Dive Brief:
- McKinstry, a construction and energy services provider, has expanded its corporate presence in Texas with two new offices and a fabrication shop, according to a Nov. 12 news release.
- The company, headquartered in Seattle, has moved into a larger, 20,000 square-foot office space in Dallas, which doubles its footprint, according to the news release. McKinstry also opened a new office and fabrication shop in Austin, its first outside the Pacific Northwest.
- “McKinstry’s larger presence in Texas enhances our ability to deliver broad capabilities with deep local market knowledge to more clients across commercial, data centers, higher education, K-12 school districts, healthcare and beyond,” said Brian Ratcliff, the company’s vice president of energy and technical services South, in the news release.
Dive Insight:
McKinstry provides clients with services that include engineering and design work; data center innovations; fire protection; and offsite manufacturing, according to the firm’s website.
The office space in Dallas serves as the company’s South Region headquarters for services across engineering, construction and energy infrastructure. It is also home to McKinstry's fire protection team for the region.
Austin, on the other hand, serves as a central hub for regional project design and delivery and a home base for McKinstry’s Data Center Innovations team, which is focused on optimizing data centers across engineering, construction, liquid cooling, manufactured modular cooling plants and optimized operations, according to the company.
In addition, Austin will host McKinstry’s first fabrication shop located outside of the Pacific Northwest. The 13,300 square-foot facility will support pipe fabrication, ductwork and multi-trade assemblies spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection.
Natural growth drove the space increase in Dallas, while a combination of data center, manufacturing and general economic growth influenced the company’s investment in Austin, according to Brian Antonsen, senior vice president of national construction for McKinstry. In addition, the new office and fabrication shop will aid the company’s efforts by producing MEP and fire protection components in the Lone Star State.
Texas’ central geographic location in the U.S. also gives the company logistical benefits as it ships materials across the country.
“This is a big step in our long-term investment in the state and ties directly to our plans to nearly double in size over the next several years,” Antonsen told Construction Dive via email.
