McKissack & McKissack is an outgrowth of the oldest minority-owned architecture/engineering firm in the United States.
Its roots go back to before the Civil War, when a slave named Moses McKissack learned the building trade from his overseer. It was his grandson, Moses III, who launched the first McKissack & McKissack in Nashville, Tennessee. The year was 1905.
McKissack & McKissack was founded by Deryl McKissack in 1990. When Ms. McKissack established her company, she was the fifth generation of her family to carry on the building tradition.
2019
McKissack completes the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor. The Metro Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project extends from the existing Metro Exposition Line at Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards. The line travels 8.5 miles to the Metro Green Line’s Aviation/LAX.
2020
Circular Economy of Care - In our response to COVID-19, McKissack shifts its attention inward and focuses on becoming healthier, building resilience into our culture and caring for ourselves, each other, our clients, and our company.
2020
McKissack becomes the first African American firm to win a major contract for the City of Fort Worth, TX. For the first time in history, Fort Worth has selected an African-American, woman-owned firm as the prime contractor for two categories.
