South Central’s Top 60 Designers

Billings reach nearly $1 billion

In South Central Construction’s
Top 60 Designers list, architects and engineers with a permanent office in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi or Tennessee are ranked by their 2008 billings.

By Sam Barnes

The five-state South Central region’s Top 60 Designers had about $927 million in regional billings in 2008, according to data compiled by South Central Construction.

In the magazine’s Top 60 Designers list, designers with a permanent office in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi or Tennessee are ranked by their 2008 billings.

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The largest architects and engineers to make the list were CH2M Hill of Knoxville, Tenn., with $86 million in regional billings; followed by Wink Cos. LLC of Baton Rouge, La., $79 million; Ford, Bacon & Davis LLC of Baton Rouge, $62.7 million; Volkert and Associates Inc. of Mobile, Ala., $50.6 million; and Gresham, Smith & Partners of Nashville, Tenn., $44.9 million.

Breakout rankings by state and discipline follow the main ranking, and use data compiled from the five states in the South Central region.

To develop the ranking, South Central Construction distributed links to its on-line survey to a database of companies identified as potential top designers.

Sources used to create the database include McGraw-Hill Construction, various economic development agencies and construction associations, and back issue of Engineering News-Record and South Central Construction.

Every effort was made to obtain accurate and complete company information and the information was verified with contractors.

We would like to thank the companies, associations and individuals that assisted us in this effort. Without them, these rankings would not be possible.