What’s New at BrightFields, Inc.

Zweig White has ranked BrightFields as one of today’s leading environmental consulting firms, number 188 on its 2009 list of the 200  fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms on the basis of percentage and dollar growth. This is BrightFields’ second year in a row to be recognized by Zweig White.  Over the years, the “Hot Firm” designation has become synonymous with success in the industry.

The Award

Eligibility rules for The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List state that firms must be based in the U.S. or Canada and derive the majority of their revenue from the practice of architecture, engineering, planning, environmental consulting, design and construction, or allied disciplines. For the 2009 list, eligible firms had to be in business as of Jan. 1, 2005, and had to have 2005 gross revenues of at least $1 million. 

Since it was first created in 2000, the Hot Firms List has taken special care to recognize both small firms and large firms for their successes. A $5 million firm may have an easier time doubling in size than a $5 billion firm, while, at the same time, growing by an additional $1 billion is a more feasible goal for the large firm than the small firm. To alleviate this problem, firms’ dollar growth and percentage growth are weighed equally to give both small firms and large firms an opportunity to make the list. Each firm is assigned a dollar ranking and a percentage ranking, and then the two numbers are combined for a total score. The 200 firms with the best combined scores are the winners on The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List.