The 2016 Top 50, as ranked by EC&M on the basis of a self-reporting survey, collectively saw $22.8 billion in sales, just topping the $21.8 billion reported for 2014, but nearly doubling revenue reported during the depths of the turn-of-the-decade financial crisis.
The climb from the $11.9 billion in revenue tallied by the 2010 EC&M Top 50, following a period of fairly stable revenues, had been steady up until 2014. But after hitting $15.7 billion in 2013, reported billings surged 38% in 2014 to $21.8 billion, offering solid evidence that the construction economy had gotten back on its feet, and then some.