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Since its unveiling in late September, the Procon Innovation Center in Virginia Tech’s Hitt Hall has attracted media attention ranging from industry outlets like ENR and Construction Dive to various local news stations.

In Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering Fall Magazine, the lead story, Constructing Tomorrow, takes readers back to the Blacksburg campus during the early dot com era where Procon’s co-founders Mark and Kyu were finalizing their business plan. The story follows Mark and Kyu’s journey from VT graduate students to construction leaders and mentors. Inspired by their VT professors and an immersive graduate curriculum, Mark and Kyu established a construction management consulting firm with a focus on technology and innovation. Now, students at Virginia Tech will have the opportunity to leverage cutting edge technology to solve A/E/C industry challenges and create smarter, more sustainable solutions for the built environment. In addition to fostering tomorrow’s leaders, the lab space is another way that Procon is partnering with academia to bridge the gap between research and industry.

In the last year, Procon has expanded its arts and culture portfolio to include CM projects for iconic monuments, memorials, and historic preservation centers such as the Tidal Basin on the National Mall, the Flight 93 Memorial in Stoystown, PA, and the Selma Interpretive Center in Selma, AL.

We are excited to reveal that Procon has been selected as the construction management firm for an IDIQ contract with the Smithsonian Institution. Our first task order is to provide CM services on a renovation project for the Cheetah Conservation Station at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. The Cheetah Conservation Station is a mixed-species exhibit yard in the Africa Trail section of the Zoo. The scope of work will include infrastructure improvements, landscape modifications, upgraded fencing and repairs to staff facilities.

With this latest win, Procon has the opportunity to support construction and renovation projects for the world’s largest museum, education, and research institution. The Cheetah Conservation Station project combines our commitment to supporting impactful institutions with our passion for delivering innovative CM solutions. We’re honored to contribute to the Smithsonian’s mission of education, conservation, and care for these majestic animals.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, Procon, along with 30 DMV-area A/E/C firms, participated in the 2024 CANstruction build competition benefiting the Capital Area Food Bank.

Procon’s CANstruction crew assembled at the National Building Museum on Sunday, 11/24, to build  DC in 3D, our contribution to this year’s “Construction Tools and Equipment” theme.

Using 2,826 cans of beans, tuna, and soup, Team Procon constructed a laptop displaying a 3D BIM design of the National Mall featuring iconic DC monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial, the Reflecting Pool, the Washington Monument and The White House. This design combines our passion for technology, a reference to one of our most exciting current projects (Lincoln Memorial Museum coming in 2026!), and our desire to end hunger in the nation’s capital.

The nutritious shelf-stable food was donated to the Capital Area Food Bank for distribution to those in need after the event. Thank you to AIA|DC + WAF for organizing this meaningful and fun event.

Click Here to learn more about the inspiration behind Procon’s tech-centric design.

Welcome to the future of construction innovation.

The latest episode of Procon’s podcast, The Build Up, comes to you from the newly constructed Procon Innovation Center inside Virginia Tech’s newly constructed Hitt Hall. This lab facility will be the home for researching the next generation of technological advances from 3D concrete printing to robotics.

Procon co-founder and host of The Build Up, Kyu Jung, was joined by recently retired Professor Thomas Mills, who spent his 30+ year tenure as a Hokie championing research and innovation. He even mentored a young Kyu and Mark throughout a graduate school research project about virtual site visits. Spoiler alert–this project later became the inspiration to start Procon Consulting.Thom and Kyu sat down to imagine the future of technology. A VT course on Imagination? A 30-hour work week? Cabinet positions for a U.S. Department of Construction? Interactive construction materials? Nothing was off the table. Tune into the full episode to hear the range of innovative possibilities.

Procon is thrilled to receive a Project of Excellence Award from the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Seattle Post for our work on the Settle Federal Office Building in downtown Seattle. 

Procon served as the CMa to GSA R10 on this complex exterior restoration project. This 86-year old building houses various federal agency offices across 12 stories and 307,150 SF. The Seattle FOB was registered as a National Historic Building in 1979, meaning all of the renovation work had to preserve the Art Deco architecture and comply with the guidelines for historic structures.

Preserving some of the building’s original features and materials required custom solutions, enhanced collaboration, and creative problem-solving. The use of double pane vacuum insulated glass (VIG) for the window restoration was the first of its kind for a GSA historical building and provided improved sound and energy insulation. By the project’s completion, thousands of red exterior bricks had been replaced, along with 720 windows.

Huge congratulations to Procon’s Senior Project Manager, Allen Wycoff, on this well-deserved win! Allen worked closely with the client and the project team, Lydig Construction and SHKS Architects, to address a plethora of challenges including the pandemic, the political climate in downtown Seattle, and complex historic preservation requirements.