The Beck Group

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

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Beck Park - Dallas, Texas 1807 Ross Avenue.jpg
Beck Park - Dallas, Texas

History

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

ProjectCityStateServices
AT&T Pinnacle ParkDallasTexasIntegrated: Architecture, Construction, Development
One Atlantic Center AtlantaGeorgiaConstruction
Baylor University Sciences BuildingWacoTexasIntegrated: Construction, Development Management
Baylor East Village [12] WacoTexasConstruction
Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative WacoTexasConstruction
Comerica Bank Tower DallasTexasConstruction
Cotton Bowl Stadium DallasTexasConstruction
The Crescent [13] DallasTexasConstruction
Dallas Arboretum [14] DallasTexasConstruction
Dickies Arena Fort WorthTexasConstruction
Disney Corporate Headquarters [1] BurbankCaliforniaConstruction
Duke University Basketball Practice Facility [15] DurhamNorth CarolinaIntegrated: Architecture, Construction, Programming
The Domain [15] AustinTexasConstruction
Fellowship Church, Main CampusGrapevineTexasConstruction
Fellowship Church, Downtown CampusDallasTexasRenovation
Fidelity Investments Regional CenterWestlakeTexasConstruction
Firewheel Town Center [15] GarlandTexasIntegrated: Architect of Record, Construction
First National Bank Plaza [16] PhoenixArizonaConstruction
Fountain Place [1] DallasTexasConstruction
Gateway Church (Main Campus) [15] SouthlakeTexasArchitecture
Gateway Church (Satellite Campus) [15] North Fort WorthTexasArchitecture
Gateway Church (Satellite Campus) [15] Grand PrairieTexasArchitecture and Construction
Guarantee Bank Tower PhoenixArizonaConstruction
Hunt Corporate Headquarters [15] DallasTexasArchitecture
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art Los AngelesCaliforniaConstruction
Mary Kay HeadquartersDallasTexasConstruction
Mary Kay ManufacturingDallasTexasConstruction
Phoenix Financial Center PhoenixArizonaConstruction
The Nasher Sculpture Center [15] DallasTexasIntegrated: Associate Architect of Record, Construction
Kimbell Art Museum, Piano Pavillion [14] Fort WorthTexasConstruction
RadioShack Headquarters [15] Fort WorthTexasConstruction
Southlake Town Square SouthlakeTexasIntegrated: Architect of Record, Construction
Shake Shack at Uptown Crescent [17] DallasTexasIntegrated: Architect of Record, Construction
Texas Motor Speedway [1] [15] Fort WorthTexasConstruction
USAA Southeast Regional OfficeTampaFloridaConstruction
Valley Center [18] PhoenixArizonaConstruction
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall SarasotaFloridaConstruction
Victory LoftsTampaFloridaIntegrated: Architecture, Construction, Development, Media
Victory Plaza at Victory Park DallasTexasConstruction

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Portfolio". The Beck Group. July 16, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
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  17. ↑ "Shake Shack restaurant lands at Uptown's Crescent complex" . Retrieved September 20, 2016.
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