This annual edition ranks design firms and contractors participating in ENR's survey in almost fifty separate market sectors, giving them an opportunity to demonstrate their particular areas of expertise. The Top 500 Design Firms Sourcebook & Directory provides market analysis and rankings of the largest U.S.-based architectural and engineering firms in the eight major industry sectors listed below. This sourcebook also ranks design firms in almost fifty specific project types such as healthcare, highways and pharmaceuticals. Dozens of tables are included. The publication also includes a directory containing the address, the name of the president or CEO and the telephone number for each of the Top 500 Design firms. Email addresses are not available. Major Industry Sectors General Building: Top 50 General Building; Commercial Offices; Correctional Facilities; Distribution/Warehouses; Education, Entertainment; Government Offices; Healthcare, Hotels, Motels & Convention Centers; Multi-unit Residential; Retail; Religious & Cultural; Sports
Manufacturing: Top 25 in Manufacturing; Aerospace; Auto Plants; Electronic Assembly; Semiconductor Plants
Power: Top 25 Power; Cogeneration; Fossil Fuel
Water Supply
Sewer & Waste
Industrial /Petroleum: Top 25 Industrial Process; Chemicals; Food Processing Plants; Pharmaceutical Plants; Pulp and Paper Mills; Steel & Non Ferrous Metal Plants
Transportation: Top 50 in Transportation; Airports; Bridges; Highways; Marine & Port Facilities; Mass Transit
Hazardous Waste
Telecommunications: Top 25 Telecommunications; Data Centers and Web Hotels; Towers and Antennae
Environmental: Asbestos & Lead Abatement; Chemical & Soil Remediation; Clean Air Compliance; Dams & Reservoirs; Hazardous Waste; Nuclear Waste; Sanitary Storm Sewers; Sewerage and Solid Waste; Site Assessment & Compliance; Solid Waste; Wastewater Treatment Plants; Water Supply; Water Treatment & Desalination Plats; Transmission Lines & Aqueducts. 8 Feature stories: "Designers Ponder the Perils of Prosperity" "Amid Rising Energy and Labor Costs Building Market Grows at Rapid Pace" "Federal Funds Ruel Robust Sector But Soaring Materials Costs Loom" "Owners Seek Lean, Flexible Facilities in Consumer Demand-Driven Sector" "Climbing Prices and Spiking Demand Set Stage for Boom to Barrel Ahead" "Fuel Diversity Tops Industry Agenda in the Push to Reduce Emissions" "Infrastructure Needs Spur Growth As Market Evolves" "Growth Restores Market Optimism As Need for Networks Explodes" 61 Tables The Top 500 Design Firms (unabridged table showing 2005 and 2004 Ranking, company name, city and state, Type of firm, 2004 Revenue (total and international), and any of the 9 markets) Top 500 at a Glance
Top 100 "Pure" Designers Top 10 in Aerospace
Top 25 in Airports
Top 5 in Asbestos and Lead Abatement
Top 10 in Auto Plants
Top 25 in Bridges
Top 25 in Chemical and Soil Remediation
Top 20 in Chemical Plants
Top 10 in Clean Air Compliance
Top 5 in Cogeneration
Top 25 in Commercial Offices
Top 10 in Correctional Facilities
Top 10 in Dams and Reservoirs
Top 5 in Data Centers and Web Hotels
Top 10 in Distribution and Warehouses
Top 25 in Education
Top 5 in Electronic Assembly
Top 10 in Entertainment
Top 10 in Food Processing Plants
Top 20 in Fossil Fuel
Top 50 in General Building
Top 25 in Government Offices
Top 25 in Hazardous Waste
Top 25 in Health Care
Top 25 in Highways
Top 10 in Hotels, Motels and Convention Centers
Top 5 in Hydroplants
Top 25 in Industrial Process
Top 5 in Maintenance
Top 25 in Manufacturing
Top 10 in Marine and Port Facilities
Top 20 in Mass Transit and Rail
Top 25 in Multi-Unit Residential
Top 10 in Nuclear Plants
Top 10 in Nuclear Waste
Top 10 in Offshore and Underwater Facilities
Top 5 in Operations & Maintenance
Top 25 in Petroleum
Top 25 in Pharmaceuticals
Top 20 in Pipelines
Top 25 in Power
Top 5 in Pulp and Paper Mills
Top 25 in Refineries and Petrochemcial Plants
Top 10 in Religious and Cultural
Top 25 in Retail
Top 25 in Sanitary and Storm Sewers
Top 5 in Semiconductors
Top 25 in Sewerage and Solid Waste
Top 25 in Site Assessment and Compliance
Top 15 in Solid Waste
Top 10 in Sports
Top 5 in Steel and Nonferrous Metal Plants
Top 25 in Telecommunications
Top 10 in Towers and Antennae
Top 10 in Transmission and Distribution
Top 25 in Transmission Lines and Aqueducts
Top 5 in Transmission Lines and Cables
Top 50 in Transportation
Top 25 in Treatment and Desalination
Top 25 in Wastewater Treatment
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