By Jessica Busch | June 23, 2023
Making the merger earlier this year official, Cumming Group has just announced that Gallagher Construction Company, L.P. has joined the firm’s growing team of construction professionals. By adding one of Dallas-Fort Worth’s most established K-12-focused agency program and construction management firms, Cumming Group will significantly expand its footprint and 20-year presence throughout the State of Texas while providing additional resources and unmatched local and multi-sector expertise to its’ clients.
With more than 150 local team members, Gallagher is a leading program and construction management firm with more than five decades of experience in the K-12 sector. Gallagher specializes in the oversight of planning, design, and construction of public schools and municipal projects throughout Texas.
“The natural alignment of our services, client-first approach, and growth-focused mindset makes this pairing very exciting,” said Von Gallagher, Chairman at Gallagher. “Our team’s deep understanding of the local construction nuances required to successfully deliver complex public school and municipal projects in Texas aligns well with Cumming Group’s team of national educational and governmental experts.”
Gallagher’s dedicated team of K-12 professionals are all highly experienced in the unique aspects and requirements of educational builds with more than $2 billion of construction projects under management. In addition to traditional construction and project management services, Gallagher provides school districts with several specialized services including, pre-referendum planning, bond election and town hall coordination, site evaluations, constructibility reviews, cost estimating, and project scheduling, among many other critical client-focused activities.
“Establishing a meaningful presence in Texas has long been a strategic goal for our firm, and we have made some initial inroads by following some of our key blue chip hi-tech and healthcare clients,” said Derek Hutchison, President and CEO at Cumming Group. “Now with the synergies we can create together with Gallagher, we have a fantastic opportunity to launch a significant expansion across the private and public sectors in this high–growth market.”
Cumming Group has helped clients across sectors including healthcare, corporate, hospitality, data centers, and higher education deliver successful projects throughout Texas for nearly 20 years. The international construction consultancy has a growing national K-12 portfolio that includes more than $3 billion of construction projects under management for both public and private districts.