2014 GIANTS 300 - RMF Engineering · Cisco predicts global data center traf-fi c to grow threefold...
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Any way you look at it, the data center market remains one of the healthiest sectors of the nonresi-
dential construction industry. As the growth of cloud computing and mobile technology continues, the need for storage and com-puting power will expand exponentially.
Cisco predicts global data center traf-fi c to grow threefold and reach a total of 7.7 zettabytes in annual traffi c by 2017 (a zettabyte is one billion terabytes, in case you were wondering). The fastest-growing component is cloud traffi c, which is expect-ed to expand 4.5-fold from 1.2 zettabytes in 2012 to 5.3 zettabytes by 2017. In fact,
by the end of 2014, cloud-based data cen-ters will, for the fi rst time, surpass traditional data centers in terms of total workload, says Cisco.
In its most recent forecast report (http://tinyurl.com/datacenterforecast), technol-ogy research fi rm TechNavio called for the global market for data center construction to register an annual compound growth rate of 21% through 2018. Much of that growth is expected to occur in the colocation facili-ties segment, as corporations and other data enterprises look to outsource their increasingly complex and costly—and often outdated—data center operations.
The maturation of the modular and containerized data center sector may eventually hinder the growth of traditional data center construction services, accord-ing to TechNavio analysts. As data center owners look to expand quickly and get online faster, a growing number are turning to “plug and play” and “data center in a box” solutions in lieu of site-built systems and facilities. The technology enables faster scaling and installation, and often comes equipped with the required power and cooling solutions, as well as built-in control, monitoring, and management functions to maximize performance.
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Maturing ‘plug and play’ sector could take market share from AEC Giants
top 25DATA CENTER SECTORARCHITECTURE FIRMS
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top 25DATA CENTER SECTORCONSTRUCTION FIRMS
Company 2013 Data Center Revenue ($)
Gensler 25,839,736
Corgan 23,560,060
HDR 15,150,000
Page 13,950,000
Sheehan Partners 5,666,072
Little 5,450,648
RS&H 4,900,000
Callison 3,940,188
Clark Nexsen 3,186,054
Environetics 2,947,119
HOK 1,971,352
KZF Design 1,699,307
Symmes Maini & McKee Associates 1,260,000
Harvard Jolly Architecture 1,143,578
Schrader Group Architecture 1,098,519
Solomon Cordwell Buenz 1,000,000
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson 757,874
EwingCole 625,000
Heery International 589,726
Nelson 394,035
JRS Architect 275,000
Ware Malcomb 262,000
Gresham, Smith and Partners 118,000
Stantec 80,826
Becker Morgan Group 75,482
Company 2013 Data Center Revenue ($)
Fluor Corporation 243,370,000
Jacobs 47,490,000
Syska Hennessy Group 41,934,230
URS Corp. 25,100,000
Vanderweil Engineers 21,588,000
Integrated Design Group 13,574,682
Parsons Brinckerhoff 12,185,435
Environmental Systems Design 10,063,915
Arup 9,997,297
Highland Associates 8,400,000
AKF Group 7,965,000
Dewberry 6,640,874
Glumac 6,541,483
H.F. Lenz 4,500,000
Leidos 4,160,000
Bala Consulting Engineers 3,192,000
Henderson Engineers 2,782,839
H&A Architects & Engineers 2,700,000
RMF Engineering 2,500,000
Zak Companies 2,414,034
Wick Fisher White 1,629,917
Sparling 1,626,044
GHT Limited 1,575,000
TLC Engineering for Architecture 1,531,865
Newcomb & Boyd 1,340,931
Company 2013 Data Center Revenue ($)
Holder Construction 1,124,000,000
Turner Construction 512,000,000
DPR Construction 506,001,637
Structure Tone 400,450,000
Mortenson Construction 298,590,000
Gilbane 241,967,522
Balfour Beatty US 202,427,241
Hensel Phelps 177,120,000
Hoffman Construction 168,000,000
HITT Contracting 136,900,000
Fortis Construction 136,102,000
Carlson Design Construct 114,070,000
Clune Construction 101,583,530
James G. Davis Construction 98,601,699
Skanska USA 95,067,555
Beck Group, The 91,445,591
JE Dunn Construction 91,178,219
Yates Companies, The 30,000,000
URS Corp. 25,100,000
McGough 24,000,000
Tutor Perini Corp. 18,036,474
BlueScope Construction 17,849,218
IMC Construction 13,000,000
Parsons Brinckerhoff 12,185,435
Brasfield & Gorrie 11,948,769
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tax credits—and are affectionately viewed as essential to the local architectural and historical fabric. Facilities in these styles that are typical candidates for preserva-tion through renovation or adaptive reuse include commercial and government offi ces, courthouses, hotels, apartments, academic buildings, train stations, and cultural build-ings like libraries and theaters.
The save-or-raze decision has some-times been more diffi cult when the structure in question is of the Modernist/Brutalist variety—a scenario highlighted by the fate of Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago, a Bertrand Goldberg-designed structure that was iconic if not universally beloved. Demolition of the cloverleaf-shaped building commenced last fall after preservation-ists failed to persuade the city Landmarks Commission to protect it.
Elsewhere, however, stakeholders are choosing to leverage their midcentury assets through reconstruction. The U.S. General Services Administration has been a leader in using this strategy, and numer-ous examples popped up in the organiza-tion’s 2014 Design Awards. The redesigns are making the buildings more practical for current uses, and greener to boot. Recent examples include the Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in Portland, Ore.; the Minton-Capehart Federal Building in Indianapolis; and the Dr. A.H. McCoy Fed-eral Building in Jackson, Miss. The massive Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Federal Building in Washington, D.C., won a BD+C Reconstruc-tion Award last year for a radical rethinking that included both an exterior upgrade and a new atrium punched into the center.
Some private developers are on the bandwagon, too, and not just for offi ce-to-offi ce conversions. For instance, PCL Construction and Baker Barrios Architects recently led an adaptive reuse of the former headquarters of the Orlando Utilities Com-mission, which had been vacant for fi ve years. Developer GDC Properties was able
top 25RECONSTRUCTION SECTORENGINEERING FIRMS Company 2013 Reconstruction Revenue ($)
Jacobs 1,842,130,000
URS Corp. 261,644,447
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates 68,083,200
CRB 68,000,000
Syska Hennessy Group 56,341,504
STV 55,451,000
Leidos 55,125,000
AKF Group 54,593,000
Dewberry 53,601,594
Thornton Tomasetti 53,009,856
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 47,640,000
SSOE Group 46,550,848
Carlson Design Construct 43,000,000
RDK Engineers 27,880,000
Henderson Engineers 26,963,643
Environmental Systems Design 26,000,000
TTG 25,792,057
Highland Associates 25,200,000
H&A Architects & Engineers 23,353,000
ThermalTech Engineering 23,300,000
Ross & Baruzzini 22,500,059
Smith Seckman Reid 21,167,725
Vanderweil Engineers 20,083,500
RMF Engineering 19,364,940
TLC Engineering for Architecture 19,144,150
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Some stakeholders are opting to save Modernist buildings using advanced façades. The Knights of Columbus offi ce tower in New Haven, Conn., designed by Roche-Dinkeloo in 1969, powerfully combines Corten steel, glass, and masonry, but was eventually plagued by problems with energy effi ciency and condensation. For a recent recon-struction, architect Leo A Daly replaced the façade with a unitized window-wall system, and swapped 560 deteriorated Corten sunshades for versions that match the originals’ color, texture, and fi nish. Also on the Building Team: Heitmann & Associates (enclosure consultant), Cosentini Associates (MEP), DeSimone (SE), and Dimeo Construction (CM).C
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that enable rapid structural analysis and feedback for the architectural teams.
As Howes and Naugle describe it, the model has the ability to share certain high-level inputs and outputs—including geom-etry rationalization, cost, and environmental and operational performance—with the design team. As designers make changes, the model reads the updated BIM data, runs the desired analysis, and then returns analysis feedback automatically—all without the need for exchanging full 3D models. The result is a near-real-time, iterative design process that greatly improves the conceptual and schematic design phases.
“Iteration is great, but it can take too long,” said Naugle. “Using the cloud to
connect the architectural and engineering teams, we’re able to extract information out of the model that’s relevant to each other and share it in real time.”
CUSTOM API DEVELOPMENTAlso at BIMForum, Stantec’s BIM R&D Leader Robert Manna demonstrated how the fi rm is enhancing its BIM solutions through the development of custom API-based applications. Its latest creation, PathFinder, automates the computation of walking
top 60BIM ENGINEERING FIRMS
Company 2013 BIM Revenue ($)
Jacobs 3,500,056,500
URS Corp. 260,646,956
Arup 200,593,789
Thornton Tomasetti 110,229,051
SSOE Group 108,776,674
Leidos 68,080,000
Vanderweil Engineers 64,267,000
KPFF Consulting Engineers 60,000,000
Burns & McDonnell 60,000,000
KJWW Engineering Consultants 53,874,750
CRB 50,000,000
BR+A Consulting Engineers 46,000,000
Henderson Engineers 40,445,464
Affiliated Engineers 39,413,000
Walter P Moore and Associates 38,940,592
Magnusson Klemencic Associates 38,546,234
TTG 37,516,550
TLC Engineering for Architecture 34,807,545
M-E Engineers 33,802,000
Dewberry 31,610,437
CCRD Partners 24,000,000
Heapy Engineering 22,827,630
H&A Architects & Engineers 22,500,000
Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors 18,000,000
Smith Seckman Reid 18,000,000
Syska Hennessy Group 17,282,931
STV 15,635,000
Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor 14,500,000
DeSimone Consulting Engineers 13,828,500
Integrated Design Group 13,033,800
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Thomasson Associates 12,500,000
Interface Engineering 12,087,161
Barge Waggoner Sumner & Cannon 11,000,000
RDK Engineers 10,600,000
Graef 10,000,000
Zak Companies 9,776,949
Environmental Systems Design 9,489,362
Glumac 9,247,037
Dunham Associates 8,000,000
Ross & Baruzzini 8,000,000
M/E Engineering 6,825,000
Newcomb & Boyd 6,750,070
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger 6,000,000
Rist-Frost-Shumway Engineering 5,000,000
Bridgers & Paxton Consulting Engineers 4,178,299
KLH Engineers 4,007,920
Walker Parking Consultants 4,000,000
Sparling 3,755,276
Highland Associates 3,500,000
Joseph R. Loring & Associates 3,500,000
H.F. Lenz 3,375,000
CJL Engineering 3,250,000
Apogee Consulting Group 2,848,268
Primera Engineers 2,300,000
KCI Technologies 1,795,000
RMF Engineering 1,750,000
Wick Fisher White 1,123,000
Wallace Engineering 1,100,000
GHT Limited 1,100,000
Aon Fire Protection Engineering Corp. 1,000,000
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‘Iteration is great, but it can take too long.’
—Matthew Naugle, Thornton Tomasetti