So, it's a large company and they have a lot of subsidiaries too. So, it's one of North America's actually largest and most respected construction engineering organizations. So lot of employees and they're doing a lot of work. And they also have about 20,000 employees. So, you know, I don't know what the date is more recent than that. So, it's a large company the revenue it brought in was about $9 billion at the end of 2018. It's actually headquartered in Nebraska in the US, and it was founded by a guy named Peter Kiewit. It was established in 1884, it is always ranked pretty high as one of the best civil engineering companies in the United States to work for. Actually, when I was going to school, Kiewit hired a few people from school, they were always one of the top paying companies for those engineers that just got out of school and definitely a good company to go and check out. And that is called the Kiewit Corporation. The next company is one that you probably are familiar with, or at least have heard about. Isaac Oakeson: All right, let's talk about our next one. Or if you want to look at a career, you can go to and check them out. So,you know, if that's of any interest to you, you can check out BAM.
The money they bring in is massive and the projects that they work on are massive. And so, they deal with all things civil engineering and definitely one to check out. And I'm sure with COVID that, you know, it might be taken a dive, like everyone else's. Their profit bounces between, like four to ten billion. They're dealing stuff with Africa and the Americas, Asia or Australia, the middle East and Gulf States, other areas as well. You've got their home office in the Netherlands. You know, I'm just navigating their website right now. They're an international company that does work all over the place. The company was founded by a guy named Adam Van Der Wal and back in 1869. Isaac Oakeson: The next company is called the Royal BAM Group. So, pretty crazy, pretty big company, and one of the big players out there in the United Kingdom and in Europe. It is a private civil engineering company, with the owner Ray as the chairman of the establishment there. So, that company was actually established in 1978, like I said, it is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So something that you might want to check out sometime. They do a lot of different projects and definitely one that has an international flair to it. O'rourke and Son, and they kept buying another company. They've you know, acquired other companies to get this big, it's kind of how they have grown. They made about $3 billion in 2018 and they have about 13,000 employees. And, so, the number 10 company is a company called Laing O'Rourke, and that is a United Kingdom company. But it's always fun to look outside of the box and talk about these. I doubt you've heard some of these names, but maybe you have. We're going international on some of these. But these are just massive companies that made massive amounts of money and have massive amounts of employees.
So today we're talking about the top 10 engineering companies to - Well, not work for, but the top 10 civil engineering companies in the world.
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If you are a civil engineer already working in the field or someone just fresh out of college, this episode will give you some insights regarding the many possibilities within the field by showing you how the field of engineering can be not only profitable but also rewarding from a professional standpoint, when you get the chance to work for these massive companies contributing to the many of the remarkable projects these companies are part of. In today's episode of the Civil Engineering Academy Podcast, Isaac walks us through the top 10 engineering companies in the world, going from the USA all the way to Germany, in addition to mentioning some of the honorable mentions of engineering firms in the US. Those that employ professionals all over the globe and have incredible, and most of the time unbelievably, massive revenues, which allow them to keep growing. Almost every engineer has already thought about the possibility of working for one of the largest and most renowned engineering companies in the world.