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HONOLULU�9 September 1998 - With $23 million in international
billings in 1997, the architecture firm
of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo is ranked first among all exclusively-architecture
firms worldwide, in Engineering News-Record�s (ENR) annual survey of �The
Top 200 International Design Firms.� (July 20, 1998)
International work represented 49% of WAT&G�s total billings in 1997. The firm�s 250 employees are currently working on 160 active projects on five continents. According to ENR, �The crippling financial crisis in the Asian market put a crimp in the growth of international design work in 1997, but the major players are not giving up on the region.� As a case in point, WAT&G�s revenues in Asia dropped from $7 million in 1996 to $5.5 million in 1997; but all four of its offices continue to do work in the region. The firm�s work within Asia shifted from Malaysia and Indonesia to China,
Taiwan, and India.
�Our clients have become more global and so have we,� says Ronald J. Holecek, the firm�s president and CEO. �We have active, ongoing projects in 38 countries that are in various stages of design and construction.� Since its founding in 1945, WAT&G has worked on projects in over 119 countries and territories from offices in Honolulu, Hawaii; Newport Beach, California; London, England; and Singapore. The firm is recognized as the world�s leading architecture firm specializing in hospitality, leisure, and entertainment. |
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