The Beck Group

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The Beck Group
TypePrivate
FoundedHouston, Texas, 1912 [1]
FounderHenry C. Beck
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
,
United States
Key people
Number of employees
over 600 (nationwide, 2014)
Websitebeckgroup.com

The Beck Group is a company that provides architecture, construction,[3] real estate development, and sustainable design and consulting, as well as finance and technology services. The company is based in Dallas, Texas and also has offices in Atlanta, Austin, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Tampa.[4] The Beck Group serves a diverse range of industries, including corporate, healthcare, entertainment, religious, and education. They also provide services based on the use of their software product, DESTINI.

The company is headquartered in the Arts District of Downtown Dallas at the former Southwestern Life Insurance Building, designed by George Dahl, but plans to relocate to Thanksgiving Tower in 2019.[citation needed]

1807 Ross Avenue in Dallas, Texas

History[]

The Beck Group was founded in 1912 by Henry C. Beck[5] in Houston, Texas as a general contractor[2] and moved its headquarters to Dallas in 1924,[1] a requirement for building the city's Cotton Exchange Building.[2]

In the 1990s, the construction company began adding other services, such as design and real estate development. It also acquired a UK-developed software product (Reflex) and began to develop a proprietary software, DESTINI, which would provide immediate costs for buildings as they were modeled in the schematic design phase.[6]

In 1999, under the leadership of then-CEO (present executive chairman) Henry C. Beck III, the company merged with Urban Architecture, a regional design firm.[6] In 2013, Fred Perpall took over from Beck III as the fifth CEO of the design-build firm.[7]

Projects[]

  • 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 University – Baylor East Village [8]
  • Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative - Waco, Texas (Construction)
  • Crescent Pavilion - Dallas, Texas (Construction)[9]
  • Dallas Arboretum[10]
  • Disney Corporate Headquarters – Burbank, California (Construction) [1]
  • Duke University Basketball Practice Facility – Durham, North Carolina (Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Programming) [11]
  • The Domain – Austin, Texas (Construction) [11]
  • Fellowship Church - Grapevine, Texas (construction of both the original main facility and the bookstore expansion; in addition, Beck also renovated the facility now hosting its Downtown Dallas campus)
  • Fidelity Investments Regional Center – Westlake, Texas (Construction)
  • Firewheel Town Center – Garland, Texas (Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction) [11]
  • First National Bank Plaza - Phoenix, Arizona (Construction)[12]
  • Fountain Place – Dallas, Texas (Construction) [1]
  • Gateway Church - Southlake main campus (Architect),[11] North Fort Worth site (Architect),[11] and Grand Prairie site (Architect and Construction) [11]
  • Guarantee Bank Tower - Phoenix, Arizona (Construction)
  • Hunt Corporate Headquarters – Dallas, Texas (Architecture) [11]
  • Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art – Los Angeles, California (Construction)
  • Mary Kay Headquarters – Dallas, Texas (Construction)
  • Phoenix Financial Center - Phoenix, Arizona (Construction)
  • The Nasher Sculpture Center – Dallas, Texas (Integrated: Associate Architect of Record, Construction) [11]
  • Piano Pavilion at the Kimbell Museum of Art in Fort Worth.[10]
  • RadioShack Headquarters – Fort Worth, Texas (Construction) [11]
  • Southlake Town Square – Southlake, Texas (Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction)
  • Shake Shack - Dallas, Texas (Integrated: Architect of Record, Construction)[13]
  • Texas Motor Speedway – Fort Worth, Texas (Construction) [1][11]
  • USAA Southeast Regional Office – Tampa, Florida (Construction)
  • Valley Center - Phoenix, Arizona (Construction)[14]
  • Victory Lofts – Tampa, Florida (Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Development, Media)
  • Victory Plaza at Victory Park – Dallas, Texas (Construction)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "100 Years and Counting". The Beck Group. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  2. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ Architecture: Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future. p. 173
  4. ^ Harwell, Drew (April 19, 2013). "Top Workplaces: Beck Group cited for fostering innovation". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  5. ^ Greater Dallas Chamber (2000). Dallas: reflections & visions. MARCOA Pub. p. 40. ISBN 9781929933013. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
  6. ^ Jump up to: 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. ^ "New CEO runs The Beck Group in lockstep with predecessor". Dallas News. October 12, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  8. ^ "Baylor East Village". The Beck Group. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  9. ^ "AIA Dallas Chapter Honors 9 Projects with Built Design Awards". Dallas Innovates. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  10. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "Portfolio". The Beck Group. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
  12. ^ "PCI Items Vol. 18, No. 1.pdf" (PDF).
  13. ^ "Shake Shack restaurant lands at Uptown's Crescent complex". Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  14. ^ "AJ-1973-10.pdf" (PDF).

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