Arch-Con Corp.

Jason M. Cooper is president of Arch-Con and is responsible for the day-to-day management decisions for the company including operations and risk management. Prior to serving as president, Cooper spent six years as senior vice president of Arch-Con’s Office and Industrial Divisions and helped develop Arch-Con’s safety program.

With more than 20 years in the construction industry, Cooper works closely with Chief Executive Officer Michael G. Scheurich to implement Scheurich’s vision for the company. Cooper has strategically led Arch-Con’s expansion efforts in Dallas, the company’s first office location outside of Houston. He is a champion for individual employees to find their career path, is spearheading Arch-Con’s digital transformation and is recently realized a comprehensive training program for employees.

Former president of Association of Commercial Real Estate Professional (ACRP) during the organization’s 20th anniversary, Cooper holds a bachelor’s degree in Construction Science from Texas A&M University and is recognized as LEED AP.

Chris Heath has nearly 20 years of experience in the commercial construction industry. Under his leadership, Arch-Con continues to overperform, working on single building projects as well as beefy, multi-building, multi-phased, multi-tenant industrial developments. These can be build-to-suit, 100% built-out or shell and core buildings.

With this success, Heath leads Arch-Con’s Industrial Division and Denver office as Colorado Regional Manager. He manages the overall construction process from concept to final punch list and has completed numerous projects for notable clients such as Hines, Prologis, Johnson Development Associates, National Property Holdings and Carson Companies.

“At Arch-Con, we feature single-point project management where a project manager takes a project from estimating all the way through closeout. The Industrial Division has completed a wide array of projects; we pretty much thrive on deadlines and getting it ‘right’ for the client.”  – Chris Heath

With more than 15 years of experience in the construction industry, Evan Alford leads Arch-Con’s Dallas office as well as Arch-Con’s Healthcare Division. Alford has been involved in more than $400 million worth of projects for some of the most respected and sophisticated owners, program managers, facilities management firms, architects and engineers within Houston’s Medical Center and throughout the state of Texas.

During his time at Arch-Con, Alford has grown and diversified the Healthcare Division, focusing on medical office buildings, acute care facilities/hospitals, surgery centers, imaging/diagnostic centers and other specialty care centers. With this in-depth experience and leadership, he now leads the entire office in Dallas overseeing the business development, estimating, project management and construction.

Alford graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in environmental design where he learned and practiced architectural design with an emphasis on construction systems.

Since opening our Dallas office in 2015, Arch-Con has completed a boutique hotel in Los Colinas, an upscale hotel in the Fort Worth Historic Stockyards, numerous large-scale industrial buildings and recently completed a massive retail development in Fort Worth.

 “The uniqueness of the Healthcare Division is the compassion and understanding for what the doctors, the nurses and most importantly the patients are going through on a daily basis. We take pride in the fact that we can go into spaces and really partner with clients and owners to ensure that the highest quality level is met.”   – Evan Alford

Geraldine Pacheco has more than 25 years of experience in finance roles for private enterprise and 15 years of experience in the commercial construction industry. With a bachelor of science degree in accounting, she is also a certified public accountant and a certified commercial construction industry finance professional.

Pacheco is experienced in both the general and specialty construction sectors and manages a structured, process-driven finance team, which standardizes functions that provide effective operations support to the entire organization. As CFO she oversees the finance, human resource and insurance/risk management functions for the firm. Since joining Arch-Con in 2010, Pacheco has received the Houston Business Journal CFO of the Year Award three times in the small, medium and large private companies’ categories, as well as the HBJ 2014 Community Impact Award and the HBJ 2017 Executive of the Year Award.

She currently serves on the board of directors for the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Houston CPA Society and is an active member of CREW Houston, an organization for women in commercial real estate, serving as a board member along with chairing various committees. Pacheco has served as director for Keep Kids Connected, a nonprofit organization that donates computers to children with life-threatening illnesses.

Marc MacConnell leads the Retail Division as well as Arch-Con’s Central Texas Region overseeing estimating, project management and construction. With 25 years of experience and more than 95 percent of his career focused on retail development and construction, MacConnell has completed projects for both national and local clients. Prior to joining Arch-Con, he worked on the development side of construction with The Ruskin Corporation and Regency Centers. At Arch-Con, he has served on the company’s executive team for nearly a decade.

MacConnell has a bachelor’s degree in Construction Science from Texas A&M University and is recognized as a LEED AP, achieving this status in 2009. MacConnell is on the Houston Committee for ICSC and is regarded as an expert in retail construction by his peers.

Under his leadership, Arch-Con has completed an array of retail/mixed-use projects ranging from 1,000-square-foot build-outs to 500,000-square-foot power centers. 

“The Retail market is people-driven. Retail is built around peoples’ lifestyles, so there’s tremendous focus on the customer – not just the people that we are building for, but for the people the facility is going to serve throughout its lifetime.”  – Marc MacConnell

Michael Vaughn serves as senior vice president for the Arch-Con Corporation leading the Community, Hospitality and Multifamily Divisions and oversees estimating, project management and construction. Vaughn works closely with architects, feasibility consultants and people who have equity in each project so that Arch-Con can be a full-service contractor providing the most value to our clients.

At Arch-Con, Vaughn has worked with nearly every major hotel franchise and more than 18 popular brands, helping clients open more than 35 hotels. With more than a million square feet of hotel rooms built, Arch-Con has established a reputation as a reliable resource for hotel franchises looking to meet deadlines, industry specifications, and high quality standards. Vaughn also leads our Multifamily Division with more than $400 million of projects built or under construction.

Vaughn has been with Arch-Con for nearly 20 years and holds a bachelor’s degree and MBA from Stephen F. Austin State University. Vaughn is a member of the Young Leader Committee for Camp For All, Hotel and Lodging Association of Greater Houston & Houston Apartment Association.

“The Community, Hospitality and Multifamily Divisions each have their own set of nuances. The Community Division is built around integrity and it truly is the heart of Arch-Con. You are working with clients who have money that’s been donated and, therefore, we have to be a good steward of the dollar.” – Michael Vaughn

Michael G. Scheurich’s passion for construction originated with a love of architecture and how buildings are designed. He entered the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University with a vision to become an architect, quickly realizing he wanted to build. This led him to obtain his bachelor’s degree in construction science from Texas A&M University. His construction career began in Dallas and continued in Houston, where he served for three of the world’s top 20 general contractors. This was the incubation period for Scheurich’s vision to launch his own construction company.

Scheurich understood that, to achieve this entrepreneurial dream, he needed more than a degree in the science of how to build. He also needed to understand the science of how to operate a company, so he obtained his master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in Houston. With an MBA in tow, he established Arch-Con Corporation in 2000 as a resource for the local commercial real estate community in the areas of office and industrial design-build construction. Today, the business has also reached into the markets of retail, healthcare, corporate interiors, hospitality, multifamily, and community construction. The company has offices in Houston, Dallas and Austin with more than 180 employees and an annual volume of more than $500 million.

Additionally, Scheurich utilizes his design and construction relationships to team with strategic partners to develop high-quality assets. Arch-Con’s headquarters was developed by Scheurich and constructed by Arch-Con. He is experienced in leveraging the latest, cost-efficient technologies and strives to stay on the cutting edge of the industry. He is currently securing a patent for an innovative construction technique.

Scheurich currently serves on the board of the Greater Houston Partnership, the National NAIOP Forum, the University of St. Thomas Buildings and Grounds Committee and the Annunciation Orthodox School Building and Grounds Committee. He recently served on the Wallis State Bank Board of Directors and served nine years on the Houston NAIOP Board of Directors and three years on the National NAIOP Board of Directors. He also donates his time and resources to vital organizations including SEARCH Homeless Services, Bo’s Place, Hermann Park Conservancy, St. Anne Catholic Community, Christian Community Services Center, Houston Area Women’s Center, among others.