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.
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
Project
City
State
Services
200 Clayton Street
Denver
Colorado
Architecture
AT&T Pinnacle Park
Dallas
Texas
Integrated: Architecture, Construction, Development
