Engineering and architectural firmstook some hits last year, as ENR California’s Top Design Firms ranking indicates, but a big-picture look at the data provides some reason for optimism.

今年顶级设计公司名单上的SF Medical Center Smithgroup市中心史密斯集团(Smithgroup)设计了大教堂山的加利福尼亚太平洋医疗中心校园。
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Downtown SF Medical CenterSmithGroup, No. 14 on this year�s Top Design Firms list, designed the California Pacific Medical Center campus at Cathedral Hill.

加利福尼亚revenue for major design firms declined just 1.2% in 2010 to $3.23 billion, compared with $3.27 billion in 2009. Lists for both years included a like number of firms.

令人惊讶的是,2010年前10家公司的累计收入增长了6.1%,达到18.7亿美元,而前一年的前十名为17.6亿美元。

洛杉矶Aecom再次领先排名,但该公司的收入在2010年比一年前下跌了23.7%。

AECOM西方地区首席执行官Phil Petrocelli说:“这仍然是一个充满挑战的经济环境,但美国肯定会回来。”

企业正在起货

Petrocelli补充说,他的公司正在私营企业,尤其是太阳能以及商业,司法/法院,体育馆和私立教育中的业务收获。

帕特塞利说,交通和桥梁的构造tion also is promising, although he is concerned about funding at state transportation departments because of tax-revenue decreases and, in California’s case, limited or postponed bond sales. “Cities and municipalities are still feeling the pain,” he says.

Petrocelli说,由于在许多情况下受到了困扰,公私合作伙伴关系是一种创新的方法。AECOM正在为长滩法院更换的一种称为基于绩效的基础设施的P3提供设计工作。

正在融资,设计,建造和运营法院的长滩司法合作伙伴将对建筑物的绩效负责,并监督35年的维护和资本续订资金。

Petrocelli说:“即使是基础设施和水项目,您也会看到更多的P3。”新利18备用网址“假设一个城市想清除受污染的地下水,这没有钱去做。对于像我们这样的公司来说,这是一个机会,因为我们可以找到资金并出售经过处理的水来支付我们的账单。”

Petrocelli says that although the federal deficit has grown, the country’s infrastructure is aging and will need to be upgraded. “We need to find a different way to finance it,” he says.

Health-care projects continue to drive the state’s design market. For example, SmithGroup, San Francisco, posted about $2 million more in California revenue in the latest ranking, thanks in part to design contracts for three major health-care projects, says Bill Diefenbach, the firm’s San Francisco office director. The projects are: Sutter Health’s $1.7-billion California Pacific Medical Center at Cathedral Hill, San Francisco; Alameda County’s $668-million Highland Hospital Acute Tower replacement, Oakland; and the $750-million reconstruction program for the Dept. of Veterans Affairs’ Palo Alto Health Care System.

迪芬巴赫说:“卫生保健占当前工作量的70%。”“我们希望获得50%的医疗保健和50%的其他一切,但是这些项目已得到资助并准备就绪。”新利18备用网址

SmithGroup’s other segments, including science, higher learning and technology, are lurching along because of California’s budget woes, he says. The firm has found additional work—particularly in San Francisco—on the tenant-improvements side, designing energy-efficient mechanical systems.

Diefenbach说,Smithgroup还参与了加利福尼亚大学,这是旧金山在Mission Bay的下一个项目。该公司在那里设计了其他建筑物,包括心血管研究大楼和Genentech Hall。

“与行业其他部门相比,医疗保健相对稳定,”洛杉矶公司的校长汤姆·切斯姆(Tom Chessum)表示。该公司是圣地亚哥县北部9.56亿美元的Palomar Pomerado健康替代医院项目的执行建筑师(请参阅Story,第29页)。Chessum说:“我们看到……在某些市场中的活动增加,而另一些市场的整体不可预测性在其他市场中的持续不可预测性。”

设计公司还正在从其加利福尼亚办事处寻求国际机会。AECOM在关岛为从冲绳的计划转移成千上万的美国军事人员。

SmithGroup is working in India in the health-care arena. Forell Elsesser Engineers, San Francisco, is expanding slowly in Turkey and China and has been active with nonprofit groups that are rebuilding earthquake-damaged housing in New Zealand and Haiti.

招聘是经济复苏的主要指标。例如,旧金山的帕森斯·布林克霍夫(Parsons Brinckerhoff)于2010年在加利福尼亚州增加了18名设计师和支持人员,今年该公司于5月中旬雇用了该州的7名高级工程师。

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