Best Civil Engineering Firms

[1smartengineer]

Every now and then you see a listing titled, Best Engineering Firm for, new graduates, project managers etc.
I have always wondered, what is it that makes a civil engineering firm better than the other company? Is it the people, their success, the collective attitude of the company's employees or is it merely observations by outsiders.
The question thus becomes, what is it that makes a civil engineering company great?

[t_amos]

In civil engineering, I think KBR outshines most of the other companies both in their versatility and the number of high-profile projects that they constantly get involved with.
I have not worked for them, however I am constantly reading about them in the media and I can only assume that they are a great company.