Description:ENR's Top 400 Contractors Sourcebook includes market analysis and rankings of the largest U.S.-based architectural and engineering firms in major industry sectors: general building, transportation, manufacturing, industrial process, petroleum, power, environmental and telecommunications. The sourcebook also ranks contractors in specific project types, such as health care, highways and pharmaceuticals. The cover story is, "It Is the Best of Times for Well-Managed Firms." The main tables are: The Top 400 Contractors; The 2006 Top 400 at a Glance: volume, profitability, professional staff, backlog, market analysis, international regions; The Top 100 Contractors by New Contracts. Also included is a bar chart illustrating "Top 400 Contractor Trends in market Sectors Over Past Four Years": Building, Manufacturing, Industrial, Petroleum, Power, Transportation, Water, Sewer/Waste, Hazardous Waste, Telecommunications. The publication includes a directory containing the address, the name of the president or CEO and the telephone number for each of the Top 400 Contractors.
Industry sectors covered in the report include:
General Building-"Health Care, Education Fuel Growth But Labor Shortages Cloud Outlook," with 13 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
Top 50 in General Building
Top 25 in Retail
Top 20 in Correctional Facilities
Top 25 in Distribution and Warehouses
Top 25 in Education
Top 25 in Commercial Offices
Top 20 in Sports
Top 20 in Religious and Cultural
Top 25 in Government
Top 25 in Hotels, Motels and Convention Centers
Top 25 in Entertainment
Top 25 in Health Care
Top 25 in Multi-Unit Residential
Transportation-"Federal funds Fuel booming Market but Materials Costs Squeeze Budgets," with six tables showing top firms in individual market categories
Top 50 in Transportation
Top 25 in Mass Transit and Rail
Top 25 in Bridges
Top 25 in Highways
Top 25 in Airports
To 15 in Marine and Port Facilities
Manufacturing/Industrial Process-"Growth Accelerates Across Sectors Amid Strong Consumer Demand," with 11 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
Top 25 in Manufacturing
Top 5 in Electronic Assembly
Top 10 in Semiconductors
Top 15 in Auto Plants
Top 10 in Aerospace
Top 25 in Industrial Process
Top 25 in Pharmaceuticals
Top 10 in Steel and Nonferrous Metals Plants
Top 15 in Chemical Plants
Top 10 in Pulp and Paper Mills
Top 20 in Food Processing Plants
Petroleum-"Big Finds, High Prices and Demand Lubricate the Construction Market," with 5 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
Top 25 in Petroleum
Top 25 in Refineries and Petrochemical Plants
Top 10 in Maintenance
Top 5 in Pipelines
Top 5 in Offshore and Underwater Facilities
Power-"Regulations Ramp up Retrofit Market As Interest in Clean Coal Renews," with 6 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
Top 25 in Power
Top 10 in Cogeneration
Top 25 in Fossil Fuel
Top 10 in Transmission and Distribution
Top 10 in Operations and Maintenance
Top 5 in Nuclear Plants
Environmental-"Clean-air Regulations Spur Market for Spate of Emissions Retrofits," with 11 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
The Top 25 in Water Supply
Top 25 in Water Treatment and Desalination
Top 20 in Transmission Lines and Aqueducts
Top 10 in Dame and Reservoirs
Top 25 in Sewerage and Solid Waste
Top 25 in Wastewater Treatment
Top 10 in Solid Waste
Top 15 in Sanitary and Storm Sewers
Top 25 in Hazardous Waste
Top 5 in Nuclear Waste
Top 15 in Chemical and Soil Retention
Telecommunications-"Rapidly Evolving Technology Spurs New Round of Capital Investment," with 4 tables showing top firms in individual market categories.
Top 25 in Telecommunications
Top 5 in Towers and Antennae
Top 5 in Transmission Lines
Top 10 in Data Centers and Web Hotels
