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Tellepsen Builders
Type	General Contractors
Founded	1909
Founder	Tom Tellepsen
Headquarters	Houston, USA
Area served	Greater Houston Area
Key people	Chairman & CEO: Howard Tellepsen, Jr.
Industry	General Contracting Pre-Construction & Construction Services Construction Management
Employees	400
Website	Tellepsen Builders Company Website

Tellepsen Builders is a construction company founded by Tom Tellepsen in Houston, Texas in 1909^[1]. The company has been family owned and operated for four generations, and was created during a period of time when the city of Houston was rapidly expanding. Tellepsen Builders has been recognized as a safety leader in the construction field, and was recently noted for completing more than 2.8 million man-hours with no time lost due to injury over the past four years^[2]. The Houston Business Journal has awarded Tellepsen Builders its Landmark Award for Houston-area projects numerous times^[3], and the company has been the recipient of the “Houston’s Greatest” award, among many others.

Contents 1 First Generation Tellepsen 2 Second Generation Tellepsen 3 Third Generation Tellepsen 4 Fourth Generation Tellepsens 5 Notable Houston Projects 5.1 Churches 5.2 Educational Facilities 5.3 Healthcare 5.4 Hospitality 5.5 Interiors 5.6 Retirement Communities 6 Project Awards 7 References 8 External links

[edit] First Generation Tellepsen

Tom Tellepsen, founded Tellepsen Builders in 1909.^[4]

The first Tellepsen Builders offices were built in Houston in 1921. The company’s first notable project was the Miller Outdoor Theatre in 1922, followed by the Rice University Chemistry Building in 1923. In 1925, the company began work on Houston’s first 10-story hotel at Texas Avenue & La Branch. The company constructed the Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in 1927 and the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer in 1932. In 1929 Tom incorporated, changing from “Tom Tellepsen, General Contractor” to Tellepsen Construction Company.

[edit] Second Generation Tellepsen

Tom’s son, Howard Tellepsen, became president of the Tellepsen Construction Company in 1940. In the 1940’s and 1950’s in Houston the Tellepsen Construction Company was awarded many projects that have become Houston landmarks, such as Ellington Field, Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the Texas Children’s Hospital^[5], St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, the Falcon Dam and the Melrose Building. The company was innvolved with the construction of the Shamrock Hotel. At the time of the hotel’s grand opening on St. Patrick’s Day, 1949, it was the largest hotel in the United States.

During Howard’s tenure, he served as president of the Houston County Chamber of Commerce and was the youngest ever chairman of the Houston Ship Channel (now Port Authority). Howard was a board member for the Texas A&M Research Foundation, served on the chair and the board of the Texas State Board of Hospitals, and was the fundraising chairman for Houston’s United Way, overseeing a time when more than 100% of United Way fundraising goals were met.

[edit] Third Generation Tellepsen

Howard Tellepsen, Jr., succeeded his father and is currently the third-generation Tellepsen to serve as president and CEO of Tellepsen Builders. American Retirement Corporation, MetroNational Corporation^[6], Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Methodist Healthcare System^[7], Episcopal Diocese of Texas, Exxon Mobil Exploration, Reliant Energy, Sterling Bank and Texas Medical Center^[8].

[edit] Fourth Generation Tellepsens

After 100 years, Tellepsen is still family owned and operated by Howard Jr. and his four sons - Tadd, Tellef, Trent and Trevor.

[edit] Notable Houston Projects

[edit] Churches

• Prince of Peace Catholic Community
  • Worship center with seating for 1,400 featuring massive wood beams and exposed wood decking
• St. Martin's Episcopal Church
  • Worship center with customized wood pews and gray slate floors with seating for 1,400
• First Baptist Church, Pasadena
  • Two-story multi-purpose building to house educational, fellowship and worship activities including a central gathering area/worship space that seats 1,000
• Lakewood Church
  • Complete renovation of former Compaq Center into Joel Osteen’s new worship center with accommodations for 16,000. Lakewood Church is the second largest Christian worship center in the United States.^[9]

[edit] Educational Facilities

• Rice Chemistry Building ^[10]
• Pasadena High School
• Channelview High School^[11]

[edit] Healthcare

• Memorial Hermann Professional Office Building
  • Modernization and remodeling of the existing fifty-two-year-old medical facility located in the Texas Medical Center
• Memorial Northwest Hospital Medical Office Building
  • Six-story medical office building and a seven-and-a-half level parking garage
• Methodist Community Health Care Center
  • Three-story health care center located in Sugar Land with accompanying four-story medical office building^[12]

[edit] Hospitality

• Marriot Courtyard Hotel
• Houston Country Club Renovations ^[13]
• Bentwater Yacht Club
  • One-story yacht club located on Lake Conroe

[edit] Interiors

• Coastal Banc Headquarters
  • Designed to resemble a lighthouse on the Texas Gulf Coast
• Reliant Energy Plaza
• Splitrock Services, Inc.
• Williams Communications National Technical Research Center^[14]

[edit] Retirement Communities

• The Terrace Program
• The ARC Program
• Pinehaven I & II^[15]

[edit] Project Awards

St. Martin’s Episcopal Church

• ASA, 2004 Project of the Year

Splitrock Services, Inc.

• APEX IV, 2000 Best Interior Project Over 50,000 SF

Methodist Community Health Care Center

• APEX IV, 2000 Best Healthcare Project Over $10 Million

Memorial Hermann Professional Office Building

• APEX IV, 2000 Best Renovation/ Remodel Project

Pasadena High School Additions & Renovations

• APEX IV, 2000 Best Education Project Over $10 Million

Coastal Banc Headquarters

• APEX III, 1998 Best Interior Project Over 50,000 SF

Lakewood Church

• ASA Project of the Year, 2006 Project of the Year Over $15 Million ^[16]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tellepsen Builders