Design firms across the Northwest continued to see tough market conditions, but there were signs of improvement as 2009 came to a close.
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| Rank | Company/Location | Market Sector | Regional Revenue ($Mil) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2009 | |||
| 1 | 1 | CH2M HILL Portland, OR |
Petroleum: 49.66% Transportation: 14.58% Industrial Process: 11.1% |
507.73 |
| 2 | ** | HDR
Bellevue, WA |
Transportation: 48.26% Power: 21.25% Water Supply: 13.5% |
231.77 |
| 3 | 3 | NBBJ *
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 100% | 93.82 |
| 4 | 2 | David Evans and Associates, Inc. *
Portland, OR |
Transportation: 63.83% Power: 10.5% Sewer/Solid Waste: 2.74% |
86.25 |
| 5 | ** | Parametrix
Auburn, WA |
Transportation: 65.77% Hazardous Waste: 14.92% Sewer/Solid Waste: 13.2% |
78.54 |
| 6 | 4 | ZGF Architects LLP
Portland, OR |
General Building: 92.63% Transportation: 4.87% Master-Planned Dev./Site Infrastructure: 0.65% |
47.44 |
| 7 | 7 | Shannon & Wilson, Inc.
Seattle, WA |
Transportation: 57.74% General Building: 15.64% Hazardous Waste: 12.68% |
47.00 |
| 8 | ** | HNTB
Bellevue, WA |
Transportation: 97.23% General Building: 2.56% Water Supply: 0.21% |
40.11 |
| 9 | 8 | Otak, Inc.
Lake Oswego, OR |
Transportation: 34% Water Supply: 16% Master-Planned Dev./Site Infrastructure: 7% |
36.70 |
| 10 | 5 | GeoEngineers, Inc.
Seattle, WA |
N/A% | 34.34 |
| 11 | 12 | BergerABAM
Federal Way, WA |
Transportation: 45% General Building: 20% Other: 35% |
28.56 |
| 12 | ** | WHPacific, Inc.
Anchorage, AK |
General Building: 100% | 27.50 |
| 13 | 10 | NAC Architecture
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 99.75% Other: 0.25% |
25.79 |
| 14 | 9 | Mahlum
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 100% | 24.53 |
| 15 | 14 | Coffman Engineers
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 65% Petroleum: 25% Industrial Process: 9% |
22.70 |
| 16 | 6 | Callison *
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 75.11% Master-Planned Dev./Site Infrastructure: 24.89% |
22.50 |
| 17 | ** | SRG Partnership
Portland, OR |
General Building: 100% | 19.00 |
| 18 | 15 | Sparling
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 99.73% Water Supply: 0.14% Industrial Process: 0.13% |
18.09 |
| 19 | 16 | DLR Group *
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 97.06% Manufacturing: 2.94% |
17.00 |
| 20 | 20 | R&M Consultants, Inc.
Anchorage, AK |
Transportation: 56.52% Power: 15.17% General Building: 12.78% |
16.59 |
| 21 | ** | LMN
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 86.2% Transportation: 10.99% Other: 2.81% |
16.30 |
| 22 | 11 | MulvannyG2 Architecture Bellevue, WA |
General Building: 100% | 15.80 |
| 23 | 17 | Reid Middleton
Everett, WA |
General Building: 59.11% Transportation: 40.89% |
14.96 |
| 24 | 21 | Dull Olson Weekes Architects
Portland, OR |
General Building: 100% | 14.11 |
| 25 | 26 | Murray, Smith & Associates, Inc.
Portland, OR |
Water Supply: 44.48% Sewer/Solid Waste: 29.8% Transportation: 22.43% Other: 3.29% |
10.34 |
| 26 | 19 | Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc.
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 83.5% Transportation: 14.42% Power: 1.83% |
8.67 |
| 27 | 22 | PCS Structural Solutions *
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 100% | 7.30 |
| 28 | 25 | CDi Engineers
Lynnwood, WA |
General Building: 95.84% Transportation: 3.27% Manufacturing: 0.89% |
6.87 |
| 29 | ** | Clark/Kjos Architects
Portland, OR |
General Building: 100% | 6.79 |
| 30 | ** | Opsis Architecture
Portland, OR |
General Building: 99.79% Master-Planned Dev./Site Infrastructure: 0.21% |
6.17 |
| 31 | 30 | Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 88.05% Transportation: 2% Power: 1% |
5.38 |
| 32 | ** | Hutteball & Oremus Architecture
Kirkland, WA |
General Building: 100% | 4.05 |
| 33 | ** | Kramer Gehlen and Associates, Inc.
Vancouver, WA |
General Building: 81.67% Transportation: 15% Water Supply: 3.33% |
3.00 |
| 34 | 32 | CLC Associates, Inc.
Spokane Valley, WA |
General Building: 90% Master-Planned Dev./Site Infrastructure: 10% |
2.88 |
| 35 | 33 | Hardey Engineering & Associates, Inc.
Medford, OR |
Transportation: 56% General Building: 37% Sewerage/Solid Waste: 5% |
2.48 |
| 36 | ** | Design West Architects, P.A.
Pullman, WA |
General Building: 100% | 2.08 |
| 37 | ** | Degenkolb Engineers
Portland, OR |
General Building: 81.3% Manufacturing: 11.43% Power: 7.28% |
2.05 |
| 38 | 35 | William Wilson Architects PC
Portland, OR |
General Building: 100% | 1.56 |
| 39 | 37 | The Driftmier Architects, P.S.
Redmond, WA |
General Building: 100% | 1.52 |
| 40 | ** | RBA Engineers, Inc.
Anchorage, AK |
General Building: 77% Industrial Process: 19.2% Petroleum: 3.08% |
1.30 |
| 41 | ** | Johnston Architects
Seattle, WA |
General Building: 100% | 1.10 |
| 42 | ** | LEEKA Architecture and Planning
Portland, OR |
General Building: 100% | 0.35 |
| 43 | ** | Minaker Architecture, p.s.
Arlington, WA |
General Building: 100% | 0.25 |
| 44 | 38 | CASCO Diversified Corp.
St. Louis, MO |
General Building: 100% | 0.04 |



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