Awards
At BL Companies, our employee-owned team does great work – but you don’t need to take our word for it.
Scroll through the gallery below to see the industry awards and honors for our hard work, corporate culture and completed projects.
ENR Top 500 Design Firms
BL Companies has consistently been ranked on Engineering News–Record’s Top 500 Design Firms list. This annual ENR Top 500 Design Firms list ranks the 500 largest engineering, architectural and environmental design firms by revenue. It also ranks the largest firms in a wide variety of market sectors.
ENR 2023 Ranking: 205
ENR 2022 Ranking: 155
ENR 2021 Ranking: 158
ENR 2020 Ranking: 254
ENR 2019 Ranking: 288
ENR 2018 Ranking: 286
ENR 2017 Ranking: 302
ENR 2016 Ranking: 273
ENR 2015 Ranking: 283
ENR 2014 Ranking: 285
ENR 2013 Ranking: 342
ENR 2012 Ranking: 393
ENR 2011 Ranking: 400
Zweig Group Hot Firm List
2022 Ranking: 15
2021 Ranking: 9
2016 Ranking: 53
2015 Ranking: 44
2014 Ranking: 45
2022 LightBox PRISM Culture of Excellence Award
The LightBox PRISM Awards are the benchmark for excellence in property due diligence, commercial real estate lending, and appraisals. Award categories recognize creativity, innovation, service, and achievement in the areas of leadership, technology, and influence.
2021 ESOP Company of the Year Award
BL Companies received the Company of the Year Award from the ESOP Association’s New England Chapter for its dedication to employee ownership culture and to the ESOP Association’s vision of endorsing employee participation, wealth creation, and individual dignity and worth
2021 SMPS CT Marketing Communications Awards
Crisis Management & Communications Award
Newsletter – Internal Award
People’s Choice Award
2020 WTS Connecticut Employer of the Year Award
BL Companies received the 2020 WTS Connecticut Employer of the Year Award for its efforts to support and advance women in the transportation industry. Employer of the Year is awarded to organizations that recruit, retain, advance, and support women in the transportation industry through career and professional development, continuing education, and professional organization memberships as well as provide encouragement to female students entering the transportation industry through internships.
2020 Connecticut Society of Engineers ACE Merit Award
Gateway Commons, East Lyme, CT
2019 SMPS CT Marketing Communications Awards
Best Special Event Award
Judges’ Best in Show
2019 CT CREW Blue Ribbon Award
FedEx Middletown Distribution Hub, Middletown, CT
2018 Connecticut ASLA Professional Award (Municipal / Public Spaces Merit Award)
Connecticut Veteran’s Cemetery Expansion and Improvements Project, Middletown, CT
2017 Zweig Group Best Firms to Work For
Multidiscipline Firms Category
2017 SMPS CT Marketing Communications Awards
Best Corporate Identity | Rebranding
Best Corporate Video
Best Corporate Video
2017 CT ASLA Connecticut Professional Award | Built Works Municipal/Public Spaces
State of CT Veterans Memorial at Minuteman Park, Hartford, CT
“Very good response to programmatic needs. Design has created excellent passive and active opportunities to honor and remember those who served and sacrificed their lives. Excellent design implementation execution and installation.”
– 2017 Jury Comment on design
“Very good response to programmatic needs. Design has created excellent passive and active opportunities to honor and remember those who served and sacrificed their lives. Excellent design implementation execution and installation.”
– 2017 Jury Comment on design
2016 New York State Historic Preservation Award
Restoration of Hangars 1 & 2 at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY
2016 New York City Landmarks Conservancy – Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
Restoration of Hangars 1 & 2 at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY
2016 New York City Landmarks Conservancy – Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award
Restoration of the Coignet Building, Brooklyn, NY
CREW CT, The Real Estate Exchange – Best Sustainable Project
Connecticut Highways Service Plazas
2016 Connecticut Building Congress, Project Team Awards (Major Renovations/Expansions Category)
Jordan’s Furniture, Renovation of the New Haven Register Building, New Haven, CT
2016 Connecticut Building Congress, Project Team Awards (Transportation Category)
Old Main Street Bridge Replacement Project, Rocky Hill, CT
The Zweig Letter 2016 Hot Firm List – #53
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2015 Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers ACE Award
Old Main Street Bridge Replacement Project, Rocky Hill, CT
The Zweig Letter 2015 Hot Firm List – #44
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The American Institute of Architects NY Chapter COTE Merit Award
2014 COTE Proof + Beauty Merit Award for Whole Foods Market, Brooklyn
Hartford Business Champions Award 2014: “Overall” Category
Hartford Business Journal and MetroHartford Alliance
BL was recognized as the overall award winner for its growth and best practices in all categories: revenue, innovation, workforce, and community involvement.
The Zweig Letter 2014 Hot Firm List – #45
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Construction Management Association of America (CMMA) – 2013 Building Project of the Year Award/New Construction
Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT
CREW CT, The Real Estate Exchange – Blue Ribbon Award and People’s Choice Award
Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT
Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2013
The program is a public and private partnership of Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and the Central Penn Business Journal.
Hartford Business Champions Award 2013 – “Workforce” Category
Hartford Business Journal and MetroHartford Alliance
The Zweig Letter 2013 Hot Firm List – #82
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CREW CT The Real Estate Exchange 2012 Annual Connecticut Real Estate Awards
“Best Sustainable Design Project”
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Learning By Design 2012 Outstanding Project, General Excellence, Entire School/Campus Building
Davis Street Arts and Academics School, New Haven, CT
The ESOP Association, New England Chapter, 2011 ESOP Company of the Year
Connecticut Building Congress 2011 Project Team Award
Award of Merit, Major Renovations/Expansions Category
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences, Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences, Magnet School, Hartford, CT
U.S. Green Building Council, Connecticut Chapter, 2011 Alexion Pharmaceutical’s Award of Excellence and the Commercial and Institutional Award of Honor
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
AIA Connecticut People’s Choice Award 2011
“Your Favorite Educational Project” Category
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Learning By Design 2011 Outstanding Project, General Excellence, Green Design/Building/Sustainability Award
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT
Retail Traffic 2011 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging (SADI) Award
“New or Renovated Supermarket” Category
Whole Foods Market, Darien, CT
Whole Foods Market, Darien, CT
BL Companies Receives 2010 Innovations in Employee Ownership Award
Presented by the National Center for Employee Ownership and the Beyster Institute at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management
Professional Women in Construction “The Future in Progress” Award 2010
Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, Aerial Tram Modernization, Roosevelt Island, NY
AIA Connecticut People’s Choice Award 2010
“Place I’d Most Like to Work/Commute” Category
Science Park Parking Garage, New Haven, CT
Science Park Parking Garage, New Haven, CT
Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 2010 Achievement in Civil Engineering (ACE) Award
Award of Merit, Transportation Category
Bridgehampton Crossing Project, Farmington, CT
Bridgehampton Crossing Project, Farmington, CT
Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut – Excellence in Construction Award
Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT
Connecticut Building Congress Project Team Awards 2009
New Construction, Special Category
Northeast Utilities, Middletown/Norwalk Transmission Project
Northeast Utilities, Middletown/Norwalk Transmission Project
Architecture Boston
Citation for Interior Courtyard Design in the K-12 Educational Facilities Design category for John C. Daniels School, New Haven, CT. BL Companies’ services included civil engineering and landscape architecture.
Inc. 5000
BL Companies was named one of the fastest-growing private companies in America by Inc. 5000 in 2008. This was the inaugural year of the Inc. 5000 list, which recognizes the importance of growing entrepreneurial companies in the United States.
Public Relations Society of America Mercury Award
BL Companies launched a new company Web site in early 2008. The Web site earned a 2008 Mercury Award from the Southern Connecticut, Westchester/Fairfield and Connecticut Valley chapters of the Public Relations Society of America. The Mercury awards recognize outstanding work in the public relations, communications and marketing disciplines.
BL Companies Awarded Large Business Leadership Award
The Greater Meriden Chamber of Commerce grants this annual honor to the member business that exemplifies outstanding private sector leadership in the Meriden business community.
Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2008
The program is a public/private partnership of Team Pennsylvania Foundation, the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry and the Central Penn Business Journal.
Best Places to Work in Connecticut for 2008
This survey and awards program identifies, recognizes and honors the best employers in Connecticut.
SMPS Connecticut
BL Companies 20th anniversary commemorative brochure received second place honors from the Society for Marketing Professional Services: Connecticut Chapter 2007 Marketing Communications Awards program.
