Friday, July 27, 2012

Top 10 AEC Firms in Green Buildings and LEED Staff


With the green building movement now in its second decade, green practices have become integral in leading AEC firms. Giants 300 firms such as Gensler, Stantec, and Turner have set the standards for sustainability to the same priority as breathing – they do it automatically. The following charts list the Top 10 Green Building AEC Firms by Revenue and by Accredited Staff.*


Architecture

Top 10 Green Building Firms
Rank
Company
2011 Green Revenue ($)
1
Gensler
392,000,000
2
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
165,750,000
3
HOK
164,680,868
4
HDR Architecture
137,120,000
5
Perkins+Will
131,350,000
6
HKS
119,325,668
7
NBBJ
106,167,000
8
ZGF Architects
75,600,000
9
HNTB Architecture
62,139,956
10
RTKL Associates
60,000,000

Top 10 Green Accredited Staff
Rank
Company
2011 Green Accredited Staff
1
Gensler
1211
2
Perkins+Will
986
3
HOK
854
4
HDR Architecture
802
5
Cannon Design
397
6
SmithGroupJJR
367
7
HKS, Inc.
342
8
IBI Group
313
9
RTKL Associates
242
10
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
235


Engineering

Top 10 Green Building Firms
Rank
Company
2011 Green Revenue ($)
1
Stantec
189,400,000
2
URS Corp.
137,048,000
3
AECOM Technology  Corp.
118,000,000
4
Jacobs
102,496,836
5
Arup
60,960,000
6
KPFF Consulting Engineers
50,000,000
7
Burns & McDonnell
43,747,479
8
Syska Hennessy Group
43,150,000
9
WSP USA
34,500,000
10
Parsons Brinckerhoff
34,400,000

Top 10 Green Accredited Staff
Rank
Company
2011 Green Accredited Staff
1
AECOM Technology Corp.
914
2
Stantec
664
3
Jacobs
559
4
URS Corp.
501
5
Burns & McDonnell
272
6
Arup
233
7
Parsons Brinckerhoff
223
8
WSP USA
200
9
Clark Nexsen
191
10
Dewberry

178

Construction

Top 10 Green Building Firms
Rank
Company
2011 Green Revenue ($)
1
Turner Corporation, The
4,540,280,000
2
URS Corp.
3,875,000,000
3
Clark Group
2,324,000,000
4
Balfour Beatty US
2,137,850,000
5
Gilbane Building Co.
2,085,018,000
6
Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The
1,911,396,378
7
PCL Construction Enterprises
1,730,300,000
8
Hensel Phelps Construction
1,476,940,000
9
Holder Construction
1,061,000,000
10
Barton Malow Co.
1,005,440,388

Top 10 Green Accredited Staff
Rank
Company
2011 Green Accredited Staff
1
Turner Corporation, The
1251
2
Jones Lang LaSalle
1250
3
Gilbane Building Co.
481
4
Balfour Beatty US
446
5
McCarthy Holdings
407
6
DPR Construction
399
7
JE Dunn Construction
390
8
Clark Group
355
9
PCL Construction Enterprises
336
10
Hensel Phelps Construction
325


*Professions listed as Accredited Staff include LEED APs, LEED Green Associates, Certified Energy Auditors and Managers, Certified Sustainable Building Advisers, Green Advantage Certified Professions, Green Roof Professionals, and High-Performance Building Design Professionals.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

The Summer 2012 Course Catalog has Arrived!

Come see what’s new! RedVector is continually adding new courses to help you keep pace with a rapidly changing design and construction industry, so be sure to check out the NEW Summer 2012 Course Catalog for exciting additions like:

Commercial HVAC Building Envelope: Simulation study spotlights improving airtightness in U.S. commercial buildings
Geothermal Technologies Program: Learn about this underutilized, clean and renewable heat and power source
ADA Guidelines 2010: Accessible Routes: Provides criteria for basic elements within the “Accessible Routes” established by the guidelines
The Value of Concentrating Solar Power and Thermal Energy Storage: Examines the value of concentrating solar power and thermal energy in the U.S.

And don’t forget—all new RedVector courses are now mobile-ready and accessible via iPhone®, iPad®, Android and more for faster, easier online learning!