The top 50 international design firms based on design services and revenue from projects outside of the firm’s original home country in 2006 in $ millions. Firms not ranked last year are designated **. Those with subsidiaries included (†). Some markets may not add up to 100% due to omission of “other” miscellaneous market category and rounding.

Types of Firms

A=architect E=engineer EC=engineer-contractor
AE=architect-engineer EA=engineer-architect ENV=environmental
G=soils or geotechnical engineer P=planner  

Top 50 International Design Firms

RANK FIRM

TYPE OF FIRM

2007 2006    
1
2
SNC-Lavalin International Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada†
EC
2
4
Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, U.S.A.†
EC
3
3
Fugro NV, Leidschendam, The Netherlands†
E
4
5
AMEC plc, London, U.K.†
EAC
5
6
ARCADIS NV, Arnhem, The Netherlands†
E
6
7
WorleyParsons Ltd., North Sydney, NSW, Australia†
EC
7
1
KBR, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.†
EC
8
8
Bechtel, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.†
EC
9
10
AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.A.†
EA
10
9
Jacobs, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
EAC
11
12
ABB Lummus Global, Bloomfield, N.J., U.S.A.†
EC
12
13
Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair & Partners), Cairo, Egypt
EA
13
16
Foster Wheeler Ltd., Clinton, N.J., U.S.A.†
EC
14
11
The Louis Berger Group, East Orange, N.J., U.S.A.†
EA
15
14
Poyry, Vantaa, Finland†
E
16
19
Mott MacDonald, Croydon, U.K.†
E
17
18
JGC Corp., Yokohama, Japan
EC
18
15
ARUP Group Ltd., London, U.K.†
E
19
21
WSP Group plc, London, U.K.†
E
20
47
SK Engineering & Construction, Seoul, S. Korea
EC
21
20
Hatch Group, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada†
E
22
24
Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York, N.Y., U.S.A.†
EAC
23
91
Tecnicas Reunidas SA, Madrid, Spain†
EC
24
23
Ramboll Gruppen A/S, Virum, Denmark†
E
25
26
Golder Associates Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada†
E
26
17
TECHNIP, Paris La Defense, France†
EC
27
41
The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La., U.S.A.†
E
28
**
Honeywell Process Solutions, Phoenix, Ariz., U.S.A.
EC
29
25
Atkins, Epsom, Surrey, U.K.†
E
30
31
CH2M HILL Cos., Englewood, Colo., U.S.A.†
EAC
31
27
URS, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.†
EAC
32
36
Parsons, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.†
EC
33
32
COWI A/S, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark†
E
34
37
Stantec Inc., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada†
EAL
35
30
Earth Tech Inc., Long Beach, Calif., U.S.A.
EC
36
39
Halcrow Group Ltd., Swindon, Wiltshire, U.K.†
E
37
29
MWH Global, Broomfield, Colo., U.S.A.†
EC
38
38
Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., U.S.A.
EC
39
33
ERM Holdings Ltd., Exton, Pa., U.S.A.†
ENV
40
35
Egis, Guyancourt, France†
E
41
34
CDI Business Solutions, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.†
EC
42
42
DHV Group, Amersfoort, The Netherlands†
E
43
28
Chengda Engineering Corp. of China, Chengdu, China†
E
44
40
SYSTRA, Paris, France†
E
45
50
VECO Corp., Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.†
EC
46
**
McDermott International Inc., Houston, Texas, U.S.A.†
EC
47
54
Hyder Consulting, London, U.K.†
E
48
44
HOK, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A.†
AE
49
57
Khatib & Alami, Beirut, Lebanon†
EA
50
45
Balfour Beatty plc, London, U.K.†
EC

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