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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

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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 2025 Ranking: 233

ENR 2024 Ranking: 227

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

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2022 Ranking: 15
2021 Ranking: 9
2016 Ranking: 53
2015 Ranking: 44
2014 Ranking: 45

2013 Ranking: 82

Inc. Best Workplaces 2025

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Inc.’s 2025 Best Workplaces list honors companies that invest in top-tier benefits, development opportunities, and more. 

2025 ESOP Company of the Year Award

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This award is given to an ESOP company that shows a strong commitment to employee ownership through its involvement with The ESOP Association and its programs, its clear communication with employees, and its commitment to The ESOP Association’s vision of endorsing employee participation,  wealth creation, and individual dignity and worth. 

2025 New England AIA Emerging Professional Friendly Firm

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This award is presented to firms that display an outstanding commitment to the development of their Emerging Professional staff.

2025 CBC Project Team Awards

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Safety & Operational Improvements On I-84 In West Hartford | West Hartford, CT | First Place

BL Companies worked closely with the Connecticut Department of Transportation and O&G Industries to deliver critical safety and operational improvements to I-84 in West Hartford. 

2025 ACEC Engineering Excellence Awards

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Harbor Brook Channel Improvemements Project | Meriden, CT

  • National Recognition Award
  • ACEC CT –  Grand Award

2025 CSCE Achievement in Civil Engineering (ACE) Award

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Harbor Brook Channel Improvements Project | Meriden, CT 

2022 LightBox PRISM Culture of Excellence Award

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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

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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

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Crisis Management & Communications Award

Newsletter – Internal Award

People’s Choice Award

2020 WTS Connecticut Employer of the Year Award

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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

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Gateway Commons, East Lyme, CT

2019 SMPS CT Marketing Communications Awards

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Best Special Event Award

Judges’ Best in Show

2019 CT CREW Blue Ribbon Award

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FedEx Middletown Distribution Hub, Middletown, CT

2018 Connecticut ASLA Professional Award (Municipal / Public Spaces Merit Award)

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Connecticut Veteran’s Cemetery Expansion and Improvements Project, Middletown, CT

2017 Zweig Group Best Firms to Work For

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Multidiscipline Firms Category

2017 SMPS CT Marketing Communications Awards

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Best Corporate Identity | Rebranding
Best Corporate Video

2017 CT ASLA Connecticut Professional Award | Built Works Municipal/Public Spaces

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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

2016 New York State Historic Preservation Award

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Restoration of Hangars 1 & 2 at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY

2016 New York City Landmarks Conservancy – Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award

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Restoration of Hangars 1 & 2 at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, NY

2016 New York City Landmarks Conservancy – Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award

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Restoration of the Coignet Building, Brooklyn, NY

CREW CT, The Real Estate Exchange – Best Sustainable Project

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Connecticut Highways Service Plazas

2016 Connecticut Building Congress, Project Team Awards (Major Renovations/Expansions Category)

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Jordan’s Furniture, Renovation of the New Haven Register Building, New Haven, CT

2016 Connecticut Building Congress, Project Team Awards (Transportation Category)

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Old Main Street Bridge Replacement Project, Rocky Hill, CT

2015 Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers ACE Award

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Old Main Street Bridge Replacement Project, Rocky Hill, CT

The American Institute of Architects NY Chapter COTE Merit Award

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2014 COTE Proof + Beauty Merit Award for Whole Foods Market, Brooklyn

Hartford Business Champions Award 2014: “Overall” Category

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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.

Construction Management Association of America (CMMA) – 2013 Building Project of the Year Award/New Construction

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Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT

CREW CT, The Real Estate Exchange – Blue Ribbon Award and People’s Choice Award

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Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT

Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2013

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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

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Hartford Business Journal and MetroHartford Alliance

CREW CT The Real Estate Exchange 2012 Annual Connecticut Real Estate Awards

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“Best Sustainable Design Project”
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT

Learning By Design 2012 Outstanding Project, General Excellence, Entire School/Campus Building

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Davis Street Arts and Academics School, New Haven, CT

The ESOP Association, New England Chapter, 2011 ESOP Company of the Year

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Connecticut Building Congress 2011 Project Team Award

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Award of Merit, Major Renovations/Expansions Category
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

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Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT

AIA Connecticut People’s Choice Award 2011

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“Your Favorite Educational Project” Category
Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT

Learning By Design 2011 Outstanding Project, General Excellence, Green Design/Building/Sustainability Award

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Mary M. Hooker Environmental Sciences Magnet School, Hartford, CT

Retail Traffic 2011 Superior Achievement in Design and Imaging (SADI) Award

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“New or Renovated Supermarket” Category
Whole Foods Market, Darien, CT

BL Companies Receives 2010 Innovations in Employee Ownership Award

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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

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Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, Aerial Tram Modernization, Roosevelt Island, NY

AIA Connecticut People’s Choice Award 2010

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“Place I’d Most Like to Work/Commute” Category
Science Park Parking Garage, New Haven, CT

Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers, 2010 Achievement in Civil Engineering (ACE) Award

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Award of Merit, Transportation Category
Bridgehampton Crossing Project, Farmington, CT

Associated Builders and Contractors of Connecticut – Excellence in Construction Award

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Storrs Center, Mansfield, CT

Inc. 5000

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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.
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