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Growing strong
Corgan Associates of Dallas also had a good year.
“We were fortunate to be involved in a number of large institutional projects,” says David Lind, CEO of Corgan Associates, which was founded in 1938. “They were well on their way before the recession ever hit the horizon.”
Lind says Corgan has not been involved in hospitality, housing and development markets, which contributed to its good year, and it maintained its market share in the public school, aviation, mission-critical facilities and health-care sectors. It ranked 18 on the top design list.
“Even in those markets, we are seeing a focus on asset management, renovation, renewal and infrastructure replacement, which are good projects for us,” Lind says. “Those markets seem to hold their own now, and our backlog remains strong in 2009. And we’re looking fine for the first part of 2010.”
Management consulting and research firm ZweigWhite has identified Corgan Associates as one of the 200 fastest-growing architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms in the United States and Canada. The Zweig Letter Hot Firm List features design and environmental firms that have outperformed the economy and competitors to become industry leaders.
Corgan values its employees and provides additional training and growth opportunities through its Corgan College program. The firm has not laid off anyone during the recession.
The company is in the midst of design development for a $500-million terminal redevelopment and modernization program at Dallas Love Field. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Austin was selected as construction manager, and Lind says he expects construction to begin early next year.
Corgan recently completed a terminal master plan for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. In collaboration with HDR Architecture of Dallas, Corgan has begun design on the new $1.27-billion Parkland replacement hospital in Dallas. The BARA joint-venture team of Balfour Beatty Construction, Austin Commercial, H.J. Russell & Co. and Azteca Enterprises, all of Dallas, will build the hospital.
On the private side, Corgan designed the first 1-million-sq-ft phase of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Richardson Campus in Richardson. The $145-million project, being built by McCarthy Building Cos. of Dallas, includes a 15-story office tower, seven-story office building and parking deck with space for 3,500 cars. Completion is scheduled for 2010.
Corgan recently received a contract to design the new Reading Room for The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. The project will convert administrative offices in the former Texas School Book Depository into a space for supervised access to the museum’s library and collections and a media room for meetings and to house the museum’s oral histories project. Cost is confidential.
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