Ingram's May 2024

McCownGordon Celebrates Milestone Anniversary

McCownGordon was founded on the idea that creating a people-first way of business would lead to suc cess. Underpinned by three core values: Integrity, Performance and Re lationships, our founders started small and focused on hiring the right people, delivering for clients and investing in the communities where the team lives and works.

Since its inception, McCownGordon empowered clients and communities to bring their vision to reality and improve lives through construction. Whether it’s enhancing healthcare or science and technology facilities, advancing educational institutions, constructing manufacturing facilities, creating civic touchstones or fostering vibrant community spaces, the team focuses on purposeful work and the goal to create tomorrow together with their clients. Becoming an ESOP in 2015 gal vanized the company’s growth. As a 100% employee-owned company, associates feel a sense of purpose in their work, living the company’s core values. They also have a deep under standing of how helping their custom ers achieve success results in shared rewards, because the company’s success is tied to creating a smooth journey for customers. With a long-term strategic plan fo cused on expansion, associate growth and engagement, and client experi ence, McCownGordon strategically entered new markets in 2021, adding an office in Dallas-Fort Worth and a national Manufacturing business unit focused on the food and beverage, life sciences and industrial markets. The momentum added by these intentional efforts continues to build as the com pany adds new clients and constructs some of the country’s most meaning ful projects. “We see tremendous opportunity

ahead and continuously seek to offer professional growth and opportunities for our associates while building last ing partnerships with our clients,” said Ramin Cherafat, CEO. “We’re thankful for the many opportunities we’ve been afforded to work with some of the best architects, engineers, trade partners and clients in the industry and look forward to the next 25 years of success.” Clients appreciate the company’s value-driven approach and origi nal solutions, especially during the preconstruction process. They also understand McCownGordon leverages the latest technology to provide cost and schedule certainty for owners. Beyond its advanced preconstruction services and technology offerings, the company’s Building Performance Solu tions (BPS) services provide additional advantages for clients. Nearly 90 per cent of the clients leverage BPS, often realizing 13-16 percent savings on their project by leveraging the exper tise of the engineers, VDC, architects and code experts on the team. Importantly, McCownGordon manages all projects through a cus tomer-focused lens and believes in doing business transparently to build collaborative and lasting relationships. Its employee owners bring an entre preneurial spirit to every project. This ownership mindset means McCownGordon always looks for ways to add value, making a difference for its clients and partners every day. l

CEO Ramin Cherafat and COO Steve Levy celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary at its annual share price reveal meeting.

Fast forward to 2024, the company has grown from two people to 600 with offices in four cities. It ranks nationally as a Fortune 2022 Top 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials and a Fortune 2023 Top 20 Best Workplace in Construction. One of the nation’s top construction management companies, McCownGordon’s clients span the nation.

Address: 850 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64105

Phone: 816.950.1111

Website: www.mccowngordon.com

Product or Service: Construction management and design build

No. of Employees: 600

Head of Company: Ramin Cherafat, Chief Executive Officer

Women team members from McCownGordon volunteer to build a home at the Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build event.

Year Founded: 1999

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