Mobile, AL – The 2025 Engineering News Record (ENR) Sourcebook rankings, published on July 10, 2025, shows Hargrove Engineers & Constructors rising once again to the #1 spot in the Chemicals sector, up from a ranking of #2 in 2024. Hargrove is also ranked among the top firms in Industrial Process, Pulp & Paper, Refining, Aerospace, Pharma, and Fossil Fuel.

“We are thrilled to represent One Team with our Teammates, partners, and clients as the #1 firm in the Chemicals sector nationally,” notes Ralph A. Hargrove, President & CEO. “Our service to these industries and our commitment to longstanding client relationships within them are defining features of Hargrove’s legacy.”

Hargrove’s additional rankings in ENR’s 2025 Sourcebook include #3 in Industrial Process, #5 in Pulp & Paper, #6 in Refining, #11 in Petroleum, and #12 in Fossil Fuels. In ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list, Hargrove was named No. 65 overall and No. 7 among Industrial Process Firms.

These annual rankings help showcase and reflect Hargrove’s dedication and continued efforts in the Chemicals sector and beyond, delivering high-impact solutions that drive safety, innovation, and sustainable growth to our clients, partners, and communities.

About Hargrove Engineers & Constructors

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors is a full-service project execution firm offering EPC (engineering, procurement, construction management), controls & automation, life sciences, operations, equipment solutions, and technical services. They serve their process industrial, refining, energy generation, manufacturing, and infrastructure clients in long-term support relationships with multiple modes of service: on-site support arrangements, plant-level small projects and consulting roles, and larger capital projects. Company leadership states that Hargrove’s success stems from their time-tested culture of relationship-building – working as “One Team” with their clients to meet and exceed expectations – and their ownership structure, as 100% employee-owned. Hargrove’s technical and professional staff includes over 2,700 teammates in 17 domestic and 2 international offices companywide, with presence in Alabama, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and internationally in Mexico.

About Engineering News-Record

Engineering News-Record reports on the top design firms, both architects and engineers, and the top construction companies and projects in the United States and around the world. The ENR Top 500 Design Firms is an annual ranking of the 500 largest both privately and publicly held U.S.-based design firms based on design revenue. ENR publishes a variety of “Sourcebooks” which provide a more in-depth ranking of the largest professional service and construction firms who participate in the ENR surveys.