McCarthy Building Companies recently hired Kamecia Mason as Diversity Director, Southern Region based in Dallas. This is a new regional role for McCarthy, formalizing the firm’s long commitment to diversity outreach. In this role, Mason will develop policy, create programming and partner with leadership to set the strategic direction for the region’s diversity outreach efforts.

“We are very pleased to have Kamecia join McCarthy,” said Joe Jouvenal, executive vice president of McCarthy’s Southern Region. “She brings strong experience in the construction industry, and we look forward to her collaborating and connecting local diverse businesses to McCarthy procurement opportunities as well as developing programs that enhance business capacity for our trade partners.”

Prior to joining McCarthy, Mason worked with both public- and private-sector organizations including Parkland Hospital District, Dallas County, Trammel Crow, Houston Independent School District and DFW International Airport. She has been noted for her strategic approach to enhancing economic inclusion opportunities. Further, Mason is a Dallas Business Journal 40 under 40 awardee and has been recognized by multiple organizations for her commitment to diversity and leadership including the Top 50 Black Professionals and Entrepreneurs (DMars), E Award-Advocate of the Year by the DFW Minority Supplier Development Council (DFW MSDC) and Business Advocate of the Year by the Regional Hispanic Contractors Association LUNA Awards.

Mason earned a bachelor’s degree in communications and criminal justice from University of Arkansas at Monticello. She also holds Certified Diversity Executive credentials from the Institute for Diversity. Additionally, Mason serves on numerous advisory councils, boards and committees including the Construction Outreach Advisory Council Co Chair, Dallas County Small Business Advocacy Council County, Regional Hispanic Contractors Association LUNA Chair and the DFW Minority Supplier Development Supplier Diversity Working Group.

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About McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 12th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2019). With approximately 3,700 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis; Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. was presented the Monarch Award from Mi Escuelita Preschool during their 40^th anniversary and annual fundraising event on Friday, Sept. 7. The Dallas-based nonprofit has helped at-risk preschool children by providing a quality and enriching education to children of low-income families since 1978. The Monarch Award is Mi Escuelita’s highest honor given to a company that assists Mi Escuelita to grow, improve and make a fundamental positive change in education in the city of Dallas. Monarch Award recipients go beyond only financially supporting Mi Escuelita, they create long-lasting programs that provide for students and families, relationships that develops advocates for Mi Escuelita, and campaigns that raise community awareness of Mi Escuelita.

McCarthy’s Dallas office first partnered with Mi Escuelita Preschool in 2014 as part of its Heart Hats community program through fundraising and utilizing McCarthy’s building skills. In the past four years, McCarthy has renovated the preschools at Cockrell Hill, Crossover and St. Matthews helping prepare the campuses for a new school year. During back-to-school time, McCarthy gathers school supplies and donates them to Mi Escuelita. Additionally, McCarthy employees spread Christmas cheer by playing Santa, Mrs. Claus and a cadre of elves for the children and hand out gifts during the holiday season. McCarthy also has donated $105,000 over the past two years through the annual McCarthy Dallas Charity Golf Classic.

In an effort to develop new partnerships, improve collaboration and strengthen the construction market in North Texas, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., hosted a supplier fair to expand its industry relationships with minority-owned construction suppliers. The fair encompassed commercial construction-related trades, and suppliers had the opportunity to learn about construction opportunities at DFW Airport, Texas Woman’s University, Parkland Hospital District and more. Key advocacy groups at the supplier fair included the Asian American Contractors Association, Regional Black Contractors Association, Regional Hispanic Contractors Association, National Association of Minority Contractors, DFW Minority Supplier Council and more.

“Our teams enjoyed engaging the suppliers at the event and discussing many upcoming construction opportunities in DFW’s pipeline,” said Joe Jouvenal, McCarthy Southern Division Senior Vice President. “At McCarthy, we consistently look for opportunities to build mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers who meet our standards. Our goal is to provide opportunities for them to compete on equal basis with all suppliers.”

McCarthy actively uses its position as a leading commercial general contractor to introduce minority construction suppliers to project opportunities and pursuits in higher education, aviation and healthcare around DFW. Collaborating with minority businesses is an extension of McCarthy’s ongoing efforts to grow awareness of the career paths available within the construction industry.  McCarthy undertakes education and recruiting efforts to ensure that they, and the industry at large, have the capacity to meet owner/market demands in an active construction market. McCarthy’s outreach events are designed to foster relationship and capacity building for qualified minority trade contractors.

McCarthy partners with architect firms Perkins + Will and BORA for design-build project 

DALLAS—December 6, 2017- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., was recently selected as the Construction Manager at Risk for the Pre-construction and Construction phase services for  the new Fine Arts Center (FAC) for Plano Independent School District . The FAC will house major performance and educational spaces including a multi-purpose performance hall, black box theatre, a rehearsal space and an art gallery. McCarthy was chosen to build the facility by Plano ISD’s Board of Trustees in June and construction will commence summer of 2018.

“McCarthy is pleased to have won the contract to build this exciting arts facility for Plano ISD. We have deep expertise in constructing cutting-edge arts, performance spaces and fine arts facilities.  We look forward to working with the Perkins + Will/BORA team and Plano ISD to create a space that will inspire student creativity for decades to come,” said McCarthy Texas Division President, Ray Sedey.

Located on the east side of Alma Road between 15^th Street and W. Park Blvd., the state-of-the-art facility will contribute to the education of more than 60 percent of Plano’s secondary students participating in fine arts programs. When completed the 90,000-square-foot free-standing building will feature a 1,500 seat multi-purpose performance hall with an upper-level balcony and lower-level orchestra pit, a 250-seat studio theatre (black box), a rehearsal studio for music and dance and a visual arts gallery. The facility will also include a main lobby, theater and visual art support spaces as well as exterior gathering and performance spaces. The FAC will have surface parking for approximately 700 cars.  

“The Fine Arts Center is a unique building type for the district since we primarily deal with schools, stadiums and administrative offices. Selecting the right team to join us, and help guide us on this particular project has been critical,” said Tony Pearson, PISD’s assistant director of Facility Services. “We feel our choices of Perkins + Will/BORA as the architect and McCarthy as the contractor have been successful so far. We are excited about the direction the project is going and look forward to seeing the final product.”

McCarthy’s extensive resume of constructing arts centers makes it ideally suited to successfully deliver complex performance spaces.   McCarthy is currently building the highly anticipated Kinder School for Performing and Visual Arts in Houston. McCarthy’s other arts-related projects include The Museum of Fine Arts Houston’s Glassell School of Art, The AT&T Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Moody Performance Halland the Klyde Warren Park and Amphitheater in Dallas.

About McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 15th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2017). With approximately 1,900 salaried employees and offices in St. Louis; Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google+.

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DALLAS— Sept. 13, 2017- McCarthy Building Companies, Inc., one of the top health care builders in Texas and nationally, was recently awarded the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler expansion project in Tyler, Texas. Located on 800 E. Dawson Street near downtown, the CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler is undergoing a major expansion and modernization project by adding a new bed tower and parking garage.

A new glass masonry façade bed tower will significantly add to the hospital’s ability to care for patients with two new trauma rooms, 48 ICU beds, an emergency room with 54 treatment beds and two helipads. The project plans also include replacing the existing garage with a new, 297,000-square foot parking garage. The parking structure will have one story below ground and four stories above ground, with a 125-foot-long sky bridge connecting the garage to the tower. Construction on a new parking garage began earlier this year and is expected to be completed at the end of March 2018. In the final phase of the project, McCarthy will finish out a 23,000-square foot shell floor for the existing CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Louis and Peaches Owen Heart Hospital - Tyler, the first heart hospital in this region of Texas.

“Health care projects are at the core of McCarthy. We understand the ever-changing landscape of health care construction and the building process to ensure uninterrupted patient care and safety,” said Ray Sedey, McCarthy’s Texas region president. “We are looking forward to this expansion project and enabling CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System to provide their patients with the highest quality of care.”

McCarthy’s extensive portfolio of health care projects makes it ideally suited to take on health care projects of any size or complexity. In addition to the newly awarded CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Tyler expansion, some of McCarthy’s health care projects include CHRISTUS Spohn in Corpus Christi, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Alkek Hospital Expansion in Houston, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center The Pavilion expansion in Houston, the Children’s Health Plano Campus, Specialty Center II, and the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center Replacement at Fort Hood, Texas by Balfour Beatty | McCarthy joint venture.

About McCarthy

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 15th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2017). With approximately 1,800 salaried employees and offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google+.

For information contact:

Elizabeth LaMonte

C. Pharr & Company for McCarthy – Texas

972-931-7576 ext. 354

elizabeth@pharrpr.com

Susan Garritano

McCarthy Building Companies

314-968-3300

sgarritano@mccarthy.com

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