WRA Ranked #5 Largest Architecture Firm in Greater Baltimore.
WRA ranked #5 on the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2025 List of Largest Architecture Firms in Baltimore. This year’s list included 57 firms located in the Greater Baltimore area.
WRA Moves up in ENR's Top 500 Design Firms Rankings.
WRA ranked #121, up from #125 last year, on Engineering News-Record’s 2025 Top 500 Design Firms list. The annual list ranks both publicly and privately held U.S. companies based on revenue for design-specific services performed the previous year.
WRA Ranks in Multiple Categories on BD+C Giants 400 Report.
WRA Ranked in multiple categories in the 2024 Building Design+Construction (BD+C) Giants 400 Report. The list ranks the nation's top architecture, engineering, and construction firms by revenue across 25 building sectors and specialty categories.
WRA ranked in the following 2024 Giants 400 categories:
WRA Named as 2025 Richmond Top Workplace.
WRA was recognized by the Richmond Times-Dispatch as a 2025 Richmond Top Workplace. The annual list is based on employee feedback and spotlights the Richmond region's best employers
WRA Named 2024 Baltimore Top Workplace.
WRA was named as a 2024 Top Workplace by the Baltimore Business Journal. The annual list is based on employee feedback and recognizes Baltimore area companies that excel in creating positive and engaging work environments.
Pittsburgh Water's South Side Flats Sewer Separation Project. .
The $14.8M project is a part of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s consent decree and entails separating the existing combined sanitary system with a standalone storm sewer system to reduce combined sewer overflows from South Side sewersheds within the City of Pittsburgh.
Services Performed
St. Elizabeth's Hospital Tank. .
A major component of the project is a 4,200 ft long 24” water transmission main connecting the new tank to DC Water’s system in the southeast portion of the District of Columbia. Due to the varied terrain, the water transmission main includes air release and blowoff valve vaults and isolation valves. The main also has cathodic protection, consisting of sacrificial anodes, an external coating, and electrical continuity.
Services Performed
HRSD York River Outfall and Diffuser . .
The outfall and diffuser is designed to convey a peak hydraulic flow of 75 MGD. The existing 48" diameter outfall pipe was extended across the Yorktown Power Station’s (YPS) property approximately 1,500 feet to the bank of the York River and approximately 3,500 feet into the York River to a new 320-foot long, 35-foot deep, multi-port diffuser with 32 diffuser ports. The new 48" diameter outfall pipe crossed multiple structures on the YPS property including the cooling water canal, ponds, buried utilities, roads, and parking lots.
Services Performed
Dan Beaver Presents at MdQI Conference.
Dan Beaver, from the York/Baltimore office, presented on the Greenmount Avenue Streetscape project at the Maryland Quality Initiative Conference (MdQI) in January. The project won the 2024 MdQI Project of the Year - Under $5 Million.
WRA to Design CCBC Renovation and Expansion.
WRA is designing the Community College of Baltimore County's Automotive Technology Renovation and Expansion. The building, located at the Catonsville campus, will have 4,000 SF of space renovated to increase the number of faculty and staff offices and expand classroom space. A 22,000 SF addition will increase the department's automotive laboratory space to support electric vehicle and emerging technology training.
