Belt Collins Ranked 121st among Top Design Firms HONOLULU?EUR??,,????'??+ Belt Collins, a Hawaii-based planning, engineering, landscape architecture and environmental consulting firm founded in Honolulu in 1953, placed 121 on the Engineering News-Record?EUR??,,????'???s ?EUR??,,????'??Top 500 Design Firms.?EUR??,,????'?? Belt Collins was one of only two Hawaii-based firms named to the list. ?EUR??,,????'??We are honored to have been ranked in this prestigious international list,?EUR??,,????'?? said Anne Mapes, president of the Belt Collins Hawaii division, ?EUR??,,????'??especially since this is the first time we?EUR??,,????'???ve submitted our information.?EUR??,,????'?? Belt Collins added landscape architecture to its services in 1960. The firm also has offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Philippines, Guam, and Washington state; more than half of its work is done internationally. In 2002, Belt Collins had $12.9 million in revenue outside of the United States. The firm has completed over 12,000 projects in 65 countries. In 2000, Belt Collins received the Hawaii Governor?EUR??,,????'???s Exporter of the Year award. The design firm celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2003, and recently published a hardcover book, The Master Landscape Architect Series: Belt Collins, featuring many of its prominent projects: historic hotels and destination resorts, recreational developments, urban spaces, and residential design. A quick, but not exhaustive, look at the ?EUR??,,????'??Top 50 Design Firms?EUR??,,????'?? reveals a few familiar names: HNTB Corp., Kansas City, Mo. (21st); Carter & Burgess, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas (29th); Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabuaum, St. Louis, Mo. (31st); Burns & McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo. (34th); and Dewberry, Fairfax, Va. (49th) 31st).