For the 11th consecutive year, Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc. (DBF), has made its way onto the list of the top 300 architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms in the country as ranked by Building Design+Construction magazine. Positioned at #42 on the Top Engineering/Architecture (EA) Firms report, DBF maintains its reputation as one of the top-rated EA firms in the nation.
The firm was also ranked #55 in the Science & Technology Sector, #78 in the Office Sector for Engineering Firms and was featured in the “Giants 300 Report” for their role in incorporating in-demand services. Early this year, DBF expanded its surveying services to include UAV (drone) services, providing for more efficient, safer, and cost-effective drone-based aerial data collection.
The magazine annually ranks the largest commercial AEC firms in the nation based on reported revenue data which includes building information modeling (BIM) revenue, building-type revenue, green building work, and other criteria. Building sectors recognized in the nationally distributed publication include commercial office, multi-family residential, retail, hotels, transit, recreation/sports, healthcare, education, and government structures.
Founded in 1983, DBF has been providing professional architectural, engineering, and surveying services for over thirty-five years to clients located both on and off of the Eastern Shore. A few of the more recent projects which contributed to the firm’s ranking in the “Giants 300 Report” include the Berlin Fire Station #3, a wide range of projects for Delaware Health and Social Services, site engineering for new schools in Delaware’s Cape Henlopen school district, residential subdivision planning and engineering at Lighthouse Lakes in Selbyville, Delaware and civil/site engineering and landscape architecture for the Salisbury University Athletic Complex.
“We are pleased to find ourselves on the Giants 300 list once again,” stated DBF principal Michael R. Wigley, AIA. “DBF is always looking for innovative ways to see that our client’s vision is exceeded through a streamlined process. We would not have gotten to where we are today without our staff’s dedication to going above and beyond for our clients.”
DBF is a full-service architectural, engineering, planning and surveying firm, with offices in Salisbury and Easton, Maryland, and in Milford, Delaware. For additional information, and to view Building Design+Construction magazine’s full “Giants 300 Report” online, please visit www.dbfinc.com
