The nation’s top U.S. electrical design firms weathered the storm during the economic slowdown with slim margins, fierce competition, and drastically reduced opportunities. By diversifying their services and expanding into new areas, however, the companies are now reporting a brighter outlook ahead. Overall, the companies on this year’s listing reported total electrical design revenues of $1.348 billion in 2012.

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2013 RANK2012 RANKCOMPANY NAMEHEADQUARTERS2012 Sales (in millions)% Change (2012 to 2013) 1 1 Burns & McDonnell Kansas City, Mo. $500.70 24.60% 2 2 CH2M Hill Englewood, Colo. $161.50 -6.50% 3 3 Stantec, Inc. Edmonton, Canada $138.40 16.10% 4 4 Tetra Tech, Inc. Pasadena, Calif. $109.00 81.10% 5 5 Mesa Associates, Inc. Madison, Ala. $56.00 51.40% 6 6 Henderson Engineers, Inc. Lenexa, Kan. $26.00 8.30% 7 7 Affiliated Engineers, Inc. Madison, Wis. $25.80 8.90% 8 NL Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Nashville, Tenn. $25.64 NA 9 8 Commonwealth Associates, Inc. Jackson, Mich. $25.62 10.40% 10 9 CDM Smith Cambridge, Mass. $16.50 3.80% 11 NL Ulteig Engineers, Inc. Fargo, N.D. $15.80 NA 12 19 Glumac Folsom, Calif. $15.00 50.00% 13 11 KJWW Engineering Consultants Rock Island, Ill. $14.50 3.60% 14 NL Triad Consulting Engineers, Inc. Morris Plains, N.J. $14.30 NA 15 13 M-E Engineers, Inc. Wheat Ridge, Colo. $14.20 15.40% 16 15 CHA Albany, N.Y. $14.00 21.70% 17 14 Sparling, Inc. Seattle $12.40 1.60% 18 15 H&A Architects & Engineers Glen Allen, Va. $12.37 7.60% 19 26 KCI Technologies, Inc. Sparks, Md. $11.80 110.70% 20 18 Gannett Fleming, Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. $11.60 8.40% 21 10 Carollo Engineers, Inc. Walnut Creek, Calif. $10.60 -29.30% 22 12 TLC Engineering for Architecture, Inc. Orlando, Fla. $10.10 -24.60% 23 20 STV New York $9.40 0.00% 24 NL Cannon Design Grand Island, N.Y. $8.50 NA 25 17 Interface Engineering, Inc. Portland, Ore. $8.20 -26.80% 26 30 Shah & Associates, Inc. Gaithersburg, Md. $8.10 107.70% 27 NL Heapy Engineering Dayton, Ohio $7.80 NA 28 21 Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers, Inc. Albuquerque, N.M. $7.30 -20.70% 29 23 The Engineering Enterprise Alameda, Calif. $6.70 1.50% 30 25 Spectrum Engineers Salt Lake City $6.60 15.80% 31 24 P2S Engineering, Inc. Long Beach, Calif. $6.50 1.60% 32 27 Varo Engineers, Inc. Dublin, Ohio $5.90 18.00% 33 NL Elcon Associates, Inc. Portland, Ore. $5.60 NA 34 NL Ballinger Philadelphia $4.50 NA 35 NL Theka Associates Engineering, Inc. Muskegon, Mich. $4.20 NA 36 NL Interstates Engineering, Inc. Sioux Center, Iowa $4.04 NA 37 28 Peter Basso Associates, Inc. Troy, Mich. $4.00 -4.80% 38 29 FBA Engineering Newport Beach, Calif. $3.50 -12.50% 39 NL Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) Chicago $2.90 NA 40 NL MPW Engineering, LLC Tulsa, Okla. $2.40 NA

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