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, Charlotte, Denver, Fort Worth, Mexico City, Monterrey, South Florida, and Tampa. The Beck Group serves a diverse range of industries including commercial, corporate, healthcare, entertainment, faith-based, institutional, among others. They also provide services based on the use of their software product, DESTINI.
History
The Beck Group was founded in 1912 by Henry C. Beck in Houston, Texas as a general contractor as Central Contracting Company. In 1934, it moved its headquarters to Dallas, a requirement for building the city's Cotton Exchange Building. 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. 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.
Management Under Larry Wilson
In 1976, Larry Wilson Sr served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Beck Group, then known as HCB Contractors, Inc. 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.
Management Under Peter Beck
In 1992, Henry C. Beck III "Peter", became the company's fourth chief executive officer. In 1999, under the leadership (present executive chairman) Henry C. Beck III, the company merged with Urban Architecture, a regional design firm. The firm began pursuing integrated projects completing both design and construction services in-house. In 2002, under Beck's leadership, The Beck Group was named one of Fortune Magazine's '100 Best Companies to Work For'.
Management Under Fred Perpall
In 2013, Fred Perpall took over from Beck III as the fifth CEO of the design-build firm. The second non-family member to hold such role.
In late 2019, the company relocated its headquarters to Santander Tower in Downtown Dallas.