About

Arc North is a vehicle for the development, investment and consulting efforts of J. Gordon Beittenmiller, primarily in the architecture, engineering and construction space (AEC).

Mr. Beittenmiller has spent over 20 years in AEC as an entrepreneur, an operating and financial executive, a board director and a consultant. He has founded or co-founded four companies in the space, all of which are ongoing. He has served as a CEO (3 companies) CFO (3 companies) board director (5 companies) and consultant (involving more than twenty firms up to Fortune 1000 in size).

Mr. Beittenmiller currently serves as CEO of Temp-Con LLC, a leading full-line merit-shop provider of commercial HVAC and refrigeration construction and service based in Kansas City. Backed by Centerfield Capital Partners and Caymus Equity, Temp-Con is pursuing an active acquisition growth strategy emphasizing the greater Midwset.

Mr. Beittenmiller’s AEC mergers and acquisitions experience extends to approximately 150 transactions and more than $2 billion of investments and proceeds. The timeline below offers more on Beittenmiller’s background.

Gordie Beittenmiller

Beittenmiller timeline

1996 - 2005

1996

Co-founded Comfort Systems USA to build a national mechanical services firm through acquisition.

1997

Comfort (NYSE:FIX) went public.

1996 – 2005

Comfort acquires approximately 120 firms to become the largest mechanical services firm in the US at over $1.6B in revenues.

2005 - 2006

  • CEO of Kinetic Systems, largest private mechanical in the nation.
  • Turnaround efforts included raising capital, stabilizing a seriously imbalanced project book, re-establishing confidence of customers, suppliers and surety, including winning $70 million in new business from a major biotech client.
  • Kinetic honored as one of the twelve safest companies in the US by Occupational Hazards Magazine, the only AEC firm so recognized.

2006 - 2007

  • Industry consultant addressing firms up to Fortune 1000 in size.

2007 - 2008

  • Partnered with Houlihan Lokey (NYSE:HLI) to launch Infrastructure Services, targeting growth by acquisition in the road and bridge building sector.

2008 - 2010

  • Co-invested with Main Street Capital (NYSE:MAIN) in a Western US electrical equipment manufacturer and installer, where he continues to serve as Chairman.
  • Co-founded Brighthome, which provides energy efficiency services to homeowners in the Northeastern US.

2010 - 2012

  • Teamed with Tom Burke to turn around LeTourneau Industries, the manufacturing and construction subsidiary of the Rowan Companies (NYSE:RDC; now EnscoRowan NYSE:ESV).
  • Burke and Beittenmiller managed the sale of LeTorneau to an all-cash buyer at more than double the originally expected value.

2012 - 2017

  • Joined HOK, Architectural Record’s No.1 2017 global integrated architecture and engineering firm. Member of the firm’s five-person Operating Committee; CFO; investor.
  • Helped to substantially improve the firm’s performance and its growth by acquisition.
  • One-year posting to London focusing on HOK’s European operations.

2017 - Present

  • Founded Arc North to work with AEC companies in transition.
  • Multiple engagements addressing capital raises, acquisition and divestiture transactions, and management consulting.
  • In 2019, became CEO of Kansas City-based Temp-Con, LLC a leading full-line merit-shop provider of commercial HVAC and refrigeration construction and service. Backed by Centerfield Capital Partners and Caymus Equity, Temp-Con is pursuing an active acquisition growth strategy emphasizing the greater Midwest.