Structure Services A Hands-On Approach
Produced by Richard Callahan & Written by Shelley Seyler Marshall Fitzgerald started his career in the construction industry in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, working for Charles E. Smith, at the time one of the largest real estate companies in the area. Relocating to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1994, Fitzgerald founded Structure Services, Inc. in 2004 with two partners, Chris Herman and William Cowperthwait, and today serves as the company’s managing partner. With two offices in Winston-Salem and Charlotte, the company has an
annual revenue of $10 million and 15 employees. Herman and Cowperthwait’s previous experience with BB & T Bank lent its hand to Structure Services holding their on-site supervision in house, thanks to their previous service as developers and facility managers. Projects The company specializes in corporate executive and class-A office spaces, banks, health care, and financial insti-
tutions, often providing upfit services for these sectors. A recent renovation for HSMM Architects in Charlotte was a LEED certified project. This 15,000 square foot renovation of occupied space took six months to complete. After demolishing each structure to its concrete core, Structure then rebuilt the entire interior with the latest technology to achieve the LEED certification. Everything from the electrical to the mechanical systems was replaced with environmentally friendly alternatives. Structure Services has also worked with the world-famous Fluor Power, one of the largest publicly owned engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance service companies in the world. A leader in the energy sector and involved in the range of energy sources, from gas to coal, they turned to Structure to perform interior renovations on their 75,000 square foot office in Charlotte. Their niche in the health care sector has continued to provide Structure with new projects, one of their prominent clients being Carolinas HealthCare System. This client has repeatedly come to Structure Services with upfit projects, posing new and exciting challenges for its team. Given the sensitive nature of these work sites, Structure has learned how to work around equipment and occupants.
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Us Developers Journal
Fall Edition 2008