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Dive Brief:
- McKinstry, a provider of construction and energy services, has expanded its corporate presence in Texas with two new offices and a manufacturing workshopaccording to a November 12 press release.
- The Seattle-based company has moved to a larger, 20,000-square-foot office space in Dallas, doubling its footprint, according to the press release. McKinstry also opened a new office and manufacturing shop in Austin, the first outside the Pacific Northwest.
- “McKinstry’s increased presence in Texas enhances our ability to offer broad capabilities with deep local market knowledge to more commercial customers, 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 press release.
Diving knowledge:
McKinstry provides clients with services that include engineering and design work; data center innovations; fire protection; and off-site manufacturing, according to the company’s website.
The Dallas office space serves as the company’s southern regional headquarters for engineering, construction and energy infrastructure services. 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 base for McKinstry’s data center innovations team, which focuses on optimizing data centers in engineering, construction, liquid cooling, fabricated modular cooling plants and optimized operations, according to the company.
Additionally, Austin will be home to McKinstry’s first manufacturing store located outside of the Pacific Northwest. The 13,300-square-foot facility will support the fabrication of pipes, ducts and multi-trade assemblies spanning mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection.
Natural growth drove the increase in space in Dallas, while a combination of data center, manufacturing and general economic growth influenced the company’s investment in Austin, according to Brian Antonsen, McKinstry’s senior vice president of national construction. Additionally, the new office and manufacturing 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 US also provides the company with logistical advantages as it ships materials across the country.
“This is a huge step in our long-term investment in the state and is directly related to our plans to nearly double in size over the next several years,” Antonsen told Construction Dive via email.
