SEATTLE, May 9, 2005 (PRNewswire-FirstCall) -- Popular industry magazine ENR, (Engineering News-Record), ranked management consulting and engineering firm R.W. Beck, Inc. in its Top 100 in recently published rankings of the Top 500 Design Firms in the U.S.
For many years, R.W. Beck has been published as part of the magazine's annual rankings; however, for 2004, the firm broke into the Top 100 -- up from 111 to 95.
With reported revenue of $88.2 million in 2004, R.W. Beck surpassed its 2003 revenue by more than $14 million. "A growth rate of 16 percent propelled R.W. Beck into the next tier of firms ranked by ENR magazine," says National Director Russell J. Stepp in R.W. Beck's Seattle headquarters. He credits the growth to increased diversity of services in the water and solid waste arenas as well as, in the energy sector, a continued resurgence of coal-fired generation plant development and increased renewables activity by utilities.
For the full list of Top 500 Design Firms as listed in ENR's April 18 issue, see: www.ENR.com/people/topLists/topDesignFirm/topdesign_1-50.asp.
ENR, (www.ENR.com), is a New York City-based magazine published by McGraw-Hill Co. with a circulation of 78,000 subscribers with additional pass-along readership of 257,400. It is considered the authority on news and information concerning the engineering industry.
Founded more than 60 years ago, R.W. Beck (www.rwbeck.com) is a technically based management consulting and engineering firm providing services to both public and private sectors in the areas of energy and water/waste resources.
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