Awards and Recognition

Terracon Wins ACG Middle Market Growth Award for Innovation

The Association for Corporate Growth Recognizes Terracon’s Stage1 Offering

CHICAGO — The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), a global network dedicated to driving growth in middle-market companies, has honored Terracon with its first-ever Innovation award for Stage1, a collaborative, fully online offering that streamlines site selection for clients.

Last fall, Middle Market Growth staff asked middle-market companies to apply for the awards by describing their achievements during the past year related to growth, innovation, job creation, and retention and workplace culture. The Innovation award, sponsored by Cambridge Global Payments, recognizes innovation in the middle market. Judges selected one winner and three finalists, all of whom introduced a new offering, or grew an existing one, that represents a notable innovation within the company’s industry.

“The awards applications showed the resilience of middle-market businesses as they overcame adversity, and the role they play in creating and preserving jobs. The hard work and creativity that it took to steer these companies through a global pandemic is remarkable, and a cause for celebration,” said Kathryn Mulligan, editor in chief, Middle Market Growth.

Introduced in 2018 and significantly enhanced in 2020, Stage1 allows customers to form an initial assessment of a site’s geotechnical and environmental site conditions and risks in just a few days, according to Terracon’s Geotechnical National Service Line Director, Victor Donald, P.E., who developed the idea to better use Terracon’s vast data resources. Stage1 streamlines the site selection process with information provided in three key areas: geotechnical, subsurface environmental, and natural resources, which includes cultural resources and historic places, wetlands and waters, and protected species.

“Now our customers can conduct remote, site-specific research without the cost, time and risk associated with intrusive exploration and investigations required by traditional processes,” Donald said. “With the initial assessment provided by Stage1, informed decisions and smart work plans can proceed.”

About ACG

The Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) is the premier association for the mergers and acquisitions dealmaking community. Founded in 1954, ACG has 59 chapters worldwide. ACG’s global network comprises more than 100,000 middle-market professionals who invest, own, and advise growing companies. ACG’s mission is to drive middle-market growth. ACG reaches its audience through the award-winning publication Middle Market Growth, the official publication of the Association for Corporate Growth. For more information, click here.

About Terracon

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 5,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 150 offices with services available in all 50 states. Terracon ranks 24th on Engineering News-Record’s 2021 list of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, visit terracon.com. For more information about Stage1, visit: terracon.com/stage1

2020 ENR Rankings

Terracon, a leading provider of environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services, has continued a pattern of growth and market presence expansion as evidenced in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) annual listings of The Top 500 Design Firms and Sourcebook rankings.

• ENR Top 500 Design Firms: 22
• ENR Top 200 Environmental Firms: 63
• ENR Top 100 Pure Designers: 11
• ENR Top 20 General Building: 12
• ENR Top 150 Global Design Firms: 52
• ENR Telecommunications: 25
• Asbestos and Lead Abatement: 1
• Education: 16
• Multi-Unit Residential: 11
• Retail: 8
• Commercial Offices: 17
• Hotels, Motels, and Convention Centers: 12
• Distribution and Warehouses: 2
• Transportation: 37
• Highways: 25
• Power: 25
• Solar Power 4
• Wind Power: 10
• Transmission and Distribution: 19
• Pipelines: 19
• Petroleum: 41
• Water Supply: 38
• Hazardous Waste: 12
• Chemical and Soil Remediation: 15
• Site Assessment and Compliance: 7
• Industrial Process: 34
• Manufacturing: 29
• Towers and Antennae: 8
• Chemical Plants: 14
• Data Centers: 12
• Mining: 10
• Solid Waste: 9

Southwest Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #13

Midwest Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #8
• Top Indiana Design Firms #7
• Top Iowa Design Firms #3
• Top Kansas Design Firms #4
• Top Kentucky Firms  #7
• Top Minnesota Design Firms #8
• Top Missouri Design Firms #12
• Top Nebraska Firms  #4
• Top Ohio Design Firms #10
• Top Wisconsin Design Firms #17
• Manufacturing  #9
• Commercial #3
• Transportation #19
• Education #19

ENR Texas and Louisiana Ranking #9

• Top Arkansas Design Firms  #5
• Top Mississippi Design Firms #8
• Top Oklahoma Design Firms #5
• Power #6
• Education/Research  #13
• Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering Firms #2
• Distribution and Warehouses #2
• Hazardous Waste #3
• Hospitality  #5
• Commercial #12
• Retail #4
• Multi-Unit Residential #5
• Healthcare  #10
• Power #6

Southeast Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #8
• Top Florida Design Firms #15
• Top Georgia Design Firms #8
• Top North Carolina Design Firms #8
• Top South Carolina Design Firms #10
• Top Alabama Design Firms #9
• Top Tennessee Design Firms #9
• Commercial #10

Intermountain Ranking

• Top Design Firms  #11
• Environmental and Geotechnical Firms #5
• Retail #5

Colorado and Wyoming Ranking #8

• Environmental and Geotechnical Firms #5
• Multi-Unit Residential #6
• Hazardous Waste #4
• Retail #7
• Power #7
• Other Project Types #4

2019 ENR Rankings

Terracon, a leading provider of environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services, has continued a pattern of growth and market presence expansion as evidenced in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) annual listings of The Top 500 Design Firms and Sourcebook rankings.

Terracon’s current national rankings reflect our continued excellence in many key areas:

• ENR Top 500 Design Firms: 24
• ENR Top 200 Environmental Firms: 60
• ENR Top 20 General Building: 12
• ENR Telecommunications: 17
• ENR Top 100 Pure Designers: 10
• ENR Top 150 Global Design Firms: 56
• Education: 14
• Multi-Unit Residential: 12
• Retail: 16
• Commercial Offices: 8
• Hotels, Motels and Convention Centers: 15
• Distribution and Warehouses: 2
• Transportation: 35
• Highways: 24
• Airports: 23
• Power: 26
• Solar Power: 3
• Transmission and Distribution: 21
• Pipelines: 18
• Petroleum: 40
• Water Supply: 39
• Sewerage and Waste: 50
• Hazardous Waste: 16
• Chemical and Soil Remediation: 15
• Site Assessment and Compliance: 9
• Asbestos and Lead Abatement: 1
• Industrial Process: 29
• Manufacturing: 26
• Towers and Antennae: 8
• Chemical Plants: 16
• Data Centers: 10
• Mining: 9

ENR ranked Terracon #1 in Asbestos/Lead Abatement for the seventh consecutive year.

Significant upward movement for Terracon in the Top Design Firms regional listings includes rising to #10 in Intermountain, #11 in Southwest, #35 in California, and #38 in MidAtlantic. Terracon was listed for the first time for the New York Region, debuting at #60.

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 4,500 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 150 offices with services available in all 50 states.

2018 ENR Rankings

Terracon, a leading provider of environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services, has continued a pattern of growth and market presence expansion as evidenced in Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) annual listings of The Top 500.

Terracon has advanced in each of the following national rankings:

• Top 500 Design Firms - #24 (up from #30)
• Top 100 Pure Designers - #9 (up from #12)
• Telecommunications - #14 (up from #25)
• Retail - #5 (up from #6)
• Commercial Offices - #13 (up from #17)
• Transportation – #36 (up from #41)
• Power - #25 (up from #30)

ENR ranked Terracon #1 in Asbestos/Lead Abatement for the sixth consecutive year.

2017 ENR rankings

Engineering News-Record has announced rankings in its listing of the Top Design Firms.
Terracon ranks as the following in 2017:

Top 500 Design Firms  #30

Top 500 Design Firms – General Building #12

• Education  #14
• Multi-Unit Residential #15
• Retail #6
• Commercial Offices #17
• Distribution and Warehouses #2

Top 500 Design Firms – Transportation #41

Top 500 Design Firms – Power #30

• Solar Power #2
• Transmission and Distribution  #15

Top 500 Design Firms – Environment

• Water Supply #43
• Hazardous Waste #15
• Asbestos and Lead Abatement Design #1
• Site Assessment and Compliance #7

Top 500 Design Firms – Manufacturing, Telecom

• Industrial Process #45
• Manufacturing #33

Top 200 Environmental #63

Top 150 Global Design Firms  #62

Top 100 Pure Designers  #12

Engineering News-Record Southwest Ranking
Top Design Firms  #14
Top Nevada Design Firms #7
Top Arizona Design Firms #16
Top New Mexico Design Firms #13
General Building #12

Engineering News-Record Southeast Rankings
Top Design Firms  #8
Top Environmental and Geotechnical Design Firms #4
Top Education #9
Top Transportation #19
Top Alabama Design Firms #5
Top Florida Design Firms #14
Top Georgia Design Firms #8
Top North Carolina Design Firms #10
Top South Carolina Design Firms #4

Engineering News-Record Midwest Rankings
Top Design Firms #7
Top Power #6
Top Commercial #9
Top Iowa Design Firms #1
Top Kansas Design Firms #2
Top Kentucky Design Firms #8
Top Minnesota Design Firms #5
Top Missouri Design Firms #8
Top Nebraska Design Firms #2

Engineering News-Record Northwest Rankings
Top Northwest Design Firms #14
Top Portland Design Firms #20
Top General Building  #7
Top Washington Design Firms #12
Top Hazardous Waste #3

Engineering News-Record California Rankings
Top Design Firms  #46
Top Environmental and Geotechnical Design Firms #11

Engineering News-Record Texas and Louisiana Rankings
Top Design Firms  #6
Top Environmental and Geotechnical Design Firms #3
Top General Building Design Firms #7
Top Multi-Unit Residential #3
Top Education #8
Top Retail #2
Top Commercial #7
Top Louisiana Design Firms #10

Engineering News-Record Colorado and Wyoming Rankings
Top Design Firms  #6
Top Environmental and Geotechnical Design Firms #4
Top Colorado Design Firms #11*
Top General Building Design Firms #8*
Top Wyoming Design Firms #8*
Top Transportation #11
Top Water Supply #14

Engineering News-Record Intermountain Ranking
Top Design Firms  #14
Top Environmental and Geotechnical Design Firms #4
Top Transportation #11

Engineering News-Record New England Ranking
Top Design Firms  #35
*Indicates 2016 ranking.