LAUREL, MD – December 21, 2009 – Engineering consulting firm Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) was named a top design firm in the Washington D.C. metropolitan region by the Washington Business Journal. Rankings are based on the firms' 2008 metro area engineering billings, and G&O placed 12th in the region's top 25 firms.

G&O has worked on a number of projects in the DC metro area, including St. Elizabeths West Campus Master Plan (Washington, DC), Mouth of Monocacy Road Bridge (Montgomery County, MD), University Town Center (Prince George's County, MD), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency New Campus East at Ft. Belvoir; C4ISR and C2CNT at Aberdeen Proving Ground; Defense Information Systems Agency at Ft. Meade, Missile Defense Agency at Ft. Belvoir; Department of Homeland Security Headquarters, and the Erkiletian building at 2009 North 14th Street (Arlington County, VA).

"We are pleased to be recognized as a top firm in the DC region once again. We are celebrating our 60th year of business in the DC Metro area, and are dedicated to preserving our tradition of providing top-notch engineering consulting services. It is especially rewarding to know that the hard work of our employees has led to an improved quality of life in our local communities," said G&O President and CEO Frank R. Finch, P.E.

Greenhorne & O'Mara (G&O) is a full-service engineering consulting firm that provides public and private sector solutions in the areas of infrastructure and design; transportation, environmental and water resources engineering; geospatial and information technology; and hazard mitigation and security services. G&O's 17 offices support projects located throughout the United States and overseas. Founded in 1950, G&O is an employee-owned firm that is consistently ranked by Engineering News Record among the top architectural/engineering design firms in the United States.