Recognition
THE ANDRES WAY
Five values.
Four beams.
One foundation.
This is what holds.
BEAM 01
INTEGRITY
The foundation of every relationship. Say what you mean. Deliver what you promise.
The National changed ownership three times during construction. Different developers, different priorities, different pressures. Same ANDRES team. Same standards. Every transition.
$460M · 3 owners · 1 team
BEAM 02
COMMUNITY
Rooted where we build. Building where we’re rooted.
Gil Andres started in Dallas in 1955. 70 years later, the team that pours your foundation lives in your city, coaches your kids’ teams, eats at your restaurants. ANDRES isn’t a contractor that parachutes in. The community is the client.
70 years · Dallas · Houston · Austin
BEAM 03
CONVICTION
When plans break, act. Hesitation costs more than a wrong call.
When Cody Whittle moved to Houston in 2016, it wasn’t a transfer — it was a bet that ANDRES’s culture could replicate in a new city. Six years later he was VP of Operations. The Houston office didn’t grow because of a business plan. It grew because one person had conviction and the company backed it.
Cody Whittle · 20 years · VP Operations Houston
BEAM 04
COLLABORATION
The best solution is never one person’s idea.
Cathedral Guadalupe required ANDRES, ArchiTexas, the Catholic Diocese, the Texas Historical Commission, and the National Park Service to agree on every material, every method, every timeline. Six preservation awards didn’t come from one voice. They came from a team that treated every stakeholder’s constraint as a design input.
Cathedral Guadalupe · 6 awards · 5 stakeholders
THE FOUNDATION
RESPECT
The ground everything stands on.
Every subcontractor gets paid on time. Every architect’s intent is honored in the field. Every client’s call gets answered. Respect isn’t a beam — it’s the baseline. The line that the four beams rise from. Without it, nothing above holds.
