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The Beck Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryArchitecture and Construction
FoundedHouston, Texas, 1912 [1]
FounderHenry C. Beck
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
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United States
Number of locations
10 Offices
Key people
Number of employees
over 850 (U.S. and Mexico, 2023)
Websitebeckgroup.com

The Beck Group is a company that provides architecture, construction, sustainability, virtual building, and technology services. The company is based in Dallas, Texas. It has regional offices in Atlanta, Austin, Carolinas, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Mexico City, Monterrey, South Florida, and Tampa.[3] The Beck Group serves a diverse range of industries including commercial, corporate, healthcare, entertainment, faith-based, institutional, among others.

Beck Park - Dallas, Texas

History

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The Beck Group was founded in 1912 by Henry C. Beck[4] in Houston, Texas as a general contractor[2] as Central Contracting Company. In 1934, it moved its headquarters to Dallas,[1] a requirement for building the city's Cotton Exchange Building.[2] In 1946, Henry C. Beck, then the sole proprietor, changed the name to the Henry C. Beck Company. In 1981 the company changed its name to HCB Contractors.

The majority of their work throughout their history has been commercial, but realized they needed to expand beyond that.[5] In the 1990s, the construction company added other services like design and real estate development. It also acquired a UK-developed software product (Reflex). It began to develop a proprietary software, DESTINI, which would provide immediate costs for buildings as they were modeled in the schematic design phase.[6]

Management Under Henry C. Beck, Sr.

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Beck lead the company from its founding in 1912 as Central Contracting Company until his death at the age of 61 when the firm was called Henry C. Beck Company. Beck was eulogized by the Dallas Morning News, as paraphrased:

"Henry Beck's career as a builder parallels the impressive physical growth of the southwest. He was an integral part of it. His death at 61 deprives this region of an outstanding figure in the industry... His untiring efforts had much to do with changing the area's structure. His interest was building. It was building of substantiality and good taste. The attractiveness of southwestern cities, in comparison with the gloomier cities of the northeast, is a tribute to the fore-visioned builders, of whom Mr. Beck was a distinctive representative."

Management under Henry C. Beck, Jr.

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In 1948, at the age of 32, Beck assumed the reins of one of the nation's top builders Henry C. Beck Company. He would go on to lead the company for almost four decades.

Management Under Larry A. Wilson, Sr.

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In 1976, Larry Wilson (1935 - 2016) served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Henry C. Beck Company. Wilson oversaw projects including the Crescent, Plaza of the Americas, the Reunion Project, Fountain Place and Cityplace. Under Wilson's leadership, The Beck Group also built large office projects in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.[7] During Wilson's tenure, the company changed names from Henry C. Beck Company to HCB Contractors, Inc.

Management Under Henry "Peter" C. Beck, III

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In 1992, Peter Beck became the company's fourth chief executive officer of HCB Contractors. In 1999, under Beck's leadership, the company merged with Urban Architecture, a regional design firm, and re-branded as The Beck Group.[6] The firm began pursuing integrated projects completing both design and construction services in-house. In 2002 The Beck Group was named one of Fortune Magazine's '100 Best Companies to Work For'.[8]

Management Under Fred Perpall

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In 2013, Fred Perpall took over from Peter Beck as the fifth chief executive officer of The Beck Group.[9] Only the second non-family member to hold such role.

In late 2019, the company relocated its headquarters to Santander Tower in Downtown Dallas.[10]

In late 2023, Beck announced a strategic growth investment with Pamlico in Beck Technology. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Beck Technology serves some of the largest and most sophisticated contractors in the world. The Company's platform was built by contractors who understand the challenges faced by customers and the solution offers a modern and streamlined experience that drives preconstruction accuracy, efficiency, and consistency. [11]

Notable Projects

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Project City State Services
200 Clayton Street Denver Colorado Architecture
AT&T Pinnacle Park Dallas Texas Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Development
One Atlantic Center Atlanta Georgia Construction
Baylor University Sciences Building Waco Texas Integrated: Construction, Development Management
Baylor East Village[12] Waco Texas Construction
Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative Waco Texas Construction
Belleview North Tower Denver Colorado Design-Build
Comerica Bank Tower Dallas Texas Construction
Cotton Bowl Stadium Dallas Texas Construction
The Crescent[13] Dallas Texas Construction
Dallas Arboretum[14] Dallas Texas Construction
Dickies Arena Fort Worth Texas Construction
Disney Corporate Headquarters[1] Burbank California Construction
Duke University Basketball Practice Facility [15] Durham North Carolina Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Programming
The Domain[15] Austin Texas Construction
Fellowship Church, Main Campus Grapevine Texas Construction
Fellowship Church, Downtown Campus Dallas Texas Renovation
Fidelity Investments Regional Center Westlake Texas Construction
Firewheel Town Center[15] Garland Texas Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction
First Gulf Building Denver Colorado Design-Build
First National Bank Plaza[16] Phoenix Arizona Construction
Fountain Place[1] Dallas Texas Construction
Gateway Church (Main Campus)[15] Southlake Texas Architecture
Gateway Church (Satellite Campus)[15] North Fort Worth Texas Architecture
Gateway Church (Satellite Campus)[15] Grand Prairie Texas Architecture and Construction
Guarantee Bank Tower Phoenix Arizona Construction
Hunt Corporate Headquarters[15] Dallas Texas Architecture
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles California Construction
Mary Kay Headquarters Dallas Texas Construction
Mary Kay Manufacturing Dallas Texas Construction
One Platte Denver Colorado Design-Build
Phoenix Financial Center Phoenix Arizona Construction
The Populus Hotel Denver Colorado Construction
Poudre Valley Hospital Master Plan Implementation Fort Collins Colorado Construction
The Nasher Sculpture Center[15] Dallas Texas Integrated: Associate Architect of Record, Construction
Kimbell Art Museum, Piano Pavilion[14] Fort Worth Texas Construction
RadioShack Headquarters[15] Fort Worth Texas Construction
Regis University DeSmet Hall Denver Colorado Design-Build
Royal Gorge Bridge & Park Visitor's Center Canyon City Colorado Design-Build
Southlake Town Square Southlake Texas Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction
Shake Shack at Uptown Crescent[17] Dallas Texas Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction
Texas Motor Speedway[1][15] Fort Worth Texas Construction
USAA Southeast Regional Office Tampa Florida Construction
Valley Center[18] Phoenix Arizona Construction
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall Sarasota Florida Construction
Victory Lofts Tampa Florida Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Development, Media
Victory Plaza at Victory Park Dallas Texas Construction

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "100 Years and Counting". The Beck Group. August 4, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Hall, Cheryl (October 12, 2013). "New CEO runs The Beck Group in lockstep with predecessor". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  3. ^ Harwell, Drew (April 19, 2013). "Top Workplaces: Beck Group cited for fostering innovation". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  4. ^ Greater Dallas Chamber (2000). Dallas: reflections & visions. MARCOA Pub. p. 40. ISBN 9781929933013. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  5. ^ Solomon, Nancy (May 27, 2008). Architecture INTL: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future. Visual Reference Publications. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-58471-162-9.
  6. ^ a b Fehrenbach, Peter (April 1, 2012). "How Peter Beck helped create a more efficient way to design and construct buildings". Smart Business. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  7. ^ Simnacher, Joe (November 16, 2016). "Larry Wilson Sr., who changed skylines as CEO of Dallas' HCB Group, dies at 81". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  8. ^ "2002 - Great Place to Work® Institute". Retrieved June 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "New CEO runs The Beck Group in lockstep with predecessor". Dallas News. October 12, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  10. ^ "New Digs in Downtown Dallas". Architectural Products May/June 2022 magazine via issue.com. June 9, 2022.
  11. ^ "Pamlico Announces Strategic Growth Investment in Beck Technology". PR Newswire (Press release). PR Newswire. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  12. ^ "Baylor East Village". The Beck Group. September 24, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  13. ^ "AIA Dallas Chapter Honors 9 Projects with Built Design Awards". Dallas Innovates. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  14. ^ a b Brown, Steve (February 9, 2015). "Urban Land Institute picks finalists for North Texas commercial real estate awards". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Portfolio". The Beck Group. July 16, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  16. ^ "PCI Items Vol. 18, No. 1.pdf" (PDF).
  17. ^ "Shake Shack restaurant lands at Uptown's Crescent complex". Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  18. ^ "AJ-1973-10.pdf" (PDF).
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