Cliffs Notes
Founded in 1971 in New York City, Structure Tone began as an interiors construction company with two partners and a small group of employees. Although the early 1970s were challenging economic times, Structure Tone flourished and took in its first clients.
The firm grew over the next decade and expanded with new US offices in Massachusetts, New Jersey and Washington, DC, as well as globally with a London office. Structure Tone’s expansion in the 1980s also encompassed Texas with acquisition of Structure Tone Southwest, a full service construction management/general contracting firm.
In the 1990s, Pavarini Construction Co., Inc. joined the Structure Tone organization. Pavarini brought additional domestic and international construction management expertise and contributed to Structure Tone opening offices in Dublin and elsewhere where overseas.
To keep pace with the dotcom boom and technology explosion in the late 90s, Structure Tone founded ST Tech Services Inc. This division of the Structure Tone organization provides technology and telecommunication management services to a wide range of industries ranging from financial services to media/communications. It is a unique resource that Structure Tone offers all our clients to meet their data, telecom and AV/IT needs.
In 2002, Pavarini McGovern became part of the Structure Tone organization further broadening our firm’s core and shell construction expertise. The new century also heralded changes and further expansion for Structure Tone with additional offices in the US and Asia.
L. F. Driscoll is the newest member of the Structure Tone organization, joining Structure Tone in November 2009. L.F. Driscoll is headquartered in suburban Philadelphia and is one of the region's top builders, particularly for healthcare and life sciences research facilities.
Highlights At-a-Glance
| 1971- | Structure Tone founded in NYC by Patrick J. Donaghy and Lewis R. Marino. The company’s first project was for Velcro, a new product in the US |
| 1971- | Structure Tone gains momentum with a $1.5M project for Simplicity Patterns at 200 Madison Avenue, NYC |
| 1971- | Structure Tone breaks into the Fortune 500 client base with work for IBM in Garden City, NY |
| 1972- | Client base expands to include Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (now Omnicom); Cunningham & Walsh Advertising; Grey Advertising, Citibank and Chemical Bank |
| 1977- | John T. White joins Structure Tone as executive vice president to oversee the expanding company operations |
| 1977- | Structure Tone enters retail market, performing its first project for Ohrbach’s, NYC |
| 1984- | London office opens with work for Chemical Bank |
| 1985- | Boston, MA office opens with 250,000sf interior fit-out of 260 Franklin Street, 750,000sf build-out One International Place and 500,000sf build-out 20-21 Custom House |
| 1985- | Washington, DC office opens with a project for Cadillac Fairview |
| 1986- | First NYC project with interiors and base building contractor – Structure Tone interiors- JP Morgan 60 Wall St. (1,300,000sf) |
| 1987- | Lyndhurst, NJ office opens with project for MetLife in Iselin, NJ |
| 1987- | Constructors & Associates (now Structure Tone Southwest) joins Structure Tone organization with Dallas and Austin, TX offices |
| 1987- | Boston office builds-out 300,000sf at 99 Summer Street and 750,000sf at 125 Summer Street |
| 1987- | Structure Tone organization breaks into mission critical market |
| 1988- | London office is construction manager for Olympia & York for Canary Wharf |
| 1989- | Houston, TX office opens |
| 1992- | Structure Tone Southwest renovates Texas State Capitol |
| 1992- | Boston performs 1,000,000sf restack 100 Federal Street |
| 1993- | Structure Tone performs 920,000sf interior build-out of new US Courthouse Foley Square NYC |
| 1994- | Structure Tone performs demolition and rehabilitation of 2,200,000sf of 11 Madison Avenue for MetLife, including new infrastructure and windows |
| 1995- | Structure Tone performs interior build-out of 1,000,000sf at 11 Madison Avenue for CSFB |
| 1995- | Structure Tone opens Dublin, Ireland office |
| 1996- | Pavarini Construction Co. joins the Structure Tone organization with work for Greenwich Academy, CT |
| 1997- | Structure Tone organization becomes presence in higher education market |
| 1998- | Pavarini completes 308,000sf Mashantucket Pequot Nation Museum, CT |
| 1998- | Structure Tone performs facade rehabilitation of 55-story Met Life Tower, One Madison Avenue, largest scaffolding project in NYC and concurrently renovates the lobby, meeting rooms and other interior spaces for CSFB |
| 2000- | London performs 550,000sf refurbishment of Shell-Mex House |
| 2000- | S&techs joins Structure Tone organization, opening Hong Kong office |
| 2001- | San Antonio, TX office opens, performs work at San Antonio Airport |
| 2001- | Structure Tone organization breaks into science and technology market |
| 2001- | Structure Tone completes construction of 2,200,000sf Diplomat Resort and Country Club, Hollywood FL |
| 2002- | Pavarini McGovern is formed and becomes a member of the Structure Tone organization, builds 360 Madison Avenue, NYC |
| 2004- | Pavarini McGovern constructs new 21-story, 511,000sf Anthem residential complex, NYC |
| 2004- | Structure Tone selected for 1,200,000sf build-out of new Bank of America Tower, NYC |
| 2004- | Structure Tone Southwest completes new 33-story, 1,100,000sf Frost Bank Tower, Austin, TX |
| 2004- | Structure Tone Southwest completes new terminal for Killeen Airport, TX |
| 2004- | New Jersey selected for largest project, 800,000sf renovation for CitiGroup in Warren, NJ |
| 2005- | Structure Tone organization ranked No. 17 worldwide ENR Top 400 Contractors List |
| 2005- | Structure Tone celebrates 5 years of service in Asia, growing the business over 300% and completing the 700,000sf manufacturing facility in Vietnam |
| 2006- | Over the course of 18 months Structure Tone Southwest delivered over 1M sf of office and data center space for Countrywide throughout the Texas offices |
| 2006- | Structure Tone completes construction of the first Barneys New York flagship store (Boston, MA) in thirteen years |
| 2006- | Structure Tone opens an office in Princeton, NJ |
| 2007- | Structure Tone opens an office in Philadelphia, PA and Shanghai, China |
| 2007- | Structure Tone constructs over 2.5M sf of data centers around the world |
| 2007- | Structure Tone supports local non-profits through the construction of two new American Red Cross offices in New York and Boston and through the tireless hours of volunteer work and fundraising each year |
| 2007- | Jim Donaghy, Chairman and Bob Mullen, CEO of Structure Tone were honored for their corporate and community leadership by Capuchin Food Pantries and the Greater New York Council’s Boy Scouts of America, respectively |
| 2008- | Structure Tone organization celebrates two milestone anniversaries, celebrating 20-years in London and 30-years in Texas |
| 2008- | Pavarini opens new office in Hartford, CT |
| 2008- | Structure Tone participates in a Strategic National Partnership with OSHA, the only national CM to have such an agreement |
| 2008- | Structure Tone completes over $750M in sustainable construction with an additional $1B planned for 2009 and 2010 |
| 2008- | Structure Tone is a leader in the sustainable construction movement and honored with Best Green Project for the interior fit-out of the Bank of America Tower |
| 2008- | Structure Tone’s London office achieves ISO 9001 Certification and becomes carbon neutral |
| 2009- | Structure Tone Southwest celebrates 20-years of service in Houston, TX |
| 2009- | Structure Tone organization honored with record number of awards for excellence in construction across the United States with projects ranging from less than 10,000sf to over 1.5M sf |
| 2009- | Structure Tone awarded interior fit-out of Goldman Sachs new office tower, continuing to support the redevelopment of lower Manhattan |
| 2009- | L.F. Driscoll Co., a leading healthcare builder, joins the Structure Tone organization |
| 2010- | In 2010, after 23 years as part of the Structure Tone organization, Constructors & Associates begins operating as Structure Tone Southwest |
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