The Beck Group

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, Mexico City, Monterrey Mexico, 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.

This article is about the US construction company. For the German publisher, see C.H. Beck.
The Beck Group
Private
FoundedHouston, Texas, 1912 [1]
FounderHenry C. Beck
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
,
United States
Key people
Number of employees
over 600 (Nationwide, 2014)
Websitebeckgroup.com

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.

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. "100 Years and Counting". The Beck Group. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. Hall, Cheryl (12 October 2013). "New CEO runs The Beck Group in lockstep with predecessor". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 1 March 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 1 March 2016.
  5. Greater Dallas Chamber (2000). "Dallas: reflections & visions". MARCOA Pub. p. 40. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  6. Fehrenbach, Peter (April 1, 2012). "How Peter Beck helped create a more efficient way to design and construct buildings". Smart Business. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  7. "New CEO runs The Beck Group in lockstep with predecessor". Dallas News. 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
  8. "Baylor East Village". The Beck Group. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. "AIA Dallas Chapter Honors 9 Projects with Built Design Awards". Dallas Innovates. 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2017-10-12.
  10. Brown, Steve (February 9, 2015). "Urban Land Institute picks finalists for North Texas commercial real estate awards". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  11. "Portfolio". The Beck Group. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  12. "PCI Items Vol. 18, No. 1.pdf" (PDF).
  13. "Shake Shack restaurant lands at Uptown's Crescent complex". Retrieved 2016-09-20.
  14. "AJ-1973-10.pdf" (PDF).
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