & McDon- the firm’s electrical group.
Midwest People executive leader- nell has made
Photo Showcase at ship team. He will be responsible several hires in its The Lathrop Co.,
enr.com/midwest/ for leading the firm’s global Columbus, Ohio, a subsidiary of
submit_photos. planning, architecture, engineering office. Neal Turner Construc-
and interiors practice worldwide. Clements has joined as a senior tion, has promot-
architect, Brandi ed Tim Meyer to
WSP has hired Sauter has been vice president in its Toledo,
Sahar Shirazi and hired as a project Ohio, office.
Frank Perry to be manager, Michael
part of its con- Sauter has joined Calvin Collins has
nected and as a senior joined Green Bay,
automated vehicle team. designer and Sam Wis.-based H.J.
Allen will head the Martin and Son as
Maggie Walsh, firm’s global an accountant.
HDR vice facilities team.
president, was Marty Cawley has
named the new Scott Beard has been hired as a
chair for the WTS been hired as a structural engineer
International board of directors. She senior project in Hanson
plans to build on her 20-year manager by Professional
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