Texas Construction's Top 138 Contractors

Survey Results Shows Signs of Growth

Texas Construction presents its annual Top Contractors' ranking. The results show that construction is on the rise around the state. The top firms in Texas collectively billed more than $16 billion in the state in 2005 and approximately $70 billion from all projects.

Texas Construction presents its 11th annual Top Contractors ranking. The list grew modestly from last year's 135 to 138 this year.

The chart that follows is a statewide ranking, which includes total company revenue for work performed in and out of Texas. The ranking is industrywide, meaning it includes all general contractors from building and heavy/highway firms to construction management companies and all general contracting firms in between.

While conducting the survey, Texas Construction makes every effort to reach as many general contracting and construction management firms in Texas as possible, including some out-of-state contractors with offices in Texas. The information provided in the list is derived from each firm's returned survey form, and ranking is based on each firm's 2005 reported revenue for work performed in the state.

At the end of the Top Contractors list, we included the top companies ranked by revenue in seven different categories.

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Last year's top contractors reported approximately $13.3 billion collectively billed in 2004. Total revenue reported for 2005 rose to approximately $16.4 billion. >>

Findings from this year's ranking also show that 57 contractors reported earnings in excess of $100 million for 2005, up by 15 from the previous year. While the reported revenue for work performed in-state was approximately $16.4 billion, total revenue from all projects including national and international amounted to approximately $70 billion, up from last year's $50 billion tally.

Taking the top spot in this year's Top Contractors ranking for the third year in a row was Austin Industries of Dallas, with approximately $1.17 billion total reported from its Texas operations for 2005 and $1.36 billion for overall projects.

San Antonio-based Zachry Construction Corp. took the runner-up spot for the second year in a row, with $793.6 million, the majority of which is from transportation work. Zachry is also a leader in the industrial category. The firm broke ground in 2005 on a $215 million contract for the Freeport LNG Receiving Terminal and is set to break ground this year on a new coal-fired power plant for San Antonio's CPS Energy.

Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc. of Houston retained its place in the top five moving up from last year's fourth spot to No. 3 with $568.4 million, all of which came from heavy/highway projects. Williams Brothers remains the overall leader in the transportation building category.

Houston-based Jacobs Engineering ranked fourth, with $508 million, the majority of which came from the industrial sector.

Rounding out the top five this year is Hensel Phelps Construction Co., which ranked sixth last year. The firm reported $343 million for 2005, up from $329.5 in 2004. Its southwest regional office is based in Austin.

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